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6Julia Carson left behind a legacy of love, perseverance, and strength which should be celebrated and honored in her own neighborhood of Mapleton, Indianapolis, Indiana. The proposed Julia Carson Community Center utilizes characteristics

and program the large site: in which the built environment represents their protection and strength, and the outdoor spaces symbolize their love. In order to provide this struggling neighborhood with an identity that can be recognized by both the community and the city as a whole, the built is situated to the south along Fall Creek Blvd in the form of an iconic tower. The vertical space created by the tower is left open, visually and physically connecting each of the services provided by the Legacy of Love, while encouraging interaction within the community. With much of the program focused to the south, the northern part of the site has been opened up as usable community green spaces. The beauty of a mother is how these different characteristics, love and protection, become one. This is represented in the center of the site where the landscape and the built meet, and where the Legacy of Love, the rec center, and the landscape become one.

address

scale

offset

perform

approachdensity is pushed south and oriented to fall creek blvd.

neighborhood scale is addressed while tower extends upward as a beacon for the community

100% of excavated earth from underground parking is kept on site

shifts within tower provide ample daylighting while constricting atrium for increased stack effect

offset earth provides intimate experience into the heart of the complex

offset gesture blocks southwest sun and

the city

arch 301/j. shimizu [class/professor]september 2010 [date]wooden 1 x 2 [material]

personal/private use [type]

material exploration

growing space

elevated pathbuilding

approach

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RR

bioswale collection

RR

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Student Housing + Community Learning CenterGround Level Plan

Marine Research CenterGround Level Plan

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Community Learning CenterSection A

conference storage/collections

learningexhibits/

classrooms

groupmeeting

storage/clean up

communitymarket/

garden workarea

studenthousing

communalspace

studenthousing

studenthousing

entry

growspace

We had access to a large stock of salvaged oak, which myself and a partner used for the 6 farm tables to be used in the outdoor classrooms.

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