CO-HOUSING VILLAGE
MEGAN CARRITHERS JENNIFER ORTEGA KASEY STERTZ
STEPHANIE STONE GREG TURNER
Th GROv The GRO Co-housing C h i Vill Village Northwest Lot: 6-Story (4 level—1.5 stories each) Greenhouse: •To sustain the needs of the Lawrence community: •Kitchen Classroom: educational workshops for the community, also used for The GROv overflow: 50 people •Market: Flexible space that converts into open market space seasonally •Loading: Loading: Needed for compost receiving •Support: Mechanical, Storage, Restrooms, Vertical Circulation (include freight elevator) Northeast N th tL Lot: t Co-Housing: C H i Dwellings/Commons: D lli /C •Create an edge (natural barrier) along the East border (alley) •Eastern p portion of site: serves as a fruit-tree orchard offering g seasonal nuts/fruit for The GROv Community y •Space for a year round market for the selling of goods produced inside and outside The GROv community •Open below, shelter on top (the “GROv”) •Northwest Northwest corner will serve as the Commons Area for The GROv Community •Living Room: 20 people: approx. 1000 S.F. •Kitchen/Dinning: g 20 people: approx. 1000 S.F. •Fitness: approx. 1000 S.F. •Kids Play: approx. 350 S.F. •Arts & Crafts: approx approx. 750 S S.F. F •Laundry: approx. 225 S.F. •Mechanical: approx. 450 S.F. •Guestrooms: approx. 450 S.F. each •Dwellings: Dwellings: 15 (up to 4th floor) •One Bedroom/Studio (9): approx. 600 S.F. •Two Bedroom (3): approx. 800 S.F. •Three Th b bedrooms d (3) (3): approx. 1200 S S.F. F Connection/Bridge between Northwest and Northeast Lots (circulation) “The GROv”: •To include rooftops and bridges; serves as a safe environment primarily exclusive to residents
PROGRAM
Parking: Use adjacent Parking Garage
MARKET:
TRADE COMMUNITY FRESH ORGANIC SUSTAINABILITY LOCAL CULTURE SHARING NATURE EXCHANGE FARMER ACTIVITY HEALTH
co-housing: shared ritual: food • foster community • communityy g garden • market: exchange of goods/culture • educational workshops • roof garden: promote health/wellness
*existing farmer’s markets: to be relocated to one site
CONCEPT
map from: http://www.lawrencefarmersmarket.com/
The Good Life Social Ecolog Ecology Plots maintained by members Generate local food economy
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Promotes healthy living Living close to nature
By: Working Architecture Group
B ildings Buildings Le Corbusier’s Corbusier s 5 Guiding Principles of Architecture: Pilotes Pilotes, Free Façade Façade, Free Plan Plan, Roof Garden Garden, Strip Windows
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Commons
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Market Space
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Gro e Fruit Grove: Fr it Orchard
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Seasons of flo flowers ers and fr fruit it
Diagram By: Stephanie Stone
flflowers bloom bl fruits
GROVE
“The GRO GROv””
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Specifications Intensive Green Roof: Deep soil Irrigation System More favorable conditions for plants High plant diversity Often accessible
“The The GROv GROv”
Greenho se Greenhouse
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Greenho se Kitchen Classroom Greenhouse:
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Possible Compost Donations 30 Restaurants (in green) 4 Parks
GREENHOUSE
Earl Diagrams Early
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Initial Site Plans
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Water flo Section Water-flow
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(in The Grove, looking to the covered Market)
S n Anal Sun Analysis sis
DIAGRAMS
Circ lation Circulation
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Public Pedestrian Circulation
Semi-Private Pedestrian Circulation
Vehicular Circulation
P blic vs. Public s Pri Private ate
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Public
Semi-Public
Private
Semi-Private
The GROv GRO & Greenhouse Greenho se 920 & 921 New Hampshire St St. Lawrence Lawrence, KS 66044
LOCATION
Neighborhood Relationships
The GROv Site Performing Arts Center Residential
LOCATION
Existing Urban Buildings
Site Plan
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Fruit Grove & Market Site Plan
The GROv Site Plan
The GROv GRO Floorplans
Greenhouse: 1st Floor
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Dwellings/Commons: 1st Floor
Dwellings/Commons: 2nd Floor
D ellings Floorplans Dwellings
Dwellings: 3rd Floor
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Dwellings: 4th Floor
Dwellings: 5th Floor
Renderings The GROv Renderings: GRO
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Renderings Fr Renderings: Fruit it Gro Grove e
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Renderings So Renderings: Southeast theast Vie View
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Renderings So Renderings: Southwest th est Vie View
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Renderings Interior Commons Renderings:
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Site Section
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Pollick Troy: Joseph Greenthumb. A 60 year old researcher whose area of study is to look at aspects of natural history and how the Earth has evolved and how this information can be used to develop with the planet. He has a passion for green technologies and natural features to work in harmony with architecture. architecture Joseph is single, but has a family that often travels to visit with him and needs to have the abilityy to accommodate and entertain all age groups. He enjoys being outside and in nature, and when in his house he likes the feel of being able to still experience the world around him.
