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Condor Cafe

By eaguilar | XL Design an Addition for your School

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Ralph Ellison Campus, Chicago

Many schools were designed for the past and don’t reflect the 21st century learning environment. Some buildings need better ventilation or lighting, while others are simply not large enough to accommodate students comfortably. For this project, you are encouraged to envision an improvement for your school, something that would benefit everyone who uses it. The most successful designs will be ones that identify a specific need and present a strong design solution. The challenge is to add something that changes the footprint of your school building, while addressing a specifically identified need. Projects should include research and development, real world images and information showing why the need exists, in addition to final project design and information.

curie is an over populated school and the kids need a quiet place to work, so we want to build a cafe so that the kids can go during their lunch,before school or after school. the cafe will be open to students only because students get nervous around teachers we don't want that for the students. the cafe will be a place to relax or do homework while the kids have a beverage like coffee or tea. The cafe will have WiFi.

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I would consider most the water line and electricity because this is the most vital part of a place. - Ellerslie Training

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Reeds Spring High School Addition, Reeds Spring, MO

Think About

  • What is the size of your school building? Using Google Earth and other online resources, generate a site plan for your school location.
  • What are your initial thoughts about the building? For example, is your school lacking room for art classes? Physical education? Band practice space? Common areas? Cafeteria space?
  • Talk to someone who has been at your school for a while, like a teacher or administrator. They will most likely have great insight as to what areas could stand to be improved.
  • Has anything like this ever been done in the past? If so, what were the results?
  • For more research, we recommend looking at “The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Design to Transform Teaching & Learning,” by OWP/P Architects + VS Furniture + Bruce Mau. The book is easy to digest with lots of great images and design ideas, meant to inspire readers like you. The website for the book is also a great resource.
  • Search online for newly built schools and others that have been upgraded through similar processes. Do you notice anything in common among newly built schools?

eaguilar's work for the Collect Information step:

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We will use the courtyard to add the Cafe and this idea has not been done in the past. This will be a good thing for the students who are willing to enter the Cafe.
This is our site plan for the cafe. The red area indicates our location for the Condor Cafe.
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This is our actual location for which the Cafe will be in. This is the courtyard.
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no one in curie uses this place so we want to get rid of it so that we can make the cafe which will...
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This is our inspirational picture for our Cafe. We like the idea of the inner circle and the...
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This picture also brings inspiration due to the fact of the interior design.
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Karns High School Addition Plan, Knoxville, TN

Identify the problem you want to solve based on the information you have collected.

Explore at least three possible solutions, each of which will no doubt help you as you search for the best addition to your school.

  • What could your ideas look like?
  • How would it change the landscape of your school?
  • Who will benefit most from your design solution?

Try to answer these questions visually through sketching, and in words by taking notes.

eaguilar's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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We brainstormed Ideas by thinking were everything in our cafe is going to be arranged and placed so we can take advantage of the space that we have and add everything that our cafe would need.
This is the 3d sketch of our Cafe. this sketch shows how we want to arrange the place.
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This sketch shows the inside of our Cafe from a certain view showing the serving area and the...
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This is a bubble diagram showing how the Cafe will look.
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Fridley High School Addition Plan, Fridley, MN

From the previous step, where you developed multiple solutions to the design problem, you should select one of your designs.

  • What is your favorite design? Why?
  • What aspects of your school would it improve?
  • Who would benefit most from your new design?
  • What materials would you be using, and why?

Ideally you will want to create plans of some kind to communicate your final vision, so start to sketch site plans, elevations, and even a floor plan if necessary.

eaguilar's work for the Develop Solutions step:

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We will show the ideas of what we have for our Cafe and how the Cafe will mostly look. We have sketches and a model of the Cafe.
Here is a picture of our floor which is made of a sustainable wood called bamboo.
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This image shows the sustainable resource of a ceiling called textura fiber.
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This is a picture of the toilets and urinals using grey water.
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in this view you can see the skylight which is a very useful resource so that the cafe does not use...
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The solar panels will pick up energy from the sun and so it can be used for the cafe. Its a...
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Alexander Graham Bell School Addition, Chicago

Present your final design to your class, to get feedback before completing your project. If you talked to other people while working on and researching for this project, show them your design and get their feedback. If they talked to you before, they will want to see what you’ve created! Take notes during these conversations, and try to understand their suggestions before deciding if you wish to make any changes to your final design.

Carefully take stock of feedback from others and do your best to find the information that will help you finalize your project. Someone might tell you something seemingly small, but that bit of information might be the difference between a good project and a great one.

eaguilar's work for the Final Design step:

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We will show our final renderings of both interior and exterior of the Cafe. We will specifically explain everything about it.
This is the Kitchen and is located in the middle of the Cafe.
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This is the East elevation of the Cafe.
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This is the South elevation of the cafe.
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This is the North Elevation of the Cafe.
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This is the West Elevation of the Cafe.
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This is the floor plan of the Condor Cafe.
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This is the corner of the cafe where students can sit and relax while drinking their beverages.
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