Holland M.U.D.

View of the outdoor parking space and drive-in theater.

Project Details

• Project Name: Holland M.U.D.
• Client: Augusta and Gill Holland
• Project Type: Architectural and Interior design
• Principal Designer: Doug Pierson
• Design Team: Doug Pierson, Daren Chen, Clemente Macias
• Contractor: Tim Peters Construction
• Year of completion of project (estimated): 2008
• Location of site: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• Site Area: 15,000 square feet
• Cost of Execution: USD 854,000

Digital rendering of green roof, skylight shaft, reserved hybrid car parking.

The Building

Holland MUD's 111 year old masonry structure, replete with super thin mortar joints, harks of a gilded craft that has long disappeared, but remains comfortably embedded within the fabric of this emerging urban Louisville neighborhood.

Sharing the city block with a restaurant, vintage retail, galleries, a non-profit mission and office studios, the new 15,000 square foot mixed use facility will house street fronting office/lounge and two multi-purpose event spaces on the ground floor, office studios on the upper two floors, and an indoor-outdoor courtyard toward the rear.

Interior layout of double-height corridor leading to atrium.

The primary directive of the client was to arrive at 'green' solutions while maintaining the quality of the design.

In order to achieve a 'gold' certification with the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) as monitored by the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington DC, several environmental features have been woven into the project's design.

View of the triple-height atrium space in the building model.

Salvaged century-old lumber dresses up the ceiling and floor finish and provides warmth and a contemporary loft-like feel to the spaces.

A green roof carpeting the lower roof provides a natural setting for the glass enclosed conference rooms perched above.

Solar panels drape the open roof structure in the courtyard and provide a vibrant shadow montage on the stark concrete masonry unit walls.

View of the existing structure.

Natural daylight washes all the interior spaces while maintaining privacy via the glazed central roof spine.

The triple height atrium ascends through the main lobby, weaving all floor levels into a continuum of uninterrupted shared space and providing a natural ventilation 'chimney' for air movement and indoor comfort in lieu of a mechanically controlled environment.

Geothermal continuous looped heating and cooling coils conceal cluttered plumbing services within floor slabs and provide an additional renewable energy source.

Locally distributed and supplied materials and trades ensure a regional design that dismisses the common 'franchise' feel of contemporary commercial construction

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Computer rendered images: Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Manish Mehta