MOTA DESIGN
Projects
Austin Residence Renovation
Client: Jason and Angela Austin
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Renovation of this approximately 5,600 SF four-story home in downtown Washington, DC was a complete interior demolition and upfit. The home was formerly an embassy for the county of Ghana. The design included a kitchen expansion, a second kitchen on the lower level, mud room, family room, office, five bedrooms, all new interior finishes, main stair relocation and reconfiguration, laundry room, and exercise room. Constructed of steel and 24″ concrete basement walls with brick veneer, the home is a landmark structure in the Brightwood Park Neighborhood.
Rollins Residence
Client: Neil and Toy Rollins
Location: 145 Douglas Street, Atlanta, GA
Formerly part of the Kirkwood Plantation Estate, this circa 1906 farmhouse was doubled in size with a second floor to create 3,600 sf of living and family space for six and many years of memories. The existing home sat dormant and deteriorating in the Kirkwood Neighborhood in central Atlanta for many years. Our team worked closely with a local contractor to create an iconic home on Douglas Street. The scope included new family room, four bedrooms, open-plan kitchen, butler’s pantry and upstairs kid’s room. Phase 2 will include an expanded master suite with screen porch, free-standing garage with finished room above and an outdoor cooking kitchen and screen porch in the rear. As an addition to the project, MOTA created a treehouse design for the Rollins kids and their neighborhood friends.
Lower Richland Library
Client: Lower Richland Library
Location: 615 Lower Richland Blvd, Hopkins, SC
The project included an upfit of a 2,600 square foot storefront into a public library. Scope of work included a new floor plan, new finishes, rezoning of the HVAC, electrical systems, lighting, data network, plumbing, and safety and security. As the thirteenth Richland Library location and the first in the Lower Richland area, the project is a very important addition to the community and will have a lasting and beneficial effect on the needs of the residents within the area.
The Meeting Place Sanctuary
Client: The Meeting Place Church
Location: Columbia, SC 29223
Renovation of an existing 16,000 SF former retail center into a worship center. The uplift included an enlarged music and speaking platform, changing rooms, lobby and media engagement area, 620 seats, stadium seating for improved viewing, lighting and flooring enhancements, acoustical treatments and sound control center. Construction occurred during the COVID pandemic to provide a new experience for members upon their return to worship.
Saluda County School District One Renovations
Client: Saluda County School District
Location: Saluda, South Carolina
Saluda County School District was awarded $1 million as part of the Abbeville County School Settlement Funding. The school district applied for energy grants in the amount of $300 thousand for additional project support. With $1.3M in funding, the school district made plans to update HVAC units, resolve lighting/electrical issues, add additional restrooms as well as bring others up to code, replace windows, increase lobby security and update the fire alarm system throughout Saluda and Hollywood Elementary Schools. The district awarded the renovation and up fit work to W.E Baker & Son Construction and security enhancement work to BLAW Construction. We were able to complete all the projects within the very strict funding timeline.
SC Foodshare Headquarters
Client: SC Foodshare
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
FoodShare SC is a non-profit organization established to provide fresh produce to low-income families in the Midlands. They needed to consolidate their operations and centralize services to a larger, single, space to better accommodate their services to the Midlands and it’s families. They were able to secure an existing space that was previously a furniture store and MOTA was solicited to develop an adaptive reuse plan for the 17,000 SF facility. The space is being outfitted into retail service center, teaching kitchen, multi-purpose rooms, staff offices and a 6,000 SF produce storage and preparation warehouse.
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Saluda High School
& Middle School
Client: Saluda County Schools
Location: Saluda, SC
Recognizing the population growth in the county, Saluda County Schools selected Mota to help plan and design for expanding and renovating the Saluda Education Complex (high and middle school). The scope includes approximately 20,000 SF of CATE classroom/lab and multipurpose room additions along with interior renovations to accommodate new curriculum offerings.
Bratton Street Luxury Townhomes
Location: Columbia, SC
The new Bratton St, townhouse development is currently underway, promising a modern and vibrant residential addition to the Melrose Heights community. The design involves the creation of contemporary townhomes with stylish architectural design and thoughtful urban planning. The development focuses on providing residents with a blend of comfort and convenience, featuring well-designed living spaces and a private garage for each of the resident to the six available townhomes.
SC State Rock Hill,
Agriculture Research Center
Client: South Carolina State University
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
MOTA has been hired again by the 1890 Research and Extension at South Carolina State University to provide renovation design services for this 5,367 SF existing building they own in Rock Hill, SC. The aim is to convert this two-story facility into another agriculture research center for farmers in the northern part of the state. The new design will incorporate offices, laboratory and testing spaces, meeting rooms, collaboration spaces, instructional classrooms, a conference room, new
main lobby and ADA compliant restrooms.
Memorial Garden
Client: Greater Saint Luke Baptist Church
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Greater Saint Luke Baptist Church aims to honor all former members with this memorial project. In additional to dedicated brick pavers, this 40’x40’ circular monument features a perimeter brick column and iron fence, 7’ tall granite display panels with bronze name plates and a 13’ tall illuminated aluminum stylized cross. In addition to surround seating, the monument has cast aluminum donor placards, bollard lighting and lush landscaping.
Chamberlayne Lofts
Client: Chamberlayne LLC
Location: Richmond, VA
Working with a development team, MOTA is designing a 100-unit apartment home project in downtown Richmond, VA complete with a two level concrete parking structure and retail spaces. The project includes the adaptive reuse of an existing 24,000 SF, two story masonry warehouse building conversion into parking and adding three stories of residential units above. In addition, a new five-story apartment tower with parking will be constructed immediately adjacent to the existing warehouse. Home units will range from 600 SF lofts, to 1250 SF 3BRs and include amenities such as a roof top garden, pet park, gym facilities, upper communal lounge and dining services.
Water Crest Development
Client: Water Crest Development
Location: Summerville, SC
Commissioned by the McDonald family from New York, Mota has been charged with developing a master plan for a 25-acre mixed-use commercial district in Summerville, SC. The design will include green space, club house/community building, splash pad, access to the Sawmill Branch Greenway, 200-300 multifamily living apartment homes and +/- 30,000 SF commercial retail center.
Woodard Unity Park
Location: Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Located in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina at the site of the former Batesburg Town Hall and Police Department, this park aims to right the wrong of the “Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Sr.” while continuing to unify the people of Batesburg and compliment the new Downtown Business District. A Historical Marker was dedicated in 2019 and there are efforts underway to have this site become part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
MOTA is partnered with The LandPlan Group South to create a unique public space with landscaping, hardscaping, water elements, interpretive signage and other commemorative features that honor Sgt. Woodard, his story and how it influenced President Truman to integrate the U.S. Military.
Hopkins Park Pool Building
Client: Richland County Recreation Commission
Location: Hopkins, SC
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