AN EVOLVING SITE
This project was created with a partner during a semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain. An initial study was conducted at a park in the outskirts of the city that was designed to flood in a controlled manner, changing the programming of the park as the weather evolved over the months. The lessons learned in this project were then taken and applied to a housing structure precariously sited in an area that through the changes in the global climate, would begin to experience intense flooding during the fall in the near future.
This project was created with a partner during a semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain. An initial study was conducted at a park in the outskirts of the city that was designed to flood in a controlled manner, changing the programming of the park as the weather evolved over the months. The lessons learned in this project were then taken and applied to a housing structure precariously sited in an area that through the changes in the global climate, would begin to experience intense flooding during the fall in the near future.
INITIAL CONTROLLED FLOODING PRECEDENT
HOUSING THAT CHANNELS WATER
The housing project consists of 50 total units with 30 units being single bedroom units, 10 being two bedroom units, and 10 being 3 bedroom units. It acts as transitional housing for low-income residents moving off of the streets. Commercial programming includes a gallery, a café, and bathrooms. Social service programming includes: administrative offices, a meeting room, consultation rooms, bathrooms, and classrooms.
The housing project consists of 50 total units with 30 units being single bedroom units, 10 being two bedroom units, and 10 being 3 bedroom units. It acts as transitional housing for low-income residents moving off of the streets. Commercial programming includes a gallery, a café, and bathrooms. Social service programming includes: administrative offices, a meeting room, consultation rooms, bathrooms, and classrooms.
The form is a series of raised towers that create an area for the surrounding community on the ground floor. The towers are attached to service cores freeing up more space for larger living areas. The units all have access to balconies and are connected to paths to the caged walkways that all link to the main entrance tower. They walkways are detached in order to keep the circulation traffic from occurring directly outside of the units. The walkways are on the interior of the project in order to allow for visibility by all of the neighbors as part of security. The overall shape of the project is enclosed and opens at certain parts using the stacked landscaping to help control access into the site.
