Choreographing Flows of Home + Community: Housing

The Patrons + The Architects: The Chigi Family’s Road to the Chapel

in Vine City

The Vine City Phoenix community will be an apparatus of choreographing socioecological flows within the site and beyond. Ecologically the structures will be grounded above water ways that both prevent damage to the CLT structures as well as cleans, carries, and transforms contaminants of led and pollution off site or into its rain garden. Its water usage will be a be based on a flow of capture, collect, and reuse maximizing the gable roof angles and inverted gable roofs on the amenities structures to harvest rainwater for compostable toilets and laundry facilities and distribute grey water on the site for the landscaping. The orientation of the buildings and strategic placement and angle of the photovoltaic panels will capture the thermal energy accessible to the site. The gable roof system will also orchestrate a flow of light and shadow by providing a prefabricated canopy to bring down the heat index of the site as well as a screened porch climate skin panel to modulate sun intake. The use of CLT panels, aside from having a tremendous strength to weight ratio, will be able to assist in a strong airtight envelope that will increase the efficiency of each unit, reduce the time and waste on site in the construction process and over its lifetime naturally sequester carbon. Wind will dance through the site by creating lower and higher-pressure areas through dogtrots and elevated structures that complement the primary southwest direction of gusty winds. Sociologically, creating a sense of community will be prioritized through inviting the eye to engage with neighbors across the street, across smaller facing pathways within the site, and providing view sheds connecting residents with the wider city. The infrastructure, through amenities, bring people together through a laundry mat, hearth, and rain garden. Economically, individuals and families that fall within 3050% AMI will be given priority as residents. Local businesses will be offered space to rent to bring greater commercial wealth to the heart of Vine City, including a childcare center shared with the church. In this ever changing region of the city, Vine City Phoenix will embody the movement of people and the elements while maintaining the tenor of its historical legacy of resilience and hope.

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