abpl90143 studio d 2020 sem 2
STUDIO 04 THE ARK
JOURNAL STUDIO LEADER: Laura Mรกrtires
joelle leong xinian 1124635
CONTENTS:
WEEK WEEK 11
INTRODUCTION Task 1: The Bare Necessities
WEEK WEEK 44
Task 4: What Else Is There? 24 - 28 August
03 - 07 August
WEEK WEEK 22
WEEK WEEK 55
10 - 14 August
31 August - 04 September
WEEK WEEK 33
WEEK WEEK 66
Task 2: The Superfluous & The Specific
Task 3: Packing It All In 17 - 21 August
Task 5: What If?
CONTINUATION Task 5: What If? 07 - 11 September
MID MID SEM SEM
WEEK WEEK 10 10
14 - 18 September
12 - 16 October
WEEK WEEK 88
WEEK WEEK 11 11
Mid-semester Review
Project Development
Project Development
Project Development
21 - 25 September
19 - 23 October
WEEK WEEK 99
WEEK WEEK 12+ 12+
28 September - 02 October
26 - 30 October
Project Development
Final Review Preparations
In the first week, we were introduced to the studio’s aims: speculating on the future of our living spaces and the impact on cities if the need to leave our address is eliminated (similarly to the conditions we have all experienced whilst under lockdown). Based on this topic, our first task addresses the questions of the ‘Ideal’, which is to be designed by the ‘Designers’ working group, and the ‘Fundamental’, which is to be designed by the ‘Users’ working group. I was placed in the ‘Users’ group for the week, where we had to design a series of prototypes for programs which we decided were absolutely essential to live. The list we came up with is: reformation centre, emergency centre, cemetery, healthcare centre, community library, waste innovation centre, food production centre, supermarket, social centre, offices, daycare and preschool. I was placed in charge of designing the cemetery and healthcare centre.
W WEEEEKK 11 INTRODUCTION Task 1: The Bare Necessities 03 - 07 August
GES:PROGRAM 1: HEALTHCARE CENTRE
FEEDBACKS/DRAFTS:-
essential for providing healthcare/pharmaceutical services to residents
CONCEPT:-
- a sterile space which provides a combined digital + traditional physical patient experience PRECEDENT IMAGES:-
ich provides a combined digital + traditional xperience initial program: hospital (a sterile centre which integrates digital patient services
-to initial program: hospital interaction (a sterile centre integrates digital patient servicesdigto provide on-demand and which care, managed through centralised ital centres - allows interaction for around-the-clock clinical monitoring, etc.) digital centres provide on-demand and care managed through centralised (allows for continuous clinical monitoring, etc.)
feedback: reduce scope (hospital is too large-scale and specialised, perhaps more of a clinic instead) // incorporate other health-related subprograms such -as feedback: reduce scope (hospital is / too large-scale specialised) to be more of physio, therapy, meditation, etc / consider theand interaction with--> doctors a clinic // health-related sub-programs; physio, of therapy, meditation (physical orincorporate digital?) // other can consider a wellbeing centre instead a healthcare centre - focus on preventative measures // link the healthcare centre to the centre // consider interaction with doctors (physical or digital?) // can do a wellbeing cemetery (therapy/meditation) instead of program a healthcare centre (focus on preventative measures) // can possibly link
healthcare centre to cemetery (therapy/meditation)
PROGRAM 2: CEMETERY/CREMATORIUM a space for meditation, memorials and the cremation of the deceased
CONCEPT:-
- a meditative space which promotes reflection and healing of the soul - verticality of the cemetery addresses the concept CEPT:-of ‘ascension’ ditative- space whichofpromotes reflection and healing of integration technology with memorials to allow ul for infinite users in a limited space
ality ofPRECEDENT the cemetery addresses the concept of “ascension” IMAGES:-
ration of technology with memorials to allows for infinite in a limited space
diagram1.1 digital memorial digital memorial: the diagram above illustrates how the cemetery/crematorium program will integrate the use of technology with memorials, where memorials will be digitally stored within an interactive ceiling feature
PROGRAM 1: HEALTHCARE CENTRE
A healthcare centre designed to support the urban life within an indoor city, catered towards people of all ages. Integrating a digital experience into a classic traditional clinic setup, assessments and consultations are carried out within fully digitalised rooms, taking advantage of the advancing technologies available to provide innovative experiences to its users. A physiotherapy centre has been designed as a sub-program within the healthcare centre as it requires a space to physically engage with, unlike other subprograms such as meditative therapy which can be carried out through digital conference. The children’s clinic attempts to engage with, and pique the interest of younger minds through the introduction of interactive elements, whilst still keeping to the overall sterilised atmosphere of the clinic. Designating a healthcare centre as an essential program allows for convenient, and quick access for residents and other building users, which could also passively encourage the community to regularly maintain their health at the centre.
