WEST WIND

摘要

In this era of contextual design, architects who are handed a commission for a new building far from home typically start their design process by packing their bags. Getting a genuine sense of the local architectural styles and traditions, climate, and terrain can be gained only by visiting a place in person-planting your feet on the building site, breathing the local air, and scanning the horizon for inspiration. For architect Bill Baxley, AIA, of BKV Group, the inspiration for Wind River Hall, a new student residence at Western Wyoming Community College, was drawn not from nearby buildings but from the unique geology of southwest Wyoming.