If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. - St. Clement of Alexandra
The 3 STEPS to a NEW LIFE By : Brandon Chambers
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Architecture at The Savannah College of Art and Design Š April 2012, Brandon Marc Chambers The author hereby grants SCAD permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic thesis copies of document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created.
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The 3 Steps to a New Life
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Architectural Department in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Architecture Savannah College of Art and Design By Brandon Marc Chambers
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Table of Contents: Photo Index................................................................................ 1 Thesis Abstract: The 3 Steps to a New Life........................... 5 PART 1- Overall Site............................................................ 7-73 Chapter 1: Homelessness through Urban Design........................... 7
- Arguable position:
-Introduce Topic -Why is this thesis topic about homeless people needed? -What does this project have to do with Architecture? -How can Architecture change a person’s life? -What makes this project different from other homeless projects? -How do you help different types of Homelessness in one facility? -How to design housing for someone who doesn’t have much? -How do you change the world through Architecture?
-Building Systems Network, Community Design and Architecture, Homes for the Homeless
- Active Research:
- Design Objectives:
-To design a series of homes within 3 different areas or neighborhoods that will break the down each homeless person and build them back up so that they can be more productive while on earth. -The reason for this design thesis is to get the homeless people off the streets and back in the real world. This program will build their confidence back up to where it uses to be and also their motivation to go out make something of themselves. While helping the homeless, there will be a design scheme for lowincome homes that with be easy to build up and easy to take down if needed.
- Design Strategy:
- “The Breakdown”: This part will consist of many different helpers: - Councilors - Doctors - People who were previously homeless - People who have went through this program successfully. They will be from either my program or any other successful program.
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- Security - Schooling - Help centers - This part of the program will be the most important part because if we can’t get through to the person and get them out of there old because if we can’t get through to the person and get them out of there old ways then the program will fail. - “Breakdown” will hit the heart of each person so that they can come to truths with their problems and move on. From that they will be moved over to “The Buildup.” - “The Buildup”: This part will consist of: - Jobs within the facility that will allow each person to help with the design and build up of these low-income home designs - Jobs that they can get paid for - Different types of jobs - Schooling - Grocery store - Community Center - Encouraging Helpers - Security - This part will allow a homeless person help out with the design and buildup of these new types of low-income homes, while also allowing them to do different jobs that they are interested in. - This part is mainly to build up there confident skills, so that they can move on to “The Living.” - “The Living”: This part will consist of: - Real interactive people with real jobs - Teaching new skills and helping them find jobs - Community Center - Schooling - People who want to give or help find jobs to a homeless person - Grocery Store - Interacting with business men and woman and civilized people. - This part is for helping each homeless person to learn new skills and for them to start interacting with other civilized people, so that they
can feel more important. - Prefabricated Homes - Design
Chapter 2: Context Analysis and Regional Description............... 25 - Social and Cultural Context:
- Users of the Facility - Faculty - Education Facilities within walking and biking distance - Shelters
- Business around Existing Neighborhoods - Existing Stores (Grocery, Shopping, Pharmacies, etc..) - Important Structures
- Site:
- Biking and Walking Radius - Important Buildings around Site - Transportation around the Site - Zoning Groups - Residential - Commercial Areas - Understanding Site
- Professional and Industrial Context:
- Region:
- Statistics on Homelessness in Kansas City - Population - Homeless - None Homeless - Existing Neighborhoods - Age Groups - Demographics
- Location of Site:
- Where are the 3 sites - What do these 3 areas offer - Why pick 3 areas
Chapter 3: Site Analysis in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri...... 55 - Information: - Zoning Area
- Downtown Areas that are being affected by Homelessness
- Housing and Families - Ethnicity within City
- Income in Family homes and Singles - White Families - Black Families - House hold type by Relationships and Housing Cost - Employment vs. Unemployment - Crime Rate within the City
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Part 2 - “The Breakdown”................................... 75-93 - What is the “Breakdown”? - Why is it important to the start of the program?
Chapter 1: Site Analysis................................................................ 77 - Education:
- How good is the Education in Kansas City? - Schools around the 3 Step Program - Charts and Diagrams about Education in Kansas City - How the program will deal with the education?
- Transportation: - Cutting vehicle use
- Bus and Biking routes - Charts and Diagrams about Transportation
- Parks within walking distance: - The Best Parks around the 3 Step Program - Weather Data:
- Weather Environment - Charts: Average Temperature, Precipitation, Cloudy Days, Humidity, Wind Speed, Snowfall, Sunshine - Tornadoes charts and how bad they can become.
- The User Needs:
- Housing Units - Angel Camp - Building Complex Center - How it works? - What is inside?
- A: Security Room - Where surveillance will be held in. - B: Security Code Doors - Locks and codes for facility use only - C: Guards - Friendly Guards that all can relate to the staff and users of the program. - D: Security Cameras - Cameras will be placed all around the campus. - E: Gated Facility - How the gated area will protect the staff and users.
- Faculty Workers:
- The Board
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- Pathways within the site area
- How the container homes work? - The grouping of housing units - The design of the housing units - The design of the site and sections - Elevations
- Concept Design: - Design to how the container homes fit within the structure
Chapter 3: Design Development................................................ 117 - Refinement of the Schematic: Architecture and Site Design:
- Site Model and Site Plan - Housing Unit Renderings - Elevations Renderings
-What is the Housing Units?
- Floor Plans - Stairway Connection - Piping and Electric Units for the Container Home and Structure
Chapter 1: Quantitative Program Development........................... 97 - Process design to development of the site area
Conclusion................................................................................ 151 Bibliography.............................................................................. 152
- Inspiration to Development:
- Inspiration Images
- How the staff and users will move through out the site?
- Spatial Movement:
PART 2.1- Housing Units............................................... 95-149
Chapter 2: Program Analysis....................................................... 85 - Security:
- Doctors/ Dentist - Counselors - Helpers - Teachers - Spiritual Leaders
- The Containers being used and the Specifications - How the housing units will be laid out on the site area - Model site images
- Design Development: - Development of Housing Units
- Thesis Design Defense
Chapter 2: Schematic Site and Building Design.......................... 103 - Gated Structure:
- How it works? - What do the symbols mean on the structures? - Images showing gated community - Structure and the object that holds them together
- Why use Green Roofs? - What type vegetations will be used on the site area? - Where will vegetation be placed at on the site?
- What material is being used on the structure?
- Green Roof:
- Housing Unit Structure and Floor Plans: - How does the structure work?
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Photo Index
16. http://homelessinablink.wordpress.com/ 17. http://homelessinablink.wordpress.com/
1. http://www.tv.com/homeless-the-motel-kids-of-orange-county/show/79332/ summary.html 2. http://cubeme.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/affordable-housingenterarchitecture2.jpg 3. http://www.buildingsystemsnetwork.com/downloads/intro.html 4. http://www.hfhnyc.org/ 5. http://www.community-design.com/ 6. http://www.coolbuzz.org/entry/time-cube-clock-geometric-patterns-tell-thetime/ 7. http://www.shutterstock.com/?gclid=CPWzo6jW6q0CFRJR7AodqlMJ7g
18. http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/234/234HomelessYth2k10.htm 19. http://iws.punahou.edu/user/JStevens/project/homelessness/ 20. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Nov/08/ln/hawaii711080375.html 21. http://www.hscgkc.org/documents/vet_map.jpg 22. http://opinion-forum.com/index/2009/05/home-for-veterans/ 23. http://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Kansas-City-Missouri.html 24. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Country_Club_Plaza_1_Kansas_City_MO.jpg
8. http://www.ci.laredo.tx.us/CommDev/HOMEPic1.jpg
25. http://www.sister-cities.org/conference/KansasCity/index.cfmza_1_Kansas_City_MO.jpg
9. http://lukeallendorph.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/mother_and_babyjohnmccabe.jpg
26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeionic/2947925337/
10. http://shutterdiaries.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dammfamily.jpg 11. http://fiercebuddhist.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/homeless-vet.jpg 12. http://crime.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lonley-girl-spread_opt.jpeg 13. http://www.goshmeloghana.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/businesswoman-table-group.jpg 14. http://hugin.info/1061/R/1486705/422453.jpg 15. http://maps.google.com/
27. http://www.lisc.org/kansascity/reStartFeature.htm 28. //maps.google.com/?utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=ha&utm_ source=en-ha-na-us-bk-gm 29. http://www.city-data.com/school/Kansas-City-Missouri.html 30. http://maps.google.com/ 31. http://www.prlog.org/10841908-vsg-boosts-productivity-in-control-roomoperations.jpg 32. http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00WBHQTifKZdcF/Security-CodeCombination-Door-Lock.jpg
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33. http://www.aktnz.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/security1.jpg 34. http://www.ehow.com/info_7820291_security-checklist-building.html 35. http://www.businesssalesqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/business_hand_shaking1.jpg
49. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_nf=1&tok=7anIGIFyjH1A8_ OawDLeiQ&cp=7&gs_id=t&xhr=t&q=floor+plans&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_ cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1600&bih=775&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og &sa=N&tab=wi&ei=8SphT9DjOo23twe24_3BDw 50. http://www.angelscamponline.com/ac_41.html
36. http://uconnwelcomemat.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/doctor2.jpg
51. http://www.hiwtc.com/photo/products/39/00/75/7501.jpg
37. http://www.dentistmariettaga.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/childdentist.jpg
52. http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/220439557/open_side_container_shipping.html
38. http://www.therapistschools.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/hs-counselor. jpg
53. http://nbpcmk.com/uploadpro/20089514194527923.jpg
39. http://www.faithharvesthelpers.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ faith-harvest-helpers-051.jpg 40. http://www.montana.edu/ttt/pictures/teacher1.jpg 41. http://www.paulchappell.com/wp-content/uploads/podcast_page_heading. jpg 42. http://maps.google.com/
66. http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/sealed-cable-and-pipetransit-for-telecom-applications-271797.jpg
55. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Laburnum_anagyroides_hanging_flower_cluster.jpg 56. http://www.panix.com/~wbrodie/vines/Vines.jpg 57. http://www.zone10.com/fuchsia-plant-care.html 58. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Purple_hanging_flowers.jpg
44. http://www.rivercitychorus.org/wp-content/uploads/country_church_gi.jpg
59. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/aggregator/sources/17
45. http://articles.ocregister.com/2010-03-28/life/24630671_1_homeless-patients-hospital-gown-emergency-room
60. http://www.normagroup.com/kunden/norma/ttw.nsf/id/EN_NORMAPLAST_Hose_TF
46. http://postcardsfromoblivion.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/people_ helping_people-hands.jpg
61. http://www.goodway.com/hvac-blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Goodway-AC-Unit-on-Roof.jpg
47. http://www.life.com/image/778346
62. http://homebuilding.thefuntimesguide.com/images/blogs/Surgeassure_ whole_house_surge_protector.JPG
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65. http://www.fisheriessupply.com/productgroupdetail. aspx?cid=155839&did=15784
54. http://www.president-line.com/container-specifications/standard-drycargo-containers/
43. http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
48. http://www.angelscamponline.com/index.php
64. http://img.archiexpo.com/images_ae/photo-p/wall-mounted-vertical-elec tric-hot-water-heaters-182861.jpg
63. http://www.boat-project.com/electro/nemaboxc.jpg
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Thesis Abstract: The 3 Steps to a New Life
This thesis focuses on ending the problem of homelessness. Through
creating a series of small communities that will be called “The Breakdown”, “The Buildup”, and “The Living”. In each area of living will provide different tools to help the users become better people and get there life on the right track.
