The Rudisill

Competition Entry

Charlotte, North Carolina

Designed in collaboration with Jose Noya + Matthew Kempf AIA.

2017 Hammons School of Architecture Alumni Honor Award

This mixed-use development located in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, NC serves as a way-point between surrounding neighborhoods and the uptown urban core. Eighteen residential units, 13,000 square feet of retail, a community garden, and public outdoor space combine to create a unique community destination. Drawing from other inspired Southern cities, the site design features shaded terraces, open air porches, and lush native ecology. 

The building partitions the site into three distinct areas: the street-front plaza, the resident backyard, and the radial garden. Each area pairs a landscape atmosphere with a specific community function. The building’s orientation on the site, in combination with the angled second floor facade, allows oblique views of the downtown skyline for all second-floor units. To promote interaction between residents and a shared sense of ownership of the site, priority was given to community outdoor space over private.