P3X2 Focus for P3 Programming and Schematic

1. Residential                             50%     50,000 sqft
2. Sports/exercise complex        40%     40,000 sqft
3. Bar/music venue                    10%     10,000 sqft

I have chosen to do a high density housing complex with a sports/exercise space and a bar/music venue. This project will reactivate the park and open up the north wall. The exercise complex will contain exercise equipment as well as basketball and racquetball courts. The bar and music venue will be a space where various local artists can perform on a small stage that is open to the park. The idea is to meaningfully activate the park in the evenings with elements that will attract young people.

This project will not be a wall. It will act more as a permeable series of volumes that are pushed and pulled to soften the edge. Taking cues from Scarpa's insertion in the Castelvecchio, I plan to use shifted geometries to create space in both plan and section. The park will extend through the building and to the street. Scalar shifts in section come with the program- large sports spaces versus smaller spaces for the bar and music operate on opposite ends of the spectrum.