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MEL SNYDER

MEL SNYDER

Middletown, NY, US

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COMPOSITE SHEET
COMPOSITE SHEET
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DEEP POINT FERRY LANDING

Deep Point Main Ferry Terminal was a 40,00 square feet public transportation hub that processes passengers to and from Bald Head Island. I worked as a design liaison between the BHI planning department and the architect of record THW Design to steer their concept to relate with  the scale and details of the Bald Head aesthetic that kept it in harmony with the BHI vernacular. 

Although I worked with the BHI development team primarily on housing, they gave me the opportunity to work on their most significant commercial project after I had commented that the initial design proposed looked like an assisted living facility, with it's undersized proportions and a central cupola that appeared as a church steeple. The owner of BHI development agreed and allowed me to reconsider it's overall form and details such as using subway grates as the venting valance of the contractors pavilion, have twin rafters expressed from the inside to the outside and exposing the structural trusses as ornament. 


 
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Status: Built
Location: Southport, NC
My Role: Redesigned initial concept to Beefed up the scale, steered the material palette and construction details towards the islands vernacular and standard material language and worked in tandem with THW to achieve a more appropriate introduction to the island .
Additional Credits: Architect of Record: THW Design

 
ARRIVING FERRY SIDE
ARRIVING FERRY SIDE
ARRIVING
ARRIVING
EXTERIOR WAITING SHELTER - FREE PLAY
EXTERIOR WAITING SHELTER - FREE PLAY
APPROACH
APPROACH
EXTERIOR WAITING SHELTERS
EXTERIOR WAITING SHELTERS
WAITING PORCH
WAITING PORCH
BAGGAGE HANDLING
BAGGAGE HANDLING
WAITING
WAITING
WAITING - SNACK AREA
WAITING - SNACK AREA