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HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT JOHN H. REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL MASTER PLAN, RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS Houston, Texas
The John H. Reagan High School campus is located in the historic Houston Heights inner city neighborhood of Houston. The Project consists of the replacement of the aging, inflexible and inadequate low-density facilities, and the renovation of the original three-story school building to create a full service learning environment for 1800 students with 21st century technology standards for education.
A number of years ago, HISD approached RdlR Architects with the intent to commission them to design a parking lot for John H. Reagan High School. Of primary concern was the lack of parking. With 1,800 students and only six parking spaces, Reagan faculty, staff and student parking overloaded neighborhood streets. HISD acquired adjacent property to the campus with the intent to build an adjacent surface parking lot.
The new facilities at Reagan High School are designed to complement, not duplicate, the historic character of the original 1926 building. The new buildings respect the scale of the original building and reinterpret key details in a modern way as unifying elements. The internal courtyard commons is developed as the “heart of the campus” to unify the new structures with the historic building and to maximize opportunities for interaction and collegiality. The ceremonial “main entrance” of the original building will remain as the most architecturally dominant element, and the interior renovations will reinforce that experience. The new entry lobby created east of the original building, serves a similar role for the new buildings, but visually non-competing. Where the new and the old come together most symbolically, is at the campus entry from Arlington Street, where a glass bridge sits on top of the original brick arched arcade, juxtaposing historic and modern architecture in ways that sheds light on both old and new.
RdlR Architects were not convinced that the proposed location for the parking lot was a good idea, and proposed doing an overall Master Plan for Reagan HS, looking at its present and future needs, to determine the best location for the parking.
CLIENT REFERENCE Meredith Smith, AIA HISD- Rebuild 2002 Bond Program 1100 Roy Street Houston, Texas 77007 Phone 713.426.8320 Fax 713.426.8329 PROGRAM MANAGER REFERENCE John Risher Gilbane 1331 Lamar Street, Suite 1170 Houston, TX 77010 jrisher@gilbaneco.com
In preparation and research for the Master Plan effort, RdlR discovered that coincidentally, a group of Houston Heights neighbors had been seriously thinking about their neighborhood school. These individuals, along with the Reagan principal, and alumni had been working, with the backing of the Annenberg Group, to develop a plan to transform the learning program to a 21st century teaching model. The Community approached the school administration and learned that parking was only one of the major issues facing the aging campus. The dated facilities lacked fire alarms; had poor mechanical systems; and deteriorating structures with water infiltration. In addition, the 170,000 SF facility was undersized for a progressive learning environment. Neighborhood leaders working with the school to define necessary facilities improvements quickly realized that a modest renovation would not be sufficient; a fundamental redesign was required in order to deliver the desired educational programs and parking. Together with HISD executives, they approached the AIA (American Institute of Architects) seeking advice and technical assistance. The AIA responded with a force of volunteer architects (organized by RdlR Architects), planners, engineers that evaluated the site, buildings and needs; held community workshops and made planning recommendations. Concurrently, HISD finalized the acquisition of 4.68 acres adjacent to the campus providing a valuable opportunity to enhance the school facilities to accommodate newly identified curriculum goals. These efforts resulted in a vision for the school aptly titled,
“RdlR provided design services for the renovation of fifteen school and administration buildings for Lamar CISD. The project constraints included an aggressive project schedule that required RdlR to deliver bid documents within budget in a thirteen week time frame....The Firm’s dedication and high quality work and attention to detail had a significant impact both on the quality, cost effectiveness and schedule of the projects.” TIMOTHY L. RICHARD, AIA, SR. PROJECT MANAGER | GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY
Transformation Reagan
Phone 713.655.1518
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Building Hope for Children
SMPS Houston 20th Annual Casa de Esperanza de los Niños Benefit Luncheon
SMPS Houston 20th Annual Casa de Esperanza de los Niños Benefit Luncheon
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Building Hope for Children About Casa de Esperanza de los Niños Mission Casa de Esperanza de los Niños - the House of Hope for Childrenis a safe place for children in crisis due to abuse, neglect or the effects of HIV. Casa de Esperanza provides residential, medical and psychological care according to the needs of each child. Counseling is also available to the parents in appropriate situations.
