FINAL REVIEW
For the final review, I received mostly good feedback on the overall strength of the project’s organization, form, and relationship to its site. There are a lot of improvements I would make to the presentation before including it in my portfolio,…
MIDTERM REFLECTION
The form of my building(s) has changed significantly since the winter term, but the general “zoning” of the program functions–green chemistry labs, offices, library, production space–has not. On the south side of the site, the production space still acts as…
WINTER TERM BOARDS
BOARDS page 1_sm page 2-3 DIAGRAMS these diagrams reflect a few of the comments/ suggestions from my review to consider moving forward: (1) think about flipping the section through the research/ production space, to allow the more delicate/ open edges…
WEEK 8 REFLECTION
work update, just in time for the winter term final pin-up. After spending so much time during fall term researching the site context (planning policies and visions, current and future infrastructure, economic environment, etc) and forming a program that would…
PDX dwg
here’s a link to a dwg file I made from some Portland GIS maps. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz83HR508qOONnJfbWpwR2x4aDA/view?usp=sharing this has the street curbs, building footprints, 5 ft contours, and the rail lines–maybe a good place to start for site models.
[in]material
MAKING, LEARNING, ENGAGING here is version 1.0 of my program/ prep study, as presented at the fall review (with a few editorial/ graphic tweaks). BOOK_v1_opt
Portland Zoning and Data
A snapshot of a few relevant resources and datasets available on the City’s website. civic apps open data: GIS files of datasets from various public agencies–everything from building footprints to streetlight/ street tree locations portland maps metadata: good basemap/ satellite images of the city,…
Making, Learning, Engaging
The “Clinton Triangle” on the south side of the new Clinton St/ SE 12th Ave MAX station is one of many blocks in Portland’s Southeast Quadrant that is lacking in density and activity–both economically and culturally. However, with recent investments…