Design Portfolio 2017

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RAVINE MANGALA

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ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN


A LIFELONG LEARNER AND INDEPENDENT THINKER. I have a fascination for the links between urban design and architecture and a unique passion for communicating ideas through multi-disciplinary collaboration. Over the last seven years as a student, I have been independently working and studying at the nexus of urban design and architecture, which has increased my awareness of the impact design has on the way we shape our natural and built environment. I am committed to the idea of solving critical problems in architecture beyond the building. As an advocate for mental health, I care about sustainability and innovative design that not only intentionally responds to the needs of all people, but a kind that compels us to transform and create solutions to problems with greater consequences that have not yet been resolved. I am currently a Master ‘s candidate in my thesis year at the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. I am seeking to gain more experience within the discipline as I work towards completing my last academic year. I believe that the leadership skills I have acquired and my creative abilities would be vital assets to both urban design and architecture practice. I am simply thrilled to experience the next chapter as an emerging designer.

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(919)798-9584 rmangal1@uncc.edu linkedin.com/rmangala

RAVINE MANGALA

Architecture | Urban Design

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Master of Architecture II, 2O17 Master of Urban Design, 2015 Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Summer Abroad Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, 2014

Research Fellow The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health / August 2016 - Present

SKILLS Software Proficiency Revit AutoCAD Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Bluebeam Rhinoceros Sketchup GIS Grasshopper Python Dynamo Digital/ Handcraft Skills 3D Rendering/ 3D Modeling Architectural Hand Drafting Sketching Water Coloring Graphic Design Digital/ Film Photography Disciplinary Expertise Community Planning City and Regional Planning Form Based Code Design for Climate Change/ Sea Level Rise Interest/ Curiosity WELL Building Standard LEED Building Standard Sustainable Design Language Proficiency English French Lingala

Contribute to a multi-disciplinary platform that aims to inform, inspire, and make the case for integrating mental health improvement into urban policy, planning, design, and development as a standard consideration and an achievable priority. Collaborate with experts to communicate ideas at the nexus of urban design and mental health. Write op-eds and issues for publications on the UD/MH Sanity and Urbanity blog and in the biannual journal.

Architectural Intern Little Diversified Architectural Consulting / May 2016 - August 2016 Collaborated with senior architects and project managers on developing architectural drawings for schools, civic, colleges and universities projects. Involved in early stages of collecting research and developing design concepts and schematics for an international urban planning project. Coordinated with engineers to edit Construction Drawing sets. Created final design development drawings in Revit. Participated in design charrettes, panel discussions, client reviews, and construction site visits.

Architectural Draftsman/ Designer Andrew Wagner Architects / December 2015 - April 2016 Developed design for high-end custom residential projects under the leadership of a practicing architect. Produced architectural drawings for quality assurance. Collaborated with LBD Interior Design professionals. Coordinated drawings with structural engineers. Published final Construction Drawing Sets. Assisted to deliver projects from start to finish.

Art Gallery Assistant University of North Carolina at Charlotte / May 2013 - April 2016 Monitored the university’s main art gallery during opening hours. Participated in the instillation of monthly exhibits. Helped in the de-instillation of old exhibits. Collaborated with local professional artists and art students of interest. Attended monthly Gallery Committee Meetings for artist/exhibition selections. Welcomed guests during opening and closing gallery receptions.

Senior Drawing and Painting Instructor Winshape Camps at Mt. Berry, GA / May 2014 - December 2014 Served as a senior summer camp counselor for girls in students. Taught drawing and painting skills classes eighteen. Served as head coach and skills book writer study/ discussion sessions for senior camp girls,

a group of at least twenty for senior campers ages for women’s lacrosse team. co-counselors, and assitant

four high school thirteen through Led small group camp directors.

HONORS S i g m a A l p h a P i , The National Society of Leadership and Success / NSLS National Member / May 2016 - Present Collaborate with other graduate students and faculty advisors from various academic disciplines within the university’s honors program. Participate in leadership conferences, events, and community service programs .

A I A C / S O A 2 0 1 6 T r a v e l F e l l o w s h i p , School of Architecture Finalist / December - March 2016 Finalist of the 2016 Travel Fellowship award once a year to a student seeking to study abroad. Proposed study: Community Based Care for mental health in rural and urban areas of New Zealand.

