El Paso Del Norte History at the Pass
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Offici.! Pultli~tion of TH£ TEXAS socam or AIICHITtCTS Tho Tous RogioMI 0'9enlution of Tho Americen l111titute of Architoch ,., lJ[H] ~ li~~[R]~ Jemn D. Pfluger, AlA Editor rJ1 ~ARCHITECT Don Eclwerd Lett•• AlA Meneglng Editor VOLUME 20 I FEBRUARY, 1970 I NO. 2 904 Perry·Brooh Building, Austln, Te••• Pcrltlishecl monthly by the Teras Society of Archltocta in Acrstin. Subscription price, $].00 per yNr, In odvence. Coyptighted 1951 by the T.S.A.. ond title regidretion epplied for 'tr ith the U.S. Petent Office. Editoriol contribvtiOM, correspolld•nce, ond .d.. ertis lng inYittd by tho Editor. Due to the utvre of the publi~tion , eclitoriol contribu· t iot\1 ~nnot bo pvrcheaecl. Publisher gives permlnlon for r•rrocluction of oil or pert of eclitorlol moterlo herein, end roqvesh pub· li~tlon credit be given THE TEXAS ARCHI· TECT, end euthor of mettrlel when lndi· ~ted . PvblicetioM which normolly pey for editort.l moteriel oro requoatecl to give con· aldoretion to tho evtllor of roprocluced by liHcf fNtvre meteriel. AppeereKOI of MIIIOI •nd pld11t01 of pro duch ond sorvlc01 ia oitltor oditorol copy Of odvortiai'"J dOM not COMfitvft •• Olio c&-111ont of M- by tither fh. Toul Society of Architects or tho Amor leon Ia· atitvto of Atchitodl. Architects Caudall, Rowlett & Scott JOhn W . ~rdner, Chairman, the TEXAS ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION 3 of Houston uwd system planning 10 Urban Coalation Action Council for a.r-Mt Cotleao. The exposed challenges each and evory one of 904 Porry-ltoou luilcfing, Austin, Tor.. concrete frame buildms wrappmg around us in Tho 1970'a, Tl• o To Wake u,, to landscape plans is a Texas Architecture decisive act1on to combat the urban TSA OFRCERS FOR 1970 I 969 ~election. CriSIS. Dougle1 E. Steh•mn, Jr.. ...umont ,,.,w.nt Thomos A. luUock, Houston Pretlcltnt Sect Clinto. McCombs, S PolO Vice Pretlclont The excitins srowth and prosress of the El Paso-Juarez area is re· Pot Y. Spillmen, Dolle• Vice Pro.Wont 13 calltd m the historic bu1ld1ncs at Alon Tulguchi, Acrstin VIce Pro•ldent The ' •" of llte NMttt. Jey lor1101, Audin S.cr.t•ry•Trttturer Denlol loono, Alti1eno RogloMI Director Howerd II.. lorr, A111tin Pe1t Proliclent Roglnelcl Robort1, Son Afttonlo Preslclont TAF &ecvtive Director TSA DIRECTORS FOR 1970 Appoantees to the Tout loar4 ef ll.icllorcl luurd -.Aitllene Chopter ArchitemnAI la_l ..ors received Fred W. Doy Austin Ch•pter 9 thear oath of off1ce 1n a special W. R. (Dode) Motthew~ lte101 Choptor ceremony held In the office of Gov John M. Olson Corp111 Christi Oleptor Preston Sm•th, Herold IN • O.lle1 Chepter D.... id E. Hil01 S P.so Chepter Robert Chembon Fort Worth Cheptor Prestoa M. lolton Hocrston Cheptor Mervin L Bolend, Jr. L-or Rio Grondo To.. , Architect AiYerttsen: Volley Cllopter Mervin L Stiles Lubbocl Choptor p 23 S1lbt1CO Corporation Ann linttff North.. st Tens Clupter p 24 Joum Manufactunng Co Vor- Helmle S.11 Antonio Chapter p T r~ nlty White, GerM!ral Portland Ciao rlos lullod 25 Sovth.. at Chepter Cctrmont Com~ny J .mmy E. a.noy Teus Pew11dlo C&.pter Dernl Coruhu Woco Choptor p 26 Otto Coerver John W. Gory Wed T••as Chept•r p 27 Electric Util1ty Companies of Cherie• Horpor .W ichlte Foil• Chepter Texas 2 TIXAS AICHITICT FOUR COLLEGE SCIENCE BUILDING CLAREMONT COLLEGE C LA R 1: ~~ 0 N T. C A L I f 0 R :'l I A CAUDILL ROWLETT SCOTT , ARCHITECTS HOUSTON r L :x \ s TEXAS ARCHITEC'Tl'RE lfJ6fl ASSOCIATI:D ARC HITFCT STRU< 11. RAI. EN<,INII Rl:., EVERFIT J TOZII R KARIOTIS & Kl SI I R LANDSCAPE ARCHITH T Ml C HANIC AI II ECTRI( AI I N(,JNII RS JAM IS A ( <X>PfR KOC HI R BRADFORD 1'\iiSIU Ml RA <Ol'ITRA( 1 OR PHOl OC,RAPHI RS KfMP BROTHERS Jl Lll S Sflll MAN FDRUAilY, 1970 J The architects were engaged to provide science ies, a facultyj gmduate lounge and workrooms education space on four fireproof floors, in the with office, reading and display space, and a middle of a garden campus, which would respond seminar terrace on the first floor, and more to three basic design concepts. undergraduate science laboratories on the second level. The building as a spatial complex related to a central courtyard or plaza space. The other wing contains a Social Psychology Suite as well as space fo1· equipment and record stor An architectural expression based on an inte age on its ground floor. This le,·el was chosen for grated mechanical-structural system of con the psychology suite because of the relatively pri struction. vate entrance available with minimum interfer ence in the circulation pattern of the building. Planned flexibility with provision for continu The first floor has the graduate library and semi ing integral change and future growth. nar rooms, faculty offices, and a ·seminar termce; the second contains space for physiologic.'