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Friday, June 17, 2016

Electric Plaza and Harvey's at CGTC



Electric Plaza_ ft. Harvey's Supermarket
Central Georgia Technical College (2016)
Macon, Georgia, U.S.A.
Mixed-Use, Office, Commercial, Grocery

Remember the Harvey's Supermarket that I had designed, in convenience of Central Georgia Technical College, a while back? If no, click here. Around the time I modeled the grocery store, they had already refurbished the original building into what is called the Charles H. Jones Advanced Tech. Center for CGTC, in which I was unaware, at the time.
In result, I decided redesign the grocery store as it merges in with a commercial center, and a five story office building. The entire project is not really titled, so I just nicknamed it Electric Plaza. It's right next to the Jones Advanced Tech. Center, where I originally designed Harvey's. The facility would replace the Macon Flea Market shopping center, and become an addition to the college campus. Again, The building is made up of Harvey's Supermarket, A commercial strip plaza for tenants, and a five story office (or educational) facility. The view is also clear from Eisenhower Parkway, if this project did exist.



The Electric Plaza Office Space has the first level as the lobby and clerk center, and on the second floor onward, are just office spaces. Each level has 9' 7/16 foot tall windows. Right below the building is a parking deck for office space occupants. There is also another parking lot behind the building, where another strip mall currently is located. The front of the building is a drop-off ramp, and not for parking unless it's around night time, or whatever float's the school's boat.
The shape of the roof was one of the focal points I want to make off of the building. The wavy gray roof would stand out more. Without it, The general design would just be bland.




The video shows you 360 degrees of the building, and even close up front of the plaza.


The directory only shows the first-floor plan. Due to timing, I will not attempt to go al five floors. The first floor, however, is the most important due to it's relationship with the ground parking deck, and the second floor onward. This is where the grocery store, the tenant space, and the entrance to the office space is located, all together.

If anyone is curious to see floors G or 2-5, they can e-mail me, and I will work on the second-fifth level of the building, and send it to them privately.



If you're confused. The 'then' picture is with the new building, as the 'now' is where the current shopping center is located.

Just to give you a small history; The current shopping center was originally a Kroger, with a Circuit City anchored next to it. Around 2001, Kroger left, and years later, so did Circuit City. Later on, Macon Flea Market moved into the former Kroger. Circuit City was also replaced with something else.

CGTC started taking up surrounding properties which were once plaza's etc; 3300 Macon Tech Drive was once an average strip mall, The bookstore was something else before CGTC got ahold of it, There's a building at the end where I placed the lake which is owned by CGTC, and of course, they took the former Toys R Us (which was where I designed the first Harvey's) and converted it into a advanced tech center.

For this reason, it would make much sense to design something in favor of the campus since it's expanding.


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