Working Mass Model

Excludes immediate landscape

WEEK SEVEN: TOWARD AN ARCHITECTURE

Here are the latest developments as the new student teams work to make a list of priorities and diagrams into a beautiful, meaningful, poetic, and enriching building for the community.

Structural concept: new growth


Dwelling Unit breakdown:

4 Live/work (1.5 height) @ 900 sqft each ----------------------> 3,600 sqft total
2 Extended Family (2.5 height) @ 1500 sqft each -------------> 3,000 sqft total
2 Nuclear Family (single height) @ 1200 sqft each -----------> 2,400 sqft total
4 Nuclear Family (double height) @ 1200 sqft each ----------> 4,800 sqft total
6 Single (single height) @ 600 sqft each -----------------------> 3,600 sqft total
4 Single (double height) @ 600 sqft each ----------------------> 2,400 sqft total

TOTAL RESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE
NOT INCLUDING CIRCULATION/OPEN SPACES : 19,800 sqft
Total number of units: 22


Square footage break down:

Commercial level: 600 sqft of residential space (live/work extended into R1)

R1: total sqft of units NOT INCLUDING CIRCULATION/OPEN SPACES

5 nuclear families
-4 (double height extends into R2)
-1 single height
2 extended families (height extends into R2 and R3)
2 single (double height extends R2)
2 live/work (height extended from commercial level)

R2: 5400 total sqft of units NOT INCLUDING CIRCULATION/OPEN SPACES

5 nuclear families
-4 (double height extended from R1)
-1 single height
2 extended families (height extended from R1)
2 single (double height extended from R1)
2 live/work (height extends into from R3)

R3: 4800 total sqft of units NOT INCLUDING CIRCULATION/OPEN SPACES

7 single
-5 single height
-2 (double height extends into R4)
2 extended family (extended from R2 and R1)
2 live/work (height extends from R2)

R4: 1200 total sqft of units NOT INCLUDING CIRCULATION/OPEN SPACES

3 singles
-2 (double height extended from R3)
-1 single height

NUCLEAR FAMILY DWELLING (Sergey)





Plinth Team Working Model

Vehicle house


Ian Coltman at the street level:

THE NEXT MOVE FORWARD

We presented the schemes, we digested the comments, we re-organized our priorities, and we heard from the neighborhood that a tree must be preserved. Shown below is a summary of our new marching orders, and a set of very basic diagrams meant to organize them:

OUR QUALITATIVE PRIORITIES:

M I D - T E R M C H A R R E T T E R E S U L T S
agreed-upon features for further development

• 'clarity' at open corner o generous green space as point of entry o informality of green space
• private outdoor spaces for most-if-not-all units
• collective outdoor spaces for residential units
o 'kidspace' terraces adjacent to family units
• density and compact size of residential units
• broken-down scale at residential zone
o maximize 'coastline'
o maximum exterior surface area per unit for light and ventilation
o massing to honor neighborhood scale
• topographic respone
o digging into slope for more commercial/public square-footage
o rooftop as ground.
o Public 'plinth' to support private 'aggregations'
• PARKING:
o Bicycles
o Cars: 1 space per 2 residential units
• Public program priorities:
o Community services
• Library
• Day care
o Commercial (retail) services
• Food market • Restaurant
• Residential lobby as 'vortex'
• 'threshold' element at open corner
o clever screening/schemes to meet street-frontage requirements
• FIRE:
o 'communal' glow from within
o consideration of night-time activities / attractiveness of public spaces
• 'skin' as screen:
o transluscency over opacity
• more dense open-air space at upper (residential) levels
o 'new york fire escape' model
• 'community house' collective space programmed for residents
• OPTIONAL: roof-top public / commercial amenity
o bar?
LATE ADDITION: SAVE THE TREE!
RESULTANT DIAGRAMS:


STUDENT RE-ASSIGNMENTS:

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MID-TERM CHARRETTE

Thanks to everyone who sacrificed their Wednesday night last week for presenting and reviewing four very interesting proposals for this site. You can see the proposals in the previous post titled aptly, 'MID-TERM PROPOSALS'.
We presented, we discussed, we argued, and we consented: strong aspects of each strategy have percolated to the top, and a newer, better, stronger, single proposal is emerging from this rich mixture of ingredients.
Stay tuned as we present the developments of our new common project!