This stepping stone of areas will start with “The Breakdown” first, which
will provide the care that they need to become mentally right again. “The Buildup” will provide jobs that they will get paid for and give them an income to live off of. The last part “The Living” will provide the independent living style that the users will need before allowing them to move out on there own and experience the reality of the real world.
Within all of these programs and living areas, each user will be work-
ing in factories created by this program that will build prefabricated housing units. These units will be sold and sailed to whomever is looking for an affordable home.
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PART 1 Homelessness through Urban Design
equate shelter. An individual is homeless when he or she has nowhere to live to meet basic needs. Having a home is not just a simple question of having shelter, it’s about the attributes that make up a true home. A home is a place where you are safe and secure, it’s a place you can always go back to, a place where you can
Part 1.1 - Arguable Position:
cook, wash and be yourself.” - Extension Learning for Life1
1.1.A- Intro
Homelessness:2 –Adjective: 1. Without a home: a homeless child. –Noun: 2. The homeless, persons who lack permanent housing.
The concept of this project came from a HBO show called “Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County” by: Alexandra Pelosi, where families in Orange County do not have a permanent residence and must keep moving from motel to motel while there kids suffer because of the lack of education. That show inspired “The 3 Steps to a New Life” because homelessness has been going on for centuries and hasn’t changed at all, but has been getting worse.
Through the investigation of homelessness, the biggest question is “How
do homeless people deal with everyday situations”? A homeless person today is considered as the modern caveman because of their ability to survive on what we consider as waste. Homelessness is either a choice or a problem that is trying to find a solution but gets lost along the way. Bill Prelogar, owner and Architect of Concept Idea from the HBO show: Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County Picture Source: http://www.tv.com/homeless-the-motel-kids-of-orange-county/show/79332/summary.html
NSPJ in Kansas City researched homelessness, and found out that there are three different types: the ones who choose to be homeless, the ones who lost a job or went bankrupt, and the ones who have been in either an abusive relationship or just have nowhere to turn.
“Homelessness is the condition and societal category of people who
lack fixed housing, usually because they cannot afford a regular, safe, and ad-
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The production of this final project will be based on a series of homes
for the homeless that will be set up into three different neighborhoods: The Breakdown, The Buildup, and The Living. The plan is to allow each person to have their own house or their own part of the home and for them to follow a series of steps, so they can get back on their feet and produce in their life. The reason to why each person will be provided a house or a part of a home is to allow that person to feel as if they own something important or have something worth living for. In today’s society many of the leading causes for homelessness by men: Relationship breakdowns, substance misuse, leaving an institution (Prison, Hospital, ect.) and for woman: Physical or mental health problems and escaping a violent relationship3. The plan is to study the social psychology of homelessness and to figure out a way to create a better environment, through designing a series of new low-income homes that will not only been used within the facility but also 1 University of Wisconsin-Extension. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. <http://www.uwex.edu/>. 2 “Homeless | Define Homeless at Dictionary.com.” Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ homeless>. 3 “Causes and Consequences · About Homelessness · Crisis.” Crisis. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. <http:// www.crisis.org.uk/pages/causes-consequences.html>.
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within existing neighborhoods.
are some other types that represent the number three:5
The facility “The 3 Steps to a New Life” encourages for all types of
- Man has 3 parts - mind, body, spirit
homelessness to come and investigate there time into the program. The program
- The world has 3 parts - earth, sea, air
reaches out to many different types of homeless people, from abusive relation-
- A trilogy is a set of 3 works of art commonly found in literature &
ships, the single parent (Mother and Father), the homeless families, Veterans,
and People who have lost there jobs from the economy. A recent project that
- 3 is the trinity of the father: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
is helping many homeless families get off the streets is called “Homes for the
So in this thesis project the number three will be the right number to solving the
Homeless,” which is located throughout all of New York. This foundation is us-
issues of the homeless and helping them become apart of the worldly society.
ing several Inns that provide homeless families with the opportunities and the
support necessary to move out of shelters and live independently, so that home-
process to achieve what will become the new program to helping out the home-
lessness can come to an end.4 This new and innovative business offers several
less. The urban design aspect will be involving many different points, since there
programs from family-based, children-center, and education-foucsed activities,
will be three different areas that must tie together as one. The project must have a
that bring together good parenting and allow the children and adults to learn
certain flow so that it is easy for whoever is going to be living and working there
new skills. “Homes for the Homeless” are making the change that many other
to move in and out of the site. There will also be several different landscape areas
people shy away from and try to act like its not happening in there back yard.
that will provide an area to sit and talk or an area to relax and be in a private set-
film
Through this project there will be a lot of urban design and architecture
ting. A project called Sunrise Village in Fremont, California done by David Baker
Low-Income Housing Community Picture Source: http://cubeme.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/affordable-housing-enterarchitecture2.jpg
1.1.B- Homeless vs. Architecture
and Partners Architects, talks about how it is important to have that open land-
The 3 Steps to a New Life is a program that will facilitate several dif-
scape area that is blocked off from the world, so that whoever uses that space can
ferent types of homeless people from young to old (Age Range- Babies to Mid
gather there thoughts and be in peace.6 The urban design aspect of this program
50’s) through 3 separate areas, which will provide several different activities and
will play a big role in developing and changing the way a homeless person thinks
living options. The number three is the ideal number to solving any problem, by
and acts.
a greek philosopher “Pythagoras” standards. He called the number three the perfect number because it represents the beginning, the middle and the end. Here 4 Homes for the Homeless. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. <http://www.hfhnyc.org/>.
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5 Standards, By Today’s. EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. <http:// ezinearticles.com/>. 6 “Sunrise Village.” David Baker Partners Architects. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. <http://www.dbarchitect. com/project_detail/69/Sunrise Village.html>.
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The Architecture design to this project will also play a big role since
2. A place to store their valuables and other things
they are going to be living in these homes for en extensive amount of time. Archi-
3. Toiletries for keeping clean and presentable
tecture has many meanings but an easy one is, Architecture is an art and science
4. A Sturdy Back Pack
of designing and erecting buildings and other physical structures.7 But how do
5. Seasonally appropriate attire and accessories
you design for someone who has never or has not in a long time lived in one con-
6. Blankets and sleeping pads
sistent building or home? In an article called Architecture for the Homeless by:
7. Food and a warm place
Violet Law it reads that, “No architect pretends that good design alone is the so-
8. Toilets and rest room facilities
lution to the problem of chronic homelessness. However, many who have signed
9. Opportunities to make money and reconnect with society
on to new homeless shelter projects are motivated by the belief that by creating a
The five basic needs that are highlighted above that deal with housing are really
dignified housing environment they will help ease the transition of those hard-
all you need to make someone who has nothing happy. But how do you keep
ened by street life.”8 So is that what this is about, a belief in trying to get homeless
them happy once they get used to having this everyday? That is why this design
people off the streets? Well if it is then there is no point in designing shelters or
of a new low-income housing must be as perfect as it can be. These low-income
programs if it is only a belief. The architecture design for this project will change
homes must provide several different aspects from a place to sleep, cook, wash,
the way people design homes and the way people think about material.
and relax but within a sustainable design that will help whoever is living there.
In designing these Low-Income Homes for the homeless The 3 Steps to
“There has always been a social consciousness to many architects. The
a New Life need to take in consideration what a person with nothing needs in
homelessness problem has become so acute that it’s on everybody’s radar”
there life and not what they want in their life. From looking at an article called
- Sam Davis (Author of Designing for the Homeless: Architecture That Works)10
“What do Homeless People need” by Kevin Barbieux, he explains that a homeless person needs a friend most of all but besides that they need:9
Part 1.2- Active Research
1. Clean clothes that are in good condition
7 Mid-century, By. “Architecture.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture>. 8 “Architecture for the Homeless | Progressive, The | Find Articles at BNET.” Find Articles at BNET | News Articles, Magazine Back Issues & Reference Articles on All Topics. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_3_71/ai_n27236743/?tag=content;col1>. 9 “What Do Homeless People Need.” The Homeless Guy. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://thehomelessguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-do-homeless-people-need_06.html>.
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The word Active means functioning or capable of functioning and re-
search means the attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner. When you combine the two it means functions or methods that are being done 10 “Architecture for the Homeless | Progressive, The | Find Articles at BNET.” Find Articles at BNET | News Articles, Magazine Back Issues & Reference Articles on All Topics. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_3_71/ai_n27236743/?tag=content;col1>.
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today that relate to your project and ideas. So below are some active research
- 2 Step: The Walls -
ideas that bring forth a better understanding of how my Low-income housing
- The walls are constructed in the same fashion as the floors were, but in a dry
will come together, along with what kind of activities would be within this pro-
area where they put in moisture stamped wood. So that it will help guarantee the
gram, and the size that this facility is looking at.
superior quality of materials that are placed in the home. - Then the drywall is set in place, along with them cutting out the windows.
Step #1 –T he Floor Systems
Step #2 –T he W alls
Step #3 –T he Ceiling
Step #4 –P reparing for Shipping
Picture Source: http://www.buildingsystemsnetwork.com/downloads/intro.html
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1.2.A- Building Systems Network11
- 3 Step: The Ceiling -
“Building Systems Network” is a business that builds homes, but not in
- The ceilings and roof are designed by Universal Truss Company that allows
the way homes are usually built. These homes are modular houses that are actu-
7/12 to 12/12 roofs that is hinged for transportation and then lifted at the site.
ally put together in parts, from the base to the roof. The “Building Systems Net-
Each construction of ceiling and roof are in a controlled environment that has no
work” strives to make their homes stronger and faster than regular built homes.
humidity. This is so that the mud dries faster and harder.
- The roof is sheathed, papered, and partly shingled before the home leaves the
Through looking at the website the construction of these houses are in
a 128,000 square foot building, which is in Atlanta, Georgia. Each house is done
facility.
in a 4 step cycle:
- 4 Step: Preparing for Shipping -
- 1 Step: The Floor Systems -
- When the sections are ready to leave, each peace is placed with H-clips so the
- First the floors are laid on a hydraulic pump that makes sure that each floor is
cranes can pick them up. Every part of the home, including the walk-out bays
square. Then the workers nail down the floor trusses while applying a meshing
and dormers will have been constructed in a controlled atmosphere providing
that will help place the fiberglass insulation, and secure the floor boards in place.
the best possible quality and speed.
- When they are finished making the floor, it should give them a perfect square
so that the walls can be put into place.
because of the low-income homes that are being reconstructed in this homeless
- The last step for the flooring is putting it on the Hillman Roller system. This
program. The design of these low-income homes will have to take a deeper look
will allow them to finish the construction, by allowing bringing it wherever they
in to the “Building Systems Network” because of the type of style these homes
want it.
will be built like. The idea for these houses will be from the children’s toy “Waffle-
11 “Building Systems Network - Construction Improved Through Technology.” Modular Homes - Builders, Manufacturers and Modular Floor Plans - Custom Homes from Building Systems Network. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://www.buildingsystemsnetwork.com/downloads/intro.html>.
