FALL2022 INTERGRATED STUDIO BOOK Yangyang Ai

RAILYARD PARK RESIDENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROJECT OVERVIEW

CONCEPTUAL STUDIES

SITE / CONTEXT ANALYSIS

PRECEDENT RESEARCH

CODE & ZONING ANALYSIS

ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM

SITE PLAN

ELEVATIONS

MATERIAL DETAILS + SPECS

FLOOR PLANS

LIFE SAFETY + ACCESSIBILITY

BUILDING SECTIONS

ASSEMBLY / DETAIL / SYSTEMS

STRUCTURAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

EXPERIENTIAL

PROJECT OVERVIEW

This project consist of an artist residence of 20 single person apartment, a urban food market, a corresponding parking lot , an urban farm supplying the market and a plaza for public. The project locate on a former steel factory site, directly adjacent to a rail yard.

The goal of the design is to activated the industrial site through encouraging public activity on the site. By extending the side walk and transforming it into a public park, not only would the urban food market benifit from increased publicty, demonstrating the potiential of a previously abandoned site would hopfully inspire further development of the city of Roanoke. The cut towards city landmarks alone with the cheese-like facede becomes a great site viewing device that aids both the residence and the public.

existing concrete foundation

cut alone three direction

manipulating height and recessing wall on the norfolk ave. for a “display wall“

extruding the foundation and expanding to create plaza

CONCEPTUAL STUDIES

The project begin with 2 primary ideas- 3 slices of Important directionsand two level of moment seperating the public life and the private. The mass itself is simply the extrudsion of the existing concrete foundation. A linear mass is introduced next to the main body to fullfil the requaired space for the urban food market. Because the sidewalk is above the level of ground, I propose to take the oppotunity to connect the sidewalk and the site on a elavated path to direct padastrian in. On the right is the first iteration of the project.

Keyword Brainstorming

Keyword Brainstorming

Opening Test at Corner

SITE/CONTEXT ANALYSIS

The industrial Roanoke possesses a unique material pallet. Charactered by gravel, concrete and steel, people developed a special sense of aesthetic that is reflected through the graffiti art and store sign. Ironically in many cases these character are seen conflicting with the development of the city. As a city progress, many of these would disappear. Although as architect we should account for what the site may be like in 10, 20 years, which, a more urban, modern Roanoke, I would like to keep the vibe of an industrial town. And it is achieved through a “display wall” located in the Food Court.

Site Collage

SITE/CONTEXT ANALYSIS

The major mass of the project is cut by 3 axis. These three axis was found perticularlly important

Red: View towards the city landmark

The Roanock Star

Blue: View towards the Downtown city skyline

The Wells Fargo Tower

Green: Mimic the direction of the Origin of the City

The blue Ridge Mountain

The WellsFargo Tower

Blueridge Mountain Roanoke Star

PRECEDENT RESEARCH

The new Glenstone Museum is so great in it’s clearity and confidence of the architectural idea. Exhibit space and circulation spaces are in clear contrast. Smaller boxes are placed toward inside and can hardly be seem from outside is a wonderful play of perception. Vistor can hardly notice as they walk but the larger masses forms a harmony with the large landsape while the smaller boxes inside brings the scale down into the micro cosmos created by Thomas Phifer.

This inviting atmophere is what I try to achieve in my project.

Glenstone Experience Corner Opening Order

PRECEDENT RESEARCH

Thomas Phifer construct the experience like a play where the audience experiences a journel from beginning, rise, climax, fall to end. This way a vistor is drawn to move naturally in the desinated route, see what the architect sees. A poetic composition. The opening becomes the way of him telling the architectual story, where, different program strictly follows the same system of opening. The circulation has only one way of opening while the exhibition has another. At the entrance, the exhibition opening is used even when it is considered a circulatory space to exhibit the center courtyard as its own piece of art.

This seemless yet poetic way of telling the archtectual story is another aspect I wanted to learn for my project.

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CODE & ZONING ANAYSIS BUILDING CODE

Use Group:

Assembly Group A-2 (Market, Cafe)

Assembly Group S-2 (Storage, Parking)

Assembly Group R-3 (Residential)

Heights (allowed):

Height: 85 ft

Heights (actual):

Height: 62 ft

Construction Type: IV A

Fire Ratings:

Primary Structural Frame: 2 hr

Bearing Walls: 2 hr

Non-Bearing Walls: 0 hr

Floor Construction: HT

Roof Construction: HT

Sprinkler:

Sprinkler system provided where:

- Fire area exceeds 5,000 SF

- Fire area has an occupant load of 100+

- Fire area is located on a floor other than a level a exit discharge serving such occupancies

Occupancy:

Studio Apartment (1,200 SF): 1 people

Hub/Exhib (1,894 SF): 20 people

Food Market (5,000 SF): 100 people

Restaurant + Cafe (4028.9 SF): 100 people

Residential Lobby (600 SF ): 5 people

Storage (530 SF): 5 people

Staff Room (150 SF): 5 People

Egress:

Number of Exits: 2

Exit Access Travel Distance: 250 ft

Accessibility:

3 Elevators

2 ADA Ramps

ZONING

Zoning District: I-1 Light Industrial

The project does not strictly comply with the zoning rules, but is not considered detrimental to the public or to neighboring properties. A “use” variance will need to be granted in order to achieve a proper amount of residential stories.