Frank ('shining heart') Gonzalez presenting the 'TWENTY ALOFT' scheme



'THE SPINE' under scrutiny

discussing 'MISSISSIPPI SISTERS'

Kai Pannu presides over 'THE LANTERN'

Team Lantern in formation

The result: Our Marching Orders

MID-TERM PROPOSALS

THE LANTERN
Sergey Marandyuk, Kai Pannu, Zehpyr Anthony

The Plan
The Section
Model images







MISSISSIPPI SISTERS
Steven Christian, Angela Previdelli, Felix Velazquez, Drew Carson



TWENTY ALOFT

Jeff Su, Frank Gonzalez, Brittany Teeter

Team "C" (Ian Coltman, Johnny Karam, Wendy Fan, Calder Erwin)

WEEK SIX: THE SHAPE OF COMMUNITY

BACKGROUND
Alert! This just in: it has been decreed by atmospheric fiat that the entire ground floor at street level must be devoted to public and/or commercial activities. This means that a mere 30,000 square feet are available for the purposes of dwelling and any collective spaces for use only by the residents. How can a balance between these uses and the imagined individual dwellings take a physical shape? How can these priorities negotiate with the values of open space, sunlight, and neighborhood responsibility?

STUDENT WORK



PRELIMINARY STUDIES:
'Mississippi Rose'
(Kai Pannu Sergey Marandyuk, Zephyr Anthony)

Vertical Horizon

Composite
Looking SOUTH: (downtown portland)

WEST PERSPECTIVE: ('mississippi rose')

Team C (Ian Coltman, Calder Erwin, Johnny Karam, Wendy Fan):
Ian and Calder: 'The Cooling Towers'
Wendy and Johnny: 'Mount Mississippi'

Team B (Brittany Teeter, Jeff Su, Frank Gonzalez):
The 'pistol'




The 'hanging gardens'



ASSIGNED: Monday, 28 April
DUE: Wednesday, 07 May
TO DO:
1. Monday-Wednesday: each team is to propose two massing "gestures" for the site, based on the following criteria:
• 15,000 square feet at the street level must be devoted to public and / or commercial use.
• 30,000 square feet above the street level must be devoted to residential use.
• Approximately 30% of the maximum volume of the cube measuring 100' x 150' x 65' high must be open. Some portion of this open space must extend from the 'roof' of the volume to the 'ground' or below; some portion of this open space must extend from one 'wall' of the volume to another, across the volume.
• Use all the background research compiled in the last two weeks as a basis for your design decisions.
• Each massing gesture must be made from white museum board or some other pale rigid boardstock which will contrast with the site model materials.
• Each massing gesture must be built to 1/16" = 1'-0" scale, and must fit into the site model.
• Each massing gesture must have a name.
2. Wednesday - Monday: each team must decide on two aggregations of the individual 'houses' proposed for assignment 05. Each aggregation must include a combination of all the user groups accommodated for (single occupant, extension, etc.) • These aggregations may include any combination of the user groups, as long as all are represented, and there is a compelling reason for the balance of use.
• Residential shared spaces may be included.
• These aggregations must not exceed a total of 30,000 square feet.
• These aggregations must be derived from two sources:
• The priorities for adjacency and open space determined for each in assignment 05
• The massing 'gesture' developed in part 1 of this assignment, including accommodations for open space.
• These aggregations must be accompanied by a space-planned and programmed proposal for the 15,000 square feet of public/commercial space at the street level.
• These aggregations must be presented as color-coded plans and sections at 1/8" = 1-0", true to the scale and topography of the site. The presentation may be 'rough' or 'sketchy' as long as it is accurate and comprehensive.
3. Monday - Wednesday: each team is to make improvements on the previous diagrams and massing gestures, and present a single diagrammatic scheme for the mid-term review / charrette. Each scheme must be presented as the following:
• A name.
• A massing gesture (model) at 1/16" = 1'-0" scale, to fit into the site model
• One 24x36 presentation board consisting of:
• A color-coded site plan (to-scale) multiple plans will most likely be needed, for multiple levels.
• A color-coded site section, at the same scale as the plan. (minimum 1, possibly 2)
• One photo-collage (minimum) visualizing the massing model into a photo of the site. Best views are up and/or down n. Mississippi. Ave.