itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence nick kratz + cory meyer | ksu design + make | fall 2013
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itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence
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contents project understanding
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mobile office design: schematics
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site-specific interventions: the catalysts
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details
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budget and prototyping
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understanding the problem:
creating a mobile office and exhibition—but it’s never that simple.
Jim Turner and Hardesty Renaissance, EDC have purchased a large historic plot in Kansas City, Missouri’s Northeast Corridor. They have approached El Dorado Inc and KSU Architecture to design a leasing office in one of the 6 buildings on the 18 acre site: the beginnings of a larger plan to revitalize the area. Design + Make Studio interviewed Jim to start the process of revealing what exactly would happen in this new space. The first meeting left us with our heads spinning; so many different aspects were covered but not one could have been nailed down at that point. We saw an exciting (granted, dilapidated) space and an extremely optimistic and enthusiastic client. Over the course of the next few months, the program began to take shape, the possibility of change always just around the corner. This back and forth process made the project that much more enjoyable—we felt deeply involved with Hardesty Renaissance and having a client with stake in the plan gave us a new perspective. Once we understood that this space will be used to host everything from neighborhood meetings to art gallery events, a carefully choreographed solution is needed. A mobile office to be deployed in this to-be-renovated raw space would serve several important functions. Besides becoming a more permanent home for Jim and his future project manager, an exhibition space to showcase community art and various partnerships became very important. Jim and Ernesto Vigereau (the CFO of AAFE) are very excited to start working with the community, lease this space, and get their vision of the old Quartermaster’s Depot underway. A major aspect of the program is to market Building 11 to the public and create interest in further developing not on it, but the Northeast’s fabric altogether. Other not-for-profits in the area, such as the Mattie Rhodes Foundation, have been spreading development and revitalization for much of the last decade. AAFE and Hardesty Renaissance have a unique opportunity to latch onto such existing infrastructure and not only further the movement but use their own tricks to change the way it takes place. Branding the company to the community and immediate corridor will be paramount to their success. The community at large has much to gain from a relationship to this new space.
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itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence
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C 084113.A (NEW STOREFRONT IN EXISTING MASONRY OPENING.)
D
101400.A
07 A600
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110A
04 A500
04 SIM.
A500
084113.A / B (NEW STOREFRONT IN EXISTING MASONRY OPENING.)
32'-0"
099123.A / 079200.A (EXISTING WOOD WINDOW & CLERESTORY TO REMAIN, PATCH & REPAIR AS NECESSARY.)
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099123.A (PAINT COLUMN & CONE, TYP. DO NOT PAINT CAP. RE: 04/A600, TYP. (4) THUS)
099123.A / 079200.A (EXISTING WOOD WINDOW TO REMAIN, PATCH & REPAIR AS NECESSARY.)
OPEN OFFICE
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71'-0"
110 2293 sq ft
EXISTING STOREFRONT TO REMAIN, PATCH & REPAIR AS NECESSARY (RE: ADD ALT)
099600.A (CLEAN, PATCH & REPAIR AS NECESSARY FOR FLOOR COATING & TO MAINTAIN 2 HR FLOOR/CEILING, TYP. ALL SPACES IN TENANT SPACE.) 224000.H 3'-11" F.V.
4'-11 1/2"
A1
4'-7 1/4"
4'-10"
2'-6"
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A600 113100.C (ABOVE)
113100.B
123530.A
DW
5"
A1
112
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A602 A600
A600
A2
MEN
114 63 sq ft
02 04 A602 A600
6'-8"
113100.A
1'-6"
101400.B (RE; 04/A010)
224000.A/B/C
A2 SIM
REV
110B
A1
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EQ.
EQ.
224000.F 102800.A
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GENERAL NOTES:
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1) ALL EXISTING PAINTED SURFACES TO BE RE-PAINTED.
A600
LATERAL FILE
224000.D/E
105113.A
102800.B
3) BOTTOM OF CONCRETE DECK AND COLUMN CAPS TO REMAIN UNPAINTED. PAINT ONLY COLUMN AND CONE.
