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Paradise Redux: Urban Design Assignments, Part One, Kent Macdonald

Project Description and Assignments

This initial group of assignments lays out the planning-related tasks the students undertook in the first weeks of the course.

The first task was to gather basic background information on Paradise. The second was to make precedent studies of eight significant town-planning or large-scale projects realized over the past 90 years or so. The last task was a figure-ground exercise, based on Giambattista Nolli’s famous map of Rome in 1748, that would allow them to compare the precedents’ formal organizations with each other and with Paradise.

Paradise Redux, Kent Macdonald

Project Description and Assignments

This document lays out the two types of work that the students undertook over the course of six months: the creation of overarching planning guidelines and the development of architectural proposals for specific sites in Paradise.

The planning work was a group effort lasting about five weeks. In small teams at first, the students did research on the town, as well as some historical planning precedents. Later, they came together to establish explicit goals and an armature for the town’s reconstruction.

Following the initial phase, the students – working alone – chose project sites and building types, which they then …

Paradise Senior Co-Housing, Victor Hoyos

Studio Projects

Victor Hoyos’s Paradise Senior Co-Housing project is located at the proposed neighborhood center in the northwest of town near Billie Road. Co-housing blends independent and communal living, and as such is a means to providing an affordable housing option – as well as a sense of community – for low-income individuals. In Victor’s scheme, three rings of housing units, each combining communal living and dining facilities, surround interconnected courtyards that have been arranged to preserve the natural environment.

Paradise Podium, Elisabeth Frizzell

Studio Projects

Elisabeth Frizzell’s Paradise Podium is a mixed-use housing project located in the proposed East Village. Apartments in three buildings sit over a podium of parking in the center of the trapezoidal site while one-story retail buildings hold the corners. Landscaped areas around the buildings provide a transition between the street and the housing.

Paradise W.E.T. Center, Arielle Eleazar

Studio Projects

Arielle Eleazar’s Paradise W.E.T. Center is a project focused on water education and actual treatment, located just below the proposed East Village downtown. The goal of this center is to provide an alternative solution to the town’s wastewater management by showcasing a hybrid system heavily reliant on biological filtration. This building also serves as a live demonstration area for water conservation, educating the public about the importance of water as a resource.

The Lodge, Sophia Smith

Studio Projects

Sophia Smith’s The Lodge is a hotel, restaurant, and spa, all contained within a single building, located on the far west edge of Paradise, overlooking Little Butte Creek canyon. The building, divided into two long bars separated by a garden, seeks to integrate with its surroundings: its long, narrow forms stretch across and down the bluff edge. The guest rooms, public spaces, and the occupiable roof all look out onto the vast, beautiful canyon below. The intent is that guests and visitors feel at all times connected with nature.

Regrowth: A Paradise Rec Center, Benjamin Campbell

Studio Projects

Ben Campbell’s Regrowth Recreation Center is located on a site overlooking the new park in the center of the proposed East Village. Seeking to encourage exercise and healthy lifestyles, the center has areas for weight training, classroom instruction for yoga and other types of exercise, a basketball court, and both an indoor and outdoor pool. The building is conceived as a series of arms extending from a central core. A café and retail shop space on the ground floor help integrate the center with the new downtown.

Forum: A Stage For Paradise, Kaleena Klimeck

Studio Projects

Kaleena Klimeck’s Forum is a performing arts center, located in the proposed East Village downtown. The center includes three stages, providing both indoor and outdoor venues for musical and theater performances, as well as exhibit spaces, rehearsal spaces, a restaurant, and a learning lab. The project is meant to be an attraction for residents as well as a draw for tourists.

The Pine School: The Paradise Integrated Natural Education School, Natalie Giombi

Studio Projects

Natalie Giombi’s The PINE School is a school for elementary-level students. Located at a proposed neighborhood center in the northwest of Paradise, the school focuses on environmental education as a means to inspire children. Communal spaces – a library, gymnasium, and administrative offices – are housed in a long bar facing the street. Behind it, facing south, three classroom wings open to a large garden with several outdoor classrooms and a natural play space. The building itself incorporates several sustainable features and so serves as a learning vehicle for the students.

Edra 50: Bibliography, Kathleen Demsky

Bibliographies

Sustainable Urban Environments

Digital Collection of Publications

A-059 Louisiana Tech University, School Of Art And Architecture, F. Lester Martin Collection, 1901-1992, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-078 Louisiana Tech University, A.D. Mathys Associates, Architectural Drawings And Files, 1960-1989, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-079 Louisiana Tech University, William King Stubbs And Associates, Architectural Drawings Archive, 1946-1983, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-082 Louisiana Tech University, J.W. Smith And Associates, Architectural Drawings, 1931-1938, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-083 Louisiana Tech University, Smith And Padgett Architects, Architectural Drawings, 1948-1954, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-085 Louisiana Tech University, Clarence W. King Architects, Architectural Drawings, 1930, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-084 Louisiana Tech University, Rivers And Heur Architects, Architectural Drawings, 1955-1965, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-086 Louisiana Tech University, Henry G. Markel Architect, Architectural Drawings, 1950, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-087 Louisiana Tech University, H.H. Land Architect, Architectural Drawings, 1940-1957, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

A-089 Louisiana Tech University, John W. Baker Architect, Architectural Drawings, 1919-1949, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.