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Community Center, Interior Design Thesis

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Megan Starner

The document summarizes a thesis project proposing a new community center in Evanston, Illinois that combines civic and marketplace functions. The center aims to address issues with current decentralized marketplace models. It will be informed by principles of magnetism to guide its social and formal design. Diagrams and models show how space and circulation will work, including accommodating different uses throughout the day from commuters to students to evening visitors. Renderings depict the exterior and interior layout across three floors, connecting to transit while providing amenities like a technology center, art gallery, cafe, and rooftop garden.

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The Evanston Community Center Evanston, Illinois Megan Starner Thesis Presentation
My thesis seeks to bring relevance back to community centers and will explore a hybrid civic center and urban marketplace with amenities particularly suited for the people of Evanston. The new facility will move away from the decentralized solutions of market place today that create placelessness. To change the current models, I will be taking cues from the principles of magnetism to inform the social and Formal aspects of the project.
Magnetic Properties
Paramagnetism
Diamagnetism
Ferromagnetism
Study Models
Spacial Model
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Massing Model
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Diagrammatic Model
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Circulation Diagram
Site Plan
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N Community Center Public Schools Condos/ Apartments Northwestern Campus
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Time-Use Study
Morning Use Dominated by the commuter walking through the facility to the underground passage connecting the CTA and Metra Stations. Entry is concentrated at the South side main entrance. Secondary entries are located on the West through the market and the East with direct access to the Bike storage and Daycare.
Mid Day Use Use of the Center becomes more varied by user and use. Patrons are more concentrated in the second floor Technology Center. Users that are not constrained by time are also more active in the garden, art gallery, café and market. There are a few commuters, more often students, during this time of day.
Evening Use Use of the Center continues to have a variety of users. There is an influx from the mass transit stations that is pulled through the Center. All areas of the Center are energized by this flow.
Exterior
East Façade
Northwest View
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South Façade
North View; Connection to Trains
Northeast View
Southeast View
Pedestrian Ramp
West Façade
Northeast View
Interior
Front Section
East Section
Floor 0
Underground Transportation Connection
Escalator to Floor 1
Path to Locker Rooms
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Bicycle Ramp to Bike Valet
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Bicycle Pickup and Ramp
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View of Mezzanine
Floor 1
Top of Underground Escalator
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Mezzanine
Art Gallery
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Train Connection Entrance
Café and Market
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Floor 2
Technology Center
Visitor Center
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Rooftop Garden
CTA Connection Bridge
Southeast View
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The Evanston Community Center Evanston, Illinois Megan Starner, Designer

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