Decoding Anomie by Maya Roufail

A Thesis Book for the Final Architectural Project Submitted to the Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Art, and Design, American University in Dubai. In partial fulfillment for the degree requirements of Bachelor of Architecture, Fall 2019.

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Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Art, and Design, American University in Dubai. In partial fulfillment for the degree requirements of Bachelor of Architecture, Fall 2019.

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P R E F A C E SECTION

INTRODUCTING LABOR COMMUNITIES

0 .1 T he si s A bstr act 0 .2 A ckn o w l e d gem ents

Chapter 1: Dubai, a Hub for Migrant Workers 1.1 Dubai Evolution 1.2 Dubai Immigrants 1.3 A Short History of labor Camps in Dubai 1.4 Labor Camp Typologies in Dubai 1.5 Labor Camp Locations and Connection to the City

Chapter 2: Low-Quality Living Conditions 2.1 Defining low-Quality Living 2.2 Health impacts 2.3 Professional and Economic Impacts 2.4 The Relationship between Architecture and How its Inhabitants Feel

Chapter 3: Concept: Alienation and Bond-Theory 3.1 Alienation 3.2 Defining Bonds 3.3 Defining Social-Bond Theory

3.4 Bond-Theory, Labor Workers and Architecture

Chapter 4: Case Studies-Observation and Data Collection 4.1 Refurbishment Architecture 4.2 Live-Work 4.3 Community Engagement

Chapter 5: Al Qouz Industrial Site Programming and Spatial Analysis 5.1 Spatial Program and Criteria

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5.2 Spatial Organization, Analysis and Relationships

AL QOUZ SMART LABOUR HUB DESIGN

Chapter 6: Al Quoz Industrial Synopsis

PROCESS & IMPLEMENTATION

6.1 Historical Background and Evolution 6.2 Economic and Social Impact 6.3 Significant Events

Chapter 8: Thesis Summary

Chapter 7: Context Analysis

10.1 The Labor Community

7.1 Microclimate Analysis 7.2 Site Relationship with the Built Environment 7.3 Site Location and Surroundings 7.4 Access and Circulation 7.5 Site Hygiene Levels 7.6 Site Population Density 7.7 Building Codes and Regulations 7.8 Existing Buildings Spatial Analysis

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10.2 Anomie and Bond-Theory 10.3 Case Studies 10.4 Al Qouz Industrial and Site Analysis

Chapter 9: Concept Proposal 9.1 Introducing Concept Systems 9.2 Mood Board Study 9.3 Concept Proposal 1 9.4 Concept Proposal 2 9.5 Concept Proposal 3 9.6 Preliminary Concept Proposals Zoning

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Dubai, the city that has grown to hit world records, to become an epitome for mind-blowing

It will tackle the concept of alienation to understand how the labor community can become

architectural projects, and a destination of luxury designs and leisure experiences, is not

integrated and engaged rather than estranged from their living, their production and the

merely a result of synergies between local and migrant thinkers, developers and investors,

community as a whole. Al Qouz Labor Accommodation, bordering Al Asayel road inter-

but also a product of the hard work and sweat of a large community of low-income migrant

section, makes up one of the few labor housing sites that have the potential to become

workforce. Today about 70% of migrant workers in Dubai are those who work in low-income

integrated with the city. Their accommodation's layout on an intersection renders the site

occupations, and about 27% of them employed in the construction sector alone; others in-

a recognizable character, with an urban impact of being the center of attention. They are

clude taxi drivers, chauffeurs, gardeners, cashiers and some working in the hospitality sec-

situated at the heart of al Quoz neighboring many facilities and services, including a mall

tor. Those workers who never got the chance to experience the outcome of their exertion

and a mosque, but at the same time lacking connections with the rest of the city. The urban

have been and are still living in slum-like conditions. After long working hours of hard labor,

composition of this site raises an interest in questioning its functionality as a whole. There-

physical effort, and high tolerance under severe weather conditions, they eventually de-

fore, the thesis will analyze the site on a social, architectural, and urban level, taking into

serve a retreat during their resting hours. But unfortunately, Current labor accommodations

consideration planning, infrastructure, efficiency, materiality, and community experience. It

and community spaces are lacking the comfort that labors need. Their designs are based

will examine the mechanism and the dynamism of the place, to discover what is working,

primarily on economic factors, eliminating whatever spaces, functions, or services that lead

