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Philadelphia Row House, Design IV, Prof. Jacobs

Configuration of the row homes in the site around a central courtyard
Row homes only provide access from Rittenhouse Square Street (right) and not from Manning Street (the alley behind)
Elevations - terraces programmatically provide outdoor space in an otherwise crowded site while shading the lower levels
Perspective looking down Rittenhouse Square Street towards the Art Alliance down the street
Plans - These are the typical plans for the row home, however they are oriented differently when placed in the site configuration.
Plans in site context - The plans are generally the same but are altered a bit when flipped and rotated within the site.
Wall section with typical materials
Philadelphia Row House, Design IV, Prof. Jacobs
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Philadelphia Row House, Design IV, Prof. Jacobs

All throughout Philadelphia are row homes. Our task in this project was to design a group of row homes on a site (a parking lot at the time of th Read More

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