Dinetah ASU

Project Group with Tran Ngyen, Chloe Cobb Fall 2021

Location And Site Rationanle

To experience this site at the heart of urban Phoenix, is to participate in a lively environment of diverse backgrounds and creative expression. The walls are salted with colorful murals everywhere you look, each place houses a unique contribution to the community, and right in the middle of a lot at the intersection of 2nd St and E Roosevelt St. Adjacent to the site is the monOrchid coworking space, active with a place to grab a cup of coffee, collaborate on projects, and showcase the pieces of local artisans. Across Roosevelt is Arizona Arizona Wilderness DTPHX, where locals enjoy an outdoor dining experience around picnic tables and fire pits. In addition to the benefits of the area’s social network, this lot requires no significant change to the topography or removing natural landscape, and existing ADA compliant sidewalks. The orientation of the site is such that the main pedestrian traffic on Roosevelt faces North, so the building project can face north and south, improving the amount of available indirect sunlight in the space as well as reducing heat.

Process Work

Design on AutoCAD, Photoshop,

PEDESTRIAN

GUEST BEDROOM GATHERING AREA WITH DRY BAR CABINET INTERGRATED

While idiating through the possibilities for this live/work unit, we found that the core component of their needs was flexibility with the dining and entertainment space in congruence with their personal lives and retail opportunities with the community. To blur the lines between community engagement and private residential space, we made the dining area the flex space, which opened up the possibilities of what the retail space could be and how the Navajo Textile artist could invite the community into showcasing their work and breaking bread at the same time. We also felt it was critical to provide the client with a sense of peace as they move from work to sleep, and organize the structure so that the bedrooms had their own place while being easily accessible from the different areas of the unit. During the pandemic, many have found when combining their living and work space, creating natural and visual boundaries with work is important.

12 PEOPLE FOR SOCIAL GATHERING WHEN NEEDED

ACCORDION PATIO DOOR OPEN TO THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING SPACE

DINING AREA COULD ACT AS A FLEX SPACE BETWEEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ONLINE MODE

FLOORING PATTERN INSPIRED BY NAVAJO POTTERY DESIGN WITH CONTRASTING COLORS AND BOLD GEOMETRIC SHAPES containers lent for a natural ability to make the storefront open and inviting from the pedestrian perspective. The amber hue of the exterior shipping container establishes Dinétah’s sense of identity in this culturally diverse area.

A hand-drawn rendering of thephotograhpyarea design inspired by the origins of the Spider Woman and the symbol of the spider in Navajo culture, to create a custom wooden stand for displaying the artist’s textiles in a way that provides identity imagery for both the artist’s online presence and storefront presence from the street.