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Goal Casa de Esperanza strives to break the destructive cycle of child abuse by offering safe homes to children of families in crisis. The goal of Casa de Esperanza is to return physically and emotionally healthy children to stabilized homes where caregivers can safely provide medical care. Children receive comprehensive assessment and intervention services while in placement. Parents receive case management and referral services while their children are safely cared for. When family reunification is not possible, Casa de Esperanza is licensed to supervise long-term foster care and adoptive placements.
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History With an original gift of $500 and the help of many friends, Kathy Foster opened Casa de Esperanza’s first home for children in crisis in October 1982. Related programs have been developed as needed, including medical, psychological and educational services. In 1986, Casa became the second agency nationwide and the first agency in the Greater Houston area to recognize and respond to the need for specialized residential care of children infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Casa de Esperanza serves the Greater Houston metropolitan area, including Harris, Fort Bend, and surrounding counties. All services are provided without charge. Casa de Esperanza has a governing board and is licensed as a child placement agency by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Building Hope for Children
SMPS Houston 20th Annual Casa de Esperanza de los Niños Benefit Luncheon
11:30 Silent Auction, Headshots, Networking 12:00 Welcome and Introductions 12:15 Lunch 1:00 Silent Auction Closes, Speaker from Casa 1:25 Closing Comments, Lunch Ends, Checkout
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GULF COAST GREEN
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LEADING IN A CHALLENGING CLIMATE
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WHAT’S NEXT IN MARKETING FOR DESIGNERS
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Seven Cures for the
Summertime Blues WONDERWORKS Pre-College Programs in Art, Literature and Media for High School Students at the University of Houston
Shakespeare and Company Drama and Dramatic Literature in association with the Houston Shakespeare Festival
15 June–17 July 2009 Soak up something besides rays this summer with Wonderworks’ fifth annual offering of workshops for talented, intellectually-curious high school students. Expand your cultural and artistic horizons through learning experiences that are intense and relaxed, challenging and fun, and way too cool for school. Tuition waivers are available for (but limited to) qualified students who demonstrate financial need.
SUPER STUDIOS
By Design Introduction to Architecture in association with the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston
Design studio plus lectures and field trips. Working with chipboard study models, yellow-trace and your own (mouse-free) hands, you’ll originate designs for small building projects, ranging from fast-food stands to kindergartens and studio dwellings. Daily lectures will introduce key concepts in architectural history and building practices, along with profiles of architects past and present and case studies of exceptional and representative buildings. Field trips will give you an upclose look at architects’ offices and buildings of special note in Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin. Concludes with a group exhibition and optional sixth-week portfolio workshop. No prior experience in architecture or drafting required. M-F, 9 am–3 pm; $750
Bicycle Thief, Nights of Cabiria, The Shop Around the Corner, Rashomon, Pather Panchali, The Searchers, The Apartment, Breathless, The 400 Blows, M*A*S*H and The Godfather, introduced and discussed by presenters from UH, the Rice University Cinema and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Moving Pictures concludes with a special screening of student films for friends and family. No prior experience in filmmaking required. M-F, 9 am–4 pm; $650
Workshop and performance plus plays on film.