PROGRAM 1: HEALTHCARE CENTRE
children’s clinic
physiotherapy centre L
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physio massage
digital assessment
therapy room
consultation room
pharmacy storage
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PROGRAM 2: CEMETERY/CREMATORIUM
A meditative space has been designed to allow visitors a space to reflect and remember the ones who have passed. The cemetery integrates a reflective chapel which follows the notion of ‘ascension’ to a digitalised memorial space, as well as a modest crematorium. Beginning at the reflective chapel, one would walk on steps across a pool of water enclosed in a smooth curved-wall space in an attempt to elevate the calming atmosphere of the chapel. Ascending the stairs, one would then reach the digitalised memorial where memoirs can be accessed through extendable electronical tubes attached to the ceiling which also act as an aesthetic feature of the space. The crematorium space, which is inaccessible by the public, allows for the cremation of coffins along with the storage of urns. Designating a cemetery/crematorium as an essential program provides residents with a solemn, therapeutic space for contemplation, reflection, prayers, remembrance, as well as meditation.
PROGRAM 2: CEMETERY/CREMATORIUM
crematorium
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LEVEL TWO LEVEL ONE
urn storage
digital memorial
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Similarly to the previous week, the task is seperated between the ‘Users’ and ‘Designers’ group. The focus is placed on a further inquiry into human habitations, looking at the question of ‘how do we create diversity in our urban environments? And how do we create unique modes of living without resorting to the fantasy of living in an ideal unit?’ In this week, the ‘Designers’ are tasked with developing proposals for ultraspecific living, and the ‘Users’ are tasked with deciding what programs are superfluous but should be added within a context of ‘Ark’ living. I was switched to the ‘Designers’ group for this week, where I was tasked with the design of a unit for ‘Co-Living’.
W WEEEEKK 22 Task 2: The Superfluous & The Specific 10 - 14 August
CO-LIVING (MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING) W H Y multi-generational living? - reduced financial commitment (housing affordability) - better housing options due to shared finances - share household chores - care for elderly - strengthen family bonds
CLIENTS? - maternal grandmother - husband and wife - twin daughters (6 years old) - maternal aunt
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAWING
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAWING
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EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAWING G R O UEXPLODED N D L E VISOMETRIC EL DRAWING GROUND LEVEL
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EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAWING F I R S TEXPLODED L E V E L ISOMETRIC DRAWING FIRST LEVEL
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EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAWING SECON D L E V E ISOMETRIC L EXPLODED DRAWING SECOND LEVEL
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SECTION SECTION SCALE 1:50 on A3 SCALE 1:50 on A3
0.5m 0m
3m 1m
In this week, we were split up into teams with whom we would be working with until the end of the semester. We were tasked with designing two towers: inefficient and efficient, using all the programs designed by everyone in the first two weeks. For the efficient tower, we had to find a most optimal way of packing all these programs together, whilst the inefficient tower had to be haphazard with a lot of generated ‘wasted space’. With this, we were being introduced to the idea of the overall ark, filled with a mixture of essential and superfluous programs.
W WEEEEKK 33 Task 3: Packing It All In 17 - 21 August
EFFICIENT & OPTIMAL TOWER
An Efficient & Optimal Tower ? P R E C E D E N T HEXAHEDRON ARCOLOGY, PAOLO SOLERI - Arcology (a portmanteau of “architecture” & “ecology”) - Soleri’s utopias played with the organisation of space in the physical
Precedent: Hexahedron Arcology, Paolo Soleri
environment
- Arcologies are self-contained, vertically layered mega-buildings that -Arcology (a portmanteau of natural "architecture" and "ecology") combined living, working and environments into condensed
superorganisms
-Soleri’s utopias played with the organization of space in the physical environment
self-contained, vertically layered mega-buildings that An -Arcologies EFFICIENTare & OPTIMAL tower should have.... combined living, working and natural environments into condensed - A superorganisms. natural flow of programs
- Connection between layers - Follow the order of heirarchy
INEFFICIENT & HAPHAZARD TOWER
P R E C E D E N T JUNK SPACE, REM KOOLHAAS - “Junkspace is the architectural spaces that we design and build with the intention of trapping inhabitants in a surrealistic environment
An INEFFICIENT & HAPHAZARD tower should be.... - Huge and full of absence - Follows no rules - No inherent order - No connections between its parts
LIST OF PROGRAMS
RK.PLAY.REST
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Arranged according to a daily routine flow of:
Eat, Work, Play, Rest.
CONCEPTUAL SECTION
Conceptual Section
FLOOR PLAN DIAGRAM
Bubble Diagram
FLOOR PLAN DIAGRAM
Bubble Diagram
FLOOR PLAN DIAGRAM
Bubble Diagram
UPDATED LIST OF PROGRAMS
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
FORM PRECEDENTS
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
labour administration
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
health hub
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
EFFICIENT
public hub
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
office
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
EFFICIENT
recreation hub
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
green hub
ORGANISATION DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
residential
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
ISOMETRIC
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
EFFICIENT
elevation
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
EFFICIENT
central core
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
INEFFICIENT
INEFFICIENT - 205M HEIGHT
EFFICIENT - 140M HEIGHT
INEFFICIENT - 205M HEIGHT
EFFICIENT - 140M HEIGHT
SECTION
Progressing forward from the previous week, we were to develop one of the designed towers where we chose the inefficient one for its chaotic qualities. We were then tasked with exploring and testing a series of spatial and programmatic strategies that operate within our tower, keeping in mind the experiences provided to the users of the tower. We also had to unpack these systems further and explore circulations, etc, whilst slowly building up the concept of our ark.
