1. Vocational Education and Skills Training Center
Residential Training and Employment Program for Disadvantaged Youth
Academic and Non-Academic Education
Vocational Training
Soft Vocations (Business Oriented)
Business Technology
Communications
Health Occupations
Culinary Arts
Hard Vocations (Construction/ Trade Oriented)
Automotive
Carpentry/ Construction
Plumbing
Electrical
Administration and Medical/Dental Services
Student Services/ Career Development
On-Campus Housing (Dormitories)
Maintenance/ Warehouse
Recreation Facilities
Gymnasium
Fitness Training Rooms
Learning Resources Center
Recreation Hall
Arts & Crafts
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Building Area: (sf)
166,000
Cost per Square Foot:
$ 181
Construction Cost
$ 30 M
Date of Substantial Completion:
October 9, 2009
Location of Project:
St. Petersburg, FL
Type of Project:
New Construction
Construction materials, mechanical systems or other pertinent information:
Multi-Wythe Masonry
CMU Structural Walls
Face Brick
8” Super Emperor
Stack Bond
Portland Cement Stucco
Fine Sand Texture
Light Dash Texture

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AERIAL SITE PLAN
View from the Northwest looking Southeast.
This Vocational Training Center Campus is located in a large industrial district. The site is within a brownfield zone, designated in part for it’s economic blight.
The local building stock largely consists of utilitarian vocational, artisan, and industrial business functions.
In our design, we continue the culture of the local built environment with the tradition of the Masonry Vernacular style in contemporary application. We used face brick units (4” x 8” x 16”) on the exterior walls as a primary element in combination with secondary stuccoed masonry.
These masonry surfaces are low-maintenance, attractive, and provide maximum thermal efficiency.
A sand-coral color brick was selected tie the material palette to Florida Vernacular.

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CAMPUS COMPUTER MODEL
DAYLIGHT / SOLAR /
SUNSHADING STUDY
View from the West looking East.
To accommodate the daytime and nighttime activities successfully into one cohesive campus design, the two dormitories were positioned as a hub in the middle of the site.
The administrative, academic, and vocational buildings are primarily for daytime use, while the recreation center is primarily for nighttime and weekend use.
The cafeteria is used throughout the day.
This arrangement keeps student activity from sprawling across the entire 16 acres at any one time, and also helps foster a sense of comfort in proximity and scale in the residential courtyard and its nearby night-use recreation center.
HARD VOCATIONS
SOFT VOCATIONS
CAFTERIA/
CULINARY ARTS
DORMITORY
STUDENT
SERVICES
DORMITORY
RECREATION
ADMINISTRATION/
MEDICAL DENTAL
CAMPUS COMPUTER MODEL
DAYLIGHT/SUNSHADE STUDY
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DORMITORY
View from the Southeast looking to the Northeast.
Common Entry Lobby
This two story lobby hub is the central arrival point for the two story dormitories. There are two wings on each floor. Each wing has it’s own private lounge area.
Each floor shares laundry facilities and a study room. The dorm rooms are suites of four students per room with a private bathroom.
Sustainable materials were used throughout, including low-voc paints, adhesives, and carpeting. And renewable materials such as linoleum flooring were used in the dorm suites.
All the buildings on campus have automatic lighting controls to save energy.
Water is conserved by the use of dual-flush toilet valves and waterless urinals.
Energy savings was also realized in the use of on-demand fuel-fired tankless water heaters.

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STUDENT SERVICES/
ADMINISTRATION
View from within the main plaza looking West.
The entry to the right is the for the Student Services and Career Training areas. In the distance to the West are the Administrative, Security, and Medical Dental facilities.
The material palette for all of the building envelopes is:
CMU, rigid insulation, and full-size stack bond face brick
CMU, rigid insulation, and three-coat portland cement stucco
Metal framing, batt insulation, cement board sheathing, and three-coat portland cement stucco soffits
Galvalume Painted Aluminum Standing Seam Metal Panel Roofs
Aluminum Windows, Storefronts, and Awnings
Exposed Galvanized Steel Trusses, Galvanized Architectural Metal Deck, with multi-coat High-Performance Paint

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SOFT VOCATIONAL
View looking Northeast towards the main entry into the academic and light vocations facilities.
This is the main center of daytime activity for the students.
There are 12 academic education classrooms in this building as well as 3 nursing classrooms.
The long east-west double-loaded corridors are periodically broken up by light wells that pop above the roofs to let daylight in at the vestibules of the doors into the classrooms.
These light wells carry through to the Student Services building to the West and create a rhythm of architectural motif.
At night the light wells become glowing lanterns if viewed from the north.

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NORTH ELEVATIONS
This elevation sheet shows all of the buildings as viewed from the north.
It illustrates the high degree of glazing for daylighting that is afforded by the solar orientation, roof configuration, and the overhang of sunshade elements.

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WEST ELEVATIONS
This elevation shows all of the buildings as viewed from the West.
It illustrates the motif of the north-facing roofs that carries through all of the buildings.
The degree of glazing is reduced to reject heat gain. All the glazing that faces due East or West is low-e for improved solar reflectance.

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HARD VOCATIONAL PLAN
This is also the heart of program and mission of the center.
Each trade or construction module has a double-height space for flexibility of use and for maximum north light.
Each bay is naturally ventilated utilizing fans that draw air from east to west, from the garage doors to a louver in the southwest corner of each loft.

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BRICK DETAILS

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DORMITORY
BRICK AND STUCCO FACES

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DORMITORY
BRICK FACE - SHADOW

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DORMITORY
BRICK DETAIL
SLOPED SILL BRICKS

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CONSTRUCTION PHOTO

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CONSTRUCTION PHOTO

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HARD VOCATIONAL BAYS
View from Northeast.

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CAFETERIA / CULINARY ARTS
View from Northwest.