Blocks” and each house is going to be prefabricated. So that when the construc-
The reason to why this business is important to this type of project is
tion process begins it won’t take as long to put up. This housing design will bring
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forth more homes because of how easy it is to build and cheaper homes because
- The children and teens they have an opportunity to discover new interests and
it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take as long to make and the materials will be recyclable.
engage in hands-on learning. By providing programming with consistent hours, integrated subject matter, and highly qualified staff, children who have suffered
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from the instability of homelessness and poverty are able to grow and learn in a
dependable, supportive environment
The central office is located in New York, while several of there Inns
are located in Manhattan, two stations in the Bronx, and one in Queens. This
- Adult Education and Employment -
programs approach is to provide homeless families with the opportunities and
- They take in many adults who have not got in there high school diploma or have
support necessary to move out of shelters and live independently, so that home-
a very low reading level. In order to assist them with improving their literacy
lessness can come to an end. The Homes for the Homeless are focused on several
levels, all parents are invited to enroll in the Together in Learning (TIL) Family
different types of programs from family-based, child-centered, and education-
Literacy Program.
focused. This Help Center has several Inns that provide homeless family with
everything they need from classrooms, libraries, computer labs, health clinics,
change in this world, while other shelters are just housing the homeless for may-
playgrounds, and counseling centers. There thought process is to try and make
be a day. This is why this Center would be very helpful to getting the 3 Steps to a
whoever is staying there as comfortable as possible so that they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go
New Life started. Within this thesis program it will take bits and pieces of what
back on the streets.
Homes for the Homeless have done and add them in to the program of the thesis.
The education centers along with different group projects and even some interac-
The education centers that are in those Inns range from toddlers, to
Homes for the Homeless are a special center that is trying to make a
kindergarten - twelve grade, and even adult education.
tive child and parenting projects will be the main focus inside the facilities. The
- Early Childhood Education -
Home for the Homeless have a program called the Family Literacy where the
- The Home for the Homeless encourages kids to develop their decision-making
parents and kids actually interact with each other so that there bond can become
skills, enhance their sense of control and build relationships with each other and
stronger. So in the 3 Steps to a New Life, incorporating something that would
with teaching staff. Literacy Specialists help students develop pre-literacy skills,
interact not only the people that live there but also the bond between a child and
and build a solid foundation for reading and writing.
a parent.
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1.2.C- Community Design and Architecture13
borhood that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.
The Community Design and Architecture are a firm based in Oakland,
Through trying to get to their goal they have to see the issues first so
California and their main focus is on integrated transportation/land use plan-
that they can move forward. Some of the issues are:
ning, mixed-use and pedestrian-friendly community design, and sustainable
development. The goal of this firm is to shape public policies, land use plans
need to provide access to services and recreation with reduced reliance on the
and designs, and build projects that are sustainable. Community Design and Ar-
automobile, especially for seniors and youths
chitecture have 4 different types of work which go from the Region, to Cities, to
Buildings and Neighborhoods. The main focus of the homeless project is how to
and to support economic sustainable
create a significant area that all can enjoy and learn from. So the best way to learn
from this firm is to look into the Neighborhoods that this firm will provide.
creation of human-scaled public space on streets, parks, and plazas
This firm has done several projects from; Palmdale Transit Village,
- Changing demographics and household structures that increase the
- The need to define an appropriate mix of land use to create this access
- Improving safety and opportunities for social interaction through the
- The positive integration of the built and natural environment within a
US29/Hydraulic Road Study, Dublin Transit Center, Aptos Rancho Development
neighborhood.
Concept, Las Lomas Development Plan, East 14th Street South Area Develop-
ment Strategy, Lower Broadway Visioning Project, Othello Town Center, West-
change and growth can have a positive influence on quality of life Community
side Industrial Redevelopment Strategy, Holly ark Hope VI, Phase III, Shoreline/
Design and Architecture has worked on a variety of neighborhood plans for both
Manzanita Corridor Consensus Plan, and Santero Way Specific Plan.
private and public clients, including: the design of neighborhoods within new
communities, the creation of mixed-use neighborhoods on in fill or reuse sites in
The Community Design and Architecture Firm approaches neighbor-
- Working with existing neighborhoods so they can understand that
hoods from a social context and economic view by understand their projects that
existing communities, and the revitalization of existing urban neighborhoods.
they are given. Most neighborhoods are the traditional single-family neighbor-
hood, the urban mixed-use district, or the small rural village. So the firm makes
the social and economic context, it will be very help full to the programming
a plan that is then developed by combing traditional neighborhood forms with
and functions of these homeless homes. There thought process from looking
current technologies, development patterns, the ecological context, real estate
into several different types of neighborhoods will also help choices what kind of
market demands, and community needs. The goal of the firm is to create a neigh-
neighborhood this facility will be.
Through learning how this firm plans there projects and how they use
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1
The Breakdown
2
The Buildup
3
The Living
Part 1.3- Design Objectives
ters within the facility, to open landscapes, but the one thing that sets this project
- To design a series of homes within 3 different areas or neighborhoods that will
apart from all the others is the 3 step rule which will cycle back and forth. This
break down each homeless person and build them back up so that they can be
cycle will allow a pervious homeless person to help out a newcomer and teach
more productive while on earth.
them how to get through the program. Also within this facility each person will
- The reason for this design thesis is to get the homeless people off the streets
be helping with the sustainable low-income prefabricated homes while also giv-
and back in the real world. This program will build there confidence back up to
ing themselves a chance to design there own home once they get through all 3
where it use to be and also there motivation to go out and make something of
steps. The ideal thought process is to allow each person to work in the factories
themselves. While helping the homeless, there will be a design scheme for low-
of the prefabricated homes and then once they leave the program they can design
income homes that will provide shelter for each homeless person or family, while
there own home within an exiting community.
also being mass produced so that other people can use them. - The 3 different steps are “The Breakdown” which will consist of counseling
1.4.A- “The Breakdown”
and getting to the center of the person to find the problem; “The Buildup” that
will be set up with different types of jobs that each person will get paid for, so
many different types of homeless people and get to know them all. Within this
that they can get the sense of self motivation; and “The Living” which will be the
area we will split each different type of homelessness into there own parts, so
area where they start interacting with people and learn new skills, to promote
that the faculty can get to know each and everyone of them through there prob-
or enhance employment. Once these steps are completed and they are approved
lems. The areas will be divided into three sections:
to leave, the community center will help each person to find a job while also
- Single mothers, Whole families, Homeless children
helping them create there own low-income prefabricated home within existing
- War veterans
neighborhoods.
- People who have lost there jobs
This is going to be the first part of the program where we will bring in
Within this facility there will be several different helpers from council-
Part 1.4- Design Strategy
ors, doctors, security, educators, mentors, and People that were previously home-
- This project has similarities to a lot of other projects (Angels Camp, Salvation
less.
Army and others) from helping the homeless get off the streets, to different cen-
- Councillors: They will provide any type of help that is needed to make that person better. Councillors will play a big part in the “Breakdown” process
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because if they are not able to breakdown that person and change them into a
- Previously Homeless People: These will people will play a big role in
new person then the 3 Steps to a New Life will fail.
helping out the new comers to this program because they will be experience in
- Doctors: They will be providing assistant to everyone in the facility but
what each person will be going through. The Ex Homeless people that will be
there main focus will be on the drug addicts and alcoholics users. The doctors
working there will come from other successful programs that got them off the
only duty is to make sure that these users don’t go back to there regular state. The
streets, as well as people who came out successfully form The 3 Steps to a New
doctors will be giving weekly check ups and test, so that we will all know that the
Life.
program is working.
- Security: The security will be set up throughout each facility but they
to the truths of there problems and move on from them.
“The Breakdown” will hit the heart of each person so that they can come
will not be acting like prison guards because that will make the homeless feel like
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Making the Change to a New Life
“THE BUILD UP”
Second Chance
“THE LIVING”
there in boot camp. The security will actually help out each person and interact
1.4.B- “The Buildup”
with them so that each homeless person doesn’t feel as if they are being looked
over, but rather that these people are there friends. The security will be very tight
point of this program is to provide a job for each person where they will get paid
in The Breakdown process because everyone will be new to the program and will
for doing the work, as if it was a regular job. The job will be helping create these
be dealing without of different issues. But further into the program, when they
low-income prefabricated homes and through that they will be able to under-
switch to The Build up and The Living, the security will lighten up.
stand how these homes that they live in are built. This area will also offer help
- Education: The education program will be for all people who are will-
in learning different skill sets that a women or man would be interested in. The
ing to learn, but is going to be a requirement for babies up to 20. The Education
area will consist in Education, Grocery Stores, Community Center, Security, Jobs
process doesn’t stop in one facility but rather the whole time they are there, until
that each person will get paid for, Encouraging Helpers/ Mentors, Doctors, and
they leave and get into a proper public or private school. The education area will
Councilors.
have all the proper books and facilities needed to provide a proper education.
- Grocery Store: The grocery store is needed so that the users can learn
Example: Library, Computer Labs, Science Lab, etc...
how to feed for themselves and what they should buy and not buy. The store will
- Help Centers: The help centers will be housing the faculty and is where
provide many of the basic food types, but zero alcohol and drugs.
the counselling and doctors office will be held at. The center will also be where
- Encouraging Helpers/ Mentors: These will be many of the people who
the food court will be and other activities.
work at there jobs and people who will be encountering the homeless everyday.
This will be the second step to helping the homeless off the streets. The
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There job is not only to be productive but to make each person feel better about
there life and why they are in this program.
experienced comes together as one, so that they can be come successful in the
real world. “The Living” is where each homeless person takes there new skills and
This part is mainly to build up each person’s confidence, so that there
This last part of the program is where everything they have learned and
skills will improve along with there overall presences.
uses them in the real world, so that they can become more successful.
1.4.C- “The Living”
1.4.D- “When They Leave”
This will be the last part of the program called “The Living.” This is
After they have completed the three steps, each person has the oppor-
where the homeless will be living in there own separate facilities, so that they can
tunity to rent out a home that they have helped build and design, if they do not
get a feel of being alone and on there own. This area will act as more of an inde-
have the income yet to buy their own house on there own.
pendent area. Here in this program they will be interacting with civilized people
and business people, so that once they are ready to leave, they will be ready for
and each person will be living on there own paying there rent by the month, just
the real world. They will also be learning new skills that each person could take
like any other person.
and find another job besides the factory job. In this program there will be an
Education Center, a Grocery Store, a Community Center, Doctors, Councilors,
every non-homeless person can rely on if they do not have the resources yet to
and People willing to give a homeless person a second chance.
fully be on there own.
