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Location
1458 S. Canal Map
Owner
Pacific Garden Mission
Architect
Tigerman McCurry Architects
Image produced by Built Light
Pacific Garden Mission is a 3-story, 156,000 sf rescue mission serving homeless men and women. The new building at 14th Place and Canal is a replacement (not without controversy) for the organization's two existing locations that serve men and women separately, including the location at 646 S. State with the iconic sign (which is planned to be relocated). The new facility will house nearly 1,000 beds, serve 180,000 meals a month, and include gymnasiums, classrooms, library spaces, and all of the food and laundry services required to support such a massive operation.
The extreme complexity of this building demonstrates that green building goals can be pursued on any type of project. Because of the building's at-risk population, movement through the building and many details must be very carefully planned - green building is just one of many items on the design team's plate.
The project is pursuing LEED Silver certification, mostly with typical off-the-shelf technologies and strategies. An example of this is the use of dual-flush valves on toilets to contribute toward water savings. This type of product is essentially an exact substitute for a standard flush valve and is therefore very simple and effective to include in the design.
Food-producing greenhouses attached to one side of the building give this project a more literal green element. In addition to supplementing the mission's food supply, residents will participate in the gardening, providing rehabilitation and possibly job training. The greenhouses will also produce compost for sale.
Much of the projected energy savings (33% over an energy-code compliant building) come from the mechanical system. One unusual approach that saves both initial and operating cost is the sizing of the cooling systems - the systems for much of the building are sized to only temper the space, perhaps to 80ºF, on the hottest days. The air systems also use activated carbon filters (just like your home aquarium) to control odors while reducing outside air requirements (thus saving energy). A heat pipe heat recovery system also reduces energy cost - this is an application not frequently seen in Chicago and usually reserved for laboratories or other uses with hazardous exhaust.
Finally, the project does have some more easily visible green elements, including a green roof and solar thermal panels for domestic water heating. Given the large amount of hot water used for showering and food service, this is a great application of solar thermal. 100 of the panels were donated by the Chicago Department of Environment.
Pacific Garden Mission is scheduled for completion in late 2007 and is currently featured in the Sustainable Architecture in Chicago exhibit at the MCA. Other project team members include MEP engineer Lehman Design Consultants, LEED consultant and commissioning agent J.T. Katrakis & Associates, general contractor Walsh, structural engineer The Structural Shop, civil engineer Daniel Creaney Company, landscape designer Peter Lindsay Schaudt, lighting consultant Schuler Shook, roofing consultant Building Technology Associates, and food service consultant TriMark Marlinn.
Serving Jesus is a Great Joy
Matt 25:31-40
31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
(NIV)
Posted by: Abdul Razzaq | August 12, 2007 at 01:12 PM
This was great!
Posted by: Weekend Roofer | September 12, 2008 at 05:21 PM