What’s all the fuss over being in business 10 years? Well, we did start the 2007 economic downturn it seems…
Check out Part 01 and hear Pendulum’s founding principals Devan Case and Jonathan Cole talk about their first encounter in 1999 and forward to Pendulum’s start in 2007.
Stay tuned for Part 02 coming soon!
Acknowledgements:
Carlos Lima: Carlos Lima Photo – Camera work & editing
Chris Evans: “You’re Welcome” – Branding Design & Execution
Pendulum Staff: Daniel Edwards, Cameron Gilyard, Lauren Gripka, John Iiams, Mario Leon, Brandon Maxey, Ashley Murray, Quinn Tolbert
Pendulum co-founder Jonathan Cole sits down with Wisconsin Timber Rattlers President & General Manager Rob Zerjav to discuss their collaborative journey from initial design concepts to completely renovated ballpark for the 2013 season. Zerjav elaborates on several of the new design features as well as his ideas on where the market is headed in the near future.
There’s great before and after shots of the ballpark at the end of the video so be sure to hang on to the end.
Acknowledgments:
Rob Zerjav – It was a crazy busy day for you and you still found the time…much appreciated!
Pooby – Incredible food service, the custom burgers were amazing!
John Iiams – photography, video & edit
Music: J. Rawls Presents the Liquid Crystal Project – Track 12 “Cao” & Track 14 “Crystal Outro”
Although we previously posted information about the start of phase one of the East Village project, we did not outline the complete vision for the overall development. With the multi-family housing and adjacent parking garage making rapid progress toward completion in October of this year, we eagerly anticipate the proposed additional phases outlined in our master plan.
The first thing my oldest son asks me when I get home is: “what did you do at work today – did you have fun?” With exception to the days that I spend in meetings or on the road my typical answer is: “I sketched most of the day…yep it was a good day”.
Just over a year ago we were cranking away on the Green Bay Bullfrogs’ new stadium and something inspired me to start taking video of our design process for just about everything I do. Needless to say, I’ve got hours of video – this one being the first of a series that features me on the boards with my favorite triangle and circle template.
Based on the wardrobe changes in the video this was a three-day sketch. Although I pushed the speed to 8x in editing, we spent quite a bit of time thinking about how best to tie into existing site context (Fox River & downtown to the east, arts district to the west), blur the site boundary lines (outfield boardwalk & playground), and maximize revenue generating potential (everything inside the secure line).
New market rate urban housing takes form in downtown Kansas City’s East Village
East Village is a new residential/mixed –use neighborhood located at the northeast corner of the downtown loop in Kansas City, MO. Swope Community Builders retained Pendulum Studio to design an urban master plan aimed at revitalizing this nine-block area currently dominated by surface parking lots. The first phase of this development is the East Village Apartments, a fifty-unit, four-story residential building designed to attract citizens that work within the loop to live downtown.
The exterior design aesthetic of this building is driven by the desire to diffuse the negative connotations typically associated with market rate urban housing – i.e. unsafe and low-income. The series of brick panels along the main entry façade work to establish an overall sense of security at the pedestrian level. Graceful outdoor decks on levels two through four allow residents to safely connect with the outdoors from within their living unit. The stucco reliefs set behind the brick panels are intentionally soft in color and texture adding hierarchy and shadow to the building façade.
General Project Information
Client: Swope Community Builders
Budget: $8,000,000.00
Finance: U.S. Bank/MHDC
Architect: Pendulum Studio LLC
Structural: Dubois Consultants
Civil Engineer Taliaferro & Browne, Inc.
MEP Engineer: BGR Consulting Engineers
Contractor: JE Dunn
Construction on this project began in November of 2010 and is scheduled to be complete by the fall of 2011. We will post photos of the building progress on this blog monthly. If you are interested in tracking the stages of building construction please subscribe to our blog by clicking the button in the upper right column of this page.
Pendulum Studio - Main Entry RenderingFoundation Walls and Drainage Tiles Under Way
