US Land Port of Entry / Snow Kreilich Architects
PROJECT OVERVIEW
© Paul Crosby
Architects: Snow Kreilich Architects
Location: Van Buren, ME, USA
Architect In Charge: Snow Kreilich
Design Team: Meyer Borgman and Johnson, Structural
Area: 46000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Paul Crosby, Paul Cyr, Paul Warchol
Mep: Jacobs Engineering
Civil: Coen+Partners, Landscape
Architect Of Record: Robert Siegel Architects
Builder: J & J Contractors, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Anastos Engineering Associates
Civil And Mep : Engineer: Arup.
Landscape Architect: Sasaki Associates
Life Safety Consultant: Fire Risk
Leed Consultant: Winter Associates
© Paul Crosby
PROJECT OVERVIEWThe design of the new US Land Port of Entry in Van Buren, Maine fuses an abstraction of the cultural and landscape context with concepts essential to port operations: surveillance and camouflage. Located in the St. John River valley, an area profoundly influenced by its roots in the Acadian culture, this heritage is made visible in Van Buren?s original town plat of long narrow plots oriented toward the river. Forests still cover much of the area and provide another layer to the genesis of the design. As the repetition of trees in a forest provides c...
© Paul Crosby
Architects: Snow Kreilich Architects
Location: Van Buren, ME, USA
Architect In Charge: Snow Kreilich
Design Team: Meyer Borgman and Johnson, Structural
Area: 46000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Paul Crosby, Paul Cyr, Paul Warchol
Mep: Jacobs Engineering
Civil: Coen+Partners, Landscape
Architect Of Record: Robert Siegel Architects
Builder: J & J Contractors, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Anastos Engineering Associates
Civil And Mep : Engineer: Arup.
Landscape Architect: Sasaki Associates
Life Safety Consultant: Fire Risk
Leed Consultant: Winter Associates
© Paul Crosby
PROJECT OVERVIEWThe design of the new US Land Port of Entry in Van Buren, Maine fuses an abstraction of the cultural and landscape context with concepts essential to port operations: surveillance and camouflage. Located in the St. John River valley, an area profoundly influenced by its roots in the Acadian culture, this heritage is made visible in Van Buren?s original town plat of long narrow plots oriented toward the river. Forests still cover much of the area and provide another layer to the genesis of the design. As the repetition of trees in a forest provides c...
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