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Building Statistics

General Project Statistics:

Building Name: The Odyssey
Location & Site: 2001 15th St. Arlington, VA 22210 Building
Occupants: Monument Realty, LLC
Occupancy or Function Types:
Primary Occupancy:
Residential Apartments (floors 1-15)
Town Houses (floors B2-1)
Mixed Occupancy: Retail/Office (floors B1, 1)
Accessory Occupancy:
Underground Parking Garage (floors B3-B1)
Size (Total Sq. Ft.): 475,650 Sq. Ft.
Number of Stories Above Grade: 16
Primary Project Team:
Owner: Monument Realty, Washington, D.C.
website: http://www.monumentrealty.com/
Architect: Shalom Baranes Associates Architects, Washington, D.C.
website: http://www.sbaranes.com/index.htm
Construction Manager: Donohoe Construction Co., Washington, D.C.
website: http://www.donohoeconstruction.com/
Mechanical: Mendoza, Ribas, Farinas and Associates, Rockville, Md.
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Structural: Ehlert/Bryan Inc., McLean, Va.
website: http://www.ehlert-bryan.com/home.html
Civil: Vika Inc., McLean, Va.
website: http://www.vika.com/
Earthwork: Golden & Stafford LLC, Largo, Md.
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Concrete: SMC Concrete Construction Inc., Annandale, Va.
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Electrical: Cherry Lane Electric Service Inc., Laurel, Md.
website: http://www.cherrylaneelectrical.com
Curtainwall: Emmitsburg Glass Co., Emmitsburg, Md.
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Landscape Architect: Lewis Scully Gionet, Vienna, Va.
website: http://www.lsginc.com/
Dates of Construction: April 2004 - June 2006
Total Project Cost: $65,000,000
Project Delivery Method: Design - Bid - Build

Building System Information:

Architecture:

The Odyssey Condominium is a prominent feature of the Arlington sky line and stands out as the latest of additions to Arlington's growing number of luxury residential buildings. The Odyssey is located outside the city court district atop a hill which rises from the shores of the Potomac River. The site location and elevation provide excellent views across the river to downtown Georgetown and the Washington Mall. The visuals from this site promote the building's general shape and use as residential raging from low income town-houses to platinum penthouse suites.

The 19-story complex features 2-3 story townhouses adjacent to 3 levels of underground parking. The Odyssey towers rise perpendicularly askew of each other and feature 16 stories of apartments with suites located on the top floors. The apartments range from studio spaces to family dwellings with 2-3 bedrooms and a den with accompanying bathrooms, kitchen, living/dining areas, and a balcony. The platinum penthouse suites are custom designed to occupant requests and feature top quality and style with premium kitchens, bathrooms, living room, dining area, and an adjoining balcony to enjoy the spectacular views.

Retail stores with large aluminum curtain-wall storefront windows are located on the B1 and 1st floors facing a small plaza aside 16th st. on the North. The retail and apartment main entry and lobby are also accessible by pedestrian or vehicle through a central courtyard which envelopes the angle the towers create as they rise from the parking garage below.

On the penthouse level there is an outdoor rooftop swimming pool and terrace, a pool lounge, a state-of-the-art fitness center and the Platinum Clubroom. A concrete column and steel-beam trellis framework following the curvature of the east elevation stands out on the rooftop as "a bold element" to the building design.

Building Envelope:

Stretching the length of the eastern extent of the site along N. Scott St. is a row of 2-3 story townhouses which integrate into the upper two basement levels (B2,B1). The townhouse's façade is an alternating brick veneer with a soldier course delineating each story and metal panels surrounding punch windows with aluminum frames. Along the east elevation the townhouses change from 2 to 3 stories with the upper story entirely brick veneer and punch windows with aluminum frames and cast stone sills. A metal panel soffit also runs along the upper story and extends back over the townhouses sloping toward a terrace before the main apartment building.

