CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING* BY PAVLINA GANTCHEVA
*
This portfolio does not intend to depict the totality or the absolute in my work but it’s rather a brief glance through some of my favorite projects. The focus is on the evolution of the idea with all its permutations.
SAEMANGUM, SOUTH KOREA IN COLLABORATION WITH ADAM FREISE, DWAYNE DANCY, MATTEW PAULY, AND GEORGE QUAIVER 2008
LINEAR LINEAR CITY CITY SAEMANGUM SAEMANGUM CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ANIMATION OF THIS PROJECT !!!
SAEMANGUM IS LOCATED IN THE LEAST DEVELOPED RURAL AREA OF JEOLLABUK-DO PROVINCE, SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH KOREA.
IT COMPRISES AN AREA OF 400KM2 ALL IN WATERS OF THE YELLOW SEA
South Korea
SIZE DOES MATTER....
UM E G ANM SAE
Saemangum
A 33 KM-US$ 4 BILLION DYKE OBSTRUCTS THE FLOW OF TWO RIVERS INTO THE SEA.
!... ! ! P IT U E SIZ
THE RESULT IS AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER CAUSING THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE OF THE WORLD‛S LARGEST MUD FLATS AND 83% OF SOUTH KOREA‛S WETLANDS.
THE INTERNATIONAL IDEA COMPETITION CALLED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 5 MILLION. THE PROPOSAL HAD TO PROVIDE A STRATEGY HOW TO STRUCTURE THE CITY AS IT CONCERNS ITS GENERAL DESIGN AND WHAT KIND OF INDUSTRIES IT SHOULD HOST IN ORDER TO GENERATE REVENUE AND EVENTUALLY RETURN OF INVESTMENT.
landfill or pier construction
-12m
[1km x 1km] [.5km x 1.5km] [.75km x 1.33km]
can be build in phases can be costumized in width, span, material less intrusive to the existing habitat flexibility in future development
landfill
site specific self contained uses the existing condition doesn’t effect the natural habitat
landfill or pier construction
-28m
4 x 1 km2
-39m
15 km2 >> 4 km2 22.5 km2
L= 33 km
4 x 1 km2
expensive labour intensive extreme intrusion into the environment unflexible to future changes
1 km3
-12m
1 km2
surface
[OUT]
[OUT]
landfill
[OUT]
-12m
1,500,000 m3 IND/ port 65,000,000 m3
-28m
recycling [OUT]
[IN]
39,500,000 m3 -39m
eco tourism
vertical farming
65,000,000 m3 -12m
57,500,000 m3 [IN]
[IN]
4 mil m2 250,000 m2 62,500 m2 250,000 m2 10,000 m2
FOOTFRINT
4,500 2,700 8,500 14,000
1 mil m2 foot print
FOOT RPINT
residential commercial entertainment recreational educational/ cultural
JOBS
EFZ port/ recycling industry vertical farms eco-tourist complex R&D complex
SQUARE METERS
4 km2
MAIN
SIZE
[4 x 1 km2]
AND PROVED THAT A 4KM2 AREA WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN THE EXISTENCE OF THIS NEW CITY.
SUPPORTING
4 km2
PROGRAM
THE STUDIES SHOWED THAT FORCING THE CONDITION INTO A SUPER DENSE TYPOLOGY WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST EFFECTIVE CATALYST.
DENSITY
[IN]
program [1 km2] location
landfill per 1 km2 per location on the dyke
1 mil m2 foot print
high rise
vertical farming
high rise
mid rise max 80 storey
residential port IND recreational
low rise
HORIZONTAL ZONING
commercial tourism mixed use
VERTICAL ZONING
max 120 storey
max 120 storey
mid rise full span
low rise edge strip 20,000 m2 foot print
5,000 m2 foot print
40,000 m2 foot print
max 40 storey
THE IDEA TO HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT THROUGH A MEGA STRUCTURE TOOK OVER THE INITIAL DESIRE TO LANDFILL THE SITE AND BUILD DISPARATE DEVELOPMENTS.
investment cost program
square meters
millions USD
$
cost
ESTIMATED COST FOR RECLAMATION DEVELOPMENT
revenue
PROPOSAL FOR LINEAR CITY SAEMANGUM
land fill infrastructure
profit construction
vertical farming taxes
commercial/ business/ entertainment
time
ongoing investment
residential/ recreational
cost investment
cash = revenue - cost - taxes - investment
THE MEGA CITY WOULD SPAN 33 KM ON A BASE OF 250 METERS REACHING 150 METERS UP INTO THE SKY UTILIZING THE EXISTING DYKE STRUCTURE AND MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND CIRCULATION.