and what is not, what is existent and what is missing, who is living there and the locations

to an increase in the overall cost. Recent studies have shown that low-quality living spaces

of their work, and how the area is connected or disconnected to the rest of the city. The

result in the chance of people developing high levels of depression, psychopathic reactions,

outcome of the research will then determine what has to be done, upgraded, or altered to

and a decline in health and body immunity. These impacts, according to social researchers,

advance the community of low-income labor workers into a healthier and more functional

affect the safety of the community, imposing possibilities of increases in crime rates and

state. The intention is to allow the plot to reach its highest potential through designing a hub

suicidal acts. In addition to that, living in such spaces decreases productivity levels and

that experiments with having the best practice for the labor community, to become a pilot

the quality of work done. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the urban complexity

that is then taken as an example, a prototype in terms of its spirit by the neighboring plots,

of labor communities through a chosen site that is situated within the city and has a high

hoping that all the labor communities will develop in this way.

potential to become a better living organism.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First, I would like to begin my thesis by expressing sincere gratitude to all of those who supported me and helped me throughout my thesis. It was an honor to me to be mentored by Dr. Anna Cornaro, who has helped me and guided me extensively in reaching a well-developed research and analysis process with ample data accumulation, that creates an ultimate foundation for the implementation of the project, therefore, I would like to thank her for all her passion, dedication and hard work that enabled me to finish this book proudly. I would also like to pass my deep appreciation towards all the support provided by my parents and my brother, as they have helped me endure all the ups and downs, and all the sleepless nights, motivating me for further self-development and achievements; without them, none of this would have been possible.

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Dubai, the city that has grown to hit world records, to become an epitome for mind-blowing architectural projects, and a destination of luxury designs and leisure experiences, is not merely a result of synergies between local and migrant thinkers, developers and investors, but also a product of the hard work and sweat of a large community of low-income migrant workforce.

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1.1 Dubai Evolution

Dubai, in its framework and place, started as a port, called Dubai Creek. The creek provided appropriate environmental conditions that helped Dubai become one of the principal ports of the Gulf Region. European powers started to become interested in this region to secure their trade routes from the Indian subcontinent and eastward. In 1822, 800 members of the al Maktoum family, belonging to the Bani Yas tribe, left Abu Dhabi to settle down at a point between Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, and this is when Dubai, as a city in 1822, was Born. During the 19th century, pearl diving, practiced along the coast of Dubai, was the primary natural resource of economic activity in the region. Indian and Persian merchants became interested in the pearl diving opportunities, so they started settling there, growing into an important merchant class with a strong voice in the governing and investment decisions of

D1. In 1833, Bani Yas tribe immigration to Dubai Creek

Dubai. Dubai later started to harvest a big portion of the pearls to international markets, and therefore its role as a national port became significant. There was an increasing Dubai port integration with the British trade routes. In 1904, the ruler Al Maktoum declared the port to be tax and control-free, quickly attracting more and more export activities. Dubai started growing steadily during the early part of the 20th century. After the world recession in 1930, a new form of resource had to replace the pearl industry; in 1950, gold became the new natural resource to replace pearls. In 1966, oil was first discovered, and Dubai was able to benefit from its geographical importance through oil concessions and developing aviation infrastructure. The linearity of the creek helped attract inland activities, and its form also inspired the British to create a floating airbase. The British imperial airways then set up an airstrip and used Dubai as an important stopover for refueling and exchange; this increased the traffic in and out of the creek (Kanna, 2013).

Figure 1. 1930, Bedouin tribes who made living from fishing and pearl searching

To solidify its economic position, Dubai started to encourage business activities. The time the port was increasing in its trade functions, Dubai was still a small village with three main urban areas around the mouth of the creek: Deira (the commercial district), Bur Dubai (the governmental district) and Al Shandagha (the residential district). Dubai's economic growth and increasing traffic lead to a demand for a more intricate and elaborate infrastructural network plan. Urban Expansion started to channel along the shores of the creek. In 1957, the Dubai Municipality was established to control the growing city. Private investments from the world helped improve the activity and productivity of the area (Kanna, 2013). D2. Dubai in 1950- Started as a small village next to a creek

