Bear Process BookDesign 8, comprehensive studioPhilaDelphia University Spring ‘13Kyle BurkeTRistan Emig

Team Dynamic

Kyle Burke: Specialized in Detailing, revit, model making, and Autocad

Tristan Emig: Specialized in renderings, sketchup, elevations, and sections

Team Philosophy

“Start with simplicity and allow the natural design process and other inherent variables to create complexity”

“Create a project that ideologically matches the position of the surrounding community”

Team Mission

The Patch Adams Free Health Clinic of Philadelphia embodies the life and vision of Patch Adams. Distraught from the state of dehumanized, modern medicine, Patch Adams set out to completely change the relationship between doctors and patients. He wished to create a relationship not founded upon fear and detachment, but rather on love, compassion, and mutual respect. For the first time, the Patch Adams vision is being brought into a dense urban setting on Allegheny Avenue in Northern Philadelphia.

The Patch Adams Clinic

History- Opened first Gesundheit Institute in 1972 with friendand later wife, Linda Edquist.- Operated for 12 years as a community hospital, free ofinsurance companies or any payment of any kind.

Outlook- health of an individual cannot be separated from thehealth of the family, community, and the world.- social interaction and laughter are integral in the healingprocess.

Goals- a Net-Zero building that exhibits the ideals of Patch andthe Gesundheit Institute- a community building that incorporates the involvement of the community into the well being of all those involved in the establishment.

Users and Their Programs

Clinic-Any sick or in need people, regardless of financialsituation or lack of insurance.

Community Center/Library-members of the neighborhood who beleive in the powerthat a group of people can posess when their focus is onthe betterment of a community.

Fitness Center-members of the neighborhood interested in becoming morephysicaly active and conscious of their health.

Daycare-primarily focused on benefitting the single parent families in the area and in return benefitting the greater community.

Schematic DesignFrom the beginning the design was conceived to be a courtyard scheme with the programmatic elements surrounding and looking into the courtyard. Program layouts were explored using accesibility to the street and orientation to the south as the primary driving forces. These decisions all were reflected while the project still did not have a site, and thus became purely a programmatic response to the environmental Condition.

Rain Water Collection

Brown Field Strategy

Pre Midterm Site Planincluding Orchards and rain water collection

PrecedentsMaterial Studies

Pre Midterm Section

Pre MidtermAllegehny Street Facade

Section throughthe Community Space

Pre midterm PlansEven prior to the midterm review, it became clear that the most dynamic space in the project was the community portion. The library submerged underneath the patio with light fixtures that punctured to the surface to create light wells that users could sit on. The community space overlooked the cafe and small performance space with a delicate staircase that rose through the sunspace.

Midterm Framing Plans

Midterm Sections

Midterm Plans

Midterm Site Plan

Parti Logic

Midterm REnderings

Midterm Plans

Midterm Elevations

Midterm Daylighting

Midterm Details

The community has voiced their need for a center where community members can enjoy a leisurely day, or safely leave their kids for a few hours. With this objective in mind, a scheme was created around a protected courtyard that all of the programmatic elements could mutually watch over. The community room opens out to a patio with large sliding doors and green roofs allow the community to overlook the courtyard with the view of the city skyline in the distance.

Final iteration

Final Plans

While the atmosphere and spatial quality of the Patch Adams center is felt within the clinic, the clinic remains a private and autonomous zone. With the capability of operating 24/7, the clinic can function as a singular unit while the rest of the center is shut down to conserve energy. Inside of the clinic, the patients are greeted with a welcoming sense of privacy. The doctors lead the patients around the dividing wall into the bustling collaboration of Patch Adams’ administration, doctors’ offices, consultation rooms, and exam rooms.

Spatial Quality

Final Elevations

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The VisionThe project embraces the Patch Adams’ vision, providing a place for community members to interact and assist each other in a social setting. In accordance with his vision, the Patch Adam’s Center on Allegheny provides the neighborhood of Tioga with a safe space to relax, learn and heal both body and mi nd.

Final Sections

Final HVAC Plans

Final HVAC Sections

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Final Framing Plans

Final Diagrams

Final Connection Details

Final Connection Details

Final South Wall Detail

Final North Wall Detail

Final Site Plan

Final Courtyard Rendering

Final Community Rendering

Final Courtyard Rendering

Final performance Space Rendering

Final cityscape Rendering

Final Calculations

physical models