Gold Winner · 2023 · Architecture
Urban Park Center
Alistair Chang
About the project
Design a building out of mass timber that also has a social and environmental focus. The program includes a residence, hotel, fitness center and market place. There is also adminstration offices and restaurant.
The studio
The design was guided by two driving factors. Firstly, there is the problem of bridging the socioeconomic gap in Atlanta. By blending programmatic elements with open natural space, the result is a vibrant indoor and outdoor space. In addition, a carbon-neutral structure based on mass timber would be designed that would not require the support of any structural columns. It is comprised of an External Truss System with a reinforcing web or crisscrossing members. There is also an Interior Trusses that is anchored to the elevator cores. Beams then attach to the bottom chord and span to the perimeter girders.