bronx sanctuary of the arts
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housing for artists locatede behind the bronx museum of the artsTRANSCRIPT
Entry
Circulation
Gallery
Single exposure units
Artist studios
Market rate 3 br
multi-exposure units
The program was designed with the intent to focus its occupants around a central area. This area is a sunken voidthe tinteracts with all three elemants of the program, the Housing , The Museum and the public outdoor spaces.
The circulation on the building is also focused around the courtyard, giving the perimeter of the site to private living spaces. A gallery connects the studio aparments to the market rate housing. The idea being that the art displayed here would bring the inhabitants of the two seperate demographics together over a common interest.
The Parti of the structure comes from the intersection of several concepts. First the scheme needed to knit neatly into the urban fabric of the Bronx. Proportions from the site shaped the general massing of the building. Second the scheme needed to represent inclustion, an urban oasis that caters to the site but favors its inhabitants. The tower and reflecting pool become the crystal gem, encased by a solid wrapper. Visitors to the site will experience awe as they circulation around and into the center if the complex.
ADA accessibility on the Grand Concourse Level allows the handicap access to the entire complex. Highlighted in blue are handicap ramps, wheel chair lifts and, elevators. All fire stairs include an area of refuge as well.
This plumbing (wet walls) and utility cores of the building are neatly packed into the centers of the buildings. This clean effecient design makes plumbing easy to intall and service with out distrubing the inhabitants of the building. With the core centralized pipes cant freeze, and the perimeter of the building gets as many windows as possible.
Structurally the structure contains two different load bear-ing elements. The prefabricated tower uses large steel columns that the units are skewerd on. The remainder of the building uses large load bearing walls to transfer the weight downward. Below the load bearing walls are stansions that allow an open floor plane in the gallery spaces underneath the structure. these columns continue to transfer the weight into the foundation footing.
Bronx Museum| Sancutary of the Arts Bronx Museum| Sancutary of the Arts Sam Davis | D4
East Elevation East Elevation West Elevation West Elevation West Section West Section North Elevation North Elevation South Elevation South Elevation South Section South Section
Scale 3/32” = 1’-0”Scale 3/32” = 1’-0”
7th Level Floor Plan7th Level Floor Plan
4th - 6th Level Floor Plan4th - 6th Level Floor Plan
2nd - 3rd Level Floor Plan2nd - 3rd Level Floor Plan
Carrol Grade Level Floor PlanCarrol Grade Level Floor Plan
Concourse Level Floor PlanConcourse Level Floor Plan
RenderingsRenderings
ProgramProgram
circulationcirculationProportion PartiProportion Parti
ADAADA
StructureStructure
Core / wet wallCore / wet wall
The process started with generating a mass that
complimented the surrounding context of the
site
The result was a city wall that enclosed a tower,
both components took their heights from context. Thus the theme of enclusion was
born.
Developement of the outer wall was inspired by
Precedents, brise soleil would come to sheild the south facade from the hot summer sun. but allow sun light in the cold winter.
The Public entry from Grand Concourse was also
inspired by precedents. using greenery to indentify the entry and to invite the
public inward.
IsometricIsometric
courtyard renderingcourtyard rendering
Gallery SpaceGallery Space
CafeCafe
Concourse Entry Concourse Entry
Single family Unit Single family Unit