S.C.S.U.
STUDENT CENTER CLEMSON UNIVERSIT Y M.ARCH | COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO ARCH8920 | SPRING 2016 | DEVIN CARLSON - ANNA NGUYEN
CONTENTS PROJECT ABSTRACT INITIAL ANALYSIS CONCEPT GENERATION DESIGN PROPOSAL
PROJECT ABSTRACT A student center can be seen as a very broad conglomeration of spaces that fit into one building. There is not one direct usage, but several spaces that have to work together while simultaneously working independent of each other. The aspect of tying this diversity together is something we wanted to base our conceptual development on. With this, we take the approach of providing an aggregate to the university at a macro and micro level. The design seeks to provide a space that lives within the very heart of campus that will help bring the surrounding buildings together by providing way finding & visual connections through the site. Internally, we strive to bring the variety of programmatic spaces together as the architecture becomes the tying agent of the aggregation of interior spaces, as well as the tying agent that blurs the
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boundaries of the envelope. As of the first trip to the campus of South Carolina State University [SCSU] the current way finding and visual/physical connecting of the campus is something that could be improved. As is the way in which the current student center is laid out; there are conglomerations of pieces that do not adequately work together to provide collective spaces. The new design for the SCSU student center will seek to provide the aggregate to the campus core that will both visually & psychically establish readability & legibility to provide a connective environment to the campus. Our approach is going to facilitate the idea that the campus happens through the student center & throughout the student center.
Architecture as Aggregate
INITIAL ANALYSIS
CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
STUDENT CENTER [PARTI ANALYSIS]
BABSON COLLEGE [INTERIOR STREET]
IBA STUDENT CENTRE [CENTRAL ATRIUM]
LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA [STEPPED PROGRAM]
EXISTING SITE PHOTOS
STUDENT CENTER FROM MILLER HALL
VIEW FROM GEATHER’S STREET
PLAZA AND BETHEA HALL
VIEW FROM DUKE’S GYM
EXISTING SITE PHOTOS
STUDENT CENTER AND PLAZA
VIEW FROM DUKE’S GYM
EXISTING STUDENT CENTER
EXISTING STUDENT CENTER
PROGRAM AREAS ON CAMPUS
50’
150’
450’
SITE CONNECTIVITY
50’
academic - dining - living
150’
450’
PRIMARY CONTEXTUAL VIEWS (INTERNAL)
50’
PRIMARY SITE VIEWS (EXTERNAL)
150’
450’
EXISTING SITE SECTIONS
1
2 3
6 271'-2"
95'-3" 165'-7"
702'-5"
3 2
3
3
6
1
2
1
2 3
6 271'-2"
95'-3" 165'-7"
702'-5"
3 2
3
3
6
1
2
ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM 7,900 SF
6,100 SF 3,400 SF
5,980 SF
FOOD COURT
2,000 SF
GAME ROOM
BOWLING ALLEY
LARGE EVENT
1,050 SF
COMPUTER LAB
1,600 SF
LOUNGES
1,200 SF
MECH.
W.C.
2,485 SF
STUDENT OFFICES
800 SF
800 SF
AUD/ LECTURE
STORE
2,100 SF
CONFERENCE
600 SF
500 SF
ADMIN.
BARBERSHOP
ARCHIT
SPACE CHARACTER SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONAL
ACADEMIC
BOWLING ALLEY STUDENT OFFICES
CONFERENCE
AUD/ LECTURE
NEW GROUP OFFICES GAME ROOM
COMPUTER LAB
FOOD COURT STORE
ADMIN.
LARGE EVENT
LOUNGES
VISIBILITY / ENCLOSURE CLOSED
OPEN
STUDENT OFFICES
BOWLING ALLEY
FOOD COURT
COMPUTER LAB
LOUNGES
CONFERENCE AUD/ LECTURE
STORE
GAME ROOM
LARGE EVENT
BARBERSHOP
ADMIN.
ACTIVITY LEVEL LOW
HIGH
LOUNGES
STUDENT OFFICES AUD/ LECTURE
FOOD COURT
STORE
CONFERENCE
ADMIN.
GAME ROOM LARGE EVENT
STORE COMPUTER LAB BARBERSHOP
BOWLING ALLEY
AVERAGE USE TIMELINE MORNING
AFTERNOON
NIGHT
FOOD COURT
LARGE EVENT
LOUNGES
STUDENT OFFICES
GAME ROOM
BOWLING ALLEY
SOCIAL
PUBLIC
ORGANIZATIONAL
ACADEMIC
PRIVATE
CONCEPT GENERATION
s.c.S.U. CAMPUS HAPPENS THROUGH THE STUDENT CENTER
s.c.S.U. CAMPUS HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT CENTER
MASTER PLAN PHASING phase 1: new student center / core design phase 2: reconfigure road / dukes gym addition phase 3: new admin bldgs / athletic gym phase 4: future academic bldgs / memorial
4 2
2
1
3 2 3
reconfigured campus loop - vehicular
new green space within campus core
contextual site lines for design
P
P
CONCEPT PARTI
CONCEPTUAL MODELS
FORM GENERATION
design & program overview
OFFICE CONF.
LARGE EVENT
AUD.
UPPER LEVEL [+1] STORE / STUDENT RETAIL
ATRIUM LOUNGE COMP. SOCIAL LAB LOUNGE
FOOD COURT
GROUND LEVEL [0]
GAME ROOM BOWLING ALLEY
BELOW LEVEL [-1]
DESIGN PROPOSAL
‘THROUGH’ RESPONDING TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE SITE AND SURROUNDING CONTEXT, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CURRENT STUDENT CENTER SITS IN THE EXACT MIDDLE OF CAMPUS. AS THE CAMPUS SURROUNDS THE SITE 360 DEGREES, ENDLESS CONNECTIONS ARE HAPPENING. WE ENVISION THE NEW STUDENT CENTER TO BE PERMEABLE AND ALLOW FOR ALL CAMPUS CONNECTIONS.
‘THROUGHOUT’ WHILE BRINGING MANY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SITE, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES PROGRAMMED SPACES THAT WILL ALIGN WITH A DIVERSE, SOMETIMES CONFLICTING PROGRAM. EACH SPACE WILL MAINTAIN ITS CHARACTER AND INDIVIDUALITY WHILE STILL BEING CONNECTED TO THE WHOLE.
S.C.S.U. CORE CAMPUS CAMPUS CONNECTIONS ARE FORMED THROUGH THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED STUDENT CENTER. AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT PLAZA TO THE EAST, THE TACTILE NATURE OF THE BRICK PAVERS ARE CONTINUED THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS THAT PERMEATE THE BUILDING’S COURTYARD. THE COURTYARD SEEKS TO CREATE A NUCLEUS FOR SITE ACTIVITY, BOTH OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS AND SHELTERED.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
NEED FOR CONNECTION
EQUALLY ADDRESS
TRANSPARENCY & HIERARCHY
CREATE SHARED SPACE: ELEVATE
BIND VERTICAL VOID
FINAL FORM REALIZATION
ROOF PLANE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT
FLOOR PLANE ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT GROUND PLANE
COURTYARD FACING WEST
STUDENT DINING [THE PITT]
STUDENT MEETING AREAS
WESTERN APPROACH
[N]
[E]
[W]
[S]
MATERIAL PALLET
DINING/LARGE EVENT SECTION
COURTYARD SECTION
LONGITUDINAL COURTYARD SECTION
STRUCTURAL MODEL
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STUDENT CENTER CLEMSON UNIVERSIT Y M.ARCH | COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO ARCH8920 | SPRING 2016 | DEVIN CARLSON - ANNA NGUYEN