W WEEEEKK 44 Task 4: What Else Is There? 24 - 28 August
CONCEPTUAL TITLE
TH E S EAMY S I D E O F S O C I ETY PRECEDENTS
Kowloon Walled City
Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market
What is SEAMY? - Place for criminals to hide or live - Eyesore - Massive labyrinth - Ghetto
Design intent? - Allow the seamier side of society to act as if it has a legitimate place - Provide a safehouse space for the outlaws and criminals (insiders’ knowledge)
Chungking Mansions
PROFILE
DEMOGRAPHICS Population: approx. 4000 Gender: Male | 65%
: Female | 35%
Age Range: 0-15 | 10%
: 16-24 | 30%
: 25-34 | 35%
: 35-44 | 20%
: >45 | 5%
Marital Status: Married | 20%
: Single | 50%
: Divorced | 30%
Household size: One | 40%
: Two | 25%
: Three | 20%
: Four+ | 15%
Employment Status: Employed | 60%
: Unemployed | 40%
Income: <18k | 30%
: 18k< x < 37k | 65%
: >37k | 5%
LIST OF PROGRAMS
NORMAL LIVING:
G RAY AR EA:
CRIMINAL LIVING:
- barber
- food court
- gambling den
- outdoor park/sports court
- public bath
- drug den
- education
- community centre
- brothel/strip club
- healthcare (clinic)
- market
- fight club
- cemetery
- multi-faith church
- underground bank
- community library
- warehouse
- illegal healthcare
- community farm
- convenience store
- office
- cinema
- safehouse (concealed within another program space)
- emergency service - delivery system - waste innovation - social living - hikikomori - sub-divided flats
GRAY AREA where the legal meets the illegal
the illegal programs are concealed between and within the normal living programs
GRAY AREA where the legal meets the illegal
PLAN (convenience store) hidden illegal program behind the normal living program
GRAY AREA where the legal meets the illegal
PLAN (church) concealed safehouse space
CONCEPTUAL SECTION
CONCEPTUAL CIRCULATION
COMMON: - lift - staircase
ESCAPE ROUTES: - rubbish chute - cat ladder - pole - dumbwaiters
Circulation reference: AMIDAKUJI (Japanese Ladder Game)
DEVELOPED CONCEPT
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Olympics 2016, Brazil
REFERENCES: - Commonwealth Games 2010, India Trump’ Presidential Visit 2020, India - ‘Namaste
ommonwealth Games 2010, India - Olympics 2016, Brazil - ‘Namaste Trump’ Presidential Visit 2020, India
lympics 2016, Brazil MANIFESTO:
Namaste Trump’ Presidential Visit 2020, India
- Ironically criticise the government’s respones to informal settlements (band-aid solution) - Making a political statement on the government’s obsession with creating an artificially-perfect image of the city - Our design embodies the authorities’ narrative of: “If you don’t see it, it doesn’t exist.”
“When we make Delhi a world-class city, it will be compared with other world capitals. One does not come across beggars in other countries. Why should there be beggars in Delhi?” - municipal social welfare minister, Mangat Ram Singhal
phicDEMOGRAPHIC Diagram DIAGRAM
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mographic Diagram
PROGRAM LIBRARY
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Categories
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5 Categories: - Living - Key - Recreational - Illicit - Service
SPATIAL ITERATIONS reference: tetris
FRAMING THE SPATIALITY
CIRCULATION
SECTION LIVING
Section Living
SECTION BROTHEL
Section Brothel
In this week, we started to further progress our tower’s concept design; we were tasked with developing a ‘What If?’ scenario to contextualise and situate our tower. By expanding on our manifesto and narrative, we had to design clear architectural/spatial strategies which strengthen the proposed ‘What If’ scenarios, whilst strengthening and solidifying the concept itself. In this period of two weeks, we also had to prepare sets of drawings for the mid-semester presentation which is held the week after Week 6,
W WEEEEKK 5&6 5&6 Task 5: What If?
31 August - 04 September 07 - 11 September
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT L E G A L <-------------> I L L E G A L
PU R PO S E O F WALL - shutter - comfort zone - buffer (blurs boundaries) - can be physical or imaginary - separation of zones - restriction
I L L E G AL P R O G R A M (requires permanent location) (e.g. fight club, brothel, adult toy wholesaler, unlicensed medicine practice)
- trapdoor with ladder (e.g. illegal program in the refuge level) - access from legal to illegal program (program inside program) - accessible through backstreets - illegal activities disguised as legal programs (e.g. Thai massage parlour/ brothel)
I L L E G AL P R O G R A M (non-permanent, usually a small space) (e.g. drug den, black market)
- narrow alleyways/hidden corners - behind other programs - trapdoor (above ceiling & below floor) - within living spaces
INTERIOR STRATEGIES
“Drug den” located within a living/dwelling space
INTERIOR STRATEGIES The illegal programs are concealed between and within the normal living programs
Imaginative boundary
INTERIOR STRATEGIES The illegal programs are concealed between and within the normal living programs
Physical boundary
WHAT IF?
