DESIGN THINKING conceptual strategy PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCES S TAG E 3
2015
MAXIMIZATION OF THE SITE
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concept exploration
B A ( H O N O U R S ) A R C H I T E C T U R E : S PA C E S A N D O B J E C T S MAIXMIZATION OF THE SITE
QUESTIONING THE AREA OF THE SITE AND EXPLORING THE MAXIMIZATION OF THE SPACE IN ORDER TO HOUSE MORE UNITS IN THE SAME PLACE. FLIPPING THE MACHIYA UNIT = FIRST STEP TO MAXIMIZATION.
INTRODUCING CONCEPTUAL STRATEGY INTO THE SITE
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S1 PRIVATE UNIT PRODUCTION / LIVING
CIRCULATION POINT
COURTYARD
ACCESS
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COMMERCIAL UNIT
MAKING THE NORTHERN FACADE MORE INTERESTING. BY ROTATING THE TYPOLOGY 3 M1 TO CHANGE THE SHOPFRONT ORIENTATION. THIS ACTIVATES THE STREET BY HAVING ACCESS NOT ONLY TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA BUT ALSO TO THE COMMERCIAL AREA. THE DOUBLE FACADE IS INTRODUCED BRINGING MATERIAL RICHNESS INTO THE FACADE.
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2. TESTING ON SITE BY FLIPING THE MACHIYA MODULES TO EXPLORE THE DENSIFICATION OF THE SITE in order to generate A HIGHER NUMBER OF LIVE/WORK UNITS
Maria Fernanda Gutierrez ‘M ACHI YA’ The Machiya is a rethink of the
PRIVATE UNIT PRODUCTION / LIVING
traditional shop-house typology, featuring adaptable dwellings above
CIRCULATION POINT
a commercial property, to support the emergence of alternative models of COMMERCIAL UNIT
living, working and playing on the high street. A redevelopment of an existing supermarket on Caledonian Road, the proposal is inspired by the architectural
NEW ACCESS PROP
ACC
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typology of the historical ‘machiya’ merchant house in Japan, where courtyards play a central importance in the connection of spaces. The project increases the potential for individuals and families of all sizes to live and work on the high street.
3. ACCESS DEFINITION AND LIVE/WORK UNIT TYPOLOGIES DEFINED. 4 TYPOLOGIES DEFINED AND 8 UNITS ON SITE
1. COURTYARD = BREAKING POINT
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DIFFERENT LAYERS OF VOLUME EXTRUSION INTRODUCED INTO THE STREET. DIFFERENTIATING THE CORNER BAKERY SHOP FROM ITS RESIDENTIAL VOLUME, CREATING A MARKED VOLUME FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ACCESS, AND HAVING A SECOND CORNER POPING-OUT ON THE PEDESTRIAN STREET COVERED BY IT’S CANTILEVERED RESIDEN2. ACCESS = TIAL VOLUME VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION
3. MACHIYA WITHIN A MACHIYA
1) Street Elevation, 2) Site Strategy Sketch, 3) Facade Development Model , 4) Development Model, 5) Ground Floor Plan, 6) Level 1 Plan.
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