The City of Livermore, Kentucky commissioned this building as a way to relieve the growing elderly housing market. The footprint is quite small because it needed to retain the original area of the building which is to be torn down to make way for the new building. Doing this mitigates the city’s modern setback ordinances. To maximize the efficiency of the area, the residential units were programmed on the left and right sections so that they can be fed by a singular circulation zone in the middle. The resulting residential towers are more solid in appearance partly because of their more private function. Nevertheless, this is also where the majority of the building’s structure is located. The circulatory section in the middle of the residential towers features a sloped glass facade. This is a result of the facade having been pushed back to allow space for the entrance ramp and a desire to keep the original location on the facade’s upper edge to retain the atrium’s grandeur and sense of space. As you can see in the following renderings, the circulatory space is cantilevered off the back in order to increase lounge space for the residents.
Possibly one of the most notable features of the facade is the box gardens at the foot of each window. Beyond acting as a visual green refuge for the residents, they also act as a physical barrier between the sidewalk and the residential unit. They are tall enough and deep enough so that someone walking along the sidewalk will not easily be able to touch a resident’s window. The fluid design on the front of each of the garden boxes offer more than just aesthetics. The Town of Livermore is known locally as the city of two rivers because of the Green and Rough rivers which pass through it. Paying homage to their role in the history and development of the area, they are represented by the long flowing elements on the top and bottom. In this design, they embrace the main center element which represents the town of Livermore. The two remaining elements to the left and right of the town represents its citizens and their faith, thus resulting in the trinity cradled by their historic lifebloods.
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