Infill Housing Development Perspectives

This is an excellent perspective illustrating the view of the waterfeature as seen when being viewed from the north end of the courtyard.  This was probably the most influential drawing in the design packet.













This is a good perspective to illustrate the design intent for the public art piece, located on the corner of Scales and Whitfield Streets.  After reviewing this drawing, I realize that an element is missing to create an overhead plane, which would make the space feel more intimate.  This is a major intersection on the site, so more movable seating should have been designed into this space as well.  Overall,  I was pleased with all perspectives and other drawings used to support the Infill Housing Development Design Solution for Graduate Studio III, at Mississippi State University.

Infill Housing Development Perspectives

This is a very nice perspective illustrating the recessed stormwater detention facility, located within the courtyard of the single family attached housing units, located in the southeast corner of the site.  After reviewing this drawing, I believe this space has been designed to attract people, and therefore promote a strong sense of community.

The purpose of this perspective was to show how the parking for the single family detached housing units was resolved through the design.  As seen here, each unit has two paved spaces and one overflow space with a grasspave surface, instead of the paving.  This design feature helps break up the monotony of a continuous parking lot while maintaining the benefits of a larger, box style parking lot design.

Infill Housing Development Perspectives

This perspective does a nice job portraying the feeling one would have while standing on the southeast corner of the large play area, located on the north end of the site.  I believe this perspective is a strong selling point to this design.













This perspective is not very effective for selling the design, but to be honest, I was rapidly approaching the project deadline and needed ten perspectives.  This perspective illustrates how the different elements used to create a strong and healthy pedestrian experience come together in a manner that follows the overall design concept 

Infill Housing Development Perspectives

I feel as though this is an effective perspective, but I accidentally drew a vehicle exiting this area.  This was a mistake on my part because this street is designed for one-way traffic only, entering from Whitfield Street.













The purpose of this perspective was to illustrate the features creating the environment in the back alley.

Infill Housing Development Perspectives

I feel as though this birds-eye view does a wonderful job illustrating the feel and character of the single family detached housing units
















This perspective was very effective in illustrating how the pedestrian crosswalk would be viewed when being approached from the north.  It also does a fantastic job illustrating how the trees, planted for the alley effect, would create a very formal central common green.

Details for the Infill Housing Development Project

The following details were used to describe certain features of the design in more detail.  Below are three of the details prepared to support the enlarged plan.

 The feature addressed by the public art detail is located on the southwest corner of the site, at the corner of Scales and Whitfield Streets.  The flow-through planter detail illustrates the planter section between the bike lane and Whitfield Street.

The paver detail is illustrating the pedestrian crosswalk, 45 degree parking stalls, and the one-way driving lane.  I believe each of these details was very effective in illustrating the design intent for the corresponding feature.

Enlarged Plan for the Infill Housing Development Project

As part of this project, I had to chose a section of my design to illustrate a detail plan.  I chose to detail the mixed-use area, located on the southwest corner of the site. 

Overall, I was pleased with the product of this phase of the project.  After reviewing the plan, there are a few things I wish would have been done differently:
1. Increase the building setbacks to 10 feet, instead of 5.
2. Reconfigure some of the balcony spaces.
3. Provide a greater amount of gathering space within the interior of the courtyard (smaller waterfeature, increased gathering space).