CHICAGO STUDIO JOHN KNUTESON | SPRING 2013
CHICAGO STUDIO
CONTENTS 01DESIGN STUDIO
02 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 03 URBAN MAPPING MANUAL
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DIAGRAM OF A TYPICAL PROJECT SCHEDULE
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PROPOSAL FOR WILSON YARDS
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PRACTITIONER INTERVIEWS INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS ESSAY RESPONSE
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VISION FOR UPTOWN
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CODES & ETHICS INTERVIEW INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT ESSAY RESPONSE
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BUILDINGS, TEXTS, AND CONTEXTS ABSTRACT OUTLINE ARTICLE: JUNKLIFE
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LECTURES
TEATRO VISTA INTRODUCTION SITE INFORMATION CONCEPT PROCESS DRAWINGS RENDERINGS
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DESIGN STUDIO TEATRO VISTA INTRODUCTION SITE INFORMATION PROCESS CONCEPT DRAWINGS RENDERINGS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE MANUAL
INTRODUCTION This project was completed in the Spring of 2013 by architecture students in Virginia Tech’s Chicago Studio working with GREC Architects. It is part of a series of eight separate projects that attempt to understand and preserve the culture of Chicago’s Uptown through the adaptive re-use of existing buildings. Over the course of ten weeks, we engaged with the Uptown community through numerous interviews, site visits, and presentations. These investigations led us to an understanding of the strong Chicago theater community. This project specifically involves the renovation and adaptation of the existing Weinstein Funeral Home into a permanent home and theater facility for Teatro Vista, a community theater company dedicated to sharing Latino culture and bridging the gap between cultures The intent of this project is to provide Teatro Vista with a space that allows them to exercise their mission statement of cultural inclusion. The program includes a 149 seat main-stage thrust theater, a 60seat flexible black box theater, and related support spaces. In addition, the program includes a bar/ lounge and offices for full-time staff of Teatro Vista. We hope that this study will serve as a starting point for the realization of a permanent theater facility for Teatro Vista.
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DESIGN STUDIO
SITE INFORMATION The project site is the abandoned Weinstein Funeral Home located at 1300 West Devon Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. The site provides many opportunities for inspiring activity and growth in the area, as well as unifying the community and embracing the cultural diversity of the Devon Corridor.
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SITE INFORMATION
1 | Crypt 2 | Storage 3 | Reposing Room 4 | Family Room 5 | Chapel 6 | Display Room 7 | Offices 8 | Lobby 9 | Gathering Space
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DESIGN STUDIO
SOUTH FACADE
EAST FACADE
NORTH FACADE
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SITE INFORMATION
LOCATION
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DESIGN STUDIO
L A K E W O O D
W A Y N E
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A V E N U E
A V E N U E
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D E V O N
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A V E N U E
1| 13,286 Sqft 2| 7,000 Sqft | 23 Parking Stalls 3| 8,000 Sqft | 24 Parking Stalls 4| 10,000 Sqft | 19 Parking Stalls 4 | $400,000 | 19 Parking Stalls 1+2+3 | $1,200,00 | 47 Parking Stalls 1+2+3+4 | $1,500,00 | 66 Parking Stalls
PROPERTY
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SITE INFORMATION
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SITE ACCESS Located near the active intersection of Sheridan and Broadway, the site is easily accessible by multiple bus routes, as well as the Loyola Red Line stop. Devon Avenue is characterized by heavy vehicle traffic, and with very little parking available beyond street parking itself, the property’s three parking lots represent a valuable asset for Teatro Vista.
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SITE OPPORTUNITIES With a relatively close proximity to an already established theater presence in Rogers Park, Teatro Vista has the opportunity to benefit from a greater support network of other theater companies through regional season passes, shared audience base, and increased word of mouth. An abundance of restaurants along this stretch of Devon represents an incentive for audience members to spend time in the area before or after a show building a greater presence for the neighborhood.
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SITE INFORMATION
THEATERS
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DESIGN STUDIO
RESTAURANTS
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SITE INFORMATION
CULTURAL DIVERSITY The Devon corridor represents a diverse collection of cultural groups in its surrounding neighborhoods. Neighborhoods range from Russian American, Indian American, and Orthodox Jewish, to Pakistani, Hispanic, and Bangladeshi. This presents an opportunity for Teatro Vista to bridge multiple cultural perspectives through its own performance as well as an informal bar platform. The bar could be a chance for the neighborhood to share its perspective through poetry, music, storytelling, and other forms.
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DEVON AV
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CLARK & BROADWAY: ACTIVITY The site is sandwiched between Clark and Broadway, two very active arteries in the City of Chicago. In contrast, this stretch of Devon lacks pedestrian activity due to multiple vacancies and open lots. Teatro Vista has the opportunity to redefine this section of Devon as the center of a Theater district and bridge the gap of activity between Clark and Broadway.
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PROCESS As a three-member group, we formulated a collaborative and iterative process of making design decisions. Most decisions were broken up in the form of schemes, explorations, or scale. Each one of these iterations was then passed off to another member of the team for further development. This created a much more productive and critical atmosphere.
