THE NEST “A DWELLING FOR ALL”
Amber Bennett 4th Year Competition Finalist
DIAGRAMS | CONCEPTS DIAGRAMS | CONCEPTS
THE NEST ”DWELLING FOR ALL.”
THE NEST ”DWELLING FOR ALL.”
Nesting space with floating pathways that cause casual interactions amongst the residential floors. Carving away at the building form on the basis that “Less is more”, causes points of Nesting space with floating pathways that cause casual intersection while saving on overall material cost for construction. interactions amongst the residential floors. Carving away at the Floor plate created by modular units that range from micro units to one bedroom units to accommodate various types of people in building form on the basis that “Less is more”, causes points of the Cabbagetown area. The building form was generated following intersection while saving on overall material cost for construction. the site lines and giving attention to the surrounding streets, Floor plate created by modular units that range from micro units Boulevard SE and Reinhardt St SE.
to one bedroom units to accommodate various types of people in the Cabbagetown area. The building form was generated following the site lines and giving attention to the surrounding streets, Boulevard SE and Reinhardt St SE.
PATHWAY HARVEST
MANUFACTURE
- Carbon Sequestration - Renewable and low impact
HARVEST
MANUFACTURE
- Carbon Sequestration - Renewable and low impact
BUILD
- Rural economy activation - Regenerative supply chain
BUILD
- Rural economy activation - Regenerative supply chain
LIVE
- High performance structural properties - Immersive biophilic wood environments
- Dense livable cities - Improving qualities of built environment while carbonbanking
PATHWAY
LIVE
- High performance structural properties - Immersive biophilic wood environments
- Dense livable cities - Improving qualities of built environment while carbonbanking
VEGETATION
VEGETATION
SUN PATH
SUN PATH
Krog Street Tunnel Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
SE
Wyli
ll St
Tenn
elle St
SE
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SE
EGRESS
2
Carro
1
3
CABBAGETOWN Living in Cabbagetown offers residents an urban feel and most residents own their homes. In Cabbagetown there Tunnel Krog Street are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals live in Cabbagetown and residents tend to be liberal. Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Historical Park 33%
49%
<10
Demographics
10-17
12%
Based on the analysis that was taken the Cabbagetown Atlanta area has a proportionate ratio of women to men with there being slightly more female then male. The primal age range for Cabbagetown ranges from ages 24-44 years old. This effects how public spaces are occupied and how they continue to develop because of this.
18-24 24-34
FEMALES
35-44 45-54
15% MALES
EGRESS
55-64 65+
6% 4%
55% 28%
VEHICLE CIRCULATION SE
3%
Mid 20s to mid 40s are the age range native to the site, with mid 50s to mid 60s coming tertiary.
Wyl
elle
Tenn
Carr oll St
SE
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Age
The ratio between female to male is basically proportional.
St SE
Gender
1
2
Means of Transport Car and bus are the primal modes for transportation and then secondary is shared by walking, biking and Ubering.
3
CABBAGETOWN Living in Cabbagetown offers residents an urban feel and most residents own their homes. In Cabbagetown there are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals live in Cabbagetown and residents tend to be liberal. Sun
Figure Ground
Wind
33%
49%
<10
Demographics Based on the analysis that was taken the Cabbagetown Atlanta area has a proportionate ratio of women to men with there being slightly more female then male. The primal age range for Cabbagetown ranges from ages 24-44 years old. This effects how public spaces are occupied and how they continue to develop because of this.
Paths Paths are the channels along which the observer customarily, occasionally, or potentially moves.
STRUCTURAL WALLS
10-17
12%
18-24 24-34
FEMALES
35-44 45-54
15% MALES
55-64 65+
6% 4%
55%
Vegetation
Gender The ratio between female to male is basically proportional.
District
28%
3%
Program
Districts are the medium-to-large Age sections of the city, conceived of as having two dimensional extent, which observer Midthe20s to mid 40s are the age range mentally enters “inside native of,” and which to thearesite, with mid 50s to mid recognizable as having some common, 60s coming tertiary. identifying character.
Landmarks
VEHICLE CIRCULATION
Landmarks are another type of Means of Transport
point-reference, but in this case, the
observer modes does not for enter within them, Car and bus are the primal they are external. They are usually a transportation and then secondary rather simply defined physical object: is shared by walking,building, bikingsign, andstore, or mountain. Ubering.
