Jessica
Lee
Food access and culural icon project in the south side of Chicago.
Bronzeville Cultural Center To combat the food desert in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, a multifacted scope was addressed to provide access to healthy food while also creating an economic catalyst to spur growth.
Food
The approach taken involved creating a cultural center dedicated to the visual arts and cuisine, providing spaces for a cafe, restaurant, market, gallery, and educational spaces for both culinary and art programs. The exterior manifestation of the programs was developed to create an icon for the neighborhood and to advertise to the adjacent elevated trains.
Art
Community Incubation
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Programmed Space Programmed Space
Public Space Public Void Green Space
Inhabited Public Interaction
Public Void Circulation
Programmed Space
Programmed Space Southern Exposure
Programmed Space
Clockwise from top left: Site plan; Section with sun paths; Third floor public plaza; South entrance atrium; Fourth floor art studio.
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Top: South and east elevations showing murals & artist panels. Bottom: View from elevated train station.
Master plan and detail development of a K-12 boarding school in rural Haiti.
Haiti Sustainable Education Working with a 'real' client who formed the Haiti Sustainable Education organization, we were charged with creating a master plan for a K-12 boarding school in rural eastern Haiti. Taking into consideration the issues of community, feasibility, safety, and the needs of the children, the master plan was refined and then one aspect of the plan was developed in detail.
Support 3%
Offices Infirmary Maintenance
5-12 Dorms
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K-4 Dorms 24%
Dining
Track & Field Athletics Offices Amphitheatre Infirmary Dining Hall Maintenance Classes & Labs
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Meeting Studying
Pavillion 17%
Plaza
Playing
Amphitheater
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Public
Hanging Out
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K-5 Education
The core goals of the master plan were to create opportunities for and encourage social connections across the hilly site. The final focus of the project became a large, multi-use amphitheatre space which acts as the public interface of the school on its public side while facilitating circulation and activity.
Dorm
6-12 Education
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Dormitories
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Walking Meeting Studying
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Meeting
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Learning
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Eating
Studying
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Dorm
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Public
Seating Public Playground Variety
Traffic Seating Private
Traffic Seating Public Private
Seating Public Traffic
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Views of progression through site, keyed to master plan on previous spread. Opposite top: Site section.
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