CHAD S. HOLMES DESIGN

The state of Colorado has a geographic dilemma regarding the location of water versus the location of people. 80% of the water in the state is captured west of the continental divide, while 80% of the population resides to the east along the Front Range. The Center for Water Conservation is intended to educate the public about water conservation, use, and politics both regionally and on a national scale. The concept was derived from fluid properties of water, with direct relations from the dynamic properties of water to the flow and circulation of the user in the space. As patrons enter the building, they are immediately brought to the top floor and then flow downward through the spaces; representing the flow of water. Constriction and expansion of flow as well as the formation of eddies as places of refuge are the most prominent characteristics that the user experiences while circumnavigating the mass that interrupts the flow through the building.