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Final drawings: site in context, landscape conditions, structural systems, plan & sections.

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Midterm review: site plan in context, plans & sections.
See previous entry for program diagram, as well as the final physical model.

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The ground floor and corridors were developed as with a variation of direct and optional circulation spaces. Upon entering the building, you're positioned in front of an information desk for the 1600 square foot gallery. The gallery space, illustrated with a blue tone, is wide spread throughout the building.

The elevator is to the left side of the building, with fire stairs to both the left and right. We added an additional set of skip-stop stairs at the front of the building, such to direct the occupants through the gallery spaces in the corridors. Taking the stairs on the ground floor would then require you to walk through the 2nd floor corridor to reach the next staircase.

The 8th floor marks the end of the gallery space, with yet another 1600 square foot open art space. The 9th floor features a gym for the students as well as numerous outdoor spaces.

(Due to .pdf to .jpeg conversion problems, the drawings lack material detail.)

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The final units plans, renders and facade details.

To better utilize space, the units were reconfigured as lofts. Each bedroom is 12' x 10', with 400 square feet for open studio/gallery space within every unit, as well as it's own private entrance to a balcony.

The facade was designed as a sliding, user-controlled light filter system. The detail illustrates the various operations of the three separate louver mechanisms and set of sliding operable windows.

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Below are the plans and sections from our midterm critique. As Nicole and I further configured the geometry of the units and floor plans, we found an opportunity to create three 12' x 8' light wells throughout the building.

Square footage was also available to create two open floor spaces from the main corridor to the front of the building. This allows the occupants to freely move through the 11' corridors to a larger open space.

A main component of both the unit and building as a whole is the "open art gallery" aspect. We compressed the units enough to allow flexible space in the corridors and the ground floor for a continuous gallery.

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Due to the small size of the site and programmatic needs, my partner and I had to constantly reexamine the geometry of the unit. We both agreed from the start that the work and sleep space would be separate from one another. The units shown below include that aspect, along with variations of kitchen/bath locations.

The floor plan shown below was our "EUREKA!" moment. Once we settled on a general unit plan, which features a double height work and sleep space, we began to examine the layout of each floor. The geometry of the unit allowed us to stack them in an L formation, which left residual space between the units for additional social space in the corridors.

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Plans; showing the specifics of the structure. The skin pattern creates a solid mullion and the 'open'/'closed' component of the skin creates a window. The dotted lined notate the overhang of the oblique walls. The structure pattern overlaid on the floor creates a glass tiling system, as shown previous here. Sections; highlighting the overlapping program, structural system and 'open'/'closed' skin system.