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STUDIO IV: LIVE/WORK IN LOWERTOWN ROY CLOUTIER
Spring 2012University of Minnesota; Professor Cynthia Jara
Undergraduate Studio IV: Live/Work in Lowertown
Thefocusof thisstudiowasoncreatingspatialcomplexityonthreescales—site,building,anddwellingunit—andonusingthetectonicelementsatplayoneachscaletocreatesaidspatialcomplexity.Mydesignfocusesonaninterplayof anglesandshiftingaxes,drawingthegeometryof thesitethroughallthreescalestocreatespatiallycomplexintersecting,interpenetrating,
overlapping,andinterlockingconditions.
PRECEDENTS: VILLA MAIREA
- Design-dominated grid vs. grid-dominated design
- Interplay of column grid and load-bearing walls
Column Grid
PlanComposite System
Bearing WallsColumn Grid
SITE: CONTEXT
LOWERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, DOWNTOWN ARMATURE: MEARS PARK, FARMERS MARKET, SOUTH SITE, UNION DEPOT
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SITE: PARTI AND PROCESS
STREET AXIS TRAIN DECK PERPENDICULARS COMPOSITE
UNDER-DECK GALLERY
CONNECTION TO DECK TRAILS
SITE: PROCESS
2
3
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5
SITE: PROCESS MODELS
SHOPS + OFFICES BLOCK (WORK AND LIVING TOGETHER) - First floor shops - Second floor offices - Public circulation and gathering spaces - Lofts attached to shops - Lofts attached to offices
WORK SEPARATE FROM LIVING - Shops separate from living units - Offices separate from living units
GALLERY - Commercial, for the resident artists’ work
ARTISTS’ BLOCK (WORK AND LIVING TOGETHER) - Communal Workspaces - Studios w/ workspace - Studios w/o workspace - Exterior Courtyard
TOWNHOMES/SHOPS: (WORK AND LIVING TOGETHER) - First floor shops - Second floor offices - Public circulation and gathering spaces - Lofts attached to shops - Lofts attached to offices
LIVING SEPARATE FROM WORK - Townhomes and family amenities
SITE: FINAL PLAN AND UNIT TYPES
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SITE: FINAL MODEL
FvLOOR 1: PUBLIC SPACE GRADIENT FLOOR 3: TRAIN DECK ACCESS
BUILDING: FINAL PLANS
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FINAL MODEL
BUILDING: VIEWS
DWELLING: PROCESS
2 (A + B)
1 (B)
3 (A)Column Grid Program (Unit B)
“Black Box”/”Light Box” Program (Unit A)
1/4” = 1’
UNIT A
UNIT B
UNITS A & B
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DWELLING: FINAL PLANS AND RENDER
DWELLING: FINAL MODEL
DWELLING: FINAL MODEL, UNIT A