DESIGN + BUILD

STUDIO 4B SHADOW HILLS THERAPEUTIC DESIGN + BUILD
Fall 2012
Professor: Jeanine Centuri, Sony Ward
Partners: Angela Isayen, Phong Lee, Karen Bonvadian

SHADOW HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 19, 2012 – Woodbury University architecture students mingle outside the row of new cabins they’ve helped building, as part of The Cabin Project at Shadow Hills Riding Club, December 19, 2012. The project has been in process for a year and a half and was designed and built by Woodbury University architecture students for the Shadow Hills Riding Club, a program for Equine Assisted Therapies. Students were given ready-made sheds from Lowe’s and asked to make a sleeping cabin for two. (Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha).

SHADOW HILLS, CA., DECEMBER 14, 2012– . A project that has been in process for a year and a half and was designed and built by students for the Shadow Hills Riding Club, a program for Equine Assisted Therapies. The buildings designed by Woodbury architecture students with store bought sheds that have a theme to each one. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

SHADOW HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 19, 2012 – Portholes designed to be use as drums, seen from the outside of The Music Cabin, which is part of The Cabin Project at Shadow Hills Riding Club, December 19, 2012. The project has been in process for a year and a half and was designed and built by Woodbury University architecture students for the Shadow Hills Riding Club, a program for Equine Assisted Therapies. Students were given ready-made sheds from Lowe’s and asked to make a sleeping cabin for two. (Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha).

SHADOW HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 19, 2012 – Portholes designed to be use as drums, seen from the outside of The Music Cabin, which is part of The Cabin Project at Shadow Hills Riding Club, December 19, 2012. The project has been in process for a year and a half and was designed and built by Woodbury University architecture students for the Shadow Hills Riding Club, a program for Equine Assisted Therapies. Students were given ready-made sheds from Lowe’s and asked to make a sleeping cabin for two. (Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha).

SHADOW HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 19, 2012 – Portholes designed to be use as drums, seen from the outside of The Music Cabin, which is part of The Cabin Project at Shadow Hills Riding Club, December 19, 2012. The project has been in process for a year and a half and was designed and built by Woodbury University architecture students for the Shadow Hills Riding Club, a program for Equine Assisted Therapies. Students were given ready-made sheds from Lowe’s and asked to make a sleeping cabin for two. (Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha).

SHADOW HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 19, 2012 – Drum sticks and portholes designed to be use as drums in The Music Cabin, which is part of The Cabin Project at Shadow Hills Riding Club, December 19, 2012. The project has been in process for a year and a half and was designed and built by Woodbury University architecture students for the Shadow Hills Riding Club, a program for Equine Assisted Therapies. Students were given ready-made sheds from Lowe’s and asked to make a sleeping cabin for two. (Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha).

Task:

Design and build a temporary housing unit utilizing a 10-by-10 prefabricated shed for the Shadow Hills Riding Club to accommodate people with mental or physical disabilities.
Restrictions: Provide space for two people for sleeping, remain ADA accessible, comply to zero maintenance, provide adequate natural light, ventilation, and insulation.

Design Challenge:

Keep the original memory of the shed, remain within its original 10-by-10 footprint, incorporate a musical component into the design, and completed using recycled materials within a $1,500 budget.

Design Process:

Manipulate the 10’ x 10’ footprint to explore all possibilities within “Design Challenge” boundaries. Footprint shrunk to amplify any noise created within the shed for music. A series of sono tubes were integrated into the walls containing different programs such as: storage, lighting, ventilation, and musical instruments. The cabin was faceted with multiple platforms circulating individuals into the upper floors of the cabin adding 50% more square footage.