AN ECO-TRAIN RUNNING ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CITY WOULD CONNECT GUNSAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITH A NATIONAL PARK. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT INCHEON WOULD BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE CITY‛S STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT.
A NEW HIGHWAY WAS TO BRING VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO THE MAIN NORTHERN ENTRY OF THE LINEAR CITY.
TOURISM WOULD BE THE FIRST INDUSTRY TO BRING LIFE TO THE LINEAR CITY.
THROUGH A SERIES OF PHASES THE LINEAR MEGA CITY WOULD BECOME MORE THAN A TRADITIONAL CITY... IT WOULD BE THE CITY OF THE FUTURE.
OPENINGS USED AS WIND TUNNELS GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR THE CITY.
MULTIPLE LEVELED SURFACES PROVIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RETREATS IN OPEN AIR
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TAKES PLACE ON TOP OF EXISTING
VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ZONING FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING.
hotel entertainment high end residential outdoor public spaces
Saemangum Lake Yellow Sea
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Saemangum Lake
existing dyke surface
Yellow Sea
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each lot has two beach fronts
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fresh water and ocean side beaches boardwalk and parks
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residential leisure outdoor spaces 210m
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retail leisure outdoor spaces
Saemangum Lake Yellow Sea
phase 3
10m
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retail leisure outdoor spaces supporting program
Saemangum Lake Yellow Sea
phase 2
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man program for the dyke section addintinal supporting program public spaces
Saemangum Lake
phase 1
170m
40m
Yellow Sea
0
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Saemangum Lake
phase 4
retail leisure outdoor spaces supporting program
Saemangum Lake
phase 2
200m
20m
250m
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250m
retail leisure outdoor spaces
Saemangum Lake
phase 3
220m
residential leisure outdoor sp aces
Saemangum Lake
phase 4
210m
hotel entertainment high end residential outdoor public spaces
Saemangum Lake
phase 5
man program for the dyke section addintinal supporting program public spaces
Saemangum Lake Yellow Sea
phase 1 0
10m
20m
180m
190m
200m
210m
220m
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0
fresh water and ocean side beaches boardwalk and parks
each lot has two beach fronts
Saemangum Lake
existing dyke surface
Yellow Sea
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20m
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180m
190m
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INLAND LAKE
AERIAL VIEW OF TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONS
YELLOW SEA
PRIVATE AERIAL GARDENS
TOURIST OUTLOOK
BEACH SIDE PARK
YELLOW SEA BEACH ACCESS
CONDOS
COMMUNITY PARK
RENTALS
TRAINS
TRAIN STATION
BEACH
EACH UNIT HAS OPEN VIEWS
OUTDOOR COMMUNITY PARKS
INDOORS PUBLIC SPACES
STRUCTURE CONNECTING THE ISLANDS
PRIVATE/ENTERTAINMENT SIDE
IN-BETWEEN GRAND BOULEVARD
BUSINESS/TRAVEL SIDE
HOTELS
TRAIN STATION
INTERIOR BOULEVARD ACCESS
INLAND LAKE BEACH ACCESS
...김치
BUSINESS STRIP
COMMERCIAL AREA
INLAND LAKE BEACH
FARMANIEH MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT, TEHRAN, IRAN IN COLLABORATION WITH SAMAN HOSSEINIPOUR 2006-2011
farmanieh farmanieh [MIXED [MIXED USE] developmENT developmENT MIXED USE] USE
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT AT A BRAIN-STORMING, DESIGN AND VISUALIZATION LEVEL ONLY AND I HAVE NOT TAKEN PART IN THE INVESTOR/ ARCHITECT NEGOTIATIONS. THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF IRANIAN CINEMA, ITS CULTURAL SPECIFICITY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AND LOCAL DEMOGRAPHICS. THE INVESTORS WERE DEDICATED TO PROVIDE THE CITY OF TEHRAN WITH A NEW TYPE OF PUBLIC SPACE DEDICATED TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
THIS PARTICULAR GATHERING SPOT WAS TO MERGE THE INNATE IRANIAN ASPIRATION TOWARDS THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, FACILITATED THROUGH THE DESIRE FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION.
