3 Pleasant Street
Honor Award // Excellence in Architectural Design, Rick & Duffy Monahon Award
Architect // JSA Design
GC // McNabb Properties
Civil Engineer // Ambit Engineering
Structural Engineer // JSN Associates
MEP Engineer // Petersen Engineering
MEP Engineer // WV Engineering
Landscape Architect // Woodburn & Company
Jury Comments
3 Pleasant street is a crafted example of restoration and re-invention existing successfully side by side. The existing masonry building was restored with exacting standards. The jury felt the new rooftop addition was conceived in a wonderful way by both being set back from historic building facades and being crafted in a contrasting, but complimentary form. New and old exist in a sympathetic way. The addition is in no way distracting to the historic bank’s facade; in fact, the jury found the addition’s round form to enhance the more stoic, square base building form.
The project did not stop at the building - the project successfully created spaces between it and the adjacent buildings. The jury found the images of bistro tables, adjacent restored arched top windows and the brick clad facade to be compelling - a place was created where the jury would like to share a meal. By saving the existing vault and creating a wine cellar within, the architect showed a great deal of sensitivity and ingenuity. The jury believes this will be a well-loved building and does what the architects set out to do: create a dynamic sense of place in downtown Portsmouth.
Description
3 Pleasant Street is an adaptive reuse building that comprises the first phase of Brick Market, a mixed-use project designed by JSA Design for developer McNabb Properties in downtown Portsmouth. The 23,992-square-foot red brick building dates back to 1794 and features three floors and a fourth-floor, copper-topped ellipse with roof decks overlooking North Church and Market Square. Formerly a bank, the high-ceilinged street-level space now houses a restaurant. Architecturally preserved features include large arch-top windows throughout the first level and a bank vault transformed into a wine cellar. Upper floors are now modern office spaces, many with exposed wood-veneer beams and high ceilings. Unobtrusive photovoltaic solar panels on the roof offset the building’s energy use and blend in with surrounding architecture, leaving the dramatic views unimpeded. Original copper-clad window sills and frames were retained and restored. Second and third floor windows feature brick returns and soldier headers with limestone keystones
Mid-Coast School of Technology
Honor Award // Excellence in Architectural Design, Commercial
Architect // Lavallee Brensinger Architects
GC // Sheridan Construction
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing // Allied Engineering
Structural Engineer // Becker Structural Engineers
Civil Engineer // Gartley & Dorsky Engineering and Surveying
Landscape Architect // Sebago Technics
Jury Comments
Joy. Through the use of color, playful materials, murals, and the creative use of objects such as shipping containers, a complicated project is brought to life. Solar tubes, geothermal systems, whole building metering, and photovoltaics are seamlessly integrated into the ensemble. The building was successful in acquiring Efficiency Maine Certification. The jury was struck by the number of client voices the project appeared to successfully integrate. From the architect’s project description:
“Serving 6 regional high schools, the school’s vision included serving middle school, high school and community college initiatives and operating as a local industry training center.
With over 17 programs offering advanced educational opportunities and skills to more than 300 students, 800 adult learners, and local industry members, the visioning process involved designing program solutions for multiple academic standards and community college program requirements.”
The jury fully appreciates and was impressed by the consensus created and required to support the project cost with local funding. This project synthesized many programs for many different building users all the while providing joyous experiences throughout.
Description
Mid-Coast School of Technology created a state-of-the-art career and technical education facility that provides access to 21st century education to high school and higher education students. The programs offered are supported by the local industry and allow for true community involvement. The school is designed to put education on display.
Guest House Music Event Space
Merit Award // Excellence in Architectural Design, Residential
Architect // Sheldon Pennoyer Architects
GC // Timothy Groesbeck Construction
Structural Engineer // Annette Dey PE
Landscape Design // Gordon Hayward
Interior Design // Cameron Schwabenton, ASID, LEED AP
Jury Comments
The jury found this project to not only give new life to an old barn - but also to provide a fresh view of the barn conversion project type. The care and effort to reuse an entire barn creates a wonderful place to share the warmth of music or to have an overnight stay. The material palette of blackened steel, locally sourced pine boards, and stacked stone gathered on the site honors tradition while feeling new. The jury found the interior space that combined a desk, seating area, and framed long views to be very successful. The exterior of the project feels contextual while the interior feels fresh. The jury appreciates that the project supports goals of the larger property being Net Zero energy. The architect honored the client’s commitment with a focused attention to detail, a clear material language and interventions that created something new out of something old.
Description
Located on a 400-acre historic farm property, with an active wildlife management program in place, our clients proposed we repurpose an old timber frame barn from a neighboring town that was slated for demolition. Prompted by their longstanding involvement in the local high school’s summer music program, the barn was designed as an event space for music performances and recording, including a guest house for visiting musicians and an office.
Friends of Dartmouth Rowing Boathouse & Training Facility at Dartmouth College
Merit Award // Excellence in Architectural Design, Commercial
Architect // ARC / Architectural Resources Cambridge
GC // Estes & Gallup
MEP/Structural Engineer // Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering
Civil Engineering/Landscaping // Milone & MacBroom
Code // Howe Engineers
Rowing Tank // In River Tank and Boat
Jury Comments
The Jury was initially drawn into this project by its use of a simple strong form. Learning the form minimized the building envelope, helped to collect and direct rainwater while providing the ability to install photovoltaic panels further endeared the work to the jury. The building exceeds the code requirements for insulative values by nearly 175% and utilizes renewable resources for nearly 100% of its energy use; given the efficiencies, it’s all the more impressive how beautifully crafted and functional the interior spaces are. This balance of beauty and sustainable practice is worthy of recognition. The jury appreciated how the design responds and opens up to the adjacent river through its siting as well as large operable glazing units. Kudos the project team for being able to execute the project on a modest budget for a project of this complexity and ambition.
Description
Originally built in 1986, the original boathouse is a traditional crew facility and was built as a social space, rather than a training center. The renovation to the existing boathouse, with enhanced ventilation and dehumidification, as well as the addition of a 7,000 sf training facility allows the 120 student-athletes on the crew teams to all workout simultaneously in a fully dehumidified facility with enhanced acoustics, ample light, and natural ventilation with direct views to the river and landscape. The addition features state-of-the art rowing tanks that simulate the current of the Connecticut River and help collegiate rowers improve conditioning, refine their technique and fine-tune skills as a team during inclement weather and periods when the river is still covered in ice. The combination of the renovation and enhanced training facility has helped make the college a premier rowing destination for talented young rowers.
