Program by C Corey Dockman

creative outreach Art Center on

Lancaster Avenue

C Corey Dockman

Table of Contents Identify the Problem Introduction Goal

Gather Data

Case Study Behavioral Study Code Information

Analyze Information

Site Criteria

Propose Solution

Space Program Conceptual Design

Appendix

Case Study Floor plans Behavioral Study Diagrams Work Citied

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11 16 20

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38 42 44

identify 5

Introduction

Bottom left: Mural of MLK Jr at 40th and Lancaster Ave. Bottom Right: Lancaster Ave. during Dr. King’s Freedom Now Speech.

The chosen section of West Philadelphia, including West Powelton, Mantua, Belmont, and Saunders Park, has completely transformed over the past 60 years. This area was once a thriving gateway to the west via the first longdistance and paved road in the United States, Lancaster Avenue. The metropolis was diverse in race, age, education, and income. Now, a large section of the area has fallen decrepit or vacated. In 1960, at the height of the area’s population, almost 70,000 people lived in the area at close to a 50/50 split between races. Now, the area has lost many of its residents and hovers at around 18,000 with a 90/10 split in diversity; a majority of the residents are African-American. Nearly 30% of the residents have achieved less than a high school diploma, 9% higher than the Philadelphia average. 40% of residents are below the poverty line and have 51% less median income than other Philadelphians.

The chosen site is located at the intersection of 40th Street, Lancaster Avenue, and Haverford Ave. In 1965, the intersection was the site of a famous Martin Luther King Jr. speech, “Freedom Now”, which asked African Americans to stand up for equality. At the time, almost all of the white people had left the area, which made it a very strong African American center and rallying point for civil rights. Over 10,000 people crowded in the streets to hear the speech. Now, the site is barren with vacated buildings, open unmaintained lots, and underutilized historic buildings. There is congestion at the intersection where the small triangle creates three traffic lights in sixty feet. A mural is placed over a parking lot and a bust of MLK resides in the triangle, but without further information, the historic importance of the site is easily missed. Adjacencies to the selected site are the major university influence from the southeast and the start of a neighbor-

hood commercial corridor to the north. The corridor has a vibrant street life but vacant, dilapidated storefronts leave the university life out of reach. There is a strong local artist collection of shops, training centers, and galleries. LA21 is a foundation that promotes local artists and holds an event along Lancaster Avenue every second Friday, displaying work in shops along Lancaster Ave. Solutions for the social issues in the community, in relation to the specified site, were discovered through a systematic work process. The existing space was studied and analyzed. Strategies were created to correct the needs and issues established from the initial analysis of the site, then programmed in spaces to fill in the new buildings. The observations and planning was done during the early stages of the West Philadelphia Master Plan created with a team during 5th year studio in 2012-13 The curriculum is based on the University of the Arts on

Broad Street in Philadelphia and would create a local west branch to the college. The goal is to house all of the university needs in a single building with 2 other supplemental buildings close to it. The building will serve as a University by day, but to keep the building fully occupied, I propose that an after school program, as well as an adult night class program, is also included. Both of these programs are aimed at helping the community. The youth program will give students a way of working with art that is sadly being removed from most public schools due to a lack of funding. These programs provide tutoring and an escape from harmful influences. The adult classes are aimed at getting the community back into the workforce. The center will already have the capability to create web developers and graphic artists. This will help the statistically poor and uneducated population in the neighborhood to have the training to find jobs along Market Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Avenue of Technologies in the Science Center, among other positions.

Goal

To centralize the communities rich art culture into a university that helps create and feature new and existing artists in all mediums and ages, into a new city block art center.

Masterplan

created during

5th year studio in 2012-2013 with team

members emory, morningstar, barzyenski,

cramer, rum-

berg, scheeler, and dockman.