MACRO - Authorities were obsessed with their attempt to create a perfect image of the city? - This obsession leads to a large scale urban renovation which causes a mass forced relocation of inhabitants from informal settlements into formalised buildings? - Authorities ignore the living patterns of the inhabitants, only focusing their efforts on the curation of idealistic building exteriors and creating an attractive metropolis?
MICRO - The inhabitants of the building have the freedom to modify and adapt the interior spaces? - The inhabitants (who previously lived in informal settlements) try to cross the legal boundaries out of habit? - The boundaries between illicit and legal programs are blurred by â&#x20AC;&#x153;wallsâ&#x20AC;??
SITE H I D D E N I N PLAI N S I G HT
Site
Hidden in Plain Sight
PROGRAM ORGANISATION GAM E - LOTTE RY/ LOTTO
Program Organisation Game - Lottery/Lotto Step 01 Separate the building into five main zones (vertically) Step 02 Lottery generator- compute the drawn numbers (guess range of 2-60) Step 03 Use the numbers to determine number of program units per floor Rules -
use ≥2 program categories per floor
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exclude service programs
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Illicit activities must be hidden within/ behind other programs
Say for 10 Key (5): 1x wet market, 1x animal farm, 3x meat family owned factory Illicit (3): 1x adult toy wholesaler, 2x unlicensed medicine practice Recreational (2) : 1x barber, 1x bar
PLAN L E V E L 2 (39 PROGRAMS) & L E V E L 9 (11 PROGRAMS)
Plan
Level 2 (39 programs) & Level 9 (11 programs)
PLAN L E V E L 16 (18 PROGRAMS) & L E V E L 19 (48 PROGRAMS)
Plan
Level 16 (18 programs) & Level 19 (48 programs)
DETAILED FLOOR PLAN L E V E L 16
Detailed Floor Plan Level 16
Community Farm
Unlicensed medicine
Gambling Den
MID MIDSEM SEM Mid-semester Review 14 - 18 September
â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we make Delhi a world-class city, it will be compared with other world capitals. One does not come across beggars in other countries. Why should there be beggars in Delhi?â&#x20AC;?
- municipal social welfare minister, Mangat Ram Singhal
Manifesto
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Ironically criticise the government’s response to informal settlements through bandaid solutions
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Making a political statement on the government’s obsession with creating an artificially-perfect image of the city
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Our design embodies the authorities’ narrative of: “The art of pleasing is the art of deception”.
The Beauty of Deception (+)
(-)
STUDIO 04 Joelle Leong (1124635) Yanie Poon (743274)
What If Macro
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Authorities were obsessed with their attempt to create a perfect image of the city?
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This obsession leads to a large scale urban renovation which causes a mass forced relocation of inhabitants from informal settlements into formalised buildings?
-
Authorities ignore the living patterns of the inhabitants, only focusing their efforts on the curation of idealistic building exteriors and creating an attractive metropolis?
What If Micro
-
The inhabitants of the building have the freedom to modify and adapt the interior spaces?
-
The inhabitants (who previously lived in informal settlements) try to cross the legal boundaries out of habit?
-
The boundaries between illicit and legal programs are blurred by â&#x20AC;&#x153;wallsâ&#x20AC;??
Macro
Concept Collage
- critique - art of pleasing is the art of deception (idealistic building faรงade) - hidden in plain sight
Site Hidden in Plain Sight
Facade Visual Trickery
Building Height: 508m No. of Storeys: 104 (incl. basement)
Micro
Demographics
Program Kit
Program
LIVING
KEY
RECREATIONAL
ILLICIT
SERVICE
REFUGE
CIRCULATION
Program Organisation Game - Lottery/Lotto
Step 01 Separate the building into five main zones (vertically) Step 02 Lottery generator- compute the drawn numbers (guess range of 2-60) Step 03 Use the numbers to determine number of program units per floor
Rules -
Use â&#x2030;Ľ 2 program categories per floor
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Exclude building services
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Illicit activities must be hidden within/ behind other programs
Schematic Plan Level 2 (39 programs)
Level 16 (25 programs)
Level 9 (11 programs)
Level 19 (47 programs)
Detailed Plan Level 16
1. Indoor Park 2. Living 3. Bar 4. Public Toilet 5. Internet CafĂŠ 6. Tobacco Store 7. Hidden Corner 8. Unlicensed Medicine Practice 9. Gambling Den
Circulation Reference
Amidakuji - Japanese Ladder Game
Circulation
Circulation
Section
Vignettes Social Housing
(Drug Corner)
ILLICIT
LEGAL
(Typical Living)
Vignettes Programs
(Restaurant + Strip Club)
ILLICIT
LEGAL
(Bakery + Barber)
Vignettes Shop House
(Living + Unlicensed Medicine Practice)
ILLICIT
LEGAL
(Living + Family-owned Factory)
