Despite the large diversity that defines today's urban families, one core concept is consistent throughout and is paramount to mothers and fathers everywhere: safe and secure places for their children to play, both inside the home and out. The architecture reflects this attitude on a multitude of levels. The organization of the built forms creates a protective barrier from the surrounding neighborhood and also generates a shared and sheltered green space for play within. The location of the communal amenities are placed with regard to elevation and enclosure, activities frequented by the youngest, are the easiest to surveil, while others which require less supervision are open to the community. The units are allocated with expansive windows and extrusions which animate the courtyard facade and provide convenient points where parents may supervise their children playing, while the street facade displays staccato windows which staple together the undulating brick surface. --- Adam Corwin, Allie Roberson, Miles Suer This work is a part of the online collections of the Knowlton School of Architecture Student Archives, The Ohio State University by Adam Corwin, Allie Roberson, Miles Suer. It is part of an effort to make accessible student work ranging from the first student that graduated from the program in 1903 to the present.