PROGRAMMATICALLY IT WOULD CONTAIN THEATRES, GALLERY AND PERFORMANCE SPACES, AS WELL AS BOOK AND MUSIC STORES
THIS SPACE WOULD SERVE AS A HUB FOR THE IRANIAN INDEPENDENT FILM ORGANIZATION TO COMMUNICATE LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
! w o p THE PROJECT PREMISE WAS NOT APPROVED
AND IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON….
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THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE CALLED FOR A MIXED COMMERCIALBUSINESS TOWER.
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AN AREA OF 11,000 SQUARE METERS HAD TO BE ORGANIZED WITHIN 10 FLOORS
3 FLOORS OF MALLS + RESTAURANTS
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AND 7 LEVELS OF OFFICE SPACES
THE THIRD FLOOR FEATURES OVER 400M2 OF OUTDOOR TERRACE WITH RUNNING WATER AND GREEN AREAS.
... BUT BEAUTY IS ALWAYS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER...
retail
commerciall
offices offices
sport facilities
pools
business
leisure
hotel te el apts
condos co ondos os
rentalss
commercial com al
offices
market places
business n
bo
banks
boutiques b
banks banksss
malls
retail
malls
residential residential re esidentia ent nt al
hotels h ho
hotel te e apts el ts
condos n s
rentalss
restaurants taur
luxury housess
bar bars
luxury housess
n night n ght cclubs bss
performing p per er arts center
restau estaurants estau ur s
entertainment lounges ges g es
theaters hea ate eculture ers stu
lounges unges
summer me er stage st
beaches ea a ac
summer er stage st
movie theaters
museums
parkss
entertainment nt parks movie th theaters
green/ re open spaces
marinas
malls
retail
boutiques
banks
ccommercial com m al
offices
sport facilities
residential re n al
leisure
hotel te el aptss
restaurants ur
hotel te el apts
condos n
rentalss
residential re al
restaurants ur
luxury housess
bars
luxury housess
culture cu ul
night n nig
night clubs n bss entertainment theaters hea
museums
entertainment lounges ounge ges
lounges ges summer er stage st
beaches b ea a ac
movie theaters parks
ma
business
performing arts center
hotels ho
ccommercial com al
offices
pools
condos n s
boutiq
banks
market places
business rentalss
malls
retail
summer er stage st movie theaters parks
green/ re open spaces
marinas ABU DHABI CAPITAL GARDENS RE-DESIGN COMPETITION 2007
malls
retail
outiques
b boutiques
banks
market places sport facilities
pools
market places m
performing arts center
bars
residential re al
performing arts center p
hotels ho
restaurants e ur
bars
luxury housess
culture cu ul
leisure
hotel te el apts
condos ndo
rentalss
sport facilities
po pools
business
leisure
hotelss ho
ccommercial com al
offices
culture ccu ul ure
ight clubs bss
night n gh clu clubs bss museums
theaters hea
entertainment m
museums
theaters th he ea e lounges ges
beaches b ea a ac
beaches b ea a h ac
summer er stage st
x-s city:: city:: abu abu dhabi dhabi x-s movie theaters
green/ re open spaces
parks
green/ r re open spaces
marinas
marinas
malls
retail
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boutiques
banks
arket places sport facilities
pools
leisure
residential re al
r restaurants ur
culture ccu ul night clubs nigh n bss
t clubs bs museums
beaches ea a ac
green/ re open spaces
marinas
performing arts center
hotels ho bars
culture
theaters hea
leisure
hotel te el apts
condos n
rentalss
sport facilities
pools ols
luxury housess
bars
market places
business
performing arts center
hotels ho
ccommercial com al
offices
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museums
lounges ounges ges summer er stage st
beaches b ea a ac
movie theaters parks
green/ re open spaces
marinas m
SITE::PROGRAM NODES CORSS-DISTRIBUTION
THIS INTERNATIONAL IDEA COMPETITION CALLED FOR A DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING ABU DHABI‛S CAPITAL GARDENS, ABU DHABI, UAE THE SITE WAS A PLACE WITH NO HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
BUT CONTAINED SOME OF THE OLDEST TREES IN THE CITY AROUND 30 YEARS OF AGE
THE STARTING QUESTIONS WERE: 1950
1971
2007
IN THE FUTURE
DO YOU PRESERVE OR DESTROY THAT PARTICULAR SENTIMENTALITY??!? HOW DO YOU FILL IN A VOLUME OF 478X233X(150-300)M?