Panel by Panel The Art of the Graphic Narrative in association with the School of Art, University of Houston
Studio plus lectures and films. Develop characters, plots and settings to make your very own comic book/graphic narrative. Take guiltless pleasure in dissecting the work of such recent/contemporary masters as George Herriman, Hergé, R. Crumb, Matt Groening, Gary Panter and Chris Ware and older-school geniuses like Hogarth, Rowlandson and Daumier. You’ll also see movies based on comic/graphic narrative sources, including The Addams Family, Ghost World, American Splendor, and Persepolis. All drawing/inking will be done by hand; good drawing skills a must! M-F, 9 am–3 pm; $650 On Edge New Directions in Art and Media in association with the School of Art, University of Houston
Studio plus lectures, films and field trips. A crash course in new art practices, where lines between media often blur, boundaries between artist and audience vanish, and the work itself may even
escape the walls of museums and galleries. You’ll investigate the work of diverse artists like Miranda July, Richard Long, Wolfgang Laib, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Michael Rovner, Olafur Eliasson, Jessica Stockholder, and James Turrell and the collaboratives Preemptive Media and The Yes Men, as well as that of such founding iconoclasts as Duchamp, Rauschenberg and Irwin. Includes studio and museum visits, individual documentation of projects and a final group exhibition. M-F, 9 am–3 pm; $650 E N T E RTA I N M E N T S
Moving Pictures Filmmaking and Film Literature in association with the School of Communication, University of Houston
Production workshop plus film screenings. Learn on the job as you work in small production groups to script, scout locations, act, film and digitally-edit short narrative films. You’ll also cover the principles of story-boarding, lighting, photography, continuity, sound and of other behind-the-scenes basics. Each afternoon you’ll watch one of the most extraordinary movies ever made, including Citizen Kane, Rules of the Game, Casablanca, The
This year’s production, The Comedy of Errors, involves mistaken identities arising from two sets of identical twins, doubling the confusion of its Roman source, Menaechmus by Plautus, while adding a romance story to the mix(ups). You’ll explore techniques of versification, disguise and physical comedy, while attending resourcefully to other aspects of production with occasional mediaenhancements. Each afternoon you’ll watch, discuss and analyze a filmed version of a play such as Henry V, The Importance of Being Ernest, The Pirates of Penzance, A Flea in Her Ear, Pygmalion, His Girl Friday, The Philadelphia Story, A Streetcar Named Desire, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Glengarry Glen Ross. Concludes with an evening performance of The Comedy of Errors (abridged), for family and friends. No prior acting experience is required but you must know your lines, frontwards and backwards. M-F, 9 am–4 pm; $650 PAGE TURNERS
Stranger than Fiction Literary Journalism and Creative Nonfiction in association with the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program, University of Houston
Readings, discussions, lectures, films based on nonfiction sources, documentary films and radio, and writing practicum.
Long-form journalism is a staple of magazines from The New Yorker to Rolling Stone – and also of Hollywood. You’ll read articles and selections from books by an all-star cast of writers including A. J. Liebling, Joseph Mitchell, Tom Wolfe, Hunter J. Thompson, John McPhee, Calvin Trillin, Jane Kramer, Michael Lewis, and Susan Orlean. Afternoons will be devoted to the introduction, screening and discussion of films based on, or prompted by, nonfiction sources, such as Dog Day Afternoon, Grey Gardens, All the President’s Men, The Right Stuff, Goodfellas, The Insider and Charlie Wilson’s War plus documentary films like The Thin Blue Line, The Last Waltz, Gonzo and In the Shadow of the Moon. “Driveway-moment” long-form radio pieces by David Isay, Ira Glass and others will keep you glued to your seat. You’ll also pursue the development of your own piece of longish-form journalism, taking it through several drafts with the help of your instructor and feedback from your fellow students until it’s portfolio-ready. As in college, most reading and writing will be done outside class, and you will be responsible for having the readings ready for discussion the next class after they are assigned. For avid readers (and writers) only! M-F, 10 am–4 pm; $650 All Things Considered The Essay at Large in association with the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program, University of Houston
Readings, discussions, lectures, and writing practicum. The essay (literally a “try” or “attempt”) is one of the most elastic yet demanding literary forms. Its invention is traditionally credited to Montaigne, a famously selfaware sixteenth-century French nobleman whose work you’ll sample along with that of Samuel Johnson, Jonathan Swift, William Hazlitt, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, E. B. White and Roland Barthes, among others. You’ll also “attempt” one or several of your own gently-workshopped essays on subjects that interest you. As in college, most reading and writing will be done outside class, and you will be responsible for having the readings ready for discussion
the next class after they are assigned. For avid readers (and writers) only! M-F, 10 am–12 Noon; $450 H O W T O A P P LY
Admission is competitive – Wonderworks requires at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average plus a high level of achievement in relevant core subjects and commensurate scores on the PSAT and/or Stanford tests (if available). Enrollment is limited to students who will be entering grades 10, 11, 12 or college in the fall. All admissions decisions are made on a need-blind basis – we don’t take into account whether you can or cannot afford the tuition, we’re just looking for the very best students, period. Tuition waivers are available for all students who demonstrate financial need according to criteria specified in the financial aid section of the application form. To sustain this policy, no other financial aid is offered apart from needbased tuition waivers. To be considered for admission, fill out the application form and submit it through your school along with an official transcript and any supporting documentation required to demonstrate financial need. Additional copies of the form may be downloaded from our website at: www.wonderworkshouston. org/summer2009. For full consideration, applications must be received by 1 May 2009; subsequent applications will be considered only if space remains. Early applications will receive early decisions. If you have further questions, please e-mail info@wonderworkshouston.org or call 713.301.4882.
