Liz Pettit

PROJECT: Colorado State University - Hydro Building

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Denver, CO

PROJECT SIZE: 125,414 SF

STATUS: In Construction

ROLE: Project Designer

Schematic Design - I was heavily involved in exterior concept design & design of ‘scrim’.

Design Developments & Contract Documents - Interior Architect. Worked closely with the Interior Designer & coordinated with engineering team. Created ceiling & terrazzo design.

Post Contract Documents - After a food retailer was brought on, I worked with tenant & Kitchen Consultant to design Cafe space.

SKILLS LEARNED: Project management, client meetings and presentations, renovation of existing buildings

RENDERINGS: Assisted in the creation of the renderings, but part of a larger HCM Visualization team.

STUDY SKETCHS: by Liz Pettit

PROJECT: Norlin Library

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: University of Colorado - Boulder

PROJECT SIZE: 6,300 SF

STATUS:  Complete

ROLE: Project Manager/Project Architect

RENDERINGS: by Liz Pettit

PROJECT: Ketchum Arts & Science Building Renovation

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: University of Colorado - Boulder

PROJECT SIZE: 64,920 SF

STATUS:  Complete

Renovation of the original 1937 Classroom & Office Building. Goals included the addition of more classrooms and offices within the existing building, including the addition of lab spaces. Full mechanical upgrade. Parameters include the limitations of an existing structure, university standards that every office has a window, & users request for offices & classroom space to be separated.

ROLE: Project Designer

Responsible for drawing production & coordination schematic design through contact documents.

RENDERINGS: by Liz Pettit & Kelsey Myron-Karels

PHOTOS: by Paul Wedlake

PROJECT: K-8 Innovation Renovations

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Centennial, CO

STATUS: Complete

DESCRIPTION: A local school district passed a bond to provide schools with funds to promote innovation in education. Each school had a unique approach to how they thought space could inspire and foster innovation in their students. Common threads include spaces for hands on learning, connection to technology, presentation areas, & cozy retreats for heads down learning.

13 Schools, 2 years,

ROLE: Project Manager/Project Architect & Interior Designer

SKILLS LEARNED: Project management, client management, design presentations, consultant coordination, renovation of existing buildings

Over the course of two years I worked on thirteen renovations, seeing them through design & construction.

PHOTOS: by other

PROJECT: Three Creeks K-8 School

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Arvada, CO

PROJECT SIZE: 96,700 SF + 15,200 SF addition in 2019

STATUS: Complete

DESIGN CONCEPT: The site is located at a the base of the foothills. The design concept was driven by the idea of the three creeks that feed into the nearby reservoir. As a design language, the team focused on the visual translation of collect and disperse, much like the watershed process through the mountains. 

This project was a truly interdisciplinary effort with the architecture, interiors, & landscape team designing together & circling back to the shared concept of the three creeks: collection & dispersion, & blurring the lines between interior & exterior. Breakout spaces opened directly onto outdoor classrooms with flooring patterns continuing out the the paved patios. Students are drawn through the school & given visual way-finding cues through wood accented ceilings & wall graphics. 

The community embraced the three creeks concept so much that they voted to name the school after it. 

2015 ROLE: Pre-interview master planning, diagrams, & graphics. Worked directly with project designer during programming phase through construction documents. Co-designed with interior design team throughout building & championed interior design of the Learning Commons and ceiling design. Project Architect through Contract Administration.

Worked with graphic designer & school principal in creation of wall graphics.

2019 ADDITION ROLE: Project Architect

SKILLS LEARNED: Becoming familiar with education & technical specifications, graphic production, consultant coordination, construction administration. Technical detailing

RENDERINGS: by Hord | Coplan | Macht

PHOTOS: by other

PROJECT: Early Childhood Education & District Administrative Building

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Fort Lupton, CO

PROJECT SIZE: 19,500 SF

STATUS: Complete

RENDERINGS: by Hord | Coplan | Macht

PHOTOS: by Hord | Coplan | Macht

This project combine two of the school district’s programs Administrative Offices and and Early Childhood Education Center (ECE).

The exterior façade was designed to compliment the historic middle school which sits adjacent to the site.

Color throughout the interior of the ECE to aid in wayfinding. Each classroom having an assigned color.

Custom entry graphic was designed in collaboration with Angela Schmidt, Graphic Designer.

Key design challenges include keeping the program of the ECE & office spaces separate & secure from one another, working within the context of an existing academic complex, & honoring the historic nature of the middle school adjacent to the site.

ROLE: Project Architect & Interior Designer - Design, documentation, coordination, construction administration. Schematic Design through construction completion.

PROJECT: Kenneth Homyak PK-8

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Dacono, CO

PROJECT SIZE: 45,900 SF

STATUS: Complete

DESIGN CONCEPT: Town Center

The idea behind the parti of this school is that it would function like a miniture town. Communal areas were modeled after a town square with views in & out of the town square. Classroom wings were designed to mirror neighborhoods, each having a breakout space that mimicked a shared front yard to your home classroom.

ROLE: Project designer Design Development through Contract Documents

PHOTOS: by other

PROJECT: Stargate Academy Campus - Primary School, Secondary School, + Field House

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Thornton, CO

 STATUS: Complete

ROLE: Project documentation & design support. Design development through construction documents.

RENDERINGS: by Hord | Coplan | Macht

PHOTOS: by Hord | Coplan | Macht

SITE MODEL: by Liz Pettit & Antonio Andrade

PROJECT: Denver Christain K-12

FIRM: Hord | Coplan | Macht

LOCATION: Lakewood, CO

PROJECT SIZE: 79,350 SF

STATUS: Complete

This project took at 1990’s telecom training center and converted it into a high school.

ROLE: Project documentation and design support. Design development through construction documents.

RENDERINGS: by Hord | Coplan | Macht

PROJECT: Residential Renovation & Addition

FIRM: EG Studios

LOCATION: Denver, CO

STATUS: Complete

ROLE: Designer

Produced documentation for permitting & client design presentations. Collaborated in design with client & design principal. Completed field verification of existing conditions prior to start of design.

PHOTOS: by other

CONCEPT SKETCH: by Liz Pettit