\) psy The fir~t and major concept was to provide a chology, graduate research offices, and a surgical building that would bring students into contact suite; the Animal Suite and enclosed and covered with scientific teaching and research, and en animal runs are on the penthouse level. On the courage their understanding of it. To effect this, roof above the penthouse is a telescope mount the strong departmental and college identities and \·iewing platform which are used in evening were resolved in a building consisting of three astronomy classes. wings connected by circulation links of stairs, conidors, and outdoor seminar spaces. Two of The design of the building accommodates the these wings were in the first phase construction. more informal teaching style where semiruu· and When completed, the three wings will surround group discussion arc used as much as formal a landscaped courtyard space. The landscaping ex cla~s instruction. 'I'he seminar terraces and land tends planting and courtyard spaces through the scaped courtyards provided for each wing are building. reflections and reinforcements of this educational philosophy. One wing houses mechanical, supply, shops, and storage on the ground level, about half of which Korma1 circulation paths of the campus pass is below gt·ade; undergraduate science laborator- through the building complex. Students are en- .. TEXAS ARCHITECT couraged to come into Ute space through a series interrelationships of the various disciplines and of penetrations in and between the buildings-a their accessibility to the ~tudent. Research lab multi-directional, rather than an axial, orienta oratories, located on the ground floor near the tion. The traditional concept of a building with a major entry points, arc visually open with glass front door was discarded to produce a tnte con end walls. Special experiments and regearch pro tinuity of external-internal space. The faculty of jects will be displayed within to further interest fices and faculty/ student lounges were located to the passing student. allow maximum accessibility and to encourage The third concept, to provide optimum flexibility, faculty / student association. has been approached from two aspects-the abili ty to effect continuing change and for future ex This openness and penetration is more for the pansion. A series of adjacent modular laboratories wing housing undergraduate instruction and lab was planned, separated by a central spine of oratories, while the wing accomodating graduate special usage spaces that can be more easily re activities is more closed, having internal circula modeled from time to time. The modular labora tion. The involvement of graduate students in re tories permit change of usage due to growth or search activities necessitates a more controlled decline of certain disciplines with only modest circulation pattern through that wing. change of equipment and services within a given laboratory space. The second concept represents the desire to pro duce a bold, straightforward ~r i"'llC e facility with The integrated mechanical-structural system its architectural expression b: ··ed on a construc organizes the services into a controlled distribu tion system of prc-ca"t and poured-in-place con tion pattern of major, continuous vertical chases crete structure and integrated mechanical ser between floors and horizontal chases defined by vices. Spatial co.1tinuity is emphasized further as a double girdet· system. Secondary lateral distri structural elements C.'ll"I'Y through visually from bution occurs between the pre-cast double tees. the exterior to the interior of the building with This overhead supply of services has the advan all partitions and storage walls stopping at a tage of allowing maximum internal flexibility common height of eight feet with fixed glass within a gh·en space with minimum interference above to the pre-cast tees. with other space. Doth the major vertical and horizontal distribution chases are oversized to ac The "openness" from exterior corridor to inter commodate additional services and expansion, and ior laboratory and office spaces emphasizes the they arc exposed for maximum accessibilty. FEBRUARY, 1970 s Five new appointees to the Tex as Board of Architectural Ex aminers have received their oath of office m a special cere mony held in the offices of Governor Preston Smith. ~ew Board .:\1 embers are George LO\ ing of Abilene, Ted !\Iaffltt of Pale&tine, \\'. R. Matthew:-; of Bryan, George TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAi\1 INERS Sowden of Fort Worth and !\lace Tungate, Jr. of Houston. E. G. Hamilton of Dallas is Board Chairman and thr lone holdowr member. As<:;oriate Ju-.tice Joe Greenhill of the Texa!' Supreme f'ourt conducted thl' <;\\ earing-in cer£> mony, folio\\ <>d by official wel come& from Governor Smith and Secretary of State Martin D1es, Tr In a brief address, Gov. Smith !said that appointment<:; of Texas citlZl'ns to the various state boards and commissions are among the most important dutie& of the Governor's office, and service on thes<> boards is both an honor and responc;i bllity.