Nick A. Schurk

The Drury tiny home was a student led design-build experience, embraced and supported by the local Springfield community, and designed as the final home within the developing Eden Village community for the chronically homeless. The design evolved from 14 design iterations of the student team, to a final incorporated solution to best suit the clients needs. The house itself is just under 400 sq. ft., designed for tornado resistance incorporating double stud and triple sheathing construction, laminated glass, and tornado straps. The home is designed for ADA compliance, and is focused on a visual-centric approach.

“The Center City Marketplace and Arena works to provide a connection to the Springfield area Vision 20/20 landscape in which the building is placed, becoming an extension of the natural topography in the built form, and becomes just as much of an exterior spatial experience as the events that take place within the structure itself. The multi-purpose use of cattle arena, restaurant, and museum give the program versatility with which to encourage visitors at times when arena events are not taking place, and has the opportunity to become a new destination as the ongoing vision of the Vision 20/20 interventions unfold.”

"As part of a team effort towards design recommendations for the Commercial Street Masterplan Vision within Drury University's Center for Community Studies, parking and usable public space became a substantial issue to resolve. The vision of this area is to introduce more than just parking, where productive green spaces, commercial and residential development, and pedestrian friendly linkages will serve as a catalyst for an increased level of productive activity and life to the district. The implementation of usable public space in proximity to parking areas, sustainable surfacing of parking lots, and strategic use of parking platform integration will serve to open new opportunities for the continued use of the Commercial Street District for many generations hereafter, through preserving the historic roots that give the area its culture, while creating opportunities for the future."

The Health and Fitness Center of Metaxourgio will derive proportional elements from contextual buildings in the regional area to induce an idea of contemporary reminiscence, working with basic patterns and proportions to create a contextual yet innovative building approach to a historic area. The HFC will work in unison with Advi square, in which the length of the square will be integrated with cohesive sculptural, seating, and visual guiding elements deriving from pentagonal forms. Based on these elements, and in combination with productive green space integration, the Health and Fitness Center at Advi Square will serve as a catalyst for productive activity development in an otherwise neglected area.

"The Lakeshore Park School of Sculpture design seeks to provide an inspiring space for artistic stimulation through simple means of textural disintegration, repetition, and natural and artificial lightplay. These elements will be closely related not only in how the occupants interact with their medium, but in how they interact with the building, requiring a humanistic presence to allow the structure to succeed in its function. The facade design will further work in cohesion with the layout of the school itself, providing an element of movement and life to a site located in the electric atmosphere that is Chicago."