Retail stores wrap the north-east corner of the complex and extend along the north elevation and are interrupted only by the 16th St. parking garage entrance to the upper basement floor (B1). This elevation is a brick veneer with prominent aluminum curtain wall storefront windows with a metal panel course partially surrounding the window frame. The curtain wall contains double aluminum glass entrance doors to the stores behind. A strip window with a cast stone sill spans between the eastern retail curtain wall window to the steel panel garage door which shares a similar surrounding metal panel detail. The other retail store is noted on the end of this west elevation by another aluminum curtain wall storefront window. The remaining facades on the building's base elevations are stone walls. On the west elevation is a retaining wall behind which is a garden, and on the south elevation is stone wall intermittent with the courtyard entry ramp and underground garage entrance.

The Odyssey's main tower(s) rise from the first floor above the parking garage levels, partially accompanying the retail stores on the north side. The east elevation displays full height aluminum curtain wall systems alternating with strip brick veneers incorperating sliding aluminum punch windows with partially surrounding metal panels. Extending from the punch windows are exposed concrete slab balconies with aluminum railings and mesh infill. The remaining elevations are primarily brick facades and punch windows with aluminum frames and a side metal panel detail. Smaller balconies extend from each apartment at the punch windows with triangular connecting balconies at the intersecting angles of the towers. The penthouse and mechanical loft are split with metal panel and brick veneers including both aluminum framed punch and strip windows.

Zoning and Historical:

The Odyssey is zoned under the Code of Virginia, Title 15.2, Chapter 22. The apartment and condominium tower(s) are zoned under:

Section 25. "C-O" Commercial Office Building, Hotel and Multiple-Family Dwelling Districts. (1) As an overlay of the General Land Use Plan (GLUP), the "Special Affordable Housing Protection District" ("SAHPD") designation was created as a mechanism to require the replacement of existing affordable residential units on site. By creating the Townhouses on site, the Odyssey attempts to comply with "SAHPD", thereby moving for a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to increase the ratio of additional housing density from 15% to 25% and to exempt and additional 25,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area from the density calculations (2).
It is thereby the townhouses are zoned under:

Section 16. "RA4.8" Multiple-Family Dwelling District (1) (1). http://www.Municode.com. " Code of Virginia". Aug. 17, 2005
(2). "Applicant Notes: Sept. 28, 2001". The County Board of Arlington, Va

Major National Codes

1996 BOCA National Building Code
1996 National Electrical Code
1996 BOCA National Fire Prevention Code
1996 ICC International Mechanical Code
1995 ICC International Plumbing Code w/ 1996 Supplement

Building Systems I :

Electrical:

The Odyssey's power is distributed through two main transformers in the basement vault. Main transformer #1 is a 120/208v 3phase-4w at 45kva. The transformer feeds a 600Amp 3phase-4w C/T Cabinet distributing to 5 Main disconnect switches ranging in 600A, 1000A, and 1200A. Main disconnect switches #1-#4 extend through the building to 2-3 1000A cable tap boxes distributed at adjacent floors for apartment loads. Main disconnect switch #5 is the house panel (MDP-L) with a 600Amp MCB 3phase-4w, 250v and feeds the penthouse mechanical room panel and main electrical room panel.

Main service transformer #2 is standard 277/480v 3phase-4w at 45kva. The transformer feeds a 1800-Amp 3phase-4w C/T Cabinet in the adjacent switchgear room through a 24" cable tray. The cabinet feeds 3 main panels/disconnect switches: Main distribution panel with main switch (MDP-1H), Main service disconnect #2, and Emergency Service disconnect switch. MDP-1H runs a 900Amp MCB and feeds the penthouse mechanical room, 1st floor electrical closet, and domestic booster pump controller. The main service disconnect #2 runs 800Amp 3phase-4w, 600v and feeds the cooling tower/HVAC at 400Amp 3phase-4w, 600v. The emergency service disconnect switch runs 400Amp 3phase-4w, 250v and feeds the fire pump controller, elevators, and emergency disconnect switch. Future C/T cabinets and disconnect switches running commercial services for retail stores will be connected to main service transformer #2.

