New Orleans Story Center: ARCH 609 Spring 2012
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Rooted deep in history, New Orleans has become a cultural melting pot unique to the south and the United States. Distinct in location physical geographical context, the city has also unique architecture, people, food and community oneness.
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By visiting the site in early February, I was instantly drawn to this idea that this particular community, more than most, is excited to sit down with visitors and tell them there story. Not only do the people want to know your reason for visiting, but they are just as eager to tell you their story; whether be it their story of survival of Katrina, their family connection to Kansas or even offering suggestions on the best place to get rice and beans. Upon further observation, majority of the time, these casual story sessions happen on the front porch of a house, the balcony of a restaurant, under the shade tree in a courtyard bar or even the simple greeting nod and smile while passing someone on the street. I feel as though these experiences uniquely rooted in climate. By creating places where people intersect, the climate allows these conversations to occur. By understanding this idea, I was drawn to the idea of designing a civic place that defines a new encounter of people from the river front to link with locals in the bywater district. Also rooted in the context is understanding and studying the neighborhood site, height, noise and public spaces along with their impact on the surrounding houses and businesses.
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Recording Studios FilmStudios
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schools
churches
community center
grocers
Max Height
50’
Min. depth in Front yard
none
Min yard on side street
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Min. int. side yard
none
Min. int. side yard next to residential
5’
Min. yard on side street when rear abuts residential
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Min. side or rear yard if any
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Min rear yard when abutting residential
20’
Max floor area ratio
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Park Business Residential Light Industrial
zoning
50’ max
Light Industrial
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back porch
sleeping
circulation
kitchen
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shading front porch
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social street level
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bywater site- 8’
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levee sea level
18’
Mississippi 1250’
1000’
French Quarter
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750’
500’
Gentilly Ridge
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University of New Orleans
levee 20
Above-sea-level New Orleans shown in green
high water 10 avg. water level 0
Image of greater New Orleans
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Roughly half of the city and metropolis lie under sea level
Mississippi River bank -20 feet
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sea level avg. level of New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain bank
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mission, precedent
The power of stories that connect random strangers to the deeply personal connection of neighborhoods became the main focus driving power of the project. The ever personal experiences that are casual shared help to link a community space and add a level of richness to civic spaces. These experiences are deeply rooted in the culture of New Orleans and create an important connection to visiting people. The power of stories not only link current cultures and thoughts, but they have the power to create a genuine link to history, generations, and the power of spoken word as communication.
“Deeply engrained in the fiber of every culture, is the connection to stories.�
With this in mind, the story center has the ability to improve lives and history through the power of stories. By designing a place that promotes interaction between people in New Orleans, stories are gathered by the sharing of ideas and experiences. The art of story not only impacts the present learners, but many generations and cultures to come. By designing this building for the documenting and sharing of stories, the overall context becomes much richer through experience. Successful design has the ability to change thoughts, motions, landscapes and the ways humans occupy space and, ultimately, how they share their personal stories.
mission: bywater story center
The idea that spatial flexibility can be used in tight site constrictions was one reason the Wiley Theater in Dallas is a precedent. This in turned help drive the project to create a ‘super fly’ flexible theater. The flexibility created a space that was not only used for indoor performances, but also a stage for the outdoor surrounding. The flexibility and indoor/outdoor relationships are important, especially in New Orleans. This idea that the a large open space can be used by the community and visitors alike can start to derive new programmatic functions to the space other than just a theater.
precedents: wiley theater
While the Lavin Bernick Center does not boast itself as a high design architectural project, the building is actually quite effective in its attention to details while create a functional student union building for Tulane University. In this New Orleans located project, the attention to detail; in environmental systems, circulation, sectional relationships, materials and New Orleans culture make this building strongly rooted in site and context of campus. The little things set this building apart because of the design and it’s relation to users.
