The Other in the 'home'

the other in the 'home'

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the other in the 'home' is for every 'the Other' in the 'home'.

Description

Who designs the environments and spaces around us? Whom are they designed for? And in turn, if these spaces shape us and our society, how does it work?

What if architecture acknowledges our diverse society? Who is missing and absent here?

The other in the ‘home’, is about an interest of ‘the Other’; the interest of the ‘out-group’ citizens who are neglected in the grand narrative.

The three ‘homes’ projects are in Chinatown, Melbourne, and I will act as ‘the Other’ to provide three different shelters with additional public buildings to serve the specific client, Asian immigrant women who are facing family violence in different situations.

Taking the idea of ‘the Other’ as a tool of self-reflection and architecture as a critical practice, to blur the typology of spaces, from the private space of an individual to the public living space of a family, from the ‘home’ to the public building facility, from the unnamed alleys of Chinatown to Little Bourke St, to the whole community. This serves to reshape our society by redefining the public and private realms to make it more inclusive and reflective.

Here, everyone is the other and no one is the other.

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Reference

'the Other'

'in-group' and 'out-group'

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"Otherness is the basic category of human thought."

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- Simone de Beauvoir

'the Other' in Chinatown, Melbourne 'Melbourne Chinatown as an Iconic Enclave.'

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Melbourne, Chinatown

Melbourne, Chinatown

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'Melbourne Chinatown has been an iconic enclave throughout history...The value of its continual existence is not merely a way of historical preservation or a marketing strategy for city branding, but is in fact a genuine contribution to cultural pluralism in Australia against discrimination and segregation in the past as well as homogenized and globalized cityscape in the present.'

- 'Melbourne Chinatown as an Iconic Enclave'

Chinatown in Melbourne has maintained its uniqueness, evolving from a transitory staging place for Chinese gold seekers to a terrifying slum with legendary gambling houses, opium stores, and brothels. It has shown its endurance in the face of different restrictive laws, successfully transforming from a furniture manufacturing and fruit distribution centre to a thriving hub for cafés and restaurants.

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The arches, performances during the special festival, and those elegant decorations have no genuine structural purpose; they are merely decorative. However, it is to convey to the viewer that Chinatown looks like a theme park. It is 'the Other' in the western context, and if we go behind the surface of those exoticized decorations, we will understand that the Chinese also used them to preserve their community.

the mirror gate of Chinatown

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old new

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Between the real and the virtual, the mirrored gates of Chinatown are no longer objects to be observed through reflection, but can observe their surroundings and identify themselves as subjects.

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This is a discussion of non-binary.

pavilion= library/performance stage

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"The ugliness I mean is skin deep… But skin is as important as its admirers like to make it, and Australians make much of it. This is a country of many colourful, patterned, plastic veneers, of brick-veneer villas, and the White Australia Policy."

- Robin Boyd, 'The Australian Ugliness'

The temple-shaped pavilion, which nor mally ser ves as an open space for the public and provides a stage for performances at festivals, is a response to Robin Boyd's 'featurism'.

Neptune’s Fishbowl restaurant Robin Boyd

This is an idea that has been proposed in one studio before. A library or a performance stage is the result of a blending of the public and private spheres, as well as consideration of the complex relationship between the public building and the local community.

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The Australian Ugliness Installation Design Eugenia Lim

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performance stage

research 1 - Asian immigrant women who are facing family violence in

Recommendation #139 which service providers to ensure appro

Recommendation #204 suggest violence data collection and resea

The Royal Commission has published a series of recommendations on Family Violence, but it is clear that the government 's attention to Asian immigrant women is still lacking in somehow, due to language barrier and cultural differences, which better demonstrates the specificity of this group of people is more representative. Therefore, specific needs and cultural needs are the main consideration.

A sense of belonging and safety, as well as support from the local community, are particularly important.

Interpreters are necessary.

