Refugee Housing in Portland USA of Prof. Howard Winter Studio 2017

Creating An Inclusive Core

THE PROGRAM:

Syrian Refugee Housing in Portland

Carly Bushman | ARCH 484 | Davis | W 2017

Type

No.

Unit Sq.ft

Total Area

Families

6 row houses 20 units

720 - 1480 sf 680 - 1040 sf

5840 18680

sf sf

Newcomers

4 units

2030 - 2515 sf

9090

sf

Retail

5 spaces

555 - 1300 sf

4575

sf

Workshop

2 spaces

660 - 975

sf

1635

sf

Office

1 shared

120 - 225

sf

990

sf

Public

2 spaces

360 - 680

sf

1040

sf

Clinic

1 space

1330

sf

1330

sf

Child Care

1 space

1370

sf

1370

sf

TOTAL NET

44550 sf

After leaving their home countries, the journey of individuals or families of refugees begins with their initial arrival in camps in which they register for asylum. Their second step is when they are placed in temporary shelters for a number of months as their application for asylum status is processed. Finally, if the individuals or families are allowed to stay, they are located in permanent apartments.

The housing project in NW Portland addresses the second and third phases of the immigration process for refugees by providing them with temporary and permanent settlements. The site is a half block bounded by W Burnside Avenue to the south, NW Trinity Pl to the west and NW 19th Ave to the east. The location connects the users to a variety of services, transportation, opportunities to work and the unique culture of Portland.

The foot print of the building connects to the street on the east side with a prominent facade while pulling away from the adjacent lot to the west in response to future highrise developments. The network of outdoor spaces create a gradient of public to private spaces. The interior outdoor space invites the public into the site to access the retail services workshops, and other community activities. The courtyard near the residential units is a more private and quiet place. Finally, the outdoor area between the row houses and the larger building is designated for those individual units and the child care center. Interweaving the variety of uses with different kinds of outdoor spaces promotes connectivity among the residents and the community of Portland.

Path From Syria to Oregon

Families Newcomers Retail Workshop/Office

Outdoor Gradient

Public Clinic Child Care

Circulation

Structure Programmatic Elements Scale: 1/32”=1’

Retail + Workplaces Scale: 1/64”=1’

Scale: 1/16”=1’

Connection to Burnside

Row Housing Family Units

Site Context

Portland Context & Character

Scale: 1/64”=1’

Housing + Family Resources

Single + Family Housing

Family Housing (3rd + 4th Floors)

Scale: 1/32”=1’

Scale: 1/32”=1’

Scale: 1/32”=1’

Row House Unit 2nd Floor Scale: 3/16”=1’

Row House Units 1st Floor

Single Dwelling Unit

Family Units

Scale: 3/16”=1’

Scale: 3/16”=1’

Scale: 3/16”=1’

Public Activities

Transition from Public to Private

GERMANY 429,000

U.S. 16,218

75% MEN

12% WOMEN 13% CHILDREN

SYRIA CRISIS WHY ARE SYRIANS FLEEING?

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“The biggest humanitarian crisis in Europe since the Second World War”.

Over 100,000 civilians are killed during civil war in Syria, and 5,000 Syrians are fleeing the country every day.

Syrians who are forced from their homes result in lack of basic necessities such as food and medical care.

6.1 to 6.3 MILLION REFUGEES

(BASED ON UN ESTIMATE)

4,863,684 SYRIAN REFUGEES (REGISTERED) PROGRAM

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4,500 Newcomers and mostly single men dwelling units function as temporary housing before they move into permanent housing. Each floor has shared kitchen and common space.

RETAIL STORES/ WORKSPACES

5-7

400 1,000

7,000 Retail stores on the ground floor to be ran by the residents who live in the apartments above.

VARIABLE

1,200

3,000 Social interaction or group gathering takes place in common spaces

COMMON SPACEs

2

SERVICES/ OFFICES

5

CHILDCARE

4 - 7 400 - 1,000

1

1,200

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5,000 Counseling, social services, staff offices, and clinic for refugees are provided not only for apartment residents, but also for public.

1,200 Daytime care is provided for parents of young children. Playground is part of childcare service.

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RECREATION

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5,000

5,000 Recreational area is open to public which includes a basketball court and other sports activities to encourage Syrian refugees to interact with local residents.

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HOUSING FOR REGUGEES

1

SINGLE/ NEWCOMERS

COMFORT ZONE

3

FAMILY (> 4)

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6

FAMILY (< 4)

NUMBER UNIT AREA TOTAL AREA DESCRIPTION 2 2 OF UNITS (FT ) (FT ) 16 1,000 16,000 Average household size of Syrian refugees is a family of two parents and two 8 600 4,800 children. Family dwelling units expect for long-term residents.

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Stability in Transitions Living And Working In An Arrival City Housing For Refugees in Portland Refugees, specifically from Syria, have endured an environment of fear, destruction, uncertainty and violence and have risked everything to leave their homes behind. When settling in Portland, they will have to transition to a new set of laws, culture, majority religion, social structures, and general environment. The aim of this project is to develop a building that embodies this dynamic transition and captures a sense of stability, calm and security.

