University of Utah
Architectural Design – 4th Year – ARCH 4010
Second Project – Entrada Field Station

The Entrada Field Station project stressed an environmental and material ethic. It was envisioned as a place where students and faculty could carry out field research, conduct field-based classes in sciences and engineering, or hold workshops and in-residence programs for writers and artists. Field based work implied the majority of time at the station would be spent working in the environment and very little time within the quarters of the buildings themselves. Therefore a strong connection between landscape and building needed to be maintained. In addition, the project was envisioned as a low impact, sustainable intervention that could utilize passive systems and respond to the regional environment, climate and sun exposure.

Shown here are projects by Jason Brownfield and Zachary Tanner that exemplified the program requirements.