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Moving from the master-planning scale (see Breaking Barriers Master Plan project) to the scale of a building, our team of two conceptualized a mixed-use project that was targeted towards the residents of this post-industrial city, with low rates of educational attainment and high percentage of single parent familes. Envisioning a mixed use live/learn facility, this project combines affordable housing with a wing for adult-education facilities and a daycare. The building occupies a former parking lot with a busy highway roaring along one side. Many pedestrian/car accidents have occurred as people attempt to cross the highway; additionally, the lot cuts off foot traffic to a vibrant commercial street at the left. For that reason, the project performs as a piece of infrastructure and landscape, incorporating bridges and pathways through its sloped green roof.

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