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<br />.:. BUILDING SITE LAYOUT <br /> <br />As with previous elements of the park infrastructure the building layout should reflect an <br />informal rural character associated with central Texas ranch and farm homes. The <br />master plan building site is located at the terminus of an existing linear clearing <br />positioned at the high end of the open meadow providing excellent views across the <br />meadow to a large oak tree known as "Grandma's Oak." Finally, surrounding trees <br />provide shade and an organizing element for the building layout. See Map 4 - "Building <br />Master Plan" <br /> <br />o Arrival Sequence <br /> <br />. The length of the entry trail and vegetative screening should provide adequate <br />buffering between the parking lot and building to provide a further sense of <br />separation from urban character. The building area should develop the character <br />of a preserved archeological discovery detached from the everyday. <br /> <br />. The building site layout should present itself as a means or gateway into the trail <br />network and rest of the park as opposed to a final destination. <br /> <br />o Building Placement and Orientation <br /> <br />. The placement of buildings - with respect to each other, with respect to natural <br />features, and with respect to solar exposures and breezes - should be made so <br />as to create as many and as diverse range of usable outdoor spaces for a broad <br />variety of activities as is possible. <br /> <br />y Buildings and the site should work together, functioning more like a village <br />than as independent, self-contained entities. <br /> <br />y The placement and design of the buildings should maximize the sense of <br />connection between indoors and outdoors. <br /> <br />y Strategic building orientation and massing should reduce energy <br />consumption, e.g. minimize large expanse of east- and west-facing structure; <br />orient building to maximize utilization of breezes and exposure. <br /> <br />'y Different buildings or different parts of buildings should be configured to <br />create outdoor "rooms." This will help foster an intimate and human scale, <br />and maximize the utility of outdoor spaces. <br /> <br />Page 16 of 77 <br /> <br />Carter = Burgess <br />Hatch Partnership, LLP <br />Jankedesign <br />