by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
One Museum Place is a collection of forty-four custom residences located at an Atlanta premiere address, 1301 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, directly across from the High Museum of Art. Opposite to the east, One Museum Place faces onto Ansley Park, an Olmstead planned residential neighborhood.
Among the aspirational objectives for One Museum Place were the raising of the bar in luxury urban living in Atlanta, and a decision to compliment the masterworks of architects Richard Meier and Renzo Piano at the High Museum. The aspirations were met in a project of reciprocal scale, texture, and massing to the High Museum. The architectural mass of the buildings expresses individual homes with their generous outdoor rooms or lanais, while the variegated material palette of the facade collects the individual homes into a cohesive community.
The forms of the two buildings produce a layered arrival sequence beginning at Peachtree Street and continuing through a central courtyard. The modest but verdant landscape along with the articulated facades and building masses distinguish the arrival sequence.
At One Museum Place, the client is also a homeowner. The project was realized through the client’s point of view and perspective on the Atlanta community and culture. This point of view and perspective constituted a form of research that involved intuition, cumulative knowledge of the community, as well as insight and personal preference. The client realized that the owners would prefer custom designed homes and that a variety of unit sizes and configurations would attract a varied group of residents. The client also understood certain inclinations in the Atlanta lifestyle. Of particular importance is the instinct for indoor/outdoor living invited by the southern climate and lush vegetative environment. This manifested itself in the spacious outdoor living rooms, or lanais, and the generous inclusion of both fixed and operable windows that offer prized city and park views, natural light and ventilation.
The client also understood the value of personal identity and the attractiveness of low-rise living with direct access to the individual units. The design eliminates public corridors and delivers each resident directly to the foyer of their home.
Shared amenities such as an owner’s lounge, fitness center, meeting spaces and a visitor’s apartment provide homeowners space to build community and enhance day to day living.
Category:Residential TowersYear:2017Location:Atlanta, Georgia, USA Architects:Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Landscape Architects:Sylvatica Studio Landscape ArchitectureDesign Team: Mack Scogin, Merrill Elam, Barnum Tiller, Alan Locke, Carrie Hunsicker, and Rubi XuSylvatica Studio Landscape ArchitectureContractor:Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC.Client: John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Photographer: Tim Hursley