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In 1959, John R. Harris was commissioned to draft Dubai's first master plan, laying out the road structure and infrastructural plan. The Dubai Municipality then reclaimed the Deira side of the creek by using what was removed in the dredging project. Although the Creek has undergone several phases of dredging and expansions, it has managed to maintain its shape and form from 1000 years until today (Serkal). This land later was initiated with office, hotel and municipal development and so became one of the densest parts of the city. About

Figure 2. John Harris first master plan for Dubai established in 1959

50 high-rise structures were then erected, composing of hotels, banks, public services, company offices, and shopping arcades. The high-rise towers usually consisted of shops on the ground floor, office spaces from the first to the third floor and residential from the fourth onwards; this unusual vertical combination along with hotels, entertainment, restaurants, and others ensured that the area remains lively during the day and night. The southward development along the creek became the city's central business district. The vertical diversity of the buildings introduced both, a kind of interchangeability and repetition. Within this district, once the first building achieves success in its type, it then is taken as a prototype to be replicated with limited variation in form, height, and function. In 1971, when more economic growth and urbanization started to happen, Harris was commissioned again to draft the second master plan for Dubai, with which he established a radial-ring road system, connecting the city's outer housing to its center. In 1971, the seven independent sheikhdoms federated to form the United Arab Emirates. Dubai afterward started aiming for industrial diversification beyond oil and gas. The diversification was further supported by both governmental funding as well as the creation of two major ports, Port Rashid and the massive Jabel Ali Port, that lead to the major booming of Dubai's re-export business (Kanna, 2013).

Figure 3. Dubai in 1986

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Figure 4. Dubai- Port Rashid opened in 1972

JABEL ALI PORT

Figure 5. Dubai Jabel Ali Port opened in 1980

D4. Map showing Port Rashid and Jabel Ali Port

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D5. Map showing the three parallel highways

JUMEIRAH ROAD

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Dubai's rapid subsequent urbanization followed a basic yet mosaic-like robust pattern, broadly spaced networks, and related infrastructural improvements. This network was anchored by three major highways running parallel to each other: Al Jumeirah Road, Sheikh Zayed Road, and Emirates Ring Road. Then there was the establishment of developments that conformed to their locational advantages. Along sheikh Zayed Road, high-rise commercial developments sprang up, with Dubai World Trade Centre being the first, built during 1979. Within these establishments was the use of prototyping, replicating and amplifying the design to the current and future demands. This process allowed speed in urbanization and economic saving, leading to what is called today "the fragmented city". Dubai's masterplan today does not reflect a previously drafted masterplan but is an outcome of a rapid spreading of themed developments satisfying current demands and supplies of the region. Within this boom of economy and massive development projects, Dubai became a target destination for employment opportunities and higher standards of living to the rest of the world (Kanna, 2013).

D6. Dubai in 1980, World Trade Centre

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Dubai Immigrants

Being part of the UAE's massive growth in population, Dubai through the last decades has become a widely known destination for temporary migrant workers, seeking opportunities in employment, aiming for higher standards of living. At the start of the 1990s, Dubai became a hub to a large migrant community. In 2005, it was recorded to have the highest percentage of foreign-born inhabitants, making about 83% of the overall population. In 2013, UAE was then declared to be the fifth-largest international migrant stock in the world, consisting of 7.8 million migrants out of 9.2 million citizens (Youha, 2013). The region's economic progress, political stability, and contemporary infrastructure drew both, high and low-income migrants to become part of the workforce. The majority of those immigrants were conducted to be of Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani origins, with a ratio of 75 males to 25 females (PrakÄ sh, 2011); most of the males worked in low-income service sectors, while females worked in domestic and retail jobs. The city's economic and infrastructural growth became highly reliant on foreign labor. In 2018, 70 percent of migrants worked in low-income occupations and about 25 percent of them employed in the construction sector alone. To allow nationals, expatriates and company owners to be able to higher migrant workers, in 1971, UAE introduced a temporary guest worker program called, The Kafala Sponsorship System, which was a way to manage migrant residency and employment for every country in the gulf region. Within this system, local citizens or company owners (the kafeel) must sponsor their migrant workers so that their workers' visas and residency would be legitimate. This makes the workers completely dependent on their employers, thus becoming vulnerable to exploitation. Today, this system is completely outlawed and reformed due to its abusive practices; migrants today own rights of wage protection measures and the ability to transfer employer sponsorship (Reform the Kafala System | Migrant-Rights.org," n.d.). Figure 6. Low income workers of Dubai

