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Dana C. Walker
ARCH 506
Seattle Campus
Advanced experimental studies dealing with significant architectural relationships that involve scholarly investigation, development, and presentation of results.
Class description
SUMMER 2006: ARCH 506-D or 403D Design/Build Studio + + + + ARCH 498D Systems Workshop (Combined program: 6 credit Graduate or U. Graduate Design/Build Studio + 4 credit Systems Workshop) Studio Instructors: Dana Walker & Frank Mestemacher Advisors: Professors Michael Pyatok, Steve Badanes, & Jerry Finrow
UW CAUP COPC: Community Futures Demonstration Program: 2005-2006: A Community Partnership with the Yakama Nation Affordable Housing and Community Development in the Yakima Valley CAUP COPC Faculty: Michael Pyatok, Professor/Principal Investigator; Dana Walker, Adjunct Faculty Lecturer/Project Manager; Steve Badanes, Professor/Design +Build Consultant; Lynne Manzo, PHD, Assistant Professor/Primary Research; Frank Mestemacher, Adjunct Faculty Lecturer/Construction Manager
This design/build studio and optional sustainable/construction systems workshop will complete the second demonstration house cycle in an interdisciplinary action research and outreach program. The cycle for this second demonstration house in this three-year program began over one year ago. This hands-on design-build process is intended to demonstrate to produce to innovative and sustainable designs and construction technology/systems/strategies towards the development of affordable housing prototypes for diverse low income and farmworker communities of the Yakima Valley. This is part of the HUD Office of University Partnerships grant under their Community Futures Demonstration Program that was awarded to the College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the UW Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC). This year we are working in a cross-cultural educational exchange and alliance with the Yakama Nation Housing Authority Development and Construction Trade Apprenticeship Program in the vibrant context of Toppenish.
This grant program is intended to assist Yakima Valley farmworker, Hispanic, and Native American low income residents working in community partnerships with local organizations to improve their communities and the quality of their housing. Each demonstration house cycle begins with the Primary Research component (conducted last spring by Seminar LARC 571). The program continued last fall with the participatory/collaborative Design Studio ARCH 503, followed by the spring ARCH 498 Design/Build Prep Seminar. The program cycle will conclude with this Summer Design/Build Studio + Systems Workshop Program with the construction phase in collaboration with the Tribe. At the end of the quarter we will conduct a forum for the evaluation of this year’s design/build program. A Case Study of this year’s work will be published by the UW CAUP for submittal to the YNHA and HUD in WA D.C. for their exhibit/use.
The studio team will immediately begin prep and work the first day of summer quarter at the UW Studio and the SCCC Wood Construction Center in Seattle, and follow with the first of nine three day weekends on-site in close proximity of Toppenish, the thriving urban hub of the Yakama Nation. Many of the construction phases and continued details/planning will be led by participants from the previous Spring Design/Build Prep Seminar. Although the construction documents are now substantially complete, each student in the summer program will be responsible for the development and execution of an individual student design/build project towards the completion of the construction documents and the construction phase of our demonstration project. These individual projects will focus on typical construction administration systems and details not yet realized during the spring CD process, and may include exteriors: trim, trellises/shading devices/arbors, stairways, flatwork, landscaping; and interiors: finishes/details and the integration native culture and arts and the performance arts.
The students will be responsible for their basic carpenter’s tools/attire, overnight gear, etc. Students will work alternatively weekdays and/or weekends. Weekdays will be at UW or SCCC WCC campuses and weekends travel (either via UW, own, or shared transportation) to the YNHA campus/site for intensive three-day build sessions (Fri.-Sun.). Our flexible attendance schedule offers one wild card (drop) weekend, an array of scheduling opportunities, and is amendable to each individual; however, each student must submit their proposed schedule for approval. The summer includes many cross-cultural activities, fairs, Pow Wow’s, and tours to further engage us in the tribal culture and enriching community; and momentous ceremonial ground breaking and closing ceremonies with extensive media coverage. The final weekend we will gather to celebrate our partnership accomplishments, and the following day we will hold our roundtable discussion and evaluation of the program, and conclude our last weekend with tubing down the Yakima River. All student participants may be called upon for future exhibition and presentation of their work and experience. We are planning on housing, meals, bathing facilities at a local school, and restrooms, snacks/refreshments, and shade/hoses will be provided on site. We are hoping to organize a cooperative childcare program as demand dictates.
The build process will utilize the entire UW team working in harmony with the YNHA instructors, crew, and apprentices. The UW team will begin work as early as possible in the construction process towards our objectives for participation in and observation of all phases of the construction. The YNHA team will take the lead of the construction management process and the bulk of the responsibility as developer/general contractor/owner, however, it is assumed that the dedicated efforts of our UW team will equitably meet or exceed their efforts towards the collaborative completion of our project; and all UW team members will strive to accomplish the established goals of our alliance. Working with the YNHA as our client, the UW team will take the lead on design/construction documents; research materials/systems; and help with cost estimates, materials availability, and outsourcing/resourcing the construction costs and program expenses; within the available resources and in conformance with the approved collaborative budget and scheduling objectives.
The UW studio will serve as the satellite office, and the UW and SCCC WCC studio spaces will accommodate the need for off-site planning, research, development and completion of student’s projects, and preparation for the forthcoming build sessions. Students will be expected maintain the current construction documents, schedule, and budget, and to document all work, and reflect and record pertinent information in journals throughout the program. All documentation and records will serve to provide the means for our final analysis, and each student is required to submit both electronic and hard copies of all work to be used in the HUD Case Study Evaluation, Documentation, and Reporting, as well as the future use by UW and YNHA..
All inclusive, this program offers ten credits for full summer, or alternatively, five credits for each summer term. Although both the studio (graduate or undergraduate level) and the workshop must be registered for separately, the systems workshop is an integral part of this intense design/build summer program and is not an isolated course. Additionally, this four credit workshop may be taken as a graduate seminar with the completion of the required presentation/written documentation.
This program is open to all UW CAUP students. UW students in other majors are welcome to participate on approval. We strongly promote a multi-discipline collaboration, and we encourage all UW or visiting students to participate. For add codes, information, or non-major approvals please call Dana Walker at (206) 543-8770, or email at dgwalker@u.washington.edu.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
On site learning with weekday design/build prep sessions in studio on campus and at SCCC Wood Construction Center, Seattle, and three day weekend work sessions for eight weekends on site in close proximity to Toppenish, the urban HUB of the Yakama Nation
Recommended preparation
Spring 2006 Design/Build Prep Seminar 498 D or individual preparation with instructor.
Class assignments and grading
Weekday design/build prep sessions in studio on campus and at SCCC Wood Construction Center, Seattle, and three day weekend work sessions for site in close proximity to Toppenish, the urban HUB of the Yakama Nation
Production and comprehension of project construction documents; construction and sustainable strategies, systems, and technology; construction team leadership and participation; and team/community interelations.
