EMILY JONES Junior Designer
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Housing Plus
14 Neon Pizzeria 18 Pop-Up Study Spaces
HOUSING PLUS
Housing Plus is a studio project exploring mixeduse and mixed-income housing opportunities within the Providence, Rhode Island community. After the studio was completed, this projected was selected to be presented to the West Elmwood Housing Board as an example for an affordable solution to repurposes and developing an unused property in the city.
Digital Drawing of the Mixed-Income Housing Development Proposal
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HOUSING PLUS
Urban League Site Plan
Existing Building
Photograph of the Urban League | 246 Prairie Avenue Providence, RI
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Residential
This project began by examining multiple sites throughout the Providence community. The sites were selected for the class by a real estate group searching for potential locations to adapt into a mixeduse and mixed-income housing complex. After exploring all the sites, one was chosen for further exploration for potential design solutions. The building was previously home to the Urban League, a non-profit where local community members could gather and receive support for education and career
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counseling, as well as home services such as a food bank. The client’s need was to have at least 40 units that would be listed at market price or at a subsidized rent. The aim of the complex was to provide housing for single parents working towards receiving educational degrees. Besides housing, the client wished to have an early childhood education center on site.
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HOUSING PLUS
Urban League Site Plan Program Allocation Diagram Existing Building
The diagram above was used to show how the existing structure could not fit all of the desired programs and the site would either need more floors added on top or new construction elsewhere on the site.
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Residential
The current Urban League Building is set back from the street and disengaged with the surrounding residential community. It felt out of place in context to the neighborhood where homes are built close to the street front.
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The design proposal was to construct housing closer to the sidewalk and street in order to reclaim the street front and have a similar language to the homes surrounding the site.
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HOUSING PLUS
Diagram of Public Space vs. Private Residential Space on Site
The existing site would become home to a daycare, a minute-clinic, a gym, a cafe, a lecture hall, and a small food market (represented in the blue). The new construction would be for the affordable housing (represented in the purple).
Perspective Section of a Townhome
First Floor Plan Callout of Residential Units
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HOUSING PLUS
The potential residents of the space are single parents furthering their education, so a space to learn nearby home was extremely important. On every floor of the townhomes there are study rooms in order to provide a convienent workspace for parents.
Interior of Residential Study Space
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NEON PIZZERIA
Neon Pizzeria is the product of a class-wide charrette that examines how light and color can help brand a pizzeria and create an unique, social media-worthy dining experience.
Image of Neon Logo Light for Saki’s Pizzeria in Providence, RI
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NEON PIZZERIA
Illustration of Pizzeria’s New Lighting Design
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POP-UP STUDY SPACES
This section previews the thesis work researched and produced while at RISD. The thesis explores learning spaces for high school students and how spatial qualities can help focus.
Section Drawing of a Group Study Space
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POP-UP STUDY SPACES
Intervention Life Cycle : Vacant, to Filled, to New Tenant
Pop-Up Study Spaces temporarily repurposes empty retail spaces into pop-up educational spaces. The intent of this thesis is to produce a kit that contains all of the needed pieces to easily assemble a self-regulated learning space inside any vacant storefront. By temporarily filling the voids, the intervention will help prevent a decrease in local businesses’ foot-traffic while also providing local high school students with a place to study. The constructed form can be replicated to accommodate the varying sizes of different interiors. The form will provide high school students with a new study environment that will control acoustical and visual distractions.
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Individual Unit
Group Unit
The design creates a form that organizes students into environments productive for single (1 student), partner (2 students), or group study (4-6 students). The kit includes pieces that create a frame that is connected and supported by rods and then covered with fleece fabric.
Partner Unit
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POP-UP STUDY SPACES
Vacant Storefront in Lawrence, MA 2,200 Square Feet
Vacant Storefront in Lowell, MA 800 Square Feet
Two vacant storefronts were selected as tester spaces for the design. Both sites are located in communities where an after-school study space would benefit the local educational community.
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POP-UP STUDY SPACES
For easy assembly, the frame is held up as someone places the rods into the frame. Once the frame and the rods are connected, the stretch ceiling fabric snaps onto a base rod and covers around the rods, and is then snapped onto the opposite base rod. The sides are also snapped to the frame, leaving an opening on one side for a door.
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Exploded Axon : Single Study Space
Frame Assembly
Rod Connection to Frame
The frame pieces are made from extruded aluminum. The extrusions are made in sections that are then joined together to form the frame. The joint on the right reflects how the pieces are pushed together and then a rod is slid into the hole and holds the frame together. The units require the use of rods to support the fabric and frame. The rods sit in each hole and stay in place by latches that are pulled up when sliding a rod into place. Once in place, the rod latch clasps onto the rod.
There is a cutout in the frame pieces to be wired for electricity to accommodate the optional lighting element for the units. The fabric stretched over the unit is fleece to help dampen sound transmission between units. The layouts of the units is up to the kit orderer/user. The idea is that the students would have autonomy on the layout of the space. With the material choice of aluminum metal, the frame is quite light and easy to move around.
Electrical Plug-In
Embedded Lighting Element
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POP-UP STUDY SPACES
Illustration of Activitated Store Fronts
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