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Although it has been outlawed, the Kafala System remained to enforce challenges in the region through its illegal practices on the low-income migrant community, involving exploitive work conditions, poor living accommodations, and nonpayment of salaries. In 2008, as the effects of the global economic crisis started to have their impacts on companies and employers, resulting either in declared bankruptcy or employers fleeing to another country without paying their migrant employees, the region faced many struggles in the large volume of complaints filed by the labor community. The Government considered their complaints and has therefore created a list of rights that protected labor workers against abusive practices and ensured they live in better standards of living. The United Arab Emirates has moved a step forward to become in line with the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention, by providing a Domestic workers rights' bill that guarantees the workers a weekly rest day and labor protections like the other workers in the UAE. Rothna Begum, Middle East women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, said 'Once this bill is ratified, the rights of hundreds of thousands of domestic workers will finally be protected by law in the UAE; this is an important advance, but without strong enforcement mechanisms to accompany the law, it will be largely ineffective" ("UAE: Domestic Workers' Rights Bill A Step Forward | Human Rights Watch," 2017).

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An Overview of Labor Camps in Dubai

A brief study of the history of camps in Dubai till today manifests minor improvements done to enhance the living conditions of the low-income labor community. Labor accommodations were divided into three categories: - Barasti Style

Marron Cordoned areas with barasti-style housing

- Barracks Style

Labor housing within the newly rising industrial areas first started as one-story barracks-style housing which incorporated midways exterior spaces

- Multi-Story Style

Multi-story buildings following the barrack-style, alonf with linear continous narrow balconies

D9. One-story Barrak style housing, Al Muhaisnah district, Dubai

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The Labor camps today represent a historically shaped typology since the city's boom of mass and urban development. The latest version of housing are those which incorporate some services and form the minority in Dubai. The majority are those that are disconnected to the city, economically designed and overcrowded with more labor dwellers than they can sustain

D10. The later version of housing, Synapur

D11. Intermediate balconies, narrow gangways resitrict communal contact, Synapur

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Labor Camp Locations in Dubai

D12. Remote camps

Labor Camps in Dubai are mostly concentrated in Al Qouz Industrial Area, Al Khawaneej, DIP, and Jabel Ali. They are designed using the most economic planning and construction techniques. Inferred from the mapping process is their placement in close distance to each other, within each of the districts. Al Qouz Industrial area possesses a significant spot on the map of Dubai as it exists now, and after Dubai has gone through its rapid urbanization. Possessing a central zone on the map of Dubai and being in close proximity with the sea, al Qouz has the potential to give its labor community the possibility to feel connected and have access to the city, but today, the connection is very limited with no metro line extending to serve al Qouz citizens a fast and a feasible mode of transportation to the city. Its disconnection restricts the workers from feeling the existence of what is beyond the boundaries of their labor community. Labor accommodations in Dubai exist in different typologies, most of them subsiding into the same problem of lacking the adequate quality of healthy living

D13. Camps situated within the city

environments. They exist in three categories, temporary exploration camps, construction camps, and permanent dormitories. Those that are remote from the city sited in the desert can be both temporary or permanent in their construction, those that are located next to the construction site are temporary in form, and those which are situated within the city are mostly permanent. According to - Major-General Obaid Muhair Bin Surour, Deputy Director-General, GDRFA and Chairman of the Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs, "Workers are an important part of society and should be provided with the best facilities. Our aim is to enhance their living conditions". About 6,083 inspection visits were made to labor camps in 2018, to measure their quality of living and hygiene (Shouk, 2018). D15. Mapping labor camps

D14. Temporary camps next to construction site

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Labor Camp Typologies Based on Location

The farthest labor camp within each of the four zones as well as the one sited far in the desert is taken as cases, within the following map, to analyze their location and compare their distances with respect to one of the major roads of Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road.