A building that exists within parallels and is ambiguously floating between two ends: protecting and freeing, solid and open, familiar and unfamiliar, ancient and modern, living and working, public and private, western and middle eastern. A building that invites the inhabitants to live according to their state of transition. A building that tells a story about transitions.

Street Courtyard

The courtyard is an essential architectural element that represents this transition. In itself it is a transition from indoor to outdoor, public to private, enclosed and open. The courtyard is an important architectural scheme in the middle east and Muslim culture, the home of Prophet Muhammad is a large hypostyle courtyard with small rooms and spaces on the perimeter.

Cairo-bayt Suhaymi is arranged in a beautiful sequence of courtyards.

Courtyards can be found within homes to mosques and this scheme reinforces upon this familiar element, but reinterprets it into a new context.

This scheme has three major courtyards, one is open to the street and welcomes anyone, the middle is private from the street but is public to all of the inhabitants and shares a visual connection to first and third courtyards.

The last courtyard is more secluded and minimal, but offers more free space for play and relaxing for the families that live directly next to it. Between each of these courtyards is an in-between zone that is used for circulation and for social interaction. The units are arranged according to these courtyards and within these dwellings are subtle or direct references to a courtyard scheme.

11 8

10 9

8 8 Key

8

NW Trinity Pl

1. Street Courtyard 2. Outdoor Seating 3. Workspace/ Storage 4. Offices/Conference Room 5. Entry Courtyard 6. Clinic and Counseling 7.Bike Storage 8. General Community Rooms 9. Chile Care 10. Family Courtyard 11.Family Units

Cairo-Bayt Suhaymi-The sequence and arrangement of courtyards, in-between spaces and perimeter rooms create a rich and beatiful sequence.

Arrival Courtyards

NW 19th Ave

NW Trinity Pl

First Floor 1/16”=1’-0”

W Burnside St

Site Plan Activity

1/128”=1’-0”

Support LivingActivity Produce Living

Program

Produce

Fourth Floor

Support

Family Dwellings 9 Small Family Units 2 Shop Family Units 6 Family Units 7 Couple or Single Units

Communal Courtyard

850 sq ft 1300 sq ft 1200-1600 sq ft 700 sq ft Third Floor

Dwellings for families who are there for the “long term,” following several month of initial assimilation. These units aim to welcome both refugees and long term residents of Portland. The Couple or Single Units are primarilly for newcomers who wish to transition to stay more permanently and have a bigger space than the temporary units.

Dwellings For Newcomers 6 Dwelling Units

400 sq ft

Dwellings for single men, on an interim basis for a few month before being assigned to permanent housing. This would be the first dwelling for the refugee after arrival. Each units holds 2 people and two units share a combined kitchen and dining room.

Second Floor

Workspaces/Retail Spaces 2 Shop Spaces with above workspace/storage 1 Cafe 3 Office Rooms and 1 Conference Room 1 Restaurant, Commissary Kitchen

800 sq ft(each) 750 sq ft 900 sq ft 6000 sq ft

First Floor

Common/Service Space Common Spaces Clinic and Counseling Child Care Prayer Hall

+20,000 sq ft 1,700 sq ft 1,500 sq ft 800 sq ft

Ground Floor

Axon

Family Courtyard

7

5

6

4

1 2 3

W Burnside St

3

NW 19th Ave

Precedence

Essential Spaces Key =Retail =Restaurant =Kitchen(Restaurant) =Commissary Kitchen

East Wall

Prayer Hall

Couple/Single Unit

Family Unit Living Room

Ground Floor 1/32”=1’,0” First Floor

Essential Spaces Key

Dining Room

=Family Units

Kitchen

Living Room

Bath

=Temporary, Shared Units Bedroom

=Small Family Units

Covered Terrace

=Shop Family Units

Guest Room

Bath

Family Unit Second Floor 1/32”=1’,0”

Bedroom

Outdoor Living Room Extension

Family Unit

First Floor 3/16”=1’0”

Second Floor 3/16”=1’0”

Balcony

Balcony Bedroom

Essential Spaces Key =Family Units =Temporary Shared Units and Single Units =Small Family Units =Shop Family Units =Single/Couple Unit

The Small Family Unit is organized around an interior courtyard which is designed to enhance the sequence of spaces, functional flexibility and integrate a sense of transition with the plan itself that each user can respond to however they wish.

Bath

Dining Room

Living Room Kitchen Large Bedroom

Small Family Unit Bath Living Room

Possibility 2 1/8”=1’0”

Balcony

Bedroom

Kitchen Bath

Dining Room

Third Floor 1/32”=1’,0”

Guest Room

Kitchen

Small Family Unit Possibility 1 1/4”=1’0”

Dining Room

Small Family Unit Possibility 3 1/8”=1’0”

Essential Spaces Key =Family Units =Prayer Hall =Small Family Units =Single/Couple Unit

Fourth Floor 1/32”=1’,0”

Small Family Unit Spacial Sequence

N/S Section

E/W Section

1/16”=1’,0”

1/16”=1’,0”