Location
Bastrop, Texas
Size
18,215 square feet
Status
Completed 2008
The second in a multiple project series for the Bluebonnet Trails Mental Health Mental Retardation organization, KAH Architecture repeated the needs assessment process for the Bastrop County service area. Building from the details gleaned throughout multiple workshops as well as leadership and staff interviews, the Bluebonnet Trails MHMR Center in Bastrop consolidates multiple facility services into this one complex reflecting the organization’s design personality as was started in the Round Rock, TX headquarter facility. The Bastrop space includes:
- Early Childhood Areas
- Administration and Personnel Offices
- Meeting Rooms
- Treatment Areas
- Club Room
Working with rather than against an extremely sloped site, the edifice was designed with a suspended slab. This irreplaceable design solution minimized site footprint and impact to thus preserve valued ecological amenities. The functional interior space utilizes a flexible layout and a single story design while the exterior sports a limestone and EIFS finish to blend with the surrounding topography. Landscape remains in its native state to further reflect the beauty of the Texas Hill Country area.
