i n h a b i t: WEEK EIGHT: COALESCENCE

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

Monday, May 26, 2008

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)

1 comment:

Loulie said...: Greetings all-
Wow! this project has transformed since the mid-review. I am very glad to see the revised unit sizes - much more realistic, and I like the consideration given to private outdoor spaces - although I am wondering if they could be a little smaller to simplify the form a little bit - given the context of the older, and, in some cases, rather stately residential forms.
Have you had a chance to consider the parking issue as well? I am seeing a rather large plinth and suspect that it may be parking - with alley access?
One last question about the nw corner of the site and the space under that overhang - what is going on there and how can it be a little friendlier to the building across the way?
Just a couple of things to think about. Great work, and I look forward to seeing you on the 5th!
Loulie; May 26, 2008 at 12:34 PM

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