A Bridge: Redefining a Success Center for People and City by julie.bauer

Di Xiao M. Arch Candidate Design Thinking, Fall 2020 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Washington University in St. Louis Instructor: Don Koster ; Faculty Assistant: Hallie Nolan

A BRIDGE

REDEFINING A SUCCESS CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE AND CITY

CONTENTS

0 SYNOPSIS 1 PREMISE

1.1 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 1.2 UNEMPLOYMENT IN ST.LOUIS 1.3 THE GREEN-COLLAR JOBS 1.4 THE JOB CENTERS IN ST.LOUIS

2 PROGRAM

2.1 PROGRAM FOR GREEN-COLLAR JOBS 2.2 CASE STUDIES 2.3 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 2.4 PROGRAM SUMMARY

3 PLACE

3.1 RELATED ELEMENTS ANALYSIS 3.2 SITE SELECTION 3.3 SITE ANALYSIS

4 POSSIBILITIES 4.1 STRATEGY 4.2 POTENTIAL

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SYNOPSIS

A Bridge brings people from "BLUE" to "GREEN".

Unemployment is a common phenomenon in modern society and the unemployment rate is a wider measure of unemployment. It is easy to find that the unemployment rate has never been equal to zero since its birth. At the same time, unemployment has caused many social problems, such as: social instability, high frequency of violence and so on. For individuals, work is the most important link between people and society. The unemployed and the society with high unemployment rate need a “bridge” to help them return to normal life and order. In recent years, as people pay more and more attention to environmental protection, green-collar jobs have come into people's vision. In the United States, the government and people attach great importance to the field of green energy, and the number of green-collar jobs is expected to increase five times in the next 20 years. At the same time, green-collar jobs are closely related to white-collar jobs and blue-collar jobs, even the focus of green-collar jobs is more in the field of green energy and environmental protection, which means that it is relatively easier for people to switch from blue-collar jobs and white-collar jobs to greencollar jobs. Therefore, a success center, which focuses on transferring people to green-collar jobs, is the best choice to be a “bridge”. My research and thinking will include an overview of the unemployment problem, the unemployment problem in St. Louis, the example of success center, the specific content of green-collar jobs, and the requirements of training green-collar workers, which will guide my site selection and design scheme generation finally. Di Xiao Fall 2020

PREMISE

01 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 02 UNEMPLOYMENT IN ST.LOUIS 03 THE GREEN-COLLAR JOBS 04 THE JOB CENTERS IN ST.LOUIS

Unemployment has always been an important problem in American society, and St. Louis is no exception. There are three main types of unemployment: 1.Cyclical unemployment, 2.Structural unemployment, 3.Frictional unemployment. Different types of unemployment correspond to different characteristics of social changes. Green-collar jobs have many advantages: higher wages, lower entry threshold, more potential in the future. With the continuous loss of blue-collar jobs in the United States, green-collar jobs are the best choice for these unemployed people. St. Louis has many job centers, whether established by the government or NGO. After analyzing these job centers, I found that there are few program for green collars. At the same time, there are no special measures to solve different unemployment problems.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN U.S.

We usually think that unemployment is caused by the recession, but this is only one type of unemployment. In fact, there are three types of unemployment: 1. Cyclical unemployment caused by cyclical economic recession, which is also the main reason for high unemployment rate. 2. The mismatch between the skills of workers and the skills required by employers is the result of structural unemployment. 3. Voluntary unemployment, which occurs when people seek other job opportunities, is also called frictional unemployment. Therefore, whether the unemployment rate rises, falls or remains relatively unchanged, the existence of the unemployment rate reflects some changes and instability of the society: whether it is the change of the economic at the whole social level, the increase or decrease of population, the upgrading and elimination of industries, and the change of expectation at the individual level. As a result, how to control the social unemployment rate and turn the unemployment rate into a benign value is the key to ensure the stable development of individuals and society. 7

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY AGE

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY EDUCATION

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY RACE

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY GENDER

UNEMPLOYMENT IN U.S.

From 1990 to 2020, the whole United States is facing a serious unemployment problem. Different states experienced high unemployment rates at different times. Therefore, it is very important for the whole United States to properly solve the unemployment problem.

PROBLEMS CAUSED BY UNEMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT IN ST.LOUIS THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM OF ST.LOUIS CITY IS MORE SERIOUS

THE NUMBER OF BLUE COLLAR JOBS IS LIMITED 13

INTERVIEW OF GREEN-COLLAR WORKERS

THE STRUCTURE OF GOVE

ERNMENTAL JOB CENTERS

THE STRUCTURE OF NON-GO

OVERNMENTAL JOB CENTERS

PROGRAM

01 PROGRAM FOR GREEN-COLLAR JOBS 02 CASE STUDIES 03 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 04 PROGRAM SUMMARY

For program design, it is very important to know which programs have existed in the job centers. Based on the existing job centers in St. Louis, the preliminary design is carried out. At the same time, I studied most green-collar jobs, classified them, in order to find out the space needs of training green-collar jobs. Because the existing job centers have no solution to different types of unemployment, I use the needs of users, activities and interactions to explore different requirements of programs for solving different types of unemployment problems. Finally, according to the specific function and size requirements of different space, I designed the quantities and size for programs and used the logic of people's activities of space to layout all programs.

