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Contents:comparative case study:

spura six unit:

spura forty unit midterm:seward park renewal area site analysis

spura forty unit fi nal:

quinta monroy vs phipps apts

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Pre-fabrication systems are essential in the implementation of Pre-fabrication systems are essential in the implementation of architecture specifi cally when dealing with low cost housing solu-architecture specifi cally when dealing with low cost housing solu-tions. The ability to cut costs while allowing for the duplication of tions. The ability to cut costs while allowing for the duplication of units make the approach worthy. This semester explored methods units make the approach worthy. This semester explored methods in designing on many scales all with prefabricated, units, structural in designing on many scales all with prefabricated, units, structural components, rooms in mind. The problem with prefabrication is its components, rooms in mind. The problem with prefabrication is its tendency to seem ultra repetitive lacking character. Although pre-tendency to seem ultra repetitive lacking character. Although pre-fabricated system is designed to be manufactured and assembled fabricated system is designed to be manufactured and assembled anywhere on earth each system can be tailored to a specifi c site and anywhere on earth each system can be tailored to a specifi c site and population group. population group.

The role of the architect has always been debated when it comes to The role of the architect has always been debated when it comes to prefabricated systems. I advocate the architect is still an architect prefabricated systems. I advocate the architect is still an architect not an engineer when it comes to these systems. An understand-not an engineer when it comes to these systems. An understand-ing of human behavior, structural systems, environmental factors, ing of human behavior, structural systems, environmental factors, domestic living, materials and aesthetics are all still necessary and domestic living, materials and aesthetics are all still necessary and should be carefully considered in prefabricated systems. It is a chal-should be carefully considered in prefabricated systems. It is a chal-lenge to an architect to address all these issues and make the pre-lenge to an architect to address all these issues and make the pre-fabricated dwelling feel like a home. fabricated dwelling feel like a home.

The range of possibilities of prefabricated systems is far extend-The range of possibilities of prefabricated systems is far extend-ing. Applications such as disaster relief, in formal settlement relief, ing. Applications such as disaster relief, in formal settlement relief, luxury housing and affordable housing can all be dealt with. Housing luxury housing and affordable housing can all be dealt with. Housing is especially relevant in the prefabricated discussion because of the is especially relevant in the prefabricated discussion because of the repetitious nature. repetitious nature.

This semester looked at several renditions of a prefabricated idea This semester looked at several renditions of a prefabricated idea using a lens of many scales from the individual bathroom, to the using a lens of many scales from the individual bathroom, to the bedroom, to the unit and to the amalgamation of units into buildings bedroom, to the unit and to the amalgamation of units into buildings and complexes. and complexes.

1920 1930

great depression

Phipps

common evolutionPhipps Apt vs Quinta Monroy

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major chilean eathquake

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Above are section to the same scale and a timeline marking relevant political events infl uencing public housing in both Chile and the US. Chile vulnerability to earthquakes make it a hotbed for innovations in housing. Also graphed is the amount on novelty undergone by both projects from their inception. Mean-ing Phipps has see gradual change over a long time and Quinta has seen rapid change in a very short time.

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

chilean housing policyrule of Augusto Pinochet

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Plan comparison: Quinta Monroy this page

SECTION DIAGRAM: LAYER VS. MODULESCALE: 1/16=1-0


Communities within complex diagram Phipps above, Quinta below

ground floor plan

typical floor plan

QUINTA MONROY PHIPPS GARDEN APARTMENTS

NROY LONGITUDINAL SECTION

SCALE: 1/16 =1 -0

Unit type diagram in section and plan. Phipps is stacked same unit on every level while quints has all 1-2 bedrooms below in 3 bays and other 2 bay 2 story units above.