Each house that is up for rent will be placed with in a real neighborhood
This area is not a apart of the 3 step rule but rather an area that each and
- Community Center- The community center will have the toughest job
Design - To build homes that once the walls and roofs are connected, the system will function -
out of all the facilities because they will be helping and trying to find jobs for the
1.4.E- “Prefabricated Homes”
homeless. They will also will be looking into areas where each person can build
there own home into an existing neighborhood, by using the Low-Income Pre-
toy called “Build A Blocks”. We want to achieve a way of designing new homes
fabricated Homes that most of the homeless people were helping being made.
by making prefabricated walls within a factory that once you connect the walls
- People giving a second chance: Here will be where actual business
together, everything works. The 3 Step Program wants to make it easy and faster
men or woman and civilized people will be helping get all of the homeless people
for someone to put up there new home without all the problems of workers and
ready for the real world. They will be teaching and just interacting with each
time on the site.
The Design of these prefabricated homes will be based off of a child’s
person to see what that person wants to do once they get out of the program.
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Context Analysis and Regional Description
trying to make it has no outlets to help them get by day by day. She is not lazy and she has aspirations of one day becoming a lawyer sponsoring for homeless children and families rights, but she doesn’t know how to do it because she says not one institute will help her get back on her feet. She just has three classes
Part 2.1 - Social and Cultural Context:
away from receiving her degree but she is now pushed back several steps and she doesn’t know how to go forward pass this situation. Statistics say that wom-
2.1.A - Users
an, young single black mothers, don’t do anything to get themselves out of the
The users of this facility will be your The Single Mothers, Natural Disas-
situations that are sometimes thrust upon them or that they put themselves in,
ter Families, People who have lost there Jobs and Homeless Children, which will
but Brenda is the exception because she is trying to better herself and her fam-
all be aging in the range between toddlers to late 40’s early 50’s. Through out the
ily. Brenda’s story is just like the thousands that are in her shoes or worst. Our
research of homelessness the program has made up several different descriptions
community center strives to improve the quality of single woman lives through
that will describe what kind of people will be in this area.
a comprehensive approach by feeding their mind, body and soul. Our parents
Descriptions:
range in age from 18 years old. Our children are aged newborn to 17 years old. - Single Mother -
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Our purpose is to empower our parents through education, employment, voca-
Woman are often victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or in
tional training, life skill classes and counseling so that they can live a more self-
recovery and are trying to make better lives for themselves and their children.
sufficient life. Brenda would be more then welcome to live in our community, we
Brenda is a 23 year old single mother of two small boys and they are homeless
would help her finishing her degree and help with a home where she can start
in Atlanta, GA. Brenda was apart of a domestically abusive relationship with her
over and offer her children a better life.
boyfriend. She has family in the area, her sisters, uncles, cousins, and other relatives that offer no help. She is educated and trying to receive an associate’s degree
- Natural Disaster Family -
even after drooping out of high school. Brenda is trying to pick herself back up
off the ground and support her two kids, but she needs a little help.
father (38), and two children (4 and 7), had lost their home, their professions,
Unfortunately, this woman has nothing and nowhere to go. Brenda had
clothes, documents, medicine and other family relatives. The mother and father
to drop out of college because of her situation, and it is really sad that someone
both worked for the same company, until the company had been forced to close.
This family lost everything in a natural disaster. The mother (37), the
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This family qualifies to live in “The 3 Steps to a New Life” homes that the pro-
their knowledge and use it for their future.
gram would build for the final project. They would be living in a sustainable
house where they can start a new life and enjoy all the benefits that are offered
the mother and the father can go out to work and don’t worry about who is go-
there. Also, we would teach them why to live “green” and why its Important to
ing to take care of the children. The program would offer education for these
take care of things your own. For example; why its important to recycle and how
kids as well as play centers so they can interact with other kids. Our goals of
doing so would help the environment. This will get them more involved with the
this community of homes are to help families who lost everything in a natural
world and how to save energy, along with how to try and stop pollution.
disaster, a chance to have a second chance. People deserve a second chance and
The trauma in the mother’s life is obviously noticed. In our commu-
the program believes helping families with this circumstances, would be a wake
nity center we will offer this family psychological help as well and counseling.
up call for the government, institutes and rich people to open their hearts and
This program is part of the three step rule to follow in the community center.
build more of this community of homes to help individuals who lost everything
“The Breakdown” would consist of professional psychiatrists, psychologists and
in a natural disaster. This is just one family of millions forced to leave their homes
licensed social workers who would be engaged in helping the mother get through
because of a natural disaster and conflict.
Also, the program offers a childcare center in our community therefore,
her problems. Also, we would offer job counselor to help this family to secure a job, but that is in the last step. Counseling is very important in this process be-
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cause we would provide directions and ad vices that could improve this family’s
Through out the years war veterans are increasing in homelessness
life. The parents are very hard working people who are willing to do whatever it
because of injuries, mental problems or there educational level. These two war
takes to start a new life. For the second step of our plan is “The Buildup”, which
veterans: Sara Marshall and Todd Rushmore had similar stories but different
will help the client to obtain a job while being paid for it inside of the commu-
backgrounds. Sara Marshall was a well educated young woman out of Texas who
nity. The final step is the “The Living” which would provide the family a pleasant
joined the army to pay for her college education. Through her time serving for
environment to love. In this community there will be an area of interaction with
the army, she had been declared mentally ill on her last term and was forced to
other civilized people, so tenants could interact and work together and get a feel
comeback to the United States with nothing. She had several bills and barely any
of the real world. In this area this family could be involved in different activities
money to pay them off, so she became homeless. Sara’s dreams of becoming a
such as sports clubs, education classes, handmade seminars, etc. Here they can
teacher were shattered because of those two words mentally ill by the army. She
learn different skills from others and learn something that they could expand
now lives in Northern California underneath a highway with only a picture of
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what she used to look like before the army had ruined her life.
serving. The program knows that a lot of veterans have mental problems from
Todd Rushmore was a well know athlete in his high school, with offers
the war, that is why the first series of homes will be dedicated to understanding
from many big schools for his ability to play football but before he wanted to
and solving there problems, so that they can move on. The project wants to allow
do college, he wanted to do something meaningful in his life. Todd had joined
each veteran to feel that they are important and being felt important can raise
the army at age 18 and was extremely excited because he wanted to serve for his
someone confidence to a new heights. Through out this program, it will provide
country and make people proud of him. Through out his term in the army he
all the necessary buildings and jobs to get each veteran back to there normal state
got promoted to lead officer in his group and was making his way to the top of
and back out into the real world. That is why the last stage is “The Living”, so that
the charts. One night Todd and his group got deployed to go to a small village in
once the board feels that they are ready to leave, the program will see how they
Iraq to secure the area and then wait for back up. Once they arrived at this small
interact with people who are in the working business or are just civilized people.
village, Todd could feel that something was not right and a second later his group got ambushed by some Iraqis. Todd and his group were well trained so they knew
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what to do and was defending themselves very well. Todd and one of his partners
Maria’s personal story touched our hearts and we immediately offered
had went around a corner not sure about what was waiting for them and second
her help. When she was 12 years old, a lot of sad situations happened in her life;
later his partner had got blown up by a land mine and Todd was a sitting duck
her father used to beat her and her mother, so she left home and started using
in the middle of the land mine field. So he tried to navigate himself out of the
drugs. When she turned 13, her mother found a new partner who lived at home
mine field and almost made it but tripped and got his leg blown off. Once Todd’s
with them. He raped her regularly and abused her younger sister and her mother.
leg was healed and taken care of, the army had sent him back into the world of
For about a couple of years she suffered through it but when she was 15 she
America with nothing. Todd had no where to go and was a one legged man so he
couldn’t take it anymore, so she told her mother: “either you get rid of this guy or
couldn’t do a lot of work, so he became homeless. Todd now lives in Utah, going
I go.” Her mother chose him and she ended up on the streets. At the beginning
through shelter after shelter.
she stayed with friends, and then slept with guys from the neighborhood to keep
Taking in Army Veterans is a big deal to the program because of what
a roof over her head. Eventually she had to leave to suburbs for the city streets.
they have done for the country and how they are miss treated once they come-
She spent the nights in abandoned houses and buildings and lived on the streets
back home. The program wants to provide a home for veterans so that they can
with other young people who were like her. Maria started to become a cutter to
try to start new and learn new skills that they have missed out during there time
take away the pain. The cuts in her arms turned emotional pain into controllable
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physical pain. It was not usually done to kill herself, but the cuts were pretty deep.
ment his father still was not proud of him, he just gave his son a pat on the back.
Maria lost hope and confidence with in herself and within other people. In the
Once Kevin was done with college studying in Business, he went and found a
community center the program would offer her a roof, professional help, food
job. He worked for about three years before he decided to leave and open up his
and medical help. The program would also provide comfort, safety and love. This
own business that sold new types of solar panels. From this new business, he
project would accommodate Maria in a home where other homeless children live
became very successful and powerful, this job had turned him into a millionaire
and give her a good education. First would be to clean her from any drugs she
and CEO of one of the biggest Solar Panel companies in the world. Kevin was
has in her body system by taking a weekly drug test. Then would help her to find
doing very good for himself and started to put his money into stocks, which were
a home where a nice family can adopt her. There are so many ways that the pro-
making him more money and even with this new wealth his father still thought
gram can help her, by finding a job, locating affordable housing when she decides
he could work harder. So Kevin started to push his workers harder and started
to leave the community, interacting with people, and dealing with personal, and
to invest into more stocks so that he could get more money, thinking that would
legal difficulties, but she has to be willing to put the work in. The program’s goal
please his father. But Kevin never expected for June 2007, which would change
is to help homeless children achieve long‐term self‐sufficiency. To break the cycle
his life forever. Kevin started to loose all his stalk which he put millions in and
of homelessness permanently, so they never again need to turn to the streets.
he couldn’t pull them out. Then his business started to crash because no one was buying solar panels and he couldn’t afford to keep paying his workers and the
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Since June 2007 the economy has been falling faster and faster, which
building. Once he lost his job and career then he lost his home and cars because he couldn’t afford the payments.
means more people are loosing there jobs everyday. That is why the program are
Kevin soon became homeless and was out on the streets, eating scraps.
glad to open our doors to all who need this program and want to get back on
Instead of going home to his father and mother, he was to scared to face them
there feet for a second chance. When the program heard about Kevin’s situation
face to face until he got back on his feet. Kevin is now 33 years old and has been
and how he became homeless from the economy, we decide to let him in. Kevin
homeless for over 5 years and still can not find himself a stable job.
was born into a hardworking family that only thought about success and work-
ing. His father never treated Kevin like a son but rather a colleague that worked
give him a second chance, so that hopefully he will face his parents without feel-
with him. When Kevin became 18 he was graduating from high school with a
ing threaten.
The 3 Steps to a New Life is proud to bring Kevin into our program and
4.0 GPA and heading off to Harvard for college. Even with this great accomplish-
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2.1.B - Faculty
- Youth Leaders:
Will be helping out all the kids within the facility to keep them level headed and
The faculty is going to be very important since they will be running the
whole program. As of right now this program needs a Director, Assistant Direc-
on the right track.
tor, Councilors or Psychology therapist, Administrators, Teachers, Social Work-
- Volunteers:
ers, Youth Leaders, and Volunteers.
