air national guard snowbird squadron operations facility

$1.2 Million, 8,000 S.F., Completed 2002

Contact: Ed Marley, Kevin Barber

This two story structure is the focal point of the Snowbird program which provides flight training for visiting fighter squadrons during winter months. The building is located so that the officers are provided views of the flightline as well as the Catalina Mountains to the north. The main operations area within the facility is a loft-like two story space with clearstory windows that bathe the area in natural light, one of the unique benefits our desert environment affords us throughout the year.

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arizona air national guard 162 fw dining hall/audio visual facility

Completed 2001

Contact: Ed Marley

This facility is more than a modern dining service area for military personnel. It provides essential meeting space for groups as large as 800 An adaptive use of what was originally the base supply warehouse, the new dining facility brings new life to an old structure. The design integrates contemporary architectural elements with expressions of the original construction by exposing brick walls and the steel roof structure. A state of the art commercial kitchen provides food service for 1600 persons. Video projectors and miltiple TV screens provide flexible audio-visual capabilities.

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air national guard telecommunications center

Contact: Ed Marley

Swaim Associates provided architectural services for a 5,000 s.f. remodel of the existing Base Communications Center with a 4,000 s.f. addition to accommodate expanding user needs and create a more efficient working environment. Specific user requirements include the expansion of the Base telephone exchange, computer training rooms, administrative offices, radio operations, reprographics and a fixed-seat classroom for 45 people. The new addition houses the Base Central Mail Processing and Distribution Center. The addition forms a courtyard that converted an unusable gravel space into a shaded landscape break area with seating.

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davis monthan air force base dormitory area plan

1998-1999, Master Planning 55 Acres

Contact: Ed Marley, Phil Swaim

This Master Plan redesigned the dormitory area to improve the quality of life for the residents by creating residential scale dorms and human scale interactive courtyards. By relocating parking to the perimeter, the area becomes pedestrian oriented. Recreational facilities and ramadas create activity nodes. The central dining facility with an outdoor eating plaza ensures the vitality of the core. The consolidation of the educational facilities, library, post office, thrift shop, and other support functions into one building creates and interactive community center. A three day planning charette involved over 50 people in the consensus building process. A large model of the site was constructed, which was used as a hands-on way to illustrate various design ideas and strategies.

To create the image above, plans for the redevelopment of the site were converted into Adobe Photoshop and rendered by color to indicate phasing. Shadow and detail were calculated and added. While it appeared three-dimensional, this is actually a two-dimensional flat rendering. The final computer rendering was them combined with an aerial photograph of the site to better illustrate what was to remain and what was to change.

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air national guard supply & vehicle maintenance

$4.0 Million, 88,300 S.F. Remodel, Completed 1998

Contact: Ed Marley

The hangar is contained on two sides by two story office wings. New elevators were added on each wing to enable handicapped accessibility. The Base Supply functions include Administrative spaces, Warehouse spaces with a storage mezzanine, Training Classroom space, a computer room, loading dock, hazardous storage, and locker rooms. The vehicle maintenance functions include large and small vehicle repair bays, paint booth, storage, refueler maintenance building, and administrative space. The design also accommodates the functions of Base Contracting, Base Accounting and Finance, and Logistics and Mobility. The use of split face block for screen walls, blue metal panels, and a space frame canopy over the deck help to integrate this facility with the base design standards.

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air national guard 161 ARW medical training facility

2500 S.F. Remodel

Contact: Ed Marley

This project included a 2,500 s.f. addition and remodel of the existing 7,300 s.f. Medical Training Squadron Facility. The exterior of the building was upgraded to match the design of new base structures through the use of split face masonry and metal roof forms. The addition includes exam rooms, physicians’ offices and administrative spaces. The interior of the existing building was completely refurbished.

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