PIKES PEAK SUMMIT COMPLEX Insert Large Picture Here
PIKES PEAK SUMMIT COMPLEX Public Presentation June 1, 2017 CLIENT
MAJOR FIVE • Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain • United States Forest Service • Colorado Springs Utilities Insert Large Picture Here • USARIEM (HARL) • Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS • National Park Service • State Historic Preservation Office • Aramark • Pikes Peak International Hill Climb • Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon • AdAmAn Club • Pikes Peak Challenge • Bike Concessions
• About 40 other agencies, events, and concessions …
CLIENT
MAJOR FIVE • Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain • United States Forest Service • Colorado Springs Utilities Insert Large Picture Here • USAIMR (HARL) • Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS • National Park Service … and 500,000 friends and neighbors • State Historic Preservation Office because all of us who live in this beautiful • Aramark • Pikes Peak International Hill Climb region are the true stewards of Pikes Peak. • Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon • AdAmAn Club • Pikes Peak Challenge • Bike Concessions
• and about 40 other agencies and events
DESIGN TEAM
• RTA Architects • GWWO Inc./Architects Insert Large Picture• DHMHere Design • Kiowa Engineering • HCDA Engineering • ME Group • Webb Foodservice Design • Gallagher & Associates • Jensen Hughes • AECOM • CPP • CTL/Thompson • Bachman PR
• and GE Johnson Construction Company
First Coloradans • Native Americans, including the Utes • Traveled though Garden of the Gods and Ute Pass • Hunted around Pikes Peak • Could have been the first humans to summit the Peak
Spanish Explorers 1594–96 Juan de Humana and Francisco Leyva de Bonilla explore New Mexico and Colorado as far as the Purgatoire River. 1596 Juan de Zaldivar enters the San Luis Valley in Colorado. 1598–1608 Don Juan de Oñate establishes the first colony in New Mexico; explores New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas
1610 In Santa Fé, New Mexico, the Spanish build the block-long adobe El Palacio as a seat for the governor-general.
Juan de Archuleta enters eastern Colorado as far as Kiowa County to capture a group of Pueblo Indians living with the Apaches who 1664 participated in revolts against the Spanish.
Indians under Chief Popé expel the Spanish from Santa Fé, New Mexico, during the Pueblo Revolt. The Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa 1680 Fé and destroy many Spanish churches there and in Taos.
1694 Francisco de Vargas re-conquers New Mexico and enters the San Luis Valley.
Juan de Ulibarri crosses into Colorado as far as the Arkansas Valley in Kiowa County to retrieve some of the participants in the Pueblo Revolt 1706 who were requested to return to New Mexico.
1719 Antonio Valverde y Cosio explores Colorado as far as the Platte River and also explores Kansas.
Pedro de Villasur explores Colorado and Nebraska. The majority of his party members are killed by Pawnee with the encouragement of the 1720 French.
Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza leads a punitive expedition against the Comanche across New Mexico and Colorado. His forces corner 1779 and kill the Comanche chief Cuerno Verde and other leaders at the base of Greenhorn Mountain, south of Pueblo, Colorado.
De Anza finally makes a lasting Spanish-Comanche peace. The Arapaho and Cheyenne move onto the plains and begin to trade peacefully with 1787 the Spanish comancheros and ciboleros riding out of Santa Fé and Taos. Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike • Was ordered to lead a reconnaissance mission to upper Arkansas River • In 1806, made it to modern day Pueblo, CO and spotted the peak that now bears his name • Ill prepared, he and his men were only dressed in summer uniforms and had to abandon his ascent due to four feet of snow • Captured by the Spaniards where he was able to spy on them and later released back to the US Government
Dr. Edwin James
• Dr. James, a botanist, led the first known ascent of Pikes Peak, in 1820 • Discovered the healing benefits of the mineral waters found in what is now Manitou Springs, CO
Pikes Peak or Bust! • An estimated 100,000 people moved to Colorado in search of gold • Although gold wasn’t discovered near Pikes Peak for almost 40 more years, Pikes Peak served as a landmark to fortune seekers
Roads to the Summit • Pikes Peak Carriage Road -The first road to the summit opened in 1888 -Operated by the Cascade and Pikes Peak Toll Road Company -Six hour ride
• Pikes Peak Highway -Opened in 1915 Spencer Penrose -Cost $500,000 -Penrose created the Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb to increase tourism
First Building on Pikes Peak • US Army Signal Station • US Army wanted to study the weather on the summit of Pikes Peak • Before the winter snows, a Denver contractor was hired to build the Signal Station in 1873. • Took four weeks and cost $2,500 • Was 18’ x 30’ and had 18’ thick walls Cog Railroad and a Summit House • US Army closes Signal Station in 1888 • Cog railroad opened in 1891
Remaining Wall
And a Summit House for the Highway, too • Opened in 1917 • Several additions were made to it until 1953 when an exploding oil heater burned it down Current Summit House • Opened in 1963 • Permafrost problems within the first few years Historic View from Mt. Rosa
Current View from Mt. Rosa
The “Frozen Five” Start a Tradition
Lichen Lichen Existing Conditions
The Big Challenge
Experience
Environment “The” Solution
Operations The Public Process • Initially engaged public August 25, 2015, focused on EA process, as programming with agencies and users started
• Received public comments and then developed and presented four concepts at public open house October 10, 2015
• Selected and developed one concept, incorporating many ideas and suggestions from the public
• Presented the selected concept in January 26, 2016
• Continued to respond to public and agency comments
• Public update meeting, including construction issues, October 18, 2016
• Continued to respond to public and agency comments
• Public update meeting scheduled for June 1, 2017 to focus on schedule, interpretive design, and fundraising The Process
• Generated and presented four unique concepts for site and building Design Goal
“Find the perfect balance between a dynamic building that presents a clear destination to visitors and a minimalist structure deferential to the Peak and its majestic views.” Technical Challenges • Structural (Geology and Climate) Technical Challenges • Maintainability (Climate and Access) Technical Challenges • Systems (Climate and Access) Technical Challenges • Constructability (Climate, Altitude, and Access) Aerial View from North Aerial View from Southeast Site Layout Upper Level Floor Plan Main Level Floor Plan Lower Level Floor Plan Building Section Pikes Peak Summit Experience Vehicular Approach Visitor Center Entry Upper Lobby View to Mt. Rosa Lower Lobby Cog Approach View from Cog Platform View of Lower Lobby from Cog Entrance Ascent to Peak from Lower Lobby Summit Tour Cog Departure at Historic Summit House Wall View of North Overlook The “Titanic Moment” View of North Overlook from Summit Marker View of Summit Marker toward Northwest America the Beautiful Overlook East Roof Terrace View Northeast from Roof Terrace Upper Lobby View to Mt. Rosa View Toward Exhibits Lower Lobby View of Dining Room from Lobby Dining Terrace View of Dining Room toward Lobby View of Gift Shop toward Lobby THANK YOU Insert Large Picture Here
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