Mark James Raeburn has over 10 years of experience as an architect and designer. He is currently seeking a full-time position with a design-oriented firm. He has extensive experience managing projects from initial design through construction documentation. His areas of expertise include urban planning, cultural facilities, education, mixed-use, and residential design.

1. Mark James Raeburn, Assoc. AIA. LEED AP. Curriculum Vitae
8880 Cody Street | Westminster, CO 80021 | ph: 720.280.0613 | raeburnmark@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL GOALS
As a passionate and award winning designer with over ten years of experience I would like to secure a permanent,
full time position with an outstanding design oriented firm where I can continue to grow and develop as an architect,
planner, designer and leader while facing new challenges and opportunities around the world.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005-Present RNL Design. Denver, Colorado.
Project Designer
• Design responsibility for numerous national and several international projects of
varying size and type from pre-design phase through design development.
• Specialized in pre-design research, programming, master planning, site
planning, concept design and building design.
• Traveled extensively as needed including onsite design charrettes and working
in satellite offices for short periods of time.
• Efficiently managed and inspired internal project teams, clients, and consultants
including client relations and design presentations.
• Participated in several internal committees such as the Green Team and Design
Process Committees.
1999-2005 Arley Rinehart Associates, Architects. Denver, Colorado.
Associate/Project Manager/Project Designer
• Responsible for several projects of varying size from schematic design phase
through design development, construction documents and construction admin.
• Pre design research, programming, site planning.
• Client presentations for various sizes and types of projects
• Marketing
1998–4/99 Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh, AIA. Denver, Colorado.
Intern/Project Manager
• Responsible for several projects of varying size from schematic design phase
Through design development, and construction documents within a team
oriented setting.
• Interfaced with clients and consultants.
• Preparation of RFQ responses
1997-1998 Form First Architecture, Denver, Colorado.
Intern/Designer
• Planning, design development and Construction Documents for various
projects of different scale and budget within a small office setting.
• Marketing and Architectural exhibits.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Urban planning and design, Cultural, Religious, Athletic facilities, Transportation
facilities, Commercial, Educational, Mixed use, Low, Mid and High rise multi family
residential, single family residential.
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2. Mark James Raeburn, Assoc. AIA. LEED AP. Curriculum Vitae
8880 Cody Street | Westminster, CO 80021 | ph: 720.280.0613 | raeburnmark@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AIA Urban Design Committee, Committee on the Environment,
USGBC LEED AP
Urban Land Institute
EDUCATION
December 1996 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• 5 years in professional degree program.
• Dean’s Honor Roll.
• Architectural Building Systems teaching assistant.
• Won several design competitions, awards and scholarships.
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Autdesk AutoCAD: Computer drafting.
Autodesk Revit: Parametric building information modeling (BIM).
Google Sketchup: 3D modeling, rendering and animation.
Adobe Photoshop: Photographic editing.
Adobe InDesign: Type set publishing and editing.
Adobe Illustrator: Graphics (beginner).
Autodesk 3D MAX: 3D modeling, animation and rendering (beginner).
Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
Englewood Performing Arts Center design competition: First place
Englewood Performing Arts Center: Englewood, CO. AIA Honor Award
ACME Brick design competition: Stillwater, OK. Medical Facility. First place
Jefferson County Action Center: Lakewood, CO. AIA Honor Award
Dinosaur Ridge viewing platforms: Morrison, CO. AIA Honor Award
The Palms Tanning Resort: Today’s Image “Best Design” award 2003 & 2004
C3Korea #205 (pp88-93) – “Englewood Performing Arts Center”
Guide to Denver Architecture: pg257 Monigle Building - 150 Adams, Denver, CO.
Various Trade Magazines and local newspapers: Madison Transit, RTC Las Vegas,
South Bend Transpo, Victor Valley Transit Authority and Union Park Las Vegas.
The Palms Tanning Resort: Published in several trade publications, The Denver
Business Journal and featured on CBS News 4 Denver
Exhibit: “What Does Architecture Sustain”, Boulder Library, Boulder, CO. 1998
Exhibit: “CityScape Dubai” 2007 Al Ghadeer Urban design.
REFERENCES
Michael Brendle, FAIA: Design Principal, Board Member RNL, (303) 295-1717
Arley Rinehart, Architect: Principal ARAA, formerly Senior Designer at
RNL, (720) 373-8422
John Wulfmeyer, AIA: Principal John Wulfmeyer Architect, (818) 986-9923
Dan O’Brien, Architect: Principal ZO Architects, formerly principal of Form First
Architects and Senior Designer at VTBS, (720) 560-3352