Vignettes Market
(Black Market within a Normal Market)
ILLICIT
LEGAL
(Normal Market)
Vignettes Renovation
WEEK WEEK88 Project Development 21 - 25 September
UNPACKING THE CONCEPT
D E C E P T I O N
E X T E R I O R (facade)
I N T E R I O R (program)
- authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ideal image
- reflection of informal settlements
- the beauty of the city
- the seamy side
- neat, orderly, clean, organised
- chaotic, unorganised, cramped
EXTERIOR O R NAM E NT STRATE GY - B EAUTY
Ornamentation to deceive about interior program, and enhance message of beauty on exterior facade
PRECEDENT
Pitzhanger Manor, John Soane Neoclassical architecture
EXTERIOR O R NAM E NT STRATE GY
C OAD E O R NAM E NTATI O N - godesses representing beauty, trust, and peace - Pandora hints at building’s interior happenings (Pandora’s Box)
INTERIOR MOTIVES/INTENT
illicit
PHYSICAL ASSETS (money, goods)
PHYS I CAL + M E NTAL
M E NTAL SATI S FACTI O N (emotional release)
- phishing scams
- ‘Tinder crimes’/identity theft
- cyber-bullying
- hackers (individuals)
- forgery (counterfeit money printing,
- cyber-stalking
- marijuana grow room
accounting fraud, document falsification)
- consuming illegal drugs
- illegal gambling
- unlicensed medicine practice
- fight club
- cults
- black market
- illegal sexual activities (prostitution)
- real estate crime - hacker organisations - mafia’s office
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
U PDATE - Building Storeys: 104 to 60 - No. of zones: 5 to 3 - No. of inhabitants: 5000 to 3500 - Floor Area (per level): 50x50 to 35x35 (1,225 m2)
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK - ironically criticise the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to informal settlements - the art of pleasing isConceptual the art ofFramework deception
Deception
Exterior// Facade
Interior// Program Arrangement
EXTERIOR
RATI O NALE - the beauty of deception: exude the idea of beauty, and perform as a superficial solution + creating a perfect image of the city (response to authority’s obsession with a beautiful metropolis) - blend in with its surroundings (hidden in plain sight), so people on the exterior won’t expect/suspect the interior activities of space (illicit, etc)
F O R C EExterior D PERSPECTIVE Optical Illusion // Deception// Play with Scale - optical illusion // deception // play with scale
Forced Perspective
The Same As
Normal Building
EXTERIOR FORCED PERSPECTIVE
Exterior Reference: How Disneyland uses forced perspective to Conceptual Diagram Exterior deceive the public
Reference: How Disneyland deceive one using forced perspective -
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland is 23m high
Elevation
Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland (23m high)
E L E V A T I O N
S E C T I O N
Section
EXTERIOR O R N A M E N T S T R A T E G Y (G/F)
Corinthian Columns//Coade Ornamentation//Reflection of the authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; core values
Exterior Ornament Strategy trategy for G/F: The Corinthian Column Coade Ornamentation// Reflection of the authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; core values
Corinthian
Pandora
King Solomon
Abraham Lincoln
Mahatma Gandhi
Audrey Hepburn
-metaphor
-wisdom, impartiality
-truth, integrity, ruled by honestly
-peace, non-violence
-beauty, kindness
Tuscan
Doric
Ionic
Composite
EXTERIOR CONCEPT
Exterior Concept Dual meaning (beauty --- deception)
The authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ideals
The Reality
EXTERIOR O R N A M E N T S T R A T E G Y (ABOVE G/F)
Columns//Face & Vase illusion
illusion
Exterior Ornament Strategy for above G/F: Face & Vase illusion
Pinnochio long nose Pinocchio Long Nose
rategy for above G/F: Face & Vase illusion
Front view
Side view
Front View
Side View
EXTERIOR O R N A M E N T S T R A T E G Y (DETAILING)
Have dual meaning (beauty --- deception)
Exterior Ornament Strategy Detailing- have dual meaning (beauty --- deception)
Plant
Snapdragon
Dahlia
Animal
Centaur
Chameleon
Owl
Racoon
Coyote
EXTERIOR O R N A M E N T S T R A T E G Y (DETAILING)
RULE
LAW
- Guideline
- Enforced
- Learning tools
- Keep order in society
- Flexible
- Rigid
- Varying consequences
- Predetermined consequences
“RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN” - No Smoking - No Fighting --- (Fight Club) - No Drugs --- (Drug Den, Marijuana Grow Room) - No Prostitution --- (Brothel) - No Gambling --- (Gambling Den) - No Unauthorised Business --- (Unlicensed Business Practice) - No Illegal Trade --- (Black Market, Adult Toy Wholesaler) - No Hacking --- (Internet Cafe) - No Fraudulent Schemes --- (Phishing Scames, Real Estate Crime) - No Unauthorised Organisation --- (Cult, Office for Mafia)
WEEK WEEK99 Project Development
28 September - 02 October
INTERIOR D E S I G N STRATE GY
ROBIN BOYD‘S FEAUTURISM - Visual pollution - Bombardment of confused style + mixed ideas - Fixation on parts rather than whole - No overall cohesion (plethora of “features of interest”) - Chaotic quality (cannot grab passerby’s attention for a long time - eye never allowed to be still)
