Studio Twenty Seven Architecture awarded new bus terminal at Union Station

Union Station, the District's majestic train terminal designed by Daniel Burnham, is slated to become the central location in the City for regional and national bus service. In a shrewd planning decision, transportation officials have decided that Union Station should be the hub for bus as well as train service in and out of the City. Studio Twenty Seven Architecture has been retained by the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to design a waiting area, ticketing office, and facilities for customers using the different bus lines. The intent is to create an experience of design excellence for bus travelers consistent with that experienced by train passengers. The fast track design and construction project will utilize modular design and construction principles.

31 January 2012

Haitian Village Moves Forward

For the last few weeks, the Studio has been studying master planning diagrams for the Kay Anj Village. The new village, funded by the non-profit Helping Haitian Angels, will be a refuge for eighty orphans. Master planning efforts are focused on site conditions, sustainability requirements, and establishing an implicit framework for future growth in the village. Individual homes will be identified by simple and limited massing and positioned and programmed to create functional outdoor and indoor rooms. The homes will support and encourage organic growth as future rooms are added to meet the evolving needs of the orphanage.

26 January 2012

New Home in Brookland

Studio Twenty Seven Architecture is constructing a second project for previous clients in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC. After completing their new office, the clients returned to Studio Twenty Seven Architecture with a request for a new house. With a black concrete board rain screen exterior and wrap around windows at the rear, the new house will be a fresh take on the typical home found in the Brookland neighborhood. The interiors will be light filled with a minimum of interior walls. Using prefabricated panels as a construction method, the house is moving from foundation to close-in in just under three weeks.

23 January 2012

Hadley Residence

Construction will begin this month on a new house in Arlington designed by the Studio. Located in a neighborhood of small pillbox homes built in the 1930s, the new residence will take its massing cues from this residential context. The massing will mimic the original pillbox form. Unlike the other homes in the neighborhood, the house will be rotated ninety degrees to take advantage of the narrow, deep site. With walls of windows at the short ends of the house, the pillbox form is reinterpreted to a modern home. The Hadley residence will feature geothermal heating and sustainable landscaping.

10 January 2012

Grow Academy starts 2012 in New Space

The first phase of construction on the Scott Montgomery School renovation is complete. Grow Academy, a KIPPDC preschool and kindergarten, took possession of twenty three thousand square feet of renovated space on January 4th. Grow Academy's nine new classrooms and associated spaces are part of a larger makeover of the one hundred and five thousand square foot facility at 421 P Street in northwest DC. Construction is slated to finish in July of 2012.

3 January 2012

Ocean Walk House

The studio is submitting permit drawings for a new house project on Fire Island, New York, to start 2012. This will be Studio Twenty Seven Architecture's second project on the island. The design is a theme and variation study of the relationship between solid and void. The four elevations compose variations of voids punched in a field of solid and solids balanced in a field of void. The theme for the arrangement of the interior spaces is the same. Two solid containers for sleeping float in an open void. Construction will begin this summer.

6 December 2011

Studio Twenty Seven Architecture to assist in creating new villages in Haiti

Helping Haitian Angels is working with Studio Twenty Seven Architecture to design a prototypical orphanage complex in Haiti. HHA is undertaking a long term master plan to build five of these villages over the next ten years to support orphans throughout Haiti. The charity is procuring twelve hectares in the northwestern part of the county and is building a school, church, and ten residences. Groundbreaking is scheduled for July 22, 2012, the fourth anniversary of the founding of Helping Haitian Angels and the adoption of the first orphans. All aspects of the community will be fully sustainable, and construction methodologies will be based on regional material and support local labor sources. For donations to HHA, please visit Helping Haitian Angels.

6 December 2011

Studio Twenty Seven Architecture awarded Ross School Renovation

The Studio has started work on the renovation of the historic District of Columbia Ross Public School. Located at 1730 R Street NW in the heart of Dupont Circle, the building is a classic red brick school house. Studio Twenty Seven Architecture, along with joint venture partner Leo A Daly, will master plan the long term development of the school and site as well as prepare documentation to improve the classrooms and common areas this next summer. The building features a Ledoux-inspired plan with a central circulation axis and a classroom in each of the four corners.

21 November 2011

Southwest Book included in National Building Museum Exhibit

On November 19, the National Building Museum opened an exhibit entitled "Unbuilt Washington." The show explores proposals, both past and present, that would have dramatically altered the architectural character of Washington DC. The show includes historic drawings by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Thomas Jefferson, as well as models from Frank Gehry and Morphosis. Studio Twenty Seven Architecture's proposal for reinvigorating the southwest quadrant of Washington DC is included in the show.

Local ABC news affiliate's story on "Unbuilt Washington" and the work of Studio Twenty Seven

Washington Post's coverage of "Unbuilt Washington"

7 November 2011

Braille Floor Plans for Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University is the nation's foremost university for the deaf and hard of hearing. Studio Twenty Seven Architecture is renovating the dormitories at the University, and as part of that work, has created Braille floor plans illustrating the renovations. The tactile models allow the design team to fully include vision impaired students in design charrette discussions. The models will be on display at the University Student Union after the work is completed.