..."Indeed, battered women's opp class, gender, sexual orientation and Dupont 2005; Sokoloff an

..."Hence, although the PSS (A violence at a lower rate than Au in the survey. Reasons for unde lack of facilitation by the use of ers were used when conducting in

..."the risk of domestic and fam fournia 2011)."

..."Lack of family and friends to exert more control over a wom tural Centre Against Family V

..."However, there are no refere specific cultural needs as well as

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Victoria

proposes that the Victorian government fund some organisations to provide training for opriate services for CALD communities.

ts that the Victorian government work with some agencies to improve state-wide family arch in order to fill existing gaps in demographic information on CALD communities.

-'Summary and recommendations', Royal Commission into Family Violence, March 2016

pression is often multiplied by their location at the intersections of particular race, ethnic, n, and immigrant systems of oppression and discrimination (Crenshaw 1994; Sokoloff nd Pratt 2005).''

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2012) found that immigrant women experience domestic ustralian-born women, some groups of CALD women are likely to be under-represented er-representation include being members of new, small and emerging communities and a f interpreters and bilingual interviewers (2012). For example, no professional interpretnterviews for the survey."

-'Summary and recommendations', Royal Commission into Family Violence, March 2016

mily violence for CALD women is actually higher than for mainstream women (Gha-

or a social network is regularly mentioned in the literature and can be used by the abuser man, leading to increased social abuse (Easteal 1996a; Flory 2012; InTouch: MulticulViolence 2010; Ogunsiji et al. 2011)."

ences to the particular needs of CALD women based on their immigration status and other structural barriers faced by this group of women."

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-'Are Immigrant Women Visible in Australian Domestic Violence Reports that Potentially Influence Policy?'

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-'Are Immigrant Women Visible in Australian Domestic Violence Reports that Potentially Influence Policy?'

research 2 - site analysis

“…it is important to realize that town plans originate, develop, and function within a physical and human context without which they remain incomprehensible… towns have a life history.

Their developments together with the cultural history of the region in which they lie, is written deeply into the outline and fabric of their builtup areas.”

- 'Dynamics of Chinatown’s evolution in Australia: new visions for urban life'

The open backyards were covered, smaller plots were merged for redevelopment.

Chinatown's development process is an organic evolution and always about politics and the economy.

Its unique architectural features are about the local architectural character and oriental pragmatism, which should be preserved. Attention should be paid to unnamed alleys and undeveloped plots. the other in the 'home'

Chinese-related functions

Figure: Nolli maps of Melbourne Chinatown based on Mahlstedt Maps. a: 1888, b: 1910, c: 1948, d: now

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“…The building forms have now begun to take on an applied oriental character …” “…Much of the building fabric is Little Bourke Street is low scale, at two to four stories, with architectural styles characterized by utilitarian…” “…A few buildings have more direct design connections with groups of Chinese background…”

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-‘Melbourne Planning Scheme’

research 3 - design guide for refuge accommodation for women

Design guide for refuge accommodation for women and children

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Figure: design principles, Samantha Donnelly, 'Design Guide for Refuge Accommodation for women and children'

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Design principles: Private; Sustainable; Flexible; Safe; Accessible; Child Focused; Therapeutic; Sense of home; Dignified

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concept sketch

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1. 'the home' for single women 2. 'the home' for women with babies 3. 'the home' for women with children

Project 1: the 'home' for single women + Communal kitchen

Keywords: layered entry; selfcare; free layout; therapeutic space

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Communal kitchen open_ For take way

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Project 2 : the 'home' for women with babies + Australia Asian Women's Association

Keywords: nursery and universal assist; local community support

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Australia Asian Women’s Association with Bi-lingual Reception

Project 3 : the 'home' for women with children + Daycare center

Keywords: facilities for children of different ages; child focused

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Daycare Center

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'the Other' in Building 100 3 x A0 panel for Major Project

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State of Victoria, 2016. Royal Commission into Family Violence: Report and Recommendations. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer.