ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO JUSTIN EDMUND
CRESSWELL SELECTED WORKS | KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | 2018-2021
Graduating Post Baccalaureate architecture student earning a Master of Architecture degree from Kansas State University with a background that includes a Bachelor in Media Communication from Asbury University and work in film and television.
CONTACT INFORMATION Justin Edmund Cresswell 1511 Fairchild Ave. Manhattan, KS 66502 jcresswell@ksu.edu (703) 895-0849 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-cresswell-169a8157/
I was driving across the country, pursuing a career in film production, when I fell in love with the diverse landscapes of the North American continent that pointed me towards architecture. Engaging this dramatic world, seeking to understand the mysteries of the past and using this knowledge to struggle toward the future is what design has always meant to me. It’s humbling to explore the perfection of the Badlands in South Dakota, the rocky shores of Narragansett Bay, the rolling hills of Surrey, or a Sonoran Desert sunset, but these impossible standards of beauty are what challenge us as designers to always push towards better design. Long after we are gone, the context and composition will be the judge of our efforts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Element House.........................................................................................................................2-11 Modernist Cottage.................................................................................................................12-15 21ST Century Bungalow..........................................................................................................16-19 MidMixAtx..................................................................................................................................20-31 Mount Mitchell Interpretive Center...............................................................................32-37 Oasis Tent.................................................................................................................................38-43 One-Room Schoolhouse Redux....................................................................................44-47
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Element House Net+ House | Ogden, KS Fall 2020 | Prof. Gibson | ADS 7 • 3 Bedrooms • 2 Bathrooms • 1172 sq. ft. The concept was to create a home with the design, style, perceived space, and functionality of a much larger home in order to challenge the stereotypes of what a smaller house could be, and to further use this opportunity to create more of a showcase home for both Net+ and workforce/affordable housing architecture. The simple yet sculptural form and the horizontal lines of the house, juxtaposed with the vertical element of the plinth, call out and celebrate the flat prairie even as the house incorporates the landscaping into its design composition. The bedroom3/Flex Room allows the residents to shift square footage to where they need it most. The wall of built-ins conceal a closet and murphy bed and, combined with the sliding wall system, allows the room to convert from a bedroom to part of the living area in seconds.
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Concept Sketch
Site Plan Private Semi-Private Public
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Public / Private
Passive Air Flow
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MASTER BEDROOM 11’ 6” x 15’ 6”
BEDROOM 3 / FLEX ROOM 11’ 0” x 9’ 8”
LIVING / DINING ROOM
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32’ 9” x 12’ 10”
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W/D 11’ 6” x 11’ 6”
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FRONT PORCH 15’ 2” x 8’ 1”
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This house uses careful material choices as well as precise energy and light modeling to create a home that makes passive strategies a cornerstone of the design.
Daylight Autonomy 10
Daylight Factor
The structure is simple despite the unconventional design, making this home not only sophisticated and novel, but also incredibly attainable and relatively easy to build. The flat roof is unconventional for Kansas and though flat roofs in this area can in fact hold up to winter snow loads, the roof structure was reinforced with larger members to dispel any concerns and ensure the home will not encounter issues with potentially record breaking weather.
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2 X 5 WOOD TOP EPDM ROOFING
ALUMINUM PARABET CAP SLOPING XPS INSULATION - 3" MIN.
