5/29 Re-Use, Re-Urban

A design method to recreate a new enviornment friendly to elderly

In Taiwan, the problem of population aging has always been a significant issue. Taiwan has the lowest birth rate in the world, and more and more elderly are unsupported.

Therefore, more and more elderly communities have appeared in Taiwan. Re-use means to re-use discarded items and recreate new value. Re urban means to use the re-created value to redistribute resources and provide better care for the elderly community at the urban level.

Elderly

Units for medical suppply

house units for elderly

Park Area

Shop Unit Vend the product and use the income to support the function of the retirement unit

From four aspects: food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

Reproduce recyclable products in various fields and send them to stores for sale, operate in the form of tourism factories, create tourism value, and apply the economic value brought to the care of the elderly

Wearing

Eating

Living

Transportation

Old cloth recycle

Plastic tableware recycle

Old wood furniture recycle

Old bicycle recycle

Frabic(bag scarf etc.)

Plastic art work

Wood-made daily necessities (bowl, cup etc.)

Metal-made furniture

The site is located in the community behind Jiantan MRT Station in Shilin District, Taipei City, adjacent to the Keelung River. The base is the old channel of the Keelung River. The old river channel has become a long-shaped park after the project of cutting and straightening it. The community population is mostly elderly, and most of them are vulnerable people with lower incomes. However, the base lacks sufficient medical care resources and life functions. Therefore, striving for the resources of the elderly and providing a better living environment has become an important task. A problem that the community desperately needs to solve. The four base analysis charts on this page analyze the base's building distribution, green space distribution, living functions, and traffic. Combined with the composition of the community population, find out the resources that the community most needs to provide, and add these functions and services to the design to provide more abundant resources and solve the current problems of the community.

1956.11.09

Mountain area Public Square area Green area for residential use Green area for public use Riverside Green area Water

6 Floors5 Floors 4 Floors -3 Floors

Volume

1965.11.06 Metro Route Highway Line 529 Mini Line 8 Line 9023

School zone Public facilities Sports Food supply Residential area Commercial area

Line 109 Line 203 Metro Station Bus Station Bike Lane

Transportation

1974.06.11

Void

Present day

Pharmacy Park Supermarket Restaraunt Clinic

Music Center School Post Office

Function

Aerial photos of different years show the changes in the Keelung River after the bending and straightening project in different periods.

Balcony

Terrace

Terrace

Balcony

The design idea is to use the stacking and retreat of the volume to create more courtyard space. Due to the limitation of the base space, the space must be created by stacking. Since the space function is mainly used by the elderly, more courtyards And outdoor space can create a more comfortable space experience. What is shown in the picture is the outdoor space created by the rectangular volume after the retreat of part of the space, including the space of the terrace and the balcony. Therefore, the elderly can enjoy outdoor leisure without leaving the space on the current floor.

sightseeing corridor 4F balcony projection

3F balcony projection

tourist factory In the stacking operation, the upper and lower staggered layers are used to create a platform space. The floor space on the lower floor becomes the platform space on the upper floor. The projection diagram in the figure shows that the projection space created by the staggered operation of the upper and lower floors allows the upper platform space to be better utilized, and also creates more platform space for leisure activities.

B

A

A’

B’

Rooftop

RF

+1400

Living area

4F

+1050

Living area, outdoor platform

3F

+700

Medical center, shopping area

2F

+350

Tourist Factory, Sightseeing corridor

1F

+0

B-B’Section

A-A’Section

RF

+1400

4F

+1050

3F

+700

2F

+350

1F

+0

The arrangement of green spaces and parks is essential for the elderly. The design turns the road in front of the site into a green space and connects the green space on the site. The buildings are set back and green. The passage on the first floor of the base runs through the entire building, allowing users to walk from the park in front of the base to the riverside green space at the rear of the base without encountering obstacles, providing a more convenient and complete spatial experience.

Market

Green Area Water

The base was originally a market space, which separated the front and rear green spaces. The plan design connects the long park in front and the riverside green space at the back on the base, allowing users to walk directly from the park to the riverside green space at the back through the base, creating a complete spatial continuity.

Living Room Dining Room Bedroom Kitchen Bathroom

3F plan

3F Living Layout

Sightseeing Corridor Hall Living Area

4F plan

4F Living Layout

The first and second floors are mainly used as tourist factories and

medical spaces. The staggered space units provide a smoother moving line and a complete production process for viewing products. Tourists can enter the store in this unit to buy when the products attract them.

The sightseeing corridor is designed with a curtain wall, which provides better lighting and allows passers-by to more easily see the process of the factory operation, thereby attracting more people to visit and driving the flow of people. The medical space on the second floor has straight lifts and elevator access, providing more immediate care for the seniors living on the upper floor.

Wearing Factory Eating Factory Living Factory Transportation Factory

Taiwan is located in the subtropical zone, with hot summer tem-

peratures and intense solar radiation. Heat has always been a significant danger for the elderly. The diagram below illustrates a solar radiation analysis and an outdoor comfort analysis of the building and its surrounding areas to determine whether to add shelter or enhance cooling to specific building areas.

Solar Radiation Analisis

Location: Taipei,Taiwan Month: September

Outdoor Comfort Analisis

Location: Taipei,Taiwan Month: July

By adding bus stops around the

base, it is easier for the elderly to pass between the community and the MRT station. The newly set bus stop route covers the community more completely, making it easir for the elderly in the community to travel.

The original bus route The new bus route