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 Architects with Modus Studio in Fayetteville have released this elevation, which shows a proposed new terminal building for the Carroll County Airport. This south-facing wall incorporates a lot of glass, to allow easy viewing of take-offs and landings. The long wing of the roof provides a shaded outdoor area. Graphic submitted by Modus Studio |
Members of the Carroll County Airport Commission had seen the drawings at a meeting Nov. 5, but architects with Modus Studio did not want to release all the plans until checking aviation regulations.
Dave Teigen, chairman of the CCAC, said he and other commissioners are "incredibly excited" about the project, which will replace an undersized office with a spacious terminal with about 2,000 square feet of space.
The project carries an estimated cost of $200,000 to $250,000, and a state grant will provide an 80/20 match. Teigen emphasized that the money will come from taxation on aviation fuel and aircraft, not from general revenues.
Teigen also said the architects will attend the commission's meeting on Jan. 7, to bring samples of proposed materials for the project. The schedule calls for finished plans to be available for bidding sometime in February, so the terminal can be built in spring.
The terminal incorporates aircraft themes in its construction. From the air, the building has the shape of an airplane fuselage, wing, and elevator. The building has a glass wall facing the runway.
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Am I the only one in the county who sees a problem with this design???
"The terminal incorporates aircraft themes in its construction. From the air, the building has the shape of an airplane fuselage, wing, and elevator."
Even baring the fact the whole thing looks like something out of 1960 - maybe that's apropriate for Berryville! - to design something like this for a tornado area- well, if the shaded wing is really like an aircraft wing, guess what happens in some of the intense strait winds we get around here, or even God forbid - a tornado?????
JimminyCricket, exactly which part of "1960" does this terminal borrow from? The fall or the spring? ;p
I love rudimentary criticism aimed at those who are distinctly educated and practiced in architectural theory and structural design...
It's a beautiful, contemporary accent to an otherwise rural area that may unfortunately only be appreciated by a generation blossoming from Fayetteville; one of the only cultural hives in Arkansas. Are you upset the facade is not adorned with camouflage patterns and "In memory of 03" epitaphs?
Although modern architecture may have flourished during the boom of the earlier half of the 20th century, the influence of Bauhaus/van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Fuller and others has seen a revival in hypermodern aesthetic of the past decade. Get used to it. The minimal, machinist motif is perfect for a smaller, lower-cost airport. This is not a residence.
The influence of an airplane merely provided an appropriate precedent for design - I doubt the building would actually fly, no matter how strong the winds. I can easily tell from the rendering that the shaded wing is not actually an airfoil, lol. I'm sure the firm has paid close attention to all environmental factors, including probabilistic loads encountered by annual storms, but thelikelihood of actually being in the path of a twister is slim. This is not central Oklahoma. I understand Berryville may be a "tornado area" as you put it, but that is no argument to erect a village of Quonset huts.
(It's funny to see you had the acuity to capitalize "God," but misspelled "straight." The red line under words means they ain'ted spelled all good.)
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