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In 2006, the Great Valley Center and the California Department of Transportation, with
the support of the American Institute of Architects,
California Council, partnered in an open one-stage international
competition to select a design and
design team for a self-sustainable, "off
the grid" roadside rest area.
The sponsors viewed this as a unique opportunity
to create a "green" rest area, or "GreenStop" that
could serve as a model for current and future rest
stops within the state system.
The site for purposes of the
competition was the Phillip S. Raines Rest Area along
Highway 99 in Tulare County, a facility which accommodates nearly 3
million travelers per year.
The competition
addressed the redevelopment of the existing rest
area, addressed larger sustainability
and interpretive issues, and sought ideas that would provide an image and identity reflecting California's Central Valley
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The competition took place from early January
through mid-April 2006, and was open to architects,
landscape architects, urban designers, planners,
engineers, educators, students and others interested
in sustainability issues.
Multi-disciplinary teams
that included environmental specialists and landscape
architects were encouraged. Prizes included a $10,000
Grand Prize and other awards.
Designs were submitted from all over the world and the winners were announced on May 11, 2006 during the Great Valley Center's annual conference in Sacramento.
| Rob Wellington Quigley, FAIA |
Principal, Rob Wellington Quigley, FAIA Architects, San Diego |
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| Ken Smith, ASLA |
Principal, Ken Smith, ASLA
Landscape Architects, New York City |
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| Jerry Goldberg, AICP |
Urban Design Practice Leader
Parsons Brinkerhoff, San Francisco |
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| Lynn Simon, AIA, LEED AP |
President, Simon & Assoc., Green Building Consultants, San Francisco |
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Keith A. Robinson
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Principal Landscape Architect,California Department of Transportation |
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| Steve Castellanos FAIA |
AIA National Board of Directors |
Bill Liskamm, FAIA
served as the Competition Advisor.
Caltrans and Great Valley Center staff served as Technical Advisors to the Jury, but did not vote.
(02/15/06,
Treehugger.com)
Moving rest stops beyond the bathroom break
(12/18/06,
The Sacramento Bee)
‘Greener’ Central
Valley highway rest stops sought (12/27/05,
Central Valley Business Times)
Greenstop
Design Competition
(12/28/05,
Dexigner Design Forums)
The Future of Rest: A Proposal to Promote Regional Economic Development through Highway Rest Areas Great Valley Center. June 2005. (3.6 MB - PDF)
Safety Rest Area Design Goals, Texas Department of Transportation.
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Grand
Prize
RM100 Architects,
Michael Wenrich
Charlottesville,
Virginia
Second Prize
Consortium Design
Ryan Jang, Lucinda Tay, Laing Chung
San Francisco, California
Third Prize and Academic
Award
Victoria Wolcott
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Honorable Mention
"Fog Harvester"
Liminal Projects
Laura Garofalo
Buffalo, New York
Finalist List
Complete overview of entries
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