4 Foot Spacing for Raycore Panels
METAL FLASHING
UNINSULATED PARAPET CAVITY
2x10 Dimensional Lumber Rafters
2 X 4 WOOD BLOCKING
2x14 Structural Beams
2 X 14 INTERGRATED STRUCTURAL BEAM
7/16 PLYWOOD SHEATHING
7/16 OSB STRUCTURAL SHEATHING
STUCCO
2 x 6 Headers Over Single Windows
PAINTED PLYWOOD CEILING
7/16 ZIP SHEATHING
2" INSULAED CAVITY 2 X 4 WOOD BLOCKING 1-1/2 XPS INSULATION
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2 x 14 Header Over Front Windows
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7/16 OSB STRUCTURAL SHEATHING
Section 9 - Callout 1 - Callout 1 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
1 X 2 FURRING CAVITY
1/2 XPS INSULATION 1-
2 X 4 RAYCORE PANEL
7/16 ZIP SHEATHING STUCCO
Structural Load-Bearing Walls
2 X 8 X 40" FRAMING HEADERS ALUMINUM EXTERIOR FINISH WINDOW TRIM AND CASING
0.26 U VALUE WINDOWS
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Raised 4” Concrete Slab
Structural Diagram
7/16 OSB STRUCTURAL SHEATHING
Section 9 - Callout 2 - Callout 1 1 -1/2 XPS 1 INSULATION 1/2" = 1'-0" 1
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7/16 ZIP SHEATHING
STUCCO 7/16" ZIP SHEATHING
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4" CONRETE PORCH SLAB
2 X 4 BASE PLATE WITH SCREW STEEL BASEPLATE ANCHOR
HARDWOOD FLOORING
5" CONCRETE SLAB
2 - 1/2" RIGID INSULATION 12" CONCRETE FOOTING
STAGGERED 7/16" OSB STRUCTURAL SHEATHING
7/16" OSB STRUCTURAL SHEATHING
2 X 4 RAYCORE PANEL
PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR METAL FASTENER PLATE
7/16" ZIP SHEATHING
GYP. BOARD 1 X 2 FURRING CAVITY
2 X 4 RAYCORE PANEL
2x4 RAYCORE PANEL W/ STUDS @ 24" O.C.
PAINTED PLYWOOD CEILING
1x FURRING @ 24" O.C. MIN., HORIZ. 1/2" GYP. BD.
2 X 12 RAFTER
1 X FURRING AT 24" O.C. MIN., HORIZ.
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Typical Roof Detail
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Modernist Cottage Net+ House | Design 2 | Ogden, KS Spring 2021 | Prof. Gibson | ADS 8 • 3 Bedrooms • 2 Bathrooms • 1165 sq. ft.
This second design for a Net+, affordable home is inspired by the modernist idea of “architecture as machine” and therefore the design is derived from the passive strategies and their functionality instead of merely incorporating them. The most distinctive feature of the home is the glass enclosed connecting hallway which also serves as the entry and was designed to act as a sun-space to heat the home in winter, but also as a point to instigate cross-ventilation in summer, utilizing the nearly constant SW winds on this site to create a large current of flowing air designed to instigate whole home ventilation. This glass bridge also acts as the connection point between the public and private parts of the house, literally connecting the differing functions of the homes with the passive design element. At just 1165 sq. ft., this modernist cottage offers the livability of a much larger home with an open living/dining/kitchen space with large dimensions and 10’ ceilings. The result is a stylish, sophisticated house that creates interest and excitement around sustainable living.
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Site Plan This home uses a connecting space to separate the public from the private spaces while also embodying passive design by literally incorporating it in the same connection space. The glass bridge connection acts as both a sun-space as well as a conduit to channel natural winds through the house which then create air pressure in the house and sucks air from the rest of the house facilitating ventilation throughout the whole house.
CONNECTING SUN-SPACE
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PUBLIC
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DW MASTER BEDROOM 12’ 1” x 15’ 0” PATIO
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10’ 0” x 18’ 3”
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16’ 0” x 27’ 0”
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21st Century Bungalow Net+ House | Design 3 | Ogden, KS Spring 2021 | Prof. Gibson | ADS 8 • 3 Bedrooms • 2 Bathrooms • 1123 sq. ft. Design 3 of the Net+ home is a more traditional look with an exterior that fuses midcentury ramblers of the 1950s and 60s with craftsman like details, materiality and color scheme. The design is clean and fresh with modern lines on the exterior and an open “great hall” like living area, complete with vaulted ceilings, that cleverly leverages the footprint to give residents spaciousness and maximum usability. Despite being the smallest of the three designs, the separation of the dining room and the folding walls of the convertible bedroom 3/flex space allows the living area to be the largest, with a living room/kitchen area able to expand to a 33’ x 15’ space. The convertible room innovation, with folding walls, as well as the wardrobe wall with murphy bed utilize this original innovation from Design 1 and give the residents much more control over how their interior space is used.
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Site Plan The semi-public space is designed to be incorporated into either the public or private space depending on the specific needs of the residents. The built in wardrobe and murphy bed make the current layout able to convert from public to private, creating a truly convertible space.