D16. Mapping labor camps

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Different Examples of Labor Camp Layouts

Labor Camps exist in different typologies based on plan type, size, number of people per room, and number of rooms. -

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U-shaped plan 120 rooms Each room can accommodate up to 6 people Each floor includes a seperate kitchens and dining halls Mulyiple common W/Cs per one floor

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Rectangular O-shaped Plan 150 rooms Each room can accommodate up to 6 people Only 2 kitchens and 2 dining halls for the entire camp One big common W/C zone per floor

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D17. Example 1- Labor camp in DIP plan

Square-shaped plan More than 150 rooms Each room can accommodate up to 6 people Only 2 kitchens and dinning halls for the entire camp 3 common W/C Zones per one floor Window air flow/no air conditioning

Vertical Circulation Bedrooms Accommodating up to 6 people Common Kitchens and Dining Halls Common Toilets Other Service Rooms Circulation

D18. Example 2- Labor camp in Jabel Ali plan

D19. Example 3- Labor camp in Sonapur plan

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2.1 Defining low-Quality Living

Low-Quality living is associated with the lack of necessities available to the specific socio-economic class, poor housing conditions, poor sanitation, inadequate ventilation, insufficient daylighting, unsatisfactory facilities for sleeping, risk of hazards, presence of mold and damp, exposure to high temperatures during summer heat and pollution. It can also include fear of crime and limited accessibility to services.

Figure 8-9. Agriculture practiced by dwellers in parking areas

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Health Impacts of Poor-Quality Living

Figure 10. Begining and end of long work days

Figure 11. Overcrowded worker's room

A study, conducted in the United Kingdom, reported that living in poor-quality conditions can have negative impacts on mental and physical health, causing the potential to develop mental issues such as depression, anxiety and stress, as well as the decline in health and immunity raising the risk of developing diseases. During the Arab health Congress in UAE, Dr. Wasif Alam, a health expert and director of Dubai Health Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s public health and safety department, warned about the risks of labor camps in Dubai stating that overcrowded labor camps with poor sanitation, sewerage and ventilation form ideal environments for the spreading of communicable diseases. He said: "There are often six workers to a room with isolation areas for people who fall sick, but sometimes there is not enough space when illnesses are spreading", and that companies who set up tightly-designed labor camps with lack of hygiene are not following the rules set by the law for the labor workers; this according to health experts can have a large impact on the whole region (Carroll, 2014).

Figure 12. Diseases spreading among the workers

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Professional and Economic Impacts

Dwelling in low-quality living conditions and working under high pressure puts labor workers under mental and health risks that make them more prone to being involved with work-related accidents, fewer productivity levels and low quality of work done (Employee Wellbeing, n.d.). Low productivity levels do not only result from poor-living conditions implied by the labor camps, but also the time spent in transportation from their camp to their work locations. Workers are reported to spend sometimes up to 2-4 hours on road due to the far locations of their homes and due to traffic issues; those 2-4 hours are completely wasted with no source of production or wage income. Low levels of productivity can hinder effectiveness, affect employee morale and therefore alter profit margins (Quain, 2018). According to the UAE 2021 vision which leans towards the post-oil era, aims for the progression of the economic sectors through fostering levels of productivity to ensure and sustain a stable economic growth pace with diverse sources of income along with enhanced social welfare.

Figure 13. Traspotation rides

Figure 14. Work-related accidents

Saqr Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization, said: "The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization seeks to enhance the productivity of the labor market by achieving higher economic benefits through less labor dependency in terms of quantity but focus on quality by functioning more efficiently and using the latest tools and techniques to increase productivity", and this according to him could only be achieved through proper planning (Wam, 2016). To obtain and enhance quality and productivity, there is a need for both smart technology and an empowered worker community. According to the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x153; State of the Global Workplaceâ&#x20AC;? report, about $ 7 trillion are wasted to lost productivity each year, and this is due to the disengagement of the employees with the work they produce, due to their lack of shareholding in the production environment. The Co-founder of Technical and Senior Business Consultant for Microsoft, Rashan Dixon, responds to the lack of engagement by proposing the concept of empowering the workers and fostering engagement by providing purpose-driven work environments; "Empowered employees are given the opportunity to do work they value or work that fuels their growth" (Dixon, 2018). If the future of Dubai aims for the use of the latest technologies to master efficiency and productivity, then this means that there will be a demand for increasing workers' skills and knowledge to be able to hold ownership, use and work with the expected technologies and tools in the right way. To understand the intelligent mechanisms of the latest machinery and to excel using them, workers that are expected to work with them later must be properly educated, mind-liberated and improved in terms of thinking. Dubai today demands all its citizens to be on track with its advancement, or else they will remain mere stayers but are unconditionally outsiders, and therefore cannot contribute to Figure 20. Work-related Accidents

themselves or the development of the region.