Floorplan & Rendering
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Floorplan Located on 1st Floor
UNITS: JO
Pollick Troy: Joseph Greenthumb. A 60 year old researcher whose area of study is to look at aspects of natural history and how the Earth has evolved and how this information can be used to develop with the planet. He has a passion for green technologies and natural features to work in harmony with architecture. architecture Joseph is single, but has a family that often travels to visit with him and needs to have the abilityy to accommodate and entertain all age groups. He enjoys being outside and in nature, and when in his house he likes the feel of being able to still experience the world around him.
UNITS: JO
Sections
Longitudinal Section A
Longitudinal Section B
Edna Thompson:
Floorplan & Section
Ed iis a retired Edna ti d school h l teacher who is in great shape and health and wishes to move downtown where she can feel a part of a community since her companion passed away 2 years ago. Edna would love a place that has a gardening area because she eats only organic and healthy food. She has 3 grandchildren that visit often, so she would love a place for them to play as well. She also has a cat who loves to lay in window sills so she would like a place with plenty of windows so her cat, Mr. Mittens can lounge in peace Mittens, peace. The units’ connection to community events is extremely important p in her choice of dwelling placement.
Floorplan Located on 1st Floor
UNITS: SS
Longitudinal g Section
Nicolas Jordan: Nicolas, a 27 year old entrepreneur who has been living in the city of Lawrence for the past 3 years years. While he enjoys painting and drawing, his true passion is graffiti artwork but has found it hard for people to accept his work. He moved to Lawrence in hopes of businesses and even the University in allowing him to place artwork on or within their buildings. Nicolas’ is an exemplary p y work of how tasteful graffiti can truly be. He has recently begun advertising and a few places in Kansas City ha e hired him to design have pieces of artwork throughout the interior of their business. The artwork is catching people’s eye and his business continues to grow rapidly.
UNITS: GT
Floorplan & Section
Floorplan Located on 3rd Floor
Longitudinal Section
Kelly Quest:
Floorplan & Section
Moving M i b back kh home tto th the Mid-West after studying photography in NYC, Kelly has decided to become a member of an urban co-housing community. She is excited about the social contact with her fellow community members as well as the convenient downtown location. Kelly prefers an open layout; a studio-style apartment would remind her of the space she loved in NYC. Open wall space is important to display her work as well as other collections. In addition, storage and an area for her to work from will be needed, as she will use this space for her photography p g p y studio. Day y lighting will be an important consideration
Floorplan Located on 2nd Floor
UNITS: MC
Longitudinal Section
Samuel & Opal Miller:
Floorplan & Section
Recently retired, Mr. and Mrs. Miller are jjoining g a co-housing g community. They look forward to contributing to their community in their newly acquired i dd downtime. ti B Both th M Mr. and Mrs. Miller are retired school teachers and hope to volunteer their time and skills within the community. Although down-sizing, the Miller’s would prefer to have a guestroom t for f their th i grandkids dkid who like to visit in the summers.
Floorplan Located on 3rd Floor
UNITS: MC
Longitudinal Section
The Easton Family:
Floorplan & Section
Robert Easton and his wife Victoria are Red Dog's Dog Days frequenters. Robert volunteers to be an usher at LEID center during performances. They have one daughter in college. They both love to garden and especially love growing, cooking, and eating squash. You would never guess that they are older than thirty by their daily activities. Victoria loves roses and Tulips p and every y once in a while Robert will bring some home to her because that’s the way he is. They love to travel and dh have recently tl returned t d from the winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Floorplan Located on 3rd Floor
UNITS: SS
Longitudinal Section
The Singleton Family:
Floorplan & Section
John is a single father of twin teenage boys boys. John works over 50 hours a week, but enjoys spending time outdoors with both Kirk and Kyle in their free time. They enjoy throwing the frisbee, football, playing soccer and playing baseball as sporting activities activities. They love interacting with the community so the GROv is a perfect fit for the three of them. The young y g adolescents will learn the values and importance of community first hand by contributing t ib ti tto the th community it meals and the outdoor market vending.
Floorplan p Located on 3rd Floor
UNITS: GT
Longitudinal Section
The Potter Family: Lily Potter is a 43-year-old art teacher and a single mother of three, Harry, Terry, Mary. Cohousing is an option that just seems to make sense. They don’t live close to Lily’s family g and a multi-generational community where male role models are present is something that her kids need. She thinks it’s great that she can share a meal with her neighbor and she may watch her e kids ds a after e sc school. oo At the e end of the day, she just wants her kids to grow up in a place where they can have a l lemonade d stand, t d someone might actually buy a cup, and actually drink it.
