AccessAbility: A Self-Service ADA Spa

AccessAbility Sarah Rosenthal Capstone Studio Spring 2020 ID_426

CONTENTS PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT ELSEWHERE DATA VISUALIZATION SITE TAKE THE TOUR SECTIONS MOMENTS: WARPED DEPTH PERCEPTION MOMENTS: COLORBLINDNESS MOMENTS: AUTISM MOMENTS: EPILEPSY MOMENTS: PHONE

MOMENTS: SCHIZOPHRENIA MOMENTS: BUG’S EYE APPENDIX

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT AccessAbility is a self-service ADA spa & urban public interior. Amenities can be used autonomously by persons with physical and neuro atypicalities.

A self-service facility is affordable to operate, allowing people who are unable to maintain a steady income to use the facilities to their fullest ability. This eliminates economic & physical inequity.

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Approaching this project from a theoretical position of Aesthetic Neutrality - neither ugly nor beautiful.

- creates a neutral space that will not over or underwhelm its users. Each participant in the space will experience it through their own lens. Aesthetic Neutrality facilitates the auto-design that will inevitably occur for each user.

ELSEWHERE Elsewhere is an alien landscape made of twisted loops that intertwine between one another. Their porosity and connectivity yield the visual language that informs the AccessAbility Spa floor plan.

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DATA VISUALIZATION

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SITE

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Set on Pier 56 in Seattle, Washington, AccessAbility is an adaptive reuse project housed in the current Seattle headquarters of Mithun Architects. This facility is easily accessible from Alaskan Way, the main water-bound artery through downtown Seattle. It is a 3-minute walk from bus routes, and has ample outdoor desk space who’s functionality is blended with interior functionality.

THE TOUR ELECTRICAL & MAINTENANCE STG. ADJACENT SUITE

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENTS

ADA APARTMENT

ADJACENT SUITE

OPEN TO BELOW

ADJACENT SUITE

OPEN TO BELOW

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

ADA APARTMENT

EVENT SPACE

GROCER

FOOD PREP

UNISEX RESTROOMS

MEC. ELEC. JAN. LAUND.

UNISEX LOCKER ROOMS

MEDITATION ROOMS

LEGACY LOUNGE

CHROMATHERAPY LAB

INVERSION LAB

MEDICAL WING RECEPTION BREAK ROOM & OFFICING

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RESTAURANT SPA/SAUNAS/BREATHING ROOMS 9 | AccessAbiliy

RNAP ROOMS & PRIVACY LOUNGE

URBAN PUBLIC SPACE AA

CHILDRENS WING

SNOEZELEN ROOMS

SECTION AA AA

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SECTION BB BB

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MOMENTS WITH

FLAT DEPTH PERCEPTION 14 | AccessAbiliy

GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

ARRIVAL IN PUBLIC URBAN SPACE 17 | AccessAbiliy

MOMENTS OF

COLORBLINDNES

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA 20 | AccessAbiliy

MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

ARRIVAL IN PUBLIC URBAN SPACE 21 | AccessAbiliy

MOMENTS WITH

AUTISM

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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MOMENTS THROUGH EPILEPSY

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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MOMENTS THROUGH A PHONE

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GUEST APPLYING FILTER TO MOBILE AT RECEPTION

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHING BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST PHOTOGRAPHING UPSIDE DOWN MURAL

GUEST PAPPLYING FILTER TO UPSIDE DOWN MURAL

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHING POOL & AQUARIUM WALL

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHING PRIVACY LOUNGE

GUEST APPLYING FILTER TO POOL & AQUARIUM WALL

GUEST APPLYING FILTER TO PRIVACY LOUNGE

ARRIVAL IN PUBLIC URBAN SPACE GUEST TAKING SELFIE IN PUBLIC URBAN SPACE 33 | AccessAbiliy

SCHOZOPHRENIC

MOMENTS

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES 35 | AccessAbiliy

GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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MOMENTS FROM A BUG’S EYE

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RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES 39 | AccessAbiliy

GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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APPENDIX

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FIGURE GROUND - THICK WALLS

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BIRDSEYE PERSPECTIVE

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EXPLODED AXONS

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MOMENTS ON EDGES

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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MOMENTS THROUGH

ROPE 50 | AccessAbiliy

GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

ARRIVAL IN PUBLIC URBAN SPACE PUBLIC URBAN SPACE 53 | AccessAbiliy

MOMENTS THROUGH 3D GLASSES

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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MOMENTS DRIPPING IN PAINT

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GUEST ARRIVAL AT RECEPTION

INVERSION BREAK ROOM LAB & OFFICING RECEPTION

STAFF RELAXING IN BREAKROOM & OFFICES

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GUEST VIEW OF UPSIDE DOWN MURAL IN INVERSION LAB

SPA & SAUNAS

PUBLIC URBAN SPACE

PRIVACY LOUGNE

GUEST EMERGING FROM SAUNA TO POOL & SPA

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MOTHER BREASTFEEDING IN PRIVACY LOUNGE

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RECEPTION

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BREAK ROOM & OFFICES

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INVERSION LAB

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SPA & SAUNAS

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PRIVACY LOUNGE

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URBAN PUBLIC SPACE

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