Second Floor_Layout

I decided to treat every space as a book. So what I decided to do is to bring spaces out beyond the foorprint lines of the first floor and maybe push some spaces back. This will allow for my elevations to have sort of a cantilever extension of spaces on some floors. Maybe I will put empty spaces in between classrooms with glass so students can have a view of the street.

Third Floor_Layout

The third floor plan shows a greater organization of the computer and technical education rooms. I will put some general classrooms along the perimeter of the floor as well.

FourthFloor_Layout

I decided to add a fourth floor to my school. I did this because I wanted to have greater circulation for the students and a greater floor layout overall.

First Floor

I decided to put the biggest spaces which are also the noisest on the first floor so they would not affect the classrooms and library. I have the cafeteria on the first floor with furniture layout and the gym. I also want to have a security area to check for student's identification. The core of my building will be the elevator and stairs that will be located against the rear wall.

Second Floor

This is the second floor plan layout that I have so far. I have the media library in the middle after you come out of the elevators with the science classrooms on each side.

Site Strategies

The sun rises in the east side of the building which is Smith Street. It circulates around the south side which is Atlantic Avenue and then sets on the west side which is Boerum Place.

The approach is Atlantic Avenue is a two lane street; Boerum Place has vehicular and pedestrian traffic as well.

People will walk to the school because there are apartment buildings nearby, there are bus stops nearby and a train station within walking distance.

State Street is the quietest street that is around the building, Atlantic Avenue is the noisiest street.

There is a change in grade. Atlantic Avenue is sloped downward towards the side of Smith Street.

There are views of Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place.

These views are good because you see across the street and the entire street.

You will enter the building on Atlantic Avenue because that side has more space than the other shorter side of the building.

Yes there is opened space. There is about 35 percent of opened space on the lot since we were able to utilize only 65 percent of the lot for our building.

The surrounding buildings are high rise buildings that are much taller than the school.

The heights of the surrounding buildings will not interfere with my building because it is more flat than it is high.

I will fit my building on the site by putting it in the middle of the entire block. I will let the 35 % of free space wrap around my building.

The neighborhood buildings are made of mostly steel and brick.

I want my building to be the most interesting and central point in the neighborhood. I want it to be the most widely known building as well.

First Floor Plan_Layout

In the nightclub project I did previously I experimented with curves. During this school project I will like to experiment with straight lines. I think I will utilize all of the allowable space on the site if I use this approach. This floor plan shows the layout of the general classrooms, science classrooms, gym, and administration offices for the first floor.