History and Culture Center

630 S. Kansas Ave Topeka, Kansas

Located in downtown Topeka, The History and Culture center serves multitude of purposes being right on the corner of 7th and Kansas Ave, It is designed to be light and bright to bring a spotlight to the art gallery on display. It has an outdoor theater to engage people walking in downtown Topeka. It also has many different entrances to get that private vs public feel. This building has multiple spaces including a dance studio, performance hall and an art gallery. The building is split into different wings and floors allowing for the public to engage with the building differently as there are many different buildings located next to the site including, shopping, buisnesses, dining.

Individual Project Spring 2021

Prof. Marianne Rembolt

Concept

To create Private vs Public feeling I started by splitting the building into two different wings. The second floor was for performances so it was located on top. Splitting the site with the Private wing allowed me to also split the two different green spaces.

With the green spaces forming from the private wing, they formed their own private vs public areas. On the left of the building is the private tucked away green space with access to the outdoors form the offices. While in the middle formed the green space that was also a small outdoor performing venue. This allows for the people inside the building to see and walk around to different views of the outdoor performance while also engaging with the different inside spaces and venues.

Natural Light Green Spaces

Site Context

South Elevation - 1/16”-1’

North Elevation - 1/16”-1’

Experience