Sunday, December 14, 2008

Center for Refugee Aculturation and Outreach

Its a wordy title, I would love to work on that, but in the meantime, here is where I intend to go with this, please note this is an evolving post, and I intend to amend, append, and edit this as it becomes relevant in the course of the project:

Precedent Studies
01: North Market - Columbus, Ohio
02: Milwaukee Montessori School - Milwaukee, WI
03: Universidad Ténica Federico Santa Maria Architecture School
04: German Village - Columbus, Ohio
05: CRIS - Community Refugee and Immigration Services - Columbus, Ohio

Research Topics:
01: Legal status and definitions of Refugees
02: Refugee resettlement in the United States and Columbus, Ohio
03: Bazaars, Souks, Markets and Fairs - The commerce of daily life
04: New Urbanism - The projection of Cultural value in the built envirionment
05: Courtyard Housing
06: Subculture boundaries - Where does a neighborhood start and end?

Site Selection and Analysis:
01: Neighborhood selection - Evaluation of qualitative and quantitative aspects of desired site
01.1: Parsons Avenue Corridor
01.2: Old Town East
01.3: Downtown
01.4: Franklinton

02: Refinement of site selection: Franklinton
02.1: Zoning and land use study
02.2: Opportunities for growth
02.3: Analysis of isolation
02.4: Historic Context

Program Analysis and proposal:
01: Programatic Objectives
01.1: Immediate shelter
01.2: Engage Community
01.3: Provide for acculturation services
01.4: Provide Immediate economic opportunity for self sufficiency.

02: Programmatic Adjacencies

03: Program document

Building Organization and Design:
01: Proposed parti orginazation
02: Proposed massing, plan and section
02.1: refined massing plan and section
03: Architectural character
03.1: building massing
03.2: roof form
03.3: materials
03.4: fenestration strategies
03.5: Structural expression
03.6: tectonic development

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