Metropolitan Community College (MCC) Blue River East Building in Independence, Missouri, establishes a new campus which is home to the Great Plains OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Education Center and MCC’s CDL (Commercial Driver’s License), Forklift, Linework, and Logistics programs.
Project name
Metropolitan Community College Blue River East Building
Location
Independence, Missouri, USA
Photography
Kelly Callewaert
Design team
James Pfeiffer, Principal-in-Charge. Jeremy Kahm, Project Manager. Dan Johnson, Project Architect. Janell Rock, Interior Design. Beena Ramaswami, Graphic Design / Signage. Adam Wiechman, Landscape Architecture. Sarah Murphy, Design Team. Sarah Johnson, Design Team. Brian McKinney, Design Team. Barb Cugno, Design Team. Fiona Bhuyan, Design Team. April Trotter, Design Team. Alyssa Parsons, Design Team
Collaborators
McCown Gordon
Civil engineer
Taliaferro and Browne, Inc
Structural engineer
KH Engineering Group
Environmental & MEP
Henderson Engineers
Tools used
Revit, Enscape
Construction
Pre-engineered steel structure
Material
Concrete, Steel, Wood, Drywall, Glass
Client
Metropolitan Community College
Typology
Educational Architecture
The project is situated on land grant farm that has been a family home since the early 1960's. 68 of the 78 acres is tillable and used for row crops. The remaining ten acres is primarily grassland with approximately one acre of woodland. The design and construction project includes the renovation of two buildings and a new shipping container storag...
Project name
Overbrook Overlook
Location
Overbrook, Kansas, USA
Photography
Kelly Callewaert
Design team
Steve McDowell, FAIA
Collaborators
Beena Ramaswami – BNIM (Color / Design Collaborator), Navid Jones (Dining Table), Mary Anne And Steve Mcdowell (Sofa, Loft Ladder), Sheldon Vogt (Casework), Shutters (Steve Mcdowell), Kansas Spray Foam (Insulation), Western States Metal Roofing (Weathering Steel Roofing), Lucas Koch (Stone Cellar Restoration), Cellar Window And Door (Steve Mcdowell)
Structural engineer
Trevor Acorn – Walter P Moore
Environmental & MEP
Tom Simpson – Introba (Mechanical Engineer), Mike Musak (Site / Plumbing), Frank Rhodes (Electrical), Tim Moore (Mechanical)
Material
Steel, Plywood, Glass, Stone
Client
Steve and Mary Anne McDowell
Typology
Residential › House