Volunteers will be very important to keep this program running because they
- Director:
give more help and also provide more of a friend aspect because that isn’t there
The director will be the head chair where anything new that happens in the pro-
job working in the faculties.
gram will go through him or her. The director is someone who controls resources
Education
Existing Neighborhoods
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and expenditures.
2.1.D - Education1
- Assistant Director:
Is the next person in charge behind the Director. The Assistant will be in charge
have schooling within the facility and also get our kids in rolled into local schools
of the small things within the community.
within the biking and walking distances.
- Councilors or Psychology Therapist:
- Different Schools:
They will be controlling any of the mental problems with the users of the facility.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe School
- Administrators:
- Beth Shalom Congregation: School Ofc
There will be several different administrators that will be set up in each different
- West Junior High School
facility, so that they can be used at anytime of the day.
- Alta Vista High School
- Teachers:
- Primitivo Gracia Elementary
They will be in teaching all the children and anyone one in the facility that wants
- University of Central Missouri
to get a better education.
- Mercy Hospital School
- Social Workers:
- Phillips Elementary School
Will be all around the facility for anytime one of the users needs to talk. Social
- Niles Home for Children
Workers is a professional and academic discipline committed to the pursuit of
- Lincoln College Prep Middle School
social welfare and social change.
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The Education is an important factor in this program so we are going to
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Existing Shelters
Business around Existing Neighborhoods
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- Lincoln High School
- Westside North:
- Urban Community Leadership Aca
- Cultural Arts Institute
- Manual Career Tech Center
- Design Ranch
- Kansas City Public School Superintendent
- Mattie Rhodes Counselling and Art
- Park University
- Scott Anderson Productions
- Della Lamb Elementary Charter
- Columbus Park:
- Karnes School
- Kc Screenprint
- Garrison School
- Arrow Stage Lines
2.1.E - Existing Neighborhoods
- Allied-Callaway Equipment
- Neighborhood Areas:
- KC Route Services
- Columbus Park
- AE Photography
- Westside North
- Guinotte Manor
- Wendell Phillips
- Parkview:
- Parkview
- Allied Lithographing
2.1.F - Existing Shelters
- Shoppas Mid America
- Shelters:
- Mo-Kan Fasteners and Supply
- Kansas City Rescue Mission
- Foster Services
- City Union Mission
- Dr. Wheel Repair
- Restart Inc.
- Petroleum Equipment
- A. Zahner Company
- Horsepower Control Systems
Part 2.2 - Professional and Industrial Context
- Wendell Phillips:
2.2.A - Business around Existing Neighborhoods2
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- Bethel AME Church
- Western Baptist Bible College
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Existing Stores (Grocery Stores, Pharmacy, Hospital)
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Important Buildings
2.2.B - Existing Stores (Grocery Stores, Pharmacy, Hospital)3
- Hospitals:
- Grocery:
- Children’s Mercy Home Care
- Abarrotes Y Tortilleria Mexico
- Truman Medical Centers: Eye Foundation
- On the Ground Floor
- Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
- Paseo Plaza Amoco
- Children’s Mercy Hospital
- Park Parade Shop and Stop
- HMC-CAH Consolidated
- Cosentino’s Market
2.2.C - Important Buildings4
- Break Time
- Buildings:
- Quality Hill Supermart
- US District Court
- KC Food and Snack
- Kansas City Public Library
- KE Market
- Court of Appeals
- Snak-Atak
- Kansas City Hall
- Sonne’s Organic Foods
- Historic Garment District Museum
- City Market
- Quality Hill YMCA Express
- Gourmet Grocer
- Federal Bureau-Investigation
- Hung Vuong Market
- Union Station KC MO
- Kim Long Asian Market and Restaurant
- Health Science Library
- Fontanella Food Products
- American Jazz Museum
- Negro League Baseball Museum
- Pharmacy:
- Crown Center/ Apothecary
- Walgreens Store
- UMKC School of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Coalition
3 “Google Earth.” Google. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.google.com/earth/index.html#utm_ campaign=en&utm_medium=ha&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk-eargen&utm_term=google earth>.
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Homeless People Throughout America
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Homeless vs. Non-Homeless
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Homeless Data within important City
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Homeless Veterans in America
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Homeless Veterans1 -1 out of 5 will attempt suicide. (Veteran’s Administration) -Veterans are twice as likely as the general population to become homeless. (Veteran’s Administration) -87% suffer from mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder. (Veteran’s Administration) -While Veterans make up 11% of the current US population, they are 30% of the homeless population (National Alliance to End Homelessness) AND IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI....... On any given night there are over 2500 homeless veterans in Kansas City, MO. (Heart of America Stand Down Foundation)
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1 “Veteran’s Statistics.” Home. Web. 24 Jan. 2012. <http://masskc.org/VetStats.aspx>.
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Part 2.3 - Location of Site
- “The Living”
This is the last site to the 3 step program and this will offer a more inde-
The 3 Steps to a New Life is located in Downtown Kansas City, Mis-
pendent stay. The area is located within a residential site that contains neighbor-
souri, but on the outer layer of South Downtown. This Program will be separated
hoods and apartment buildings, so that each person can feel like they live within
into three different areas that will be located with in walking distances from each
more of a residential area. This area will also be far away enough that the existing
other. The reason why is to keep these areas close to one another but also far
residential homes wont feel like they have random people in the back yard.
enough away that they don’t start mixing with one another. The program does not want any of our users to mix with people who are just coming in with new
- “When they leave”
problems. The program is based on making people better in life and as a better
person in there life.
them a steady job, then the program will bring them to the low-income homes
- When the program feels that they are ready to leave and have found
that they have helped design and let them rent out a home. Until they are ready - “The Breakdown”
to go and buy there own home.
This area will be located within a more commercial area so that these
- Each low-income home will be set within and existing neighborhood.
people who are coming into to this site wont feel like they are beginning transferred into a bran new area. Also this site will be a strong area for the rebuilding process that we are trying to accomplish.
- “The Buildup”
This area will be located in between both a commercial and residential
area because we wont each person to have a slow transfer to an actual residential area. This site will also offer many school opportunities and food markets.
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The Breakdown
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- “Breakdown” will hit the heart of each person so that they can come to truths with their problems and move on. From that they will be moved over to “The Buildup.” - Example parts within the area: - Councilors - Doctors - People who were previously homeless - People who have went through this program successfully. They will be from either my program or any other successful programs. - Security - Schooling - Help centers
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The Buildup
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- “Buildup” is the area where the program will build up there confident skills, so that they can move on to “The Living.” - This part will allow a homeless person to help out with the design and building of these new types of low-income homes, while also allowing them to do different jobs that they are interested in. - Example parts within the area: - Community Center - Encouraging Helpers - Security - Different types of jobs - Schooling - Councilors - Doctors - Learning new skills
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The Living
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- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Livingâ&#x20AC;? is going to be a more independent area, where they also will be learning new skills and interacting with different business and people. - Example parts within the area: - Learning new skills - Schooling - Community Center - Councilors - Helpers to find jobs
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Site Analysis in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
Through this site research, it has given the program the insight of how different each race is from one another (pg. 52- 56) and how the employment has effected
In this part of the Site Analysis Work, it is showing the overall area of
Downtown Kansas city, so that you can understand how different each zone is from one another and understand why the program ended up picking the area that will be used by the three important programs.
Part 3.1- Zoning
In the image to the left you will see several different areas which make
each race (pg. 58 -60) , to where they have had to move or have became homeless.
The program will take this research from each section and learn about
them so that they know what they will be dealing with, when these homeless people and people who have lost there jobs come enter into the Breakdown area. Downtown Kansas City, MO: Good-
up downtown, each area is vastly different from one another but all have the same problem which is homelessness. Through out the chapter there will be information on only the zones that are highlighted over in green because these areas are the worse and need the most help. Downtown Kansas City Zip codes: 64101, 64102, 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114,
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Part 3.2- Housing and Families
to how each person works. It will also help the project on knowing what kind of
- Pennsylvania German: 11 - Czecholovahian: 10 - Swedish: 10 - British: 8 - European: 8 - Dutch: 8 - Iranian: 7 - Other Arab: 7 - German Russian: 7 - Northern European: 7 - Ethiopian: 7 - Canadian: 6 - Finnish: 6 - Other Groups: 3743
groups of people will be dealing with within the sites because each ethnic group
Place of Birth:
3.2.A- Ethnicity Within City
Within the city of Missouri there many different ethnic groups that the
program must take in consideration when involving a mass amount of people within the three sites. The program must figure out a way to keep every one happy while trying to also get them to join together as one to accomplish this goal of ending homelessness. The many different cultural groups that are in Kansas city, MO will allow the program to listen to what the users want and learn from them
reacts different to different things. The downtown area of Kansas has mass variety of people from:1 - Irish: 260 - German: 242 - United States of American: 137 - English: 126 - Arab: 71 - Polish: 62 - Subsaharan African: 61 - French: 55 - Italian: 55 - African: 54 - Scottish: 52 - Lebanese: 51 - Scotch-Irish: 25 - Norwesian: 20 - Danish: 14 - Croatian: 13 - Iraq: 13
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1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Income, Earnings, and Wages Data.â&#x20AC;? Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, House Prices, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Cost of Living, Crime, Race, Income, Photos, Education, Maps, Weather, Houses, Schools, Neighborhoods, and More. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
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3.2.B- Income for Families and Singles
This section is about the income that each family and ethnic race bring
home every year. These statics are mostly from 2008, so they could have changed drastically over the years but more than likely than are closes the same. The income will show to me which type of people will more likely be getting involved into my program and which ones weren’t because the lower the income the higher the chance of becoming homeless. So the program will take this information and use it within each part of the project.
Median household income in Kansas City in 2008: $45,824
State: $46,408
Median family income in Kansas City in 2008: Kansas City:
Kansas City, Missouri:
-57.3%
Missouri: -96.2
Median per capita income in Kansas City in 2008: Kansas City: $27,298 State: $24,760
Change in median per capita income between 2000 and 2008: Kansas City, Missouri:
Housing Income:2 Kansas City:
Change in median non-family income between 2000 and 2008:: -57.3%
+31.5%
State: +24.2%
The next couple of pages will show a comparison between African
American Families and Caucasian Families (64-65). The statics will show the difference income in the 2008 year.
$57,840
Missouri: $57,593
Median non-family income in Kansas City in 2008: Kansas City: State:
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$32,281
$27,071
2 “Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Income, Earnings, and Wages Data.” Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, House Prices, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Cost of Living, Crime, Race, Income, Photos, Education, Maps, Weather, Houses, Schools, Neighborhoods, and More. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
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Caucasian Families and Singles
African American Families and Singles
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Housing Income3
Housing Income4
Median household income in Kansas City in 2008:
Median household income in Kansas City in 2008:
Kansas City: $54,957
Kansas City: $30,751
State: $48,910
State: $30,433
Median family income in Kansas City in 2008:
Median family income in Kansas City in 2008:
Kansas City: $71,873
Kansas City: $35,647
State: $60,520
State: $36,180
Median non-family income in Kansas City in 2008:
Median non-family income in Kansas City in 2008:
Kansas City: $36,999
Kansas City: $23,283
Missouri: $28,115
Missouri: $21,530
3 “Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Income, Earnings, and Wages Data.” Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, House Prices, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Cost of Living, Crime, Race, Income, Photos, Education, Maps, Weather, Houses, Schools, Neighborhoods, and More. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
4 “Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Income, Earnings, and Wages Data.” Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, House Prices, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Cost of Living, Crime, Race, Income, Photos, Education, Maps, Weather, Houses, Schools, Neighborhoods, and More. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
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Total population: 482,299 (Urban population: 476,335, Rural population: 5,964 (176 farm, 5,788 nonfarm)) Picture Source: http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Kansas-City-Missouri.html
3.2.C- Household type by relationship and Housing Cost
- Size of family households: 46,053 2-persons, 26,193 3-persons, 19,842 4-persons, 9,828 5-persons, 4,192 6-persons, 2,367 7-or-more-persons.
