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Studio Projects, Fall 2014 UF CityLab Orlando Prof. Frank M.Bosworth PhD. Home is a strong world A proposed facility for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Orlan do, Florida
G1 Fall 2014
Instructor Prof. Frank M.Bosworth PhD, AIA
Studio Critic Michael Pyatok FAIA
Editors Barbara Schuder Xingyun Jin (Kim)
Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Site Features Christopher Edmonston Celeste Henson Xingyun Jin (Kim) Jarrod Lopatka Schael Maisonet Roberto Ramosderosas Christopher Robles Carla Rosa Mark Sellers Barbara Schuder Ke Sun Amy Vandermeer Robert White Hao Wu
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Acknowledgements This project would not have been possible without the assistance of Brent Trotter, CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. The Studio thanks Professor Stephen Bender for his assistance throuout the semester, Professor Jason Alread, Director of the UF School of Architecture for his participation on the final jury, and Tim Baker, AIA for providing information about the new Men’s Facility.
The Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida serves over 4,300 men, women,and children annually with a mission to transform their lives by providing crucial services to end their crises of homelessness.
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Foreword Home is a strong word A proposed facility for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than a magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.” - Charles Dickens To be an architect of good conscience requires one to be situated in the narrative of the project’s user; a significant challenge for graduate students when the users are homeless individuals and families. This studio challenge was to propose a facility design that envisioned a place for living that enables a person without a home and little or no means, to have a complete life. The studio focused on the role of architecture in the making of emergency and transitional housing for homeless individuals and families. The project investigated place-making that serves the user, embraces the community, and embodies a civic vision. To begin to understand dimensions of this project, students investigated the language of affordable housing, both literally and as a design intention and developed relational criteria specific to the interplay of program and the public realm (civic space), city history, culture, ecological context, and more recent issues of tourism, economic development, and sustainability in the city of Orlando, Florida. How the architectural proposals emerged from this investigation are shown in the fourteen projects that follow. The proposed facility is located in the Parramore District on the west edge of the Central Business District, across I4, directly across West Central Boulevard from the New Orlando City Lions soccer stadium. It will replace the Coalitionâ•Žs existing family and administrative facility and contains a 200 car parking garage, and facilities for a total of 605 single women, women and children, and families; a child care facility, offices, dining, educational, treatment, and recreational spaces. The total gross floor area is approximately 200,000 sf. in addition to the new men’s facility. 6
Foreword Many thanks to Michael Pyatok FAIA the visiting critic for this studio, is insights and vast experience provided a rich and exciting studio environment. Frank M. Bosworth PhD, AIA December 18, 2014
Advanced Graduate Architectural Design 1 studio (G1) introduces students to the challenges and rigors of developing a philosophical position and research-based design process as the foundation for a career in architectural design and practice. Emphasis is on cultivating self-directed speculation, analytical thinking, and synthetic design exploration within the framework of an organized studio program. Students produce pre-schematic design phase architectural proposals for the studio project. Students are expected to develop their ideas philosophically, conceptually, and architecturally through critical thinking and architectural design. Students are encouraged to use this comprehensive course to germinate scholarship and personal perspectives that will be expanded in future studios and their Masters Research Project or Thesis.
�Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than a magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.� Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, p 35
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Foreword
Project Location The project is located in the Parramore District on the south side of the existing campus for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida on West Central Boulevard as shown on the image to the right. The major transport connection routes which surround this area are I4 (east), Orange Blossom Trail (west) and 408 (south). These traffic routes can also be seen as the limitations of this area, whereat I4 mainly operates mainly as a border between Parramore and the Downtown area. The site itself is located on West Central Boulevard, which can be seen as the main connection to Downtown Orlando. The property is further limited by Parramore Street on the west, Terry Street on the east and Ossie Street on the north side. In 2016 the new soccer stadium will be finished, which is planned to be on the opposite side of the site south from Central Boulevard. The stadium will have a capacity of 19,500 and a total height of almost 100 feet. It only will be two blocks away from the Amway Center as well as within walking distance of the Downtown district. 8
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Site Features
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“The Catalyst” is project derived from a direct need of the Paramore District and the City of Orlando, FL. The location is at the heart of a push to expand the downtown area and the push back of the black community to remain in its historic roots. Added to these factors, an expanding homeless population provides the need for a place that has the ablity to serve the needs of the rapidly changing community . This is where “The Catalyst” would come into play, creating a central location that provdides a place
for community services such as education, daycare and healthcare. It will serve the growing city through retail space at street level with dorms for the Orlando City Soccer Developmental teams above, overlooking the new soccer stadium across the street. Finally it will serve the homeless population of the city by providing shelter that is dignified and encourages the residence to push foward to improve their life and the life of their family.
