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Revised community project map; drawing connections between new models of amenities

Base map showing possible pathways through the site (plastic lead on mylar overlay)

Study showing a corridor cutting through the site in plan and section; diagram of how a street crossing might play out in plan.

A rough "phasing diagram" for the project

Sketch of the community center and a neighboring plot; simple, economical interventions like planters and tables/chairs complement more dramatic actions like creating a large opening in the western side of the building. 

What if's...

What if a corridor could cut through the site, creating a pathway between the Gateway School and the proposed community center?  What if fields for growing food or sports pitches were placed there?

What if the building could be gutted or cut into?  What if programs were allowed to spill out onto the street or into neighboring lots?  What if the roof spaces of existing buildings suddenly became inhabitable?

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Rough dimensions of 2417 Cass



Section: pathways through the site

Perspective: community center

"maps on maps on maps"

Today I tried to address the project at a larger scale. 

As always, the questions come streaming in from all sides: how could the community center promote land "reclamation"?  Could churches in the area begin to add property to their holdings?  How could this happen?  What if the churches could be linked?  How does the Pruitt-Igoe site fit into this?   

Churches in the vicinity of the Pruitt-Igoe site; drawing connections.

Drawing pathways through the site that could link the churches; the sketch begins to show how vacant land might be appropriated by the congregations

Phases of land "reclamations" made by the churches