S O A S c h o l a r s h i p i n P r a c t i c e , School of Architecture Finalist / February - April 2016


2 0 1 6 N i n e r I n t e r n a t i o n a l , Gallery Exhibit Featured Artist + Design Winner + Honorable Mentions / March - April 2016 Featured graduate student at the 2015- 2016 Niner International gallery exhibit. Selected winner for postcard design to serve the Office of International Programs. Received three honorable mentions for photography competition.

W i l l i a m W i l s o n B r o w n S c h o l a r s h i p , Office of International Programs 2014 - 2015 Award Recipient / February 2015 Recipient of the William Wilson Brown Jr. Latin America Scholarship, awarded once a year to a student who plans to study abroad in a Latin American country. Selected Program: Master of Urban Design - Rio de Janeiro

1 0 0 A r t i f a c t s t o R e p r e s e n t t h e S c h o o l , Gallery Exhibit Fall 2012 Featured Student / August - September 2012 Organized presentations and interviewed prospective students for undergraduate first year admissions. Appointed juror for undergraduate final reviews. Served on advisory board as class representative with SoA director. Recipient of W. Brown Jr. Latin America Scholarship . Finalist of 2016 Scholarship in Practice and 2016 AIAC/SoA Travel Fellowship.

LEADERSHIP M a s t e r of A r c h i t e c t u r e S t u d e n t S o c i e t y / MASS Liaison + Critical Mass Communications and Planning Committee / August 2014 - Present Collaborate with graduate students and faculty of UNC Charlotte to plan, organize, and host the annual symposium for graduate students thesis projects from schools around the southeast. Appointed photographer for the symposium.

S c h o o l o f A r c h i t e c t u r e , UNC Charlotte Admissions Interviewer + Juror + Advisory Panel Representative / August 2011 - May 2016 Organized presentations and interviewed prospective students for undergraduate first year admissions. Appointed juror for undergraduate midterm and final reviews. Served on advisory board as class representative with SoA director.

U r b a n L a n d I n s t i t u t e / ULI National Member + 2015 Gerald Hines Competition / January 2015 Competed and collated with a team of urban design, architecture, and finance graduate students and professionals on behalf of UNC Charlotte Master of Urban Design program for a competition based in New Orleans, LA.

A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e o f A r c h i t e c t u r e S t u d e n t s / AIAS Chapter Historian + Freedom by Design Committee / May 2013 - August 2015 Designed promotional materials for academic programs and competitions. Photographed social, educational, and professional events for members to share on social media. Participated in design charrettes and build days for Chantilly Montessori’s Playground for Children. Served as Planning Committee member for the annual Beaux Arts Ball and national South Quad Conferences. Participated in the Professional Mentorship Exchange program for emerging professionals.

N a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n o f M i n o r i t y A r c h i t e c t s / NOMA National Member + 2013 National Competition Design Team / September 2011 - 2013 Participated as team member on behalf of local chapter for fall design competition held in Atlanta, GA. Served on the Planning Committee to organize the annual Art Festival for the School of Architecture.

C4 Charlotte College Experience Secretary + Treasurer + Special Events Coordinator / May 2011 - July 2014 Supervised the organization’s calender of events to regulate vision plans for the semester. Designed graphics for promotional materials. Planned and recorded minutes for executive board meetings. Served as volunteer-contact coordinator. Maintained custody of funds and responsibility for the deposit, investment and disbursement of finances. Served as Communications Chair responsible for writing grants and project proposals to the university to seek funding.


CharLIT Museum of Light CharLIT Museum of Light Charlotte, North Carolina Master of Architecture II Lifecycle Integrated Kinetic Envelopes Studio Faculty: Kyoung-Hee Kim Fall 2016

Light & Comfort Enriching the Built Environment

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Air & Water Enriching the Natural Environment

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Social Behaviors: Curious. Extroverted. Inventive. Careless/ ful. Enthusiastic. Moody. Ambitious. Design Opportunities: Community. Responsive. Creative. Variety Options. Collaborative.

Social Behaviors: Conscientious. Cautious. Assertive. Ambitious. Active. Curious. Perfectionist. Reserved. Design Opportunities: Gathering. Community. Interactive Reserved. Collaborative. Quiet Spaces.

Millennials

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Light + Form Formal Qualities/ Light Connecting to Space

Social Behaviors: Reserved. Passive. Excitable. Considerate. Charming. Pleasant. Sincere Design Opportunities: Collaborative. Community. Options. Ordered. Creative.

Older Generations

Unique Traits: Static & Responsive to Geometry, Materiality, Daylighting, Time. Design Opportunity: An Innovative. Envelope. Responsive to Cultural. Context (Interior Informality).