Robert Wade, AIA: Associate, Project Designer, Ellerbe Becket, (816) 360-4444
Barry Newton, AIA: Craine Frahm Architects, (303) 477-3391
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3. Mark James Raeburn, Assoc. AIA. LEED AP. Project List
8880 Cody Street | Westminster, CO 80021 | ph: 720.280.0613 | raeburnmark@hotmail.com
Project List
1994: Ponca City High School, Ponca City, Oklahoma. (Lewis Associates Architects)
42,000 SF Addition and renovation of existing high school. First addition included science and technology
labs and classrooms. Second addition was a student union/cafeteria that reconnected three separate
buildings providing accessible routs between them. Shared responsibilities included programming,
schematic design and model building.
1995: Oklahoma Rural Water Association, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Self employed)
18,000 SF Corporate headquarter building to consolidate several smaller remote offices. Responsibilities
included programming, schematic design, model building and presentations to the board of directors.
1997: Dinosaur Ridge viewing platforms, Morrison, Colorado. (Form First Architecture)
Responsibilities included co-design, design development, construction document production and
construction administration. More information in portfolio.
Monigle Associates, 150 Adams Street, Cherry Creek, Colorado. (Form First Architecture with ARAA)
Addition and remodel of existing space for Monigle Associates, the country’s largest independent brand and
design consultancy. Shared responsibilities included design development, construction document
production and construction administration. More information in portfolio.
Aurora West Middle School, Aurora, Colorado. (Form First Architecture)
High school remodel including Cafeteria, kitchen and auditorium. Responsibilities included design
development and construction document production.
Jeffco (Jefferson County) Action Center, Lakewood, Colorado. (Form First Architects)
Temporary home for employed women and/or men with their children for 45 days in order to help save
money and learn self sufficiency skills.
1998: Queen Of Peace Catholic Church. Aurora, Colorado. (Form First Architecture)
26,000 SF worship space for an established church. Shared responsibilities included design development
and construction document production.
Clover Creek Recreation Center, Longmont, Colorado. (Form First Architecture)
Responsibilities included design development and construction document production.
Compass Montessori School, Wheatridge, Colorado. (Form First Architecture)
16,000 SF Adaptive reuse and addition. Responsibilities included co-design, design development,
construction document production and construction administration.
University of Denver law School, Denver, Colorado.
3,500 SF interior renovation of Student Services and Admissions spaces. Responsibilities included co-
design, design development and construction document production.
1999: Fairway Classics - planned golf community, California (VTBS)
Development of several prototypical duplex and triplex residential units to surround a golf course.
Responsibilities included design development, project management and construction document production.
Jefco Action Center – emergency center, Lakewood, Colorado (VTBS)
Responsibilities included schematic design for clinic, offices and warehouse facilities for JAC.
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4. Appletree Apartment Complex, Santa Monica, California. (VTBS)
Four-story 280 unit apartment building with a central amenity courtyard and two levels of subterranean
parking. Responsibilities included co-design, project management, design development and construction
document production.
Marina Expressway Housing, Santa Monica, California. (VTBS)
Development of 30 similar yet different contemporary single family homes on a thin site adjacent to the
Marina expressway for The Lee Group. Responsibilities included co-design and design development.
Stark Residence, Venice Beach, California. (VTBS)
2,700 SF custom residence for developer Jay Stark of The Lee Group. Responsibilities included co-design,
design development, project management and construction document production.
2000: Archstone River Park, Denver, Colorado. (VTBS)
Four-story 275 loft apartment building for Archstone Communities on a 2.5 acre site in the loft district
adjacent to Riverfront Park. Shared responsibilities included co-design and design development.
Norris Dulea, Denver, Colorado. (VTBS)
Corporate headquarters building for an international landscape design firm. Responsibilities included design
development and the production of construction documents.
Montessori at the Marina, Denver Technology Center, Denver, Colorado. (ARAA)
12,600 SF interior architecture project for children aged 3-12 including reception, five classrooms,
gymnasium, rest rooms etc. Responsibilities included, client contact, programming, conceptual design,
schematic design, design development, construction documentation and construction administration. More
information in portfolio.
Montessori School. Denver, Colorado. (ARAA)
7,000 SF Interior renovation of an existing space for children aged 6 months through 6 years, this project did
