Center for Urban Agriculture

The main focus of the building is the relationship between the classroom and the greenhouse to create a hands on learning experience. The building has three layers: the greenhouse, the mass, and the corridor and there is easy access from each of these layers to the other. The building is curved to create public spaces such as the plaza in the front of the building and the outdoor garden on the back side of the building. The only part of the site that the building kept was the handball wall because it had a mural for a summer basketball league that takes place at Garland Parklet. The building has an extension of the mural on the wall next to the food market.

For our Generative Modeling class, we created an animation that explored the development of the design relative to important input data. This animation depicts how the shape of the building changes to create a larger public space in the front of the building. The chart on the side shows how the size of each program is impacted by the changes in the shape of the building. The animation also depicts how the sun interacts with the building.

For our Materials and Assembly class, we provided information relating to building codes and issues of accessibility for our studio project. This included elements of the IBC code, such as the occupant load and number of exits and elements of the ADA code, including the bathroom floor layout.

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