ENLARGED FLOOR PLAN - TENANT FINISH SPACE
0"
1'
2'
4'
CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT (RE: STRUCT) GROUT (RE: STRUCT) REINFORCING BAR (RE: STRUCT)
051200.A 051200.B 051200.C 051200.D 051200.E 051200.F 057000.A 057000.B 057000.C 057000.D 057000.E
STEEL COLUMN (RE: STRUCT) STEEL BEAM (RE: STRUCT) STEEL PLATE (RE: STRUCT) STEEL ANGLE (RE: STRUCT) STEEL BAR (RE: STRUCT) FASTENER (RE: STRUCT) STEEL TUBE STEEL FLAT BAR STEEL ANGLE STEEL PLATE / SHEET FASTENER
072100.A 075323.A 075323.B 075323.C 075323.D 075323.E 076200.A 078413.A 079200.A 079200.B
BATT INSULATION EPDM MEMBRANE TERMINATION BAR RIGID INSULATION GRAVEL BALLAST PIPE BOOT / FLASHING SHEET METAL FLASHING & TRIM THRU PENETRATION FIRESTOPPING SEALANT BACKER ROD
081113.A 081113.B 081416.A 084113.A 084113.B 085113.A 085113.B 087100.A 088000.A 088000.B 088000.C 088300.A 088300.B
HOLLOW METAL DOOR HOLLOW METAL FRAME WOOD DOOR ALUM. STOREFRONT FRAMING ALUM. ENTRANCE DOOR ALUM. WINDOW - FIXED ALUM. WINDOW - OPERABLE DOOR HARDWARE INSULATED GLAZING UNIT SINGLE PANE GLAZING GLAZING PUTTY MIRROR MIRROR SUPPORT
092216.A 092216.B 092216.C 092216.D 092900.A 092900.B 093000.A 093000.B 093000.C 096513.A 099113.A 099123.A 099600.A
LT GA TRACK LT GA STUD LT GA RESILIENT CHANNEL LT GA HAT CHANNEL GYPSUM BOARD TRIM ACCESSORY CERAMIC TILE GROUT BACKER BOARD RESILIENT BASE EXTERIOR PAINT INTERIOR PAINT HIGH PERFORMANCE COATING
101400.A 101400.B 102800.A 102800.B 102800.C 104416.A 105113.A
VINYL SIGNAGE PANEL SIGNAGE TOILET PAPER HOLDER PAPER TOWEL DISP. / TRASH REPT GRAB BAR FIRE EXTINGUISHER METAL LOCKERS
113100.A 113100.B 113100.C 113100.D
REFRIGERATOR / FREEZER UNIT ELECTRIC COOKTOP / OVEN UNIT MICROWAVE DISHWASHER
ELECTRIC TRACTION ELEVATOR
DIFFUSER, REGISTER, GRILL (RE: MECH) DUCTWORK (RE: MECH)
265000.A 265000.B
LIGHT FIXTURE (RE: ELEC) ELECTRICAL DEVICE (RE: ELEC)
321723.A 323113.A
PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT CHAIN LINK FENCES AND GATES
KEYNOTES ISSUE PACKAGE:
STRUCTURAL: BOB D. CAMPBELL & CO 4338 BELLEVIEW AVENUE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111 TEL: 816-531-4144 FAX: 816-531-8572
ROLLER SHADE CASEWORK PLASTIC LAM COUNTERTOP
233713.A 233713.B
8'
CONSULTANTS: M/E/P: CODE CONSULTANT: PKMR ENGINEERS CODE CONSULTING SERVICES 8801 BALLENTINE, SUITE 200 103 WISTERIA OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS 66214 SMITHVILLE, MISSOURI 64089 TEL: 913-492-2400 TEL: 816-985-9669 FAX: 913-492-2437 FAX: 816-532-1558
CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE (RE: STRUCT) STEEL REINFORCING (RE: STRUCT) PLASTIC VAPOR RETARDER (RE: STRUCT) EXP. / ISOL. JOINT FILLER (RE: STRUCT)
042200.A 042200.B 042200.C
224000.A KITCHEN FAUCET (RE: MECH) 224000.B KITCHEN SINK (RE: MECH) 224000.C GARBAGE DISPOSAL (RE: MECH) 224000.D VANITY FAUCET (RE: MECH) 224000.E VANITY SINK (RE: MECH) 224000.F TOILET (RE: MECH) 224000.G UTILITY SINK / FAUCET (RE: MECH) 224000.H DRINKING FOUNTAIN (RE: MECH) 224000.J FLOOR DRAIN (RE: MECH)
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RE: 01/A101
SELECTIVE DEMOLITION (RE: STRUCT)
033000.A 033000.B 033000.C 033000.D
142100.A
A600
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024119.A
122413.A 123530.A 123530.B
2) ALL NEW GYP SURFACES TO BE PAINTED.
