4th Year Portfolio

E va n S a n d e rs

Portfolio

S e l e c te d Wo rks 2020-2022

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Detroit, MI

Welcome, may I introduce myself?

My name is Eva n S a nde rs. I a m a Fo u r t h ye a r a rc h i te c t u re st u d e n t at the U nive rsity o f D e tro it Me rc y. I wi l l b e f i n i s h i n g my B a c h e l o r ’s D e g re e at D e tro it Me rcy in S pr ing 2 0 2 3 . S o m e t h i n g i n te re st i n g a b o u t me is that favo r ite a rchite cts are S o u Fu j i m o to, Ke n g o K u m a , a n d Frank L lyo d Wr ight. I a m a big fa n o f a rc h i te c t u re f ro m J a p a n d u e to it’s minima l ist sha pe, but the fo rm s a l s o d o s h ow c a s e t h e atte n t i o n to details w hil e having a e ffe ctive a n d e ff i e c i e n t fo rm .

I am g lad to sha re w ith yo u my se l e c te d w o rks .

9.4 mi

42 mi

Distance from heart of Downtown Detroit

C ONTENTS 2022

At-Gleta Headquarters (1.4 mi)

4

2022

One Small Step for Zoning Change (9.4 mi)

16

2020

Next Four Artist Retreat Center (42 mi)

26

2021

Diamond in the Rough Museum (0.3 mi)

32

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1.4 mi

1.4 mi from heart of Downtown Detroit

At-Gleta Headquarters 4100 | Integrated Design Studio Fall 2022 | Semester 7 Professor: James Leach & Kris Nelson Category: Building Construction In Collaboration with: Eduardo Sanchez & Sebastian Rodriguez

The objective of this project is to design a low-carbon and energy-waste building that caters to both the users, and the building needs to keep a long-term sustainable, environmentally friendly structure. We plan to have a spacious and eco-friendly sustainable building that requires less mechanical systems usage than average office spaces. The design will incorporate flexible work environments that will allow all types of work methods to provide a better level of human comfort. While also providing outdoor gathering spaces to capture the prominent views of downtown Detroit and Canada, but also provide the occupants with other work environments. Lastly, to design under GLETA guidelines to develop a safe engineered timber structure within the constraints of our site.

5 Perspective from SW

Render by: Eduardo Sanchez

6 | At-Gleta World Heatquarters Massing Development

00 Mass

Maximize the building envelope on the site (200’ by 150’)

02 Subtract

Subtracting the Exterior envelope to create exterior gathering space, maxmize daylighting & space for prominent views

01 Extrude

Creating an Interior Atrium space to allow for sunlight in the back half of the building

03 Engage

Engaging the public by putting our retail, cafe shop, & along the Dequindre Cut (major walkway) to draw people into the building.

Fall 2022 | Year IV Semester I |

04 Respond

Respond to climate strategy by properly shading the facade, and optimizing solar gain within the building. Respond to flooding, around site, by lowering the Atwater St entrance by 5ft, to collect more rainwater.

By: Evan Sanders

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8 | At-Gleta World Heatquarters Cove.tool Analysis

00 Massing + Building Envelope + All Glass Facade - Shading Devices

44.23 EUI

64%

DAYLIGHTING

01 Atrium + Centralized Atrium + Maxmize Daylighting on North + Simple Facade Strategy

31.30 EUI

65%

DAYLIGHTING

02 Facade Strategy + Final Facade +Shading Devices + VAV Heating + Cooling System

32.99 EUI

65%

DAYLIGHTING

Fall 2022 | Year IV Semester I | 9 Measureable Performance

03 Passive Systems

-13.04 EUI

+ Solar Panels + Solar Water Heaters + Radiant Heating + Cooling System

63%

DAYLIGHTING

Massing + Graphics by: Evan Sanders Cove.tool info: By Sebastian Rodriguez

10 | At-Gleta World Heatquarters Entrance

Gallery Space

Fall 2022 | Year IV Semester I | 11

Formal workspace

Workshop

Renderings by: Eduardo Sanchez + Sebastian Rodriguez

12 | At-Gleta World Heatquarters Level 1 Floor Plan

Key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Retail Cafe Atrium Outdoor Gallery Data Closet Mech Room Auditorium Central Services

