Lauren Land Architectural Portfolio

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

LAUREN LAND

SELECTED WORKS FROM UNIV. OF KANSAS ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM

ROSEDALE APARTMENTS FOR HOUSING SECURITY

FOURTH YEAR - FALL 2022 SHANNON CRISS 608 STUDIO

ROSEDALE - KANSAS CITY, KS

The focus of this project - “Boulevard Apartments” - was to bring in support for housing security in Rosedale, a neighborhood community in Kansas City, Kansas.

65% of Rosedale’s residents are renting their homes, but the neighborhood is entirely single-family homes not well-suited to affordability or proximity to centralized resources.

Adding density to the housing options in this area will start to provide the necessary support for vital resources addressed in our group’s ‘connective plan’ for Rosedale. These resources include increased bike transit infrastructure, food access, and poverty assistance services.

ROSEDALE CONNECTION PLAN : SUPPORT FOR HOUSING SECURITY

URBAN RESEARCH

The research of this project’s urban development plan was done in groups of four. My group planned to connect Rosedale’s existing amenities - including a drive-in movie theatre venue that already doubles for other community events, Turkey Creek to the south, and Rosedale’s central commercial street (Southwest Boulevard).

We used complete street ideas to form a concept that connects these resources on the level of pedestrian experience

LOCATIONS OF POVERTY ASSISTANCE RESOURCES - (all outside the limits of Rosedale)

ROSEDALE BACKGROUND

Owner Occupied 34.55%

Renter Occupied 65.45%

Residential areas are cut off from urban resources.

Rosedale has a strong need for affordable housing.

BUILDING SITE PROPOSAL

DESIGN CHOICES THAT PROMOTE

HOUSING SECURITY : PRIVACY AND SECURITY

SOCIAL CONNECTION AS SUPPORT

HEALTH & OUTDOOR ACTIVITY

PLAN FOR INCREASED BIKE TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE

DEDICATED BIKE LANE

SECURE BIKE PARKING

ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING DEDICATED FROM EXISTING DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRE (OFF HOURS PARK & RIDE)

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT : SECOND FLOOR PLAN

SOCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH SHARED / INTERACTIVE LIVING SPACE

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

STORMWATER DIRECTION + RETENTION

PERVIOUS PAVING TO REDUCE RUNOFF

UPPER COURTYARD DRAINS TO PLANTING ALONG EDGE

EGRESS

STRUCTURE

LOCATIONOFOPERABLEWINDOWS

TYPICAL APARTMENT UNIT - KITCHEN / LIVING ROOM ACCESS TO ROOFTOP PATIO

RESIDENT COMMON ROOM - THIRD FLOOR SHOWN

ROOFTOP PATIO - SECOND FLOOR, OVERLOOKING STREET BELOW

STREET LEVEL GYM - OPEN TO RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC

DESIGN - BUILD :

URBAN STATION GREENHOUSE

THIRD YEAR - SPRING 2022 NILS GORE 509 STUDIO

KANSAS CITY, KS

Urban Station is a neighborhood project set in a repurposed gas station building. It serves as a hosting space for a variety of neighborhood organizing and events.

This is a long-term collection of projects that continues to grow to support the needs of the neighborhood and surrounding schools.

This semester’s project was a greenhouse addition to Urban Station, providing a resource for education on growing food without much available ground space.

PLANNING AND PRE-DESIGN

With this project, we aimed to create a passively-ventilated, low-cost, and low-maintenance space.

Our studio’s design solution included using repurposed materials whenever possible (ex. window panes, solid door panels as part of the wall assembly, and a re-used sliding glass door) to reduce costs.

Our studio met frequently with the neighborhood leaders in charge of urban station to better design for their needs.

EARLY DESIGN SCHEMES

A greenhouse design using rain barrels and a pergola separation from the main building.

A design incorporating operable roof vents.

An idea for a shading system built into the greenhouse roof.

Rendering looking out from inside the main building - shows final design decision.

ON SITE & PRE-FABRICATION

Our site in Kansas City was an hour’s drive away from campus. For this reason, it made sense to maximize off-site construction in the university warehouse we had studio class in.

Our work on the project site mostly consisted of measurement, digging and pouring the low concrete foundation walls around the base, tearing out and framing the connection between the old and new structures, and finally assembling pre-made components in the last week of the semester.

USING REPURPOSED MATERIALS

Many of the construction materials used in this project were leftover from previous projects within the school, or picked up at resales around town.

The large glass panes used in the greenhouse were leftover from a Studio 804 project. We taped, framed and painted them in the warehouse, then transported them for installation in Kansas City.

MUSEUM OF MUSIC EDUCATION

THIRD YEAR - FALL 2021

CJ ARMSTRONG 508 STUDIO

DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE, KANSAS

Bordered on one side by the city’s main commercial district & residential neighborhoods on the other, the site presents an opportunity to fulfill a variety of needs in Lawrence.

Several surrounding factors were identified as primary stakeholders in the museum’s function:

Multiple nearby public schools and residential areas, the site’s location in Lawrence’s designated Cultural Distcit, and the future staff of the museum.

This project focuses on a timeline of the history of music in American schools.

The goal of the museum concept is to link music learning with public life and wellness.

The building form imitates the push / pull movement of a soundwave, letting in varying levels of light for galleries with different tones.

Program components address the need for more multi-generational public space in Lawrence. Street-facing pockets of outdoor space invite public gathering and a variety of programmed activity.

Additionally, an entire floor inside is dedicated to increasing access to music learning through practice rooms, rental libraries for both instruments and sheet music, and classrooms.

POCKETS OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SPACE

[1] MAIN ENTRANCE

Bike parking, shaded seating

[2] POLLINATOR GARDEN

Variety of native plants,gathering space with seating

[3] OUTDOOR STAGE

Venue for street performance and scheduled shows

Programmatic Separation by user group makes the museum easier to navigate.

Museum gallery visitors can experience all of the exhibits, courtyards, and cafe space without leaving the first floor.

Music students frequently returning to use the building’s learning services (practice rooms, rentals, classrooms) can go directly to the second floor.

Staff / admin facilities are almost entirely found on the building’s third floor.

ROOF MEMBRANE

3” RIGID INSULATION

ROOF DECKING

JOISTS

CEILING PLASTERBOARD

GLASS

FRAME

PARKLEX SIDING PANEL (8’ SECTIONS)

HORIZONTAL PURLINS

3” RIGID INSULATION

VAPOR BARRIER

SHEATHING

3/8” METAL STUDS

GYPSUM BOARD

FLOOR SLAB

VAPOR BARRIER

2” RIGID INSULATION

GRADE BEAM

[1] RESIN-COATED WOOD PANELS +

[2] COPPER FINISH BRUSHED ALUMINUM SIDING

INDOOR CAFE - WINDOW WALL FACES OUTDOOR CAFE ; FIRST FLOOR

NIGHT-TIME STREET VIEW - SHOWS VARYING WOOD SLAT SPACING ON BUILDING ENVELOPE

The site for this project is a park on a point of land at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers.

The performing arts center aims to be an investment in public skills and wellness.

The building encourages a variety of social activities, and the increased use of the site will attract attention to historic artifacts and cleanup of the river.

KAW POINT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

PERSONAL WORK