Design Charrette - BDamar Mercado-HastingsChaeyoung KimMaxwell HinesIsabel FreedmanJohari Rhett

Task-B•A wealthy citizen willed 100 undeveloped

acres of wooded land bordering an urban area. In her will she designated that the land should be comprised of a mixed income community of 150 homes. Space for some shopping, doctor’s offices, restaurants, etc. should also be planned. Although streets for vehicle traffic are needed, it was her wish that it should be convenient and safe to travel by bike or on foot throughout the community.

Roles•Damar Mercado-Hastings

▫Chair Person▫Architect-Map Drawer▫Park Designer

•Chaeyoung Kim▫Educational Building

•Maxwell Hines▫Apartment Building▫Shopping Center

•Isabel Freedman▫Medical Center

Questions• Why is it important to recognize challenges and barriers during

the charrette and then identify solutions?• It is important to identify challenges because limitations must be known

before creating a solution. Some limitations may be size, structure, and the surrounding area.

• Among the ideas or thoughts that you prepared for the charrette, were there any that were disregarded by the group? Why? Do you think it was the right decision?

• The only thing that we didn’t incorporate was an emergency station, our basic emergency contacts are stationed in the mall but we do not have a police or fire station, contact with outside towns must be made.

• What is the value of using a charrette to investigate the feasibility and development of a building project? Describe specific advantages over a traditional approach in which the client meets with an architect and the architect develops the plan.

• In a charrette, all stakeholders give ideas to contribute to the plan. This way, each member is heard and all ideas are incorporated into the plan.

• Identify and explain a potential drawback of the plan your team drafted.

• One drawback of our plan is that it does not incorporate a an emergency system. Our town does not include a fire or police station. However, there are still fire hydrants and extinguishers on the street and in buildings. In an emergency, outside sources are available to call into the town.

Educational FacilityKindergarten through Twelfth Grade

In this small community, there is one school for children with ages within 5 years old to 18 years old. Within the school, the school is split up into 3 different sections. Each section holds either kindergarten through 5th grade, 6th grade through 8th grade, and 9th grade through 12th grade.

Within each section, there are a total of 4 bathrooms, 2 for girls and 2 for boys. There is an auditorium, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, and a library for each section. These different rooms allow for the best learning experience for the student body.

In this school building, there is a total of 6 floors, excluding the basement. The firsttwo floors are for the elementary school grade (Kindergarten to 5th grade). The third and fourth floor is for the middle school grade (6th grade to 8th grade). The fifth andsixth floor is for the high school grade (9th grade to 12th grade). On each floor, there isa total of 4 classrooms.

For the students to have their ultimate experience during their school years, the school building provides an open rooftop yard. This rooftop yard is open to studentsin grades 6 through 12. When students are out on the rooftop yard, they can study,socialize, or even eat their lunches. This is a place where students can release stress and instantly feel better.

Medical Building

Medical Building Emergency room• For our residents we have only an

emergency room since there is not enough room for all medical procedural machines. If a person needs a procedure done that the medical building cannot take care of then the hospital will recommend to go to a hospital outside of our town that can help their needs.

Medical BuildingDoctor’s offices•Our medical building will offer basic

doctors such as pediatricians, therapists, dentists, optometrists, orthodontists, etc. There will be doctors for all ages.

Medical BuildingExtra amenities •The hospital will also have a •cafeteria to sell food to patients and

workers. There will be physical therapy rooms and minor procedure rooms. There will also be a lobby and the rest of the floors will be offices, waiting room, procedure rooms, therapy rooms, etc.

Housing Building

•The housing building has 26 floors and a basement

•Each floor except for the basement and lobby has 6 apartments

•The lobby has a mailroom and a doorman

•The basement has a parking garage for the cars of residents

•Of the 6 apartments on every floor there are; one studio, three two-bedrooms, and two three-bedrooms

Shopping Center

Lobby•There is a doorman with security guards

to avoid theft, elevators and a directory of the mall.

Wal-Mart•Wal-Mart is this town’s department store,

it will be where people go when they need to buy anything.

Clothing Store•This is a generic clothing store where

people can go to buy all kinds of clothing.

Flight Club•Flight Club is the best shoe store in the

world and that’s where the people will go to get nice shoes.

Sporting Goods Store•This is where the towns people will get

their sports equipment for all sports.

Beauty Store•This is where people will get beauty

products.

Park

Community Garden•There will be two community gardens to

help keep the fruits and vegetables that people are consuming fresh and healthy.

Playground•There will be a playground for children to

play at after school in the park if they want to.

Fountain •There is a fountain with a statue in the

park. The statue is one of the woman who died and left her land to the city.