Floorplan & Section A
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A Floorplan Located on 3rd Floor
UNITS: JO
Longitudinal Section A
The Potter Family:
Sections
Lily Potter is a 43-year-old art teacher and a single mother of three, Harry, Terry, Mary. Cohousing is an option that just seems to make sense. They don’t live close to Lily’s family g and a multi-generational community where male role models are present is something that her kids need. She thinks it’s great that she can share a meal with her neighbor and she may watch her e kids ds a after e sc school. oo At the e end of the day, she just wants her kids to grow up in a place where they can have a l lemonade d stand, t d someone might actually buy a cup, and actually drink it.
Transverse Section B
UNITS: JO
Transverse Section C
Kirk, Margo & baby Evynn Gilbertson:
Floorplan & Section
The Gilb Th Gilbertson’s, t ’ a young family of three, are relocating to a co-housing community from their current Lawrence home. Mr. Gilbertson is an Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Kansas. In addition to teaching, he plays in a local bluegrass band. Mrs Gilbertson enjoys being Mrs. a stay at home mom, baking, and spending time outdoors with her family. y The Gilbertson’s look forward to raising a growing family in a safe community based on shared rituals and common values.
UNITS: MC
Floorplans p Located on 4th & 5th Floors
Longitudinal g Section
The Fossil Family:
Floorplan & Section
The Fossil’s, a young family of three, are re-locating to a cohousing community from their current Lawrence home home. Mr Mr. Fossil is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Systems y at the Universityy of Kansas. In addition to teaching, he plays in a local bluegrass band. Mrs. Fossil enjo s being a stay enjoys sta at home mom, baking, and spending time outdoors with her family. They ey a are e looking oo g e expecting pect g their first child in just a few months but they don’t know if it is a boy or a girl, they are k keeping i it a surprise i until til the th day of delivery. They are definitely a growing family and would like to have at least one more child in the near future.
UNITS: GT
Floorplans p Located on 4th & 5th Floors
Longitudinal g Section
The Partridge Family: Jeff and Maria are a young couple from a small farm town in Iowa. They just got married and moved to Lawrence to begin graduate study. They have a Great Dane, Buster, which loves to sleep and occasionally go out for a nice game of fetch fetch. Maria loves to garden, she especially loves to grow peppers, tomatoes, onions and would love a place p with a community garden. Jeff loves to play poker and would like to establish a weekly poker club with the community. community They both want the place to have an open field or dog area so Buster can have a p place to run and play fetch like he did back at the farm.
UNITS: JO
Floorplan & Section
Floorplan Located on 4th Floor
Longitudinal g Section
Susan Stertz:
Floorplan & Section
Susan lives alone with her 2 dogs, Rover and Spot. Rover is a Golden Retriever and Spot is a Dalmatian (large dogs with exercise needs). She would love an extra room in her residence to dedicate to her dogs and their needs as well as a bedroom for herself.
Floorplan Located on 4th Floor
UNITS: KS
Longitudinal g Section
The Robinson Family:
Floorplan & Section
Adam and his wife, Rhonda have three children – an older girl Sara, a son Cade, and a baby of 6 months Michael. They would love to have 4 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms and a nursery.
UNITS: KS
Fl Floorplans l L Located t d on 4th & 5th Floors Fl
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The Banks Family: Chris and Julie Banks are a young couple from a small farm town in Western Kansas. They just got married and moved to Lawrence to begin graduate study. They have a Great Dane, Buster, which loves to sleep and occasionally go out for a nice game of fetch. Julie loves to garden, she especially loves to grow peppers, tomatoes, onions and would love a place with a communityy g garden. Chris loves to play poker and would like to establish a weekly poker club with the community. They both wantt the th place l to t have h an open field or dog area so Buster can have a place to run and play fetch like he did back at the farm.
UNITS: SS
Floorplan & Section
Floorplan Located on 5th Floor
Longitudinal g Section
CATherine Meow: I am a single lady and would like to have a nice cozy place for my herb garden and 5 cats; Shirley Leo, Shirley, Leo Mark, Mark Gilbert and Princess Sophia. I am 29 years old and do not require much to live on. I don’t have a job right now but I will be getting one soon with a local government agency. I have lived in Lawrence for 10 years years, since my parents moved from Idaho to work at the University of Kansas biology gy department. p I am into growing my own vegetables and I also play the violin. I am currently single but I hope h t meett a partner to t att my co-housing community.
UNITS: KS
Floorplan & Section
Floorplan Located on 5th Floor
Longitudinal g Section
ARCH 504 donna luckey SPRING 2010