WORK / ODD JOBS / MALHEUR FIELD STATION
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Malheur Field Station
Housing for the scientists who've been coming to the Great Basin's dark skies and open range since 1971 — the research never slowed down; the beds just never caught up.
This is what “how it gets there” looks like — the sketch, the structural problem-solving, the moment a plan changes because the site asked a better question than the brief did. Shown here in order, start to finish.
PRELIMINARY DESIGN → DESIGN DEVELOPMENT → CONSTRUCTION → COMPLETED
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Site overview
Malheur Field Station
Housing prototypes
Laying out proposed research housing
Full Study
New housing unit Type ‘A’
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Vertical Section Perspective
Vertical connections
Horizontal Section Perspective
Corresponding rooms and connections
Material Study
Material and finish study and connections