SB CO-HOUSING PROJECT
Sara Bernhardt
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Columbus Co-Housing Location: Brewery District Spring 2020 Senior Studio Instructor: Kay Bea Jones The proposed Co-Housing community is informed both by the physical factors of the surrounding site and by recognition that community members want to feel a part of the larger community of Columbus’ Brewery District in which they live in. The formal strategy of the project creates a strong figure ground relationship through
Alvaro Siza’s seminal Quinta da Malagueira housing project in Spain. He organized units around social pedestrian streets lined with a row housing typology.
perpendicular housing bars that allow for a variety of spaces to be formed while controlling the level of privacy experienced by the two communities. The housing development takes up 3.5 acres of a 10.9 plot of land while the remaining is proposed to be developed into a public park and additional Columbus housing. This location provides a number of amenities for the residence within a one mile radius such as Scioto Audubon Metro Park, Kroger, Cultural Arts Center, a bike path, and German Village. In addition, the surrounding community is filled with a rich history of brewers and masons, contributing to the combination of modern and
A booming pedestrian street lined with bars and restaurants in Stockholm called “Levande Stockholm” which means an alive Stockholm.
historic aesthetic reflected in the brick facades. The co-housing community seamlessly embeds itself into Brewery District not only through its brick facades but by also providing a number of commercial spaces. The co-housing community invites the Columbus community in through
a cafe, bakery, market, bike shop,
yoga studio, flower shop, event space and more.
Cleveland, Ohio 4th St. pedestrian street lined with first level shops, restaurants, seating, and upper level living units.
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Upper left: Scioto Bike Trail Upper Right: Apartments east of the site Lower Left: View of site from Audubon Park Lower Right: Brick Bars and Restaurants lining the streets of Brewery District
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SB The community’s social connection and interaction is enhanced by a linear figure-ground massing diagram that forms five distinct spaces, two of which are the pedestrian streets. As the housing bars follow a perpendicular grid creating a clear circulation flow through the project, the common house and argiculture creates a hierarchical shift in the grid.
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Second Floor Community Center Public Event Space Public South Reading Room
First Floor Community Center Kitchen Laundry Dining Storage Public Lobby
Roof Garden
The Common House sits in the middle of the community, between private and public zones in the middle, acting as both a connection and separation. The Common House represents the combination of the two “worlds” by its shift in orientation no longer following the prominent axes of the housing bars. It is signified by its difference in form and reflects the importance of its functions for the community.
Two bars or program, one for private use and one for public.
Bars stacked perpendicularlly to each other following housing alignment
Rotating the top public bar to break the linear housing grid and creating ideal views
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Section A
Section B
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First Floor Entry Second Floor Entry First Floor Commercial
Understanding the need to balance the communities desire to maintain privacy and openness to Columbus, the pedestrian streets function in two ways. One is lined with a commercial first story in order to create a location for interaction between communities, while the other pedestrian street serves primarily co-housing residents as it is lined with the entries to row housing. These internal streets are aimed to create close community and promote casual interactions among neighbors. The units continue the sense of commuity connection through shared light well entries and shared terrace space. The light well feature allows additional light to enter the units through inner clerestory windows while also limiting the number of shared walls between units.
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Stairwell Next to Light-well Clerestory Window Shared Entry
First Floor Entry Unit
Clerestory Window
Shared Stair Stair Light-well
Shared entry
Second Floor Unit Entry
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Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan 800 Sqft Type A
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800 Sqft Type B
1600 Sqft Unit
1200 Sqft Type A
1600 Sqft Type B
2200 Sqft Type A
250 Sqft Unit
500 Sqft Unit
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Come join together as a commuity in the common house to share homemade meals, stories, and frienships
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