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Texas Rest Area Design Evokes Region's Mountainous Terrain
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Architect Magazine's website.
Rest area buildings along Interstate 10, west of Fort Stockton, Texas, were designed with two limestone-clad volumes connected by a glazed atrium lobby. Richter Architects , the designers of the rest area, demurred flipping either of the two buildings at the Pecos West County safety rest area in order to preserve their relationships to the site. With more than 20 irregularly shaped facets, the folded-plate roof and canopy created a number of design challenges, Richter Architects says.
According to Architect Magazine writer Timothy A Schuler, "Along Interstate 10, west of Fort Stockton, Texas, near the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, at least one rest area breaks that mold that gives some excitement to travelers along a dull and long highway. Thousands of drivers from around the world have stopped at the new I-10 rest areas since their opening in February 2018. The project’s biggest challenge was achieving a naturalistic coursing for the stone, which the architects envisioned as emulating the linear but variable striations visible in the hillsides.
For a detailed description of the rest area read the full article.