Sara Kincaid

Bridge “​ According to Casey Family Programs, about 25,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 21 must leave foster care each year. These young people have experienced maltreatment and have lived with instability. So it will probably come as no surprise that they are often ill prepared to suddenly live independently and figure out on their own how to do what the foster care system was set up to do for them—feed, clothe, and house them. Aging out of foster care without a permanent home is the highest-risk outcome for a foster youth.” - MyVeryOwnBlanket

User Analysis

Mykell, full-time student

Still from The Day I Age Out: Part 3

Mykell is a 20 year old foster care graduate who is about to turn 21 in a month. She has been in the system her entire life, since agingout she has been staying with her uncle Robert with whom she has recently reconnected. Mykell has recently began taking classes at Cincinnati State and is considered a full-time student. She also has a part time job at Skyline on Ludlow.

Mykell wants to move into her own place.

Jacob, homeless at 18

Still from Homeless Youth Aged out of Foster Care

Jacob is a 21 year old with no life skills. On his 18th birthday he was told by his foster parents to pack his bags and leave. He doesn’t know how to write a check, budget, find an apartment and even says he couldn’t read analog clocks until he was 17. He grew up in 4 different placements all over the country, he says only 1 was beneficial. He is looking for a good opportunity to come his way.

Jobs

Corey, redeemed ex-felon

Still from The Day I Age Out: Part 1

Corey is a recently-turned 21 year old who became a part of the foster care system when he was only 2. Corey’s last foster parent, Joe, still supports him by letting him stay with him until Corey find housing. Corey has a small ding on his record, harassment felony, this is making apartment hunting extra hard on him. Once he has a job and is living on his own, he wants to get his GED.

Jobs

Jobs

Find apartment

End homelessness

Get apartment

Take Classes

Get a job

Get a job

Work at Skyline

Learn life skills

Get GED

Gains

Housing voucher can help pay for cost of living

Pains

No affordable housing No places Better Future near school/ Income work

Gain Creators Pain Relivers

Gains

Better Future Needs guidance Income Companies Fulfilling life won’t hire homeless

Gain Creators Pain Relivers A job

Section 8 voucher

Buses

Part time job

Living with Uncle Robert

Living with a friend

Pains

Having a place to call your own

Gains Fresh Start Better Future Fulfilling life Income

Pains

Apartments won’t accept him because of felony

Gain Creators Pain Relivers

Finding information

Getting his own place

Learning skills

Getting GED

Joe will help him find an apartment

Building resume Shelters

Services

Place to live Reliable transportation Job Placement Community

Services

Place to live Transportation Job Placement Community

Services

Place to live Transportation Job Placement Community

Site Analysis

Strengths

Weaknesses

1. On University of Cincinnati’s Campus 2. 3 miles from Cincinnati State

1. Might feel out of place on the UC campus

3. Lovely views of campus

2. Main entrance is on a busy street

4. Multiple Stories

3. Might be on the National Registry of Historic Places

5. Safe Area guarded by campus police 6. Has access to campus bus routes, and normal ones 7. Has parking

Location

Building

1. Within a community

1. Space to accommodate housing

2. On public transportation routes

2. Green space

3. Near Community Colleges

3. Views from windows

4. Parking Access

4. Secure perimeter

5. Low crime rate

Opportunities 1. Beautiful detail spaces 2. Many stories 3. Large open spaces and closed smaller spaces

Threats 1. Modern furnishings and lights won’t match the building’s architecture 2. Damage to the building may come

Best Match

Gained Aid with Aging-out

Safe House

Equal Opportunity Image from Google Street View

COVID stays

COVID goes away

Worsened Pandemic

Falling through Cracks

Lessened aid with Aging-out

270 Calhoun Street

“Designed by Zettel and Rapp, the finished YMCA building was regarded at the time as “architecturally perfect in every detail, beautifully furnished in the most appropriate taste and admirably fitted to serve the needs of all students in their social, cultural and religious life on the campus.”” - UC History Walking Tour

Images from UC History Walking Tour

53% 26% Have Been Homeless

14% ​ ave Had a H Child

Do Not Have High-School Diploma

24%

Have Worked Part-Time

36% Have Been Incarcerated

How might we provide guidance for life skills, housing options, and mental health services for those ages 18-21 who are aging-out of Foster Care in Cincinnati?

