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Oregon Zoo Veterinary Medical Center
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Portland Fire & Rescue
Predators of the Serengeti
City of Salem

Oregon Zoo
Veterinary Medical Center

The Oregon Zoo Veterinary Medical Center is a striking structure on the Northwest edge of the Zoo property. It is a highly functional and complex animal facility designed to treat a wide range of animals. The back portion is a labyrinth of cages and holding zones that flow around treatment rooms. The front portion is a support wing that is gracefully shaped with an "ark- like" curved glulam roof structure.

It is the first project of the Zoos bond program. The site was extremely challenging being heavily forested, in a environmentally sensitive zone and on an unstable hill side accessible by a narrow road. The design responded to the site and the needs of the Zoo and was tightly woven into the hillside.

The building interior required state-of-the-art equipment, including HVAC systems for both human and animal occupancy, animal cages, humidifiers and oxygen systems required for complex animal care. The building design improves the safety and comfort of the animals. Rubberized flooring and padded walls keep hoofed animals from wearing down their hoofs or injuring themselves. Aquatic animals have access to temperature controlled pools, as well as an indoor and outdoor holding area. A new quarantine area provides the vets with a larger and sturdier space for large primates and carnivores. The flow of the floor plan allows the staff to easily coordinate medical treatments, surgeries and other procedures with the lab located close to the main treatment areas, and surgery and X-ray in the central core of the building.

The new Medical Center is LEED Gold certified. Sustainable elements are woven into the building's design and site. Located outside, a 20 foot tall, 27,000 gallon cistern sits on the building's west side and captures rainwater from the roof, which can be used for irrigation, washing down animal areas and flushing toilets. Other environment friendly features include a water efficient landscape of native plants, solar heated tap water, and an energy saving electrical system. The animal caging areas revolve around outdoor courtyards that have operable skyroofs that provide an abundance of light in all kinds of weather and open to let the sun shine in.

The Medical Center was awarded first place in the Daily Journal of Commerce's 2012 Top Projects Award.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Fire Command and Business Operations Center

Peck Smiley Ettlin Architects transformed a plain vanilla spec office building into a stylish, and functional Command Center and Business Operations Center for the Fire District. The building also functions as an Emergency Operations Center for coordinating and directing operations in a major emergency or disaster. TVF&R's operations based at this facility include: command staff, emergency management, information technology and communications, logistics, GIS and data analysis, finance, human resources and the District's Central Integrated Operations team.The structure needed extensive seismic upgrading to meet the criteria for essential service buildings. The steel framed was reinforced with buckling restrained braces. These large steel tubes are designed to 'dampen' the building's movement during an earthquake. To ensure continuity of emergency response and business operations in a disaster, the building has upgraded and backup electrical, data, and HVAC systems. The facility also has an on-site electrical generation plant (two 500 kW generators and a 4,100 fuel tank) to provide at least 78 hours of standby power, ensuring the District's computer server and communications equipment (radio, ham, handheld, etc.) continue to operate during a major emergency or disaster.The three-story building was designed around open offices to ensure optimum flexibility in the future and more uniform heating and cooling in the building. The design utilizes large punched openings in the façade with 10 foot high ceilings and natural lighting. Overhead self-dimming light fixtures also contribute to a more comfortable work environment and energy savings.The building space reflects the value of the Fire District and honors the dedication of the firefighters in rich super graphics throughout the floors. The interiors are bold and imaginative, like the District that has revolutionized the management of public services to the West side of metro Portland. From it striking entrance to state of the art meeting rooms CBOC is a great solution to the administrative needs of TVF&R.

Portland Fire & Rescue
Sylvan Fire Station 16

Fire Station16 is designed to capture the canyon views of Mt. Hood the east from the two main pavilions. The two pavilions with 'aileron' roof forms contain the Community Meeting Room to the south, and the Apparatus Bays to the north. The Firefighters Watch Office and public entry are placed between these pavilions. The office has views to the north, east, and south from the firefighters' workstations. It acts as panopticon of visual security for the station with 180 degree visibility to public exterior spaces, the entry way, the intersection, the apparatus bay, and the parking entry road.The community space is focused on a 600 SF meeting room which accommodates approximately 30 people in a flexible class-room environment. Other amenities include an entry foyer and a unisex toilet, as well as, a kitchenette and small lockable storage closet within the community meeting room.The building is constructed with brick veneer over a wood & steel sub-frame. Additionally, the pavilion and awning areas are supported by large exterior glue-laminated timber and exposed steel channels. The base of the building is finished concrete supporting the brick body above. All of the glazing is in brushed aluminum frames. The overall design of the fire station is both timeless and modern. The building's curving roof forms provide an elegant response to the sloped and vista-dominated landscape, as well as, to the civic nature of this institutional structure.