Cognitive Kinetic

Light + Space Spatial Qualities/ Light Informing Spatial Understanding

Unique Traits: Responsive to Vegetation, Temperature, Humidity. Design Opportunity: An Innovative. Skin Responsive to Climate of the Urban Context (Interior Green).

Bio Kinetic

Light + Meaning Luminous Qualities/ Light Evoking Meaning

Unique Traits: Responsive to Modes of Movement. Physical Transitional Rotational. Design Opportunity: An Innovative Facade. Responsive to User Experience (Interior Formality).

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The design for CharLIT is intended to provide innovative, luminance exhibit spaces for a display of different catalogues of light. The Museum houses three “PROGRAM REALMS” that are designed as LIT GALLERIES. The galleries include interactive, meditative, and collaborative spaces. Located in Charlotte’s 2nd Ward, the Museum sits at the foot of Uptown, providing an unobstructed panoramic view of the city’s skyline. The Museum is a CULTURAL ENTITY that responds to the unique social culture most popular among Charlotte’s millennial generation, remote professionals and older generations with a hybrid of programs serving a diverse group of people. The LIVE REALM IGNITES imagination and brings ideas to life, with a powerful visual connection to the city’s skyline. Vertically sandwiched between L and T, the INDEPENDENT REALM ILLUMINATES personal interest and is a threshold where one’s “desire to express meets the possible.” It is distributed to physically connect with the adjacent natural environment. The TRANSFORMATIVE REALM SPARKS inspiration through shared beliefs, radiates conversations and strengthens community. It is oriented facing the main intersection, serving as a grand entrance to welcome in the community. The galleries serve as exhibit spaces for the different user groups to come in and experience the live display of light through formal, spacial and luminous qualities. The kinetic façade reveals the building as a lit object, illuminating its surrounding urban context through different degrees of crystalinity, which affect the reflectivity, transmitivity, and diffusivity of light illuminating the interior spaces. The architecture’s luminous quality adapts to different times of day by displaying a catalogue of various kinds of light. The threshold between each gallery is a moment whose innovative and responsive strategy is manifested through rotating transparent panels that reveal the crystalinity that is created through light. Through materiality, light is manifested though pivoting dichroic panels that transforming daylight into a vivid display of color. The intensity of light varies based on the light source/ orientation and viewing angle.

Color Primary Effects from Pivoting Panels

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Intensity Based on both Natural & Electric Light

Pattern From Users and Interior Objects


Color Primary Effects from Reflecting Kinetic Panels

Color Primary Effects onto Vertical surfaces

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Sustainable Building Integrated Systems Natural Daylighting, Passive System Electric Lighting, Active System Transforming a Live Display of Light through a Kinetic Building Envelope

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PRIMARY SKIN 24”x24” Deep W Wide Flange Beam Suspended Ceiling for Innovative Lighting Technology

FLOOR CEILING PACK Metal Decking over Concrete Slab 1” Finished FloorHorizontal Surface for the Display of Light

VENTILATION 2” Batt Insulation 36” Gap for Ventilation 6” Air Gap

KINETIC PARTS 4”x8” Custom Curtain Wall Mullion Curtain Wall Panel as Primary Building Skin Supporting Grid Shell Bracket from Floor Slabs Supporting Kinetic System Supporting Steel Rods for Kinetic Panels 24”x24” Pivoting Kinetic Panels

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Project Location: 35.2189140319824,-80.8388595581055 Sun Study Start Date Time: Solar 1/1/2010 12:00:00 AM Energy Sun Study End Date Time: (kWh/m2) 12/31/2010 11:59:00 PM

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Summer Celebrating the Place around which “it� is Designed

Fall - Winter Celebrating a Variety of Human Activities

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Spring Celebrating Healthy Attributes of Light + Space based on Time/Place


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Techstyle Ecotech Tower Techstyle Corporate Headquarters Charlotte, North Carolina Master of Architecture II Comprehensive Architectural Studio Faculty: Jefferson Ellinger Design Team: R. Mangala, J. Rintenbaugh, N. Modares Spring 2016

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Traffic count: between 126,000 to 169,000 vehicles/ day

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Architecture as Provocateur The design intent for the EcoTech Tower provides collaborative workspace and innovative ateliers to assist TECHSTYLE, a leading trend authority, serving the fashion and creative industries. The program includes a nanotechnology lab to accommodate the advancement of textiles, a workshop to enhance methods of manufacturing, and workspaces for designers, artists, and enthusiasts to create the fashions of tomorrow. Located between 3rd and 4th Streets on the south side of the light rail line, the tower is at the heart of activity in Charlotte and the crossroads of multiple forms of transportation. The textile based company harkens back to the history of the area as the foremost producer of textiles in the United States.

