Revolve Ravenel

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE HARLAN MCCLURE AWARD FINALIST - 2018 PROJECT TEAM - MICHELLE EDWARDS and MIKE MIOUX

REVOLVE RAVENEL 2018 McLure Award Finalist - Project 2

PRAGMATICALLY RADICAL, YET RADICALLY PRAGMATIC Revolve Ravenel is a project that strives not to think of buildings as objects, but as part of the public and social infrastructure of Clemson’s city fabric.

In search of an alternative design solution for graduate student housing, we found that there was an opportunity to do something more by addressing a much larger social and political issue: challenging the idea of comfort.

PROJECT STATEMENT

In a town which relies heavily on the use of the car, we decided not only to provide a dense housing option, but also to take advantage of the existing site’s use (CatBus parking and storage) grafting a transit hub into the developing west side of campus and rethinking the way the university has addressed the pedestrian and bicycle network that exists unsuccessfully in its current state.

While Revolve Ravenel is aiming to change a lifestyle, it is also transforming a campus, a city, and a state. By offering streamlined apartments it is pushing students out of their units and into the common spaces and outdoors. By reducing the importance of cars and influencing university and city policy, a safer, more walkable campus and town is created.

And by providing a new starting point for the Palmetto Trail, Clemson would become an activated node along a heavily trafficked path.

PROJECT PREMISE

RESEARCH

SITE SELECTION

BUS PARKING OUTDOOR RECREATION

PALMETTO TRAIL HEAD / EXTENDING NW WALHALLA

WEST

EXTENSION TO WALHALLA

28 RAVENEL

123

EAST

CAPITAL CRESCENT TRAIL

CENTRAL MAIN CAMPUS

SITE PLAN BIKE SUPPORT STATIONS / MAIN CAMPUS DOUTHIT DOUTHIT

BOWMAN

BOWMAN

FIKE

SNOW FITNESS

FIKE

SNOW FITNESS

OUR SITE

WATT

OUR SITE

WATT

POLICY

POLICY

SHOWERS EVERY NEW ACADEMIC SHOWERS EVERY NEW ACADEMIC BATHROOMS BUILDING WILL BATHROOMS BUILDING WILL INDOOR BIKE STORAGE INCORPORATE INDOOR BIKE INDOOR BIKE STORAGE INDOOR BIKE SMALL MECH. AREA STORAGE INTOINCORPORATE THE DESIGN, SMALL MECH. AREA AND EVERY NEW STORAGE INTO THE DESIGN, RENTABLE LOCKERS “STUDENT RENTABLE LOCKERS CENTER” WILL AND EVERY HAVE A BIKE NEW “STUDENT SUPPORT STATION CENTER” WILL HAVE A BIKE

WHAT

WHAT

WHERE WHERE

OUR SITE OUR SITE SNOW FITNESS CENTER SNOW FITNESS CENTER FIKE FIKE BOWMAN BOWMAN HENDRIX HENDRIX WATT DOUTHIT WATT

DOUTHIT

HENDRIX HENDRIX

SUPPORT STATION

RESIDENTIAL

From site selection to detailed structural connections the goal was to be as critical, efficient, and pragmatic as possible leading to a radically different and unconventional way of living in a place where density isn’t prevalent. The initial design of a two-bedroom 388 sf micro-apartment module gave us the opportunity to rearrange and stack the same elements but in different configurations. This allowed us to meet other unit type needs and provide the university with a way to reconfigure spaces based on their needs and the demands of the housing market through time.

Because of the small footprint, transitional, built-in furniture, and prospect for carless mobility, this living strategy is targeted towards a demographic of international students, out-of-state students, researchers, and visiting faculty and lecturers – introducing a way for this site to be activated all year round.

MICRO - UNIT

40% 1,400

of Clemson students are out-of-state

of the 1,569 international students are graduate students

Minimalist Students

Wisiting Professors + Speakers

TRANSITIONAL FURNITURE

MICRO - UNIT

TRANSITIONAL UNITS

EXPLORING CONFIGURATIONS

SHAPING A ROOF

UP UP

SLO

PES

RESIDENTIAL - GROUND LEVEL 1/16” = 1-0’

RESIDENTIAL - 1ST LEVEL 1/16” = 1-0’

UNCONDITIONED SPACE

3,046 S.F.

MECHANICAL 1

107 S.F.

MECHANICAL 2

230 S.F.

WALKWAYS

2,709 S.F.

CONDITIONED SPACE

7,156 S.F.

RESIDENTIAL

6,152 S.F.

LOUNGE

692 S.F.

LAUNDRY

312 S.F.

CLUB ROOM

UNCONDITIONED SPACE

8,159 S.F.

MECHANICAL 3

158 S.F.

MECHANICAL 4

138 S.F.

WALKWAYS

7,863 S.F.

CONDITIONED SPACE

7,156 S.F.

RESIDENTIAL 1

3,180 S.F.

RESIDENTIAL 2

2,474 S.F

SHOWERS

512 S.F.

STORAGE

6,617 S.F.

TO A

BO

LAUNDRY

MECHANICAL

MEN’S

DOWN

UP

VE

LEV

EL

WOMEN’S MECH.

UP

MECH. STORAGE UP

-1

G

DOWN

DOWN

COURTYARD

DOWN

RESIDENTIAL - 2ND LEVEL 1/16” = 1-0’

UNCONDITIONED SPACE

6,586 S.F.

WALKWAYS

6,586 S.F.

CONDITIONED SPACE

7,938 S.F.

RESIDENTIAL 1

2,838 S.F.

RESIDENTIAL 2

43,79 S.F.