desert
city
metropolis
a world of itself
sand
grass
parks
environment
nomad
city dweller
citizen of the world
center of the world
adobe architecture
high rise bldgs/ modern architecture
ultra tech constructions
futuristic now!
impossible
oil
everything is possible
imagination is the limit
local
international
global
contained/ irrelevant
WHAT PROGRAMS DO YOU HOST ON 2,000,000 M2? DO YOU DESIGN FOR THE PRESENT OR THE FUTURE? WHOM DO YOU BUILD IT FOR? SCENARIO
ESSENTIALLY IT WAS NOT THE SIZE OR THE PROGRAM THAT STARTLED ME A BIT BUT IT WAS THE EXISTENTIAL QUESTION ON THE APPROACH:
ABU DHABI BEACH
107 LUXURY VILLAS AT MARINA VILLAGE
NAVY GATE AREA TOURIST CLUB
BRITISH EMBASSY CENTRAL MARKET OLD SOUK
AL SALAM ST
ELECTRA ST
HAMDAN ST
ZEYED CITY CENTER
PUBLIC BEACH EMIRATES PALACE HOTEL WOMEN’S PRIVATE BEACH
MARINA MALL SHOPPING COMPLEX FAMILY PARK ADCO ADNOC MALL HEADQUARTERS
THE HOLLY CEMENTERY
A::
EMIRATES PALACE HOTEL
HOSPITALS
MARINA MALL SHOPPING COMPLEX FAMILY PARK ADCO ADNOC MALL HEADQUARTERS
KHALIFA GARDENS
PRESIDENT SEA PRAYAER PALACE YARD THE EMIRATES CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH
PRAYAER YARD
KHALIDIYA AL BETEEN PALACE SEA CENTER 6 TOWERS HOTEL CROWN PRINC MINISTRY ABUDHABI ADM. BLDG OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CENTRAL
KHALIFA GARDENS DIFAYA PALACE
THE EMIRATES CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH ABU DHABI MEN’S COLLEGE
SPORTS & CULTURAL CLUB INTL SCHOOL GIRL’S CAMPUS
BANK OF UAE GOLF AREA
POLICE DEPT
SULTAN’S PALACE POLICE DEPT
BATEEN AIR BASE
SHEIKH’S PALACE
INTL SCHOOL EXISTING GIRL’S CAMPUS
BANK OF UAE
PRESIDENT SEA PALACE
HOSPITALS
PARK
ABU DHABI SPORTS & CULTURAL CLUBMEN’S COLLEGE
DIFAYA PALACE
AD WOMEN’S COLLEGE
THE HOLLY CEMENTERY
NEW BLDGS
WOMEN’S PRIVATE BEACH
PARK
KHALIDIYA AL BETEEN PALACE SEA CENTER 6 TOWERS HOTEL CROWN PRINC MINISTRY ABUDHABI ADM. BLDG OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CENTRAL
AL SALAM ST
ELECTRA ST
HAMDAN ST
ZEYED CITY CENTER
PUBLIC BEACH
NEW BLDGS
CENTRAL MARKET OLD SOUK
107 LUXURY VILLAS AT MARINA VILLAGE
AD WOMEN’S COLLEGE
NAVY GATE AREA TOURIST CLUB
BRITISH EMBASSY
ABU DHABI BEACH
PROGRAMMATIC NODES NETWORK
MUNICIPALITY
GOLF AREA POLICE DEPT
SULTAN’S TO CREATE SOME REALLY COOL SHAPE AND INSERT THE PROGRAM PALACE POLICE DEPT
OR
BATEEN AIR BASE
SHEIKH’S PALACE
B::
MUNICIPALITY
EXISTING PROGRAMMATIC NODES CONCENTRATION
TO FIND A RATIONAL APPROACH AND RELEVANT SOLUTION FOR THE SITE-PROGRAM-REQUIREMENTS EQUATION
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
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entertainment 17
museums 18 m ttheaters 19 performing arts center p summer stage 21 ssu
culture
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parks p rrk beaches 23 b 24 marinas m
green/ open spaces
PROGRAM CO-CITATION DISTRIBUTION
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entertainment
now + immediate surroundings
commercial
condos 6 7 ren en rentals lluxury houses
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AND STARTED WITH
offices 1 an 2 an banks re retail 3 mal m al 4 malls bou b boutiques
leisure
clusters
I CHOSE OPTION
11 12
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business commercial residential
local
10
offices banks retail malls boutiques condos rentals luxury houses sport facilities pools hotels hotel apts
restaurants night clubs bars lounges movie theaters
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culture green/ open spaces
existing program
1
offices banks
offices banks
retail malls boutiques
retail malls boutiques
condos rentals luxury houses
condos rentals luxury hous houses
sport facilities pools hotels hotel apts
sport facili facilities pools hotels hotel apts
restaurants night clubs bars lounges movie theaters
restaurants restaurant night clubs bars lounges ounges movie thea theaters
museums museums theaters theaters performing arts centerperforming arts center summer stage summer stage
museums theaters performing arts summer st stage
parks beaches marinas
parks beaches marinas i
parks beaches marinas
A SERIES OF DIAGRAMS ANALYZING THE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT OF ABU DHABI
THE CONSIDERATION OF ITS PROGRESSIVE CHANGING CLIMATE SET MY DESIGN APPROACH TOWARDS A SPECULATIVE PROPOSAL FOR THE FUTURE RATHER THAN A REACTION TO THE CURRENT.
IN THE PROCESS:
NETWORK FORMATION ENVELOPE
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banks
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offices
market places sport facilities
pools
business
re residential
leisure
hotel apts
condos
rentals
performing arts center
hotels
restaurants
bars
luxury houses
culture n night clubs entertainment
museums
theaters lounges summer stage
beaches
movie theaters parks
gre green/ open spaces
CLUSTER:NODE NETWORK ORGANIZATION
I TOOK THE HISTORICAL TIMELINE AND PROJECTED A HYPOTHETICAL FUTURISTIC SCENARIO
DISTRIBUTION CLUSTERS::NODES RELATION
marinas
LOOKED AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS TOOK THEIR PROGRAMMATIC CONFIGURATIONS RE-DISTRIBUTION CLUSTERS::RELATED NODES m malls
retail
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NETWORK POLARITIES
AND
boutiques
banks
PLUGGED-IN THE SPECULATIVE PROJECTIONS
ma marinas
malls
retail
ORGANIZED THEM INTO NETWORKS
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market places
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leisure
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rentals
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performing arts center
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luxury houses
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museums
lounges summer stage
beaches
movie theaters parks
green/ open spaces
marinas
CLUSTERS CONNECTIONS
CROSS-DISTRIBUTION NODES: RELATION
commercial I THOUGHT OF THE REQUIRED PROGRAM AND OVER-IMPOSED IT ONTO THE EXISTENT.
business
THEN I ORGANIZED IT ALL IN BEAUTIFUL DIAGRAMS
leisure
EXISTING CONDITION
AND STARTED SEARCHING FOR EMERGING PATTERNS
residential
commercial culture lt re
PROPOSED CHANGES
proximate future + distant surroundings
business
EXPECTED CONDITION
entertainment
leisure le
now + immediate surroundings
residential green/ open spaces
SITE::PROGRAMMATIC AC LUSTER DISTRIBUTION
culture commercial
CONDITION CLUSTERS
entertainment business
PROPOSED CHANGES
green/ open spaces ressidential
SITE::PROGRAMMATIC CLUSTER DISTRIBUTION
M O O B
cul ulture
I EVENTUALLY GOT MYSELF CAUGHT IN A VICIOUS CIRCLE TRYING TO SURPASS THE EXISTING BY USING STAGNANT, REPETITIVE INFORMATION.
entertainment
now + immediate surroundings
CONDITION NODES
malls
retail
boutiques
banks
commercial ccomm
offices
market places
green/ open spaces business THE RESULTING DIAGRAMS WERE A SERIES OF MAPS CORRESPONDING TO SET PLACE-SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THAT WERE INFLUENCING THE SITE.