not progress past conceptual design.
2001: Englewood Performing Arts Center, Englewood, Colorado. (ARAA – competition Win)
Approximately $200 mil. Performing arts center including three auditoriums of various sizes, rehearsal
spaces, dance studios, a conference center, meeting rooms, administrative spaces, housing for visiting
artists, sculpture gardens, riverfront park, separate outdoor theater and concert spaces, and 2 levels of
subterranean parking for 600 vehicles and service access. Responsibilities included research, co-designer,
modeling and presentation materials. This was a competition winning design that unfortunately did not
continue to fruition due to the events of 9/11. More information in portfolio.
Chiropractic Clinic, Aurora, Colorado. (ARAA)
2,200 SF Tenant Finish including reception, waiting room, offices, five treatment rooms, rehab gym, x-ray
room, break room and restrooms. Shared responsibilities for entire project.
Kelly Residence, Denver, Colorado. (Self)
Small addition and renovation.
2002: Grove residence, Sterling, Colorado. (Self)
Substantial addition and remodel.
Vine Street residence, Denver, Colorado. (Self, sub contract Dan O’Brien)
Substantial remodel.
Lafayette residence, Lakewood, Colorado. (Self, sub contract Dan O’Brien)
Small addition and remodel.
Bonnfis corporate office, Denver, Colorado. (Self, sub contract Dan O’Brien)
1,000 SF tenant finish project located in the historical Denver clock tower (May D&F tower)
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5. Titze residence, Dory Lakes, Colorado. (Self, sub contract Richard Henry)
3,000 SF addition and remodel of existing 900 SF cabin.
Wedower residence, Denver, Colorado. (Self)
Small addition
Palms Tanning Resort #1 (flagship concept), Greenwood Village, Colorado. (ARAA)
2,600 SF Tennant Finish. Highly custom and award winning tanning resort. Responsibilities included
research and branding concept for a new chain of tanning resorts, co-design, design development,
construction documentation, and construction administration. The Palms has been an overwhelming
success in Colorado and is hoping to expand nationally by 2008.
2003: Jahde residence, Cherry Creek, Colorado. (Self, sub contract Richard Henry)
5,000 SF new construction.
DeCroce residence, Denver, Colorado. (Self)
Concept design and feasibility study for small addition and renovation.
Lipson residence, Greenwood Village, Colorado. (ARAA)
Small addition and remodel
Grand Sound Studio, Denver, Colorado. (Self)
Concept design and feasibility study for a major renovation of an existing 42,000 SF industrial building to
include reception, waiting room, offices, recording studios, rehearsal rooms, rest rooms, loading bay and
storage.
Rocky Mountain Internal Medicine, Strasburg, Colorado. (ARAA)
1800 SF renovation and interior remodel to reorganize the interior spaces, provide ADA accessibility and
bring the existing structure up to local codes. Project included reception, waiting room, four exam rooms, an
x-ray room, billing office, Dr.’s office, restrooms and a small lab. Responsibilities included research of
existing building, production of as built drawings, schematic design, design development, construction
documents.
2004: Palms Tanning Resort #2, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. (ARAA)
2,800 SF Tennant Finish. Highly custom and award winning tanning resort. See Palms #1 for
responsibilities.
Hoffman residence, Greenwood Village, Denver, Colorado. (ARAA)
$600,000 Substantial remodel and addition.
6 TWO 6 Douglas, Wichita, Kansas. (Self)
Graphic design and feasibility plans for startup restaurant business plan.
San Jose State University, San Jose, California. (Self, design competition with Robert Wade)
Renovation and substantial addition to the arts building
2005: Metro Transit Maintenance and Operations Facility, Madison, Wisconsin. (RNL Design)
Schematic design for a $38 million facility to include a new maintenance shops and bays, enclosed bus
parking for 280 buses, two story administration and operations office space, two levels of above grade
parking and an historic bus museum. Responsibilities included lead design role and team leader including
client and consultant contact and presentations. Project was designed to be sustainable.
Cairo new town master plan, Cairo, Egypt. (RNL Design)
Responsibilities included research and concept design as part of the schematic design team. Unfortunately
the project did not progress past this stage.
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6. Sunset Maintenance Facility, Las Vegas, Nevada. (RNL Design)
$110 Million facility for the Regional Transportation Commission. Responsibilities included lead design role
and team leader to include client and consultant contact and presentations. Designed to be LEED Silver
although it will not be certified at the clients’ request. More information in portfolio.
2006: Palms Tanning Resort #3, Aurora, Colorado. (ARAA)
2,900 SF Tennant Finish. Highly custom and award winning tanning resort. See palms #1 for
responsibilities.
ClearView Baptist Church, Franklin, Tennessee. (RNL Design)
118,000 SF addition (including a 450 seat chapel and 1800 seat auditorium) and 34,000 SF remodel to an