Oregon Zoo
Predators of the Serengeti Exhibit

The Predators of the Serengeti exhibit at the Oregon Zoo is a transformation of an existing Alaska Tundra exhibit and building into a dynamic staging of African wild animals. The lions, cheetahs, caracals and wild dogs all have their own unique settings and support buildings. The exhibit's themed décor is a reflection of the African plains including thatched huts and primitive surfaces. The Zoo's expert teams added kopje rock outcrops and other textures to give a realistic feel. The care and well-being of the animal is still the primary focus of the exhibit. The experience for the visitor starts at the new African plaza and winds down the path to a Lion overlook. From the overlook you enter the arcade which has vistas into the three main animal yards. Inside the interpretive building is a multi-media discovery room that is the main learning center of the exhibit. Behind the scenes is a new holding building for wild dogs and remodeled holding buildings for lions and cheetahs. Peck Smiley Ettlin Architects provided architectural and engineering expertise to revamp, remodel and add new structures to create an African plains adventure in Oregon. Just one year after its debut, the exhibit received the highest honor from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) the Top Exhibit Award.

City of Salem
Center 50+

The new 30,000 sf Center 50+ of a Salem, Oregon, is a multi-use complex designed to serve the needs of a growing senior community. The scale of the Center provides a diverse range of spaces for its more than 700 daily visitors to enjoy. The Center has a commercial kitchen, multi-purpose dining room/assembly space, hobby rooms (woodworking, crafts, lapidary, billiards/games, etc.), an auditorium, fitness rooms complete with equipment and lockers, classrooms, meeting rooms, offices, and a computer learning center. The bistro/coffee shop located on the main level adds to the comfort of the large open atrium and is also an important source of income in support of the Center.Flexibility was a key part of the design. The Center serves over 250 meals out of the dining room, daily. The dining room can also accommodate a 250 seat banquet or meeting, and is used for popular activities like bingo and dance class. A partition wall can separate the massive room into two private spaces. The dining room also has a movable wood dance floor. The kitchen's serving line is accessible from the dining room. The kitchen is used to prepare the Center's daily lunch and dinner services, and is fully equipped for full service catering.

Peck Smiley Ettlin Architects, Inc. is an established Portland architecture firm spanning 5 decades. Our work reflects an enduring commitment to design excellence and the belief that inspiring and sustainable architecture is an essential component of each project. We design highly functional buildings and create harmonious and comfortable spaces projects in which people truly enjoy living and working.

Peck Smiley Ettlin Architects is the right size firm to provide our clients with personalized architectural services with a great degree of involvement from our principals. Both Hans Ettlin and Stephen Smiley, principals of the firm, spend quality time working on designs, developing construction details, refining specifications, and working in the field with contractors. We place an emphasis on ensuring our clients’ needs are being met and providing quality control on each project.

We are committed to using the latest technology, sophisticated design techniques as well as the ability to express complex technical issues in an understandable format. Our architectural staff provides a team of dedicated professionals that are involved in design innovation and participate in the development of stellar modeling and graphics, thorough documents and effective construction administration.

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Peck Smiley Ettlin Architects, Inc.

Oregon Zoo Veterinary Medical Center

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Fire Command and Business Operations Center

Portland Fire & Rescue Sylvan Fire Station 16

Oregon Zoo Predators of the Serengeti Exhibit

City of Salem Center 50+

Oregon Zoo
Veterinary Medical Center

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Fire Command and Business Operations Center

Portland Fire & Rescue
Sylvan Fire Station 16

Oregon Zoo
Predators of the Serengeti Exhibit

City of Salem
Center 50+