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together with their parents
request the honor of your presence as they join hearts and lives in marriage please join us for an iranian cermony saturday the twenty fourth of october two thousand and nine six o’clock in the evening xxxx john dreaper drive, houston, tx 77056 reception to follow
A Marriage Blessing We thank You, O God, for the love You have implanted in our hearts.
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May it always inspire us to be kind in our words, considerate of feelings, and concerned for each other's needs and wishes.
_____ Accepts with joy! _____ declines with regret
Help us to be understanding and forgiving of human weaknesses and failings. Increase our faith and trust in You and may Your prudence guide our life and love. Bless our marriage, O God, with peace and happiness, and make our Love fruitful for Your glory and our joy both here and in eternity. Author Unknown
A Marriage Blessing
The favor of reply is requested by the 5th of September
Thank you for celebrating with us,
Natalie &True
January 3, 2009
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URBAN Sugarbaby
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graduate design /build studio
studio level II | house project
Cullen Community Center
Daylighting, natural ventilation, energy efficiency, and recycled materials rule for the University of Houston Roy Cullen Addition.
studio level II | addition to cullen building
STREET NETWORK AND GATEWAYS DIAGRAM
urban eMERGEnce
PUBLIC SPACES & ACTIVITY NODES Public spaces woven into the fabric of the urban landscape promote healthy, active communities. In a society where human interaction has become increasingly compartmentalized, Urban Emergence offers activity nodes that encourage interaction and physical activity. In addition to the dining and entertainment uses that will occupy ground floor retail space, recreational amenities will include a small pavilion for musical performances, a boating pond that is repurposed as an ice skating rink in the winter, a children’s playscape, and a dog park. The broad range of this program is aimed at creating a space that appeals to people of all ages and interests.
URBAN EMERGENCE denotes the process by which a decidedly unsustainable ‘power center’ is transformed into a cultural epicenter. The Denver Design District in its current form stands apart from the surrounding historic neighborhoods. Merging the existing largescale uses with the contiguous environs is achieved through the strategic placement of public space juxtaposed against a thoughtfully planned, dense urban program. The new Denver Design District is a lively, walkable community with open spaces that encourage community interaction. Green spaces and recreational nodes interspersed throughout the site feed off of a central boulevard - a green link between the urban program and public spaces.
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Current market conditions have severely impeded the availability of capital for new development. While the market as a whole may be frozen, the stabilized cash flows already in place have greatly aided in the acquisition of the project’s funding. Traditional financing makes up the bulk of the debt component. Permanent loans will be secured upon completion of each phase, based on asset values derived from the property’s cash flow. These monies will be applied to the construction loans and in phases one and two additional equity will be required to pay off the construction debt. This equity will be obtained from a private equity partner who has pledged to provide an amount equal to the equity basis of the collateral. With the aid of the city of Denver, parking bonds will be issued to finance the construction of all structured parking and the resulting revenues pledged towards their repayment. Additional equity in the form of a Community Development Block Grant will assist with financing the affordable housing and small business components of the development.