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Above: Rendering of the primary facade, that will face the soccer stadium, showing how the skin of the building would communicate the change happening within. Below: A digital painting of how I saw the scocial forces colliding and the resulting inspiration for the catalyst
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Above: The first three floors of the five story building. The ground floor containing all the public functions creates place where the public and semi-public realms begin to meld. The next two floors show how the building function becomes increasingly focused on the temporary residents and their indavidual needs.
Above: An x-ray rendering of the building showing the simple steal frame and hollow core plank that allows for a form of modular construction that would reduce the construction time.
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Above: Rendering of the main hall where the roof system enforces the notion of change occuring within and creates and inviting environment. Right: A diagram illustrating how the public functions are concentrated to the entrance of the building and becomes increasingly focused on the residents as you move further in .
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Christopher Edmonston
Celeste Henson
The design intent was to bring the community together with the residents of the homeless coalition through interaction and awareness. This was done through engaging the community by utilizing roof top gardens and having farmers markets for the surrounding community. This not only helps the residents monetary wise but it also creates interaction with the community. 14
Programatically there were different types of spaces that where arranged in a way to create privacy for the residents while still making them feel part of a community.Throughout the site there are individual courtyards and open exterior spaces that allow residents to interact with each other. There were different groups of people within the community that needed more privacy. This was dealt
Progress Digital Model
Progress Digital Model
Initial Study Clay Model. View at the Corner of Parramore Ave. and Central Blvd.
Initial Study Clay Model. View at the Corner of Terry St. and Central Blvd.
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with by having individual buildings that housed the different groups of people and the link that connects all of them is through the courtyards and the open spaces. Site conditions also helped define the overall building complex. Through the site analysis elements that were investigated were light, sound and the surrounding urban context. On Central Boulevard there is a future stadium that played a role in defining the building on that side. Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Another important area is the corner of Central Boulevard and Parramore Avenue. In the project these areas were addressed by having the farmers market along Central Boulevard and defining the corner of Parramore Avenue and Central Boulevard with a Restaurant where some of the on site grown food would be used to help run the restaurant. Those areas are the main areas where the residents interact with the community. Celeste Henson
Parking Garage Transitional Housing (Men) Administration Single Women Dormitory Women and Children Public Spaces Family Center
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KEYED material assemblies 1) Steel Beam 2) 8”x 8” Steel Column Beyond 3) Steel Joists 4) 4”x4” Steel Tube 5) 2”x4” Steel Tube 6) 8” 16 GA 16” OC Metal Framing 7) 3 5/8” 20 GA 24” OC Metal Framing 8) Concrete Footings 9) Thickened Concrete Slab 10) Reinforced Concrete Slab 11) 1/2” Isolation Joint 12) 4” Concrete Slab Over 1 1/2” Metal Deck 13) Batt Insulation 14) 5/8” Densglass Sheathing 15) 4’x6’ Aluminium Cladding Panels 16) 1” Glazing 17) 5/8” Gypsum Board
Keyed Materials 1. Steel Beam 2. 8”x8” Steel Column Beyond 3. Steel Joists 4. 4”x4” Steel Tube 5. 2”x4” Steel Tube 6. 8” 16 GA Metal Framing @16” OC 7. 3 5/8” 20 GA Metal Framing @ 24” OC 8. Concrete Footings 9. Thickened Concrete Slab 10. Reinforced Concrete Slab 11. 1/2” Isolation Joint 12. 4” Concrete Slab Over 1 1/2” Metal Decking 13.Batt Insulation 14. 5/8” Densglass Sheathing 15. 4’x6’ Aluminum Cladding Planels 16. 1” Glazing 17. 5/8” Gypsum Board
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Xingyun Jin (Kim)
The design Intent is helping to develop homeless people and give them confidence to face the real society. The main two programs are making the shape of the building. Upon arrival into the coalition, the homeless will be boarded in the emergency housing, which is facing to the inside of the site, so that they can have more protection and security. For the second phase, occupants will be relocated into transitional housing once they have developed in their rehabilitation process. The transitional housing is facing toward the outside of the site. It is a way to helping the recovering homeless and to prepare them for facing 18
real society. The design creates a huge open space in the middle of the transitional and emergency housings by making the transitional housing offset toward the site in each floor. The open space is acting as a social space for the coalition’s occupants to gather and participate in different community activities. Structurally, the main facility has two systems. First, all the facilities use precast concrete units that stack up and offset on each floor. Second, the two Elevator towers support the highest points of the facility.
