Join Kids+Architecture for a fun filled sketching workshop at the POST HTX , one of Houston’s award-winning entertainment center.
Post HTX is an adaptive reuse project that transformed the historic Barbara Jordan United States Post (USPS) Office in downtown Houston into a cultural and commercial complex. The solid fortress-like structure of the USPS office, originally designed by Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, the architects of Astrodome, had immense potential, but its industrial character posed challenges for repurposing. OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) and Powers Brown Architecture designed the redevelopment with sensitive modifications. The new design introduced atriums with three unique monumental staircases, massive skylights which uses materials that once originated in a NASA lab, and the largest rooftop park in the United States. POST HTX also includes a food hall, restaurants, coworking spaces and offices.
The workshop will begin with an architect-led tour by Jeanette Shaw, AIA, Powers Brown Architect, before breaking up into small groups with architects to hone your sketching skills using watercolor pencils.
Additional information about the class:
Please plan to arrive early to allow time to park and check in. Class will conclude at noon..
Sketch the Change at POST HTX is sponsored by
Post HTX Design Team
Client: Lovett Commercial
Lead Designer: OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture)
Executive Architect: Power Brown Architect
Structural Engineer: IMEG Corp
Contractor: Harvey Builders
Executive Architect – Food Hall: LUCID
MEP: DBR Engineering Consultants
Landscape Architect: Hoerr Schaudt
Lighting: DotDash
Historic Advisor: MacRostie
Identity and Signage: MTWTF with Formation
Architecture Renderings: Luxigon
