ARCH 3612 Summer 2020

Postings for your use:

• I will post the videos of today’s class

Current Assignment:

• Special Zoning Envelope (Team – complete for Monday)
  
  • As a team review each of your individual zoning envelopes.  Agree on what rules and composite version makes sense – this will be the groups proposed special zoning envelope – update your rules to match
  • If you disagree with the team and want to go rogue – you can by applying for a variance when you begin the design phase.
• Special Zoning FAR and OSR Study (Individual – complete for Monday)
  • As a team calculate your FAR and OSR requirements.
  • As an individual use the FAR (think of this as clay) and mold proposed massing of your buildings within the zoning envelope.  This is the start of you individual design.

• Site Engineering (Class project – complete for Monday)
  • Create a reference drawing of the base that would exist after the highway is re-built and the entrances/exits are decked over.  This is the base we all work with.

• Site Strategy (Team – complete for Monday)
  
  • Working with our new “Site Engineering” and the “Zoning Envelope” review your inventory and refine your site strategy overlay drawings.

• Covid-19 Rules (Team then Class – for a future date)
  • Each team should add this to their zoning document – and then we will create a class wide document.  Please be prepared to discuss this as we develop our housing.

Screen Captures from Class:

Postings for your use:

• I will post the videos of today’s class

Current Assignment:

• Special Zoning Envelope (Individual – then Team)
  
  • Each team member is to complete this study independently so that you all become more familiar with the process and the rules.
  • Next review what each of you has done and complete a Team version- when you are done work backwards to refine your zoning rules.  For example if you model shows a deck on the site at Congress and Columbia how does this affect the sky exposure plane or building height measurement?  From the model – rewrite your rules.
• Covid-19 Rules (Team then Class)
  • Each team should add this to their zoning document – and then we will create a class wide document.
• Site Engineering (Class project)
  • Create a reference drawing of the base that would exist after the highway is re-built and the entrances/exits are decked over.  This is the base we all work with.
• Site Strategy (Team – Next Step)
  
  • Working with our new “Site Engineering” and the “Zoning Envelope” refine your Team Site Strategy.  You will work on this for Monday.

Screen Captures from Class:

Postings for your use:

• I am adding a link for a Pinterest board with site related graphics.  It is also on the menu under Resources > Site > Site Planning Graphics
• Class videos will also be posted – the videos page now includes links to our zoom class sessions and information on Internet Service Providers for students
• I have added a new pages with Readings and a recommended watch-list.  Please post any link you find that will be useful to the class.
• I posted your grades from today’s – all A’s for everyone.  The stats are updated and they are posted in Blackboard.
• At the end of this post are screen captures from class

Current Assignment:

• Special Zoning Rules (team- complete this first)
  
  • In Miro continue to develop your rules.  First identify a rule (for example sky exposure plane) then determine if you have one.  Consider treating the green park easement above the BQE as a street frontage – and it could then have a sky exposure plane.
  • If you decide not to include a rule (for example – no maximum building height) please include this in your rules as well.
• Visual Site Strategy Site Plans (team based)
  • You are looking to convert your written site strategy into site based graphics – review the Pinterest board for examples.
  • While you will not present your individual strategies – you should add to this board as it occurs to you.  On the individual board do not duplicate the site strategies of the team board – only include any site strategy that is unique to you.

Screen Captures from Class:

I have posted grades on blackboard for the first four graded assignments.  Login to blackboard to view your personal grades.  Below are statistics of for the class for each assignment.  This will help you to see how you are doing relative to the rest of the class.  For most group assignments – the members of a group were given the same grade.