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PATIO 15’ 0” x 6’ 5” 48' - 0"
BEDROOM 2
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10’ 0” x 11’ 4”
LIVING ROOM KITCHEN
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DINING ROOM 7’ 5” x 10’ 8” MASTER BEDROOM
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Plan The Bedroom 3/Flex Room is designed with a retractable panel wall on two sides, making the room feel natural in either of its two potential functions . When the walls are retracted, the living space expands to an astounding 33’x15’6”.
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MidMixATX Mixed Use | Austin, TX Partner : Salim Akli | Manko Competition Finalist Summer 2020 | Prof. Alford | ADS 5
Located in the changing neighborhood of South Congress in Austin, TX, our design sought to create a connection point between the more residential and commercial areas on either side of the building as well as to the different program elements of this mixed use design. The idea of permeability in the design is crystallized by the large cut throughs in the facade on the upper levels and at the entry that are designed to intrigue passers-by to explore and experience the micro community within the building. This “village within a building” idea was achieved through locating the circulation spaces completely outside, taking advantage of Austin’s milder climate to create the physical experience of exiting outside in order to enter a new interior space. This further allows most of the building’s program to exist without sharing walls with one another, increasing the village feeling of many buildings instead of many spaces within one building. The courtyard garden that the building wraps around offers an intriguing termination point from the entry breezeway and provides a new local node for residents of this neighborhood.
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Process Diagrams
1 Step Creation of a courtyard by locating the Creation of a courtyard by locating the parking lot underground. parking lot underground.
2 Step Generate the main block of the building Generate the main block of the building along the primary urban corridor. along the primary urban corridor.
3 Step Additional wing along the alley for a quieter office space that defines encloses the Additional wingand along the alley for a courtyard space. quieter office space that defines and encloses the courtyard space.
4 Step Carve into the main block of the building to create visual and physical permeability Carve into the main block of the building between the street and the courtyard. to create visual and physical permeability between the street and the courtyard.
Program Diagram Creation of a courtyard by locating lot underground, the retail space makes up the first floor of the building. It opens out to the main corridor of Elizabeth Street in the front, and connects with the commercial to the right of the lot. The upper three floors of the front part of the building comprise the six apartments that face residential homes 22
across both Elizabeth Street in the front and Eva Street to the left. The offices are above he retail space on the right and adjacent to the commercial buildings across the alley. The courtyard provides views and a connection point between all the parts of the program.
Micro-Community Within the City of Austin
Parking Garage
The building will create a neighborhood within itself of its occupants with strategic areas of separation and integration, creating a small community where the different parts of the program dialogue with each other.
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Anticipating the Urban Extension of the City .
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The building also seeks to anticipate the further expansion of more dense buildings in the area while being at home in the current context. It creates a separation from the exterior while simultaneously inviting people to come in and experience the designed outdoor courtyard that guarantees a green space for the community regardless of the possible future development around it.
Eva Street
Site Area= 14,324 Sf Building Footpring= 6,100 GSF 20,000 GSF Total
Restaurant
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Program Engagement it its Surroundings The design also relates to the current context by placing elements of program adjacent to areas around it with similar uses. The residential areas face the streets with single family homes to the south and west, while the offices face the commercial buildings to the east.
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South Elevation
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Gym
103 1339 SF 28 Occ.
Mech RR
104 77 SF
103A 62 SF
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Cafe
101 1984 SF 133 Occ.
Storage
101A 92 SF
Storage
102B RR
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102A 58 SF
Retail
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Ground Floor Plan 25
North Elevation
East Elevation 26
Office Space 1
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203B 71 SF
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Passive Ventilation System In the morning, the double skin wall to the east heats up via the greenhouse effect and sends heated air up through top, creating air pressure in the offices. This pressure forces cool air from the open windows in the west wall through the space. In the afternoon this effect switches to the west wall, creating natural ventilation throughout the day and minimizing the need for active systems.
