Live Make. Industrial art center in Cincinnati

LIVE•MAKE Industrial Arts Center in Cincinnati is a competition call for architectural proposals for designing a membership based complex facility which will house many residential and light industrials units. It is on the theme of designing an Industrial Art Center in Cincinnati which is located in architecturally and historically-rich area of Cincinnati with a neighborhood worthy of its past; Over-the-Rhine is a former working-class German immigrant neighborhood which has been a mixed-use community. It is a densely knit streetscape and an unparalleled architectural collection. This has provided a great opportunity to rethink the neighborhood by proposing a redesign to give it back its former glory. The project building itself was a challenging task as it has gone beyond the conventional meaning of everyday life and demanded new spaces which could convey the concept of LIVE•MAKE in one space. The result is designing completely separated buildings which at the same time have their influences from each functionality, integrating as a whole. Consequently, the studio loft are the best choice for answering the demand of working possibilities in the living areas. The project also looks beyond the architectural phase into the technological aspect of the building and the feasibility of the mere architectural concepts, using BIM software to examine the practicality. Therefore, the concept idea evolved from its crude form into a more mature realistic one. Moreover, the whole project has been approached with a structural design concept to support the idea, while interacting with it, leaving its influences. In conclusion, the final integrated project has emerged from the interaction between these four aspects of building design.