These two structures are scaled to its surrounding
landscape and are through subtle shifts in geometry that differentiate them, each
has its own sense of personality.
The Lady Bird Loo is
located near Austin’s wild and busy downtown, in a stretch of hike-and-bike
trails paralleling the river that bisects the city. The clients needed two single
restrooms, low maintenance and vandal-resistant with great ventilation and a sense of safety for the occupant. The design team wanted spirited shelters
scaled to the well treed riverside park space, with each having its own personality.
The interiors give a sense of momentary pause and respite; they are safe and
airy with great light and views of trees and sky.
Requiring no special finishes
or maintenance, the project is built entirely of steel and concrete left raw
and unfinished. Changing sunlight animates the whole experience; it amplifies
details and narrow edges, reemphasizes the faceted forms, darts light-slivers
through intentional gaps between material, and creates useful shade and fun
shadow patterns.
Jean Dufresne, AIA (Chair), Space Architects + Planners, Chicago
Richard Fernau, FAIA, Fernau + Hartman Architects, Berkeley, California
Joyce Hwang, AIA, Ants of the Prairie, Buffalo, New York
Jack Travis, FAIA, Jack Travis FAIA Architect, Bronx, New York
Kulapat Yantrasast, wHY Los Angeles, Culver City, California
Image credits
Whit Preston
Whit Preston
Whit Preston
Whit Preston
Whit Preston
Whit Preston
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