Greenville3C

Senior Architecture StudioProfessor Yuji Kishimoto

Fall 2009

c o h e s i o n c o n t r o l c o m p a s s i o n c o m m a n d c o m m i t m e n t

c o n c l u s i o n c o n g l o m e r a t i o n c o n s c i e n c e

c o m p l e x i t y c r e d i b i l i t y c h a r i s m a

c l a s s i n e s s c o g n i t i o n

c o n c e n t r a t i o n c o n t r a d i c r e a t i v i t y c o n t i n u i t y c r e a t i v i t y

c o m p e t i t i o n c o m p a t i b i l i t y

c o n t i n u i t y c o n f r o n t a t i o n c o n s e r v a t i o n c o n t i n g e n c y

c o o p e r a t i o n c r i t i c i s m

c o l l a b o r a t i o n

o m b i n a t i o n s c o l l a b o r a t i o n c a d e n c e c o n u n d r u m

collaboration

creativity

common sense

Greenville3C

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY | Senior Architecture Studio | Fall 2009 | Professor Yuji Kishimoto

The collaboration by the participants in the projects displayed in this portfolio produces a benefit for all. This concept of collaborative approach is called “3C”, that is the abbrevia-tion of creativity, collaboration, and common sense. The collaborators theoreti-cally gain more than what they contribute. On behalf of the School of Architecture, I would like to enthusiastically thank the community in supporting Clemson University’s service oriented design education.

-Yuji Kishimoto


Greenville3C Project Brief. [01]

Master Planning. [03]

Organic Chamber & Natural Light / Kyle Fant. [07]

Rubato Gallery / Bryce Na. [11]

Greenville Expansion / Nicholas Barrett. [17]

Growing Downtown / Matthew Clever. [21]

Greenville High-rise / Jacob Edmond. [25]


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The Greenville3C project is an attempt to contrib-ute to the further revitalization and expansion of the downtown area in Greenville, SC. This contribution takes place on two different sites along S Main St; the first at the intersection at E McBee Ave., and the second at E Broad St.

Our goal is to assess the potential of these two sites through site analysis and propose a mas-ter plan for the expansion of the downtown area. Individual projects specific to one site are to be made in accordance with the 3Cs (creativity, collaboration and common sense) and with consideration of LEED qualification.

Site 1: Kyle Fant Bryce Na

Site 2: Nicholas Barrett Matthew Clever Jacob Edmond

Greenville3C Project Brief

Site [1]: E McBee Ave. + S Main St.

Site [2]: E Broad St. + S Main St.

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GREENVILLEPHASE 0: CURRENT PLAN

Commercial Parking Structure Parking Lot Residential Site Under Construction

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As a group, our first step into the project was analyzing the current site.

Phase 0: Current Plan. This shows the cur-rent plan of downtown Greenville, and it’s im-mediately obvious that Main Street is the only street that is heavily vegetated with trees. The effect of the trees canopying over the streets is quite nice at a pedestrian level, which is most likely the reason why Main Street holds most of Greenville’s foot traffic. Our main goal is to spread this same idea into the adjacent streets, giving Greenville the push it’s needed for a long time into expanding its urban connectivity, es-pecially in a pedestrian sense.

Phase 1: Parking Absorption. One negative factor of Greenville is the sprawl of unnecessary parking lots, when there are plenty of parking garages placed within the city. Phase 1 involves the absorption of said parking lots by the near-by parking garages, in order to put use to the spaces in a much more useful way.

Phase 2: Pedestrian Connections. After the parking absorption phase, the new spaces cre-ated all around Greenville would be converted into parks, bike depots, and other pedestrian oriented nodes. From here, Greenville’s expan-sion truly begins.

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GREENVILLEPHASE 2: PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS


GREENVILLEPHASE 1: PARKING ABSORPTION


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Site [1]


Organic Chamber & Natural Light Kyle Fant


The downtown of Greenville is rapidly changing. Many trees have been implemented on Main Street to revive the downtown. There is only one problem: How does one attract pedestrians to search out more than just Main Street?

I have proposed a dynamic building that shifts its weight to motion people to explore down McBee Avenue and discover the wonders of downtown. Trees are master planned into these newly found roads. The new mixed use building will house local shops and a restaurant on the main level, with leasable office space above. The building echoes the theme of Main Street by bringing plant life inside. This will provide a work space that is devoted to air quality and natural light to make a desired business and social community.

Greenville, SC

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Rubato Gallery Bryce Na


Rubato - time is “borrowed”, or some tones are held longer than their actual values, while oth-ers are curtailed, in order to allow more freedom and spontaneity.

Bringing the same concept of the master plan-ning to site scale, the Rubato Gallery aims to activate the important corner of Main Street and McBee Avenue. It is a crucial step in the expansion and development of Greenville’s city personality and urban features at a street level experience. Currently, the majority of foot traf-fic in Greenville is along Main Street, the only street heavily lined with trees. In addition to the spreading of greenery to adjacent streets and throughout, street corners must be inviting as well.

At the corner is a hardscape gathering space im-plemented under the large, open cantilevered structure of the building. The building itself will feature a four story, open-plan art gallery that can accommodate a number of exhibit arrange-ments. The open nature of these spaces con-tribute to the dynamic experience of the site.

A ramp structure that spirals along the perim-eter of the building acts as the main circulation for the gallery, guiding the visitor through each foot of elevation. Underneath the ground level features a small cafe, naturally lit by the sky-lights from the entrance.

Dynamic Corner

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Interior view of Ground and 1st Floor from main entrance.

North elevation.


[ +2 ] SECOND FLOOR

[ +3 ] THIRD FLOOR

[ +1 ] FIRST FLOOR [ -1 ] BASEMENT (CAFE)

[ G ] GROUND FLOOR [ -2 ] BASEMENT 2

[ w ] RAMP CIRCULATION


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E Broad St. + S Main St.42,500 ft2

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Greenville Expansion Nicholas Barrett

Green screen detail.


Downtown Greenville is an expanding area of Greenville’s business district. It was our goal in this project to further this expansion with a con-tribution on one of two different sites. Both of these sites hold great importance as they lie on very significant intersections.

The project developed as an attempt to link Main St. to the adjacent block by creating a pathway through the site. The descending staircase cre-ates a spatial interaction that draws people into the site. Green screens on the office building provide shading as well as interact with the green roof of the gallery to form a dialogue of sustainability in the project. People are able to interact with the space in moments of both pause and transition.

Greenville Expansion

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Gallery space. Walkway between green screens.

Green screen detail.


10’ 25’ 50’ 100’

10’ 25’ 50’ 100’

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FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR (GROUND)



Growing Downtown Matthew Clever


Having such a prominent downtown site creates pressure to not only recreate the downtown at-mosphere, but also to take advantage of the lot size.

The focus of this design was to imitate the tra-ditional two story downtown facades, but also building up and creating a larger scaled design that fit the surrounding buildings. The end result was a protruding two story facade that catches the eye of the pedestrians passing next to the building, but from a farther distance the grand-ness of the building begins to take shape.

Growing Downtown

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SECTION A-A


SECTION B-B


Greenville High-rise Jacob Edmond


Residential Floor Plans

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[1] Living / Dining[2] Bedroom[3] Bathroom[4] Loft[5] Private Balcony

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LEVEL 9 PLAN

LEVEL 8 PLAN

LEVEL 5 PLAN

26 units18 modular units 18 two bedroom units or 9 one bedroom units & 9 three bedroom units


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Portfolio Design: Bryce Na

Documents

Greenville3C