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Monday, January 17, 2011

winter 2011 project: affordable/student housing

this quarter for studio will entail one project for the whole ten weeks.  our site is located on the southeast corner of G street and 8th street in downtown San Diego.  right now the program has not been completely finalized but we are told it will be an affordable/student housing tower that will range somewhere from 15-20 stories tall.  a big component to this project will be the incorporation of a well designed building that has functional mechanical systems, both passive and active.

im really excited about this project because of a few main reasons: 1)  the constraints of a downtown site will allow me to get creative with the building's form/function, 2) I will learn codes and other restrictions to actual development of a building project, and 3)  I will learn how to properly design mechanical systems.  incorporating all of these aspects into my design is going to give me a greater understanding of the actual processes that are required in a building project.

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