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4 BIMES ECO BLOCK COMPLEX
from PORTFOLIO ZHAO
by hongli zhao
Project Type
ECO Community Complex
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Year
2022 Spring Location
55 S Atlantic St #205, Seattle, WA 98134
Demographics
The site location is in King County. The largest city in Washington and Pacific Northwest region. 14th largest in the US. Population: 787,995 (2020) city, 3.5M greater metro. Total span 142 miles. The density of 9,396 people per square mile.
Existing conditions
As an abandoned formerly industrial space, it is a greyfield land where located in pioneer square in downtown Seattle.
Mixed Use
Combine commercial and residential usage. Including residence, office, restaurant, brewery, organic market, retails, entertainment, vertical farm factory, event space, gym & yoga studio, and training facility.
Vision
Provide housing and employment for houseless people while providing enrichment for the whole community and environment. A community block that is not only sustainable but contributes to the community & environment.
Swot
Population Growth: 1.47% annually, Increasing 30% in 10 years
Ethnic diversity: increasing in diversity (40%) International migration, 10% Asian speaking households, 4.5%
Spanish speaking
Growing Industries: aerospace, clean technology, information & communication technology, life sciences/global health, maritime, tech start-up
Climate threats: earthquakes
Index
S ite Area : 237,580 sq ft
Site Coverage area: 141,098 sq ft
Site Coverage ratio: 59.39%
Block A: 435,488 sq ft
Block B: 66,400 sq ft
Block C: 60,762 sq ft block D: 10,128 sq ft
Cumulative area: 572,778 sq ft
Residential Usage area: 344,880 sq ft
Ratio: 60.21%
Dwelling Units: app. 328
Commercial Usage area: 227,898 sq ft
Ratio: 39.79%
FAR ratio: 2.41
Open Space Area: 150,880 sq ft
January Solar analysis
April Solar analysis
July Solar analysis
October Solar analysis
Eco Block Tranformationy Ecoblock Entrances Analysis
To ferries & highway
To entertainment & public transportasion
Entrance from
The site is an abandoned middle-density industrial space in Pioneer Square, Seattle.
The building and its surrounding block will be the site of an ecological transformation.
ECO BLOCK TRANFORMATIONY
Entrances from
To retail & public transportasion
Ecoblock Function Analysis
MIXED HIGH-RISE BLOCK A
(residention / commercial)
Isolation noise from hignway / wind & solar energy collection on the rooftop
HISTORIC BLOCK D
(historic building / office)
COMMERCIAL LOW-RISE BLOCK B
(entertainment / retail)
GREEN BLOCK C
(vertical farming academy / factory / organic market / restaurant)
PV Array
Block A is the highest building outfitted with an array of PV modules angled precisely to capture a great amount of sunlight and provide the entire block with net positive energy needs. Energy-capturing wind kites on the rooftop as supplemented.
Block A
In the eight-story high-rise mix-used building, the top six-story are residential, and the first two-story are commercial, including community resources and a help center. This building is a barrier to the southwest wind from the Pacific Ocean and the highway acoustic insulation on the western side of the block. The residential building uses two sky gardens and an atrium to connect all tenants to easy indoor and outdoor living.
Biophilic design
This exquisite block features visual and non-visual connections to the nature around it. The site is overflowing with greenery –from the drought-resistant, native plant landscape to the green roofs and the vertical gardens – which visitors and residents can enjoy from the walking paths throughout the block or from inside through large low-E glass windows. Strategic usage of windows and skylights creates varying biophilic lighting that both creates visual interest and supports an aligned circadian rhythm. The flora attracts the fauna, so the landscape is filled with local birds, creating a melodious natural soundscape.
Block B
The two-story commercial building contains a yoga studio and a brewery, connected with Block A at the ground level.
Energy
Blocks utilize nature with daylighting windows that cut the need to use electricity. Water heating is generated by underground thermal pumps, also lowering energy needs. All Blocks are equipped with energy-saving features and sustainable materials.
