Learning from Tokyo, Univ.-Prof. Hiromi Hosoya

ALBERTO LANCERIN PORTFOLIO

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ESC Studio - WS 2011

Instructor HIROMI HOSOYA Assistant MARKUS VOGL

The metropolitan area is growing. Yet, traditional areas of growth - green fields in the suburbs and industrial brown fields in the city - are limited. Continued urban growth might lead to an increase of sprawl and further burden the region’s infrastructure - rail as well as road. One possible solution is to promote inner city growth by urban infill. But, how can this be achieved? While planning authorities look for solutions by increasing density in the city, our lifestyle demands more living space per person. What incentives are necessary in order to promote inner city growth? Will the resulting projects be attractive to ensure the quality of urban living?

Examples of residential projects by Japanese architects can be generative for the proposal of new living typologies. Due to the high density, the high renewal rates and the particular zoning laws of the Tokyo Area, architects in Japan are confronted with minimal budgets and small building lots. Despite these constraints they have managed to create rich and diverse spaces for living and working, and to integrate nature and architecture.

An investigation of the various housing typologies and methodologies seen in Tokyo and learning from the creative approaches taken by architects could open up the possibilities for conceiving of new housing typologies suitable to the scale of available sites in the future metropolitan area.

CASE STUDY Ryuji Fujimura; Building K; Suginami-Ku, Tokyo; 2008

Ground floor: flexibility

Roof top: new ground

Structure: To enable a free plan, floor 2 to 4 are suspended from 900mm depth I beams (mega beams), which are supported by four, mega columns that also house electrical, sanitary, and other services. The top floor above the main beams consists of individual apartments arranged like detached houses.

Materiality

Structure: Grid + Modules

VIENNA

Maximize BCR and FAR

Maximize sun exposure

U31, Flat typologies

CORRIDORS If we compare the different means of access we have in Building K, is immediately visible that the situation on the rooftop creates a special atmosphere, open to more than just one use.

Lot of space has been used for connecting the apartments on 2nd 3rd 4th storey, can we use this space better in order to create a space with its own character?

Beside that, do we need corridors within the flat itself?

What happen to the flat layout when we rid of that area?

BUILDING K, Corridors

ENVISION Corridor as street

FINAL PROJECT Universumstrasse 31A, 1200 Vienna

Ground floor: flexibility

Ground floor

Corridor: -Transparency -Shared space -Storage

1st 3rd 5th Floor

Roof top: new ground -Communal terrace -Maisonettes

7th Floor

CONNECTION -Concrete frame -Metal frame separation/external walls -Cement board cladding