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leisure
hotel tel apts
condos n
rentalss
sport facilities
pools
restauran urants
hotelsperforming hot orm or min m mi ing ng arts center bars b
luxury ho ouses
culture cu ul n ght clubs nig bss b
museums seum
entertainm ment
theaters hea EXISITING PROGRAM
loun ounges ges sum ummer er stage st
ADDIITONAL PROGRAM
beaches ea ac
movie theaters ters parks arks
green/ re e open spaces
PROGRAMMATIC CLUSTERS
PROGRAMMATIC NODES
proximate future + distant surroundings
marinas
YET I DIDN‛T REALIZE THAT THE EMERGENT BEHAVIOR WOULD APPEAR AFTER MAPPING DOWN THE PRESSURE THAT THE ENVISIONED CHANGES ON THE SITE WOULD CREATE WITHIN ABU DHABI.
leisure commercial other hotels boutiques malls grave yard leisure entertainment hotels restaurants
residential rentals condos leisure commercial hotels malls
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leisure commercial business hotels malls offices
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SITE::PROGRAM ZONING
AT THE TIME I DIDN‛T RECOGNIZE THAT I WAS WORKING ON A TWO WAY FEEDBACK SYSTEM COMMUNICATING BETWEEN MY SITE AND THE CITY.
I WAS COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON THE LOGIC OF THE PROGRAMMATIC ORGANIZATION AND ITS PROJECTED MANIFESTATION.
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PRIVATE
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residential leisure business
business
residential leisure business
residential leisure business entertainment
culture commercial
business commercial
culture commercial
commercial culture
green/ open space
green/ open space green/ open space
residential business
green/ open space SITE::VOLUMETRIC ENVELOPE ZONING
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150.0
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malls m
retaill
commercial
offices
offices sport facilities
pools
lleisure
hotel ote el aptss
condos con n
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residential
rentalss
bars
night n gh clubs bss
retail
marinas ma m
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business
performing arts center
hotels ho
rrestaurants ur
bars
residential re ial
performing arts center
bars
residential re ial
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entertainment
museums
theaters th hea
museums
entertainment ttheaters th hea h
beaches b ea ac
summer er stage sst
movie theaters
beaches b ea ac
summer er stage st ge
ENTERTAINMENT
parks
green/ re e open spaces
CULTURE
marinas ma m
beaches b ea ac
movie theaters
movie theaters parks
museums
lounges ounges es
lounges ounge es
lounges es summer summ mer er stage sst
bars
night clubss n nig
theaters th hea
performing arts center
hotels ho
restaurants ur
luxury housess culture
night clubs n bss entertainment
lleisure
hotel ote el aptss
condos n
rentalss
culture ul
sport facilities
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business lleisure
hotels ho
restaurants ur
luxury housess
market places
sport facilities
hotel ote el aptss
condos n
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boutiques b ccommercial com ial
offices
pools
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malls m
retail banks
market places
ssport facilities
hotel ote el aptss
luxury housess
malls m
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offices
pools
marinas ma m
boutiques b
banks
green/ re e open spaces
LEISURE
marinas m
condos n s
parks
RESIDENTIAL
market places
beaches b ea ac
movie theaters green/ re e open spaces
green/ re open spaces
boutiques b
museums
ttheaters th hea h summer er stage st
movie theaters
I HAD ARRIVED AT THE REAFFIRMATION ABOUT THE UNDENIABLE CO-RELATION BETWEEN malls m
rentalss
entertainment nm
beaches b ea ac
parkss
business
museums
lounges es
summer mme er stage st
BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL
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theaters th hea
beaches b ea ac
ccommercial com mm ial
bars
lounges ges es
movie theaters
performing arts center
hotels ho
rrestaurants ur
night clubs n bss
lounges es
retail
residential re ial luxury housess
entertainment
museums
sport facilities leisure
hotel ote otel el apts e
condos n
performing arts center
hotelss ho
restaurants ur
culture ul
theaters th hea
banks
market places pools
lleisure
hotel ote el aptss
condos n
culture ul
night clubs n bss
parks
ccommercial com ial
offices business
luxury housess
entertainment
summer er stage st
ssport facilities
pools
rentalss
bars
boutiques b
banks
market places
business
performing arts center
hotels ho
restaurants ur
luxury housess
commercial com ial
malls m
retail
boutiques b
banks
market places
business n rentalss
malls m
retail boutiques b
bankss
parks
green/ re open spaces
GREEN/OPEN SPACES
marinas m
green/ re e open spaces
marinas ma
SITE::PROGRAM NODES RE-DISTRIBUTION
THE PART AND THE WHOLE THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION
residential leisure business entertainment commercial culture green/ open space
green/ open space entertainment
leisure culture
entertainment commercial green/ open space business
residential residential business entertainment
leisure
entertainment leisure
culture
commercial residential
residential
commercial
business
entertainment
leisure
green/ open space
culture
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WE CAN SAY THAT THE RESULT WAS MORE OF AN URBAN DESIGN PROPOSAL RATHER THAN AN ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION.