102800.C 224000.J
5"
CL
113 63 sq ft
02 04
123530.A/B 113100.D
A600
A3
WOMEN
1'-10" 7'-3 1/4"
20'-6"
15'-6 1/2"
(COLUMN CAPITAL OVERHEAD TYPICAL)
265000.B (ELEC. PANEL) 224000.G
STORAGE 112 57 sq ft
HALL
115 146 sq ft
BREAK 111 255 sq ft
A2
111
5"
5
1'-10" 1'-3"
A2 SIM
104416.A
EXISTING STOREFRONT TO REMAIN, PATCH & REPAIR AS NECESSARY (RE: ADD ALT)
8'-9"
6'-6 3/4"
099123.A (WALLS & COLUMNS UP TO CLG., TYP.)
PERMIT ISSUE / BID SET
ENLARGED FLOOR PLAN
DATE:
HARDESTY REN. PARTIAL RENOVATION
09.20.13
607 HARDESTY AVENUE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64124 PROJECT #1302 DRAWN BY: LF, RD, SSA CHECKED BY: SSA, JS JOSH M. SHELTON ARCHITECT LICENSE NO. A-2009030400
A450
ARCHITECTURAL CORPORATION MO LICENSE NO. 2004006230
510 avenida cesar e chavez kansas city missouri 64108 p 816 474 3838 f 816 474 0836 www.eldoradoarchitects.com
flex office entry gallery
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envisioning the mobile office:
organizing the key zones to serve specific purposes
The pragmatic, and primary goal of the renovation in Building 11 is the creation of a highly efficient office space that has the ability to change over time and through use. It’s flexible nature must accomodate desks, a private meeting area, and an exhibition space for the display of artwork and collaborations with various student groups and non-profits. A primary task of this office is to be mobile: how can it be deployed in a foreign setting? Building 11 offers a unique opportunity, but may not be the permanent home. Explorations in new sites show the flexibility of the system. What would the media center look like in a NYC subway station? There may be an opportunity to take certain key pieces out of the office and into the public realm as a kind of ad hoc advertising kiosk. the pallet: How can a pallet influence the design of a mobile office in an old Quartermaster’s Depot? This question drove our critical material choice early on in the project. We found the pallet through explorations on the site—constantly looking for anything we could reclaim and bring into the new design. Discarded industrial products seemed to fit perfectly with the ideals and attitude that Hardesty Renaissance took with it’s new property: How can we take what’s here and make it better? Our task with the pallet, while it was already modular, affordable, and contextually relevant, was to mitigate it’s raw nature and find an elegance the office required.
pallet modification HARDESTY RENAISSANCE KANSAS CITY INITIAL PROGRAMMATIC THOUGHTS
design process
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now that we have this constraint . . . how does the space get used?
itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence
nick kratz + cory meyer | ksu design + make | fall 2013
credenza media center
conference desk cloud to parking to raw space
storage wall gallery wall
portal
kitchen area
mobile office design: schematics 07
envisioning the mobile office:
organizing the key zones to serve specific purposes
explorations in alternate deployment
view through space looking to back caption
view through space looking to front
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itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence
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view into office space, showing the cloud
floor plan of standard office layout
view into conference area
view during large meeting
floor plan of large community meeting
view during First Friday type event
floor plan of gallery mixer event
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envisioning the catalysts:
site-specific interventions to spark activity and brand the building
It is unfair to any project to assume that it can be uplifted and find the new home as equally meaningful as the last. Interventions are required to make the mobile office mesh with its surroundings in Building 11. These moments spark activity in the space and provide functions outside the empirical programmatic needs. the portal: Tasked with selling Building 11 to potential leasees, a portal has been opened in the gallery wall to transform the perception of the raw space from banal to artful. In collaboration with Parson’s lighting designers, an installation of T5 fluorescent fixtures will be placed along the bell columns—creating a dramatic effect. the cloud: In an effort to establish a more substantial working zone, a ceiling plane or “cloud” is hung from above. offering spatial comfort and task lighting to Jim and his team. In the case of an event, the cloud can be raised to demarcate a seating area and provide softer, ambient light. the sign post: As a part branding Hardesty Renaissance and establishing a presence in Kansas City—especially in the Northeast Corridor, a site marker is necessary. A sign post marking the site and creating an identity on the street corner for the new leasing office will help in raising awareness in the neighborhood. Sparking questions amidst the community, a beacon on the street front will serve to reverse the previous “no one’s home” feel of the site. the lights: In collaboration with a studio from Parson’s New School od Design, we developed lighting strategies for the overall space and individual components. Task lighting became important, manifesting itself primarily in the Cloud.
sign post
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itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence
nick kratz + cory meyer | ksu design + make | fall 2013
portal function
robert irwin inspiration
view through portal
cloud function
lighting input from Parson’s
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envisioning the details:
creating a holistic office system through details and materials
The details, implemented through careful material choices and construction methods act as a unifier in the mobile office scheme. Each piece is a part of a larger family of assemblies, surfaces and frames play of one another to create a kit-of-parts. The pallet is implemented throughout, modified to hold a more neutral ground, and yellow accent paint is splashed in key positions to liven the space. Mobility and ease of transport are an essential part of this office, casters and flat packable materials are used to facilitate this—each piece is meant to move around the space and create new usable zones.
methods of mobility
48� x 4� pallets
steel tube
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gray paint
sheet metal
itinerant fixtures: finding agency in impermanence
baltic birch
mdf
nick kratz + cory meyer | ksu design + make | fall 2013
storage wall
media center
standard desk
conference desk
credenza
baltic birch skirt mdf + hdpe top rubber bumper 1 x 3 steel tube 1 x 2 steel tube pallet shelf
pallet screening + shelf 1 x 2 steel tube
1 x 3 steel tube base stem caster
pallet screening 1 x 2 steel tube
3� steel channel mdf + sheet metal
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creating a budget and defining prototypes instigating the next steps: documenting and making
Exploring physical prototypes, both full size and to scale is a crucial aspect of making this project become a reality. Issues of scale become readily apparent through these studies—as do many unforseen costs and connections. Below are images from previous studies. hardesty renaissance protoype cost analysis nick kratz | cory meyer 131118 1 2 3 4
1”x3” 14ga steel tube base** 27’ @ $3.25/ft = $87.75
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steel casters 4 @ $18.81ea = $75.24
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dowel pins, pallet-pallet $6.12pk paint 1 gal, $14.98
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40” x 48” pallet* 8 @ $12.00 ea= $96.00 3” x 4.1# steel channel 2’ @ 3.96/ft=$7.92 1”x2” 14ga steel tube frame** 65’ @ $1.96/ft =$125.44
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$20.00 misc. supplies
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10% contigency ($43.35)
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5% tooling ($21.67) grand total: $498.47
*phone verified with Reardone Pallets; KC **phone verified with Custom Cut Metals; Manhattan, KS
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1 1/2” = 1’-0 scale model
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nick kratz + cory meyer | ksu design + make | fall 2013
cost analysis; all numbers verified in spreadsheet; some approxomation included
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nick kratz + cory meyer | ksu design + make | fall 2013