My site is Blackstone avenue in Pawtucket which has two structures, one immense Brick building pretty regular in its shape and another wood framed building which is a oddly planned building.
It is situated between river and a high school, and also in between industrial area and commercial area. A bike path has been proposed along the riverside.
I started by studying the site and one thing i was intrigued by was how much roof access there was. and how moss was growing on some of them so i did a detail of this moment. So roof access was always one of the strategies that i wanted to keep throughout the project.
My site differs from the other two in that the two buildings are divided by a sloping passageway that only had one entrance and exit. So an idea was presented to open up the other end of the passage to create access the school as well as open up a passage through the wood framed building to create access and visibility to the river.
With these moves made, now the next thing to do was finding a way to make this new street that had been created visually pleasing. Designing the facades of the building as well as how the street level was programed was extremely important.
Facade & Street Studies
Since there were two buildings I decided that my program would be based on two factors, education and production. So the wood framed building became a very open layout in which you were visually connected to all the parts of the aquaponics systems so that you are able to fully grasp how it works. On the left side of the drawing you can see how the water travels fr the fish pools up to the growing beds and then filters down the system through the dirt which cleans the water and then back down to the pond. On the right side of the drawing you can see how the water goes from the fish tank to the plants and the to he cleaning water tank.
Roof Growing as Well as Interior Passage Layout
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