A Case for Building Conservation in a Modern Society: Bear Down Gym
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A Case for Building Conservation in a Modern Society: Bear Down Gym Item Type Text Authors Moreno, Christopher Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 30/09/2021 14:39:43 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/584145 The University of Arizona A Case for Building Conservation in a Modern Society: Bear Down Gym A Thesis Prepared for the Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Degree Christopher Moreno Mentor: R. Brooks Jeffery December 4, 2015 A Case for Building Conservation in a Modern Society: Bear Down Gym 1 ABSTRACT Increasing demand for new construction has made the building sector responsible for approximately 43 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States. Building conservation, an intervention strategy that refurbishes an existing building without compromising its architectural integrity, is a response to the population’s current infatuation with the new and now that has desensitized modern culture to the past, while surfacing one’s responsibilities to future generations. The focus of this study will be on the University of Arizona’s Bear Down Gym. Through a historical and architectural evaluation, this project will make a case for the rehabilitation of Bear Down Gym in respect to the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation A Case for Building Conservation in a Modern Society: Bear Down Gym 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ 2 TABLE OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................... 3 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4 2 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 6 3 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 BUILDING STOCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE ............................................................................................................... 7 3.2 ADAPTIVE REUSE ............................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3 GREEN BUILDING MOVEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 10 3.4 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND SUSTAINABILITY ........................................................................................................... 11 3.5 THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC REHABILITATION .......................................................... 12 4 DATA .......................................................................................................................................... 15 4.1 WHY REUSE BUILDINGS? .................................................................................................................................. 15 4.2 SELECTED CASE STUDIES: .................................................................................................................................. 16 4.2.1 Old Main, University of Arizona ............................................................................................................. 16 4.2.2 Ice House Lofts, Tucson, Az. ................................................................................................................... 20 4.3 HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL EVALUATION: BEAR DOWN GYM .......................................................................... 24 4.3.1 Historic Use: ........................................................................................................................................... 25 4.3.2 Architectural Evaluation ........................................................................................................................ 27 5 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................... 30 5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE .......................................................................................................... 32 5.2 TIPS TO INCREASE BUILDING EFFICIENCY IN REHABILITATION PROJECTS ...................................................................... 35 6 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 37 7 LIMITATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 38 8 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH............................................................................ 39 9 APPENDIX ................................................................................................................................... 40 APPENDIX A OFFICE/CLASSROOM IN OLD MAIN - 1897 ........................................................................................................ 40 APPENDIX B CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY LABORATORY – 1902 ........................................................................................ 40 APPENDIX C UA BOOKSTORE – CIRCA 1950 ..................................................................................................................... 41 APPENDIX D “THE COOP” - CIRCA 1950........................................................................................................................... 41 APPENDIX E ARIZONA ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY BUILDING. ..................................................................................... 42 APPENDIX F ARIZONA ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY BUILDING WAREHOUSE .................................................................... 42 APPENDIX G ICE HOUSE LOFTS SITE PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 43 APPENDIX H FAST TRACK RENOVATION OF BEAR DOWN GYM, BY GLHN ARCHITECTS. .............................................................. 43 APPENDIX I FAST TRACK RENOVATION OF BEAR DOWN GYM, BY GLHN ARCHITECTS ................................................................. 44 10 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................... 45 A Case for Building Conservation in a Modern Society: Bear Down Gym 3 TABLE OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 AVERAGE ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION KBTU/SF OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BY VINTAGE. SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) ....................................................................................................... 15 FIGURE 2 OLD MAIN 2015. SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA .............................................................................. 16 FIGURE 3 ORIGINAL CONTEXT OF OLD MAIN AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. SOURCE: VINT & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS INC., 2011 .................................................................................................................................................... 17 FIGURE 4 OLD MAIN DURING REHABILITATION. SOURCE: SUNDT CONSTRUCTIONS. .................................................... 18 FIGURE 5 ICE HOUSE LOFTS SOUCE: ROB PAULUS ................................................................................................. 20 FIGURE 6 REHABILITATION PROCESS OF ICE HOUSE LOFTS SOURCE: ROB PAULUS ....................................................... 21 FIGURE 7 RUSTED ARTIFACTS – EQUIPMENT – LEFT IN PLACE THROUGHOUT ICE HOUSE LOFTS. SOURCE: ROB PAULUS ..... 22 FIGURE 8 MATERIALS REUSED AS GATING FOR POOL AREA. SOURCE: ROB PAULUS ..................................................... 23 FIGURE 9 ORIGINAL CONTEXT OF BEAR DOWN GYM. SOURCE: TUCSON.COM ........................................................... 24 FIGURE 10 “BEAR DOWN” WRITTEN ON ROOF OF BEAR DOWN GYM. SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ...................... 25 FIGURE 11 RESIDENCE HALL FOR NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL AT BEAR DOWN GYM. SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA .... 26 FIGURE 12 ORIGINAL CONTEXT OF BEAR DOWN GYM. SOURCE: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. ............................................................................................................................................... 27 FIGURE 13 NORTH FAÇADE OF BEAR DOWN GYM, THEN AND NOW. SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ........................ 28 FIGURE 14 NORTH FAÇADE OF BEAR DOWN GYM. SOURCE: CHRIS MORENO ............................................................ 32 FIGURE 15 VOLUMINOUS INTERIOR OF BEAR DOWN GYM. SOURCE: CHRIS MORENO ................................................ 33 FIGURE 16 VOIDS ON EAST, WEST, AND NORTH FAÇADE PRESERVE BEAR DOWN GYM’S DIMINISHED ISOLATED NATURE. SOURCE: CHRIS MORENO ........................................................................................................................