Ground Floor Framing Plan

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Updated Site Plan

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Updated Site Plan

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Updated Floor Plans

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Floor Plans

Ground floor:


Upper Floors:

Site Plan - Prelim

Clean Energy

Iceland's Green Dream

Preliminary First Floor / Site Plan

Entrance from Boylston directly into exhibit space, which steps down like an amphitheatre to attempt to follow the slope of the site, although the site slope is much steeper than the interior.

I am struggling with pushing the idea of public vs. private green space on the site. The direction I have been going is to have the public spaces slightly underground so when you enter the building, you move down into the building and the green space rises onto the roof. I am still working with this site plan and will have an update tomorrow.

Building Section / Mechanical - Preliminary

My thoughts are that a double wall between the sleeping rooms and classrooms can act as a vent stack for the building. Fresh air can be brought in and exchanged through the south elevation windows and upper north elevation windows. Natural northern daylighting is prevalent throughout the studio spaces from the curtain wall of metal panel, insulated glass and stone panels. The south-eastern windows in the sleeping rooms provide morning light, while a brise-soliel above the glazing provides shading from the high summer sun but allows low winter light in throughout the day. The exhibit space is partially underground and constructed of concrete with a green roof to keep the temperature much more steady, and storefront windows along Boylston Ave allow direct light and solar heat into the public entrance of the building.

Structural Framing Plans and Details - Updated

Structural Framing Details

Structural Framing Plans - Updated

Instead of steel W columns, I am using 8" square TS. I kept to the 3/5 ratio for the cantilevers at the south side of the building. Working on finishing the three details to post tonight also.

Structural Framing Plans

In progress...

With a slightly irregular column grid, the 20' spans are divided into two 10' spans bolted to the main column lines. Framing this way also allows for the small cantilevers on the south side. The W-beams are spanned with 3-1/2" metal decking and 3-1/2" concrete with WWF.

Elevations

Sorry for the delay. Will add more description after the 11PM outage.

Reworking

Ground Floor - small changes here. The exhibit space is still underground but I plan to manipulate the ground in a way that can relate to Boylston Street and the building, to bridge the gap between them so it isn't so suburban. This will be one of my details.

On the upper levels, I created a circulation bar between the sleeping and studio spaces. I don't think this is an ABRUPT TRANSITION and will also detail this. The sleeping spaces aren't "containers" so much as a bar like the studio space, shifted to gain as much morning light as possible.Kyle and I have been looking at kalzip products. I think something like this and their nature roof could start to better articulate the ground plane. Copper or a similar product that would age and maybe become part of the changing landscape could be interesting.