$free-market(private rental)

phippsClarence SteinQueens NY USA1931

qunita monroyelemental

Iquique Chile 2005

maximize profit via quality

dynamic-debtless(subsidized build to own)

93 units = 1.72 units/ 1000sqft54, 000 sqft

site coverage: 93 units x 250sqft =23000sqft/54000 sqft= 43%

2 unit type developed into 93 unique types

4 court plazas

site coverage: =90300sqft/210000 sqft= 43%

10 unique unit types

one large court with 4 peripheral courts

472 units = 2.25 units/ 1000sqft210, 000 sqft

attract working class tenants

revitalize industrial area

PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING

replace housing for existing ad hoc tenants

case studiesin housing typolgies

resolve chilean housing deficit (earthqaukes)

density2.25 >1.72

site coverage

43%

courts as social spaces

minimize debtmaximize quality

economy (cost/unit) quantityquality = (space/ unit) longevity

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Above is a Venn diagram outlining the overall similarities and differenced between the architects approach for each project. Some interesting commonalities existed such as percentage of open space . Below is diagrams from the architects both went through similar typology studies and rejections before settling on a solution. My understanding is public housing is a contunuous evolution of experiments each building upon each other.

CONCRETE COLUMNS/ WALL (TYP)

2X8 FLOOR JOISTS 24 O.C. (TYP)

4 1/2 REINFORCED CONC SLAB

16X6X8 CONC BLOCK STACKED FILLED W/ CONC AND REBAR

HORIZONTAL MODULE

STRUCTURE: INFILL VS. FRAME

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STEEL BEAM

STEEL ANGLE HEADER

DOUBLE WYTH MODULAR BRICK BEARIN MASONRY WALL, STANDARD

10X3 WOOD FLOOR JOISTS 24 O.C. (TYP)

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cross ventilation

bad 6 story units phipps NO OPPOSITE OPERABLE FENESTRATION

better 4 story walkup units phipps SOME CONTINUITY

best quinta monroy simplex/duplex MULITPLE FENESTRATION AND CONTINOUS

Above are structural and ventilation diagrams at the same scale. Phipps uses a bearing wall with the span supported by columns. Quinta uses poured concrete and CMU to infi ll and has a very short span using lumber.

As for ventilation the 6 storey phipps has the worse cross ventilation as it has ex-posure to two perpendicular faces. The 4 storey walk up unit has better ventilation however Quintas units have the best and shorted distance between fenestration for cross ventilation.


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PRE CLEARANCE ESTIMATED DENSITY40 000SF TENEMENT STYLE BLOCK

PROPOSED SPURA RENEWAL

ESTIMATED TOTAL AREA 450 000 SF

TOTAL UNITS REQ 800- 1000

DENSITY (UNITS:SF)900U = 2 U/ 1000 SF450 (1000SF)

ALSO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL AND CIVIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS

PROVIDE PARKSPACE

ESTIMATED TYPICAL BUILDING (5) STORYS WITH (20) UNITS (4/ LEVEL)WITH 100X 25 FOORPTINT 2500SF

40 000/ 2500= 16 UNITS/ BLOCK

DENSIT (UNIT: SF):16(20)= 320 UNITS = 8 U/1000SF 40 (1000SF)

POST CLEARANCE ESTIMATED DENSITY20 000 SF 20 STORY TOWER

45,850 SF= 2.2920,000 SF

DENSITY (PR0GRAM:SITE)

200 UNITS= 10.00 U/1000SF20 (1000SF)

DENSITY (UNIT:SF)

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The lower east side has gone through many changes. It has always been a nieghborhood for immigrant communities. In an effort to reileve non quality housing, superblocks and high rise low income towers were developed. This now leaves the old low rise infilled block contrasting a half empty super block conatining high rise. Both these typolgies have their problems and hopefully a solution will be able to harmonize the existing oppo-sition while improving on the modern idea of housing. The solution should make the area desible to live again. un

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site and program anaysis

compositedensity: % open to builtdensity: units/ sqft

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develop sense of property and ownership to encourage a sustainable culture

Low rise unit development have an array of units organized around vertical courts which allow light and air. Vertical arragement allows for communities to develop. Also an undeveloped space can be offfered to tenants as incentive to develop thier parcel or the space can be sold to the com-plex or to another unit, in an effort to diversify and justistify the income divisions.