Programming Adjacency Matrix Direct Adjacency Indirect Adjacency No Adjacency

Front Desk Restrooms Computer Room Workspace Gathering Area Kitchen Dining Hall Laundry Room Apartments Meeting Rooms Employee Offices Confrence Room

Apartments

Gathering Space

Dining Hall

Kitchen

Bubble Diagram

Meeting Rooms

Workspace

Laundry

Meeting Rooms

Employee Offices

Conference Room

Restrooms

Conference Room

Kitchen

Dining Hall

Apartments

Front desk

Gathering Space

Computer Room

Computer Room

Workspace

Restrooms

Front desk

Employee Offices Laundry Restrooms

Site Map

Key Site Campus Buildings

Composite Diagram

volumes

planes

vegetation

noise

desirable destinations

private v. public

sun path

texture

paths

volumes + noise

vegetation + destinations

texture + entry

planes + vegetation

noise + private/public

private v. public + planes

paths + noise

desirable destinations + sun path

sun path + paths

To Smear

To Dig

To Hinge

To Curve

To Slide

To Continue

To Expand

To Pair

To Suspend

To Smear + Curve

To Dig + Hinge

To Hinge + Smear

To Curve + Dig

To Slide + Hinge

To Continue + Curve

To Pair + Expand

To Suspend + Pair

To Expand + Slide

First Floor 1/4” = 1’

Second Floor 1/4” = 1’

Third Floor 1/4” = 1’

Section 1/4” = 1’

Floor 3

1/16” = 1’

Floor 2

1/16” = 1’

Floor 1

1/16” = 1’

Mentor Space Detail Diagram

53%

Do Not Have High-School Diploma

26%

24%

Have Been Homeless

Have Worked Part-Time

How might we provide guidance for life skills, housing options, and mental health services for those ages 18-21 who are aging-out of Foster Care in Cincinnati?

User Analysis

Jacob, homeless at 18

Corey, redeemed ex-felon

Strengths

Weaknesses

1. On University of Cincinnati’s Campus 2. 3 miles from Cincinnati State

1. Might feel out of place on the UC campus

3. Lovely views of campus

2. Main entrance is on a busy street

4. Multiple Stories

3. Might be on the National Registry of Historic Places

6. Has access to campus bus routes, and normal ones 7. Has parking

Mykell is a 20 year old foster care graduate who is about to turn 21 in a month. She has been in the system her entire life, since agingout she has been staying with her uncle Robert with whom she has recently reconnected. Mykell has recently began taking classes at Cincinnati State and is considered a full-time student. She also has a part time job at Skyline on Ludlow.

Mykell wants to move into her own place.

Jacob is a 21 year old with no life skills. On his 18th birthday he was told by his foster parents to pack his bags and leave. He doesn’t know how to write a check, budget, find an apartment and even says he couldn’t read analog clocks until he was 17. He grew up in 4 different placements all over the country, he says only 1 was beneficial. He is looking for a good opportunity to come his way.

Jobs

Still from The Day I Age Out: Part 1

Corey is a recently-turned 21 year old who became a part of the foster care system when he was only 2. Corey’s last foster parent, Joe, still supports him by letting him stay with him until Corey find housing. Corey has a small ding on his record, harassment felony, this is making apartment hunting extra hard on him. Once he has a job and is living on his own, he wants to get his GED.