Metal Decking 24” x24” Deep W Wide Flange Beam 2” Batt Insulation Dropped Ceiling

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The architecture of the headquarters focuses on weaving together programmatic “threads” of art, business, and community spaces unified by a runway serving as an active display of inhouse designs. The tower responds to the urban context of the site by welcoming pedestrian traffic from the light rail stations and bus terminal adjacent to the lot through pleated, faceted thresholds which recess into the tower form.

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The voids in the form will provide opportunities for the runway to visually engage the city of Charlotte and serve as a privileged view into the world of haute couture. The ground is manipulated through a darting motif in the plaza on the north of the site. The folded forms encourage visitors to filter through the community thread composed of restaurants, retail, gardens, and the company’s premiere runway. The tower challenges the exclusivity of the fashion world by the weaving techniques employed in the building’s spatial conception. By drawing the pedestrian traffic and community into the base of the tower, the runway thread provides an uncommon vantage point into the creative world and the expanding fashion market of Charlotte.

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A Counter Proposal The concept for this project was to create a sustainable area of high density where people live with canals. The design intent was to provide people with a place that is easily walkable, livable, and sustainable; a place where canals are the most important urban public spaces. The site faces critical challenges of climate change and sea level rise. The design responds to climate change in a sustainable way that will accommodate flooding and change in sea level rise and provides a set of guidelines that will aid the future growth of the city in such a way that is sustainable for today, 2100 and beyond. The project is a counter proposal to most of the existing built infrastructure of Rio de Janeiro, as it responds to the prediction that sea level will rise up to two meters by 2100. The idea of living with canals accomplishes these goals by connecting existing canals with a new canal that will serve as a public space an new ecological strategy to accommodate sea level rise.

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As the Rio Times Online recently reported, Rio’s real estate boom is concentrated largely in what has come to be known as Zona Oeste (the West Zone). Infrastructure investments for the 2016 Olympic Games, which includes Bus Rapid Transit and a new metro line, have fueled a construction boom in previously undeveloped areas. While this growth is seen as an opportunity to provide new commercial and residential spaces, including affordable and middle income housing, the areas of expansion are ecologically sensitive and particularly vulnerable to climate change and sea level rise. The global sea level rise scenario for Rio de Janeiro is predicted to reach up to two meters by end of the twenty first century. This sets the stage for opportunities to reinvent suburban typologies and to suggest innovative new frameworks for sustainable urban development. The first phase of design research involved a careful large scale analysis of an area of projected growth in Zona Oeste, which lead to a conceptual master plan. We took on this task with our partnered students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and we worked with the Director of their Architecture and Urbanism Program, Professor Maria Fernanda Lemos and our study abroad faculty director, Professor José Gámez.

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An Adaptive Design Strategy At the large scale of case study site, we focused on rethinking how to build new communities in sensitive ecological areas and areas susceptible to future rises in sea levels. We addressed valuable public infrastructure including utilities, public open spaces, affordable housing, new modes of connectivity, and a multi-modal transportation system. The project provided us with an opportunity to reinvent urban typologies such as rural/hamlet/town forms, neighborhood/block form, architectural form, and land form for our case study site and potentially other areas within greater Rio de Janeiro. Our conceptual master plan puts forth a vision for a new way of living in cities and new approaches to natural resources and systems for the twenty first century and beyond.

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Node 1: An entrance plaza to serve as the main public space upon arrival into the new neighborhood.

