ARCH 310_ Team 3_ Homeless Assistance Center +1_ booklet

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER +1 ARCH 310: Sitora Alieva - Cody Kleinschmit - Alyssa Villarreal - Allen Weaver

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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Mission Statement

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SITE MAP + SITE PLAN

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PLUS ONE: GREEN SPACE

8-9

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FLOOR PLANS

10-11

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12-13

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CIRCULATION

STRUCTURE & MATERIAL

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ONE_NIGHT STAY

16-17

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SECTIONS

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Natural Light diagrams

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AFTERWORD

20-23

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INSPIRATION

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Scaled figures by EJ Cygne & James Coates

PROJECT DESCRIPTION MISSION STATEMENT

The Homeless Assistance Center’s mission is to foster the connection of users to nature and to the community.

This Homeless Assistance Center +1

immediately into the light filled garden

has an important mission of acting as

as well as directs their path into the

a bridge to preparing residents for

ground floor facilities.

reentrance into society.

Skylights abound in the multipurpose Located near the intersection of Vine

dining and community room, as well as

street and Antelope Valley Parkway,

the longer stay dorm-style apartment

the center serves 160+ homeless

units, and displaced throughout the

people in Lincoln, Nebraska.

facility.

All users of the homeless assistance

The spirit of community and neighbor

center, whether they be outside

interactions

community

residents,

encouraged through shared spaces

or staff are provided numerous

everywhere inside and out; common

opportunities to see out and interact

spaces are within or are clearly

with nature and each other. There are

visible from the main circulation lines,

abundant views to the south and west

including community gardens, shared

gardens through strategic use of large

work and play spaces and even in

windows, glass doors, patio spaces

the widened corridors that second as

and balconies. A framed garden view

shared experiences spaces.

members,

from the parking section brings users 4

are

architecturally

One-Night stay: living pod_ perspective view

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SITE MAP + SITE PLAN

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Vine St.

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UNL CHILDREN’S RESEARCH FACILITY

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ABEL-SANDOZ UNL RESIDENTIAL HALL

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17th St.

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The site of the homeless shelter is

of the UNL City Campus: this allows for

located in a critical spot in the heart of

the structure to have the opportunity

Lincoln, Nebraska. It acts as a green

to stand out in the city with a context

space for the city and is accompanied

towards progressive and mindful

by two other green spaces, Trago

design as well as public service.

Park and Lintel Park, which are within a walking distance to the site.

The most important aspect to the site is the Antelope Valley Trail which runs

The site is in a progressive area of

North to South in Lincoln and along

Lincoln, as it is within walking distance

the west side of the site.

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PARKING

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CITY SPILL WAY

PK WY The location of the trail is critical to

This location could not be any

the shelter due to the ability to allow

better situated in the attempt to help

green space within the site and

residents get out of homelessness

connect the nature pathways in the

by being located in the area where

homeless shelter site to the pathways

homelessness often begins.

of the Antelope Valley Trail. The trail is known for being the home to Lincoln’s homeless population as well where many will sleep under the bridges along the trail at night for shelter.

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PLUS ONE: GREEN SPACE

GREEN SPACE WILD GRASS DRY CREEK CITY SPILL WAY

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The Plus One program of the center - the Green Space - is designed in a way to foster a connection between the residents and the natural aspect of the site.

The lanscape of the Green Space is made up of a tree-line and berms

PARKING

along the Vine street, clusters of garden boxes, a dry creek and winding paths running through the site. The path connects the different parts of the space: continuing the the trail of Antelope Valley Parkway, it leads through the garden area all the way to the playground on the far east of the site.

The garden boxes are strategically located near the dining area and the residential units of the east wing, making it accessible for residents to engage in gardening, as well as inviting them to the community.

The location also provides a visual opportunity for residents to connect to nature by viewing the Green Space from their stacked balconies.