Double-Skin Wall Section The double-skin wall not only highlights the office program, it also creates a unique, fully user operable passive ventilation system for the occupants of the space. 28
Telescoping syetem for operable windows
Crossing x-shpaed pivot pin
3D Details of the Double-Skin Walls Clip assembly system for thermal effeciancy
Morning Air Flow
Afternoon Air Flow
Steel bracket attached to primary structure
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2 1'x5' Natural Ventilation Panel
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3 2 1/2'' Steel Louver
22 2-Seal Thermal Wing Nut Anchor W/ Taped & Glued Joints 23 1" Air Gap
4 Wood Blocking 5 Curtain Wall Mullion 6 Concealed Masonry Fastener 7 Sealant with Closed Cell Backer Rod 8 2"x5" Wood Blocking
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9 Hardwood Flooring 10 Plywood Subfloor 11 4" Concrete Floor with on Steel Decking 12 K-Series Steel Bar-Joist 20K7 13 6" CFMF System 14 AISC L5X3 1/2" X 1/4" Steel Angle
25 Cont Air/Vapor Barrier 26 1/2" Plywood 27 INT. Gypsum Wall Board 28 Small Steel L-Bracket 29 Neoprene Gasket 30 Laminated Glazed Panel 31 Frosted Double Lam. Glaz. Panel 32 Steel L-Bracket
15 6" Light Gauge Metal Stud Framing @ 16" O.C. & Fiberglass Batt Insulation Between 16 W24X36 Steel Beam
33 Stainless Steel X Support Cable
17 Tube Steel Brackets
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18 3/16" Extruded Aluminum Flashing Frame 19 4 -1/4"x8 -1/16" Soldier Brick Coursing
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34 4''X5'' Structured Steel Column 35 Tube Steel Beam 37 Bolts Attach Brackets to Structural Mullions
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Mt. Mitchell Interpretive Center Museum | Wabaunsee, KS Fall 2019 | Prof. McGlynn | ADS 3
Designed to frame the view of a large hill just outside of Wabaunsee, KS, this relatively small site had its hand in every major movement and event in Kansas history and its intense human struggle with slavery, mistreatment of Native Americans, westward expansion and even as the site of an ancient Native America burial ground; truly the Kansas motto: “Ad Astra per Aspera” come to life. With its long and low horizontal form in contrast with the hill behind as well as the monumental symmetrical white and grey concrete facade, the design both shows tremendous respect for the site as it demands reverence of it from visitors. Its enhancement of the natural topography, and processional elements from the modern bowling green, through its monumental stone.
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Key 1. Covered Entrance Breezeway 2. Lobby 3. Front Desk 4. Bookstore 5. Lower Hall 6. Storage 7. Office Lobby 8. Utility Hall 9. Open Workspace 10. Private Office 1 11. Private Office 2 12. Conference Room 13. Break Room 14. Workplace Patio
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Oasis Tent Mobile Research Tent | Dubai, UAE Partners: Justin Grim | Salim Akli Fall 2019 | Prof. McGlynn | ADS 3
The challenge was to build a shelter that could withstand extreme heat while using primarily passive strategies. The design was built to be deployed in the desert of the Dubai Conservation Reserve, the tent was made for two scientists to live in for two weeks in order to properly research and investigate the changing biosphere. The design firstly needed to offer protection from the extreme heat and therefore was made to be able to stay within a range of 10 C to 35 C. The tent further needed to be transportable by a Jeep or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle, and must be able to be deployed in under four hours. In addition to offering a comfortable place for the researchers to live in, the tent was designed to delineate space for research from within the tent as well as a aerodynamic shape and a closable hatch to protect from harsh winds, blowing sands and even dust storms.
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Design Evolution
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The original ellipsoid shape was designed to create a comfortable climatic stasis in the barren Dubai landscape. The dimensions of which are based on the design parameters.
To enter the space while maintaining its insulated interior, it became necessary to create a transition space to act as a mediator against the harsh exterior.
Due to wind, dust and unmerciful sun, a further sun shade was added to shelter and cool the space right in front of the entrance. The hinged hatch protects against dust storms.
To increase the possible passive means of climate control, a larger sun shade was placed above the central space. It can be opened to allow ventilation when the outdoors are pleasant, and provides sun shading when they are not.
Finally, the design fuses these features into a sleek, modern tent that maintains an organic shape; working with the environment as much as possible to create a climate oasis in the desert.
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Front Elevation
Side Elevation
Rear Elevation
-Passive Stack Ventilation
-Solar Energy Grid
80 square feet of flexible, high efficiency silicon solar paneling produces 1280 < watts of electricity. Electricity is stored in 3 Lithium/ Graphene batteries for extended use, and distributed into an integrated electrical grid by a dynamic power regulation node. Excess energy can be acquired by portable wind turbines and additional shading panels.