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Center for Collaborative Brain Research Issues in Brain Research Charlotte, North Carolina Master of Architecture II Architecture Topical Studio Faculty: Betsy West Fall 2015

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The Center for Collaborative Brain Research serves neuroscience experts and the general public with a goal to raise and enrich public awareness of mental illnesses and cognitive disorders. With a public library, an auditorium, two classrooms, and private laboratories, the Center bridges the gap among several disciplines, as it encourages collaboration between neuroscience experts and all others. Because of its accessibility to the public, the Center is a safe haven that houses advanced knowledge in brain research. From entry, the Center is designed with a series of pedestrian experiences that celebrates public engagement with neuroscience research. The overall pedestrian experience is made up of multiple moments of intensities that become small gathering public spaces. There are three main courtyards which allow the general public to fully engage with the private. Connecting paths throughout the building site accommodates the beauty of public and private encounter. The Center is unique not only because it creates an entourage that is welcoming to both the public and the private, but its visual and physical connections to the adjacent greenway and the busy intersection allows for a tense experience between man and architecture

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Ground Floor 1. Public Entry 2. Central Courtyard 3. Library 4. Auditorium 5. Classrooms 6. Research Labs 7. Greenway Overlook 8. Semi-private Courtyard 9. Public Garden 10. General Supplies Storage Room 11. Public Toilets 12. Handicap Parking Spaces 13. Delivery Parking Space

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Brewmasters Retreat Facility Brewery Asheville, North Carolina Bachelor of Arst in Architecture Architectural Design Studio Faculty: John Nelson Spring 2014

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Brewmasters in Residence This project focuses on spacial circulation and its relationship between public and private program spaces. Located along the French Broad River, stands the new Brewmaster’s Retreat Facility, with the main entrance facing south; it responds to the different ways the general public and the brewmasters experience public and private spaces. The building’s response to spatial circulation is driven by its orientation within the site. The building design extends beyond the symmetrical boundaries of two elongated shed-like pavilions, dividing private from public spaces. The extension and configuration of public and private program spaces allows for the building to mimic the vast rural landscape, by providing the general public and brewmasters with spaces in which circulation carries the same directionality as the river’s flow.

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The River Green in New Orleans The River Green: Channel. Flow. Replenish New Orleans, Louisiana Master of Urban Design ULI Gerald Hines Competition Faculty: Ming-Chun Lee Design Team: R. Mangala, A. Bonawits, O. Vasser, M. Zhou Spring 2015

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The land along a river is the most fertile and promising. The River Green is a progressive community where people come together in celebration of their past, present, and future. This mixed use development will provide opportunities for current residents through workforce training and encourage companies to relocate to the city. This will serve as a catalyst for revitalization, bringing upwardly mobile young professionals and skilled workers to the area. The inclusive community will incorporate office, retail, and residential rental options at various price points. Sow your seed and watch them flourish.

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Gateway Centre at University City A Form-Based Code Design for a Brand New Univeristy City Charlotte, North Carolina Master of Urban Design Open Space and Infrastructure Design Studio Faculty: Ming-Chung Lee Spring 2015

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Within close proximity to the BLE station located at the intersection of North Tryon and University City Boulevard, this civic district serves as the gateway into University City, where a large aesthetic park for the performing arts and several amenities provide people with a sense of arrival. Land within the Gateway Centre is suitable for performing, commercial and residential mixed-use development, as well as open space with multiple greenway connections. The Gateway Centre provides an interweaving network of green space that make up pocket parks, common green areas, civic plazas, linear recreation spaces, and parks integrated with housing to accommodate the need for a safer pedestrian, cyclists and vehicular environment. The Gateway Centre at University City is a wonderful place making opportunity to welcome in people as they arrive into the district. The Gateway Centre is bordered by I-85 and North Tryon, an area driven by the idea of big box retail. The existing infrastructure of this district highly influenced by the volume of vehicular traffic and its negative affect upon pedestrian patterns. When analyzing the site, a major constraint is the weaving of the North Tryon and University City Boulevard intersection, which serves thousands of vehicles daily and the few individuals who are discouraged by the lack of pedestrian infrastructure. The weave of this major intersection has created great opportunity to improve the district by creating a place that is pedestrian and bicycle friendly. Other existing man-made site conditions include the lack of easily accessible amenities. Retail in the area is limited to the big box shopping center, with difficult visibility from the streets. The natural features of the site provide great opportunity for nature preservation and greenway connectivity. Bordering the site are multiple trees that buffer the area from the interstate. Three unconnected streams extend into the site from different corners, giving new way to improving the green connectivity of University City as a whole. Other natural and man-made infrastructures that play role in the planning of the Gateway Centre are three existing retention ponds, a large retaining wall behind Wal-Mart, and ongoing construction of a light rail station.

