BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ALMA KANSAS

Class: Architecture Design Studio 3

Instructor: Torgeir Norheim

Duration: 10 weeks

80' 30' 10' 0' 180'

BACKGROUND: ALMA KANSAS working blue find the consists could need. The to the front and nurturing

Alma Kansas is a small town with the population of 899 people most hard working collar workers. When schools of all ages release at 3pm parents struggle to find resources to have a safe space for children after school. The downtown consists of a single street spanning a single block, containing most things anyone could intended site has the opportunity for connecting the public park to the east, to street at the west. Being a hub for community activity and a harboring, safe, and space for children.

PROTECTED BUT RESTRICTIVE

UNPROTECTED BUT FREE

PROTECTED & ADAPTABLE

Nestling the children’s space above the public realm and street below allows for an safe, yet non-restrictive space that adapts alongside the growing inhabitants. A central storage and partition core allows for subdivision of space facilitating the appropriate activity. Variance in scale, light level, and acoustics can all be accommodated for in this way as everyone thrives in different conditions. Sunlight paints the ever changing areas with playful light as the roof cascades from one corner of the building to the other creating a vibrant, creative space for learning and growth.

SECTION A-A

Playing Space Perspective Enclosure System

The structure of this building creates a dynamic space on the upper level where children inhabit a truss system, secured from the world below. Underneath, the lower chord is exposed to allow light to flood from all sides against the techtonic wall which contrasts the rest of the fillagree system. The architectural assemblege itself magnifies the experience of the space that it upholds.

Bottom timber chord

Tectonic limestone wall