Vertical Hall by Clemson School of Architecture

VERTICAL HALL CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE HARLAN MCCLURE AWARD FINALIST - 2018 PROJECT TEAM: CHELSEA ANDERSON and ATIKA JAIN

PRECEDENT: Student Housing, CF Moeller COMMUNAL LIVING • Apartments are arranged to the outside with balconies • Common space in the center with kitchen and living area • Central shared space still allows for balconies and views outside

SHARED AMENITIES • • • • •

Rooftop terrace for gathering, with an indoor party room. Fitness center Dining hall Meeting areas Study areas

Project STATEMENT

To align with the aim for Clemson University to become a top research university Vertical Hall targets to provide the architecture that can support that future identity. The project sits right at the midst of downtown joining connections to the existing and growing campus. The downtown location serves to add density to a growing downtown and allow the ability to walk and bike, with less reliance on the car. This strategy promotes a connected community within the university where the public and university can share ideas; pivotal in research. The aim is to promote a new way of living, working by serving the graduate student population as well as the community. The program is inspired by the now demolished Clemson house, looking at the mix of living arrangements and amenities. The program for the future forms around an idea of communal living and working, with small room sizes that pour into communal spaces for study, cooking, eating and gathering. Amenities that serve the university as well as the public serve as social mixers to foster a healthy research environment and diverse population. Vertical Hall transpires to be net zero building reaching the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2030. The strategy is to first reduce energy with passive systems, add active systems to reach net zero, and push into positive territory by adding electricity to the grid and offsetting carbon through storage in the Mass Timber structure.

DEMOGRAPHICS: The â&#x20AC;&#x153;otherâ&#x20AC;? housing needs

Continuing Student Transfer Student Graduate Student Family Student International Student Education Abroad Student Summer Sessions Research Student Winter & Spring Applicants Faculty Visiting Scholar Lecturerers

PRECEDENT: Clemson House

SHARED AMENITIES Conference Center/Ballroom, Barbershop, Free Laundry, Workout Room, Dining Hall, student operated Restaurant (Sabre Room) and Tavern (Tiger Tavern).

PROGRAM • • • •

Hotel Student Housing (1,2 & 3 people) 6 fully furnished rooms 3-br penthouse Sabre Room

“Smartest” Hotel in the state when built in 1950

Lobby

Sabre Room

Tiger Tavern

PRECEDENT: University of Iowa Campus, Iowa City, IA

Old Capitol - “Old Landmark”

30,000

students

1/3

graduate students totaling, 9,000

74,398

Iowa City, IA population

Downtown , pedestrian mall “Pedmall”

Vetro Tower “New Landmark”

PRECEDENT: Vetro Tower

Residences Short-term housing Hotel Banquet Hall with outdoor terrace Boutique Grocery Spa Yoga Studio Restaurant

PROGRAM: Common Spaces

Roof Terrace/Sky Lounge

Cafe

Shared Kitchen/Dining

Meeting/Study Area

Workout

Bike Storage

SITE: Existing Conditions

2 2 2

Proposed Site 2

Student Housing (Private Development)

Existing Visitors Center Clemson University Property Line

SITE: Photos of Existing Conditions STUDENT HOUSING - PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT

EARLE STREET

STUDENT HOUSING - PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

SITE: Proposal

2 2 2

Student Housing (Private Development)

New Visitor Center

Douthit Hills, Student Housing

New School of Business

Future Academic Development/

Future Academic Development

3 EXI

Clemson University Property Line T D AN

IEL

Active Zones

Framework Plan: Pedestrian Zone Framework Plan: Vehicle Zone

Parking

How can architecture support the GOAL for Clemson to become a top research University?

CONCEPT: Surrounding Context

TILLMAN HALL TILLMAN HALL

BOWMAN FIELD

NEW BOWMAN FIELD

BOWMAN FIELD

BUILD ON A GOOD THING RECOGNIZE YOUR STRENGTHS Building on its strengths, Bowman Field and Tillman Hall serve as a central gathering space for students to gather. With the new School of Business coming soon across the street, the University will be looking for ways to build on this positive feature.

The University has plans to extend Bowman Field to the North towards the new School of Business and extension of the core academic campus. The proposal is to frame the new park extension with a tall building, like Tillman Hall offers for the

NEW TOWER

CONCEPT

DOWNTOWN

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

TILLMAN HALL

MAKE CONNECTIONS Pedestrian traffic heads up the new Bowman Field for new academic buildings and public development continues to the East of the downtown. The proposed site is the intersection of public and university pedestrian traffic.

