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brick transitions along halsted corridor (L to R 31st S to 35th S)

m e t h o d Much can be learned from studying bricks in the Bridgeport area. In a four block stretch of the Halsted corridor over 75 distinct types of brick were identified. In the Bridgeport community the brick acts as the module for identity. Each building strived to create a new texture and color within the fabric that made up Bridgeport. My project is an extension of this observation which extends not only to providing an identity for the building but on the individual level as an identity for the inhabitants. The goal of my project is to create a new texture within the community by projecting the diversity of both the community and the inhabitants. For the cohousing inhabitants the project was about choice as well as identity. The individual dwelling units provide a diverse arrangement of materials, spatial arrangements, and levels of intro and extroversion to the cohousing community. Another aim was to foster the individual’s relationship to the cohousing community and in turn the cohousing community’s relationship to the surrounding Bridgeport area. This space is articulated in the corner building where the commercial, co-housing, and the surrounding community meld togeth-er in a cafe and art gallery space. Finally, all common areas within the cohousing project are identified with glazed white brick representing a melding of all colors and textures into one.

In order to both give choice to the co-housing occupants as well as to create a tension be-tween the non-orthagonal street front spaces the rear dwellings provide just as much room for choice and variety as the front. The spac-es span from one to two bays horizontally which can be identified by the differing brick used on the bearing walls as well as the floor-ing choice and spatial arrangement.

Shared facilities are located axially on the site and feature dining spaces, childcare fa-cilities, hobby rooms and guest rooms. Lo-cated on the roof of the main hall is a rooftop garden and greenhouse where food can be grown on site and prepared.

The placement of the entrances provides connections to the surrounding green spac-es as well as addressing the vacant 34th St corridor on the south.

longitudinal section west elevation

east elevation

What may look random is actually a highly ordered re-interpretation of the built surroundings. Along a five block section of Halsted St a study was under taken to cat-egorize five prominent factors of the built environment. This data was analyzed, char ted and reinter-preted into the built forms of my cohousing project. On the left the building height is explained, a simi-lar process was used to generate the setbacks, brick type, bond, and commercial facade.

building height

setback from street

context

bondbrick type

commercial facade

reinterpretation

analysis

cohousing project jeremy ehly

transverse section

ground floor plan