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Readiness Center Addition and Renovation
Readiness Center Addition and Renovation
Appleton, WI, United States
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Readiness Center Addition and Renovation
Appleton, WI, United States
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
Honoring the history of the Red Arrow Brigade through emblematic color, historic exhibits, graphic murals, and sustainable materials, the addition and renovation of the Appleton Wisconsin Army National Guard carries the values of honor, integrity, and duty by creating a welcoming, collaborative environment to support mission success, recruitment, and retention. With a new public entrance, gallery, offices, and training environments, the National Guard has the spaces needed to provide for and protect the community.
Through an integrative design charette and collaboration with organization historians, Bailey Edward worked closely with the National Guard to understand its history and iconography to create a design reflecting their values, past, and mission. With more than 3,400 Soldiers and units based in 36 Wisconsin communities, the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) is the largest unit in the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Brigade combat teams are the basic deployable combat maneuver units in the U.S. Army today. The 32nd IBCT resembles a small-scale combat division, with infantry, cavalry, field artillery, and special troops units for intelligence, signal, military police, and combat engineers.
This unit traces its lineage back to the Iron Brigade of the Civil War, and took part in the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II, the Berlin Crisis and the Global War on Terror. Formed in 1967 from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division, the Red Arrow Brigade adopted the 32nd’s shoulder patch, a line shot through with a red arrow. The symbol originated in the division’s tenacity in piercing German lines during World War I, and still reflects the soldiers’ determination, dedication, and desire to protect the country’s freedom.
Through both the exterior and interior design, the Red Arrow iconography directs attention in the entry and hallway to the storied history of the Red Arrow Brigade from World War I through present-day conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine. Photographs and murals on the main corridor walls convey the battalion’s history, and carved stones from the 1904 Collage Avenue armory are displayed beneath glass under the entryway floor. A custom-designed and lighted photo of the unit in formation from 1897 is displayed in the hallway leading to the drill floor.
Per both the State of Wisconsin and Bailey Edward’s standards, the Wisconsin National Guard Readiness Center is designed to meet an equivalency of LEED Silver. By utilizing a solid wood timber construction made up of cross-laminated timber roof deck and glu-laminated wood beams, the building’s construction minimizes its carbon impact. Reclaimed wood was also used at the main lobby to bring the exposed wood feature to the floor.
Through an integrative design charette and collaboration with organization historians, Bailey Edward worked closely with the National Guard to understand its history and iconography to create a design reflecting their values, past, and mission. With more than 3,400 Soldiers and units based in 36 Wisconsin communities, the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) is the largest unit in the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Brigade combat teams are the basic deployable combat maneuver units in the U.S. Army today. The 32nd IBCT resembles a small-scale combat division, with infantry, cavalry, field artillery, and special troops units for intelligence, signal, military police, and combat engineers.
This unit traces its lineage back to the Iron Brigade of the Civil War, and took part in the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II, the Berlin Crisis and the Global War on Terror. Formed in 1967 from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division, the Red Arrow Brigade adopted the 32nd’s shoulder patch, a line shot through with a red arrow. The symbol originated in the division’s tenacity in piercing German lines during World War I, and still reflects the soldiers’ determination, dedication, and desire to protect the country’s freedom.
Through both the exterior and interior design, the Red Arrow iconography directs attention in the entry and hallway to the storied history of the Red Arrow Brigade from World War I through present-day conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine. Photographs and murals on the main corridor walls convey the battalion’s history, and carved stones from the 1904 Collage Avenue armory are displayed beneath glass under the entryway floor. A custom-designed and lighted photo of the unit in formation from 1897 is displayed in the hallway leading to the drill floor.
Per both the State of Wisconsin and Bailey Edward’s standards, the Wisconsin National Guard Readiness Center is designed to meet an equivalency of LEED Silver. By utilizing a solid wood timber construction made up of cross-laminated timber roof deck and glu-laminated wood beams, the building’s construction minimizes its carbon impact. Reclaimed wood was also used at the main lobby to bring the exposed wood feature to the floor.
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