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Capitalizing on the adjacent Alameda Rail Station, the new Denver Design District will serve the regional community as well, drawing light rail passengers into the site through an integrated tunnel. Constructed of frosted polycarbonate, the luminescent tunnel links into the ‘Green Design Building,’ and opens into the main gallery. The ‘Green Design Building’ advances the purpose of the Design District, providing a space where design firms, architects, and other service professionals focused on a sustainable future can office together and benefit from the synergy created. Educational exhibits in the main gallery will allow firms to promote both their services and responsible development practices. As the capstone of the new master plan, the ‘Green Design Building’ will solidify the regional draw of the Denver Design District.
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Demo fast food establishments on Broadway
Relocate & Demo Retail on south side of site
Build Central Garage
Relocate & Demo Culinary School
Build Retail/Office along corner of Alameda & Bannock
Relocate & Demo Quest Diagnostic & Wells Music
Build Retail/Apartment along Broadway Build Quest/Wells/Culinary School & Office on NEC of Bannock & Dakota Build Retail/Office wrapping Central Garage Demo Pep Boys, Ace Hardware & building behind it Build Sam's Club & Garage Above, retail/apartments adjoining Greenspace on NEC of W. Virginia & Bannock, Playscape, Dog Park
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The condo tower is designed with 10-foot deep green space accessible on every other floor, with a central green space covering the garage core.
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The use of louvers on the hotel and retail spaces offers shading to reduce solar heat gain, providing a long-term cost reduction while also decreasing short-term costs in glass selection.
Build Green Design Building Build Hotel on Exposition
Build Design Center
15 1 Retail/Office 2 K Mart 3 Sam’s Club/Parking Garage 4 Albertson’s 5 Office Max 6 Office (housing Culinary School and Quest Diagnostics) 7 Retail/Residential 8 Cultural Center 9 Above grade parking garage wrapped by other uses 10 Playscape, dog park, open space 11 Above grade transit link 12 Above grade parking wrapped by other uses 13 Urban plaza 14 Hotel 15 The Collection 16 Design Center 17 Office with adjacent above grade parking 18 Hotel
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Construction cost estimates budget for the installation of high efficiency MEP systems throughout the built environment.
Build Office Building in the south
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Building materials, such as pervious paving, reduce the heat island effect and the use of local materials decreases transportation costs.
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Solar paneling on the roofs above large-scale retail provides income while also offering discounted, renewable energy for the site.
Greenscape central park, build pond/ice rink, pavilion Build Retail/Office surrounding pond/ice rink & pavilion
Xeriscaping will be used in green spaces, incorporating hardy regional plants indigenous to the area, thus limiting the resources required for maintenance.
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CONNECTIVITY In its current form, the Denver Design District can only be experienced via automobile. The redevelopment plan focuses on circulation and flow, utilizing a gridded street system, ample sidewalks, and a boulevard to encourage pedestrian and cyclist traffic. A connector to the Alameda Rail Station funnels visitors into our site, providing another mode of access. The new Denver Design District will allow pedestrians, cyclists, and automobiles to experience the site as a continuous extension of the existing landscape.
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Maintaining the majority of the Big Box retail reduces the district’s carbon footprint in the development process.
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The new master plan increases the density of the area, resulting in a more compact form than the existing power center. While vertical density remains low, the surrounding neighborhoods are built in a compact grid structure. Adhering to this grid promotes ease of navigation and circulation on both a pedestrian and vehicular scale. The Bannock Street boulevard running through the center of the site feeds from the historic Baker neighborhood on one end and from West Washington on the other. This connectivity allows both pedestrians and cyclists to experience the Denver Design District as an extension of the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Multiple activity nodes interspersed throughout the site will draw people towards retail, dining, and entertainment. Moreover, these amenities will attract top quality office tenants and attract residents who want to experience the live/work/play lifestyle.