West Elevation

W-E Section w/ Passive

Fall 2022 | Year IV Semester I | 13

Level 5 Floor Plan

South Elevation

N-S Section w/ Passive

Floor Plans by: Evan Sanders Elevations + Sections by: Eduardo Sanchez

14 | At-Gleta World Heatquarters

Enlarged Section Cut

Section by: Evan Sanders

Fall 2022 | Year IV Semester I | 15

Upclose Physical Model Scale 1/2” : 1’

Physical Model Scale 1/2” : 1’

Model by: Whole Team

16

9.4

mi

9.4 mi from heart of Downtown Detroit

One Small Step for Zoning Changes 2200 | Designing the 21st Century Neighborhood Winter 2022 | Semester 6

The Fitzgerald Neighborhood in Detroit is lacking in pretty much all essential resources like education, lack of businesses, lack of reliable transportation, lack of walkability, and lack of good food sources, etc.

Professor: Virginia Stanard

This project tackles these issues from a zoning perspective. The zoning within the neighborhood follows the 20th-century neighborhood agenda with the business being located on the main streets, with the housing being located behind it. The area that was selected only has four amenities, with none being food sources. There is also a decent amount of abandoned buildings in the area. After doing this initial research it was time to develop a master plan.

Category: Urban Planning

17 Bird’s eye view of block center

18 | One Small Step for Zoning Reform Current Layout

Current Businesses

07 Business Buildings in the area

Current Zoning Map

Current Housing

63 Single-Family Houses in the area 02 Mutli-Family Houses in the area

Current Abandoned Buildings

14 Buildings abandoned in the area

Winter 2022 | Year III Semester II | 19

Proposed Layout

Response to Current Zoning

Adding SD1 & SD2 allows us to provide the area with the right essentials the community desperately needs. Adding SD1 encourages small-scale uses such as residential, local businesses, and offices for a neighborhood. SD2 provides an intensive mixture of uses such as residential, local businesses, & offices, but also promotes pedestrian activity.

My Design Principles Results

My Design Principles

Team Deisgn Goals

20 | One Small Step for Zoning Reform

Empahsis

Proritize

Create

On walkability and experiences that connect you within the community

Voiced community needs

A sustainable plan that allows for flexibilty allowing continuous growth of the

Design Principle

Work

The idea behind breaking down the zones comes down to the idea of Work-Live-Play. Every Zone should intail some form of the following ideas below. This is so we can create a healthy & sustainable environment for all ages.

The idea behind Work was to create a diverse number of businesses to create a selfsustaining community. By creating these diverse businesses, it allowed us to bring in different fresh food options, and create spaces for local businesses to grow.

Work Diverse Businesses

Cafes

Temporary Local Businesses

Diverse Housing Options

Local Venders

Fresh Local Food Options

Other Retail

Townhomes

Work from Home Optiona

Pods

Stablize the economy from within

Sustainable Living Options

Winter 2022 | Year III Semester II | 21

Transform

Develop

Promote

Empty lots into walkable/flexible spacs for the community

A plan for various building typologies and uses (promotion of microeconomy.)

Community development and redevelopment from within

Live

Play

The idea behind live was to create diversity of housing typology within the neighborhood itself, as about 80% of the housing within the neighborhood is single family homes, with fences around the homes. Live would open up backyards and open engages with your neighbors

The idea behind play was to make each district more about doing something for yourself that’s in the moment. Most everything we do is for other people.

Play is a form of meditation in that it helps you focus on where you’re at in the moment and reset your busy, perpetually exhausted adult mind. Which makes it easier to go back to something like work.

Play

Live Affordable Housing

Diverse Public Spaces

Playcenters

Gardens

Live-Work Apartments

Pods

Big Community Gathering Spaces

Shared Spaces

Co-Living Apartments

Community Block Courtyards

Improving Public Safety

Improve natural and built environement

22 | One Small Step for Zoning Reform Previous Developments

Co-Living Community Focused on...

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Affordablity Convinence Community

Walkable Community Focused on...

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Affordablity Accessablity Convience

Brilliant Detroit Community Focused on...

• • • Business

Residential

Affordablity Accessablity Sustainablity

Winter 2022 | Year III Semester II | 23 Axon of Proposed Site

Legend Businesses Mixed-Use Residential Flex Spaces Converted Garages

By allowing zoning changes within this neighborhood, this area could be modernized into a 21st-century neighborhood. That is fully equipped with a diversity of building typologies, a diversity of businesses, and a diversity of public spaces. To provide the neighborhood with the essential care that is required for 21st-century residents to live comfortably. Even just making small changes to the current zoning layout can make big changes to the neighborhood.