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Kimball Art Center Competition, Park City, Utah Appendix: Work Cited

A few miles outside of Salt Lake City, Utah is the town of Park City. At the heart of the cities historic and vibrant art community sits an existing non profit community center that features the visual arts. The center is named after Bill Kimball, an art enthusiast who orchestrated and transformed his families property into the Kimball Art Center and School. Kimballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive civic service included being a board member for the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Symphony and the American Conservatory Theater. The competition is to restore the once automotive garage that acts as the center and place an addition that will tie the center to Main Street. This center will allow the organization to increase their educational outreach and

enhance the quality and scale of the exhibitions, while maintaining free admission to the public. I will focus on 3 proposals from the competition submitted by BIG Architects, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects, Sparano and Mooney Architecture, and parts of Brooks and Scarpa. All of these proposals have the same basic program requirements. The most important are the administrative, adult/children studios, welding/smithing/glass studio, digital studio, photography labs, classrooms, ceramic studio with kiln and wet room, cafe, gift shop, outdoor space, and galleries.

Sparano and Mooney Case Study Starting with the sites local firm, Sparano and Mooney, They created a center that can transform and adapt as needed. Working their education/ studios into the lower levels and layering galleries and lobbies above. They work the public spaces throughout the building vertically, starting with the entry plaza, cafe, lobby and ends with a rooftop deck. The patron works through different galleries along the way up the core of the building. Students access the building off Main St. and the buildings studios are placed around the buildings core in the corners. The adult/children studio spaces have the ability to become a single larger space that has direct access to the street as well as restrooms and the digital lab. These spaces can be blocked off from the rest of the building at the ramp that con-

nects the community spaces with the student studio spaces. The studios are basic mirrored spaces of each other with smaller programed rooms subdividing them. The main level is all about the galleries and public interaction. Providing space for income via the gift shop and cafe, as well as a catering kitchen for large events. Programming in the business pieces are set in between the administrative wing, located in the existing structure, and galleries off of Main St. A small plaza is placed on the connecting street between Main and Park Ave. and all entrances are based off that street. The overall plans are very neat and place each component in a very logical position based off needed adjacencies. They practically cut the building into thirds and use the center piece as a buffer between public and private. Below the surface, the school is placed out of immediate interaction with the galleries above, making the building disconnected in the equal functions of an art center and school.

Appendix: Work Cited and Sparano and Mooney Proposal

Image: Sparano and Mooney design for

competition.

BIG Case Study

Appendix: Work Cited and BIG Proposal

Image: BIG design for

competition.

The winner of the competition was BIG. They used both historic relevance to the site and modern technology to propose the 80 ft. center. A previous landmark of the coal mining town was just south of the new art center site and burnt down in the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. BIG used the same scale building to create his version of the art center. Standing a great deal higher than the rest of the competition, BIG uses wood timbers to create a modern log cabin that will house the galleries. The existing structure will hold all the educational and exhibit support functions. The adult and children is tied into the rest of the studio spaces and can not be gated off if need be based on plans. However the education aspect is on the ground floor instead of below grade and helps connect the two aspects of the

building. Going up the twisting tower, two galleries are located at the top and bottom, and in mid twist, the restaurant and administration. The building also hosts two rooftop decks and panoramic views of the landscape.

Tod Williams and Billy Tsien Case Study The other competitor was Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Their modest building separates the spaces into 4 levels separated by floors. The education at ground, admin on the second, and gallery on top. The bottom level supports the rest of the program. They feature an exterior space that houses a movie screen and interactive newsfeed. A lot of focus was made on the public life on the street. The street level floor plan is dominated by the educational aspect of the building. It also houses the cafe, gift shop, and restaurant. Patrons move up the core to the gallery level and use the materials and exterior video screen as a circulation coordinator.

needed for non profit organization center. The need for spaces like a restaurant and gift shop are crucial to keeping the space open at no cost to the patron. The educational aspect being connected to but separated from the public via different entrances or floor levels are a way of separating the program into neat boxes.

Appendix: Work Cited and Tod Williams and

Billie Tsien Proposal

Image: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien design for

competition.

