ARC 551 Residential Housing Complex

grand rapids masterplan

table of contents

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a1_program analysis

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context and site analysis

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a3_

site masterplan

a4_

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case studies

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a5_building project

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school typology basic 30’x30’ grid and the iterations of the expanded grid

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a1 program analysis

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Garden

apartment

Mountain Dwellings, BIG with JDS, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008

“The residents of the 80 apartments will be the first in Orestaden to have the possibility of parking directly outside their homes. The gigantic parking area contains 480 parking spots and a sloping elevator that moves along the mountain’s inner walls. In some places the ceiling height is up to 16 meters which gives the impression of a cathedrallike space.”

“The roof gardens consist of a terrace and a garden with plants changing character according to the changing seasons. The building has a huge watering system which maintains the roof gardens. The only thing that separates the apartment and the garden is a glass façade with sliding doors to provide light and fresh air.”

Constructed Area: 356,400 sqft h p://www.archdaily.com/15022/mountain-dwellings-big/

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Garden

Apartment

Suntop home, Frank Lloyd Wright, ardmore, pa, 1939

“This series of photos is of one of the homes in the quad know as the Suntop Homes in Ardmore by Frank Lloyd Wright. They were built in 1939. The home photographed in this series is the front right of the quad as you look from the street. Note diagram of the 4 homes. At Suntop, Wright applied principals from his "Broadacre City" plan, a garden-based alternative to suburban and urban expansion, to rethink the notion of group housing. By way of

a pinwheel plan, each of the four units that constitute Suntop, affords the inhabitants with a private garden and sun terrace, with interior living spaces divided into four separate levels. There is an overall horizontality of the forms, including the suppression of the verticality of the stair.”

This could be applied to multi-story configurations. http://modernhomesphiladelphia.com/frank-lloyd-wright-c20327.html

linear parks_linear arboretums

walkability_less than 3 miles

more_public transportation nodes

stormwater collection

green roofs

LEED certifications

passive_solar design

http://niallhore.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/energy_cartoon.jpg

responsible_redevelopment and reuse

a2 context and site analysis

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location

madison

grand rapids detroit

chicago pittsburg

land_use

fulton st. van andel arena

cherry st SR-131

higher_education

commercial

industrial

mixed-use residential

site

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fulton st. van andel arena

cherry st SR-131

views

fulton st. van andel arena

cherry st SR-131

a3 site masterplan

green bay, wi

dusseldorf, germany

seville, spain

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site plan

80 0

160ft

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locally proposed tunnel ramps

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mixed-use visitor center history museum river cafĂŠ

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power plant

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commercial

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residential arcade below grade parking

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van andel arena

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proposed expansion van andel arena

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mixed-use parking retail

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mixed-use restaurant police sub station grocery

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residential live_work retail automated parking

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high school

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adaptive reuse day care health clinic

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mixed-use retail restaurant residential

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plaza below grade parking

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hotel restaurant retail parking garage

existing buildings

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kayak launch

new buildings

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river walk

lot purchased in 2002: $8.8 millon gross square foot: 46,000 number of units: 38 developer owns adjoining buildings to allow for cantilever

a4 case studies

40o 43’ N

31’ above sea level

sources: http://www.oda-architecture.com/projects/100_Norfolk_Street.html http://www.archdaily.com/333209/100-norfolk-street-oda/ http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/19/norfolk_streets_glassy_new_pendant_tower_unveiled.php#more http://www.trulia.com/property/1087857875-100-Norfolk-St-New-York-NY-10002 randy thoms_arc 551_fall 2013

“The massing configuration maximizes the area of green roof for the building, generating two large outdoor spaces. Both the 5,000sf building rooftop and a 2,000sf roof-deck on top of one of the existing neighboring buildings will accommodate private and public planted terraces.� - oda

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a5 building project

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sixth floor

forth_fifth floor

third floor

second floor

ground floor

commercial live_work residential open_space parking fire stairs

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2_ FLOOR

3,4,5_ FLOORS

6,7,8_ FLOORS

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summer solstice

12 pm west facade

5 pm west facade

winter solstice

TYPICAL RESIDENCE

atrium view with exposed structure

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north towers and atrium

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pool automated parking entry with call room

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arc 551 spring 2013 randy thoms