Descriptive Narrative:
This project is a proposal for a multi-family residential facility with a community center, resident medical clinic, and an emergency shelter.
Form and Spatial Narrative:
The intent of the design is to:
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Create a sense of belonging and permanence by designing the individual buildings with an anchor space.
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Create a sense of empathy by connecting the buildings with interlocking spaces, landscaping, and water features.
Methodology:
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The needs of the migrant farm workers
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Sources of additional funding
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Possible partnerships with the surrounding community
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Access to medical care
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Transportation
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Education
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Food security
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Daycare
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Possible flooding
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Possible liquefaction
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Water contamination from effluent run off from agriculture
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Hot dry climate
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Apply for a zone change
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Provide emergency housing
Needs and Proposed Solutions:
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Multi-family housing, a community center, and a medical clinic are needed. This would require a zone change and combining the parcels to meet the minimum area requirement of the zone change.
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The County of Riverside has made it a goal to increase the number of emergency housing facilities.
42 apartment units and a 100 bed emergency shelter
The community center, medical clinic, and accessory buildings would provide:
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access to medical care
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showers
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toilet facilities
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laundry
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cooking facilities
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food and clothing storage lockers
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learning opportunities
On-site clinic and 5 off-site clinics
2) State leased vans
Learning and computer rooms in the community center
Resident growing areas and the local food bank
On site staff in the community center
Computer room in the community center and local legal aid
Community center
Community center, community patios
Reverse osmosis filtration system
Stone columns
Areas of refuge on the second story of the buildings
Shade structures, water features
Precast concrete would be the most sustainable material given the possibility of flooding on the site
Additional Funding
United States Department of Health and Human Services (Healthcare,
Federal Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, Migrant Education Even Start)
County of Riverside Department of Public Social Services EFSP Emergency
Food and Shelter Program
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund DWSRF (direct loans
for construction projects) for the water purification system
Office of Fleet and Assessment Management for the leasing of 2 vans
Possible partnerships
Coachella Valley Unified School District and Riverside County
Department of Education and YMCA for: MSHS, MEES, and after school
reading and homework programs
Totals:
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(16) 832 sq. ft. 1 bedroom apartments 13312 sq. ft. total
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(16) 1024 sq. ft. 3 bedroom apartments 16384 sq. ft. total
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(10) 1590 sq. ft. 4 bedroom apartments 15900 sq. ft. total
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5120 sq. ft. community center
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1024 sq. ft. resident medical clinic
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(9) spaces / 18344 sq. ft. total rooftop area / 100 bed emergency shelter / area of refuge / sunshade / growing area on off season
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(2) accessory buildings 3072 sq. ft. total resident laundry / showers / restrooms
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1280 sq. ft. resident growing area
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30568 sq. ft. total rooftop area of refuge / sunshade / resident growing area
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(9) resident courtyards 49148 sq. ft. total
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(12) re-circulating water features
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157 total spaces/ 52 spaces for overflow parking for the 100 bed emergency shelter