The Forum / Studio 804

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  • Architects: Studio 804
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Tremco, Dow Building Solutions, Sedia Systems, DNP Denmark AS, Elkay, GAF, Krownlab, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Pacific Woodtech, Ruskin, Tate Access Floors
  • Collaborators: Nathan Brown, Renee Brune, Krista Cummins, AJ Dolph, Nicolas Elster, Jordan Goss, Ken Grothman, Christine Harwood, Ian Heath, Sara Lichti, Michael McKay, Josh Ostermann, Tim Ostrander, Ben Peek, Alyssa Sandroff, Aaron Sirna, David Versteeg, Jonathan Wilde
  • City: Lawrence
  • Country: United States
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The Forum / Studio 804 - Interior Photography, Chair, Table, Beam
© James Ewing Photography

Text description provided by the architects. The Forum, located in the Architecture department of University of Kansas, was designed and built by students to meet the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard, LEED v2009 NC Platinum. This is the most stringent new-construction certification for sustainable-design that was in use by the USGBC during the building construction. It marked Studio804's seventh consecutive LEED Platinum building with several other outstanding architectural features. It includes a unique positive displacement ventilation system. On mild days during the year, the natural ventilation mode shuts down both the primary and outdoor air system, and cross ventilation is used to draw in fresh air through the space.

The Forum / Studio 804 - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade
© James Ewing Photography

The perimeter skin is made up of two separate walls of insulated glass, three-and-a-half feet apart. The space between them provides room for the cedar louvers. Motorized dampers are located at the top and the bottom of the outer layer which permit cool air to enter in the summer when open. The louvers are controlled by a rooftop weather station and are programmed to track the sun. The living wall of ferns and begonias provides additional acoustic control for the lecture space by absorbing and dissipating sound and is watered from the cistern.

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The lush vegetation helps to improve indoor air quality by naturally filtering toxins in the air. Besides these, setting up the LED lights, PV panels, water reclamation and usage of recycling materials are the other great aspects of this building. The construction had begun with the demolition of an outdoor workshop on the south side of the Architecture building. The existing shed housing the electric services had to remain in continual operation. As a result, the addition was carefully built above the existing mechanical room, and this became the site for the new glass-enclosed 121-seat auditorium and a 'Jury room' with a big common space at the entry.

The Forum / Studio 804 - Interior Photography, Chair
© James Ewing Photography

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Address:Lawrence, KS, USA

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Cite: "The Forum / Studio 804" 13 Jan 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/780224/the-forum-studio804> ISSN 0719-8884

© James Ewing Photography

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