Top hatch can be closed or opened, the latter allowing prevailing winds to flow across the structure and create a pressure differential, utilizing passive stack ventilation to create air circulation. A detachable fan assists when necessary.
-Active Cooling Systems During extreme heat, an integrated high efficiency A/C Unit can be used to assist in expanding the comfort zone in the living module.
-Living Module
-Private Space
-Vestibule
-Dynamic Entry
Thermally insulated living quarters for two researchers. Includes folding furniture, areas for eating, desks for research, and food and water storage systems.
Area for changing clothing and emergency lavatory use.
Thermally insulated area provides airlock to prevent thermal exchange. Includes benches to remove outerwear and shed dust. Meshing allows for stack ventilation effect to draw limited air through vestibule.
Exterior shaded area for outdoor use. Shading panel prevents direct radiation and heat gain, and the ground cloth provides a firm area to work. Can be closed in the event of extreme weather and high winds.
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Solar Shading
Radiant barriers and dynamic shading mechanisms prevent thermal gain from radiation and direct sunlight, especially the entryway and side ventilation ports. Limited natural light is diffused for use inside the shelter.
Vestibule
Vestibule not only provides a social barrier, but created an airlock that prevents unregulated thermal cycling. Air flow can be regulated by means of dust-proof static meshing, allowing stack ventilation and secondary means of ingress.
Thermal Exchange
Heated air from inside the thermal break is ventilated via the top hatch and stack ventilation, along with gradually warming air from within the habitat. The shaded sand underneath is applicable as a thermal mass. However, the integrated A/C Unit will be used if passive systems become unable to provide adequate thermal cycling.
Thermal Break
As the exterior shell absorbs what little radiation it cannot reflect, it begins to increase in temperature. To prevent heat transfer through conduction, a thermal break is designed into the structure of the shelter, ensuring a constant airflow to exchange heated air with cooler air from the sand.
Aerodynamics
Thermodynamics
Parametric forms capture the fluid dynamic effect known as lift by use of a retractable hatch and curved exterior. As wind blows over the drop-shaped shelter and through the opening, a pressure differential is created. This draws in air from the entrance through a dust-proof static meshing, allowing for indirect passive ventilation. This effect is also know as ‘Stack Ventilation’.
A double skin system and suspended inner habitat create an isolated living module. Radiation is stopped by the outer shell, conduction is eliminated by the thermal break, and convection is reduced by ventilating the thermal break through stack ventilation. Due to >90% humidity at night and extreme temperatures during the day, the habitat can be sealed and active systems can supplement passive systems.
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Rapid Transport and Assembly
-Arrive on Site Remove the two tent containers from the back of the Jeep and take out the tent parts. Brush aside 2 inches of sand.
-Deploy Inner Habitat and -Attach Interior Habitat Folding Structure Raise and clip the inner tent skin to the Lay out inner tent. Unfold and assemble the various frame pieces and assemblies, staking each vertical piece of the carbon fiber frame to the ground through specific holes in the ground cloth.
assembled frame. Assemble the frame for the top hatch.
-Wrap in Exterior Shell Attach the outer skin of the main tent to the frame. Attach the smaller outer skin to the top hatch. Fasten the whole top hatch assembly to the top of the main tent.
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One-Room Schoolhouse Redux Community Center | Manhattan, KS Fall 2018 | Prof. Gordon | AADS 1
This community center, designed to be located in the middle of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, is meant to embody the ideals of the old mid-western one-room schoolhouses that were the central, if not most important building in almost every rural mid-western town. The building offers a community pool with changing rooms and a kitchenette to manage events. The heart of the building is a large central multipurpose room for community events under a sculptural form that is completely enclosed in glass on two sides to create a threshold between major community functions, education, and the individuals in the community, all under primarily one roof, literally and symbolically embodying the idea of the one room schoolhouse.
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The stone/glass aesthetic hearkens to the massive scale of ancient architecture and the grid borrows classical ideas of planning, lending an embodied pedigree commonly seen in the classical GrecoRoman and neoclassical styles used for public buildings. The large nanawall glass doors on the front and back wall of the main room can open and completely fold back on pleasant days, allowing the community center to literally open up to and embrace the community. The stone clad walls are structured with steel allowing for a large uninterrupted open, multipurpose space. The sculptural form is designed to look equally good with the glass walls open or closed because the visible permeability remains in either posture.
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