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Seward Park Urban Renewal Area: site analysisconnecting two worlds divided by a bridge

holiday in under construction

seward park

place 11x17 hereplace 11x17 here

SECTION LSECTION X

Level 10' - 0"

Level 210' - 0"

Level 320' - 0"

Level 430' - 0"

Level 540' - 0"

Level 650' - 0"

Level 760' - 0"

atrium

3 bay unfinished unitperspective from broome st

scale: 1/8=1-0sections

SPURA: Six- unit housing

The 6 unit problem was resolved bu using a adaptable structure supporting al-ternately facing prefabricated room units. The corridor expanded and contracted making useful as a room at times. This design evolved into the 40 unit.

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3 BR DUPLEX2 BR DUPLEX LOWER FL

2 BR DUPLEX UPPER FL

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2ND FL PLAN FOR 3BR

ENTRY FL PLAN FOR 3BR1400 SQFT 5(+1) BAY

580 SQFT 2 BAY

780 SQFT 3 BAY

1000 SQFT 3(+1) BAY (2 BATH)

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Create desirable place to live with a place residents and nieghbors are proud of. A place thats character refl ects that of the community while repairing some of its probelms.

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The project contained 6 units each was able to be unique by arranging the prefab-ricated rooms in the overall structural frames. Stairs for duplexes were added at the edges and a public stair and elevator between the units.

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ATRIUM ALLOWS MORE EXPOSURE

ATRIUM ALLOWS CROSS VENTILATION

MULTIPLE EXPOSURES ALLOW CROSS VENTILATION

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seniors transplantsfamilies

cyclical overlap

no: creates discrimination

and division

retirees in 30 years?

intergration

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adjacencties and forced interation

Diagrams of structure, program and ventilation and model of building.

SPURA: Forty- unit housing

Before and after of SPURA lot for the forty unit project.

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individuals (units) structure the collective

three modern tenants: -college transplants -local retirees -local familiescreate a sustainable community including all three What is the best way to create an sus-tainable, desiable community ? seperated vs intergrated proposal: cyclical overlap trans-plants expand to families: families shrink to

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retirees in 30 years?

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PROGRAM CONCEPTCLUSTER DISPERSEMENT

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PROGRAM CONCEPTCLUSTER DISPERSEMENT

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Many ideas carried over to the 40 unit rendition of the market rate/ public hous-ing problem. The modular system evolved into a pod and dock system. However expression of the room remained the same. Conceptually the prefabricated sys-tem became apart of the challenge to make both highly designed luxury economy units for the market rate and low cost units for the subsidized need.

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3BR lower

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SPURA: Forty- unit housing midterm

The plan design was streamlined and a wet wall developed housing the kitchen and bathroom facilities. Again a sawtooth hall connected the wet facilities to the room pods. With very few pieces a large amount a variety could be produced.

LCD ELEMENT DIAGRAM 1/4 = 1-0


For the midterm the many pieces for the wet wall were developed. The above dia-gram illustrates how the pieces could be interchanged to generate a subsidized or a luxury apartment by the amount and quality of fi xtures. Also a dupulxing pod was developed so apartment could expand up or down a storey.

sample UNIT PLANS 1/4= 1-0

2 BEDROOM SIMPLEX single parent and child

3 BEDROOM DUPLEX family

1 BEDROOM native les senior

2 BEDROOM DUPLEX two rich NYU students

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SPURA: Forty- unit housing midterm

Plans for the midterm scheme. Each building had a different genetic make up. by planning the number of rooms and what fi xtures each building has the architect could potentially control what social activity happens in each building.

