The document summarizes a thesis project proposing a new community center in Evanston, Illinois that combines civic and marketplace functions. The center aims to address issues with current decentralized marketplace models. It will be informed by principles of magnetism to guide its social and formal design. Diagrams and models show how space and circulation will work, including accommodating different uses throughout the day from commuters to students to evening visitors. Renderings depict the exterior and interior layout across three floors, connecting to transit while providing amenities like a technology center, art gallery, cafe, and rooftop garden.

1. The Evanston Community Center Evanston, Illinois Megan Starner Thesis Presentation

2. My thesis seeks to bring relevance back to community centers and will explore a hybrid civic center and urban marketplace with amenities particularly suited for the people of Evanston. The new facility will move away from the decentralized solutions of market place today that create placelessness. To change the current models, I will be taking cues from the principles of magnetism to inform the social and Formal aspects of the project.

3. Magnetic Properties

4. Paramagnetism

5. Diamagnetism

6. Ferromagnetism

7. Study Models

8. Spacial Model

12. Massing Model

14. Diagrammatic Model

19. Circulation Diagram

20. Site Plan

22. N Community Center Public Schools Condos/ Apartments Northwestern Campus

24. Time-Use Study

25. Morning Use Dominated by the commuter walking through the facility to the underground passage connecting the CTA and Metra Stations. Entry is concentrated at the South side main entrance. Secondary entries are located on the West through the market and the East with direct access to the Bike storage and Daycare.

26. Mid Day Use Use of the Center becomes more varied by user and use. Patrons are more concentrated in the second floor Technology Center. Users that are not constrained by time are also more active in the garden, art gallery, café and market. There are a few commuters, more often students, during this time of day.

27. Evening Use Use of the Center continues to have a variety of users. There is an influx from the mass transit stations that is pulled through the Center. All areas of the Center are energized by this flow.

28. Exterior

29. East Façade

30. Northwest View

34. South Façade

35. North View; Connection to Trains

36. Northeast View

37. Southeast View

38. Pedestrian Ramp

39. West Façade

40. Northeast View

41. Interior

42. Front Section

43. East Section

44. Floor 0

45. Underground Transportation Connection

46. Escalator to Floor 1

47. Path to Locker Rooms

49. Bicycle Ramp to Bike Valet

51. Bicycle Pickup and Ramp

54. View of Mezzanine

55. Floor 1

56. Top of Underground Escalator

59. Mezzanine

60. Art Gallery

63. Train Connection Entrance

64. Café and Market

66. Floor 2

67. Technology Center

68. Visitor Center

70. Rooftop Garden

71. CTA Connection Bridge

72. Southeast View

74. The Evanston Community Center Evanston, Illinois Megan Starner, Designer