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FLOOR PLANS

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100.00 THIRD FLOOR PLAN

100.00 FORTH FLOOR PLAN

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CIRCULATION

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The separation of private, semi-public,

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and public areas happens through

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program placement within the shelter.

Long-term lodging units are given

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all four floors in the East wing, while

connected

the dining and other public service

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spaces are located on the first floor of 12

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Circulation to use-space diagrams 13

STRUCTURE & MATERIAL EXPOSURE In the Dining & Kitchen area, the

This grid system of beams, skylights,

exposed structure - wooden columns

and columns is, then, further continued

and beams - is set up in a way that

in the design of the skywalk.

goal to connect users to nat

Wood paneling, as a co

users can visually connect the vertical

factor of the two wings, can

columns to the trunks of the trees out

For the Long Stay lodging units, we

seen in the main lobby, or

in our green space. The beams of the

are using horizontally layered wood

area, as well as down the

dining will be exposed through use

paneling as our main material. The

between the medical units

of skylights to further the connection

paneling will cover the walls, in this

kitchen storage space. Her

between the structure and the trees

case two in each room, that lead the

West wing, wood paneling

by visually imitating the branches.

residents from the hallway, through

strategically, similarly to h

The color of the tiled ceiling will make

units, to their individual balconies,

being used in lodging units

the final connection to the trees and

overlooking the green space. This

residents’ attention to the

their leaves.

use of material further supports our

green space.

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SECOND FLOOR_ STRUCTURE WALLS COLUMNS MAJOR BEAMS OVERHEAD

Long-term lodging units

100.00 THIRD FLOOR_ STRUCTURE

WALLS COLUMNS MAJOR BEAMS OVERHEAD

100.00 FORTH FLOOR_ STRUCTURE

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WALLS COLUMNS MAJOR BEAMS OVERHEAD

32’

Dining and Kitchen area

Structure diagrams 15

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ONE-NIGHT STAY: LIVING POD The

methodologies

behind

the

again to open a unit up to a neighbor’s

design of the one-night stay pods are

unit for talking or playing games.

twofold. We wanted to make a space

This promotes healthy relationships

using easily purchased materials

among neighbors. Each unit has its

and standard dimensions (including

own lighting and ventilation systems;

utilizing offcuts) so that sleeping units

The entire unit can be closed at

could be part of a community build

night with a “garage door” overhead

program.

system and accordion door.

Secondly, the main goal of our

The one-night sleeping units are

homeless assistant center is to

designed to not only house a person

promote

wellbeing

for an evening, but also store their

through a fostering of the connection

belongings with them so they aren’t

of users to nature and to the

worried about themselves or their

community. We propose to support

belongings being exposed while they

mental health in the one-night-stay

are attempting much needed rest.

psychological

units by respecting the dignity of privacy, with the option of neighbor

The dignity that one can feel within

interactions. We also want to promote

a unit that respects his or her privacy

mental health by incorporating nature

and sense of security as well as being

in the space with plantings and the

surrounded by natural materials is

use natural materials and color pallets

important in promoting mental health.

due to of the benefits of biophilic

Being able to interact with neighbors

design.

and knowing that caring people built a unit for you to utilize is important to building a sense of community that

Many

spaces

in

our

homeless

just might be able to put a homeless

assistance shelter serve multiple

person one step closer on the path

purposes for our guests. In the single

out of homelessness.

night units, we have incorporated a reading space with a fold out desk for individual work that can also fold out 17

SECTIONS

West Wing_ One - Night Stay_ Section AA

WEST WING ONE-NIGHT SEC TION

West Wing_ Dining & Kitchen _ Section BB Dining WEST WINGSection SEC TION

WW EST WW ING NIGHT TION EST INGONEONENIGHTSEC SEC TION

Skywalk_ Section CC

WESTSW OALK NE-NIGHT SEC TION KYING -W SECTION

East Wing_ Section DD 18

NATURAL LIGHT DIAGRAMS

The following sections are cut though important to the mission statement places: skylights and balconies in our lodging units, though the dining area and the sky-walk.