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Emergency Type1 445sqft (5 Units)
Transitional Type1 274sqft (25 Units)
Transitional Type2 441sqft (30 Units)
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Emergency Type2 412sqft (10 Units)
Transitional Type3 422sqft (38 Units)
Transitional Type4 218sqft (15 Units)
Emergency Type3 558sqft (4 Units)
Transitional Type5 593sqft (12 Units)
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Xingyun Jin (Kim)
Jarrod Lopatka Public Emergency Transitional Administration Childcare Retail
The Coalition for the Homeless promotes Hope through
program the occupants still need a direct connection to the
an Awakening of Self-Sufficiency and Spirituality with a
central spaces. As they graduate through the program, the
Communal neighborhood structure that is Transparent and
people are transitioned to housing that is pushed towards the
Safe. The heart of of the neighborhood becomes spiritually
site perimeter and reflects the idea that they are being re-
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integrated with society. Childcare is a seperate entity on the site
this public realm, people eat, learn, play, and take care of
and is placed for easy vehicular access from the surrounding
their business life. The emergency housing and administration
neighborhood. Retail spaces wrap the garage at the street
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Jarrod Lopatka
Schael O. Maisonet
The project was based on the idea of hierarchy. This concept is based on the fact that within the city there are locations were people meet and congregate. In this program there was difficulty combining a group of people in one location because of different necessities that each group needed. The site was formed on the same idea of hierarchical congregation were some locations are formed larger than others to create and form a family setting. When 28
entering the building I have a location where people from the street can sit and eat at the cafĂŠ and talk with people that are living in the coalition. When the person is inside the building I wanted people to decide where to go and branch out into their perspective places. The upper levels were designed to to look like a city with different levels where people can move freely and communicate as if they were in their own neighborhoods. In the back of the building I
VIEW OF FRONT ENTRANCE
have a place were people could feel secure when they are under the weather and feel comfortable. The location of the administration and the public spaces is on the first level of the building. This location is important because it is where the interaction between people begins. The second level is where people begin their treatment when they come into the program. The other levels are where people are going to live up to two years and they Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
have their own amenities in their own rooms and have more freedom when they come in or out of their rooms and location. The rest of the site is designed in such a way that the instructional facility is located where people that are living in the site and the people within the neighborhood can share it. This was important for the project since it will help to improve their education and the children will be well taken care of while being educated. Schael O. Maisonet
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Schael O. Maisonet
Roberto Ramosderosas
A proposed facility envisioning a place for living that enables a person of little or no means to have a complete life. The building shows innovation and is fully responsive to those who need a home, but above all, it embodies the principles of design excellence. The design is based on the idea of transition as the main generator for the development of the design concept. The concept began after a deep analysis of a series of factors affecting the site such 32
as; size, zoning, circulation, adjacent neighborhoods, important views from the surrounding areas toward the site, views from the site towards the outside, sensory issues and conditions, and the existing effects of illumination such as natural and artificial light. A second generator this transition concept was based on the analysis of homeless people and having a better understanding of the conditions that affect them.
