michael schulz portfolio

Highland High School Sparta, Ohio

113,000 SF

Building Perspectives

In the summer of 2008 I was selected to be a part of the design team for the extensive renovation of this K-12 campus that had undergone a radical shift from a rural farming community to a suburb for the Metro Columbus area. In order to accommodate current and future enrollment growth, the new high school building was designed for expansion to accommodate ten years of anticipated enrollment increases consisting of approximately 113,000 SF on two floors, state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms, a media center, library, gymnasium/physical education complex, as well as future expansion for additional classrooms and a performing arts complex.

Campus Site Plan Floor PlanHigh School Site Plan


113,000 SF

Main Entry | Completed

The high school was completed on time for the 2011-12 school year in large part due to the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to expedite the design and approval process with the school board and community which was then rolled immediately into creating the construction documents. All images shown here were produced with Autodesk Revit 2008 & 2009, aside from the photos of the completed project.

The building achieved LEED Silver certification and incorporates geothermal as a primary source for heating and cooling.

Main Entry | Revit


113,000 SF

Presentation Drawing

Gymnasium

Auditorium | Cafeteria

Presentation Drawing

Integware Loveland, Colorado

80,000 SF

When this progressive software development company hired BurkettDesign as its architect in early 2009 we were given the responsibility of not only leading the owner through the design process, but also what city they would build their new headquarters in and what general contractor would build it. The two sites under consideration were Harmony Technology Park in Fort Collins and the Centerra Office Park in Loveland. Conceptual schemes were created for both sites concurrent with four GCs creating preliminary estimates based on the designs. Development and planning costs were also evaluated for each site along with FF&E estimates for each building design to show the owner which site would be most cost effective to build on.

Site Plan Space Plan

Main Entry

West Elevation

Plaza

West Elevation looking North

Lockheed Martin Corporation | Visitor Badging Center Waterton Campus | Littleton, Colorado

2,200 SF

Building Axonometric

In order to provide a positive first impression at the entrance of their Waterton manufacturing campus, Lockheed Martin decided to have a new Visitor Badging Center designed to better facilitate their processes involved with granting access to visitors and personnel. The project was also used as an opportunity to showcase a commitment to sustainability and their new “Go Green” initiative and pursue a LEED Silver certification. The completed building was eventually granted Gold certification.

Site Axonometric

Presentation Rendering

Lockheed Martin Corporation | Visitor Badging Center Waterton Campus | Littleton, Colorado

2,200 SF

The new Visitor Badging Center is a modern pavilion-type building that takes its cues from existing buildings on the campus as well as Waterton Valley’s impressive landscape. The masonry portion of the facility evokes the jutting rocks and hogback formations that are prevalent on the campus’s rolling hills. The glass cube with sloped roof provides maximum visibility to the security staff inside the building for monitoring traffic activity in and out of the plant, as well as vast amounts of natural light.

East Façade

Conference Room & Waiting Area

Reception Desk Badging Area

Professional Bull Riders, Inc. | World Headquarters BuildingPueblo, Colorado

Site - 1.38 acres | Building - 45,673 SF

Corner Detail

This 4 story, $10 million structure was completed on the Historic Arkansas River Walk Project in September 2007. Contextual relationships to Historic downtown Pueblo, as well as a facility which expresses the unique nature of Bull Riding and the Wild West were main drivers to the aesthetic development of a very tightly constrained site. Locally prevalent materials of brick and limestone were incorporated throughout the building as part of the facade treatment making a historic tie to downtown as well as throughout the interior lobbies and executive offices. In contrast, the south facade of the building facing the Arkansas River consists primarily of glass and metal to both echo the riverfront and provide a contemporary vocabulary.

North Façade

South Façade from bridge

South Façade | Riverwalk

Professional Bull Riders, Inc. | World Headquarters BuildingPueblo, Colorado Site - 1.38 acres | Building - 45,673 SF

Bull Rider Hall of Fame Corridor

The design intent for the building and interiors of the new PBR World Headquarters in Pueblo, CO was to create a dramatic and comfortable environment that would be a good fit for bull riders as businessmen and would capture the spirit and excitement of the fastest growing sport in the country. Other materials evocative of the bull riders’ lifestyle were also introduced; leather floors and walls, wood flooring, wall panels and ceiling elements, as well as metal trim detailing culminating in a rolled steel “bullhorn” reception desk.