Surface Parking 4% Office 30%
For Sale Housing 4%
Rental Housing 6%
The “Just In Time” (JIT) business strategy as it exists today works to better control the flow of goods and materials by ordering “as needed” amounts; limiting the footprint of goods scattered throughout the distribution centers of America and the myriad of expenses associated with carrying costs. By the year 2050 we project this strategy prevails on a global platform wherein consumers receive goods shipped directly from the source. Retailers will replace their oversized storefronts with much smaller cyber cafés where the consumer order products directly from the source. In some cases, particularly apparel, samples of product colors and sizing are available for the consumer to try on. The 120,000ft2 K-Mart becomes a 1,200ft2 cyber café with advertisements flashed on surrounding LCD screens and computers. The distribution center is eliminated. Waste is significantly reduced as products are ordered with the concept “demand then supply.” More importantly, the ecological footprint of all consumable products is greatly reduced to accommodate an increased population in a world of diminishing resources.
It is estimated that the U.S. population will increase to approximately 408 million people by the year 2050, measuring a growth of 44% from today. A major contributor to global warming, this increase will double carbon dioxide gas emissions while its pollutants continue to infill the natural landscape. Urban Emergence(y) projects that by the year 2050 the international crises of overpopulation, global warming, and pollution will necessitate change in the urban landscape. Working alongside a JIT business strategy, distribution centers and oversized retailers become extinct relics across the national landscape, replaced instead with urban forests whose trees offset the increase in CO2 emissions.
SITE SECTION – DENSITY & SCALE Extending the grid system from the surrounding neighborhood further ensures connectivity within the Denver Design District. With an eye towards merging the Design District with Baker and West Washington, smaller-scale uses are placed around the perimeter. Traversing into the site from both the north and east, density and scale increase such that the largest scale uses border Interstate 25. These buildings serve as a physical barrier against the rushing traffic, insulating the human scale activities from the sights and sounds of the busy highway.
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graphics/design | word play; patterns with helvetica
studio level III | thesis: exposing realities between production and consumption in the fashion industry with brand building architecture
LEARN
design school for 7-10 designers classroom 400 sqft design studio 900 sqft
10 long desks (7’x3’) with sewing machine 10 dress forms long table for fabric cutting
restroom 200 sqft
PRODUCE
apparel manufacturing
(fabric, trim will be outsourced from local suppliers) production room 2300 sqft
3 desks with computers 2 long cutting tables 10 tables (5’X3’) with sewing machines 2 pressing tables rolling clothes racks for final products
EXHIBIT
runway venue catwalk
*can be part of retail space
seating for 30 1000 sqft model makeup/changing room *can be underneath stage *can share space with studio
CONSUME boutique
2 dressing rooms 200 sqft cash wrap area 100 sqft merchandise floor 5700 sqft shelving, racks (mechanically controlled) storage/back stock, loading dock 2000 sqft *must be accessible to manufacturing
fabric and supply storage 500 sqft
*must be accessible to studio, must be accessible to loading dock
restroom 200 sqft
DISPOSE
recycling center
drop off center 500 sqft sorting area 1000 sqft distribution area 2500 sqft
*can be combined with boutique merchandise
Other
Restrooms for boutique, runway venue and recycle center 500 sqft administrative office 150sqft accounting office 150 sqft maintenance 150 sqft breakroom 450 sqft circulation 1500 sqft mechanical/HVAC 1000 sqft parking provided by highland village
total 20,400 sqft
studio level III | thesis report
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Architecture can influence fashion consumption. Fashion is a primary form of self-expression as well as group identity, and has become an object of obsession in our culture. In terms of production practices and treatment of garment workers, fashion often expresses social and ethical complexities. We also face considerable environmental challenges involving the production, transportation, maintenance and disposal of clothes. By allowing a glimpse into the production cycle, a fashion house could promote not only their latest trends, but also their humanitarian stance. This fashion house can raise awareness on the effects of the apparel process on the environment, the economy and the wages of others. The foundation begins with a design school in the vicinity of a high-end retail store with views of the manufacturing factory that produces the garments being designed and sold. A runway venue will exhibit the garments and influence how the public understands and experiences the product. A recycling center for disposal of the garment will also support the fashion cycle. By exposing realities within consumerism, the true relationship between consumption and production in the fashion industry can be exploited.