KITCHEN

278 S.F.

STUDY SPACE

443 S.F.

DOWN

RESIDENTIAL - 3RD LEVEL

COMMUNAL KITCHEN

1/16” = 1-0’

DOWN UP

DOWN

SLO

PES

TO B

ELO

WL

UNCONDITIONED SPACE

1,166 S.F.

WALKWAYS

1,166 S.F.

CONDITIONED SPACE

4,242 S.F..

RESIDENTIAL 2

3,799 S.F.

STUDY SPACE

443 S.F.

DOWN

DOWN

EVE

L DOWN

DOWN UP DOWN

STUDY ROOMS

+1

STUDY ROOMS

+2

LIGHT FRAME PRE-FAB PANELS

PRE-FAB PANELS ASSEMBLED

LOAD - TRACING

-1

FRAMING PLANS

0 / -1

+1 / 0

R / +1

FRAMING PLANS

R

ZONE 1 / SOUTH-FACING BEDROOMS ZONE 2 / CENTRAL SHARED SPACES ZONE 3 / NORTH-FACING BEDROOMS SUPPLY RETURN

SUPPLY

GEOTHERMAL + RADIANT

RETURN + EXHAUST

INTEGRATED

AN 8-TON GEOTHERMAL-POWERED RADIANT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM IS SUPPLEMENTED BY A REDUCED MULTI-ZONE CAV SYSTEM

DETAILS

TRANSIT / BIKE LAB / CAFÉ

From the proposed trailhead NW of the site (which would connect to Walhalla and the 500 mile long Palmetto trail) the pedestrian and bike path cuts down the spine of the site, ascends along the roof of the transit parking and charging bays displaying Clemson’s commitment not only to ongoing research of the ICAR-developed Proterra bus system, but also to the 2030 challenge and becoming net-zero. A CatBus stop and waiting area is adjacent to the café, bike lab, and indoor bike storage which bring a multitude of user groups to the space. The path, traveling down the building, then extends east a mile to main campus where seven bike support stations are strategically scattered providing showers, lockers, and indoor bike storage – the three elements that greatly increase the chances of a typical student biking to class.

Where we sacrifice space in the apartments, we provide the students, faculty, and community with a much more valuable gift – readily accessible transportation and a way to safely experience the lush beauty of the South Carolina landscape.

UP UP

BASEMENT / TRANSIT FLOORPLAN 1/16” = 1’-0”

-1

TOTAL S.F.

1,096 S.F.

MECHANICAL

312 S.F.

BIKE STORAGE

496 S.F.

STAIR / CIRC.

288 S.F.

R= ’ 42

BUS

UNC

MULT

R= ’ 42

BUS BUS

BUS

UNCONDITIONED SPACE

6,343 S.F.

MECHANICAL

723 S.F.

BUS BAYS

4,466 S.F.

MAIL AREA

352 S.F.

OUTDOOR WAITING

802 S.F.

CONDITIONED SPACE

4,086 S.F.

ENTRY

605 S.F.

CAFE

548 S.F.

OFFICE + BREAK ROOM

503 S.F.

STUDY / SEATING AREA

2,195 S.F.

SERVICES

235 S.F.

CON BIKE

DN DN

UP

60” X 96” ADA BOARDING AREA

R

=

42 ’

BUS

G

+1

SHOWCASE SOLAR CHARGING

A

B

TWO-TIRED CAFE + BIKE STOR. C

D

E

TRANSIT SECTION / SCALE : 3/4” = 1’ - 0”

DETAILS

LOAD TRACING

STRUCTURE

CONCRETE POCKETED FOUNDATION WALL

2 X 10 @ 2’ - 0” O.C. (4) 2 X 12 BUILT-UP BEAM

15’ - 6”

3 ANGLED 2 X 12 @ 2’ - 0” O.C.

2 X 6 @ 2’ - 0” O.C. ON STUDS WALLS

30’ - 0”

2

CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE

CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE

CONCRETE POCKETED FOUNDATION WALL 1 20’ - 0” FOUNDATION / TRANSIT FLOORPLAN

A

20’ - 0” B

1/16” = 1’-0”

FLOOR FRAMING / TRANSIT FLOORPLAN 1/16” = 1’-0”

FOUNDATION

GROUND FRAMING

20’ - 0” C

10’ - 0” 10’ - 0” D

E

F

CONCRETE RETAINING WALL

15’ - 6”

7

30’ - 0”

6

30’ - 0”

5

4

30’ - 0”

WIDE FLANGE BEAMS

PRE-FAB SCISSOR TRUSSES @ 4’ - 0” O.C.

15’ - 6”

3 2 X 10 @ 2’ - 0” O.C.

15’ - 6”

3

2

2 X 10 @ 2’ - 0” O.C.

30’ - 0”

30’ - 0”

2

PRE-FAB SCISSOR TRUSSES

1

1 20’ - 0”

20’ - 0”

20’ - 0”

20’ - 0” B

A

B

C

20’ - 0”

10’ - 0” 10’ - 0”

10’ - 0” 10’ - 0” D

E

C

D

F

SECOND LEVEL ROOF FRAMING PLAN/ TRANSIT FLOORPLAN MAIN FRAMING PLAN / TRANSIT FLOORPLAN

1/16” = 1’-0”

1/16” = 1’-0”

2ND FLOOR FRAMING / ROOF

CAFE / BIKE LAB ROOF FRAMING

E

F

MECHANICAL AN 8-TON GEOTHERMAL-POWERED RADIANT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM IS SUPPLEMENTED BY A REDUCED SINGLE-ZONE CAV SYSTEM

MODEL PHOTOS