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The Relationship Between Architecture and How its Inhabitants Feel

Buildings and the built environment have a direct impact on the mood and well-being of its inhabitants. "Cells in the hippocampal region of our brains are attuned to the geometry and arrangement of the spaces we inhabit" (Bond, 2017). One powerful tool to enhance the quality of the built environment would be designing with science-based insights incorporating findings of different disciplinaries such as architects, designers, engineers, neuroscientists, psychologists, and sociologists, all of whom can help in achieving the ultimate well-being of dwellers. Poorly designed housing communities along with ill-conceived public spaces end up with inhabitants feeling completely isolated and alienated from the wider community. Today, the low-income migrant workers are working under a capitalist system that not only deprives them of engagement and empowerment over their own production and individuality but also forces them into poor living environments that worsen their feel of estrangement and powerlessness over their life.

Figure 15. Artist, Nunzio Paci, exporing the relationship between humans and nature

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Alienation

The state of alienation can be driven from external conditions faced by the individual to end up with alienation happening within the psychology of the individual. It will be defined through three perspectives: the concept of alienation, social alienation, and residential alienation. The concept of alienation, a theory developed by Karl Marx, is defined as the isolating, dehumanizing, and disenchanting effects of working within a capitalist system of production (Ashley Crossman, 2019). The capitalist system represents wealthy owners who purchase labor from workers for wages. Due to the repetitive and menial work nature of the workers, Karl Marx described a worker in a capitalist system as 'an appendage in a machine'. The labor workers get stuck producing one small part, and never get to see the outcome of their work in the bigger or the final product. The productions they make do not reflect their own vision but represent instead the visionary thinking and planning of an elite group; every day they live in anticipation to finish work and start practicing their individuality, but even when feeling the need to express it outside their work, they are not provided the opportunity to do so within the existing labor communities. They feel deprived of their true humanity as a result of being forced into the role of another's species. And at the end, because of the huge production process, they lack knowledge and awareness about who is the final user of their generated work and are completely disengaged with them. They don’ t get the chance to see how helpful their production is to the users nor is there an opportunity for them to feel good as a result of seeing a smile on the users' faces, they are completely cut off from the kind of personal bonding that links their work to personal meaningfulness (Kinghorn, 2015).

Karl Marx's theory defines four different ways in which employees working under the capitalist system feel alienated: - Alienation from the product

due to the product and profit’s ownership by the capitalist and not the worker

-Alienation from the produced work

that is of a repetitive and creatively unrewarding nature, as it is completely driven and directed by someone else

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-Alienation from the inner self

-A l i e n a t i o n f r o m t h e o t h e r w o r k e r s due to a competitive environment that

and potential as a result of becoming objects or replaceable elements of a system of production

forces them to sell their labor for the lowest prices possible

D20. Charlie Chaplin, swallowed by a factory machine

Figure 16. Alienation of workers in a capitalist system

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Social alienation is a broader concept defined by sociologists as the feeling of individuals or groups of being disconnected from the rest of the community. Sociologist Melvin Seeman defined social alienation through five features: - Powerlessness

The feeling of powerlessness of individuals who believe that they lack control over their lives and their production

- Meaninglessness

when individuals do not find meaning in what they are doing or producing

- Social Isolation

when individuals lack connection with the rest of the community

- Self-Estrangement

when individuals are estranged from their desires and demands to satisfy others or social norms.

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powerlessness and meaningless identify alienation that is experienced as a result of working in a capitalist system, while social alienation and self- estrangement can both result from the living conditions and the community the individual dwells, giving in a way for the creation of the so-called term residential alienation. Residential Alienation, a scholarly developed term, which refers to the condition in which an individual feel estranged from the community but also his dwelling. “the thing, having been separated from the individual, seen as alien and apart from him, must now be reabsorbed, reintegrated, its unity with him re-established” (Peter Marcuse,1975). In his research, he defines how one can avoid alienation and have his freedom exercised through owning a ‘property’ stemmed from his own production, reflecting his own will and personality, confirming and realizing his individuality. This concept is fascinating when applied to housing today, especially when referring to labor worker shelters (Peter Marcuse,1975). Marcuse explains how “Economics further encourage standardization and mass production at the expense of individualization.”

