John W. Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst (Mockup)

John W. Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst (Mockup)

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Opened in January 2017, the John W. Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst is a pioneering, 87,500-square-foot facility that serves as a highly visible showcase for green building technology and sustainable architecture. Designed by Boston-based firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the $52 million, four-story structure co-locates three closely aligned disciplines: the Department of Architecture, the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (LARP), and the Building and Construction Technology (BCT) program. Although this building is structurally a Type IV-HT heavy-timber building, the mockup was only used to work on the exterior envelope and therefore omits the main structural system. It is a good example for an aluminum clad rain-screen design, though, and it shows nicely the parapet design (later covered in aluminum paneling). Our Mass Timber book covers this building and its various details extensively. Mockup Specs Location: University of Massachusetts, North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, USA Mockup Produced By: Suffolk Construction Status: Removed Image taken: April 2016 Photographer: Alexander Schreyer Links The John W. Olver Design Building at UMass...
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Austria House (Lost Lake PassivHaus) in Whistler (Mockup)

Austria House (Lost Lake PassivHaus) in Whistler (Mockup)

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Designed by Treberspurg & Partner Architekten and constructed for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Austria House (now known as the Lost Lake PassivHaus) in Whistler, British Columbia, is a landmark of climate-responsive engineering. Built to serve as the headquarters for the Austrian Olympic Committee and Austrian Public Broadcasting, the 2,700-square-foot structure was highly significant as the first registered and certified Passive House (Passivhaus) in Canada. The building was heavily prefabricated in Austria and shipped to Whistler in containers. Its structural core marked a Canadian architectural first: the deployment of prefabricated Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) mass wood panels. This is a great example of a multi-use mockup where its building enclosure is explained perfectly with these standing tables. Mockup Specs Location: Austria House, Whistler, BC, Canada Mockup Produced By: Sohm Holzbau, Austria Status: Unknown Image taken: May 2010 Photographer: Alexander Schreyer, UMass Amherst...
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Residence Halls (James and Stearns) at Amherst College (Mockup)

Residence Halls (James and Stearns) at Amherst College (Mockup)

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Designed by William Rawn & Associates and constructed by Barr & Barr Builders between 2004 and 2005, the rebuilding of James and Stearns Halls replaced deteriorating 1946 concrete structures with modern, contextual residence halls. Positioned on the eastern edge of Amherst College's historic First-Year Quad, the design goal was to harmonize a modern residential interior with the traditional New England collegiate brick vernacular of the surrounding campus. Most mockups don't include the main structural system (steel in this case) in their cutaway form. It is therefore quite amazing that this mockup features a cutaway corner, complete the full exterior facade and with bolted connections and rafter parts on the inside. Mockup Specs Location: Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, USA Mockup Produced By: Barr & Barr Builders Status: Removed Image taken: November 2004 Photographer: Alexander Schreyer...
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