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This section shows the relationship between different sizes of families
- Size of non family households: 62,474 1-person, 11,352 2-persons, 1,221 3-per-
in Kansas City Downtown. It gives the program the information about different
sons, 386 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons.
sizes of families that might be coming into my three different sites and how to
- 57,401 married couples with children.
function them. The other part is the housing cost in Downtown Kansas City,
- 39,409 single-parent households (6,314 men, 33,095 women).
which is useful for when the people leave my program and go out and find there
- 90.3% of residents of Kansas City speak English at home.
own way of living. This will help the program to help them find a low-income
- 5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 20%
home if the users choose not to use the designed home for them.
speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don’t speak English at all). - 2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak
- Houses: 202,273 (183,958 occupied: 106,078 owner occupied, 77,880 renter occupied) % of renters here:
- Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $138,300 (it was $83,300 in 42%
State: 30% - Housing density: 645 houses/condos per square mile
2000) Kansas City:
$138,300
Missouri: $139,700
Housing type by relationship:5
English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
- Households: 432,244
- 1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak
* In family households: 340,984 (71,210 male householders, 37,265
English very well, 29% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 5% don’t
female householders)
speak English at all).
- 72,103 spouses, 124,441 children (114,280 natural, 3,192
- 0.6% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well,
adopted, 6,969 stepchildren), 11,205 grandchildren, 5,098
25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 5% don’t speak English at
brothers or sisters, 3,035 parents, 6,569 other relatives,
all).
10,058 non-relatives
- Foreign born population: 25,632 (5.8%)
$140,588.
(32.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
- Median contract rent in 2009: $584 (lower quartile is $455, upper quartile is
(27,905 living alone)), 39,634 female householders (34,569 living
- Median year house/condo built: 1961
$747)
alone)), 15,707 non relatives
- Median year apartment built: 1966
- Housing units in Kansas City with a mortgage: 68,236 (7,539 second mortgage,
- Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2009 in this state:
6,166 home equity loan, 191 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 29,245
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- Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $82,400 - $199,800
* In non family households: 91,260 (35,919 male householders
* In group quarters: 9,025 (4,823 institutionalized population)
5 “Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Income, Earnings, and Wages Data.” Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, House Prices, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Cost of Living, Crime, Race, Income, Photos, Education, Maps, Weather, Houses, Schools, Neighborhoods, and More. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
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Employment: * A) Manufacturing: 1997 - 27,888, 2002 - 21,567 * B) Wholesale trade: 1997 - 18,053, 2002 - 30,245 * C) Retail trade: 1997 - 27,774, 2002 - 25,833 * D) Information: 2002 - 20,053 * E) Real estate & rental & leasing: 1997 - 4,660, 2002 - 5,961 * F) Professional, scientific & technical services: 1997 - 17,551, 2002 - 21,725 * G) Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service: 1997 - 18,876, 2002 - 18,561 * H) Educational services: 1997 - 498, 2002 - 685 * I) Health care & social assistance: 1997 - 13,404, 2002 - 36,818 * J) Arts, entertainment & recreation: 1997 - 3,530, 2002 - 5,042 * K) Accommodation & food services: 1997 - 26,879, 2002 - 24,772 * L) Other services (except public administration): 1997 - 6,083, 2002 - 9,477
3.2.D- Unemployment vs. Employment 6 Unemployment: Unemployment in Apr. 2010: Here: 10.0% Missouri: 8.8% Unemployment by race in 2000: Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1% Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.3% Unemployment rate for Black males: 13.2% Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.5% Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 11.6% Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 11.8% Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.8% Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.4% Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.2% Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.4% Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.0% Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.9% Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.3% Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.1%
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6 Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Profile: Population, Maps, Real Estate, Averages, Homes, Statistics, Relocation, Travel, Jobs, Hospitals, Schools, Crime, Moving, Houses, Sex Offenders, News, Sex Offenders.â&#x20AC;? Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, House Prices, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Cost of Living, Crime, Race, Income, Photos, Education, Maps, Weather, Houses, Schools, Neighborhoods, and More. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://www.city-data.com/city/ Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
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Kansas City Downtown - 3 Sites - High (700 - 1000)
3.2.E- Crime Rate within city of Kansas City
Kansas City Crime Rate: 1999 - 2008
As you can see from the graphic charts, that the crime rate in Kansas
City is very high as far as American crime rate goes. Kansas city is actually number 9 in crime in America according to U.S. News Politics- The 11 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities. This is actually what they had to say about the city, “The Kansas City Police Department reports that 2009 saw lower rates of most types of violent and property crimes than in 2008. Most notably, motor vehicle theft was down 19 percent. But aggravated assault grew 4 percent in that period, and forcible rape increased by 11 percent. Altogether, the city’s crime rate is more than three times the national average.”7
The city of Kansas and Missouri is an area that needs help from all over
and that is what this project will bring to the table. This project will hopefully decrease the crime rate and any other problems that the city is having. 7 “9. Kansas City, Missouri: The 11 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities - US News & World Report.” US News & World Report | News & Rankings | Best Colleges, Best Hospitals, and More. Web. 01 Feb. 2012. <http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/4>.
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Biking with a 5 minute. Radius
Walking with a 5 minute. Radius
3.2.F- Site Important Buildings that are around the area
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- Grocery Stores, Education, Retail Stores, Hospital, and Food markets
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Transportation around Sites - Bus Routes - Fast Highway - Medium Road - Slow Roads -
- Walking - Biking Old Route - Biking New Route -
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Zoning Groups: Far and Close
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Residential - Commercial Areas - Overall
These diagrams give a clear answer to why the program
put each site in its location. The sites are all surround by things that the users need to help the people who use this program to grow
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into a whole new person.
The Breakdown- The reason to why the breakdown is in
more of the commercial area is because the program didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take the homeless right out of the areas that they are use to. The program wanted to gradually take them from commercial to residential. So the breakdown area is surround by more of the commercial side.
The Buildup- This site is located in between both resi-
dential and commercial which gives the people both the feeling of being around home like people and commercial people. This site provides a lot of opportunity for the users because of the jobs that they will be doing.
The Living- This is the final stage of the program and it is
located in a residential area so that they can experience what it is like to be next to and interact with people who own homes.
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Sites
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Commercial
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Residential
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PART 2 “The Breakdown” - What is the “Breakdown”?
This stage of the project is where the program will find out wether the
homeless people that enter the area will be able to succeed to the next areas or will need to be held back to do some more recovery and more changes. The program wants each person that comes through this area to make a valid change to there life, so that they can make something of there life. “I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.” - Charles Evans Hughes1
- Why is it important to start with this program first?
The Breakdown brings the whole project together as one and allows us
to learn our users habits, likes, dislikes and more. The breakdown is the facilitator of 3 Steps to a New Life. The meaning of breakdown:2 1. a breaking down, wearing out, or sudden loss of ability to function efficiently, as of a machine. 2. an analysis or classification of something; division into parts, categories, processes, etc.
1 BrainyQuote. Xplore. Web. 10 Mar. 2012. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/breakdown.html>. 2 “Breakdown.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 10 Mar. 2012. <http://dictionary.reference. com/browse/breakdown>.
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Site Analysis Part 1.1 - Education “Missouri students are barely above the national average in test scores, and they are well below national proficiency levels. This is unacceptable” - Rep. Tim Jones (R-District 89)3
The education in Missouri is not to the standards that it needs to be,
according to ALEC Education Study. Missouri is ranked 28th in the states of America and is not producing the productivity that the states require. 4 “If legislators are concerned about funding public education, not to worry. States across the country have proved that through education reforms rooted in freedom and accountability, more can be done with less. But it is up to state lawmakers to give parents and students the opportunity to choose what works best for them in securing a promising future.” - Jeff W. Reed, director of ALEC’s Education Task Force5
This is why in The Breakdown area and all three stages of this program
require all the kids to attend school and get the proper education. On the right side of this page shows all the schools that are within walking and biking distance, so that the kids don’t have to travel far to find help. On the left hand side is showing the statics of education within the area of the zip code.
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3 “Missouri Ranks 28th In ALEC Education Study.” Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/main/missouri-ranks-28th-aleceducation>. 4 “Missouri Ranks 28th In ALEC Education Study.” Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/main/missouri-ranks-28th-aleceducation>. 5 “Missouri Ranks 28th In ALEC Education Study.” Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/main/missouri-ranks-28th-aleceducation>.
Biggest public elementary/middle schools in Kansas City: * Raytown Middle * New Mark Middle * Derrick Thomas Elem. Academy * Ervin Jr. High * Maple Park Middle * Antioch Middle * Lakeview Middle * Smith-Hale Jr. High * Congress Middle * Plaza Middle Biggest public high schools in Kansas City: * Oak Park High * North Kansas City High * Winnetonka High * Park Hill High * Hickman Mills Sr. High * N.E. Law & Public Serv. Magnet * Lincoln College Prep. * Central High * Ruskin High * Center Sr. High Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Kansas City: * University of Kansas Medical Center * Kansas City Kansas Community College * Park University * Johnson County Communtiy College * Metopolitan Community College * University of Kansas Main Campus * Missouri Western State College
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Part 1.2- Transportation
This section expresses the time it takes everyone to get to work and how
most people in the city get around to different areas. The program is trying to cut down on the vehicle use so that the program can be more green to our earth. This is why the design to these areas are so close to downtown. The program wanted to allow the users the freedom to get around without having to get in a vehicle because we know most of them probably do not own a vehicle.
Picture Source: http://maps.google.com/
This Google map picture shows the bus stops and the green lines are the
bicycle lanes that each person can use.
Pictures: http://www.city-data.com/city/Kansas-City-Missouri.html
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Pictures: http://www.city-data.com/city/Kansas-City-Missouri.html
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Part 1.3- Parks within walking distance
The image to left is showing the parks that are around the site. Most of
these parks are in walking distance so that each person can enjoy the parks and relax themselves. These parks will play a big part in getting each person better because the parks will allow them to clear there mind of any troubles that they have. Park Definition:
A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a resi-
dence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.6
Pictures: http://www.city-data.com/city/Kansas-City-Missouri.html
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6 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definition: Park (Meaning of Park).â&#x20AC;? ARDictionary. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://ardictionary. com/Park/1695>.
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Part 1.4- Weather Data
The importances of knowing the weather changes and how bad the
weather can get is so that the program can make a safe environment for the users of the site. The area that the project is creating needs to be able to handle any type of weathers changes that come our way.