Main Reception Area Executive Waiting Area

Board Room

Ronald McDonald HouseAurora, Colorado

67,400 SF

Entry Portico

Due to overwhelming demand at the two Houses already operating in the Denver area, this new house was built to accommodate an additional 45 families near the Children’s Hospital campus in Aurora. The $11 million, three-story structure opened in March 2008 and encompasses administrative spaces, several lounges, indoor/outdoor play areas, and a large enclosed garden. Guestrooms surround the perimeter of a sunny atrium space on the second and third floors. Paramount to the design is its residential quality with a deep, heavily articulated eave, the use of brick and wood on the exterior and interior, and an abundance of natural light. All design and material decisions were premised upon creating a warm, comfortable living environment for the families that are supported by the Ronald McDonald House and its donors.

West Façade

Atrium and Stair

Donor Playroom | Dining Room

NREL | Vehicle Modification Facility Golden, Colorado

3,000 SF

View from South

NREL sought a cost-effective solution for a new structure to test electric charging stations and the emissions of a wide range of vehicle types, from compact hybrids all the way up to big rigs. However, they still demanded a building that would maintain the aesthetic of the campus and represent the ideals of their organization by achieving a LEED Silver certification. The solution was a prefabricated metal building with some customized modifications, such as a masonry wainscoting, clerestory daylighting windows and radiant exhaust panels to provide natural ventilation.

View from East

Janus Investment Group Denver, Colorado

147,197 SF

Reception Desk

Janus is an international asset management company headquartered in the Cherry Creek North neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. As a fairly new employee at BURKETTDESIGN, I was chosen to complete the Design Development and Construction Documents for this multi-team collaboration for the interior architectural design of their new 7-story office tower.

Reception Area

Executive Board Room

Waiting Area | Custom Light Fixture

Conference Room

Janus Investment Group Denver, Colorado

147,197 SF

Corner Detail

The visitors to this facility include top national and international business leaders and Janus knew the importance of having their facility make an impressive statement of who they are. The design team worked very closely with Janus to develop and execute a highly functional, high tech program inside a timeless and understated modern interior. The success of the design is achieved through the simplicity and strength of the materials and their innovative application and detailing.

North Façade



Nalanda Hall | Naropa University Boulder, Colorado

18,000 SF

View from Arapahoe

Naropa University, an 800 student liberal and contemplative arts college, located in Boulder, Colorado, comprises twelve buildings on 3.7 acres in an impacted urban setting. The Institute had experienced phenomenal growth resulting in substantial overcrowding and overuse of the existing campus facility. Through a comprehensive design process involving open meetings and design charettes, including student representatives, faculty and administrative staff, an organizational scheme was devised creating a campus program and phased master plan. The first phase of this new plan consisted of building a new administration building on the northeast corner of the campus.

Early Design Rendering

Nalanda Hall | Naropa University Boulder, Colorado

18,000 SF

South Façade Rendering

Nalanda Hall defines the edge of the campus on Arapahoe Avenue, one of the busiest streets in Boulder. The structure is also the biggest building on campus and defines both a new scale and aesthetic for the future development. The overall form is simple and a palette of materials, heavy timber, masonry, stucco and wood windows, was selected to relate the structure back to the established roots of the campus while balancing the specific identity and goals of this particular building. Complementary to the institution’s mission of a long term sustainable environment and low energy impact was implementing daylighting strategies as much as possible. This was accomplished with strategically placed light shelves and reflectors to bringing daylight into the center of the space through the use of tubular and conventional skylighting. This system is supplemented with high efficiency task lighting in work areas.

South Façade

Ginsberg Library & South Façade


Ginsberg Library & Nalanda Hall

Tubular Skylights

Clear Creek Pedestrian Bridge Arvada, Colorado

380 foot length

Corner Detail

This $1.5 million landmark structure was planned as a gateway into the city as well as the last link in a metropolitan wide bike path system unifying two trail systems at the confluence of Ralston and Clear Creeks. I was given the responsibility of completing construction documents for the project and then spending a substantial amount of time on site during the construction administration, working with the general contractor, civil and structural engineers in order to expedite resolution of coordination items so that an especially tight schedule could be met.

North Façade

View from bike path

Model

Clear Creek Pedestrian Bridge Arvada, Colorado

380 foot length

Corner Detail

Designed as a cable stayed span, the concrete and steel bridge is identified by it's 100 foot tall mast that supports 250 feet of its length with a series of tension cables. The physical geometry of the bridge is unique. The plan is configured into a gradually tightening arc while in section, the bridge dramatically changes elevation from one end to the other to resolve the 20 foot height difference between the pathways at the creek bank and the park. However, considering all of the complexities inherent with the site and the design, one of the most difficult components of the structure for me to facilitate was the custom-designed guardrail; deck lights clashed with rebar which clashed with rail support embed plates and bolts, not to mention every horizontal member had a slightly different radius.

North Façade

