Nicholas Torres

Challenge

Select a parcel after designing a master plan for Jackson Square and design a multi-family, mixed-use residential building that reflects the new vision for the neighborhood and innovative housing.

 

Vision

Together with my classmate Erin Hartman, we decided to tackle this parcel together, but separatley. We designed our concept, massing, material choices, and ground floor together so our respective buildings would read as part of the same mass, but approach how we viewed our residences sparately, in order to provide maximum amount of residence types for our site. I focused on the northeast building, Erin the Southwest. The concept to my building was "zoning by spatial experience and facade treatments" The units, all duplexes except for studios on the top floor, are set up three-dimensionally with the lower floor being public, and the upper being private. On both floors, the "services" are kept in the back and you transfer through the "dark" and "light" areas through a breakthrough point. Using Unit A as a template, the basic formula is modified to other units to better represent their position in the building and provide multiple types of housing ranging from studios up to three bedrooms.