Figure 17. A representation of social and residential alienation

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Introducing Bond-Theory Concept

There is a direct relationship between labor workers, who make up a large portion of Dubai's population, and implementing Bond-theory, a self-made term that refers to a philosophical combination between chemical bonds and social bonds and how they could be implemented or integrated into the labor community. Bond-theory concept guides in drawing connections amongst the different parts of the community and incorporating architectural techniques that have the capability to foster solidarity and involvement of the labor community to improve their wellbeing.

Figure 18. A representation of social bond theory

Figure 19. A diagram of oxygen atoms and hidrogen bond connections

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3.3

Defining Chemical Bonds

Chemistry defines bonds as the strong attachment between ions, atoms and molecules to form chemical compounds (Chemical bonds | Chemistry of life | Biology (article) | Khan Academy," n.d.); in other words, forces that hold a molecule or a compound making it function as a unit. This can be associated with achieving solidarity; a community held together through urban connections within a social context, all elements of the built environment are tied through bonds endeavoring to reduce social and contextual alienation.

Figure 20. A representation of chemical bonds

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3.4

Defining Social Bond theory

Social Bond theory, developed by Travis Warner Hirschi in 1969, is defined as the level of an individual's integration into the society. It includes social bonding to the workplace, to the educational institute and the community. David Emile Durkheim, a French sociologist, highlights the importance of social bonds and talks about the concept of anomie which refers to a broken society caused by the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community. According to Hirschi, as social bonds weaken, deviant and normless behavior starts to emerge within a community, deteriorating social control; without the presence of social control, more individuals would feel free to commit delinquent and criminal acts (Hirschi, n.d.). The four social bonds that foster socialization and conformity, according to Hirshi, are attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief. Living in low-quality spaces like labor camps where workers lack control over their spaces and are in constant risk of developing mental and health problems, having a routine life of waking up really early in the morning to accommodate for the time lost on transportation and traffic to get transferred from their home to their work on time, experiencing alienation from the rest of the community due to urban disconnections, and due to feeling powerless, worthless and lacking the skill to communicate with others, requires the reconsideration of the labor community so that it reaches its highest potential, reducing alienation and therefore avoiding the breakdown of social bond and social control.

ANOMIE , a broken society caused by the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community. . Figure 21. A representation of anomie, normlessness leading to a broken social bond

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The thesis will analyze the site on a social, architectural, and urban level, taking into consideration planning, infrastructure, efficiency, materiality, and community experience.The outcome of the research will then determine what has to be added, upgraded, or altered to advance the community of low-income labor workers into a healthier and more functional state.

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4.1

Refurbishment Architecture

Refurbishment is a term that refers to re-equipping, decorating or cleaning. Its aim is usually to extend the lifecycle of a building structurally, functionally and technically to make it more efficient and sustainable. Refurbishment of a building can be done through renovations or restoration ( restoring a building to its former condition). It often includes 'cosmetic' renovations, upgrading, major repair works, conversions, alterations, extensions or modernizations. Le Frescoy, Shoreham Street and Shed #19 are three different projects that are used to explain how refurbishment was applied and manipulated to suit the intentions of their project briefs. Le Frescoy is then studied further into depth to understand the process, the design and the consistency of the concept throughout (Ryu).

Figure 22. A collage interpretation

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Le Fresnoy

Le Frescoy, the National Studio for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing, France, is conceived as a new art form of the twenty-first century. II was a competition to design a plot with existing old industrial buildings, leaving an option either to demolish them or to preserve them. Bernard Tschumi Architects, the winning design firm, were the only participants in the competition who decided to keep the significance of the old industrial buildings, reckoning them as important treasure marks of history. They decided to shelter those buildings with a surpassing large roof that protects them against further deterioration caused by bad weather while installing all the necessary technical installations exposed downwards from the roof to service the project. This option to them after performing long studies about cost was the most financially satisfying from an architectural, programmatic and technical point of view. The project was perceived as a box within a box. The program includes a film studio, a meditation, spectacle and exhibition halls, two cinemas, laboratories for research and production (sound, electronic image, film and video)(Tschumi).

