Cultivate Co-Op

This studio, together with Architecture 590, the Architecture 504 studio in the winter quarter and the companion coursework in design technology and contemporary architectural theory in both the fall and winter quarters, form the second and third quarters of the integration block in the UW Master of Architecture Program. This segment of the curriculum will explore the existential challenges of climate change and growing social inequity within the context of global urbanization. The focus is architecture’s role in creating livable, equitable and sustainable communities. The curriculum pursues this focus within the only two studios and companion coursework that all M Arch students are required to complete. The Arch 503/Arch 504 sequence engages both the urban scale and the architectural scale, using a study area in Seattle that is home to one of Seattle’s most diverse communities and is on the verge of rapid change. The studio seeks to understand the interface between the architectural and urban and how they form and inform each other.

ARCH 503: Architectural Integration Studio II

Instructor: Peter Cohan

Narrative

Cultivate Co-op is a new mixed-used residential and commercial building that will be located in the heart of Rainier Beach, on the southwest corner of the intersection of South Henderson Street and Rainier Avenue South. Cultivate Co-op will engage the community through Rainier Beach Action Coalition and other nonprofit organizations to address and enhance food-related issues and the urban environment. Rainier Beach has been identified in the City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan as an urban village center. Cultivate Co-Op will contribute to the emerging urban context by reflecting the recent land use code changes meant to encourage densification and walkability while providing additional housing. Cultivate Co-op will enhance the urban fabric of Rainier Beach by fostering community spaces, activating commercial and retail shops, and implementing green infrastructure

Cultivate co-op aims to provide Rainier Beach with a building that promotes effective social spaces, but also residential and commercial spaces that can improve the livelihood of the Rainier Beach community. It utilizes urban design theories from writers such as Jane Jacobs, William Whyte, Kevin Lynch, and Aldo Rossi. Understanding the context and history that Cultivate Co-op sits among and engaging the public realm through permeability and improving the edges of the public realm. In addition, it capitalizes on the importance of food and allows it to become the driving force of the project. Food draws activity and activity leads to a vital social life enabling a building to be successful in Rainier Beach.

Poster Board

Gestural Sketch

Concept Mapping

Massing Diagrams

Floor Plans

Sections

Perspectives

Unit Plans

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