Palouse "Eons" Regional Airport
USA : ID : Moscow
Design
2021 / 2022 UG Y3
self
Undergraduate junior project
Design: 2022 Spring
Program: Regional Airport
Concept: contextual geological history
Specifications: timber structural system
Idaho Forest Products Commission project– The building form comes from the geological history of the region. Glaciers, the “formal” representation of wind and water, and the Palouse hills themselves are represented in the undulating body of the building. The building seeks to reveal the past of the Palouse through its conceptual facade, and the future of the Palouse in its innovative structural use of timber products.
TAKEAWAY
The most successful aspects of the project is the dual nature of the structure– acting as structure and baggage storage.
The project would have benefited from further development of landscaping and interior / exterior integration.