existing building. Responsibilities included lead design role including master planning, client and consultant
contact, and presentations through schematic design. Project was designed to be sustainable.
Shams Central Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE. (RNL Design – invited competition, 2nd
place)
Competition design for a focal point to the Shams, Abu Dhabi master plan (RNL) open space systems. The
park includes lagoons and canals, fountains, pools, gardens, open play space, an amphitheater, a
restaurant and a contemporary mosque; all above 4,500 subterranean parking spaces. Responsibilities
included design team member for the park and co-designer of the mosque.
Union Park Master Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada. (RNL Design)
Large master planned, mixed use community on the old Union rail yards just north of downtown Las Vegas
containing 3,189 residential units in ten high rise buildings, 16,000 parking spaces (with amenity spaces on
top), 1.8 million SF of office space, 1,750 hotel rooms (plus casino and entertainment spaces), and 360,000
SF of ground floor retail with two storey condominiums above. The plan also incorporated a new Central
Park for down town and a performing arts venue. Responsibilities included leading a team of five in design
development which included research, concept mass design and analysis for each of the 18 parcels where
we verified the feasibility of the developers’ proforma, circulation patterns, deliveries, trash pick-up, shadow
patterns etc., and made suggestions for improvements of the original concept, generating client information
presentation materials throughout the process, and a final presentation book including our concepts and
conclusions. More information in portfolio.
South Bend Transpo, South Bend Indiana. (RNL Design – competition win)
$14 million transportation maintenance facility. Responsibilities included lead design role for competition
entry including master planning, building planning, conceptual design, modeling and presentation materials.
More information in portfolio.
Y - Ice, Littleton, Colorado. (RNL Design)
New full YMCA including Basketball courts, two full size ice hockey rinks, Olympic pool, children’s pool,
exercise spaces, changing rooms etc. Responsibilities included co-design development and modeling.
2007: Crabtree residence, Denver, Colorado. (Self)
Remodel
Moholy Master plan, Chandigarh, India. (RNL Design)
Master plan for a sustainable technology “new town” just west of Corbusiers’ City of Chandigarh. The
design was based around access to green spaces and fresh air with the majority of the urban massing to the
North West in order to block winter winds and provide southerly exposure for summer breezes and solar
access. Responsibilities included research, concept design and modeling as a schematic design team
member. Also a dynamic schematic massing study for a large conference/entertainment multiplex including
conference, performance, entertainment, and retail functions adjacent to a mid rise hotel.
Boulder Jewish Community Center, Boulder, Colorado. (RNL Design)
Conceptual design including pre school, athletic facilities, theater, library, office space, adult classrooms, a
large multi-purpose space etc. The project is currently on hold for fund raising. Responsibilities included
research, master planning, phasing, conceptual design, modeling and generation of presentation materials.
More information in portfolio.
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7. Victor Valley Transit Authority, Victorville, California. (RNL)
$42 million transportation maintenance facility. Responsibilities included lead design role and team leader
including client and consultant contact and presentations; from schematic design through design
development including the assembly of bridging documents of sufficient quality so as to maintain design
integrity through the next phase of the project with the winning design/build team. Project was designed to
be LEED Gold.
South Bend Transpo, South Bend, Indiana. (RNL - Design competition win)
$19 million (budget increased) transportation maintenance facility. Responsibilities included lead design
role and team leader including client and consultant contact and presentations; full time through schematic
design, with a mentor/crit role through design development and construction documentation. Project was
designed to be LEED Platinum and was a test Revit project for RNL. More information in portfolio.
Al Ghadeer Master Plan, Abu Dhabi, UAE. (RNL)
Phase 1 of a regional master plan, Al Ghadeer is a sustainable lifestyle district for 28,000 mostly ex-pat.
British, Australian and Indian citizens (among others). Responsibility included research, generation of the
Urban Design Concept and Design Guidelines for the district, and design while guiding a team of urban
designers, landscape architects and architects in the implementation of these ideas into the master plan. I
also led the effort to produce the presentation materials that were needed to portray the main concepts to
the client; Sorouh Abu Dhabi. More information in portfolio.
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9. ENGLEWOOD CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
e n g l e w o o d c o l o r a d o