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local fabric (25x 100 lots) superblock (squeeze up to make open space)

hybrid (squeeze into local fabric)

URBAN STRATEGYCAN BE PURCHASED BETWEEN TWO TENANTS AT MARKET RATE PRICESONLY IN SUBSIDIZED BUILDINGS

DISTRIBUTE INCOME BRACKET, AND TYPE OF TENANT... ARCHITECTURE WISE DISTRUBUTE LIGHT, AIR AND PRIVACY

T- transplantsS- seniorsF- families

L- low incomem- medium incomeM- moderate incomeR- market rate

(T S F) (L m M 2R) = 4 buildings + 3 courts

(TL) (Tm) (TM) 2 (TR)(SL) (Sm) (SM) 2 (SR)(FL) (Fm) (FM) 2 (FR)

when distrubuted:

distrubution equation

ALL SINGLE BEDROOM SENIOR UNITS ON THE SAME LEVEL IN ALL BUILDINGS CONNECTED TO CONTINOUS WALKING TRACK

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3/32 = 1-0

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designer + economic apartments

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NEW PROJECT (S)

The project was titled LCD LES for the fi nding and designing lowest common denominator necessary to live. However the overall urbanism was poor and this became the focus for the second half of the semester.

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BATHROOM 1/4=1-0

SPURA: Forty- unit housing fi nal

Interior perspective showing material differentiating using characters from the Naked City. Below is a plan and section of the bathroom. The bathroom for the fi nal project was designed to replace all the options from the mid-term further streamlining the design.

3BR 1/4 1 03BR 1/4=1-0

2BR 1/4=1-0

1BR 1/4=1-0

Unit axons and plans. Like the bathrooms the units also were streamlined and duplexes were eliminated saving space in the fi nal design. A movie theater/ auditorium was added along with retail spaces for the public amenity.

GROUND PLAN

SECTION

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Plans of overall complex and enlarged upper fl oor.

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Perspective collage depicting life in the complex. Attempting to show life in a prefabricated complex can be rich and lively. To the right is the ground plan showing the residential lobbies, retail spaces, auditorium and planting. The overgrown planting attempts to contrast the rigid prefabricated ele-ments. The open corridor became the focus of the amalgamation.

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Construction section showing the use of a three layer fl oor, insulation, ceil-ing system allowing for the exposure of the overhangs with insulation. Also the construction difference of the on site construction of the wet wall and dock made of concrete and off site pre fab light gauge steel wall, fl oor and ceiling system of the pods which are shipped and assembled on site.

STRUCTURAL CONCEPTASSEMBLY OF PREFABRICATED PANELS

Axonmetric of structural components and how they work with each other.

CROSS VENTILATION

SUSTAINABLE CONSIDERATIONSREDUCED CONSTRUCTION WASTE -PREFABRICATED PANELS

REDUCED ENERGY FOOTPRINT -REDUCED USE ON CONC/ HEAVY STEEL

ORIENTATION OF MAJORITY OF UNITS TO SOUTH

INSULATED ENVELOPE

SHADING/ DAYLIGHTING

ACTIVE FLOOR-CEILING HVAC

WINTER SUN 23

SUMMER SUN 74

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Sustainable considerations, pre fabrication allows for waste reduction which is a large sustainable factor. Also the staggering aides with shading in the summer as well as reducing glazing as to not lose energy in the winter and summer.

ELEVATION X-SECTION1/4- 1-0

Section elevation and model photos. To generate a individual feeling to the complex exterior fi nishes could be varied. A palette of wood siding, concrete fi ver board and metallic panels were used to add distinction to either the room or the unit. This strategy also refl ected the fabric of ethnicity in the area and became representative of the fabric of the neighborhood.


In line with the concept of prefab the model was designed and assembled in the same way. Using only about 5 base pieces with some variations the entire residential complex built without the aid of glue.

A key design component was the cross alley through the building creating a continuity seen in the photo on the bottom right.

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The Suffolk street elevation attempted to be conscience of the existing community and to hopefully integrate the alien form of the prefab units into the richly diverse community. Elements like the existing chain link fence and existing 25 lot were used to localized the design.

DO OR DINEWIC Y MART LIME JUNGLE

SUFFOLK ST ELEVATION1/8- 1-0

marbles on glass: a prefabrication approach to balancing subsidized and market rate housing

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