ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 440
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Aug 21 07:54:44 PDT 2009
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GRAND TETON VISITOR CENTER
by Edward Riddell, with Tom Kundig
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Early in the design process of the Craig Thomas
Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National
Park, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson made several key design
decisions that were critical to the success of the
project.
First, they successfully lobbied to separate the
building from the parking lot. Our culture's obsession
with big box stores fronted by parking lots made this a
tough sell. The design team argued that people should
separate themselves from their cars and decompress from
the worries of the road during the short walk from their
car to the building. The board of trustees of the Grand
Teton National Park Foundation agreed.
The site enjoys a spectacular view of the Teton Range.
The architects felt the building should not try to
compete with that view, but enhance it. As visitors
approach the building, the view of the mountain range is
temporarily blocked as the mountains recede behind the
undulating roof line that echoes the jagged skyline.
They proceed through a calm and ordered courtyard which,
with its two boulders, reminds us of the glacial history
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