Allowable Height: 45 ft

Allowable Stories: 4

Parking Required + Provided: None

Allowable Use:

- One family dwellings attached

- Mixed-use residential

- Produce shops

- Restaurant, sit-down

- Public uses

Landscape Requirements:

A landscaping strip consisting of evergreen shrubs and deciduoustrees as defined further in Section 36.2-649 shall be placed along any street frontage of the lot or portion of the lot housing the gasoline station. The trees and shrub shall meet the minimum planting size as listed in Section 36.2-642.

ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM

This project’s program consist two categories- commercial and residential:

The commercial program consists of:

-Cafe

-Food court

-Urban food market

-Staff room

-Manager office

-Restrooms (2)

-Mechanical shafts

-Loading/Receiving Area

-Ground Floor Parking Lot

-Public Plaza

-Tensegrity Sculpture

-Public Park

-Urban Farm

The residential program consists of:

-Studio Apartments (21)

-Resident Lounge

-Resident Hub/ Exhibit Space

-Roof Garden

The primary spaces in the project are the Apartments, Urban Food Market, Park and the Urban Farm.

ARTIST APARTMENT

FUNCTION

The apartment should create welcome space for the artists. Facilitate as many types of production of art as possible while providing spaces for exhibition and discussion among the artists and visitors.

USERS

Young Artist Visitors

CHARACTERS

The apartment should be equipped with large studio space for the production of art. The studio and living space should be well daylighted. Accessibility should be well thought out for the move-in and out of art pieces. Brighter color should be used to spark creativity.

ADJACENCIES

-Residential Lounge

-Roof Garden

-Egrass stairs

-Mechanical Shaft

FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT

-Kitchen Set

-Dining Table

-Bed

-Bath Tub

-Toilet

-Vacum

-Sofa

-TV

-Cable

-Walk-in Closet

URBAN FOOD MARKET

FUNCTION

This space accomadate the sales space for local produced food. It include space for food court to sale cooked food not only to the residents but also the public.

USERS

Resident Local Customer Food Market Staff

CHARACTERS

The food market should be able to be seen by people apporching the site. It should have the power of triggering the desire of purchasing. In door space must be well lited to show the goods in their best condition.

ADJACENCIES

-Park

-Parking Lot

-Sunken Plaza

-Loading/Receiving Area

-Primary & Secondary Entrance

FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT

-Food booth

-Food shalf

-Light fixture

-Storaging Room

-Staff room

-Single-person Bathroom

-Checkout Counter

-Commercial Fridge

Park FUNCTION

This part connects a train viewing platform and the sidewalk on Norfolk ave. It also act as part of the front of the building for people coming from the downtown direction. I should accomadate various public activity.

USERS

Resident Public CHARACTERS

It is as welcoming as possible, should have the power of inviting people to inhabit this space. Certain part should act like the extendtion of the sidewalk and the site viewing platform should be more private. It should also act as a intercetion between the farm and the main building.

ADJACENCIES

-Food market

-Urban Farm

-Side Walk

-Stair Tower

FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT

-Stairs

-Floor Lamp

-Hand Rail

-Tensigrity Sculpture

-Flower Bed

Urban Food Market FUNCTION

This part should provide agriculture space for the food market. Collection and production of fresh food product.

USERS

Food market staff

Farmer CHARACTERS

It should taken a great chunk of the site while not distracting the eye too much from the main volumn. The farm should not be seen as a different project than the main building. The public should be able to engage with the farm in some way.

ADJACENCIES

-Park

FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT

-Watering System

-Soil

SITE PLAN

According to the program, a large proportion of the land is taken by the urban farm. Taken it as a scenary, I layed a park connecting the sidewalk and the rail yard adjacent to the farm and thus the park becomes the front of the building. The cut towards Downtown extends out through the whole site abstractively connect the building and the farm into one. On top of that I lay down the tensegrity model to engage the tactile sense of vistor. The corner between 8th street and Norfolk is reconized with a sunken place and a secondary entrance to the food market and food court. A big portion is given to the plaze is because the site was lacking activity. As an artist residency and the first of the city’s new development, I want the site to become a beacon to ignite passions, stimulating development around.