INTERIOR SITE VIEW TOWARDS EAST
Understanding the constant transitions in different aspects of their lives also reinforce the concept. Continuing with the concept development, a series of physical models were created as a response to the forces affecting the site. All of the physical models combine site shape, zoning regulation, code requirements, researched precedents of similar facilities, along with the understanding of affordable housing and a well established design program, made possible a wellCoalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
developed and complete design solution for the homeless facility that serves its intended purpose with a sustainable, functional, and efficient design in terms of cost, circulation, and accessibility. Finally, the proposed facility will create a pleasant environment for homeless people breaking the barrier between the public and private while giving them back the hope and dignity they deserved as human beings. Roberto Ramosderosas
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Roberto Ramosderosas
Christopher Robles
The homeless for the coalition is a collaborated facility that incorporates four different groups, abused Single women, single men, abused women and children, and families. The primary goal is to assist the individuals who stay here and incorporate them back into society. This will be accomplished by establishing programs that would support these individuals overcome their problems and assist them adapting into society. With special 36
needs for these groups, each one must be separated from one another creating public, semi-public, Semi-private, and private spaces one another. By analyzing the content of the site, the impressions of the circulation paths, forms and blends the public and private spaces. The retail and restaurant on Central Blvd faces the future soccer stadium which creates great public gathering spaces and also activates the street.
PERSPECTIVE FROM CENTRAL BLVD
The pushing and pulling effect of the faรงade shows the constant struggle of how society and the homeless coexist. The homeless want to be integrated to a society that is generally not accepting.
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FOUTH LEVEL
VIEW FROM TERRY ST.
Christopher Robles
Carla Rosa
Home is a Strong World A New way to face homelessness The idea for this project is to create a new strategy to face the serious problem of homelessness .The architecture focuses on the well-being of the individual and facilitates a feeling of warmth and embrace that only a home can provide. The feeling of being embraced happens through the buildings that surround a large square that will provide opportunities for meeting other residents, rest, and recreation for them. Often rejected by the society, the homeless facility now gives something to the city in the form of a large square containing a social and cultural meeting space, a restaurant overlooking the city and 3,000 square feet of retail space. This new facility for the homeless is grounded in a new architectonic
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and social vision using the homeless facility as a space for bringing together residents of the city. The simple lines of the facilities’ architecture and the central feature of a large shaded square, not only brings shade and protection to the residents but it also connects and integrates the buildings comprising the campus. Depending on the location the actions of the canopy are different. In some locations it provides protection from the Florida sun while in others it provides light, fresh air and rain water for the gardens. The construction of the various components is different depending on it classification. The courtyard canopy is steel frame construction and the buildings have a solid concrete foundation and provide an open ground floor with concrete “pilotis� with wood frame construction for the floors above. The space between buildings is used to create spaces such as a playground,
View from internal shaded square
restaurant, and reception area. A large rectangular volume connects the buildings on the top floor and provides another social space. The complex has an “L� configuration, one of its legs contains the Family Facility that provides accommodation for 250 people, an auditorium, and the retail spaces facing the city where people who living in the complex may find jobs. The other leg has the Women and Children Facility and Single Women Facility that accommodates up to 200 people. In addition, this part of the complex , also contains the Transitional Housing, with 25 apartments for families working to return to their normal lives. A parking garage provides 250 parking spaces for residents and volunteers of the complex. To increase the security of the project, it provides only one access for residents and another access to the Day Care that will be used by the community. The Transitional Housing apartments have a separate entrance and also can
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access the building through the garage or from the square. This entrance point is controlled by security. The Sky Restaurant will be used by the community and provides jobs for those who live in the complex. An elevator connects the ground floor to the restaurant on the seventh floor that provides a spectacular view of the city and the new soccer stadium for the Orlando City Lions team.
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Carla Rosa
Mark Sellers
The design challenge for this project was to combine the new facilities onto the site alongside the current men’s facility. The programming challenge involved separation of private spaces from public spaces while incorporating a high level of security within each facility. This challenge led me to develop my concept of unity. It was decided that the uniting element should be a large green space oasis based on the benefits that green spaces provide within the urban environment. The environmental benefits include runoff prevention, heat island effect re44
duction, noise pollution reduction, improved heating and cooling costs and cleaner air for the inhabitants. Health benefits of green spaces go a long way in improving the mental health of individuals who suffer from depression, stress and anxiety. Studies have shown that by simply viewing green space for as little as five minutes can reduce stress levels significantly. For these reasons the site and facilities were designed in such a way as to maximize the amount of green space available for the residents to enjoy and benefit from it.