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eco-concious sustainable fibers fabrics or materials made from highly renewable resources such as bamboo, beech, or cork why bamboo? bamboo grows quickly without the aid of pesticides and fertilizers why organic cotton? traditionally grown cotton crops account for nearly 25% of worldwide pesticide herbicide use recycled materials reusing, recycling, and repurposing saves materials from the dump and landfills while saving the resources that would been using in producing new goods
how apparel is recycled collection accept clothing at store sorting the clothing is sorted into garments for reuse and for recycling 1. reuse clothes that can still be worn are distributed to developing countries or sold 2. material recycling clothing that is not suitable for reuse as described above is recycled into fiber, and used to make apparel, thermal insulation, work gloves, cotton rags, etc. 3. fuel recycling clothing that is not suitable for reuse and material recycling is recycled into power-generated fuel
where apparel comes from sweatshop conditions reported by workers in factories supplying leading brands. ‘Publicly owned’ means that the company has shareholders and ‘privately owned’ means that it does not.
li & fung limited global subcontracting network.
UMBRO a privately owned British company
EUROPE
socially responsible
MADE IN CHINA Workers are refused time off when ill. If workers leave the facotry they lose a month’s back pay.
KOREA
CHINA
PUMA a publically owned German company
$729
sweatshop-free manufactured in a factory which provides good working conditions and does not use child labor
PAKISTAN
INDIA
$1192
fair labor/living wages the designer or company assures that manufacturing workers are being paid a living wage and treated fairly handmade designers who place value on personal handiwork over mass manufacturing. this philosophy results in more care and attention in production--for the earth as well as for the product and the creation of one-of-a-kind pieces that are more valuable to the end-user, resulting in a longer
$671
THAILAND $3868
HONG KONG
CAMBODIA VIETNAM
SRI LANKA
INDONESIA $3059
designs, purchase orders from buyer (brand name) companies manufacturing instructions, managerial and commercial control, etc. completed garments
labor costs per worker in manufacturing, 2000
MADE IN THAILAND Women work double shifts and cannot refuse overtime because wages are so low
TAIWAN BANGLADESH
USA
$28,907
ADIDAS a publically owned German company MADE IN CAMBODIA Workers are required to work long hours without breaks. Trips to the bathroom require their card to be stamped by a supervisor. During low seasons their pay is so low it is hard to survive on it. FILA a privately owned US company MADE IN INDONESIA Workers are humiliated and verbally abused on a daily basis. Women are subjected to sexual harassment by male supervisors and management. Source: Oxfam International, 2004.
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fashionably responsible munity trade, defending human rights and protecting the planet. The strength of these values will underpin the consistency of its branding. In its internal and external communications, it will demonstrate a commitment to discover who they are.
Ellen Rosen. Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the US Apparel Industry. London: University of California Press, 2002: 111.
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Ibid. (Rosen, 2002) 45.
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Ibid. (Rosen, 2002) 221.
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Ibid. (Rosen, 2002) 223.
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Ana Klingmann, “Brandism”, The Slatin Report, 2006.
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Ibid. (Klingmann, 2006)
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Ibid. (Klingmann, 2006)
Herausgegeben Van Otto Riewoldt. Brandscaping. Berlin: Birkhauser-Publishers for Architecture, 2002: 3-4.
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Corinna Dean. The Inspired Retail Space: attract customers, build branding, increase volume. Gloucester, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, 2003: 86-7.
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10 Ian Luna. Retail: Architecture and Shopping. New York: Rizzoli InternationalPublications, Inc., 2005: 37.
Shonquis Moreno. Dress Code: The Architecture of Fashion. Amsterdam: Frame Publishers, 2006: 22.
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Ibid (Moreno, 2006) 26.
1. designers and companies who make responsible choices in design, production, and distribution 2. to be eco-conscious-- using sustainable, organic, or recycled materials, low impact or chemical free-dyes, and earth friendly manufacturing processes 3. to be socially responsible in their labor practices, paying fair wages, giving back to the community and supporting social change message from re-dress.com you are what you wear fashionable independent affluent change beauty cost possess control so pretty! mirror choice money shop more more work play pay workers human cost labor dirt children poison price disease pollution powerless destruction death what’s fasionable about you are what wears you fashion evolution change more than your clothes
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