02 and 03 / Technology Start-up, Flex Building

02 and 03 / Technology Start-up, Flex Building

September 27, 2015 · by · in ,

Site Analysis Off-Site and On-Site

Readings, please write a paragraph or 3-5 bullet points for each

Click here for “Envelope” in Pidgen Seven reading by Alejandro Zaera-Polo which talks about Latour’s idea of attachment and materiality. click here for a link to James Corner’s article Not Unlike Life Itself.  Consider the ideas of time and systems.

Site Visit

Philip’s Phone 917-579-0152, Esther, 541-221-5962, Scott, 541-953-9980

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12pm, Meet at the site (SE Division and SE 12th Avenue)

1pm, Ford Building, Fat Pencil Design Studio

2pm, SW Portland – lunch food carts

3pm, Adpearance, 1634 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97205, http://adpearance.com/

4pm- 6pm, Measuring exercise (Philip to provide Excel with points + Google My Maps)

02 Group Site Analysis, Hard Lined, Print 1-4 maximum 11×17 portrait, Post to A&AA Server Space or studio weblog as DWG and editable PDF formats. (Some useful information may be found on our ARCH 681 server space here: 00_DOCUMENTATION/Portland SE Tech Startup)

  • City Plan, Clark, Andrew, Matthew
  • District Plan (SE Quadrant), Daniel, Max  ,Daniel
  • Neighborhood Plan,    Matt,  James, Ross,
  • Siteplan, 1/8″ = 1′-0″, Bill, Taylor, Lucca
  • Social Interaction Tool Visualization: Data management, Rhino/Grasshopper and visualization.    3×3 block area in-situ test area plan, (Philip will share a Google My Places map with pins), Paul, Abe, Ben
  • SE Quandrant Website, Planned Milwaukie Alignment and Clinton Street Station developmentS, Erica, Allie, Cecillia
  • Portland Planning Links: SE Quadrant Plan, Bulletin #1: Background on Industrial Sanctuary Policy, PDF pg 10; Johnson Economic Report new programming uses PDF pg 21-25, Makerspace example of  Ford Brochure,  Megan, Clay,  Katie
  • Materials Catalog of Neighborhood and or Site, see James Corner Collage ‘Planting Diagram’ of site (material, time, plan), John, Serena, Courtney
  • Zoning Use or Actual use analysis (residential, office, industrial, open space, institutional use, ground floor shops,  Craig, Chris, Landon
  • Transportation Analysis  (Diagrams of MAX, buses, bike access, roads, etc),    Mariana, May, Sarah
  • Digital Site Model: Drawings to plan out a class site model at 1/32″ and 3D model of site, BettyLou, Joel, Robert
  • Physical Site Model: Drawings to plan out a class site model at 1/16″ and 3D model of site, 2-3 people per section (Wednesday due date),  Julia, Erik, / Lindsey, Jordan, Lindsay, Daniel / Griffin, Emily

03 Individual Site Analysis,using site in Portland SE (individual work):

  • Written Paragraph: Project objective statement (3-4 sentences max): What is a Technology Startup and what positive or negative conditions exist at the site? Who does it affect? Why is it important?
  • Qualities: What are the qualities that that support your project objective? How do you describe this in words, diagrams, collages (Photoshop and Illustrator) or indicators of those qualities in public space? (ex. qualities from the first exercise).
  • Informational graphics and quantifiable statistics in Portland compared to familiar cities (ex. NYC, other cities, or national averages).  Include relevant understandings over time (24 hours of day, 7 days of week, seasons?) (Ex.: entrepreneurship, new startups, bike riders, age demographics per city, rainfall, cloudy days, avg temperature)
  • final pdf individual pages3   Untitled-1
  • Quality On-Site: Using a specific point location from the study area, diagram the highlighted three qualities as indicators. (Diagram Axonometric Drawing or over a photograph)
  • Active Third Space Final Presentation-7 Active Third Space Final Presentation-11
  • Intersecting Locality-11 Active Third Space Final Presentation-17
  • Intersecting Locality-10 Active Third Space Final Presentation-19
  • *3 Indicators for On-Site Measurement: Identify three indicators that support the qualites used above. Use A COPY OF the template as Google Doc or an Excel template: aaafileserver.uoregon.edu/Courses/2015-Fall-ARCH681-Speranza/00_DOCUMENTATION/02_RAW DATA/Portland SE Tech Space_Study Area_2015_TEMPLATE  *(For Friday)

List of Indicators of Qualities:

  • Ability to see (lighting)
  • Ability to see out (view)
  • Ability to be seen (visual exposure)
  • Ability to sit (casually vs formally; with interaction with others)
  • Ability to interact socially (alone but observe others, 1 on 1, group of 3-4, larger assembly)
  • Ability to write or use a laptop
  • Ability to work or ‘make’ (use hand tools, power tools, digital fabrication tools, etc)
  • Ability to present design work (pin-up, white board, digital)
  • Ability to gather in large groups
  • Ability to eat, snack, drink
  • *Ability to hear, smell, feel, taste
  • *Ability to have shelter from rain, cold, noise
  • *Ability to meet new people
  • *Ability to share new ideas, see new ideas
  • *Ability to orient oneself with the plan such as view of Big Pink
  • *Ability to feel a connection to nature
  • Ability to feel secure

Supplemental Reading

“Social Interaction Cohesion Tool” – Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture, 2015 Conference, October 21-22.