CONCEPT

UNIVERSITY/PUBLIC

PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOP

PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

At this intersection where the public and the University meet it is a prime opportunity for both populations to collaborate. As a land-grant University, Clemson has a duty to give back to the community through its research.

CONCEPT

ENGAGE FOLLOWERS

SHARE KNOWLEDGE

WELCOME ALL TO THE CONVERSATION

Inclusive balconies allow students to feel connected.

Many outdoor spaces allow opportunities to engage with the student population and public and exchange ideas.

Why is going VERTICAL the solution?

Student Housing Social Fitness Grocery Research Hub Parking Park Space

Nearby Student Housing

DENSITY PROMOTES A CAMPUS COMMUNITY The tower concept encourages density by promoting walkabity, bikability and less reliance on a car for transportation while preserving Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural beauty.

PROMOTES A FLOOR COMMUNITY

PROMOTES A VERTICAL COMMUNITY

Units are clustered into three groups, each wiith study space and on each floor is clustered into one large floor that shares a kitchen, dining, living areas.

The clustered floors stack with every four floors clustered to share a large outdoor terrace. This encourages movement between floors via the stairwells.

The tower concept takes advantage of Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural beauty

1 Mountain Views 2 Natural Ravine 3 Tillman Hall

4 Memorial Stadium 5 Lake Hartwell Views 2

CONTEXT: Tower and Plinth relationship to context

TOWER IN CONTEXT

PLINTH IN CONTEXT

Mountain View

Other Buildings

Lake View

Quiet Public Zone

Pedestrian Activity SHADE WESTERN SUN

Campus View

How does VERTICAL living work?

the PLINTH

SITE PLAN level 0

Elevator Lobby

Fire Command Center

Cafe/Lounge

EAR

5 5

Conference Center

Meeting Room

Kitchen

5 4

6 2

N 3

DAN

N. PALMETTO BLVD

IEL

DRI

STR

EET

STORAGE level -1

Bike Storage

Fitness Center

Group Fitness Room

Laundry Room

Pump Room

Fan Room

Breaker Room

N 6

MEZZANINE level -2

Lobby

Parking Level 2

GROCERY level -3

Grocery Store

Break Room

Loading Area/Storage

Parking Level 1

N 2

4 3

the TOWER

PARTI: Typical Student Housing Typologies

Double Loaded Corri-

Single Loaded Corridor

Multi-story Entry

Classic Tower

PARTI: Tower

COMMON AREAS

VIEWS

Shared Living, Kitchen, Dining and Study Areas

Views to Memorial Stadium, Tillman Hall, and Mountains

BALCONIES

ROOMS

Rooms and Common Areas have balconies

Rooms are clustered into three smaller scale units

floor plan UNIT TYPES

STUDIO 300 SF 25 units

ACCESSIBLE 400 SF 25 units

1 BR 400 SF 75 units

ACCESSIBLE 1BR 500 SF

1 BR - COUPLE 800 SF 8 units

137 HOUSING UNITS

SHORT-TERM

LONG-TERM

typical RESIDENTIAL levels 1, 2, 5, 6

Communal Kitchen

Communal Dining

Communal Living

typical TERRACE levels 3, 4, 7

Communal Kitchen/Dining

Communal Living

typical ROOFTOP levels, 8, 11

Lounge/Study Area

PROGRAM: Total Studio 25 Units

1 BR 75 Units

Accessible 29 Units

1 BR Couple 8 Units

Shared Living/Kitchen/Study 14 Levels

Roof Terrace 3 Levels

Bike Storage 3600 SF

Grocery 8600 SF

137 Housing Units

Gym 2800 SF

Lobby 1365 SF

Laundry 1500 SF

Lobby Cafe 3800 SF

Research Hub 3200 SF

Approximate Total Area = 189,000 SF

What does VERTICAL living look like?

