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Me mp h i s , T Ni st h eb i r t h p l a c eo f r o c ka n dr o l l a n d , mo s t i mp o r t a n t l y , s o u l f o o d .F o rt h i sc o mp e t i t i o ni t wi l l b u i l do ni t sc u l t u r eo f c u i s i n et h r o u g han e wc u l i n a r ya r t ss c h o o l i nt h eh e a r t o f d o wn t o wn .T h es ma l l s i t ยฌ ewa sc h o s e nb e c a u s eo f t h ep r o x i mi t yt o d o wn t o wn , at r o l l e yl i n e , a n dt h ef a c t t h a t t h eMi s s i s s i p p i Ri v e ri sl o c a t e do n l yaf e wb l o c k sa wa y .T h i sa r e ai nMe mp h i sh a s b e e no nt h ed e c l i n eb u t i ss l o wl yb e g i n n i n gt ob er e v i t a l i z e da n dr e i n v e n t e d .T h i sd y n a mi ca n de v o l v i n gs i t ed e ma n d sap a r t i c u l a r l yp u b l i ca n di n v i t i n ga r c h i t e c t u r a l e x p r e s s i o ni no r d e rt ob r i n gp e o p l et ot h i sa r e ao f d o wn t o wna n dr e j u v e n a t et h ec o mmu n i t y . T h eu s eo f a ni n n o v a t i v es t e e l s t r u c t u r ei nt h i sa r e awo u l dn o t o n l yd r a wmo r ep e o p l ei n t ot h i su pa n dc o mi n ga r e a , b u t a l s o c r e a t eas p a c ewi t h i nt h eb u i l d i n gt h a t e n g a g e st h es t u d e n t si nt h ec u l i n a r ya t mo s p h e r e .Ve r n a c u l a rc o n d i t i o n swi t ha ne mp h a s i s o nt h eb u i l d i n gt ot h eEa s t o f t h es i t ewe r et a k e ni n t oa c c o u n t wh e nd e s i g n i n gt h ef a c a d e .T h eh i s t o r i cb r i c kf a รง a d ea n dp r o p o r t i o n so f t h ed i v i d e sa t t h ef r o n t o f t h eb u i l d i n g swe r eh u g ec o n s i d e r a t i o n swh e nd e t e r mi n i n gh o wt ob e g i nd e s i g n i n gt h ef r o n t f a รง a d eo f t h ec o l l e g e .F r o map e r f o r ma n c ep e r s p e c t i v et h eb u i l d i n gi sd e s i g n e dt od r a wi nl i g h t a n dmi t i g a t es o l a rg a i n , ap a r t i c u l a rc o n c e r ni nt h eh o t h u mi dc l i ma t eo f Me mp h i s .Ac e n t r a l a t r i u mwa sd e s i g n e dwi t h i nt h eb u i l d i n gt of u n c t i o na sal i g h t we l l a n dp r o v i d eas p a c et og a t h e ra n dp r o g r e s st h r o u g ht h eb u i l d i n g .T h ema i ne n t r yi swi t h i nt h ea t r i u ma n df r o mt h e r ey o uc a n e i t h e rg ot ot h er e s t a u r a n t o rb a k e r y , b o t ho f wh i c ha r ed o wn s t a i r s , o rt r a v e l u pt h r o u g h o u t t h er e s t o f t h eb u i l d i n gwh e r eo n e wi l l e x p e r i e n c et h er e s t o f t h ec o l l e g e .Asme n t i o n e d , t h ea t r i u mi sn o t o n l yas o u r c eo f l i g h t , b u t i t a l s od e n o t e sap l a c et og a t h e r . L a r g e rs e a t i n ga r e a sa r eg r o u p e da r o u n dt h es p a c et oe n c o u r a g ec o n v e r s a t i o no rj u s t t os i t q u i e t l ya n ds t u d yb e f o r eat e s t .T h i s a l l o wst h eb u i l d i n gt ob e c o memo r el i k eac a mp u sr a t h e rt h a nj u s t ab u i l d i n gwi t hr o o msi n s i d e .T a k i n ga d v a n t a g eo f t h es p a n n i n gc a p a c i t yo f ar i g i df r a mi n gs y s t e m, as t r u c t u r a l s y s t e mwa sd e s i g n e dt owr a p / o v e r l a pt h eb u i l d i n g .T h i sc r e a t e dal a r g e o p e nr e s t a u r a n t s p a c et h a t a l l o we df o rt a l l c e i l i n g swh e r et h es t r u c t u r ec o n t i n u e dt owr a pa r o u n dt h eb u i l d i n ga n db a c ki n t ot h e a t r i u ms p a c e .Al a r g eo p e np a t i oo nt h er o o f l e v e l wa sa l s of o r me dt h r o u g ht h i sa n dc r e a t e da ni n t e r e s t i n gs p a c ewi t hp a r t i a l s t r u c t u r eo v e r h e a d .T h es k i ni sas e r i e so f b r i c kp a n e l st h a t r e s p o n dt op r o p o r t i o n so f t h en e i g h b o r i n gh i s t o r i cb u i l d i n g . Ad i s t i n c t e x t r u s i o no f t h et h i r dt h r o u g hf i f t hf l o o r si se v i d e n t f r o mt h es t r e e t a n db yt h ewa yt h eb r i c ki sma n i p u l a t e d .T h e s ea r et h ef l o o r s wi t ht e a c h i n gk i t c h e n s , t h u sr e l a t i n gb a c kt ot h ei mp o r t a n c eo f t h ema i np u r p o s eo f t h eb u i l d i n g .
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2nd level
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3rd level
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rooftop level
lecture hall demonstration lab classroom teaching kitchen rooftop garden
scale: 1/32” = 1’0”
1 atrium 2 restaurant 3 bar 4 kitchen 5 elevator 6 restrooms 7 public elevators 8 fire stair 9 freight elevator 10 trash/receiving 11 bake shop
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ENTRY LEVEL
scale: 1/16” = 1’0”
views
entrances
egress
entry
atrium green space
traditional brick double glazed curtain wall panel
exterior cladding
lightweight concrete on metal decking steel frame steel connectors
“wrapping� structure I-beam w12 x 26 fireproofing dropped ceiling
steel structure
floors
bar space highlighting structure