This next project was a group project designed to be a hybrid employment center located in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, MO. Given a narrative, a program was developed to include a mix of job finding services, a business incubator, educational services, and corresponding retail types.
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Seth Haines
Component Unit Size (SF) A. Reset Building Workspace Cubicle 75 Conference Rooms Large 400 Small 125 Classroom / Training 600 Computer Lab 1,000 Copy Room / Area 100 Lounge and Reading Room 1,200 Break / Kitchen 275 B. Administration Office Cubicle 75 Copy Room 100 Break / Kitchen 100 C. Core Public Core Entry 100 Bathroom 70 Elevator 60 Stair 200 Private Core Loading Dock 120 Janitor 75 Storage 300 Trash and Recycle 75 IT 125 Electrical and Mechanical 417 D. Retail Cafe 1,200 Kinkos 1,200 Emplooyment Office 1,200 Daycare 1,200 Gallery / Art Supply 1,200 DMV 1,800 Toy / Science / Book Store 1,200 E. Program Intervention Swope Parkway Health Center 50,000 Kauffman Foundation - Hallmark 32,000 Quest - Stowers Institute 75,000 Whole Foods 12,000
Nathan Jarvis
Jon Hanes
Units
Net Square Feet
34
2,550
2 2 1 1 1 1 1
800 250 600 1,00 100 1,200 275
4 1 1
300 100 100
1 4 1 1
100 280 60 200
1 1 1 1 1 1
120 75 300 75 125 417
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,800 1,200
1 1 1 1
50,000 32,000 75,000 12,000
While working on the needs of the program, we started to formulate a concept. Inspiration was taken from a manhole cover and its role as a doorway between disorder and order. Our concept was to create a building to transition the unemployed from disorder to order.