10. TYPICAL PARKING LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
ENTRY LEVEL PLAN
The Englewood Cultural Arts Center had to be highly visible and easily
accessible. The intersection of the Santa Fe transportation corridor and
Highway 285 provides maximum metro-wide exposure and makes the
arts center convenient for both automobile and mass transit arrival. In
this location, the ECAC will be a “Billboard for the arts”. This exposure will
augment the aggressive promotion of the arts that is necessary to sustain
an art center’s fiscal success.
A new pedestrian bridge establishes a gateway marker and connects the
city of Englewood to the art center, park, and riverfront.
By connecting the city center to the South Platte River Greenway, the
ECAC becomes a catalyst for the development of a new art park provid-
ing sculpture gardens, performance areas, artist live work spaces and
other art related retail. It is hoped that special programs, festivals and
other recreational activities along the waterfront will reinforce the vitality
between the new art center and the local community.
The proposed design articulates the different functions and disciplines
within the center in to several clear forms and encourages diversity and
interconnection of the disciplines through the use of stairs, ramps, escala-
tors and other gathering spaces. The design also integrates artful expres-
sion and sustainability into all components and structures.
The largest of these forms is the theater complex (orange) with its innova-
tive multiple stages and turntable seating located above rehearsal spaces
and dressing rooms. The grey forms are multiple levels of classrooms
and dance studios; the purple form is two levels of dividable conference
and meeting spaces, and the blue form is the administration wing with
live-in artist lofts above. The termination of the administration spike de-
marcates the main entry.
The sphere located in the atrium is a café that would be accessible via
the bridge from the city and the park even when the center is closed; of
course while open it is accessible by all.
The 600 parking spaces provided below the center feature natural ventila-
tion and daylighting and serve a dual purpose as overflow parking for the
Englewood mass transit stops.
THIRD LEVEL PLAN
TYPICAL PARKING LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
ENTRY LEVEL PLAN
THIRD LEVEL PLAN

11. VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITYh e s p e r i a c a l i f o r n i a
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
The Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA) was looking for a Transit Campus de-
sign that was thought provoking and an icon for the California High Desert. The
answer was a four building campus that invokes movement and sustainability
generated through dynamic architectural forms. The campus includes a 26,000
square foot Administrative and Operations building, 36,000 square foot Mainte-
nance Facility, a Fuel/Fare/Wash facility, a Public CNG fueling facility, as well as
covered and uncovered storage for 254 buses. Relationships between all of the
buildings were created through the use of color, form, and materials – keeping all
the buildings strongly connected. LEED Gold certification will be realized through
the use of many different sustainable design elements such as daylighting, build-
ing orientation, the use of optimized overhangs and louvers, a Photovoltaic bus
canopy for on site renewable energy, a transpired solar collection wall, innova-
tive wastewater technologies including water efficient landscaping, recycled and
regional materials and several other sustainable strategies. The budget for VVTA
is $44 million and it is scheduled to begin construction
in February of 2008.

12. SITE PLAN
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
ENTRY LEVEL PLAN
THIRD LEVEL PLAN

13. The new Sunset Maintenance Facility for the Regional Transportation Com-
mission (RTC) of southern Nevada is a highly visible civic project in southern
Las Vegas. Design emphasis has been placed on creating a functional, co-
hesive and attractive campus that encourages a strong visual connection to
public transportation.
The employee and visitor entries have been developed along view corridors,
creating unexpected and secure visual connections to the bus service yard.
To further emphasize RTC’s main public front the visitor parking is also rotated
to align with this view corridor.
With the ability to be isolated for after hours events this centrally located lobby
also contains the training areas, which will eventually be shared by the ad-
ministration and operations departments of both fixed route and bus rapid
transit.
The extra volume generated by the use of sloped roofs has been utilized uni-
versally to create mezzanines which conceal the mechanical equipment. The
sloped roofs, similar forms, materials and colors, create a consistent language
between the various buildings reinforcing the campus concept.
R.T.C. SUNSET MAINTENANCE FACILLITY
l a s v e g a s n e v a d a
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE

14. PARTIAL FRONT ELEVATION
PARTIAL REAR ELEVATION
SITE PLAN

15. SOUTH BEND TRANSPO
s o u t h b e n d i n d i a n a
SITE PLAN
The new Emil “Lucky” Reznik Center to be located
in the new Studebaker redevelopment will provide
Transpo with a much needed state of the art main-
tenance and operations facility. The initial project
includes an administration and operations wing,
a high tech maintenance facility, and an enclosed
bus storage area for a seventy six bus fleet with
fuel, fare and wash functions.
The design is functional, iconographic and environ-
mentally friendly, addressing the requirements of
operating with efficiency, durability, and safety, and
with a sense of pride and civic duty. The Transpo
building and landscape will be holistically unified
by scale, forms, materials, textures, articulation
and design concept to create a dynamic aesthetic,
and functionally superior facility that is of its place
and time.
The new Transpo facility carries the lofty goal of be-
coming the first transportation facility in the country
(possibly the world) to attain the prestigious LEED
Platinum certification. This program begins with op-
timal building orientation which assists with passive
solar gain, snow melt and controlled daylighting of
the facility. Building materials, which are integral to
the success of this project, are economically effi-
cient, functional, durable, beautiful, sourced locally,
and efficiently used. The integration of site and
building design will reduce operational expenses
and aid in reducing the dependence on foreign
energy sources while aiming to reduce waste by
implementing a recycling system for all areas of the
building.

16. INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE

17. UNION PARK MASTER PLAN
l a s v e g a s n e v a d a
Two seemingly disparate or contradictory ideas,
serenity and excitement fuse together to create a
complimentary environment that provides the best
of both worlds; a fusion between the dynamic high
tech industrial imagery of the Union Pacific Rail-
road with the contradictory notion of serine and
peaceful parks.

18. SECTI0N PERSPECTIVEAERIAL PERSPECTIVE

19. AL GAHDEER MASTER PLAN
a b u d h a b i U A E

20. Urban Design Concept Statement
With an expected rate of 80% ex-patriot occupancy at Al Ghadeer there is a need to
educate the population to the rich cultural history of the region and at the same time
provide the modern appointments that are expected. It is anticipated that the layering
of these multi-national cultures within the district will add to the richness of the cultural
experience.
Historic patterns and textures will be used in both common and uncommon ways as
a consistent thread to stitch the urban context together reinforced with consistent
landscaping and urban design features.
Contemporary tensile fabric structures will be featured in prominent public spaces to
Provide shade and gathering places as a constant reminder of the regions culture.
Occupants can wonder safely through the whole site via pedestrian parkways that link
the neighborhoods with parks, amenities and the centrally located District Center and
park. These parkways will allow for interaction, education and cultural experience.
Major arteries are crossed either on grade at signalled intersections or beneath with
pedestrian underpasses. The civic open space at the District Center crosses over the
Central beltway with an iconic bridge leading to Lake Center Park and eventually back
into the neighborhoods via the regional pedestrian parkways.
The park systems and Lake Central park in particular have been conceived to host a
multiplicity of activities for all ages from educational and interpretive parks, to active
play spaces and contemplation parks meant to reinforce ones spiritual needs.
Through the layering of these numerous concepts, Al Ghadeer will be a wonderfully
rich and dynamic district that appeals to its occupants intellectual, physical, social and
spiritual needs while promoting an easy, healthy and sustainable way of living.

21. BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
b o u l d e r c o l o r a d o
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE

22. SITE PLAN
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
ENTRY LEVEL PLAN
The Boulder Jewish Community Center embodies the diversity of
the religion as a celebration of the positive elements of the Jew-
ish faith and history, it would be too easy to pick up on the shards
and destructive influence of their history - plus it has already been
done.
Jewish faith is very strongly based on the idea of Jews as “a na-
tion” or as a family (“children of Israel”) sharing a common history,
destiny and connection. “Galut” refers to Jews living outside of
Israel and translates to exile, captivity or dispersion. Despite the
diversity of beliefs the relationship to the community (at all levels)
is of utmost importance. Cross cultural adaptation is common in
the Jewish faith where foreign cultural elements have been incor-
porated into the Jewish mainstream beliefs. Evidence of this can
be found in several key areas of their culture – language, music
and religion:
The entry sequence here is a metaphor for the events from the
story of Exodus; forty years of wandering in the desert led by Mo-
ses who eventually provides food, water and knowledge for the 13
tribes who are represented in this scheme by the thirteen flowering
fruit trees on the entry axis .
At the entrance point to the entry courtyard the library form is more
prominent as Jews consider education brings one closer to God.
This idea is reinforced as it is also a tall space with strong vertical
thrust. The library form is also a metaphor for Moses going “in” to
the mountain to retrieve the commandments (knowledge).
With elevation comes proximity to God, also Jerusalem is sited on
top of a hill. The final stage to the entry sequence is the entry to the
lobby which is up several steps also adding civic importance.
Sokkat is a festival or holiday to celebrate the feeding of the jews in
the desert during exodus. Part of the ritual includes building a per-
gola/shading element which is represented by the shade canopy
around the main lobby space shading the main entry and amphi-
theater courtyards.

23. MONIGLE OFFICE BUILDING
c h e r r y c r e e k c o l o r a d o

24. MONTESSORRI AT THE MARINA
d e n v e r c o l o r a d o