multi-use occupancy...design concept the concept of my design is not to integrate a community at the...
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Practicum Studio
Summer 2008
Multi-Use Occupancy
Texas Tech University
Table of Contents
Project Description
Concept Statement
Sustainability
Site Plans and Analysis
Unit Floor Plans
Sections
Exterior Elevations
Interior Perspectives/Elevations
Building & Site Perspectives
Project Statement
A 2.96 acre property bordered on the south by 14th Street, on the north by 15th Street, on the west by I Avenue, and on the east by the DART right of way.
The project site contains a change in ground elevation of approximately ten (10) feet sloping down from east to west.
The site is less than a half mile east of Central Expressway, located in an area containing a mix of retail, multi family, single family, and municipal uses including police and court buildings.
The Downtown Plano DART light rail station is located directly across 15th Street to the north. The site is adjacent to the east end of historic Old Downtown and currently contains a mix of retail uses and temporary police parking.
The design will incorporate between 220 and 230 units of multi family, a multi level parking garage, 15,000sf of retail space, 100 parking spaces dedicated for police parking, and a pedestrian mews connecting 14th Street with 15th Street. There will need to be a leasing office and other amenity features for the residential tenants such as a fitness facility, cyber café, and swimming pool.
Project Statement
Design Concept
"Community Development Along the Dart Rail in Plano”
What aspects are involved?
a dart walkway, exterior courtyards, storefront shops, apartments,
apartment parking, guest parking, police parking...along a dart rail, a
park, a police department, church, and other stores...not simply
housing
What is the point?
to create a outstanding design
How?
provide sustainability, durability, aesthetic intent, user needs
-to go along with: site limitations, height restrictions, program, design,
Plano, dart rail, etc.
For whom?
apartment management, apartment owners, leasers, business
owners, police, dart riders, etc.
Design Concept
The concept of my design is not to integrate a community at the local level, but instead to integrate the various aspects of the multi-use occupancy on the given site in order for them to work as one, thereby making a lasting improvement within the surrounding community.
The reason I word it differently than simply stating “my design will improve all the surrounding area” is because that is not my initial intention.
Not to say my design will not integrate the surrounding community, because it very well may, but I see that as an immeasurable task to promise and would rather integrate that which is under my control in order to create a successful design.
Sustainability
Material Reuse: Insulation, Existing Site Materials, Materials Used
Alternative Transportation:
Public Transportation Access (DART Light Rail)
Parking Capacity
Orientation & Glazing/Shading Devices
Natural Daylighting & View
Ventilation: Mainly Top Floors
Sustainability
Rainwater Recycling: Rooftop & Parking Garage
Water Conserving Plumbing Fixtures
Maximize Open Space: Courtyard Opportunities
Development Density & Community Connectivity:
Location w/in walking distance to many “basic services”
Rapidly Renewable Materials:
Install Cork Flooring in Apartments rather than Traditional Wood
Sustainability
Depicted is an early version of a sustainable unit that will provide
capacity for natural ventilation. (It is very conceptual and needs to be
revised)
This idea will still hopefully be realized on the highest-level apartment
units
Site Analysis
Location: Downtown Plano Between 15th and 14th Street
Between Avenue I and the Dart Rail
Wind: From Southwest The wind direction in Plano, TX is
mainly from the South-Southwest
Area Amenities
Plano Police Department
Dart Rail Station
Eastside Village
Haggard Park
Site Analysis
Reach of the Design:
The Red Dart Line connects from just north of Plano to south of Downtown Dallas
Existing Site
Indoor Skate Park Bordering Dart Rail on East Side
Barbershop
Small shopping plaza
Ye Olde Butcher Shop, a popular burger joint
Police Department Parking
Statistics
13,500 Net Sq. Ft. Retail on Ground Level
232 Total Units 137 One-Bed Units
89 Two-Bed Units
6 Three-Bed Units
332 Total Parking Spots within Parking Structure Coincidence: 1 parking spot per Unit
100 secure* parking spots for Police Department
Curb Parking will be a possibility
Conceptual Site Plan
Ground Floor Program
Representation
Blue=Proposed Retail
Red=Proposed Parking Structure
Green=Proposed Ground Floor Apt Units
Alternative Purpose: To create
open/courtyard spaces in between
programmed areas for private use
Site Plan/Ground Floor Plan
Upper Level Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan Enlarged
Depicting:
Apartment
Maintenance/
Management w/
Common Area
for tenants of
floors above
(red)
Ground Floor Plan Enlarged
Depicting:
South-Facing
Units along 14th
Street
North Facing
Units overlooking
Courtyard
Ground Floor Plan Enlarged
Depicting:
Apartment Vertical Circulation w/
Common Areas on Upper Levels
(red)
Retail Space (green)
Ground Floor Plan Enlarged
Depicting:
Parking Garage
Entrance (red)
Ramp Above (blue)
Corridors to Units*
(green)
*Corridors are covered but
still open-air
Individual Unit Plans
One Bed Unit – 600 Sq. Ft. One Bed Unit – 600 Sq. Ft.
One Bed Unit – 640 Sq. Ft.
Individual Unit Plans
One Bed Unit – 650 Sq. Ft.
Individual Unit Plans
One Bed Unit – 750 Sq. Ft. Two Bed Unit – 715 Sq. Ft.
Individual Unit Plans
Three Bed Unit – 1150 Sq. Ft.
Detailed Wall Section
•Hybrid Wall
System-Steel
Framing w/
Wood Infill in
Apartments
•10’-0” Floor to
Floor Height
•Brick Exterior
Elevation/Section Hybrid
Schematics
Section through garage/Elevation of West Facing Facade
Section through Parking Garage
Parking Garage View
Exterior and interior elevations, showing materials, scale figures, entourage, etc.
Birds Eye View
South
Site Plan
Proposed Interior
Perspective
Proposed Interior
Perspective
Questions/Comments?