INTERIOR D E S I G N STRATE GY Prototype (6mx6mx6m) Interior Architectural Strategies - Prototype (6m x 6m x 6m)
Interior Architectural Strategies - Prototype (6m x 6m x 6m)
INTERIOR SIGNAGE
Interior Signage
Interior Unlicensed Medicine Practice Unlicensed Medicine Practice Signage
Adult Toy Wholesaler Adult Toy Wholesaler
Marjuana Growroom Marijuana Grow room
Massage Parlour + Brothel Massage Parlour + Brothel
Cult Cult
Real Estate (crime) Real Estate (crime)
INTERIOR D E S I G N S T R A T E G I E S - PLAN
l Strategies - Plan
l Strategies - Plan
Interior
Interior
Architectural Strategies - Plan
Backstreet (maze-like circulation)
Architectural Strategies - Plan
CamouďŹ&#x201A;age
Appropriation of facade
Interior Architectural Strategies - Plan
Interior Architectural Strategies - Plan
Blurring boundaries (i.e. massage parlor//brothel)
Blurring boundaries (i.e. internet cafe//hacker) Program within a program
INTERIOR D E S I G N S T R A T E G I E S - PLAN
Interior
Interior
Architectural Strategies - Section
Architectural Strategies - Section
Illicit Program between the Normal Program
Appropriation of the under-stairs space
Interior
Interior
Architectural Strategies - Section
Architectural Strategies - Section
Facade Ornamentation - Surveillance
Appropriation of Ceiling Space
FACADE DUAL MEANING
Facade Dual Meaning
Facade Design Intent
Architecture
Authorities’ Narrative
Actual Connotation
Perfect image of city
“Hidden in plain sight”
Marvellous Melbourne (as a landmark)
Sarcastic response to concealment of informal settlements
Capture essences of Melbourne’s architecture
Ironically criticizes Melbourne’s architecture of Featurism
FACADE R O B I N B OYD ‘ S FEATU R I S M
Each facade face is a reflection of its immediate site surrounding
cade bin Boyd’s Featurism
h facade face is a reflection its mediate site surrounding
Gothic
Art Deco
Classical (Main Entrance)
Modern
SITE ANALYSIS D E S I G N S T R A T E G I E S - PLAN
Site Analysis
Site Analysis
Art Deco Architecture - Park Hyatt Hotel
Modern Architecture - Premier’s Office
Art Deco Architecture - Park Hyatt Hotel
Modern Architecture - Premier’s Office
Site Analysis
Site Analysis
Gothic Architecture - St Patrick's Cathedral
Classical Architecture - Parliament of Victoria
Gothic Architecture - St Patrick’s Cathedral
Classical Architecture - Parliament of Victoria
WEEK WEEK10 10 Project Development 12 - 16 October
WHAT IF?
MACRO - Authorities were obsessed with their attempt to create a perfect image of the city? - This obsession leads to a large scale urban renovation which causes a mass forced relocation of inhabitants from informal settlements into formalised buildings? - Authorities ignore the living patterns of the inhabitants, only focusing their efforts on the curation of idealistic building exteriors and creating an attractive metropolis?
MICRO - The inhabitants of the building have the freedom to modify and adapt the interior spaces? - The inhabitants (who previously lived in informal settlements) try to cross the legal boundaries out of habit? - The boundaries between illicit and legal programs are blurred by â&#x20AC;&#x153;wallsâ&#x20AC;??
COLLAGE MANIFESTO
- Ironically criticise the government’s response to informal settlements (band-aid solution) - Making a political statement on the government’s obsession with creating an artificially-perfect image of the city - Our design embodies the authorities’ narrative of: “The art of pleasing is the art of deception.”
SITE MAP
Site Hidden in Plain Sight
COLLAGE R O B I N B OYD â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; S FEATU R I S M
INTERIOR
Interior on Normal Program
Interior Normal Program
vertical circulation
Interior Illicit Program
Interior Illicit Program
normal program
illicit program
INTERIOR DRAFT SECTION
nterior Section 1:500
EXTERIOR FACADE
Art-Deco
Modern
EXTERIOR FACADE
Victorian
Classical
WEEK WEEK11&12+ 11&12+ Project Development & Final Review Preparations 19 - 30 October
WORK IN PROGRESS
WORK IN PROGRESS
FINAL FINALPRESENTATION PRESENTATION Final Project Folio Link:
https://issuu.com/yaniepoom/docs/s04_ass2_ group5_743274_1124635_folio/s/11283195
TRANSCRIPT In 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported approximately 24,826 homeless people in Victoria on Census night (41.9 people per 10,000), which is an 11% increase since 2011.
TRANSCRIPT We researched the actions taken by the authorities in order to conceal the poorer, less visually pleasant end of the city. To be more specific, the homeless. Through our findings, we discovered that these issues of informal settlers exist as a byproduct of short-sighted decision-making by the authorities who are unwilling to acknowledge their failures. The public is then left unsatisfied and unhappy with the state of the streets, and the lack of action taken towards the homeless by the authorities, claiming that the streets are now unsafe and dirty as a result. Thus a protest is instigated in Melbourne on this matter, to provide a solution and rid the streets of the homeless.
