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MEENON KASTOORI

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HIERARCHY OF ROAD NETWORK PREDEFINED BUILDING LINES

UNBUILT SPACE RATIO FARTHER POCKETS YET WELL CONNECTED

RADIAL WAVES BUILDING SCALE DISTRIBUTION

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VISION

To Develop a Station area plan for KNOX / PERRY stations, using the TOD standard prepared by ITDP as a evaluation and design tool.

The Knox and Perry Light Rail stations are located ½ mile apart along RTD’s West (W) Rail Line as it bifurcates the West Colfax and Villa Park neighborhoods.Study of existing development plans.Site Analysis using Lynch Principles.Evaluation through ITDP scoring process using the standard metrics principles.Recommendations evolved from guiding vision elements...A safe, convenient, and interesting pedestrian experience

that intuitively connects the stations to Colfax, Sloans Lake, and beyond…

An iconic and inclusive vibrancy…

Preserve its existing affordability while allowing for addition-al affordability in the future…

Existing Zoning

Neighborhoods / DistrictsGulch as an asset and challenge

Concept Zoning potential

Development Opportunities TOD

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Place making tools

Proposed Zoning Map

Cross section of Perry Street looking west Cross section of Perry Street looking east

Existing residence to cafe Widened sidewalks Beautification of Gulch

The lynch analysis revealed the challenges and opportunities of the Knox Perry area, which has development potential relatively moderate when compared to other similar characteristically “Urban” stations; including but not limited to Colfax BID, Sloans (the former St Anthony’s Hospital Site), and Denver Housing Authority (DHA).

From the lens of the vision elements,our recommendations included:change of zoning code along Knox Perry to create main street character, amendments to the zoning code to allow for ground-floor retail, connecting the interrupted street grid, preserving current affordable housing and increasing more units, enhanced crosswalks, improved walking experience through “placemaking toolkit” with the existing West Colfax branding, introducing food co-operatives and beautification of gulch .

The focus of this project is to re use Ft Morgan Middle School building. The school was built in 1925.

To accommodate growth over the years, several additions were built including a gymnasium, an auditorium, cafete-ria, wood shop, and interim trailers were constructed to fit the school’s needs.

Some spaces, such as the band room, gymnasium, and auditorium function as-is. Overall, the building is in decent shape.

The site that we are addressing is actually made up of 2 components:the first one being the site that the building sits on and the secondbeing the site across Deuel Street that is used as a play field.

The residents believe that the building will have apositive impact, providing services for theneighborhood and activating the social scene

The auditorium, band room, gymnasium and wrestling room offer uses that are both used often and difficult orexpensiveto provide otherwise.

The interior walls are free of any load, the rooms can beeasily modified

Location of the building is a big asset to convert the building use especially to be a taxing district

AUDITORIUM / WRESTLING ROOM / BAND ROOM

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DOUBLE HEIGHT WRESTLING ROOM

GYMNASIUM CLASS ROOMS

CLASS ROOMS

WOOD SHOPCAFETRIA, KITCHEN

ADMINISTRATION CUBICLES

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OPPORTUNITIES

INTRODUCTION

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RESTRICTED ENTRY TO 2ND & 3RD FLOORS

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DOUBLE HEIGHT MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

GYMNASIUM(Wrestling Room

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TRIPLE HEIGHTCOMMON LOBBY

OFFICE SPACE

LIVING CENTER

TRIPLE HEIGHTCOMMON LOBBY

OFFICE SPACE

LIVING CENTER

BREWERY(Wood Shop)

CAFETERIA/KITCHEN(Sr. Living Center)

Initially charrette started with CCCD and members of the school district establishing operations for uses for the project

Different community organizations and members that were interested in participating in the process, were brought to-gether to be interviewed by CCCD

These interviews provided a vast amount of information for CCCD to disseminate

About 3 different conceptual proposals were produced for the next day keeping the needs of community derived from charrette

Initial requirement from the members of school district were to retain gymnasium, auditorium, kitchen / caffeteria and to convert woodshop to brewery

Different groups of community members had different uses preferred, out of which brew pub, office space, day care, senior center, housing were common

Main Idea of this concept is to divide the whole building vertically with triple height common lobby as a connectionThe division of building segregates uses of the building with required limitations for accessibility to spaces. Meaning first floor (public space) is restricted to access second and third floorsFirst floor is kept open to public, by retaining the auditorium, band room, gymnasium, wood Shop (Brewery), cafeteria (Sr. Living center)Half of the second floor is Living center and the other half is office / commercial space. Similar functions can be seen on the third floor too

CHARRETTE PROPOSAL

INPUTS

DESIGN CONCEPT

Initially charrette started with CCCD and members of the school district establishing operations for uses for the project

Different community organizations and members that were interested in participating in the process, were brought to-gether to be interviewed by CCCD

These interviews provided a vast amount of information for CCCD to disseminate

About 3 different conceptual proposals were produced for the next day keeping the needs of community derived from charrette

Initial requirement from the members of school district were to retain gymnasium, auditorium, kitchen / caffeteria and to convert woodshop to brewery

Different groups of community members had different uses preferred, out of which brew pub, office space, day care, senior center, housing were common

Main Idea of this concept is to divide the whole building vertically with triple height common lobby as a connectionThe division of building segregates uses of the building with required limitations for accessibility to spaces. Meaning first floor (public space) is restricted to access second and third floorsFirst floor is kept open to public, by retaining the auditorium, band room, gymnasium, wood Shop (Brewery), cafeteria (Sr. Living center)Half of the second floor is Living center and the other half is office / commercial space. Similar functions can be seen on the third floor too

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FIRST FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

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THE CENTRAL GLASS LOBBY

REDESIGNED OUTDOOR SPACES

CAFE AND LOUNGE SPACE

SENIOR HOUSING TERRACE GARDENOFFICE SPACE TERRACE GARDEN

ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS

BEAUTIFICATION OF REAR ALLEY

Meenon KastooriMUD (2015-2017)

COLORADO COMMUNITY CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER

meenon.kastoori@ucdenver.edumob: +1 720.917.8797