Over the years there have been several bad attacks but there are two that
hit Kansas city the worse.7
Pictures: http://www.city-data.com/city/Kansas-City-Missouri.html
1. On 5/20/1957, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 10.7 miles away from the Kansas City city center killed 44 people and injured 207 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages. 2. On 5/22/1952, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 8.8 miles away from the city center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Tornado activity:8 Kansas City-area historical tornado activity is above Missouri state average. It is 179% greater than the overall U.S. average.
Pictures: http://www.city-data.com/city/Kansas-City-Missouri.html
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7 “Kansas Lenexa - Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Population, Weather Forecast, Area Codes, Homes for Sale.” Traveling to USA. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.usatravelpal.com/cities/ Kansas/Lenexa.html>. 8 “Kansas City, Missouri.” (MO) Profile: Population, Maps, Real Estate, Averages, Homes, Statistics, Relocation, Travel, Jobs, Hospitals, Schools, Crime, Moving, Houses, News, Sex Offenders. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.city-data.com/city/Kansas-City-Missouri.html>.
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Program Analysis
C- Guards
Part 2.1- Security “Facility security is the protection, and the measures taken toward the protection, of a building or other physical location.” - Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
1
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A- Security Room
The Security Room is where all of the surveillance will be held. The Se-
curity Room will be placed within the main building that holds the classrooms, dental care, doctors office, etc. The security will be able to see everything that is going on within the campus without over stepping any ones personal space. The program finds that every ones personal space is very important and we wont them to feel comfortable without feeling looked at everyday. So this room will play a big part in our security.
B- Security Code Doors
The special locked doors are for faculty and security use only. These
doors will help other workers get around easier and if there are any breakouts they will be able to secure themselves away from the problem. These doors will be locked at all times until someone that knows the code can open the door to use it.
E- Gated Facility
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1 “Facility Security.” Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 14 Mar. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
The guards that will be working many different shifts will be friendly
and kind to all guest that are using our program. There will be “ZERO” physical harm at this facility. The program does not want to scare the user but make them feel protected and that they can walk around freely. The guards will be dressed in regular clothing so that each person can feel like they can approach them and have a conversation with them.
D- Security Cameras
The Security Cameras will be put up all around our facility but they will
be hidden so that the users will feel free to roam around the site. The cameras will be hidden within our lights which will be put all over the campus.
E- Gated Facility
“Gated Facility” why? The point of the gated facility is so that people
that are on the outside cannot come in and cannot distract the programs work. The program wants the users to get the best treatment as possible without all the distractions from people on the outside. But another big part of the gated community is that it will be see through, so that the users can feel protected and feel free at the same time.
On the outside of all the gated areas there will be a picture of a building
that will mimic the other buildings around it. So from far away it will look like a regular business building but when up close you will see the beautiful Architecture that has taken place.
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Part 2.2- Faculty Workers
selors will also be on call 24/7 just in case if anyone has problems through the night and need to talk to a Counselor.
1. The Board:
4. Helpers:
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1.
4.
The Board
2. Doctors/Dentist
Counselors
3. 5. Security
Teachers
Helpers
The Board will be in charge of the facility and how things progress. The
The Helpers are random people through the city that volunteer to help
Board is all about getting new ideas and the peoples thoughts about how every-
out the program and make it a successful program. Without there help the pro-
thing is going within the facility.
gram would not make it and it would take longer to reach our goal of STOPPING
2. Doctors/Dentist:
HOMELESSNESS. So we give thanks to the people that volunteer everyday. 5. Teachers:
Spiritual Leaders 6. Picture Source: http://uconnwelcomemat.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/doctor2.jpg http://www.dentistmariettaga.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/child-dentist.jpg
Picture Source: http://www.montana.edu/ttt/pictures/teacher1.jpg
The Doctors and Dentists in this Campus will be dealing with all the
The teachers will be helping all our kids after school on there home-
medical issues that will need to take place within the Program. They will be on
work and any other school related issues. We will also have a schooling program
call 24/7 because there will be living quarters for all the faculty workers that need
for the older community that has not passed high school or any other graduate
to be on call 24/7.
school.
3. Counselors:
6. Spiritual Leaders:
Picture Source: http://www.therapistschools.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/hs-counselor.jpg
The Counselors will be in charge of listening to all the users problems
and basically helping them to become healthier and a better person. The Coun-
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The Spiritual Leaders will be taking charge of any religion that any of
the users are apart of. These Leaders will provide guidances and help with there daily life.
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Building Complex Center:
Doctors/Dentist
Counselors/Teachers
Living Quarter
This Building Complex Center is where any of the users of the facility
can come and get there minds off of whatever is going on or get a check up when
Housing Units:
they feel like it. The building is for the users and should be designed to there lik-
“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and
ing so that they can feel comfortable in there surroundings.
not be questioned.”- Maya Angelou2
Comfortable:4
- Being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at
have been in and out of homes or have not been living in a home in years. To
ease.
have a place to call home, to where you can relax and be you is what everyone is
The Board/Spiritual Leaders
Our idea is the more comfortable they are in there surroundings the
Doctors/Dentist - Labs - Health Center - Administration/Human Resources - Medical Office/Medical Records - Resting Room - Surgery Room
its way to being built. This Camp is very similar to the idea of 3 Steps to a New
Counselors/Teachers - Offices - Counseling Rooms - Classrooms
ate from there program.3 This program takes pride in providing there users with
Activity Center
Picture Source: http://maps.google.com/
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Security 4 “Comfortable.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. <http://dictionary.reference. com/browse/comfortable>.
Housing Units
Large Families
Small Families
Mixed Units
Single Units
Security
looking for and what everyone should be allowed to have. The Angles Camp is not an existing place yet but a great idea that is on
Living Quarters
Security
Housing is very important to this program because most of the users
more comfort they will have with us, to where they will open up to us.
The Board/Spiritual Leaders - Main Office - Offices - Board Room - Spiritual Rooms
Activity Center
Part 2.3- The User Needs
Life because of there three steps that they also follow. Within there three steps there is Rehabilitation Services, Vocation “Earn-back” Program, and Post Graduate Program. Each of these steps, you must graduate to the next to fully Gradu-
good homes, that each person can enjoy and the program is learning from them on how to make our homes better. Size of Families: Large Families- 3 to 5 children Small Families- 1 to 3 children Mixed Units- Will mix the Small Families and Single People Single Units- This area is for the homeless people who have been on the streets
2 BrainyQuote. Xplore. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/home. html>. 3 “Helping the Homeless Through a Comprehensive Solution to Homelessness.” Angels Camp. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. <http://www.angelscamponline.com/index.php>.
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Part 2.4- Inspiration to Development
Salvation Army
Picture Source: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
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Second Church in Beverly
Picture Source: http://www.rivercitychorus.org/wp-content/uploads/country_church_gi.jpg
PAUL RODRIGUEZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Picture Source: http://articles.ocregister. com/2010-03-28/life/24630671_1_homeless-patients-hospital-gown-emergencyroom
People Helping People
Picture Source: http://postcardsfromoblivion.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/people_helping_peoplehands.jpg
Doctors Volunteering
Picture Source: http://www.life.com/image/778346
Angels Camp
Picture Source: http://www.angelscamponline.com/index. php
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Part 2.5- Spatial Movement
Housing Units-
Building Complex Center
The floor plan images to the top left express space. Each plan deals with
Through the design “The Breakdown” the program wanted to explore
a small amount of space but making the space look big. In the House units of
several different plans that could help me represent my designs in the Housing
“The Breakdown” the program will need to design a custom house that allows
Units and the Complex Building. Theses plans have unique ways of using space
enough space to feel comfortable but not so big that they don’t leave the house.
effectively. The Angels Camp does the same thing with there lay out. They have
a certain amount of room but the way they put there buildings and living areas
program that in the design of the project, the campus should start out small and
together, it occupies all of the space but also allowing the space to look open.
then grow from there because if you go to big the homeless will take advantage
An example of what there work looks like: 5
of it.
In one of the interviews with the Homeless, the lady explained to the
Building Complex Center-
Housing Units
The floor plan images to the bottom left show several different build-
ings that use a circular spatial movement. Which means they have important things on the outside and have an open middle. Each plan shows a way to interact people without them having to be right next to each other. In the design of the Complex Center, the program needs to design a way to bring people together while also giving them space. The site needs to put in all of the offices, classrooms, centers, etc. without making it look to cluttered.
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5 “Helping the Homeless Through a Comprehensive Solution to Homelessness.” Angels Camp. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. <http://www.angelscamponline.com/index.php>.
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PART 2.1 Housing Units
This stage of “The Breakdown” is where the program will be designing
the house units for each family type (Large Family, Small Family, Mixed Units, and Single Units). Each group of home will be developed in a different way so that each group can feel important and not as if they live in a project home. The Housing Units will be designed in the recycled containers that have been left behind by the Train Station that use to be there. The design will be sustainable while also functional and beautiful.
Design:1
To make a detailed plan of the form or structure of something, empha-
sizing features such as its appearance, convenience, and efficient functioning.
1 Bing.com. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc./Encarta® World English Dictionary, 2009. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. <http://www.bing.com/Dictionary/search?q=define+design&qpvt=Design+meaning&FORM =DTPDIA>.
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Part 1- Quantitative Program Development Families with 5 or more kids
This Part of the book describes how the development of the hous-
ing units developed over the site. To the left of the book is showing numerous
Families with 3 to 5 kids
amounts of different colored blocks. Each color represents a different group of people, from Big families to Single People. The idea of these blocks is to take
Families with 1 to 3 kids
Different Living Areas: Sorting different types of living quarters, by combining each of the family and non-family groups. Looking for the right way to combine each group of people onto one but not literally.
each one and put them together in different groups, making different forms and shapes. As you can see to the right of the book there are several different ways of putting shapes together, 26 to be correct. The point of doing this is to think of a way to combine these different people into one, without disrupting the flow
Types: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26
of the program.
This is a big deal because the program will be combining homeless
families, people who only have lost there jobs with people who have never had a job, or problem families with families that love each other. The program wants to try and use every ones abilities and skills that they have required over the years so that they can teach one another and learn from one another. Each Grouping has a unique path way and that is the key to having a successful program.
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To the left of the book is showing how the layout of my housing units
will be set up on the site. There will be several different groups that will connect in a unique way and interact with each other. The design of the Highway Program will let the user take control of where they want to go because of all the Programing:
different openings. The Highway Program is used so that they would feel like
The formation of the family units and how they come together as one to make “The Breakdown” work as one unit. The formation allows many path ways around and through out the site, so that you can reach your destination faster. It mimics the Kansas City Highways.
they have not left the city which they have been so comfortable with. It is a step program that does not want to throw them into something that they wont be use to. That is why the design will be based off the city and the things the users are use to seeing. For instant street lights, path ways that look like a path of a street and more.
To the right of the book is showing the different containers that will
be used through out the housing units. The containers are perfect structures for homes and are not to big, to where they will feel overwhelmed. Picture Source: Picture Source: http://www.hiwtc.com/photo/prodhttp://nbpcmk.com/uploadpro/20089514194527923.jpg ucts/39/00/75/7501.jpg and http://www. and http://www.president-line.com/container-specificaalibaba.com/product-gs/220439557/ tions/standard-dry-cargo-containers/ open_side_container_shipping.html
Taking the groups that were made This is the “Highways” that would be from the blocks in the previous pages flowing through out my site, creating the and grouping them together to find the walk ways and exit ways. right path way.