TRANSCRIPT This protest then sparked the authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; desire to eradicate and conceal all of the unsightly in Melbourne with a superficial solution, and therefore a beautification project is to be carried out where a large-scale edifice complex is to be erected. 3000 homeless people would then be invited to be relocated into an initial experimental tower in order to appease the public.
TRANSCRIPT All budget and resources are expended towards the curation of an idealistic building exterior in an effort to create an attractive metropolis, where architects are tasked only with the design of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facade. Whilst the authorities display an indifferent attitude concerning the interior design and living conditions of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inhabitants.
What If?
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How the authorities use the lowest budgets to design a facade which boasts the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image & captures the essence of Melbourne and its architecture?
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How the authorities address the interior living conditions of the informal settlers & how the settlers adapt to this new way of life?
TRANSCRIPT We started by speculating on two questions: - How the authorities use the lowest budgets to design a facade which boasts the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image & captures the essence of Melbourne and its architecture? - How the authorities address the interior living conditions of the informal settlers & how the settlers adapt to this new way of life? Therefore, our design proposal attempts to ironically criticise the authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; actions of concealment towards informality, standing as a form of protest, while making a political statement on their obsession with beauty and deceitfulness.
STUDIO4
THE ARK
GROUP 5
B EAUTY OF
D E C E PTI O N
YANIE POON
JOELLE LEONG
Exterior
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
SITE MAP
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TRANSCRIPT Here is our site map, where our project site is located adjacent to both the Parliament House and the Premier’s Office forming a triangular relationship. This site choice was made in order to strengthen our design’s political statement and critique against the concealment of societies’ underlying issues of informality.
ROBIN BOYD’S FEATURISM TRANSCRIPT We took Robin Boyd’s notion of Featurism as a reference; he described Melbourne as a problematic Feauturistic city, where there is no overall cohesion and this drives the outcome of a variety of buildings with different architectural styles.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
Goal: design an idealistic building exterior with different architectural styles The authorities: envision a beautiful/visually appealing building which captures the essences of Melbourne’s architecture The designers: reveal Melbourne architecture as a ‘featuristic’ and ‘aesthetic calamity’
Victorian
Art Deco
Classical
FACADE STRATEGY
(Main Entrance)
Modern
TRANSCRIPT Responding to the beautification project, the authorities have a desire for a beautiful facade that captures the essence of Melbourne and its architecture, and thus aiming for an idealistic building exterior design with different architectural styles & ornamentation. Whereas, the designers intend to reveal Melbourne architecture as a ‘featuristic’ and ‘aesthetic calamity’ through the design of the facade.
ELEVATION
FACADE DESIGN
CLASSICAL (Parliament House)
MODERN
VICTORIAN
ART DECO
(State Government)
(Historic Building)
(Park Hyatt Hotel)
TRANSCRIPT As a result, we applied the concept of Featurism into the facade design by combining various architecture styles that mirror the structures in the immediate surroundings. This allows the building to be hidden in plain sight. These are the facade elevations that correspond to its surroundings:
FORCED PERSPECTIVE
FACADE STRATEGY TRANSCRIPT Forced perspective is an optical illusion strategy which is deceptively employed in the design of the building’s exterior, implying the authorities’ ambition to erect the tallest, grandest edifice in Melbourne. This boasts the state’s symbols of capital, power and technological advancements while responding to their obsession with beauty.
PERSPECTIVE TRANSCRIPT This perspective shows the authorities celebrating the success of the initial stage of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautification project.
Interior
'aesthetic calamity’ with no overall cohesion
PROGRAM ORGANISATION
LOTTERY
Goal: a chaotic program arrangement and suffocating living conditions The designers: depict the response on how the government handled the crisis by evasion and being indifferent, whilst conveying Boyd’s idea on an
The Lottery
TRANSCRIPT Moving on to the interior, we intend to further criticise the authorities’ decisions on this matter where randomness, chaos and flexibility are the interior spatial qualities that we hope to achieve, in order to create a strong contrast with the neat, orderly exterior. The lottery is used as a program organisation method to generate this randomness.
Lottery Procedure
PROGRAM ORGANISATION
Step 1: Floorplates; use the chosen number of units to arrange the essential programs on each floor strategically
Illciit
Circulation
Normal
Step 2: Circulation is added throughout the building
Overall
Step 3: “Remove floorplates”; void spaces resulting from the stacking are appropriated by the inhabitants
TRANSCRIPT Step 1: we use the lottery to generate a drawn number which determines the distribution of regulated programs on each floor. Then we arrange the regulated programs, which are essential for living, strategically on a set grid and stack each level to create a vertical tower. Step 2: circulation is then added throughout the whole building Step 3: We then remove the floorplates in the model, and the void spaces resulting from the stacking of these regulated programs are left to be occupied by the inhabitants of a first-come-first-served basis, where they can decide how they want to appropriate this space whether it be for illicit purposes or not.
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PROGRAM ORGANISATION - PLAN
Step 1+2
TRANSCRIPT This floor plan shows how we employed the lottery method, where we drew number 40, and organised 40 regulated programs, on a set grid in one level. These regulated programs include restaurants, living spaces, markets, community farms, small shops, etc.