A SYSTEM NOT A FORM
90.0
0.0
SITE::PROGRAM CLUSTERS VOLUME
ASIAN FUSION RESTAURANT DESIGNED BY {:P_AFI} DESIGN 2009-2010
ALPHA ALPHA FUSION FUSION
THIS CHELSEA (NYC) LOCATED ASIAN FUSION AND SUSHI RESTAURANT WITH 130 SEATS AND A 2,000 SQ FT DINING/ BAR AREA (+ ADDITIONAL 2,000 SQ FT KITCHEN SPACE)
WAS DESIGNED AND RENOVATED IN JUST 7 MONTHS WITH A BUDGET BELOW $100,000 THIS PROJECT ENCOMPASSES ALL: MARKETING RESEARCH BRANDING GRAPHICS
AND... INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
ALL TO ACCOMMODATE THE CLIENT‛S CONCEPT OF FUSING EAST AND WEST
I EMBRACED TRADITIONAL CHINESE INTERIOR SPATIAL TREATMENT AND PATTERN APPLICATION ..AND FILTERED THEM THROUGH A TRENDY “GREEN” AND FANCY “(DIGITAL) FABRICATION”...
..AND ENDED UP WITH:
FABRICATING CUSTOM STEEL PANELS WITH PUNCHED CUSTOM-DESIGN PATTERNS FOR THE FRONT BAR AREA
USING THE “GREENEST” WALL PAPER REFERRED TO BY INTERIOR DESIGN MAGAZINE IN 2009
DESIGNING A CHANDELIER FOR THE ENTRY HALL COMPLEMENTING THE METAL PANELS
ENDLESS SAMPLING FOR THE METAL PANELS-WALL PAINT-LED COLOR CONFIGURATIONS
..AND CUSTOM GOLDEN/RED METALLIC CURTAIN FOR THE DINING ROOM
THE 6 3‛X6‛ PANELS DISPLAYED CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY ART. DESIGNED BY FUSING A TRADITIONAL LAYOUT WITH DIGITAL PRINT MEDIA
WE SYMBOLIZE THE TRANSITION OF SEASONS IN NATURE
DO YOU MEAN ...
AND WE ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE LOGO WORK!!!
H Y EA
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EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION 2010
CONTROLled CONTROLled GRAVITY GRAVITY STATION STATION
It was a time when, unable to reach out to the stars to find a new home, human hopes turned back to earth and recognized it as their last chance for survival.
THE SCENARIO:
The impact of international conversion and globalization had not erased the remaining ethnical conflicts, economic mismatches, and technological differences. The struggle for global domination led to an even faster exhaustion of available natural resources, sped up the green-house effect which in turn brought destructive impacts to all rural areas, overpopulation in the urban centers, and an extreme need to reconsider what’s left available: water, land and clean air. The old ways of designing human habitats had failed miserably. The only viable solution was to bring what was once envisioned as a bright future in the outerspace utopia onto earth and give it a final test in order to preserve human civilization. In that pursuit to recondition the human environment, nature and science merged to build the ultimate machinic organism. Conceptually similar to the 20th century skyscrapers, those structures would not only use economies of space, height, and symbolic definition of the city, but also help re-organize, re-vitalize and enhance the already existing urban landscapes. The CGS [Controlled Gravity Stations] would hover above ground and like self-sufficient organisms would be able to generate the power to sustain their own heartbeat. They would also be used as filtering stations for the cities as each one of the CGS would be modified to meet the needs of the particular metropolis it is inserted in.
