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

4

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

N

SITE: FINAL MODEL

FvLOOR 1: PUBLIC SPACE GRADIENT FLOOR 3: TRAIN DECK ACCESS

BUILDING: FINAL PLANS

N

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