1111 Church Street
Residential
1111 Church Street features a striking modernist design with exposed concrete columns and the largest amenity deck in Nashville, offering 380 apartments and over 52,000 square feet of exclusive amenities. A monumental stair and upgraded alley enhance pedestrian connectivity and retail engagement, while the building's verticality and minimal palette integrate seamlessly with its urban environment and landscaped green spaces.
Awards Year | 2024
Project Statement
Simple gestures inform the design features, including exposed columns and the largest amenity deck in Nashville. Executing an organic and human-natured conceptual design for the amenity deck informed how the project approached its programmatic needs. With 380 one and two-bedroom apartment units, there are over 52,000 square feet of interior and exterior amenities for the exclusive use of residents.
The tower’s positioning takes advantage of its site, in response to the project’s central design challenge. The street frontage along the Church Street viaduct is elevated over 30 feet from the rest of the property. Connectivity was achieved by creating a monumental stair leading pedestrians from Church Street down to the upgraded alley lined with retail storefronts. The integration of the alley creates pedestrian engagement and establishes a uniform context between the street fronts and the base of the tower.
Emerging out of the base with strong verticality, the tower’s modernist design gives hierarchy to the exposed structural concrete columns that extend beyond the roof line. A minimal palette allows the domination of glass, accented with metal and exposed concrete, to reflect the building’s surroundings. Twenty-one stories rise above Church Street, and the remaining four stories are “subgrade” beneath the elevated viaduct. Approximately 150 public parking spaces serve retail patrons and the surrounding community.
From its prime location, residents can easily access the vibrant city and its myriad of attractions. The project boasts meticulously landscaped green spaces that serve as a peaceful urban oasis for its residents.
Framework for Design Excellence Narrative
Integration - A major component of what this project seeks to achieve is a connection from the elevated viaduct down to grade while activating as many fronts as possible. A monumental stair is meant as the integration between retail uses that engages the pedestrian along the predominantly glass storefronts. The scale and massing of the parking structure is placed at the viaduct level extending down to grade as to allow for a human-scaled and active Church Street frontage. The amenity level concept explored through the desire lines of the floor plan was implemented both inside and out for the resident’s use to more cohesively integrate the interior and exterior moments of respite and gathering.
Well Being - This project deliberately over accommodates outdoor space to give reprieve to the building’s occupants from the daily fast-paced urban lifestyle. The ample amount of glass at the street edges, the amenity deck, and the apartment units allow for plenty of natural daylighting and connection to the outdoors. The project also boasts a large fitness facility complete with private workout rooms along with steam showers and saunas to compliment the robust wellness offerings.
Discovery - There were several moments of discovery for the project within the design process. The technical analysis allowed for the design team to design a building with exposed concrete while meeting energy performance and thermal comfort through various WUFI studies. The exposed structural concrete reminds the exterior of the individual craft and labor that went into creating the framework of the building that is predominantly glass. Conceptual analysis led to additional discoveries particularly on the amenity deck’s second floor. The resin model experiment allowed for the design team to observe desire lines for not just the outdoor amenities, but for the entire floor as well. The resultant makes for a truly organic moment to exist on the parking structure’s roof
LEED/Green Certifications
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Photo Captions
2 - View from Church Street Viaduct looking at entry.
3 - 1111 Church Street integrates seamlessly with the Church Street viaduct, featuring a monumental stair that connects the elevated viaduct to the vibrant ground-floor retail and activated alley.
4 - Section through the tower reveals its relationship to the viaduct, with the top left showing the stair connecting Church Street Retail to Alley Retail and the bottom left depicting the grade difference from an aerial view.
5 - Before/After of the site conditions
6 - The layout highlights the seamless connection between elevated retail and vibrant street-level spaces, enhancing pedestrian flow and urban engagement.
7 - The amenity level showcases expansive, resident-focused spaces, while the typical floor plans emphasize efficient and modern living environments.
8 - Largest amenity deck in Nashville, over 52,000 square feet of exclusive amenities
9 - Exterior amenities include a pool deck with outdoor bar and outdoor grills, dog run, pickle ball court, and an outdoor fitness area.
10 - Thoughtfully crafted spaces and amenities that prioritize comfort, functionality, and a seamless connection to the vibrant urban environment.
11 - The amenity floor’s figural design exemplifies Design Integration by serving its occupants while embodying the overarching design concept.
12 - Interior amenities include a fitness center with two studios, men’s and women’s locker rooms with steam, sauna and showers. There are two private dining rooms, a self-serve kitchen/pantry, four conference pods, two lounges, a library, music room, billiards/ping-pong room and a sports simulator.
13 - A dynamic interplay of glass, exposed concrete columns, and metal accents highlights the tower's modernist aesthetic and its integration with the urban landscape.
14 - Vertical structural components of 1111 Church Street are emphasized with glass-covered slab edges and a 'keyway' detail, showcasing the concrete's honesty while ensuring internal thermal comfort
15 - A striking example of modernist design and urban integration, where innovative materials and thoughtful details create a vibrant, functional space for both residents and the community.