WEST WING ONE-NIGHT NATURAL-LIGHT

Dining Natural Light

WEST WING SEC TION

SKY-WALK NATURAL-LIGHT

WEST WING ONE

EAST WING The signature stacking effect of the East wing can be seen in the East Wing_ Section DD as well: the central corridor and the corridor skylights get narrower as one moves from the ground level to the top floor.

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Long-term lodging units_ Corridor_ perspective view 20

“All our program spaces – from lodging units to the community garden – are quite unique and support the mission statement in their own way. The design of the Dining area, for example, provides a clear view of the garden, brings in natural light and strengthens the connection of the indoor space to the outdoor green space, all to foster “the communication between the users and the nature.”

“As a team, we kept true to finding a pathway out of homelessness though connection to the nature and to the community. It was done so by utilizing the entirety of the site, where the structural building compliments the landscape, and the outdoor space is programatically elaborated to support the mission .”

“The aspect of our team’s design to be proud of in our homeless assistance shelter is the inclusion of equitable access for all users to garden spaces and natural light. I love that we were able to incorporate nature and natural light into communal spaces that are designed to bring people together socially. I especially love the skylights and private balconies with garden views of the dorm-style longstay units.”

“From the beginning, we decided to focus the mission of our center on nature. As in our Dining area, the connections to nature happens though structure immitating the tree-line outside. The connection is also made thought a use of horizontally layered wood paneling drawing users attention to the garden and creating a visual interest throughout our whole project.”

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Long-term lodging units_ perspective view 22

“The biggest take away of this semester is the way of Design: organize is to always keep the mission statement in the forefront of your mind. The mission statement should be reiterated in every move made, therefore one should have a very clear view of the project goals, very specific and tailored ones, and always strive for reaching those goals in spatial organizations and material uses.”

“Willingness to compromise, consider your teammates ideas and constant change as you go, trying not to be fixated on an initial thinking and being able to support the one you have are the important lessons I’ve learned during this past semester.”

“Coming into this project, everyone had different, and sometimes even opposing ideas on how to design the building.

Making sure that every voice is heard is extremely important in any group project. At times when we couldn’t decide on an idea, we would each come up and present our own visions to the group. From that point, we would mark down the commonalities and talk out the differences until we came together to a final thought.”

“At first, I found it difficult sharing a project with three other designers as we all had differing ideas of how to go about the project. The takeaway from this would be how we learned to design together and work through problems as a group, as opposed to assigning problems to each other. An extra takeaway from this would be learning new skills from my group members, while showing them the skills I have, this way letting each other become better at what we do.”

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INSPIRATIONS Implemented in the design of One-Night Stay: Living Pods Japanese pod hotels - Stacking units - Compact design Sleeper train car (below) - Furniture arrangement

Luco, A. (2019, December 17). Nine Hours Capsule Hotel / Naruse Inokuma Architects. Retrieved November 13, 2020, from https://www.archdaily.com/930347/nine-hourscapsule-hotel-naruse-inokuma-architects

Implemented in the design of Sunk-In Play area

Chayka, K. (2017, March 23). The unlikely comeback of the conversation pit. Retrieved November 13, 2020, from https://archive. curbed.com/2017/3/23/15026328/sunkenliving-room-conversation-pit

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Implemented in the design of Activated Corridor Spaces - Communal corridor space

Home. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2020, from https://www.iowaarchitecture.org/discover/projectdetails/crosspark-place/e85caa13379dc1e5/

Implemented in the design of Dining & Kitchen area Benenden School Benenden, Kent - Sliding doors - Skylights - Beams

The Dining Hall and Food: Benenden School: Independent Boarding School for Girls: Private School Kent. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2020, from https://www.benenden.school/gallery/dining-hall-and-food

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