Jobs End homelessness

Get apartment

Take Classes

Get a job

Get a job

Work at Skyline

Learn life skills

Get GED

Housing voucher can help pay for cost of living

Pains

No affordable housing No places Better Future near school/ Income work

Gain Creators Pain Relivers

Gains

Section 8 voucher

Buses

Part time job

Living with Uncle Robert

Living with a friend

Pains

Better Future Needs guidance Income Companies Fulfilling life won’t hire homeless

Gain Creators Pain Relivers A job Having a place to call your own

2. Many stories 3. Large open spaces and closed smaller spaces

Gains Fresh Start Better Future Fulfilling life Income

Services

Threats 1. Modern furnishings and lights won’t match the building’s architecture 2. Damage to the building may come

private v. public

Getting his own place

Learning skills

Getting GED

Safe House

Services

noise + private/public

texture + entry

To Slide

To Continue

To Hinge + Smear

To Curve + Dig

To Slide + Hinge

To Continue + Curve

To Pair + Expand

To Suspend + Pair

desirable destinations + sun path

sun path + paths

private v. public + planes

To Expand

Site Map

Programming

To Pair

To Suspend

To Expand + Slide

Composite Diagram

Adjacency Matrix

Location

Building

1. Within a community

1. Space to accommodate housing

Direct Adjacency

2. On public transportation routes

2. Green space

Indirect Adjacency

3. Near Community Colleges

3. Views from windows

No Adjacency

4. Parking Access

4. Secure perimeter

Front Desk Restrooms Computer Room Workspace Gathering Area Kitchen Dining Hall Laundry Room Apartments Meeting Rooms Employee Offices Confrence Room

Best Match

Apartments

Gathering Space

Bubble Diagram

Dining Hall

Meeting Rooms

Laundry

Image from Google Street View

COVID stays

COVID goes away

Joe will help him find an apartment

Worsened Pandemic

Falling through Cracks

Services

Place to live Transportation Job Placement Community

Front desk

Conference Room

Restrooms

Equal Opportunity

Pains

Apartments won’t accept him because of felony

To Curve

To Dig + Hinge

paths + noise

Workspace

Building resume

Place to live Transportation Job Placement Community

vegetation + destinations

sun path

Gained Aid with Aging-out

Gain Creators Pain Relivers

Finding information

planes + vegetation

To Smear + Curve

Kitchen

Shelters

Place to live Reliable transportation Job Placement Community

texture

Jobs

Find apartment

Gains

1. Beautiful detail spaces

volumes + noise

desirable destinations

5. Low crime rate

Opportunities Still from Homeless Youth Aged out of Foster Care

noise

Site Analysis

5. Safe Area guarded by campus police

Still from The Day I Age Out: Part 3

vegetation

paths

To Hinge

Have Been Incarcerated

Have Had a Child

“According to Casey Family Programs, about 25,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 21 must leave foster care each year. These young people have experienced maltreatment and have lived with instability. So it will probably come as no surprise that they are often ill prepared to suddenly live independently and figure out on their own how to do what the foster care system was set up to do for them—feed, clothe, and house them. Aging out of foster care without a permanent home is the highest-risk outcome for a foster youth.” - MyVeryOwnBlanket

Mykell, full-time student

planes

To Dig

36%

14%

Bridge

volumes

To Smear

Lessened aid with Aging-out

Meeting Rooms

Conference Room

270 Calhoun Street

“Designed by Zettel and Rapp, the finished YMCA building was regarded at the time as “architecturally perfect in every detail, beautifully furnished in the most appropriate taste and admirably fitted to serve the needs of all students in their social, cultural and religious life on the campus.”” - UC History Walking Tour

Employee Offices

Kitchen

Dining Hall

Apartments

Computer Room

Workspace

Restrooms

Front desk

Employee Offices Laundry

Key Images from UC History Walking Tour

Gathering Space

Computer Room

Site

Restrooms

Campus Buildings

Mentor Space Detail Diagram

First Floor 1/4” = 1’

Second Floor 1/4” = 1’

Third Floor 1/4” = 1’

Floor 3

1/16” = 1’

Floor 2

1/16” = 1’

Floor 1

1/16” = 1’