TAKE-OFF

The purpose of this project was to design an aviation maintenance institute near Willard Airport which promoted educational growth for Parkland College. The elegant curve that the space follows was created from the motion of  a plane when it runs for take-off,  elevates and reaches its proper altitude.The facility required an airplane hangers and a paint booth. Due to the elegant shape, it was necessary to create a hydraulic hangar door that could fit the circular shape on top. Because the main focus of this design was towards promoting educational growth, new technologies that are currently available were used. For instance, Glass x was incorporated in the envelope of the building. This phase changing material adapts according to the temperature outside. Thus, this reduces the need of HVAC loads by 30-50%.