For the preliminary phase of this project, I chose to develop conceptual plan 1. The major deciding factor for choosing plan 1 was the fact that all the single family attached homes addressed the common green, as well as created smaller courtyards extending off the common green. There was still one major problem that remained to be solved, "How do I address Collegeview Street, while also designing with the existing topography on site?"
This plan was very symmetrical, and I was still not pleased that the school buildings isolated the courtyards from each other, as well as the gathering space, which tied all areas of the development together. Another problem I had was that the gathering space, which was to have a fireplace and pizza ovens, was too far away from the community, which would result in it not getting used very often. The preliminary plan I developed, based on these major design issues can be seen below.
As a solution to addressing Collegeview Street, I oriented the southern half of the site with the street and left the northern half unchanged. The entire site was moved south, so that it would be possible to address Collegeview Street. The school buildings were moved to front Collegeview Street. The buildings are meant to be mixed use, with businesses and a bus station on the bottom floors and classrooms on the upper floor.
The outdoor gathering space, with fireplace and pizza ovens was relocated to terminate the view to the west from the single family attached housing courtyard. The greenhouses were relocated to terminate the view of the openspace to the east. I was very pleased at the direction this project was going, but because of time restrictions left in the semester we had to proceed without fully completing this portion of the design.
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