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The North End Urban Farm The North End Urban Farm: Plant Your Roots Charlotte, North Carolina Master of Urban Design Fundamentals of Urban Design Studio Faculty: Deb Ryan Design Team: R. Mangala, A. Bonawits, J. Colon, A. Foreman, S. Hubbard, O. Vasser, G. Wang, K. Wyatt, M. Zhou Fall 2014

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An Innovative Corridor Located between two light rail lines and centered on a reimagined Tryon Street, The North End Urban Farm focuses on the growth of human and economic capital, the promotion of transparency and permeability, the creation of a gateway into Uptown Charlotte from a relocated Amtrak station, and the generation of a green and walkable community connected through a network of open spaces. Building on the concept of the Innovation Corridor, The North End Urban Farm is a place where people live, companies grow, and creativity thrives in four overlapping neighborhoods: Rhe Maker’s Village, Main Street, the Collaborative Knowledge Campus, and the Living Green Community.

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Empty Wards Engaging Community for Renewed Mental Health Critical Project Master of Architecture II Thesis Document Faculty: Peter Wong Fall 2016

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The INFRASTRUCTURE of care has collapsed, and there is a need to acknowledge that designing to improve mental health deals with shaping complete environments. Understanding the complexity embedded within a region can reveal potentials for new design methods that are more conscious, responsive, and adaptive to its nature and context. Prominent mental health design issues found in different environments include social neglect, the isolation of necessities, and the inaccessibility to services for those who are in need of them. Contemporary methods of designing for mental health have evolved from an extraordinary past of psychiatric hospitals and a disturbing approach to treating the mentally ill. The largest public buildings in 19th century Western civilization were asylums, designed in rural sites to allow room for private amenities and provide a better environment for inpatients. By the 20th century, increasing admissions led to even larger psychiatric hospitals, spreading across developing urban areas to relieve overcrowding. Historically, overcrowding led to the closing of several mental asylums. The end of the 20th century initiated the de-institutionalization movement worldwide to gradually eliminate psychiatric hospitals and release patients into community-engagement services for mental health care.1 Despite deinstitutionalization, the stigma of mental illness still labels victims socially and economically problematic, and some counties continue to rely on asylums.2 Despite the brutal history of mental asylums, there is an opportunity for a new paradigm for conscious design to emerge in the contemporary age— one that prioritizes mental health for all individuals.

Adaptivity and flexibility are key to implement a program whose design methods are intentional and responsive to individuals’ needs. The building program will be an emerging model that delivers care and provides a safe community in an environment where young victims of mental illness can feel hopeful and engaged to the nature of their surrounding context as they journey towards independence. Through architecture, the design project will be explored through an adaptive community-based care model, which will encourage partnerships between communities and individuals who experience episodes of mental illness by focusing on providing better care, improving transition planning, and increasing patient and community education. There is an opportunity to use innovative technology to recognize the design impact on a COMMUNITY-ENGAGED system. The use of big data, for example, can enable the designer to even further understand the context of different environments and identify population sections that are vulnerable to greater mental health risks.

The causes of mental disorders are known to vary in complexity, depending on the individual and severity of an illness and come with different biological, psychological, and environmental factors contributing to their causes. Individuals with mental illness fall within a wide spectrum of symptoms, skills, and levels of disabilities, and because every one affected faces challenges uniquely, the appropriate place or setting that could allow one to live healthily varies significantly from another. Although the old idea of asylums were to be self-sufficient, the problem lies in the thorough institutionalization of those who resided there and continued to suffer psychological effects due to the lack of active community support, healthy community development and social endearment. The idea of an adaptive care model recognizes the importance of a cohesive and functioning system of structural organization for both RURAL and URBAN COMMUNITIES, by bridging solutions that may serve community needs in more appropriate scales with greater flexibility for the future. It is essential and fundamental that design for mental health moves away from the institution and becomes more mindful of people’s differences by responding to individuals’ needs within all kinds of communities. Until now, several psychiatric hospitals are still exclusive, some even more than those of the past. To further develop the goals and objectives of the project, the design will focus on selected mental health conditions from a particular group of people in order to look at different ways and adapt different methods to innovate design that engages the idea of community for better mental health. There is a lot that can be learned from the way former mental asylums were designed and how their services for mental health were distributed and made accessible to those in need of them. The old idea of psychiatric facilities tried to create communities within themselves; however, their failures came from a system of confinement and exclusivity in communities where patients were treated like diagnoses and were restricted from being able to connect with their surrounding nature and context.

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1. AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARE AN INPATIENT INSTITUTIONAL MODEL 19th Century Institutionalization New Zealand


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Le Corbusier, Picasso, Ozzenfant, Cubism Still Life, Drawing from Copy Pencil

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