Botwin Building : By el dorado

Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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The Botwin Building is located at a busy urban intersection within the Waldo neighborhood of downtown Kansas City.

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Largely comprised of small businesses, the historic Waldo Theater building, was part of this vibrant neighborhood. In February 2007 the building sadly burned to the ground. The owner, an invested Waldo community member, decided to rebuild immediately. The architects were asked to preserve the scale and footprint of the original building, but to ‘replant’ the corner, exploring the latest ideas about urban infill and sustainability. The Botwin Building opened its doors in September 2008.

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The collaborative effort between architect, owner, consultants, and artist resulted in an award winning building. The Botwin Building recently received an Honor Award at the AIA Kansas City Design Awards 2010, along with an AIA Central States Region, 2008 Architectural Citation Award, and an IESNA Illumination Design Award 2009.

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Slips and Shifts, the 10′ x 200′ site-specific ‘drawing’, is the result of a successful collaboration between the local studio artist and architect.  The second level glazing system simultaneously reduces heat gain from the buildings southern and western exposure and responds to the dynamic urban site of the building.

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In total the new structure can accodate four small commercial tenants.  The design merges interior and exterior spaces at the sidewalk level, utilizing these spaces to both separate and join tenants.  The second floor tenants share a common elevator lobby space and an exterior sun deck space.

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A planted roof, operable windows, integrated sun shading, new bamboo streetscaping are just some of the features of this building.

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site plan--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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first floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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second floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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east + south elevation--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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west elevation + section at breezeway--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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section at breezeway--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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wall section--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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perspective--drawing © Courtesy of el dorado

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The people

Architects: el dorado inc
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Principal in Charge: Josh Shelton
Project Architect: Steve Salzer, AIA
Custom In-house Fabrication: Brady Neely, Chris Burk
Structural Engineers: Bob D Campbell and Company
MEP Engineers: Lankford and Associates
Lighting: Derek Porter Studios Lighting
Integrated Art: Anne Lindberg
General Contractor: Hoffman Cortes
Owner: Botwin Family Partners, LP
Project Area: 12,500 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Renderings: el dorado inc
Photographs: Mike Sinclair

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