DESIGN 3 PROCESS BOOK MILL CREEK ARTS AND INNOVATION CENTER MILL CREEK, PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA DESIGN AND PROCESS DONE BY VICTORIA HOCHULI AND ZACH ROBERTSON.
INTRODUCTION TO MILL CREEK 01 - 03
SITE ANALYSIS 04
DESIGN PROCESS 05 - 06
FINAL DESIGN 07 - 17
INTRODUCTION TO MILL CREEK CURRENT SITE CONDITION
THE SITE’S LOCATION IN ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC MILL CREEK THAT HAS BEEN COVERED DUE TO EXCESSIVE POLLUTION IN THE CREEK
THE MILL CREEK ARTS AND INNOVATION CENTER WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE SITE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE SHANAHAN CATHOLIC CLUB. THERE THEY HELD JAZZ CONCERTS, ROLLERSKATING RINKS, ETC. MILL CREEK IS A COMMUNITY LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA THAT IS FILLED WITH ARTISTIC PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHY IT IS APART OF THE WEST PHILADELPHIA PROMISE ZONE. THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THROUGH HARDSHIP SO THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR COMMUNITY GROW AND PROSPER. THE COMMUNITY CONTAINS MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. THIS SITE HAS BEEN A MAJOR PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR SINCE IT’S IN THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A GREAT SPOT TO HOLD A COMMUNITY HUB.
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CREATE SAFE CROSSING
SITE ANALYSIS
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT STREET
MAINTAIN BUFFER
MOVE REMOVE TROLLEY BUILDING STOP
RE-GRADE SLOPE
CREATE SAFE CROSSING
SALVAGE MATERIAL
CREATE SAFE CROSSING
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT STREET
MAINTAIN BUFFER RE-GRADE SLOPE
REMOVE BUILDING SALVAGE MATERIAL
KEY PEOPLE CIRCULATION BUILDING CURRENT TROLLEY STOP PROPOSED TROLLEY STOP SLOPE RE-GRADE SLOPE UNSAFE CROSSING VEGETATION VIEW INTO SITE
DESIGN PROCESS DESIGN PROCESS
WHEN DESIGNING THE ARTS AND INNOVATION CENTER OF MILL CREEK, WE WERE GIVEN THE REQUIREMENTS TO CREATE A SPACE SUITABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE SPACE SHOULD PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CHILDREN, ARTISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AREAS OF RELAXATION, EDUCATION, INSPIRATION AND PERFORMANCE. WHEN STARTING THE DESIGN PROCESS WE STARTED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE NATURAL PATTERN OF CIRCULATION BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS WAS NOT INTERRUPTED, THROUGH A SERIES OF PATHS. ONE CHALLENGE WE CAME UP WITH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WAS THE EXTREME GRADE CHANGE ON THE SITE. WE ALSO EXPERIMENTED WITH THE CONCEPT OF A RIBBON, PHYSICAL AND THEORETICAL, BELOW ARE SOME ITTERATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN THAT WE WOULD WANT TO INSPIRE ARTISTS AND THE COMMUNITY. WE CONFIGURED OUR DESIGN THROUGH MULTIPLE ITTERATIONS WHICH WE COMPILED TO CREATE OUR FINAL DESIGN.
FINAL DESIGN
THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL RIBBON DIAGRAM
THE MEMORIES OF OUR CHILDHOOD LIVE ON WITHIN US AND THE MEMORY OF THE SHANAHAN CATHOLIC CLUB IS STILL ALIVE IN THE HEARTS OF MILL CREEK. OUR DESIGN WORKS TO REVITALIZE, RESPECT AND REINTERPRET THE MEMORIES THAT ONCE LIVED ON OUR SITE. USING A “CULTURAL RIBBON” THAT HELPS TO DEFINE SPACE AND CREATE ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT INSPIRE ALL WHO VISIT THE NEW MILL CREEK ARTS AND INNOVATION CENTER. WE WANT TO TIE THE COMMUNITY BACK TO THE SITE BY EVOKING EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES OF THE SITE WHILE ALSO CREATING NEW MEMORIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL LIVE ON IN THE COMMUNITY. THE RIBBON WILL NOT ONLY BE A SYMBOLIC RIBBON BUT WILL ALSO BE A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF MATERIALS FOUND IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
PLANTING PALETTE
AREAS OF ACTIVATION
SITE PLAN
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SITE EASILY ACCESSIBLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS, WE NEEDED TO REGRADE THE SITE SO THAT THERE WOULD BE A GENTLE SLOPE TO THE WEST. AS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, WE WANTED TO WORK WITH THE RE-GRADING OF THE SLOPE SO WE CREATED MULTIPLE WETLANDS ON THE SITE TO ALLOW WATER COLLECTION AND EDUCATION ON THE SITE.
ENLARGED SITE PLAN
ENLARGED SITE PLAN
SITE PLAN
VIEW OF THE SITE WHEN STANDING AT THE ENTRANCE ON LANCASTER AVENUE
MODEL OF THE SCULPTURAL BRIDGE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE SITE AS AN INPSIRATION PIECE
Toilets
Artist Studio Artist Studio
Artist Studio
Cafe
Lobby
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Retail
Performing Arts Green Room
Store
Lobby
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Toilets Toilets
Gathering Space
Toilets Cafe
Class room
Class room
Library
Lobby
Toilets
OUTDOOR RESTAURANT SEATING
UNDERNEATH OVERPASS
FORESTED BUFFER
AMPHITHEATRE SEATING
PERFORMANCE AREA
OUTSIDE LIBRARY SEATING
SCULPTURAL BRIDGE
Design Process
WETLAND
OUTDOOR STUDIO WITH ARTISTIC WALL
OUTDOOR STUDIO WITH ARTISTIC
SIDEWALK BUMP-OUT