These case studies give me a great feel of the size

Behavioral Study

The University City Arts League is an organization that promotes the education and cultural enrichment of the arts. Classes are setup, for all ages, throughout the year to teach students a variety of arts with focuses on drawing/painting, pottery, and dance. It is located on the 4200 block of Spruce St. in a row of old Victorian homes. Directly across the street is the primer elementary school, Penn

Alexander, which is supported by the University of Penn. Students enrolled in both Penn Alexander and UCAL typically spend in-service days and half days at the Arts League. The Arts League is a non-profit organization that embeds itself in the local community with exhibits and partnerships with other art driven organizations throughout the area of Spruce Hill.

The building is a 4 story attached townhouse with a basement. The program is separated by levels; basement holds the pottery studio, first level the administrative, reception, and exhibit space, second has a large multipurpose space and dance studio, third floor a small computer lab, art studio, and dance studio, and the fourth level has the two main art studios and small print screening studio.

Behavioral Study Appendix: Full Behavioral Study

Studio +7

Screening Studio Stairs Down Bathroom Teacher Closets

Studio -7

4th Level UCAL

The summer camp observation of the art studio session took place just before lunch. Students over the age of seven were placed in the southern art studio on the fourth floor and assigned to create a booklet. Inside the studio, two large work tables were separated by two 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tables pushed together to create the supply station. Also in the room, a small wash station with wet supplies lined the wall with windows, while a large art display wall, model of a castle, and trash bins took space along the opposite wall. Three teaching closets filled the north wall and fire escape and paint easels occupied the southern wall.

Questionnaire

Interview Questions Interview Questions

C Corey Dockman Questionnaire and Interviews 07/23/13

1) Is this organization dependent on the relationship with the Penn Alexander Elementary School in terms of enrollment or does the community embrace it as its own entity?

University City Arts League Youth Art Studio Background ! Organization Name and Representatives: Organization Name ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ____________________________________ Name of person ďŹ lling out the form ! ____________________________________ Date ! _____________________________________________________________ Email ! _____________________________________________________________

Please provide a brief description of the mission and activities of this organization

Primary Organizational Function

Questionnaire 1) On average, how many students are in a given work session? !

1-5!

6-10!

11-15! !

16-20! !

21-25! !

26-30!

2) What are the restrictions the organization faces when it comes to expanding to older age groups?

3) Does the current age group respond to the rooms exterior connection? Would more or less windows be an amenity for project daylighting or a distraction for the classroom? Is an exterior connection needed?

4) What advantages and disadvantages are there when dealing with the cliental in your current area?

2) Rank these art studio items 1-10 in terms of functionality: ! ie. Our wash station is perfect = 10 Our Work Space is crowded = 1 ! ! ! ! !

Work space! ! Wash station! ! Supply storage! ! Furniture Quality! Lighting Quality!!

____! ____! ____! ____! ____!

! ! ! ! !

Exterior Connection! Project Storage!! Seating Requirements! Accessibility/Safety! Exhibit Space! !

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

5) Would the school succeed if it were to expand its curriculum to include more arts in its current building/property?

3) Is the current arrangement of the art school: !

! !

Inadequate! !

10 Functional

4) What aspects of the studio space would you like to see improved? 5) What level do you ďŹ nd yourself spending the most amount of time? ! !

Basement -(Pottery)!

2nd - (Dance, Multi)!

Ground - (Admin,Exhibit)

3rd - (Dance,CPU,Art)! !

4th - (Art Studio)

Code Information

The current zoning for the site is split across the block. In order to move on with the project, a zoning variance or change must accure in order to allow the building use. Changing the zone from the RM-1 to the CMX-2 will give the site the needed clearance and building height required to fill the program.

Existing Zoning Chapter 14-600 Use Regulations Zone CMX-2 Neighborhood Commerical Mixed Use-2 No Overlay Day Care Center - Y Educational Facilities - Y Libraries and Cultural Exhibits - Y Artist Studios and Artisan Industrial - Y

Zone RM-1 Residential Multi-Fmaily-2 No Overlay Day Care Center - N Educational Facilities - N Libraries and Cultural Exhibits - N Artist Studios and Artisan Industrial - N

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Existing

The block between Lancaster Avenue, 40th Street, Haverford Avenue, Union Street, and Mount Vernon Street has been selected for Creative Outreach. The location currently houses a few poorly maintained row-homes, a small restaurant, a vacant bank, and a corner store. The intersection has a confusing and congested traffic pattern with three traffic lights and multiple one-way and two-

way street flows. Lancaster Avenue houses an important MLK Jr. mural over one vacant lot and the welcome to Belmont over the small garden. Building heights along Lancaster drop from three stories down to a single story at the intersection. The historic and beautiful Title and Trust building sits on the site with fronts on all three of the major streets.

