CALEB NIETO
This one-story building is on South Main Street in Adrian, MI and houses a auto service store. The walls are constructed with a concrete block and two types of glass curtain wall. There is two large commercial garage doors and two smaller garage doors in the middle of the west facade. The roof is flat with metal awnings that span the west and north length of the building where parking and entrances are located.
The interior is divided in two by a large masonry wall that runs east-west. The front of the building is double-height with a mezzanine in the back accessed by stairs on the north end. The mezzanine spans the building from north to south. Steel web trusses run east-west spanning from the central to outer walls with exposed mechanical ducts running throughout.
This diagram shows the building as a kit-of-parts including a steel grate stair, mezzanine, metal panels, curtain walls, garage doors, steel columns, cable railing, ceiling light frame and bricks, corrugated metal, mechanical ducts, and steel trusses.
This map explores three connected research networks focused on reuse, recycle, retransforming of enivormental building techniques and processes, explaining why a combined intiative is essential to deterring our carbon footprint while showing the possibilites of reuse.
Examined through connections to the building industry the three focuses show through tranformation of automotive parts, outdoor goods, typical household waste we can combat offscouring. Manufacturing devices like a protocycler covers labor and equipment through the process of grinding any given material, like wood or recycled rubber tires.
My design includes car stuff and outdoor stuff assembled by shelving and stacking in a gridded organization. There are four grids covering the major exterior and interior spaces of the building. These grids determine the placement and shape of flooring, columns, beams, and displays. Individual materials such as building components, pavers, landscape stones and concrete blocks either stack to produce tiered displays or are embedded in gridded layouts. Car stuff shows up on top, inside, or shelved with the outdoor stuff.
Inside the main entry are commercial lifts and tool storage with access to mezzanine also access to feed 3G protocycler. The larger space adjacent allows vehicles to drive in and out to load materials, such as building components or automotive parts. Below the mezzanine is a gridded arrangement of columns creating bays and directing circulation for services in loading zones. Above is a grid of individual workshops displaying additional parts and tools, such as various saws and work benches. A steel bridge extends from the mezzanine providing storage for lumber and other building materials.
On the westside exterior of the building is a four bay mezzanine housing visible to passersby. The mezzanine connects to the main building over the garage doors forming a covered entryway for vehicles pulling in and out. Along the south wall and adjacent to the loading zones are two silos separated by a grid of columns and beams. Tire walls seperate bays of outdoor and car stuff that has been recycled to create new components for outdoor or automotive use. The steel platform to the north sits above the loading zones and serves as additional storage accessible from the mezzanine and also holds workshops to demonstrate or assemble new components from swapped, reused, and recyled parts.
The spatial experience is configured by linear paths of circulation defined by a grid. The large fence encloses the bays and loading zones of new recycled components and a 3G protocycler used to break down metals, plastics or any form of material.The main loading area is the most spacious, both in terms of floor area and ceiling height with multiple levels visible. The space below the mezzanine features high ceilings and tall bay displays that create vertical boundaries to the circulation. The mezzanine and bridge provide views down to the lower levels and place one closer to the structure and mechanical equipment below also while providing access to the workshops above.