— Post Houston AN IN DEPTH CASE STUDY OF PROJECT WORK BY SYNERGI LLC p/ 4 — OVERVIEW & DESIGN VISION p/ 30 — X STAIR PICKET RAILING IN THE THEATER ATRIUM p/ 12 — O STAIR IN THE MARKET ATRIUM 2023— Post Houston p/ 2 2023 A NOTE FROM SYNERGI LLC A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR WORK ON THIS PROJECT Synergi is honored to have been part of this project and excited to share it with you from our perspective. Our team worked on several areas of this site not covered in detail here - such as the walkway to the rooftop from the market hall's O stair, guardrail throughout the "Skylawn" (as the rooftop is known), as well as the Z stair in the theater hall. With this publication, we wanted to dive into what we do best: blending creativity, strategy, and experience-backed industry expertise to bring a vision to life, regardless of its complexities or constraints. For that reason, we've decided to showcase our work on the O stair in the market hall and the X stair in the retail hall, though some photos of the project in its entirety are included in the back. We also want to acknowledge the incredible conrtributions made by every collabo- rator; Synergi is grateful to have been part of this project's team. Lastly, we would like to give a special thank you to Kat Ambrose of Lovett Commercial, without whose photography skills and diligence in capturing every stage of the construc- tion process this case study wouldn't have been possible. SYNERGI LLC 7171 Dorsey Run Rd, Ste 100 Elkridge, MD 21075 info@synergillc.com www.synergillc.com 1.800.784.5201p/ 3 Case Study — Synergi LLC TABLE OF CONTENTS — PART TWO The Double Helix O Stair In The Market Atrium — PART THREE The X Stair / Picket Railing In the Theater Atrium p/ 12 p/ 30 p/ 4 p/ 12 p/ 30 p/ 40 PROJECT INFORMATION Location Houston, Texas Project Owner Lovett Commercial Contractor Harvey Builders Architectural Team Jason Long (Partner), OMA COLLABORATORS Executive Architect Powers Brown Architecture Structural Engineer IMEG Corp Executive Architect - Food Hall LUCID MEP DBR Engineering Consultants Landscape Architect Hoerr Schaudt Lighting DotDash Historic Advisor MacRostie Identity & Signage MTWTF with Formation Architecture Renderings Luxigon CONTENTS Part One About the Project Background Information & Overview Part Two The Double Helix O Stair In The Market Atrium Part Three The X Stair / Picket Railing In the Theater Atrium Part Four Additional Project Photos— Post Houston p/ 4 2023 ABOUT THE PROJECT — BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PROJECT OVERVIEW 01p/ 5 Case Study — Synergi LLC— Post Houston p/ 6 2023 POSTHOUSTON TRANSFORMS A 500,000-SQUARE- FOOT CONCRETE MAIL-SORTING WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE BUILDING INTO A VIBRANT MIXED-USE HUB AND CULTURAL CENTER ABOUT THE PROJECT BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND OVERVIEW 01p/ 7 Case Study — Synergi LLC Barbara Jordan Post Office a cultural anchor and multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston... Now a cultural anchor and multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston, POST Houston transforms a 500,000-square-foot concrete mail-sorting ware- house and office building into a vibrant mixed-use hub and cultural center that houses site-specific art installations, one of the world’s largest rooftop parks and farms, a concert venue, and a variety of other re- tail and office concepts, including restaurants, bars, an international market hall, and flexible co-working space. Formerly Houston’s main center for the United States Postal Service (USPS), the building was built by Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson – the firm be- hind the Texas city's Astrodome sports arena – on the site of what was once Houston's Grand Central Station. While the Astrodome housed nine men play- ing a ballgame watched over by 66,000 spectators, the Barbara Jordan Post Office housed 2,000 mail sorters watched over by a handful of men walking through “spy tunnels” above them. In 2015, the government moved mail operations to its mailing center in Houston’s Midtown and shuttered the Barbara Jordan Post Office. Lovett Commercial, a commerical real estate devleopers, acquired the downtown Houston property, where it sat vacant until 2019. Opting for a complete reimagi- nation of the historic space rather than a demolition, Houston-based commercial real estate developer Lovett Commercial announced plans to turn the site into a ‘one of a kind urban ecosystem’ in 2019 as revitalization efforts began.— Post Houston p/ 8 2023 Envisioning A Revitalized Space Renovation projects rely on a careful balance of preserving original elements of the historic building while incorporating more modern elements that breathe new life and create a sense of community. The sheer scale of Post Houston combined with its former life as a post office, in addition to faster-than-usual timelines and abbreviated deadlines, made the renovation project all the more challenging. Led by partner Jason Long, OMA's New York studio master planned the adaptive- reuse project and designed a series of spatial and structural interventions within the former warehouse. OMA envisioned a massive mixed-use space full of design juxtaposition – industrial and refined, raw and polished, historic and progressive – while transforming it into an inviting space with social connectedness in mind. Sitting upon a lurching 16 acres – capable of comfortably housing four Boeing 747s – the former post office’s renovation design was a daunting and demanding project. The architects began the design with an urbanistic approach that consid- ered how the site could more holistically engage with the surrounding city fabric. To connect the site with the downtown business and theatre districts, the team created a series of routes to the building that continue inside as voids and balance p/ 9 Case Study — Synergi LLC Jason Long Partner, OMA Like farmers working on concrete soil, we raked a series of horizontal thoroughfares into and through it. POST Houston will be a microcosm of the diversity that makes the city itself so exciting... The impact should be larger than even the massive footprint of the warehouse itself. By cutting into the building and drawing people in and through it, we are aiming to fold different programs into every corner—weddings next to food halls next to concerts next to new ways of working—and to turn Houston to a view that reveals the city’s radical ambition. “ preservation with architectural interventions that integrate the city with the site. Following an initial masterplan and event space studies in 2016, the project began demolition/con- struction in January 2019. Today, the building is as much a gateway as a destination. It is a link to a new public space within the city and dramatic view out over its juxtapositions—of infrastructure, business ambition, and natural vitality.Next >