Main Campus / Tillman Hall

Bowman Field / Highway 93 / Downtown Development

New Bowman Field / Business School

Earle Street

Douthit Hills Student Housing

What does the future of VERTICAL living look like?

net REDUCTION PERMABILITY + PARKING 200 spaces of off-street & garage parking proposed with 50% permeable site surfaces. Compared to framework plan with proposed 230 spaces and 5% site permeablility

SITE UTILIZATION Optimal solar orientation Tap into existing local infrastructure of sewer, roads, internet and cable

net REDUCTION

NATURAL VENTILLATION

SHADING

INSULATION

Stack effect ventillation strategy used in the lightwells Natural daylight added through floor clusters Cross-ventillation in all private rooms

Deep balconies, vertical louvers and green walls provide shading The form maximizes mutual shading through the clustered formation

Green roofs provided added insulation and reduce heat-island effect, whild also gathering storm water runoff for greywater usage. Green terrace area: 13,000 SF Annual rainfall in Clemson, SC: 472 inches Total rainwater collection potential: 44,105 gallons Equal to 27,565 toilet flushes

PASSIVE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION All systems work together to passively support less energy usage in the building, which is the start to any building reaching net zero.

net ZERO

LED

GEOTHERMAL

PV + SOLAR COLLECTORS ALIGN PLUMBING

SOLAR ORIENTATION

DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS

MECHANICAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP

PHOTOVOLTIACS + SOLAR COLLECTORS

ACTIVE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

All plumbing is stacked to provide efficient use of plumbing systems, and ductwork through vertical shafts. The vertical shafts also allow for trash and recycle collection as well as compost that is accumulated at the plinth level.

250 Ton system with 25 wells at 400’ (200’ of well per ton)

Photovoltiacs are mounted on the roofs as well as the vertical louvers. The solar collectors are roof-mounted to the building as well as the parking garage.

All active systems in combination with the passive systems help the building reach net zero status.

net POSITIVE

CLT PANELS | FLOORS

CLT WALLS | WALLS

GLULAM BEAMS + COLUMNS

CARBON BENEFIT

5 layer 2x6 Average panel size: 10’ x 25’ 2x6 Linear feet in each panel: 7,500 LF Number of panels per cluster: 18 Total linear feet of panels: 4,050,000 LF

3 layer 2x6 Average running length per cluster: 370 2x6 Linear feet per cluster: 66,600 LF Total number of cluster modules in tower: 30 Total linear feet of panels: 19,980,000 LF

Beams: 5 1/2” x 18” Columns: 5 1/2” x 18” Average length per cluster: 315 FT Volume of Glulam Beams per cluster : 332,640 cubic feet Volume of Glulam Beams in closed terraces : 340,000 cubic feet Total volume of Glulam Beams: 10,311,840 cubic feet

Volume of wood used : 12,865,296 cubic feet 319,016 Metric tons of carbon stored in wood Total Potential Carbon Benefit of 456,622 Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent to 96,537 cars off the road for a year Energy to operate 48,218 homes per year

the STRUCTURE

STRUCTURAL SECTION: Load Tracing

STRUCTURAL PLAN: Typical Residential Level 13

6' -

8' -

11 10

10' 6' -

3' -

BALCONY*

0 10'-

10'-

10'

6" 6"

8" 19' -

13' -

10' -

20'-

9" 11' -

10'-

STAIR 1 B1

8' -

10'-

10' -

/16"

1 5'-1

10'-

M 5' -

0" 5' -

G B2

-5

10'-

-0

-3

" '-6

23'-

21'-

ELEVATOR SHAFT

13'-6"

STAIR 2

6'-9"

10'-0"

19 -0

" "

20 8'

-9

10'-0"

-4

'-6

8'-9"

STAIR 3

22 6'

-9

5' - 5"

W 2

6'-4"

5' - 0"

10' - 0"

3'-0"

8' - 3"

U T

S R

23 24

11' - 9"

19' - 8"

STRUCTURAL PLAN: Typical Terrace Level 13

6'-4

8'-9

11 10

3'-0"

" 0'-0

BALCONY*

'-0"

10 " 6'-9

8" 19'-

13'-

B1 B1

" 11'-9

8'-3

10'-

M 5'-0

5'-

5'-5"

'-0

5'-

B2 B2

8'-

" '-6

23'-

'-9

21'-

13'-6"

'-8

18 6'-9"

10'-0"

3'-

0" 6'-

20 10'-0"

8'-

'-0

'-6

8'-9"

'-0

22 6'

-9

3 2

5'-5"

W '-6

6'-4"

5'-0"

10'-0"

3'-0"

8'-3"

