Architecture Portfolio Vol. 1 Issue 2

use & nagement

single resident occupancy cleveland, ohio

context brief

With a strong industrial past, Cleveland remains a king of the ‘rust belt’ cities. The areas outside downtown contain beautiful, yet somber scenes of erosion and decay.

The photos to the right document the site in Cleveland, as well as the surrounding context. Most striking are the relationships to the bridges; in the metropolitan area alone, Cleveland has almost twenty steel bridges. Harsh juxtaposition of industrial steel trussing and brick residences create a surreal environment, as though taken out of a scene from War of the Worlds.

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site analysis

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The site, located on the west side of Cleveland, just off the Detroit Shoreway, was a small lot, smashed in between brand new, upper-level apartments, and old industrial and warehouse facilities.

site context

views to downtown

Though not in the best of areas, the site offered impressive views of downtown, the lake front, picturesque shots of Cleveland bridges, and the Cuyahoga River. However, located near the site was a church, and homeless aid facility.

Because of these harsh clashes of nature and steel, residential and community, the project was oriented around a dueling set of parameters, forced into cohabitation on the site.

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river views

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conceptual process

The program of the project dealt with creating two very distinct elements, but in a live-work condition; single resident occupancy housing, and a farmers market.

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In analyzing the two programs, it became apparent that they had two very different spacial characteristics; the SRO units were very compartmentalized, while the farmers market was out of necessity very plainer. In developing the two entities, the housing was treated as a trussed armature, mirroring the neighboring bridges, while the farmers market was treated as a surface.

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The interaction between the two became very important as they were forced onto the site. As the units joined, the surface of the market space was allowed to transition in, around, and through the armature of the housing.

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Containment shells are stacked and multiplied

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condition A condition B

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project brief

Two cores of vertical circulation were created; one connecting the housing system with the market, and one for SRO access only

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The elements of program were placed within there respective containers, and circulation was created, following the transition points of armature to surface, and vice versa.

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market circulation

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framework

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structural supports

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