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THE PARAMETRIC RECONFIGURATION OF THE 2D 20TH CENTURY SYSTEM OF STREET BASED CIRCULATION WAS ENHANCED BY THE PROVISION OF THE TECHNO-ORGANIC CGS FEEDING A NOW MORE SPATIALLY INTERACTIVE METROPOLIS WITH FULLY INTEGRATED 3D CIRCULATION ENCOMPASSING RESIDENCES, PARKS, OFFICES, ETC., GENERATING SELFGRAVITY, ELECTRICITY, CLEAN AIR, FOOD AND WATER
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USING VORONOI DIAGRAMS AS A PRECISE DECOMPOSITION OF THE LINEAR SPACE DETERMINED BY MINIMAL DISTANCES BETWEEN SPECIFIED DISCRETE SETS OF POINTS PROVIDED THE GROUND-WORK FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CGS INTO THE CITY-GRID OF MANHATTAN.
THIS WAS THE PERFECT PROJECT TO EXPLORE A FUTURISTIC SCENARIO WHERE BUILDINGS ARE NO LONGER STATIC, FIXED, BUT COMPLEX, ADAPTABLE AND INHERENTLY SMART, SELF-CONSCIOUS MACHINES THAT PROVIDE FOR BETTER LIVING.
THIS IS NOT LE CORBUSIER‛S MACHINE FOR LIVING.
NO!!!!
CGS IS A SPACESHIP HOVERING IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS‛ AIRSPACE CONNECTING TO THEM RE-DEFINING THEIR PERFORMANCE, USAGE AND LIFE-SPAN
THE DESIGN IS THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF ANIME INSPIRED VISIONS WHERE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MERGES WITH THE EXISTING LOW-TECH ENVIRONMENT. THE INTENT WAS TO CHALLENGE NOT ONLY THE TYPOLOGY OF THE SKYSCRAPER (I NEVER LIKED THAT BUILDING TYPOLOGY – SO IT WAS A RESPECTIVE CHALLENGE TO ME) BUT ALSO TO TEST THE CONCEPT OF A BUILDING AND ITS POSITION IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING TO DESTROY NATURE TO BUILD UP SHED FOR INHABITATION SEEMS WRONG YET INEVITABLE.
THE FACT THAT METROPOLISES OF OUR TIME ARE ALREADY OVER POPULATED, POLLUTED, AND INESCAPABLY HIGHLY DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE IN PROVES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A NEW STRATEGY TO COUNTERACT THE CLASSIC APPROACH TO
CONSTRUCTION
LAND RECLAMATION
GENTRIFICATION
AND SPRAWLING
THUS THE CONTROLLED GRAVITY PROJECT TAKES ON THE SCI-FI SCENARIO TO PROPOSE THE INCORPORATION OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY INTO ARCHITECTURE IT IS ALSO A TAKE ON THE SPECULATIVE FANTASIES WHICH INSINUATE THE EXTINCTION OF HUMAN KIND.
IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO REVERT THE NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THE MINDSET THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWERS – WE JUST HAVE TO SEE THEM.
APOCALYPSE IS USUALLY THE TOPIC PREFERRED FOR FUTURISTIC DESIGNS SINCE THERE ARE NO LIMITS BUT THERE ARE NO LIMITS IN AVOIDING IT EITHER.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DESIGN FOR A BETTER FUTURE WITH SMARTER STRUCTURES, MORE VERSATILE MATERIALS, AND MORE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE MEANT TO AUGMENT AND ENHANCE THE INHERENTLY FRAGILE AND UNSTABLE HUMAN CONDITION.
I OPPOSE AND DISAGREE WITH THE DARK, NEGATIVE VISIONS OF THE FUTURE AND HOPE THAT DESPITE ALL OF WHAT IS SAID AND WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE IS STILL HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING THE BEST OUT OF OUR MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT.
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