VIEW OF CENTRAL COURTYARD OASIS
With this grand oasis as a major component within the design, it was decided that it must have an effect on the surrounding architecture. Each of the individual program spaces were warped towards it with an attractive pull. The living facility towers located directly in front of the green space provides the residents a grand view of the oasis while allowing observers on the outside to view this paradise from the reflection produced by the angled glass.The facility can therefore share the beauty of the green space with the surrounding community. Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Homeless individuals often suffer from depression, stress and/or anxiety due to the unfortunate situations that they are forced to deal with. Often times these individuals may find the help they need in order to have a temporary place to live. However, the problems they face mentally and emotionally are often overlooked. This design proposal may potentially solve this problem by providing food, shelter and safety for the residents but also privide a real connection with nature and the health benefits that go along with it. Mark Sellers
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VIEW OF PRIMARY ENTRANCE
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Mark Sellers
Barbara Schuder Life’s a voyage that’s homeword bound. [Henry Melville]
Based on my analysis the main idea of this project is to design a place which provides a safe environment for its residents, offers places of communication, raises awareness towards the topic of homelessness and resists the push and pull factors coming from Downtown Orlando. Another idea is to create diverse areas of “communication”, where people meet, relax and enjoy nature in an enclosed and safe environment. Starting from the street (public) and 48
heading towards the inner yard (private) you penetrate the invisible boundaries between public, semi- public and private spaces. The inner yards are only for their residents and are therefore very privatewhile the most private outdoor spaces are the yards located on the roof of the garages. Due to the Push & Pull factors coming from Downtown, it was clear that there needs to be a threshold area, an area of refuge, for the Coalition’s residents - the inner yards.
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Barbara Schuder
Edward Sun(Ke Sun)
The design idea was based on previous research within this urban context which I define it as a city marginal space, the edge of developed and undeveloped urban, trying to answer some design questions: the parking issues both for users of this project and soccer stadium that is under construction; relationship between homeless community and urban expansion in this area; connection the landscape. The idea is a dominant shape diagonally con54
necting the landscape from the southwest to northeast, as an interior public space. Parking next to it as a separate box. By this 3 public spaces with different hierarchy are created, the other two are the one that designed as an urban park facing to Central Blvd. (open public space); the one on the other side which is separated by dominant shape (a private open space). Other function are fit in rotated boxes and above each other, creating intersected spaces.
Bird view Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Edward Sun(Ke Sun)
Structure system 3 Public Spces with Different Hierarchy
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Site Plan
East Elevation 1’’=100’
View from Central Boulevard
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South Elevation 1’’=100’
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Edward Sun(Ke Sun)
ELV 45’ Plan 1’’=100’
Tectonic design ELV 30’ Plan 1’’=100’
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Section B 1’’=100’
Section C 1’’=100’
Entrance view Key materials 1 wood deck floor (walkable roof surface) 2. thin metal deck 3. rigid insulation 4. structure metal deck 5. drainage gutter 6. thermal insulation 7. 48’’ depth open web steel truss joist 8. suspension steel rod (holding the floor structure) 9. acrylic stucco finish 10. angle steel 11. insulation 12. timber floor 13. urethane roof coating 14. 3WH-36Hi composite deck 15. railling/ double gass 16. APEX style 3 expanded aluinum mesh 17. steel frame column 18. diagonal bracing structure 19. steel column base 20. planted earth 21. drainage filter
View into public interior space
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Section D 1’’=100’
Edward Sun(Ke Sun)
Amy Vandermeer
In looking at the complex social interactions and complex issues addressed on this site, the dynamic nature of communications is conceptually highlighted. The complex nature of this program was organized into building and functional types. Addressing adjacencies and spatial requirements drove the organization of the site. The site is organized in a way that protects the residents on the south side where the new soccer stadium’s scale will be imposing and still allows a 60
View From Central - Front Entry
connection to the more residential scale of the north region. The public functions of the program are located at the ground floor and are the heart of interactions between the residents and volunteers. The perforated metal panels of the front façade designate circulation and are used as way finding through the site as well as adding shade along the south and west facing façades.