WIND PATH
Figure Ground
Sun
Wind
Paths Paths are the channels along which the observer customarily, occasionally, or potentially moves.
STRUCTURAL WALLS PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
Vegetation
District Districts are the medium-to-large sections of the city, conceived of as having two dimensional extent, which the observer mentally enters “inside of,” and which are recognizable as having some common, identifying character.
Program
Landmarks Landmarks are another type of point-reference, but in this case, the observer does not enter within them, they are external. They are usually a rather simply defined physical object: building, sign, store, or mountain.
GRID
WIND PATH
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RESIDENTIAL AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
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REINHARDT ST SE
BO U
SECOND LEVEL
STUDIO UNIT
MICRO UNIT 297 SF 1BR UNIT 417 SF
MICRO UNIT
STUDIO 417 SF
CLT PREFAB UNITS
3
RESIDENTIAL AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
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REINHARDT ST SE
BO U
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1 5
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REINHARDT ST SE
BO U
RESIDENTIAL AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
BO U
1 2 3 4 5
GROUND LEVEL
7 12
SE
11
8
COMMERCIAL / ADMINISTRATION AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
10 13
MICRO UNIT
STUDIO 417 SF
CLT PREFAB UNITS STUDIO UNIT
9
6
LE
VA R
D
GROUND LEVEL
7 12
SE
11
8
COMMERCIAL / ADMINISTRATION AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
1310
9
BO U
PLATFORM STUDIO UNIT STUDIO 417 SF
CLT PREFAB UNITS
STUDY LAUNDRY GAME ROOM EGRESS ELEVATOR
STUDIO 417 SF
TIMBER BEAMS PLATFORM CLT PREFAB UNITS
BUILDING PROCESS
PLATFORM
TIMBER TIMBER COLUMNS BEAMS
5 PLY CLT PANELS BUILDING PROCESS
5 PLY CLT BUILDING PANELSPROCESS
REINHARDT ST SE
BO U
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
OFFICE BREAK ROOM CONF. ROOM STORAGE MAIL ROOM GYM RETAIL SPACE PLAYGROUND
STUDIO UNIT
5 PLY CLT
BUILDING PANELSPROCESS
6
VA R
D
GROUND LEVEL
7 12
SE
11
8
COMMERCIAL / ADMINISTRATION AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
REINHARDT ST SE
LE
10
13
6 7 8 9
9
10 11 12 13
OFFICE BREAK ROOM CONF. ROOM STORAGE MAIL ROOM GYM RETAIL SPACE PLAYGROUND
STUDIO UNIT
5 PLY CLT PANELS
6
LE
VA R
D
7 12
SE
MERCIAL / ADMINISTRATION A LE: 1/32” = 1’
6 7 8 9
11
8
10 11 12 13
10
9
REINHARDT ST SE
LEVEL 1
BO U
SE
REINHARDT ST SE
VA R
D
LEVEL 1
LE
VA R
D
SE
REINHARDT ST SE
BO U
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
LE
LEVEL 1
1 2 3 4 5
STUDY LAUNDRY GAME ROOM EGRESS ELEVATOR
REINHARDT ST SE
VA R
D
BO U
STUDY LAUNDRY GAME ROOM EGRESS ELEVATOR
6
LE
PARKING SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
PLATFORM 1BR UNIT 417 SF
TIMBER COLUMNS
REINHARDT ST SE
13
PARKING SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
MICRO UNIT
TIMBER BEAMS
1 2 3 4 5
OUND LEVEL
STUDY LAUNDRY GAME ROOM EGRESS ELEVATOR
3
SECOND LEVEL
RESIDENTIAL AREA SCALE: 1/32” = 1’
1
4
4
SECOND LEVEL
2
REINHARDT ST SE
BO U
SECOND LEVEL
STUDIO UNIT
1BR UNIT 417 SF
OFFICE BREAK ROOM CONF. ROOM STORAGE MAIL ROOM GYM RETAIL SPACE PLAYGROUND
OFFICE BREAK ROOM CONF. ROOM STORAGE MAIL ROOM GYM RETAIL SPACE PLAYGROUND
STUDIO UNIT
STUDIO UNIT
TIMBER BEAMS TIMBER COLUMNS
TIMBER COLUMNS
THE NEST “A DWELLING FOR ALL”