Emergency power is provide by a 250KW generator at 277/480v 3phase-4w located in the first basement level adjacent to but separate from the switchgear and transformer vault. The generator feeds the fire pump and emergency service including the elevators with a 400Amp auto transfer switch.

Lighting:

The underground garage is predominantly lit with surface mounted strip florescent lights with T8 lamps. These fixtures are also found in the stairways, trash rooms, electrical closets, and upper level corridors. These lights run off of 277W while the remaining light fixtures found in the building run off of 120W. Lobby spaces have surface light fixtures set in linear groupings to ascent walls and lounge areas. Corridors on the lower levels are lit by wall mounted fixtures partially on emergency circuits to meet safety, fire, and egress requirements. The townhouses and Odyssey apartments use recessed incandescent lights in the kitchen and closets, and wall mounted fixtures in the bathrooms. The living, bedroom, and dining spaces experience day lighting effects through the curtain-wall windows and can be illuminated by portable lighting fixtures such as lamps.

Mechanical:

The odyssey mechanical system is designed with several components to complete the entire heating and cooling of the complex. The underground garage has 2 intake and exhaust fans 25,000 - 42,000 CFM each, depending on level. Circulating fans move the air throughout the space with electric unit heaters to control the temperature. The apartments are heated and cooled with individual air to air heat pumps ranging from 600 - 1800 CFM. A cooling tower with 2 cells and several AHUs are located on the roof and cool public spaces such as the penthouse exercise room. A 14,000 CFM HVAC unit on the roof supplies 100% outside air for heating and cooling of public corridors throughout the building

Structural:

The Odyssey is a concrete structure throughout its many levels and functional spaces. The foundations are reinforced spread and mat footings with reinforced concrete columns varying in size from 18"x26" to 22"x42" with #11 reinforcement. Structural two-way concrete slab, 8.5" thick with #4 reinforcement, span 25' typ. to columns throughout the basement levels and first floor. The tower structure is designed with reinforced columns and partially reinforced/post-tensioned beams integrated in a two-way concrete slab system of 25'x25' typ. bays. The columns are typically 18"x26" with 8 #11 reinforcement and the beams vary in both size and reinforcement with varied post-tension loading dependent on location. The floor system is 8"& 11" two-way post-tensioned concrete slab integrated with the beams and have partial reinforcement at the columns. The roof structure is consistent with the floor to floor slab design with added waterproofing, rigid insulation, and either pavers or filter fabric top. The roof also displays a concrete and steel trellis as an architectural feature. The lateral system is primarily reinforced concrete shear walls located at elevator and stair shafts.

Building Systems II :

Fire Protection:

The Odyssey has full sprinkler coverage with a dry system through the basement levels to the first floor. A 750 gpm fire pump feeds the remaining wet system throughout the Odyssey at 120 psi with 8" standpipes running through stairwells located on the wings of the towers. Emergency energy is supplied by a 250kw generator to all fire protection equipment and pumps. Fire departments access the system through a 4-way connection with 6" pipes from hydrant locations along side streets.

Transportation:

At the center of the Odyssey are four high speed cable pulley counterweight operated elevators. Both sets run to the lower basement levels for occupant parking access. Only one set runs full height to the penthouse and mechanical room, level 16. Two stair towers are located at the extent of each tower wing opposite the elevator lobby. Their locations meet code and assure reliable egress in case of emergencies or if the elevators cease to function properly. A vehicular ramp allows occupant and emergency movement into a courtyard. Situated centrally on site in relation to the building, the courtyard allows convenient access to the main entry and retail stores from 15th street.

Telecommunications:

The Odyssey is fully equipped with telephone and data connections in each apartment, retail, and office space. Also, living and bedroom spaces are equipped with Television outlets. Emergency telephone and speaker systems are wired through the main control room to elevators and mechanical areas of the building.

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