Analysis

The triangle in the center of the intersection has no sense of space. The drop in building height accompanied with the amount of vacant lots creates a concrete ocean. The site is at the point where Drexel Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student reach ends and the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low cost commercial strip begins. To the north, the Girard Avenue trolley system links West Philadelphia a few blocks away from the Del-

aware River. To the south, Baltimore Avenue has become a spot of development and growth, which Lancaster Avenue would do well to mirror.

Strategy

The strategy for the area is to build up the intersection to create a more intimate space. That requires the demo and construction of a few key buildings and vacant lots will be transformed into new homes and galleries. Existing trolley tracks on 40th Street will be re-laid and give West Philadelphia the north and south connections that it desperately needs. The Title and Trust building will be reclaimed and

returned to its former glory with a few interior renovations to become part of Creative Outreach. The entire block the building will sit on will be fully demolished and its patrons will find new housing available in the other construction being done in the area.

Program

The site will now house Creative Outreach. The art center will house the university spaces. Spaces for dance, art, acting, sculpting, photography, music will be accommodated. In order to connect the school with the street and its patrons, the gallery and jazz cafe will be housed in the Title and Trust building and the MLK Jr. mural site. Both sites will bring area history and pride back to the community.

Lancaster Avenue will be built up with new shops and residents, while the triangle will be the art centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circulation focal point, bringing life and energy back to the site of the Martin Luther Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech.

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Activities

Space Description

# Users

SF/Occupant

# Rooms

Total

PUBLIC WING Performing Arts Theater Theater Lobby Blackbox Theater Gallery Space Catering Kitchen

600 300 100 125 5

30 20 30 15 40

18000 6000 3000 1875 200

1 1 1 1 1

18000 6000 3000 1875 200

300 100 2 1

20 40 70 300

6000 4000 140 300

1 1 10 1

6000 4000 1400 300

100 2

20 200

2000 400

1 1

2000 400

30 20 15 15 30 5

40 100 120 120 50 100

1200 2000 1800 1800 1500 500

4 1 1 1 1 3

4800 2000 1800 1800 1500 1500

SCHOOL WING School Atrium Library Teaching Offices Admin Offices MUSIC Large Band Studio Recording Studio ART Painting Studio Clay Studio Metal Studio Wood Studio Glass Studio Material Storage

Space Description DANCE Dance Studio Locker Rooms

# Users

SF/Occupant

# Rooms

Total

20 20

50 20

1000 400

3 3

3000 1200

75 10 5

15 15 30

1125 150 150

1 2 1

1125 300 150

375

1500

300

1800

5 2 1 1

75 300 10 25

375 600 10 25

4 1 4 1

1500 600 40 25

FILM Cinema Room Film Editing Film Storage GRAPHIC DESIGN Computer Lab COMMUNITY Classroom SUPPORT Water Closets Mechanical Room Maintenance Closets Server Room

Net Circulation

67815 0.3 20344.5

Total

88159.5

32 Admin Offices

Teaching Offices

Library

School Atrium

Catering Kitchen

Gallery Space

Blackbox Theater

Theather lobby

Performing Arts Theater

Size Comparision Public Space School Space Music Art Dance Film Graphic Design Community Support

