Onouye Studio | Maurya McClintock | 2016
Description
This studio explored high-performance building envelopes, integrated systems, and high-
performance building design. Building upon the technical skills, design awareness, and ordering
principles of building enclosures, materials, and systems, the aim of this studio was to achieve a
very high level of development of the building envelope. This included critical details, material
choices, building systems, and integrated climate responsive design.
The design project was a 15-story (~190′) mixed-use tower in Seattle’s South Lake Union
district. The tower had a mix of residential and office spaces over a base containing commercial
and retail space. Typical of many developer-driven projects of this type, the program and
organization of the building was prescribed and well defined at the outset so that the focus of
effort was on detailed design development rather than conceptual design. Students were
guided through the development of building envelope sections and details, and the use of
energy analysis tools. The studio explored integrated architectural, structural and mechanical
design of the building envelope and systems through a performance-driven design process.
The studio was preceded by a companion technical seminar, highlighting the building envelope
as a fundamental example of building integration – a critical juncture of the technical and
aesthetic requirements of architecture. Students gained an understanding of how technical
requirements of structure, construction, waterproofing, energy efficiency and cost control
impact both typical and innovative façade systems, how analytical tools are integrated within
the design process, and to design façade systems that perform technically as well as
aesthetically.
Chair Bio
Maurya McClintock, AIA, CxA, LEED AP, has an extensive depth and breadth of experience of the built environment on 4 continents. Trained as both an architect and an engineer, Maurya is able to bridge between professions and is thus a key success driver for projects that require seamless integration of form and function. She has designed buildings as a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, and a façade engineer. She holds an undergraduate degree from University of Colorado in Architectural Engineering, and dual master’s degrees from UC Berkeley in both architecture and structural engineering. In 1998 Maurya was appointed to create a Façade Engineering practice for Arup in the USA and to assist in developing a Sustainable Design & Assessment team in their San Francisco office. As part of this effort, Maurya created a unique holistic façade design process for integrating façade design, low-energy building design and architectural aesthetic, and built highly talented, multidisciplinary facade design and analysis groups in 3 Arup USA offices. In 2009 Maurya started her own business – McClintock Façade Consulting – to provide façade design/engineering, building enclosure commissioning, and sustainability consulting services to owners, architects, contractors and research institutions.
Chair Lecture
UW Instructor
Rob Peña, Associate Professor (studio)
Christopher Meek, Associate Professor (seminar)
Students
Adam K. Clements
Lisa Glenn
Travis Hauan
Connor Jeffrey Jones
Zachary Bjorn Jorgensen
David Tae-Whan Kim
Lauren E. McWhorter
Tyler R Moench
Audrey N Reda
Erik Rostad