Skylights are opened alone the cut on the roof garden and a light shaft is added in the middle of the building to the left.

LOADING

PARK PLAN

On the right is the park connecting the site walk and rail yard. It is located on the extended concrete footing. It is meant to be visible for traffic comeing from downtown and act as part of the front of the building. It can be roughly divided into 3 parts- stair, plaza and train track view.

ELAVATIONS + SECTION

Sunken Plaza

Resident Space Elavation

Food Court + CAFE

Lobby Kitchen

Tensegrity Sculpture

MATERIAL DETAIL & SPECS

Aluminum panel forms the exterior skin under the perforated panel acting as the rain screen. Orange color provides a good base for the cheese-like aesthetic, so that the building can be read as a fresh large piece of cheese from a far. When approach closer, there is a layer of slight contrast with cheese skin. Both panel are picked for easier maintenance and manipulation. Light weight is also one of the benifit of aluminum.

The perforated aluminum panel will be hang outside of the residential stories with ocacation cuts, mimicing the form of sliced cheese. With the panel perforated, where the building skin is not cut open, resident can still get view and daylight coming through the window.

The glass element is used primarily on the first floor on the front of the building to present as a glass plate holding the cheese on top. They are also used around the residental lounge and the Hub in order to created better view and light condition for artists discussion.

The primary structure of the building is mass timber, in which the vertical members are GLT and the floor plates are CLT. In some cases where a load bearing wall is needed CLT panels are also used to transfer the vertial load.

Yellow Perforated Aluminum Panel

Aluminum Panel

Mass Timber

Glass Store Front

This level is under the level of Norfolk ave. sidewalk. it’s compose of 4 partsFood Market, Food Court, Service area and Parking lot. The main entrance is on the east side where vistor can enter the corridor from the park. Secondary entrance is at the west under the sunken plaze. Service area is put towards the north next to the Loading dock and hopfully can reduce the train noise. On this level, the wall is recessed back from the retaining wall on the Norfolk ave. side to allow for the display wall.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

There are three level of residential. Because of the gemotry, each unit takes on different shapes and faces different direction. For each building, there is a lounge space that both accomade for circulation and communication area. the 3 residential building are connect to the residential hub that act as a exhibit space for the artists to share their work. The top right volumn, because of the smaller size, has only one unit and has to share egrass with the other volumn.

HUB/EXHIBIT

LOBBY

LOBBY

EGRESS

Egress on first floor is simple. Cafe and Food court can either take the exit on the park side or the sunken plaza side. Residents on top can take the two stair . Food market has 3 ways out. Customer can evac to the sunken plaza or going through the stair tower, or taking the route through the service area.

The two stair tower on the east and west side are the primary means of evac for resident above.

Becase of the space required on the ground floor, one stair doesn’t lead to the first floor, residents on top would need to find a way to the stair tower to evac. But because the two volumn is connected, the two tower can serve as the two means of egress for the code. The opened stair can serve as addtionnal option for residence to transport vertically within the resident floors.

Section 2

Section 1

EGRASS

BUILDING SECTIONS

Connecting Bridge

CAFE

Roof Garden

Section 2

Section 1

Daylight Shaft

Parking Lot

Food Market Storage

Roof Garden

LIGHTING + HVAC SYSTEM

The general goal for lighting is too properly luminate the goods, on the food court side is to create warm feeling. At the opening to the display wall, recessed spot light are used to highlight the artifact.

The Urbanmarket uses a different set of system than the other part of the building where the AHU are located in a room adjacent to the parking lot. The residential system use a roof top unit where duct can run down the reserved system shaft to provide for residential units

DISPLAY WALL DETAIL

This display wall is the original retaining wall against the Norfolk ave. The idea is to repurpose industrial artifacts composed as a collage art for display. In addition, the left over steel reinforce member on the retaining wall act as a natural frame for the artifacts. As we move into the digital age the city would be driven further away from the industrial town status. Under this trend, I see artifacts like manufactring machine and fatory sign become more valueable in the history they carry. Reserving this wall for display is my way of honoring the industrial history of Roanoke.

Norfolk Ave.

STAIR TOWER DETAILED SECTION + FLOOR ASSEMBLY

Perforated Aluminum Panel

Exterior Aluminum Panel

WoolFiber Board

CLT Back Wall

Interior Insulation

Interior Stud

Interior Wall Finish

RESIDENT BUILDING SECTION

Glulam Column

Finished Floor

Concrete

SubFloor

5-Layer CLT Panel

Structer follows the tipical Mass Timber Grid system. GLT carrys the vertical load and CLT, mostly as floor plate carrys the horizontal load. Column recesses from the exterior wall at faces where balconies are opened to allow for unobstructed view. At cafe and food court these recessed colomns can act as seperate for booth.

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