i n h a b i t: May 2008

Welcome to the online studio report for Architecture 282, the spring quarter second-year undergraduate design studio at Portland State University's department of Architecture. As our focus for the term is the investigation of community and collective experience, we recognize the importance of communication and shared information in fostering these themes. Hence, our new digital community--this blog.

Our non-virtual exploration seeks to imagine a community of dwellings and businesses in a dense and ever-changing neighborhood close to the urban core of Portland Oregon.

We are students of architecture, not developers. So over the next two months we'll be looking at the 'Portland Dense Housing' issue through a slightly different lens than what is normal out there under the construction cranes.

We will form our own design community, and will ultimately collaborate on a single 'development' to take place on the corner of north Mississippi ave. and north Fremont st. Instead of focusing on the developer-driven priorities of profitability and product marketing, we will base our work on often overlooked values--such as domestic ritual, collective social arrangement, the psychology of materials, and the physical, social, and phenomenological patterns of the surrounding neighborhood.

Yes, this project is purely hypothetical, but by exploring these priorities, we aim to delve much deeper than issues of mere 'style', 'image', or 'performance' in proposing an ideal by which future development may be judged.

Please visit this blog often and feel free to comment, as things are taking shape rather quickly as I write. We'll make sure to post all of our research and progress designs as this exciting project develops.

-your humble scribe,
Garrett Martin

Friday, May 30, 2008

Felix Velazquez: In Progress Plan and Section Drawings for Single Occupancy

Plan and Section Drawings 3/8"=1.o'

Section Cut: Person looking North

Section Cut: Person looking North

Single Occupancy: 600 sq. ft.

Drew Carson
Single Occupancy: 600 sq. ft.

Plinth Ramp Addition

Two Versions...

#1 Extended L

#2 Cutback

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Updated Residential

DWELLING LAYOUT WITH ADJACENT EXTERIOR SPACES:

FIRST RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

SECOND RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

THIRD RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

FOURTH RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

NUCLEAR FAMILY DWELLING

components proposal

Extended family units - progress

Live/work units- progress

Felix Velazquez: Proposed Single Person Dwellings

Proposed Dwellings

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Restaurant/Grocery Progress

1/8th scale

A NEW HOME

Plinth Drawings

Public Grounds Team (Ian & Jeff)

Monday, May 26, 2008

structural By: Frank

Column layout

Light well to parking structure

Column connetion

Floor Connection

Felix Velazquez. Proposed Dwelling for Single Person

Drawings of Single Dwelling

Floor Plan

Section

Felix Velazquez. Proposed Dwelling for Single Person

Proposed Dwelling

first proposed single person dwelling.

Proposed aggregation.

Proposed Floor Plan

Perspective View 1

Perspective View 2

WEEK EIGHT: COALESCENCE

Dwelling levels: further development (Christian)
FIRST RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

SECOND RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

THIRD RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

FOURTH RESIDENTIAL FLOOR:

Unit Types:
2 Single Story Family Units (1 level each at 1,200 sqft)
3 Two Story Family Units (2 levels each at 1,200 sqft)
2 Extended Family Units (3 levels each at 1,500 sqft)
4 Live / Work Units (2 levels each at 900 sqft)
6 Single Story Single Units (1 level each at 600 sqft)
6 Two Story Single Units (2 levels each at 600 sqft)

23 Total Units (19,800 sqft)
...............
Fremont street restaurant and grocery diagrams (Johnny)

Dwelling aggregation diagrams, level-by-level (Christian):
FIRST LEVEL:

SECOND LEVEL:

THIRD LEVEL:

FOURTH LEVEL:

Working massing model (team)

(Excludes immediate landscape)

Dwelling levels, second proposal (Christian)
process work and explorative models:

resulting aggregation proposal:

Street level ('plinth'), revised (Ian)

Nuclear family dwelling, revised (Sergey)

Dwelling levels: first proposal (Christian)

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