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David Michael Davenport AIA PA:
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David Michael Davenport
Project Samples:
Westchester Towers, Charlotte Harbor, Florida
WESTCHESTER TOWERS in Charlotte Harbor Area of
Port Charlotte, was designed as a new Retail and
Health Care Mixed Use Facility to take advantage
of the zoning accommodations of Charlotte
County’s (then) newly enacted U.S. 41/Tamiami
Trail Overlay District. Located on the site of a
former motel complex, the four story, 36,000
square foot shell building features a long,
relatively narrow vertical block accentuated by
a five story, central vertical core element
which allows daylighting in almost all public
and user areas on each floor. The ground level,
access controlled elevator lobby, with two
hospital type (4,500 pound capacity) elevators
is centrally located to provide minimum travel
distance for patient access to health care
tenant areas on upper floors. On the uppers
floors, slab to ceiling exterior windows with
views of Charlotte Harbor are located at the
elevator lobbies to clarify the building user’s
orientation and assist wayfinding. Additionally,
covered, secure parking, accessible directly to
the ground floor elevator lobby, is provided for
primary tenants. Day-lit public restrooms are
accessible from the elevator lobbies of the
upper three floors.
The five story high entrance pavilion signifies
the landmark status of this building; oriented
at a 45 degree angle to the primary building
geometry, the eight foot diameter, back lit
clocks punctuate the top of the tower, providing
a comforting traditional architectural reference
at the scale of the city to travelers on this
six lane section of U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail and
the adjacent parallel access roads.
Rough plumbing risers and blank electrical and
communication conduits were provides at each
structural steel column (located on a 30 foot by
30 foot grid) on each floor to accommodate the
future healthcare use. Exterior rooftop
mechanical units are located in a rooftop well
above the fourth level completely hidden from
view but accessible from exit stair penthouses.
The sloped roof concealing the mechanical well
are off-white high reflectance galvalume steel;
the low slope and interior parapet membranes are
PVC with a solar reflectance index of 103. Both
materials contribute to a consideration
reduction in roof heat island effect.
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