precedents : lavin bernick center
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parti, program analysis
Main components to storytelling:
speaking and listening
Speak [Record]
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[Radio Station] reception offices recording rooms editing rooms data storage
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[Storytelling Space] Offices Semi private areas that allow for personal conversations or adaptable for larger groups of communication (inspired by New Orleans front porch culture) Office areas surrounding these locations for writers working in the building
Listen [Perform] [Interior] community meetings, story/experience sharing, small plays, indoor/outdoor relationship, catering events, impromptu socializing [Outdoor Space] open air gathering space, lectures, neighborhood events, live music
radio station story offices
stage
admin
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Morning Afternoon Evening Administation/Offices
Radio
Story Center
Theater
users: daily usage
[Radio Station, 1035 sf] Reception 400 sf Offices 100 sf Recording rooms 175 sf Editing rooms 260 Data storage 100sf
mechanical circulation recording
[Story Documenting, 4770 sf] Offices 400 sf Conference Room 400 sf Social spaces 735 sf Circulation social spaces 1162 sf Outdoor gathering spaces 2073 sf
circulation
[Administration, 1040 sf] Offices 470 sf Reception 200 sf Break Area 50 sf Conference Room 320 sf [Performance, 4765 sf] Stage 550 sf Support Space 530 sf Dressing Room 100 sf Entry Plaza 1005 sf Seating Space 1465 sf Gallery 1115 sf [Support Spaces, 2214 sf] Restrooms 691 sf Mechanical 444 sf Janitorial 100 sf Concessions 100 sf Egress 579 sf Loading Area 300 sf
total 13,824 sf
program: the breakdown
offices circulation support
conference
stage conference offices reception outdoor seating
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Through many interactions, the idea of having an outdoor space that creates a civic corner for the people of bywater and an ending node to the new water front development along the Mississippi. The relationship of outdoor space and programmatic massing to create architecture as a noise and site buffer developed through many iterations of models, drawings and at times, somewhere in between. By detailing the reciprocity of speaking and listening programmatically, the relationship also develops through ideas and development.
process
Black Box = Flex Box; Space for Community
City
Site Location Important
River
Collect
Show
Story
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Write Verbal Neighborhood New Orleans River
Share Neighborhood
Perform Experience Unite Flexible
Radio
Broadcast Distribute Communicate Enlighten Fixed Location
River
Neighborhood
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13 entry 14 gallery 15 loading dock 16 indoor social 17 storage 18 outdoor social
19 recording space 20 editing room 21 data storage 22 storage 23 open to below
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site plan: 1/64”-1’-0”
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19 recording space 20 editing room 21 data storage 22 storage 23 open to below
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7 concessions 8 mechanical 9 conference room 10 office 11 reception 12 kitchenette
13 entry 14 gallery 15 loading dock 16 indoor social 17 storage 18 outdoor social
19 recording space 20 editing room 21 data storage 22 storage 23 open to below
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metal panel
perforated metal panels
climbing vertical vines
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assembly, systems
exterior metal rainscreen facade vertical supports 2” insulation air gap moisture barrier exterior sheathing 6” metal studs on 16” O.C. interior gyp board layer
4” th. concrete metal decking 30’ span, typical 18” joists 16” beam
assembly: building layers
flooring roof spacers membrane tapered insulation 1/8” per foot concrete
flooring subflooring 4” concrete metal decking 18” depth joists @ 2’ spacing beam
metal panel rainscreen vertical supports air gap 2” insulation membrane air barrier 6” metal studs interior gyp. bd. sheathing
pile cap 5’x6’x 2’-0”
(4) piles at 9” dia.
roof 40’-0”
level three 29’-0”
level two 15’-0”
landing 11’-9”
level one 2’-0”
street level 0’-0”
central supply system stacked restrooms stacked mechanical rooms
systems: mechanical, circulation, structural
enclosed exit stairway with exit discharge 2 means of egress
Column 30’ spacing Beam, depth 16” Joist 2’ spacing (typ) , depth 18” Pile cap 5’x6’x2’
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