Children’s Bookhouse Portfolio Freedom Park, NC ARCH 3101 Studio Fall 2011
University of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture School of Architecture
Table of Contents Project Introduction - 5 Site Analysis - 8 Parti - 18 Schematic - 24 Design Development - 36 Final - 50
Project Introduction Freedom Park is interlaced with roads and paths winding and connecting the disparate parts of the complex into a natural whole. The house of books will serve as an active teaching tool that incorporates green features into the building inside and out. The house of books is to include a restaurant, a performance and exhibition space, reading areas, storytelling and spaces of creativity for young and developing authors. Echoing the Park’s interlaced landscape, the interior spaces of the project will be linked to the surrounding hillside and wooded landscape by pathways. These paths create a fluid passage of space and movement by merging a variety of different programs into a seamless sequence and unfolding views of the surrounding landscape. It provides event and exhibition spaces as well as a small house for books and classes for a variety of themes and activities “We believe in the power of imagination, the delights of discovery and the ability of architecture to inspire and improve life.” Krueck Sexton
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Program t #PPL )PVTF A dynamic and interactive environment that emphasizes the importance of reading by providing a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces for group reading and quiet rooms for individual reading. This facility is a combination of library/art –an original approach to education, learning and creating arts related to books. At Book House, young people learn in many ways, through instructional classes, reading to writing and creating: “from the page to the stage”. t (BMMFSZ The exhibition space should present works of art and writing by children and their families to encourage an appreciation of writing as a creative art. t 4UPSZUFMMJOH 4QBDF Interactive Storytelling Spaces for Children: Storytelling can be a powerful tool for communication, collaboration, and creativity The tools of storytelling can also be a critical part of a child’s world and it can support the development of cognitive skills. The house of books provide wide range of interaction options, depending on whether children want to listen to stories, interact with them, or tell a story of their own.
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4JUF "OBMZTJT “Architecture belongs to the site. Architecture should be appropriate which means it should recognize in some way the attributes of the site. To understand what these attributes are, to hear how they manifest themselves, should be the architect’s first move when starting to think about a building.” Rafael Moneo
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4JUF *OWFOUPSZ /"563"- &/7*30/.&/5 Bio Regions Watershed: drainage patterns Vegetation and Wildlife Soils, Land Features - Topography Climate: sun, wind, rain, snow, temperature, humidity 4&/403: &/7*30/.&/5 Views & Visibility Points of Interest, Land Features and Forms Spatial Qualities: open, closed, defined, undefined, scale, texture Sound & Noise Pollution #6*-5 &/7*30/.&/5 Architectural Elements Circulation and Accessibility Regional Map/Locational Map History - Zoning - Existing Uses
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4JUF "OBMZTJT %JBHSBNT VEGETATION Freedom Park hosts a variety of plant life. With its far reaching canopy the site is heavily shaded and provides framed views to little sugar creek.
TOPOGRAPHY The site is gently sloping down toards little sugar creek, that overlooks the rest of Freedom Park.
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WATERSHED Water drains westward down the site, feeding little sugar creek. There exists a 100-year flood plain.
FEATURES There are many landmarks and features in Freedom Park including little sugar creek, the greenway, and bouldar formations.
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Parti The parti is the first conception of a project, and thus displays simple and concrete ideas about what the project will develop into. The parti must communicate the core ideas of the project and must be understood by implementing simple drawings that are abstract and diagramatic in character.
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4DIFNBUJD %FTJHO Schematic Design establishes the general scope, conceptual design, scale and relationships among the components of a project. The primary objective is to arrive at a clearly defined, appropriate concept while exploring the most promising alternative design solutions.
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The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. In spite of its name, and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence. Nonetheless it was founded with the idea of creating a ‘total’ work of art in which all arts, including architecture would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design.
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Form The form of the bauhaus influenced and helped me solve how the forms from my parti would interact and eventually connect. The rectilinear design of the bauhaus allowed me to investiate how forms and sections of buildings are phsyically attatched.
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The House for a Musher informed me on how I could develop the land and site. I incorporated landings around my building for diffeent programmatic spaces as well as walkways and driveways for a buss drop-off and employee parking.
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%FTJHO %FWFMPQNFOU Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts. Buildings are witnesses to the human ability to construct concrete things. I believe that the real core of all architectural work lies in the act of construction. At the point in time when concrete materials are assembled and erected, the architecture we have been looking for becomes a part of the real world. Peter Zumthor
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BOOKHOUSE : ORTHOGRAPHIC SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS - 1/8’’ scale Freedom Park - Charlotte, NC Kameron Freeman
BOOKHOUSE : ORTHOGRAPHIC PLANS - 1/16’’ scale Freedom Park - Charlotte, NC Kameron Freeman
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STRUCTURAL AXON STRUCTURAL PLANS 1/32’’ scale
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STRUCTURAL PLANS 1/32’’ scale
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STRUCTURAL PLANS 1/32’’ scale
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CHILDREN’S BOOKHOUSE Freedom Park - Charlotte, NC Kameron Freeman
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