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A Multi-Use Building for the Drexel Master Plan
Drexel University is
implementing a new, comprehensive Master Plan with the vision of creating an
implied, visual connection within the school's urban campus layout.
Additionally the plan aims to increase its presence on Market Street, provide
sustainable and easily accessible facilities, and provide a connection between
the campus and the surrounding community. The existing conditions on the site
consist mainly of parking, JFK Boulevard, 30th Street Station to the east and a
rail yard to the north. The site is also bisected by the overhead train tracks
and trestle. Some of the sites strongest qualities include its east/west axis,
views of center city and the art museum, and it's setting on the campus, which
lends itself well to serving as a "gateway" to the community. The
plan developed for Precinct K includes the "pedestrianizing" of JFK
Boulevard (while still allowing emergency and off-hour vehicular access),
providing a "New" Arch Street along the rail yard on the north
portion of the site, a parking garage with lower level retail, an iconic, focal
building, and a multi-use building.
The multi-use
building, which will occupy the plot bordered by a 24 hour hub of activity,
icon building on the west and the train trestles to the east, is planned to be
an incubator, bench-to-business type building with flexible spaces that allow
for changing uses over time. Starting
from scratch, the project included siting the building, developing use and
program, designing structural and mechanical systems, and incorporating
sustainable design principles throughout. Inspired by a QR Code, the building’s
random patterning seen in plan and elevation is an architectural representation
of the rapid growth of technology and Drexel’s desire to be at the forefront of
this growth.
implementing a new, comprehensive Master Plan with the vision of creating an
implied, visual connection within the school's urban campus layout.
Additionally the plan aims to increase its presence on Market Street, provide
sustainable and easily accessible facilities, and provide a connection between
the campus and the surrounding community. The existing conditions on the site
consist mainly of parking, JFK Boulevard, 30th Street Station to the east and a
rail yard to the north. The site is also bisected by the overhead train tracks
and trestle. Some of the sites strongest qualities include its east/west axis,
views of center city and the art museum, and it's setting on the campus, which
lends itself well to serving as a "gateway" to the community. The
plan developed for Precinct K includes the "pedestrianizing" of JFK
Boulevard (while still allowing emergency and off-hour vehicular access),
providing a "New" Arch Street along the rail yard on the north
portion of the site, a parking garage with lower level retail, an iconic, focal
building, and a multi-use building.
The multi-use
building, which will occupy the plot bordered by a 24 hour hub of activity,
icon building on the west and the train trestles to the east, is planned to be
an incubator, bench-to-business type building with flexible spaces that allow
for changing uses over time. Starting
from scratch, the project included siting the building, developing use and
program, designing structural and mechanical systems, and incorporating
sustainable design principles throughout. Inspired by a QR Code, the building’s
random patterning seen in plan and elevation is an architectural representation
of the rapid growth of technology and Drexel’s desire to be at the forefront of
this growth.
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