Plan of Proposed Site 2

Legend

2

7

1

2

4

7 3

3

1

Offices

2

Live-Work

3

Live-Work Co-op

4

Townhomes

5

Residential

6

Duplex

7

Flex Spaces

8

Garden

9

Dog Park

41

6 5 7

8

9

24 | One Small Step for Zoning Reform

Winter 2022 | Year III Semester II | 25

Close up view of block center

26

42 mi

42 mi from heart of Downtown Detroit

Next Four Artist Retreat Center 1200 | Architectural Design II Winter 2019 | Semester 2 Professor: Erika Lindsay Category: Building Construction Location: Barton Nature Area, Ann Arbor, MI

Prompt: In the final project of my freshman year, we had to design a retreat for four unrelated artists. The fellowship would be three months long, during spring, summer, and fall.

The retreat center is located in the Barton Area Nature Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The site is relatively closed off, and there is a path that goes around the site, but the site was not very noticeable at first. In this project, the main focus is on sustainability, usage of natural materials, and inclusiveness of the community. The design started by separating the loud area (Wood/Tool shop), and the quiet area (resting, living, exhibition space), to allow for better focus and more productivity from within quiet area. The retreat is only occupied during spring, summer, and fall, so solar energy would be available for most of the time the house is occupied.

27 Bird’s eye view of Retreat Center

28 | Next Four Artist Retreat Center Upclose Site Plan

Winter 2020 | Year I Semester II | 29

East Elevation

West Elevation

Section

Second Level

Living Space

30 | Next Four Artist Retreat Center Main Entrance to Building

Interior Gallery Space

Winter 2020 | Year I Semester II | 31

Formal Workspace

Workshop

32

0.3

mi

0.3 mi from heart of Downtown Detroit

Diamond in the Rough Museum 1400 | Architectural Design IV Winter 2020 | Semester 4 Professor: Enrique Ledesma Category: Building Construction

The objective of this project is to design a museum that caters to both the users and engages the public, to create a unique experience. The plan is to design a building that redefines the set grid of buildings around it and can blend in with its surrounding context. The design incorporates a glass structure cut through the center of the building that will allow users inside to view Capitol Park Uniquely and capture the prominent views of downtown Detroit. The idea for what was inside the museum came from the form. The glass structure symbolizes pulling away dirt and finding something in the ground. So, the Museum’s theme will be fossils, an ode to the first governor of Michigan who was buried under his statue in Capitol Park. The plan for this museum is for it to contain Fossils. It will incorporate different kinds of fossils from history, including but not limited to human fossils, animal fossils, dinosaur fossils, etc.

33 Perspective from SW

34 | Diamond in the Rough

00 Mass

Maximize the building envelope on the site (100’ by 60’)

02 Views

Create a glass center that cuts through the site to maxmize daylighting & create a frame for prominent views to Capitol Park

01 Split

Split the building to allow for sunlight in the back half of the building

03 Activate

Activate the street by extruding out from the building around it, to stand out & putting the retail on the ground level

Winter 2021 | Year II Semester II | 35

04 Respond

To Further stand out from the building around it, create a unique glass pattern to create different sunlighting patterns into the building, also to provide a unique experience of vertical transportation that provides views to Capitol Park.

36 | Diamond in the Rough 1st Level Floor Plan

Alleyway

Security

Reception

Storage

Bathroom Bathroom

Gift Shop

Shelby St

Winter 2021 | Year II Semester II | 37

Floor Plans

Section

2nd Floor

6th floor

7th Floor

Staff Space

Permanent Gallery Space

Permanent Gallery Space

38 | Diamond in the Rough Changing Gallery

Main Lobby

Winter 2021 | Year II Semester II | 39

Permanent Gallery

40 | Diamond in the Rough Perspective

Winter 2021 | Year II Semester II | 41 +110 ft

Elevation & Wall Details

Roof +100 ft

Level 6 +87 ft

Wall Section Detail (Outside to Inside) Stone Cladding Type S Mortar Joint Stone Setting Bed Scratch Coat Air Barrier Water Resistant Barrier Wood Sheathing Insulation Gypsum Board

Level 5 +75 ft

Level 4 +60 ft

Level 3 +45 ft

Level 2 +30 ft

Level 1 +20 ft

Level 0 +0 ft

Evan Sanders University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Community Development 2023