Server Room

Maintenance Closet

Mechanical Room

Water Closets

Classroom

Computer Lab

Film Storage

Film Editing

Cinema Room

Locker Room

Dance Studio

Material Storage

Glass Studio

Wood Studio

Metal Studio

Clay Studio

Painting Studio

Recording Studio

Large Band Studio

Proposed

Creative Outreach will create a landmark along Lancaster Avenue. It will give the community excitement, pride, knowledge, and a future. Separating the program into multiple buildings will give the surrounding area a sense of vibrancy that is missing along the corridor by activating the streetscape with public art displays from the community. Galleries and theaters will enrich the diverse culture and new students and community members will come to the area for the attractions. This will initiate change and development in the area that has been abandoned and forgotten. Pulling money from Drexel students into the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s businesses will improve the quality of the area and encourage more development. Teaching the youths a creative outlet that is disappearing from their everyday teaching and promoting neighbors to strive for a better life will be a mission for the center that strives to be more itself. Creative Outreach is progress.

ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER IMPROVED HOUSING AND INFILL ON 40TH

RENOVATE TO PERFORMING ARTS THEATER

NEW LANCASTER FORUM PUBLIC ART DISPLAYED

GALLERY BUILDING

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Sparano and Mooney Proposal

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Proposal

BIG Proposal

Behavioral Study A - Drawing B - Teaching C - Looking at Phone D - Coloring E - Cutting F - Talking G - Napping H - Standing I - Crying J - In Trouble K - Supply Searching L - Helping Each Other M - Stapling Book/Stringing Book N - Playing O - Sharing Book or Supplies P - Working Together Q - Cleaning

Teachers - 2 Students - 15

A A A

A A

10:10 - 10:20am

4th Level UCAL

The students were already started the booklet when the observation took place. Students worked separately but talked amongst each other to create a very social atmosphere. During the ten minute span, students took multiple supplies from the centralized table and replaced items with each visit. Teachers circulated around the work tables and helped large clusters of students at a time. A single bathroom trip was needed and the area was kept clean with trash bins. The teaching aid left the room to find a photo of a map for a student to reference.

A - Drawing B - Teaching C - Looking at Phone D - Coloring E - Cutting F - Talking G - Napping H - Standing I - Crying J - In Trouble K - Supply Searching L - Helping Each Other M - Stapling Book/Stringing Book N - Playing O - Sharing Book or Supplies P - Working Together Q - Cleaning

The students were in full swing at this stage. The age appropriate teasing was dealt with outside of the classroom while the students continued their projects. Other students helped the teacher protect the furniture by cutting and placing long rolls of paper over them. The overall shape of the furniture was heavily used and all surfaces were made from durable materials. The room had two small windows for natural lighting but four overhead fluorescent lights illuminated the work surfaces.

Teachers - 2 Students - 15

D D

L L

A A

F A

10:20 - 10:30am

4th Level UCAL

Teachers - 2 Students - 15

N G

A A

M MM

H D

E H

10:30 - 10:40am

4th Level UCAL

Getting closer to the end of the session, one girl was close to completing her booklet and began binding her project with yarn. This stole most of the other young students attention and others started talking or playing on chairs. At this time, the teaching aid returned with the print out of the world map, but the students attention had been lost. This time was spent with a few students still working hard on their projects but others socializing.

The final moments before lunch, teachers started asking students to finish their projects and clean up the tables. Some of the students did as asked while others continued playing or shared projects amongst each other. Announcements were made about field trips during the week and kids were asked to wash hands for lunch. Kids were in constent movement around the room, anxious for their camp provided lunch. The classroom broke out and the teacher and aid stayed back to clean up.

Teachers - 2 Students - 15

D Q

O O

B F P

P F

10:40 - 10:50am/Clean Up

4th Level UCAL

Work Cited

Vinnitskaya, Irina. “Kimball Art Center / Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects” 16 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Jul 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/200109> Rosenfield, Karissa. “Kimball Art Center Shortlist” 10 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Jul 2013. <http:// www.archdaily.com/199037> Furuto, Alison. “Kimball Art Center / BIG” 03 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Jul 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/196160> Rosenfield, Karissa. “Kimball Art Center / Brooks + Scarpa Architects” 11 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Jul 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/199278> Vinnitskaya, Irina. “Kimball Art Center / Sparano + Mooney Architecture” 14 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Jul 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/199996>