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Riverside
People
Architecture
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Riverside Community Center

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
PEOPLE
NATURE
BETTER CITIES
Community center rendering in the presentation
02 / Spatial design
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Community center site and public-space study

Everyday life.
A better urban landscape.

A more open, inclusive and
vibrant shoreline for everyone.

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER

References · Thinking · Results

Keep every step.
Build on what came before.

Bring the brief, massing and visuals
together on one canvas.

01Understand the briefOriginal sources
INPUTS & REFERENCES

Start with
your references.

Riverside Community Center brief.pdfPDF · 1.2 MB

Public activities and exhibitions

Keep the waterfront accessible

Arrange the courtyard and volumes

02Massing layoutAwaiting context
03Visual expressionChoose a concept first

From massing to expression.

04Tell the storyAwaiting results
DESIGN
IN PROGRESS
Brief / Massing / Images

Bring the work
together.

Concept study in the presentationSpatial rendering in the presentation
01 — Context & goals02 — Direction & reasoning03 — Results & next steps
Bring models, imagery and analysis into a clear project story.
Project content retained across 1 stages

Project context. Personal ways of working.

Less repetition. More understanding.

Personal memory

Remember the way you work.

Layered sketches, a tool strip and brief notes illustrate a personal way of working

Project memory

Build on the context already in your project.

Layered project documents, site photographs and a plan illustrate existing project context

From context to design insights.

Riverside Community Center concept: a courtyard opening onto broad waterfront steps
White massing study of the community center, with courtyard and waterfront annotationsOverhead study of the same site, with public paths and open spaces annotated
Riverside Community Center

Working together on one canvas

Work independently.
Move forward together.

Build on your teammates' work.
Keep feedback right where it matters.

Team canvas/ Riverside Community Center
AnalysisA / Original
A's original analysisStudy area
A · Analyzing
Make an independent copy

Pick up where a teammate left off.

Copy, keep editing and discuss in context.
Analysis · CopyB / Editing
B's copy of A's analysisExplore path connections
B · Editing copy
1
C · Commenting
C, the project lead, leaves feedback at a specific point on B's copy.

Turn experience into skills

Good methods
are worth using again.

Keep the steps that work.
Start the next task with a method you know.

Reusable method02 / EXPLORATION

Let questions guide exploration.

  1. 01Read the constraints and goals
  2. 02Explore spatial directions
  3. 03Compare strengths and open questions
  4. 04Set a basis for the next iteration

Reuse the steps and criteria. Bring new references to each task.

Riverside Community Center · Method example02 / Form & space
Sample references: Form & spaceReferences / Form & space
Option one: Keep the courtyard openOption two: Open the space toward the water
RIVERSIDE / METHOD STUDY

Explore spatial possibilities.

  1. 01
    Known constraints

    Keep public space continuous along the river

  2. 02
    Compare directions

    Compare courtyard scale and waterfront edges

  3. 03
    Questions to test

    Explore connections and spatial layers

References change. Good ways of working endure.

A project leaves you
with more than a result.

Let your references, thinking and results become a starting point for what comes next.

Project brief

Riverside Community Center

Public activities and exhibitionsKeep the waterfront accessibleArrange the courtyard and volumes
Project massing model
Massing layout
Project spatial rendering
Visual expression
PROJECT REPORT

Riverside Community Center

Bring the brief, massing and images into one project story.