11'-9"

U T

19'-8"

S R

23 24

STRUCTURAL PLAN: Storage/Mechanical Level 13

6'-4

12 11 10

3'-0"

8'-9

" 0'-0

1 '-0"

6'-9 6"

19'-

13'-

11'-

8'-3"

10'-

M 5'-0

5'-5

5'0"

'-0

5'-

3" 8'-

23'-

'-9

21'-

13'-6"

'-8

6'-9"

10'-0"

19 3'-

6'-

'-0

8'-9"

'-0

22 3

6'-

5'-5"

W 2

'-6

6'-4"

10'-0"

5'-0"

10'-0"

3'-0"

8'-

U T

S R

23 24

11'-9" 19'-8"

STRUCTURAL PLAN: Parking Level 2 A

13'-6"

6'-9"

18 9

10'-0"

8'-9"

3'-0"

6'-4"

23 24

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAMS

Load Bearing Walls and Floor Slabs

Columns and Beams

Compiled Structural Frame

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM: Load Tracing Axonometric

Typical CLT Panel, 10’-0” width CLT Panels 5-layer, 7” thick

Glulam Beams 3-layer, 18” depth

Glulam Beams 3-layer, 12” depth

CLT Walls 3-layer, 4” thick

Glulam Beams 3-layer, 12” depth

Glulam Cross Bracing 3-layer, 4” depth Glulam Columns 12” x 24”

the MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

MECHANICAL SYSTEM PLAN: Typical Residential Level

VAV

Zone 1 VAV

VAV

VA V

Zone 4

VA V

VAV

VAV VAV

Zone 2 Zone 3

VA V

VAV VAV

VA V VA V

VAV

Supply Air

Exhaust

VAV

Return Air

VA V

MECHANICAL SYSTEM PLAN: Lobby Level

VAV

Zone 1

VA V

Zone 4

Zone 2

Supply Air Return Air Exhaust

MECHANICAL SYSTEM PLAN: Storage/Mechanical Level

Zone 1 VAV

Zone 4 OM

P RO

PUM IN

TA K

VA V

EXHAUST

FAN

FAN 2 FAN 3

Zone 2 FAN 1

Supply Air Return Air Exhaust

EXHAU

SWITCH

GEAR R

OOM

MECHANICAL SYSTEM PLAN: Grocery Level

Zone 1

VAV

Zone 4 VAV

Supply Air Return Air Exhaust

MECHANICAL SYSTEM DIAGRAM: Axonometic

VAV

Zone 1 VAV

VAV

VA V

VAV

VAV VAV

Zone 2

Zone 4

Zone 3

VAV

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP

VAV VAV

VAV

126 wells at 420â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Typical Residential Level

VAV

Zone 1

ELECTRIC SUPPLY Zone 4

VA V

Grid power from Duke Energy Photovoltaic Panels on tower roof and park canopies Zone 2

Lobby (Ground) Level

VAV SYSTEM Zone 1 VAV

Zone 4 OM

P RO

PUM

INTA

VA V

EXHAUST

FAN

FAN 2

EXHAUST

170,000 CFM Fresh Air Louvers: 500 SF Exhaust Air Louvers: 300 SF Area of Main Supply: 2.5 SF Area of Branch Supply: 4.5 SF Area of Fan Room: 4,500 SF

FAN 3

Zone 2 FAN 1

SWITCHGEA

R ROOM

Storage/Mechanical Level

ADVANTAGES OF VAV Zone 1

VAV

Supply Air Return Air Exhaust

Zone 4 VAV

Grocery Level

High degree of temperature control at moderate cost Economical to operate and self-balancing

MECHANICAL SYSTEM DIAGRAM: Building Systems

ELEVATOR SERVICE Roof access to elevator service floor

RAINWATER HARVESTING Stormwater collected at roof levels and stored in underground cisterns for greywater

RECYLING/WASTE REMOVAL Recycle/waste removal through central core and collected at service entrance at ground

PLUMBING SHAFTS Pips and vents follow shafts within residential clusters from roof to the mechanical level

MECHANICAL LEVEL Fan Units, Pump Room, Switchgear Room, Exhaust & Intake Louvers

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP 126 wells at 420â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Elevation EXTERIOR

Section 1 EXTERIOR

Section 2 INTERIOR

KEY PLAN 3

Section 3 GARAGE

the MODELS

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