Taking the group that was made and expanding it so you can get more paths and different levels of interaction.
The drawings to the bottom right corner express the idea of how our
homes will be set up and how our green roof system will work. The green roof will be over the homes to provide shade in the summer, but die off in the winter.
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Draft Model of Housing Units
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Mock-up Model
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Schematic Site and Building Design Large Family Units STRENGTH
Small Family Units BEAUTY
Mixed Units FRIEND
Single Units LIFE
Part 2.1- Gated Structure
The Structure on the outer perimeters of the site play a big role in get-
ting each person better. The point of these different and symbolic frames is so when someone sees them they get a â&#x20AC;&#x153;good vibeâ&#x20AC;? from it. Each frame means something different and each meaning fits perfectly with each group. The Frame work must work with the Housing units so that the Wall Frame does not fall. So
20 ft.
basically, they are working off one another to support one another, which is what this program wants the users to do. It is all about helping one another to achieve
20 ft.
a goal.
40 ft.
The picture below shows how the framework comes together and how it
is put together, while also giving you the idea of a building picture on the outside so that it looks like a regular building.
Each Beam and Column are 20 ft. apart, but there are some that are 40 ft. apart. They all work together to keep the outer walls up. - Placement of Columns
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- Beams
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Part 2.2- Green Roof
The Green Roof is important to this program because green relaxes
people and the more nature you have around people the more they feel comfortable. The program is all about making the users feel comfortable and relaxed. So what ever they can provide for them to accomplish that, the program will do it. The Green Roof meaning is: Roof of a building with plants growing on it, Vines
Laburnum anagyroides
Fuchsia Plant
Purple hanging
Maggiociondolo
designed to be environmentally and aesthetically pleasing.1
The program has an idea for the users to take care of the plants and veg-
etation because it will give them something to do and something to care about. You must start small to look big.
The program will set up different times for each group to take care of
different vegetation and different times. Everyday someone new will have a job title over the fresh nature that is around them. This part of the im- This is the Large family area The Small Family Units, where age is where there with several green roofs that there is one long green roof will be a walkway all give shade. with trees at both ends. the way around the gated area, for people that want to get fresh air.
Mixed Unit housing is where the green roof is connected to the bigger unit homes and the smaller unit homes have a rooftop balcony. So that they can enjoy the green roof because they have a smaller living space.
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The Single Unit Housing is going to have Two separate green roofs that cover the male and women’s sides. They will also have roof top balconies that they can enjoy the green roof.
- Different Green Roofs
The system of a Green roof will lower cost in cooling and can give our
program natural fruits and foods. From Green Roofs are Cool, “... and can make a major dent in the “urban heat island” effect in our cities -- that is, the increased temperature due to lots of paved surfaces that absorb the sun’s heat.” 2 So the users will enjoy the nature around them.
1 “Green Roof.” Answers.com. Answers. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. <http://www.answers.com/topic/greenroof>. 2 “Planning Commissioners Journal.” Green Roofs Are Cool -. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. <http://pcj. typepad.com/planning_commissioners_jo/2008/02/green-roofs-are.html>.
This is showing the area that is in between the large family units and the gated wall. The program wants to show what it looks like in a tight space, to show how friendly and beautiful the area is. At night the beams will glow to light of up the path ways because of the over hanging lights.
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Structural Frame? - Complex of columns, and beams, girders, spandrels, and trusses connected to one another and to the columns anchored in a foundation, as well as other components or members necessary for the stability of a structure. Floors and roof panels, not connected to the columns (and called secondary members) are not considered part of the structural frame.
Part 2.3- House Unit Structure and Floor Plans
The design of the structure is made for the Containers to easily be slid
into place and easily taken out. The structure is made out of I beams and is heavy
Single Unit Structure
Small Family Structure
Large Family Structure
enough to withstand the weather once the containers are in place. The wrapping over the structure is a material that is used on a lot of planes. The reason why is because of the weather conditions that happen there. The structure need a material that can stay outside and not get rusty at the same time. The material the program choose is called the Matrix, which is explained in the Image below:3
Highway Walking Paths - Public Paths
- Public/User Paths
- User Paths
The design for the house units is to be able to allow the users to change
there house around whenever they need to. Since the Containers are only 8ft wide, begin able to allow them to change there place around gives them change and something to do. The idea for this design came from the word change which means to give a completely different form or appearance to; transform.4
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Small Family Floor Plans
Large Family Floor Plans
3 Hunt, Robert D. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Underlying Science of the Patent Pending Dual-Plane, Dual Axis High Strength Matrix Material.â&#x20AC;? Web. 15 Mar. 2012. <http://www.renewableone.com/fuellessflight/flf/ matrixphoto.htm>. 4 Answers.com. Answers. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. <http://www.answers.com/topic/change>.
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Part 2.4- Concept Design
Function Design Idea:
The design for how the program imports the containers into the structure is through using forklifts. The forklift picks up the pre-designed container and slides it into place with the structure. The structure has two opening on the bottom so that the forklifts metal lifters can slide right in and drop off the container. It is a very easy and fast process and allows quick redesign if any containers get damaged. This design can also be moved from place to place since the design is mobile.
Housing Unit Design for more Room:
Grouping of the users: The image above is not the exact site of the users area but more of the idea of how
The design of the container homes came from an original container that the program found online called open side container5. This container can open from the sides but also open from the front to allow entry to big items. This opening allowed me to think of a way to let my users redesign there place when the doors are open and then go back to the regular way whenever they feel like it. This
the actual site looks like. The grouping idea plays a big role in the users living area because the program couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t group big families with random single users but they could group smaller families with single user who have only lost there jobs. The reason why is because the smaller families wont take up much room and same with the single users.
container gives more room and lets our users think they have more room then they really do.
5 â&#x20AC;&#x153;20ft Open Side Environmental Container - 20 Ft - Containers - ECB Group Products and Services.â&#x20AC;? - ECB Group. Web. 09 Apr. 2012. <http://www.ecbgroup.com/20ft-open-side-environmentalcontainer/Construction/Branches/Product/content/9/21>.
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Large Family/ Small Family Housing
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Small Family Housing
Single Unit Housing
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Housing Site Model
Single Unit Housing - South View
Mixed Unit Housing - South View
-Water FountainA place where people can relax and take there kids or just enjoy the water. Small Family Housing - South View
Large Family Housing - North View
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North Elevation
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North Elevation
South Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation
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Site Model of entire 3 Step Program
Design Development Part 3.1- Refinement of the Schematic Architecture and Site Design
This last chapter of housing units is showing the final and redesigns that
the program has accomplished over the period. The chapter will be taking you through the final site model use for the housing units, the final design of all the homes for the users and the final design to how the container was turned into a living mobile home.
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Large Family Unit
RED
- Red is also the color of passion and lust - Orange is warmth of the sun
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Small Family Unit
Purple
- Purple is the color of good judgment - Purple gives a peace of mind
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Mixed Unit
Turquoise
- Turquoise is the color of communication - Turquoise provides protection, health, and confidence
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Single Unit
Green
- Green is the color of balance - Green means learning, growth and harmony
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North Elevation
North Elevation
East Elevation
East Elevation
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South Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation
West Elevation
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Part 3.2- Design Development - This part of the chapter is explaining the development of the container home and how it functions. The container home is a unique idea that gets connected to the structure that is holding it through a unique device that locks both of them together. - It is also showing how the stairs connect to the outer layer of the structure and how they are held together as well. - The last part is the finished product of everything and how it was all put together in the final boards.
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Big Family and Small Family Unit Housing
Flip
- This unit of housing will be set up on the North side of the area and will be used in the Big and Small Family units. - On the right side of the page is showing the floor plans of the larger unit and how the users will be able to change them around into different interior room.
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Small Family and Mixed Unit Housing - This type of housing units will be set in the Small and Mixed units so that there is a good mixture throughout the campus. - The right side of the book shows the floors plans that will be able to flip back and forth to allow change and an illusion of more room.
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Mixed and Single Unit Housing - This structure is mixed in with the bigger structures but is also by itself of the south side for the single people users. - The right side is the floor plan that can open up to the green court that is in the middle of each area. So that they can bring in fresh air and release tensions.
Flip
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Stairway Connection Connect Definition: - To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.1 1 BrainyQuote. Xplore. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. <http://www.brainyquote. com/words/co/connect147148.html>.
The idea to connecting the stairway to the structure that holds the
housing container came from a simple “Hose Connector”. The “Hose Connector” works by, “just pushing the hose onto the connectors. The ribbed surface of the push-on spigots ensures that the hoses are tight-fit after assembly.”2 So the idea is to make an object that does the same thing as the hose connector, by just pushing the two structures together and once connected they are tightened and functional.
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2 “NORMA Group - Technical Features.” Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.normagroup.com/kunden/norma/ttw.nsf/id/EN_NORMAPLAST_Hose_TF?OpenDocument>.
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Piping and Electric Units for the Containers and Structure
In the design of the structure and container homes, the idea was to
make a way to connect them like if you were to plug in a outlet. So the program came across plumbing units and how they connect pipes to one another by using “Sea Tech Series”3. The idea is to make an object that would mimic the Sea Tech Series but rather than just connecting pipes it would function the housing
HVAC SYSTEM
units. So the program came across another object called the “Sealed cable and
SURGE PROTECTOR
pipe transit”4. By combing both products the program had made and easy and ef-
ELECTRICAL BOX
WATER HEATER
ficiency way to allow water, electric and air to flow through the container homes.
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In the design of the container homes the program needed to include all
the important things that make a house run. So on the left is showing the HVAC, the electrical box, the surge projector, and the water heater. These objects, once together make a home a home and allow each user to live comfortable within
HVAC Piping
Electrical Pipe Watering Piping
The Piping in the Container homes will act as an Outlet. Once plugged into the Structure on the outside, then the whole unit starts to work. Once the Container is unplugged then it shuts down.
there living space.
3 “Fisheries - Product Detail.” Fisheries Supply. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.fisheriessupply. com/productgroupdetail.aspx?cid=155839>. 4 LEONI Studer. Direct Industry. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.directindustry.com/prod/leonistuder/sealed-cable-and-pipe-transits-for-telecom-applications-38268-271797.html>.
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Why Container Home?
- Recycled freight containers bring efficiency, flexibility and affordable innovative green buildings, from small vacation cabins to movable cafes, schools and skyscrapers.
SECURITY ROOMS
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Thesis Design Defense
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Conclusion
This is not the final conclusion to this project but it is the final conclu-
sion for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breakdownâ&#x20AC;? area. This part of the project has been a hard road to figure out but was worth the challenge to finish. This part will allow the users to become better people and will help out in the long run to how the users will live there life. Thank you to all the doctors, dentist, councillors, teachers, and motivators, the program will be able to give the users something they have never experienced in there lives. The 3 Step Program is a unique idea that will use all it has to end homelessness. The Program just needs the users and the motivators to keep the right path to accomplish the goal.
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