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PROGRAM ORGANISATION - PLAN
Step 3 Illicit
TRANSCRIPT Void spaces are then appropriated and infilled by the inhabitants to host illicit programs.
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PROGRAM ORGANISATION - PLAN
Step 3 Overall
TRANSCRIPT This process produces the overall floor plan where boundaries between illicit and normal may be blurred.
OVERALL SECTION
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The authorities: conceal the problem of informality and being indifferent towards the informal settlers themselves
illicit activities
TRANSCRIPT Here is the overall section of the tower where you can see contrast between the exterior and interior, evident in the formless/shapeless circulations and program organisations caused by the authorities’ indifferent attitude towards the tower’s interior. This gives the inhabitants full authority over the interior design decisions, where they must be flexible/ evasive/ anonymous in order to transform the interior. More importantly, it provides opportunities for inhabitants to host illicit activities.
METAMORPHOSIS
FLEXIBLE TACTIC
Metamorphosis: the programs metamorphose under cover and emerge transformed
Ongoing process
TRANSCRIPT Metamorphosis is used as a flexible tactic to allow the illicit to evade, where programs metamorphose under cover and emerge transformed. In order to retain the anonymity of its location, the illicit spaces are constantly changing and transforming over time.
DAY 0
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT Through an observation of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior over a period of time, we recorded this adaptation and modification of this space done by the inhabitants of the tower. Day 0: The first record displays the initial conditions of the building which contains only the most basic unit frameworks which were poorly constructed by the authorities using cheap drywalls and plasterboards
DAY 60
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT Day 60: After 2 months the inhabitants have started to modify the space to suit their needs, by constructing a ceiling structure for hanging signages. Illicit programs are also beginning to appropriate spaces for use, whilst manipulating the application of signages for concealment.
DAY 250
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT Day 250: The inhabitants have fully settled down, and now have the abilities to use construction nettings as well as signages, as a device to conceal/disguise illicit spaces to deceive/ shield from others. The perspective shows how construction nettings are utilised for this purpose. The one on the left with lighter/ brighter colour is a normal program that is actually undergoing construction/ renovation. Whereas darker construction nettings wrap the unit on the right, disguising the illicit program.
DAY 280
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT Day 280: This process of metamorphosis of programs is recorded here 30 days later, where both the normal and illicit programs are constantly changing in order to be evasive.
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DETAIL SECTION A TRANSCRIPT Several further spatial strategies have been employed in order to host these illicit moments. Detail section A: shows one of our interior design strategies where there is the illicit appropriation of the void spaces between normal, regulated programs. A marijuana grow room is located above the regular farm which is accessible through a folding ladder in the ceiling. Signage is also used to deceive others about the actual program of space, whilst also marking out illicit programs from the normal where it bears clues as to what the actual program of the space is
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DETAIL SECTION B TRANSCRIPT Detail section B : shows the appropriation of the facade ornamentation as a means of surveilling the outside world, through the eyes of these ornamental figures as well as the appropriation of the void space within the facade itself for other illicit purposes. The small ceiling voids are also appropriated in a similar way for storing/hiding illegal goods.
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FLOOR PLAN TRANSCRIPT In plan view, you can see more clearly the appropriation of the facade void spaces and how people utilise the ornaments for surveillance purposes.
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FLOOR PLAN TRANSCRIPT Also, the maze-like circulation of the interior is evident where the corridors are cramped, which offers opportunities for small, tight alleyways as well as backstreets that can be used for seamier activities out of the public eye.
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FLOOR PLAN TRANSCRIPT There are also illicit programs which are being camouflaged by normal programs, where the form of the illicit unit is similar to the regulated programs, and only insiders would know these illicit activities exist. Throughout these three floor plans you will also note how metamorphosis happens, where the illicit programs constantly change locations to remain anonymous. The signages also correspond to these changes, increasing in concentration where there is the illicit in order to conceal it further.
INTERNET CAFE
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT This shows the internet cafe, where hackers and regular computer users exist within the same space. We can see the normal and illicit programs exist side by side, where there are no clear boundaries between the two.
CONVENIENCE STORE
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT This shows an illicit program hidden within a normal, regulated program, where there is a hidden door disguised as a fridge in the convenience store.
SIGNAGES IN THE ALLEYWAY
INTERIOR TRANSCRIPT This image shows the use of signages throughout the interior space, adding to the chaoticity whilst concealing the illicit.
HERO IMAGE TRANSCRIPT The authorities who are concerned only with quantitative results, set out a survey in which a positive correlation was found between the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satisfaction with the state government and this beautification project, where people are pleased with this gradual purification of the streets from the unseemly. Therefore, the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial phase had been deemed successful and ready for commencement onto the next stage. Despite the authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; celebrations of success, no proper solutions regarding informal settlers have been made and the crux of the matter persists on. If the matter remains unresolved, the overall numbers of informal settlers will continue to add up, and the underlying problem becomes more difficult to solve in the long run. Eventually, these issues will have to be addressed; the designers hope that one day the authorities will face their responsibilities and take up the challenge to provide the longterm antidote to the matter of informal settlers within Melbourne.