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Site Plan
View from Family Housing
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Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Amy Vandermeer
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View from Terry Street
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Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Amy Vandermeer
Robert White Home is a strong word... ...the embrace of community
With the sprawl of Downtown Orlando pushing through the Parramore district, there is the unfortunate circumstance of an ever-growing homeless population that will be in need of shelter and rehabilitation. Sadly this issue is not going anywhere anytime soon. Therefore it is necessary to embrace the rehabilitation of people who have found themselves in these ominous conditions. The idea of community within a growing city, and the education of the public of these is64
sues within society, creates embrace of the foundations that lead to the design concept of a sanctuary for the voluntary shelter, security, and rehabilitation for homeless people in Downtown Orlando. Researching site conditions, including outside forces, lead to several ideas to solidify this idea of the embrace of this unfortunate social issue. Keeping the living spaces secure is a major issue, so a central atrium was
MAIN ENTRY VIEW
utilized to monitor access to the different living quarters by creating separate lobbies to check guests. The idea is to create a secure facility while allowing the occupants to move freely without the feeling of incarceration. Outside spaces are divided by the central atrium from a general public courtyard with retail space to the inside of the site where residents have their own private courtyards free from the scrutiny of the general public. Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
The materiality of the building lends to the concept of embrace by utilizing steel construction combined with the use of precast concrete panels create the solidity of safety and security for the occupants. The delicacy of the overhead lattice system creates shade, a lightness to the building, and adds the functionality of solar panels, all while creating a more enjoyable environment for the homeless population and their rehabilitation. Robert White
NORTHEAST VIEW
SECTION STUDY DIAGRAMS
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PARTI DIAGRAM PROCESS SITE PLAN
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
FLOOR PLATE DIAGRAM
EXPLODED STRUCTURE+SKIN DIAGRAM
BUILDING SKIN
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
WALL SECTION PERSPECTIVE
Robert White
GROUND FLOOR PLANS
WEST TO EAST SECTION
SOUTH ELEVATION
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SECOND FLOOR PLANS
THIRD FLOOR PLANS
FORTH FLOOR PLANS
FIFTH FLOOR PLANS
SIXTH FLOOR PLANS
SOUTH TO NORTH SECTION
NORTH ELEVATION
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Robert White
Hao Wu
The new campus for the Coalition of Homeless will include a new women and children facility, a new family facility and new public spaces. According to the complexity of program and high security requirements of each facility, the idea is to divide the whole exterior spaces into different hierarchies. The main public courtyard is directly connected to the entrance hall and acts as a control core which links to the individual reception of each facility. Most public 70
SITE PLAN
functions which contains community rooms and wellness center compose the second floor to provide shaded area for the courtyard underneath. The transitional housing and emergency dorm of each facility enclose a private courtyard which acts as an secure activity space without disturbing from other facilities. Due to the highly organized shared spaces, the individual living units can be adequately compact without decreasing the living experience.
Aerial View
All these efforts help to keep the scale of this institutional building similar to the residential scale. On the facade, the sliding glass wall is used to be the sun-shading system. These frost glasses can be adjusted to prevent the light from different direction. The glass wall is also a tool to control the balance between the transparency and privacy. Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Admin Public Space Transitional Housing for Women Emergency Dorm for Women Transitional Housing for Family Emergency Dorm for Family
Hao Wu
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1 Entrance Hall 2 Public Courtyard 3 Reception 4 Daycare 5 Private Courtyard
6 Roof Garden 7 Dining 8 Kitchen
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THIRD FLOOR PLAN
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
PUBLIC COURTYARD VIEWS
SITE SECTION
BUILDING SECTION Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
Hao Wu
SOUTHEAST VIEW
SOUTH ELEVATION
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EAST ELEVATION
KEYED material assemblies
WALL SECTION Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
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Rigid Foam Insulation Cip End Cab Precast Concrete Plank Rainscreen Steel Panel System Stc Steel Stud Wall Sliding Door Sliding Glass Wall Concrete Screed Steel Frame
Hao Wu
G1 Fall 2014