PROGRAM OF EXISTING JOB CENTERS

PROGRAM FOR 3 TYPES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

FLEXIBLE SPACE + MULTI FUNCTIONAL SPACE

SHARED COMMUNITY + SELF-SUFFICIENT

29 35

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION + DYNAMIC/STATIC

COMMUNITY INNOVATION + MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

LIST OF PROGRAM:

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Lecture Hall Area: 1200 SF Quantity: 4 Users: 24

Library Area: 2400 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 30

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Solar Energy Workshop Area: 2000 SF Quantity: 2 Users: 15

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Wind Energy Workshop Area: 5000 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 20

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Wind Energy Laboratory Area: 3500 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 10

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Wastewater Laboratory Area: 900 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 10

Solar Energy Laboratory Area: 1200 SF Quantity: 2 Users: 10

OFFICE

Administration Office Area: 450 SF Quantity: 2 Users: 4

Shared Office Area: 5400 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 60

COMMUNICATION

Meeting Room - Small Area: 60 SF Quantity: 6 Users: 2-3

Meeting Room - Medium Area: 144 SF Quantity: 3 Users: 4-6

Meeting Room - Large Area: 240 SF Quantity: 2 Users: 8-12 Storage requirements: 100SF

COMMUNICATION

Multi-Function Room for jobfair Area: 2000 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 80 Storage requirements: 200SF

Multi-Function Room for activities Area: 2000 SF Quantity: 1 Users: 80 Storage requirements: 200SF

EDUCATION & TRAINING

50.6%

LECTURE HALL 7.5%

WORKSHOPS 26.7%

LABORATORIES 12.6%

LIBRARY 3.8%

5.1%

COMMUNICATION

3.1%

RELAXATION OFFICE

9.9%

6.3%

STORAGE

3.0%

SERVICE

1.6%

PUBLIC

OUTDOOR

20.4%

MEETING ROOMS 2.0% MULTI-FUNCTION ROOM3.1% GYM 1.6% CAFETIRIA 1.6% SHARED OFFICE 8.5%

1.4% ADMINISTRATION OFFICE ARCHIVES 1.6% EQUIPMENT STORAGE 4.7%

RESTROOM 1.4% MECHANICAL ROOM 1.6% LOBBY 1.6% PARKING 16.5%

OUTDOOR GARDEN 4.0%

SOLAR ENERGY WORKSHOP

WIND ENERGY WORKSHOP

ELECTRIC WORKSHOP

INSTALLATION WORKSHOP

MEETING SPACE MEETING ROOM S MEETING ROOM M MEETING ROOM L

WORKSHOPS 17000SF

STORAGE 4000SF

SERVICE 1900SF

LOBBY

GYM CAFETERIA

ADJACENCY DIAGRAM 51

MEETING SPACE MEETING ROOM S MEETING ROOM M

MULTI-FUNCTION ROOM

L 4

LECTURE HALL 4800SF

LABORATORY 8000SF WIND ENERGY LABORATORY

LIBARY 2400SF

SOLAR ENERGY LABORATORY

WASTEWATER LABORATORY

SOLAR ENERGY LABORATORY

BUILDING ENERGY LABORATORY

GARDEN PARKING 10500SF

MEETING ROOM S MEETING ROOM M MEETING ROOM L

MEETING SPACE

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

SHARED OFFICE 5400SF 52

PLACE

01 RELATED ELEMENTS ANALYSIS 02 SITE SELECTION 03 SITE ANALYSIS

Because the new success center focuses on the training of green-collar jobs, it has a very close relationship with green energy enterprises. The choice of site needs to be within the reach of the green enterprises in St. Louis to form industrial advantages. Because the advantage of green collar work: relatively higher work is conducive to helping poor families, so I studied the overall income level of St. Louis. Site selection needs to be as close to these poor areas as possible. After analyzing the users of success center in the future, I found that these people can be divided into: 1. People from surrounding cities; 2. People from St. Louis who are engaged in blue-collar jobs. Therefore, the site needs to be within the reach of intercity transportation and close to the area where blue-collar workers live. These transportation elements include airport, railway station, metrolink station, main road and public transportation system.

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MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

• Green collar jobs have low barriers to entry • Health benefits • High levels of job satisfaction •Higher wages

METROLINK

METROLINK (EXPANSION)

$10K-29K

$29K-47K

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OCCUPATIONS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

Where are blue/white-collar workers living? Where are trainees coming from?

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PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WORK IN REPAIR ≥ 5%

PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WORK IN CONSTRUCTION ≥ 6% PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WORK IN MANUFACTURING ≥ 15%

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POSSIBILITIES

01 STRATEGY 02 POTENTIAL

The new success center will not only be a training base for the unemployed, but also a space for communication among the employed. At the same time, the cooperation between different users is activated to create unlimited possibilities for greencollar jobs. People can be trained here to become future green-collar workers, receive career services to solve the unemployment problem, and communicate or cooperate to promote the development of green industry in St. Louis.

STRATEGY 1

CONCENTRATION + LANDMARK

STRATEGY 2

DISPERSION + COURTYARD

THE BRIDGE - A NEW SUCCESS CENTER

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