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Bruno-Elias Ramos, AIA, GC, LEED APPrincipal-in-Charge / Lead Designer
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<br />Road’s popular pedestrian promedade. The nine-story building houses approximately 150
<br />residential units, parking for 500 vehicles, and 7,500 SF of retail. It includes amenities such
<br />as an exterior rooftop pool and sunbathing deck as well as townhouses, lofts, and one- and
<br />two-bedroom apartments ranging from 800 to 1,200 SF. The concrete, steel and glass structure
<br />showcases a dramatic 54-foot cantilever.
<br />Ransom Everglades School Aquatic Center, Coconut Grove, FL. BEA provided complete A/E
<br />services for this aquatic center in a sensitive and historical environment. The building provides
<br />an above ground competition size pool, a training pool, gymnasium, offices, ancillary facilities
<br />and parking areas. The surrounding landscape design includes a seating plaza dedicated to
<br />the students and two new tennis courts. A beautified walkway links the new sports facilities to
<br />the existing gymnasium and football field to unify the school’s sports complex. BEA conducted
<br />a program and budget verification, zoning and code analysis and design concept for the new
<br />facility. Our responsibilities included providing full construction documents, bid package, and
<br />construction administration.
<br />Homestead Community Center Conversion, Homestead, FL. Involving 11,500 SF of ad-
<br />ditions and 6,200 SF of renovations, a senior center was converted into a community center.
<br />The resulting facility offers a centralized entrance, two assembly rooms (serving approximately
<br />400 guests), two health offices for seniors, a computer classroom, two kitchens, life trails for a
<br />1/4-mile long vita course, three recreational shuffle boards, a 2,300-SF putting green, a gazebo
<br />for outdoor events, studios for dance and ceramics, and an arts-and-crafts room. The layout
<br />and design are an invitation to nature: custom trusses of heavy timber held together by thin
<br />steel cords, with end trusses of impact resistant glass.
<br />IMG Crandon Park Tennis Center Renovation, Key Biscayne, FL. BEA Architects is re-
<br />sponsible for new construction, expansion and improvements to the existing Crandon Park
<br />Tennis Center facility. Phase I scope includes a 5,000 seat Grandstand, locker rooms, fitness
<br />assessment rooms, physical therapy and hydrotherapy rooms, the NW Addition to the existing
<br />stadium as well as site and utility improvements. The site of the Crandon Park Tennis Center is
<br />a former dump site which ceased operations in 1977, pursuant to Florida Statutes and Florida
<br />Department of Environmental Protection regulations. As the proposed expansion and new
<br />construction work at the existing tennis center will have an impact on existing below-grade
<br />conditions associated with the former dump site, BEA has been leading a team of civil and
<br />environmental engineers through the process of assessing existing below-grade conditions as
<br />well as meetings and negotiations with Florida Dept of Environmental Protection, South Florida
<br />Water Management District and Miami-Dade County DERM agencies. Salient among numerous
<br />innovative measures taken to design and build new above- and below-ground infrastructure, BEA
<br />is implementing design of special foundations to limit excavation of materials; providing passive
<br />as well as mechanical ventilation to manage methane gas and other below-grade emissions;
<br />encapsulating fi ll material below planned new structures, among others. The scope of work
<br />also includes upgrades to existing on-site utilities and storm drainage system, installation of
<br />sports lighting at all three new facilities. The Master Plan requires a multi-phased development
<br />in close coordination with the Miami Open tennis tournament seasons.
<br />Temple Beth Am Campus, Pinecrest, FL. A 15-acre school and synagogue campus was
<br />revamped for future generations of use. The project included a new 450-seat sanctuary that is
<br />capable of expanding to 640 and 1,150 for larger services. A social hall, chapel and adminis-
<br />trative wing complete the 50,000 SF of new construction. Several existing facilities, including
<br />the current sanctuary and social hall, were adapted for use by the day school, a competitive
<br />youth basketball league, and various other temple organizations. New soccer fields, an out-
<br />door basketball court with bleachers, a series of interconnected landscaped courtyards, and
<br />a 220-vehicle lighted parking lot round out the program. By client request, civil engineering of
<br />the campus includes a drainage system designed to exceed minimum requirements by 30%.
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