This is a closer examination of if the units met the larger scale buildings how they might interact to define space between, that slips in from outside of the space and connects beyond the site.
A footnote is that while this represents an idea, the site may be too narrowly constrained to work with much in the way of an angular sliding.
Looking at grade level, this layout diagrammatically shows the spaces which make up the complex.
Purple indicates commercial
Orange indicates institutional
Red indicates Transit stops or routes
Yellow is new vechicular cross-axes on the site
blue indicates pedestrian traffic and zones
and green shows where the residential units (above) meet the ground.
This shows the first level above grade (this will be relatively tall as the tracks are about 20' elevated above the surrounding site, in the Institutional buildings (shown orange) I would match the grade of the train beds. The orange bridges over to the residential units, connecting these above the level of the pedestrian plaza. This space between the buildings could act as a farmers market space. The red indicates a NEW link where a light rail station could utilize the rail viaduct, rather than treating it as an obstruction to the city. This is key, as many of the larger employers who are able to hire people with limited proficiency in English will not be downtown, but will be in distribution warehouses along the perimeter of the city. (I am working on a diagram for this, and should have it up soon.
Potential unit diagrams showing the relationship of each unit to the common-house.
individual and shared courts, have space where only one family or two families share space. The level of community is shifting across the site and the units will continue to show how that transformation breaks down from City-neighborhood-community-family down to spaces for the individual.
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