☰ Small Arms Range 172nd National Air Guard Base Jackson, Mississippi 1 A small-arms range building for the local 172nd Air Lift Wing of the Air National Guard provides a durable, enigmatic home for this new training facility. The facility combines a state-of-the-art 14-lane firing range with supporting classroom and training areas. The constrained site drove the need for a compact building footprint and the simple shed structure incorporates the large ventilation system within an enclosed mezzanine. Designed to meet LEED Gold criteria, the high summer sun is controlled by extending the roof overhang and sidewalls to shade southern wall exposure and a perforated screen provides filtered sunlight through the large classroom windows. A standing-seam metal roof and brick rain-screen wrap the building’s interior ballistic-rated concrete shell and provide a long-lasting building enclosure requiring minimal maintenance. The masonry work is crafted from dark, iridescent brick to optically transform the building’s presence depending on one’s approach while providing solar shading. Two long, solid walls on the east and west (where the range function restricts the use of windows) incorporate pilasters that cast deep shadows on the face of the building. The series of pilasters transition from wider to increasingly narrower spacing toward the shorter end of the long low-sloping sides of the building and horizontal brick insets are placed at increasing increments as they move up the wall. These insets cast additional shadows to emphasize the building’s lateral presence. The idea behind the articulation of the building aims to activate one’s sense by challenging the perception of the building. Through an effect of making the building seem larger – longer and taller – from one viewpoint, while from another view the building may seem shorter and flatter; the experience of this structure becomes a training tool to awaken one’s senses through the unexpected shifts of perception. The design team includes: Duvall Decker Architects, Waggonering Engineering, Scott Woods and Associates, PA, Top Belle Building Services, LLC, Spencer-Engineers, Inc, Burns Cooley Dennis, LLC, and Jon D Rice & Associates, LLC. New U.S. Courthouse Greenville, Mississippi Small Arms Range 172nd National Air Guard Base, Jackson, Mississippi The Selah House Malvern, Pennsylvania The Baddour Center Transitional Homes The Baddour Center, Senatobia, Mississippi James H. White Library Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi The Reserves at Gray Park Greenville, Mississippi 100 Depot Street Oxford, Mississippi Operation Shoestring Jackson, Mississippi Canton Readiness Center Canton, Mississippi Simulation Training Facility Camp Shelby, Mississippi Fire Crash Rescue Stations Jackson, Mississippi Cooperwood Flowood, MS Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference Tougaloo, Mississippi Crossway Student Worship Center Vicksburg, Mississippi Springdale Municipal Campus Springdale, Arkansas Mississippi Library Commission Jackson, MS Venyu Shreveport, Data Center Shreveport, LA Army National Guard Facilities Design Guide MS Dept. of Information Technology Services Agency, Data Center Jackson, MS Burr Forman Jackson, Mississippi Hope HBCU-CDFI Economic Mobility Strategy Guide Jackson & Itta Bena, MS Dumas Hall Renovation Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi Rowan Hall Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi Belhaven Pool House Jackson, MS Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi Midtown Housing Jackson Housing Authority, Jackson MS Oak Ridge House Jackson, MS North Midtown Master Plan Jackson, MS Jobie L. Martin Classroom Building Hinds Community College, Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Center for Justice Indianola, Mississippi UMMC Center for Telehealth Venyu Technology Campus Jackson, MS Simpson County School District Simpson County, MS West Jackson Master Plan Jackson, MS Coahoma County Higher Education Center Clarksdale, Mississippi 2915 N State Street Jackson, MS Offices for Bradley Arant One Jackson Place, Jackson, MS Dunn Management Jackson, MS Duvall Decker Architects 2915 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216 P: 601-713-1128 F: 601-713-1168 General Inquiries info@duvalldecker.com Download our Brochure Career Opportunities jobs@duvalldecker.com © Duvall Decker Architects, P.A. All Rights Reserved.