Y4S1-Intervolve by Cynthia Tam

TAM CHI WAN CYNTHIA

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO INTERVOLVE - YEAR 4 SEMESTER 1

2024-25

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE

PROJECT INFORMATION

INTERVOLVE

Academic Work, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Group Project (In Collaboration with Tang Chui Yan, Leung Hok Kei)

Fall 2022 (Year 4 Semester 1)

Instructor: Prof. Mo Kar Him

*Award For Best Representations For Studio C*

*Nominated for the Hong Kong Housing Award 22/23*

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

COMMUNITY

MOVE-IN MECHANISM AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT

DESIGN LOGIC

RENTING MECHANISM

MAPPING MONG KOK

RESEARCH MASSING

5-9 12 14-17 18-19 4 10-11 13

INTERVOLVE

Intergenerational Co-Living Housing in Mong Kok

Our intergenerational co-living housing project in Mong Kok, Intervolve, aims to design an evolving architecture that can react to potential changes within the family structure as well as the interactions among families and creating a close-bonded community.

As age evolves over time, the housing needs of every household changes. Simultaneously, multiple generations naturally gather within both the household and the community. From studies of a variety of urban living spaces in Mong Kok, they showed how spatial tactics serves visual connectivity as the basis to encourage different levels of intergenerational interactions, from passive to active. We hope to design a community housing that accepts aging in place and is adaptable to changes among the six types of family households: solitary, childless, nuclear, extended, single-parent and grandparent families.

To cater the changing needs of family structures, 4 standard types of housing units are provided according to the personality of individuals: pet-lovers, workaholic, physically active and party-animals, for current stages for future changes, all with a basic living-dining room, kitchen and private balconies and bedroom. Each unit can decide to refurbish their units or rent extra space from neighbour as a new bedroom, reading, dressing or any functional room and vice versa based on affordability and necessity.

After clusters are formed from the four unit types, they are grouped and allocated at different areas on the site with different levels of private-public interfaces, being flexible for families to choose units base on their preferences. The courtyards within clusters acts as communal spaces across clusters to provide different levels of social interactions (from passive to active) and purposes, such as private or shared balconies, connections, large communal courtyards as resource-sharing spaces to make interests more affordable. Intervolve is foreseen to be socially rich through architectural intervention to introduce benefits to the whole society.

INTERVOLVE 4

In Collaboration with Tang Chui Yan, Leung Hok Kei QR CODE LINK TO INTERVOLVE VIDEO

MAPPING MONG KOK MAPPING MONG KOK

BENEATH THE BRIDGE

Interview 1

Older Couple

Age: 40-45

Gender: M, F

Location : Area near the bridge

Non resident, resting and eating street foods

Purpose of visit: shopping

Frequency of visit: first time in a few years visiting before)

Facility wanted: a resting place with air conditioning

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MAPPING MONG KOK

CASE 1: SEATS BENEATH THE BRIDGE

LOCATION AND PHOTO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

SITE

CONTEXT

ANALYSIS

SITE

SITE

AWARD FOR BEST REPRESENTATIONS FOR STUDIO C - FALL 2022 7 foods years

(been frequently conditioning

STUDY MODEL (1:100)

INTERVIEW

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

MTR AND CHA CHAN TENG

Interview 2

Couple

Age: 20-25

Gender: M, F

Location : Canopy Connecting MTR and Non resident, Visiting at cinema

Purpose of visit: movie watching, dining

Frequency of visit: rarely (too crowded)

Advantages of MK: variety of shops

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02 / CANOPY CONNECTING

CASE 2: CANOPY CONNECTING MTR AND CHA CHAN TENG

LOCATION AND PHOTO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

CONTEXT

ANALYSIS

SITE

STUDY MODEL (1:100)

AWARD FOR BEST REPRESENTATIONS FOR STUDIO C - FALL 2022 9

INTERVIEW

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS Cha Chan Teng

PROBLEM

INTERVIEWS, STATISTICS, TRENDS, TARGET GROUP

COURTYARD STUDIES， RESOURCE MAPPING

RESOURCES ANALYSIS

URBAN LIVING SPACES ANALYSIS, CASE STUDIES

INTERVOLVE 10 COMMUNITY RESEARCH 1 2 3

AWARD FOR BEST REPRESENTATIONS FOR STUDIO C - FALL 2022 11

Matching households choose their prefered unit types and their suitable clusters.

These units responds to the evolving nature of family structures and can be rented out for neighbours according to their needs.

Thr project ties people together with visual connection, residents can check on one another and keep each other in check. Therefore, maintenance and regulation can be a communal responsibility.

INTERVOLVE 12 L Personality Test ResidentInterestForm Yau Tsim Mong District has the second highest population desnity of all HK districts. It is concentrated with commercial activities. Housing is not cheap in the area, nding a new residence is hard. Hong Kong How do we adapt to the changing needs of di erent families? Can the project embrace unpredictable change of family structures? An o cial platform is dedicated for information collection from potential residents. Follow-up meetings and gatherings are arranged, providing more oppourtunities to match with suitable households. A comprehensive matchmaking system is a crucial part of the project since it is community driven by prioritizing human interaction. Human relationships make or break the core of the project. A mutual commitment is made by matching households to live as a community. Multiple individual and group interviews are held to maximize compatibility and to better matchmaking. A day camp is arranged for houselholds with matching potential to further understand each other. There are a lot of interesting urban living spaces in Mong Kok that make use of both urban tactics and participatory activities to cultivate the community. Courtyards and public space can connect people of di erent generations Co-living is created through social interaction but how? The Workaholic The Physically- Active

Demo units allow households to experience the living space. People take part in a role of the community helping each other and contributing to the collective wellbeing of the neighbourhood. Furnitures and tools can be easily shared between households. This further strengthen the bonds between families. in the future, connections can evolve and spread across the entire project

Communal responsibilities are distributed among neighbouring households. Four basic unit types as a foundation for evolving design, adaptive to various preferences. MOVE-IN MECHANISM HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT A ordable, social interactiion inducing housing can then be achieved.

SOCIALLY-ACTIVE

SOCIALLY-PASSIVE CLUSTER

AWARD FOR BEST REPRESENTATIONS FOR STUDIO C - FALL 2022 13

MASSING COMMUNITY UNITS

CLUSTER MIXED CLUSTER CLUSTER

01 / UNITS COMBINATION

To cater the changing needs of family structures, each unit can decide to refurbish their units or rent extra space from neighbour as a new bedroom, reading, dressing or any functional room and vice versa based on affordability and necessity.

02 / CLUSTER

The courtyards within clusters acts as communal spaces across clusters to provide different levels of social interactions (from passive to active) and purposes, such as private or shared balconies, connections, large communal courtyards as resourcesharing spaces to make interests more affordable. Intervolve is foreseen to be socially rich through architectural intervention to introduce benefits to the whole society.

03 / COMMUNITY

INTERVOLVE 14 UNITS COMBINATION TYPOLOGY

CLUSTER TYPOLOGY EVOLVING COMMUNITY

DESIGN LOGIC

The courtyards within clusters acts as communal spaces across clusters to provide different levels of social interactions (from passive to active) and purposes, such as private or shared balconies, connections, large communal courtyards as resource-sharing spaces to make interests more affordable. Intervolve is foreseen to be socially rich through architectural intervention to introduce benefits to the whole society.