{"id":2487,"date":"2016-12-18T19:25:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T19:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffreyleesarchitect.com\/?page_id=2487"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:21:29","slug":"augsburg-village-entry-modifications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyleesarchitect.com\/site\/projects\/augsburg-village-entry-modifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg Village Entry Modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Built in 1929, this stately 5 part Colonial Revival brick building, with its two hyphens and wings, is the original core structure of a Lutheran continuum of care facility which today serves a diverse population of primarily elderly residents (Photo 1). Although the facility has expanded continually over the past eighty-five years, the front entry had remained basically untouched, with\u00a0three steps leading up from the driveway to a porch (Photo 2), and then another 5 inch step to the main, front door\/entry (Photo 3),\u00a0 essentially a barrier to access for those whose ability to navigate that entry were most \u00a0challenged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(1) Main Entry in 2014 (before)<\/p>\n

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(2) Front Steps and Porch (before)<\/p>\n

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(3)\u00a0 Front Entry & Surround (before)<\/p>\n

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In 2014, the Augsburg Village Board of Directors engaged my services to design a ramp to address this problem, but it was apparent that even with the addition of a ramp, the entire brick paved front porch itself would have to be raised another 5 inches to meet the inside floor level.<\/p>\n

After considering the visual impact of the length of ramp required to address the overall\u00a027 inch level change, I proposed instead, raising the<\/em> porch and<\/em> grade<\/em> in front of it,<\/em> and then bringing the driveway and a new sidewalk up to\u00a0create a level drop-off area, with\u00a0a minimum slope\u00a0from the landing to the front door. This required the four original wood portico columns be cut off about 5 inches to sit on the raised porch paving. In addition, a new airlock entry, designed to echo the original historic entry surround details while leaving the original intact<\/em>, would be built with automatic sliding doors that would allow the existing hinged\u00a0(swinging) doors to be removed.<\/p>\n

The linchpin of the project was the new brick\/site retaining wall and planting bed, designed by Stone Hill Design Associates<\/a> of Baltimore, which screens the driveway\/drop-off grade change, without obscuring views of the Porch. (Photo 4)<\/p>\n

The Board agreed to the proposed changes and entered into a contract with Riparius Construction<\/a> of Hunt Valley, MD\u00a0 whose expert supervisor and subcontractors carefully executed the modifications. The work was begun in November of 2015, and completed in the Spring of 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New Drop-Off Area – June 2016<\/p>\n

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Completed Airlock<\/p>\n

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Beginning Driveway Fill<\/p>\n

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New Landscape Wall<\/p>\n

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Installing Paving Base<\/p>\n

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Sidewalk formed<\/p>\n

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Driveway Landing Formed<\/p>\n

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Blacktop Installation<\/p>\n

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Airlock taking shape<\/p>\n

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Airlock Detail<\/p>\n

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Seeing the ease with which elderly and disabled residents are now able to access the facility, has made this one of the most personally rewarding projects of my 30+ years practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(4) Front Entry-June 2016 (after)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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