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PROCESS
PRELIMINARY DIAGRAM AND PROGRAM STUDIES KNUTESON | 22
DESIGN STUDIO
SCHEMATIC ITERATIONS KNUTESON | 23
LECTURE
BAR AND LOUNGE ITERATIONS
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DESIGN STUDIO
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CONCEPT The concept for the theater itself is directly derived from the experience of the funeral home. In our analysis of the existing program, we discovered an articulated procession through the space, as the deceased is prepared and meets the attendees of the funeral service. A dramatized version of this procession can be found in theater, as the actor prepares for a performance, and meets the audience in a shared moment of mutual fantasy. The spaces leading up to the performance build anticipation and excitement, emphasize the performance itself, and afterwards, embody the memory of the performance.
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CONCEPT
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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DESIGN STUDIO
AXONOMETRIC PROCESSION DIAGRAM
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CONCEPT
PROCESSION DIAGRAM
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DESIGN STUDIO
LIGHT DIAGRAM
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CONCEPT
FACADE
STRUCTURE
FLOOR PLANE
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS
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DESIGN STUDIO
SOUND
OPENINGS
PLAN
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS
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DRAWINGS
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DRAWINGS
W A Y N E A V E N U E
D E V O N
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DESIGNS STUDIO
L A K E W O O D A V E N U E
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SITE PLAN
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DRAWINGS
DRESS (Thrust) 255 sqft LOUNGE 650 sqft
DRESS (BB) 220 sqft TICKET BOOTH 80 sqft
GROUND FLOOR THRUST STAGE THEATER 148 Seats Fixed 20’x20’ Stage 5 | 5 Person Dressing Rooms
BLACK BOX THEATER 1140 sqft
BLACK BOX THEATER 16’x16’ Floor Space 59 Seats Temporary 4 | 4 Person Dressing Rooms BAR | LOUNGE 6’ x 8’ Stage 54 Seats Temporary 40’ Bar
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THRUST STAGE THEATER 2650 sqft
SCENE SHOP 320 sqft
BAR 990 sqft GREEN ROOM 170 sqft VESTIBULE 320 sqft REORIENT ROOM 250 sqft
DESIGN STUDIO
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1 | Exterior Vestibule 2 | Re-Orientation Room 3 | Ticket Booth 4 | Bar 5 | Lounge 6 | Thrust-Stage 7 | Black Box 8 | Green Room 9 | Scene Shop
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GROUND LEVEL
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DRAWINGS
REHEARSAL 625 sqft
SECOND FLOOR OFFICES 1 Dedicated Office 3 Work Stations
OFFICES 800 sqft
CONFERENCE 10
Seats
STORAGE 100 sqft
BLACK BOX THEATER 6’ x 12’ Lighting Booth Surrounding Balcony
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MECHANICAL 650 sqft
CONFERENCE 330 sqft
DESIGN STUDIO
20’
27’
38’
23’
1 30’
2 4
23’
3 5
15’
1 | Rehearsal Space 2 | Offices 3 | Conference 4 | Storage 5 | Mechanical
SECOND LEVEL
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DRAWINGS
Top of Screen 28’ 0” Top of Black Box 25’ 0”
Ceiling 18’ 0”
REHEARSAL Level 2 10’ 0”
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20’
DESIGN STUDIO
MEETING SPACE BAR
LOUNGE
SECTION
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DRAWINGS
Top of Thrust Theater 26’ 0”
Bottom of Trusses 19’ 0”
Level 2 10’ 0”
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MAIN STAGE
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20’
DESIGN STUDIO
OFFICES
REHEARSAL
BLACK BOX
SECTION
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DRAWINGS
Top of Thrust Theater 28’ 0”
Bottom of Trusses 19’ 0”
Level 2 10’ 0”
MAIN STAGE
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20’
DESIGN STUDIO
MEETING SPACE
BAR
LOUNGE
SECTION
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DRAWINGS
REHEARSAL SCENE SHOP
OFFICES
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20’
DRESS - M
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Top of Black Box 25’ 0”
Bottom of Trusses 19’ 0”
Level 2 10’ 0”
BLACK BOX DRESS BLACK BOX
SECTION
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RENDERINGS A constant thread through the semester was the visualization of the design in the form of small renderings and vignettes. This mode of representation is, by its nature, sequential, and became an effective way of communicating the story of the building through procession. These, combined with more analytical section-perspectives, forced us to be critical about the adjacencies we were creating and the relation of each space to the others.
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DESIGN STUDIO
VIEW WEST OF DEVON AVENUE FROM BROADWAY
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RENDERINGS
COVERED LOTS
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DESIGN STUDIO
FACADE
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RENDERINGS
VESTIBULE
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DESIGN STUDIO
RE-ORIENTATION SPACE
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RENDERINGS
BAR
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DESIGN STUDIO
LOUNGE
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RENDERINGS
THEATER ENTRANCES
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DESIGN STUDIO
THRUST STAGE/BLACK BOX
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RENDERINGS
BACK-STAGE
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DESIGN STUDIO
EXIT INTO BAR
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