Location

22, rue du Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France

Architects

Bernard Tschumi Architects

Completion

1991-1997

Program

Cultural, Educational, Performance

Area

7200sqm

Figure 26. Le Fresnoy interior view of added stairs

Figure 27- Le Fresnoy added entrace facade and stair

Shoreham Street

Located at the edge of the Cultural Industries Quarter Conservation Area, Sheffield, is the Victorian industrial brick building, 192 Shoreham Street. Project Orange decided to celebrate its industrial heritage and rehabilitate its form so that it becomes relevant for use again. The project brief required designing a mixed-use project having a bar/restaurant within the existing building and duplex office spaces above. Replacing the originally pitched roof was a modern industrial style extension that complements the existing shell in terms of scale but contrasts it widely in terms of the style and materials adopted, giving it a new source of uniqueness added to its value. The design of the extension represents an abstraction of the dominating roofscapes of the city. It engages and creates connections with the host structure through windows extending downwards biting off parts of the old building. The overall design intends to establish a landmark, a symbol for the areas past and its future aspirations (Street).

Location

Shoreham Street, Sheffield

Architects

Project Orange

Completion

2012

Program

Offices, Restaurant, Bar

Area

4100sqm

Figure 28. Shorham Street exterior view

Shed #19

The old industrial building named "Officine Righi" started as a small complex with a story of an ever-shifting production focus, expanding in over forty years to become a plant with more than eleven thousand workers. over more than a decade ago, it endured a bombing, but closed in 2000 as a result of an economic crisis. The refurbishment project aimed to restore and recover the beauty of the existing building, the history it holds upon its smells and sounds of machine and labor. It incorporated subdividing the spaces through structurally, thermally and material independent modules, thus reclaiming its historical significance while adjusting to contemporary requirements. It functions hosts a destination for various explorations of manufacturing (Hernandez).

Location

Reggio Emilia, Italy

Architects

Andrea Oliva Architetto

Completion

2018

Program

Industrial, offices

Area

Industrial, office

Figure 29. Shed # 19 interior view

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Context The project was built on a site with neglected buildings. The plot holds importance in its location between two road intersections making it visible and easily accessible to the public.

Project Plot Road Network Entrance

Figure 30. Le Fresnoy, France

D21. Le Fresnoy, context

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Concept The project aimed for a new design that integrates both the old and the new development including the production, artistic practice, and public exhibition. It is meant to accelerate chance events by combining diverse elements and functions resulting in a poetic special richness. The overall form is designed to have the effect of a box within a box, the boxes of the old buildings under the new roof. Tschumi's concept was inspired by the movement and the sequence of events fabricated within a cinematic montage, linking architectural space to the idea of an event or action within a space. This drawing manifests how form is generated from a montage of filmstrips 'beams' unfolding its shape as life inhabits the complex.

Roof-Key Element

D22. Le Fresnoy, sketch

Figure 31. Le Fresnoy concept inspiration

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Existing Vs. New The project aimed for a new design that integrates both the old and the new development including the production, artistic practice, and public exhibition. It is meant to accelerate chance events by combining diverse elements and functions resulting in a poetic special richness.

New Old New

D23. Le Fresnoy, project axo

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Key Elements The Roof Over the existing 1920s structures is a large, ultra-technological roof pierced with cloud-like glass wholes, containing all the necessary ductwork for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Its design represents a surrealist image of the meeting of an umbrella, a sewing machine, and the dissecting table.

Elevated Pathways Another key element would be the elevated Catwalk pathways that draw connections between different spaces of the complex.

Roof

D24. Le Fresnoy, axo/bending roof

Roof Hanged Walkways and Stairs

D24. Le Fresnoy, sketch

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A Box within a Box The format of the box within a box is translated through the installation of a new contemporary facade that encloses the assembly of old buildings with a rectangular box. A dramatic sequence of walkways draws the spaces between the old and new elements along with spaces for installations and film projections.

The Outer Box The Inner Box

D25. Le Fresnoy, box within a box

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Bending Roof

D26. Le Fresnoy, elevation/roof

Exposure Vs Enclosure The format of the box within a box is translated through the installation of a new contemporary facade that encloses the assembly of old buildings with a rectangular box. A dramatic sequence of walkways draws the spaces between the old and new elements along with spaces for installations and film projections.

Bending Roof

D27. Le Fresnoy, bending roof

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Technical System of the Elevated Walkways A dramatic sequence of walkways draws the spaces between the old and new elements along with spaces for installations and film projections. The in-between area is a landscape of its own. It has a stage set quality with ramps and catwalks and spiral metal stairs. Or it can be compared to a backstage which can become the stage itself. You can wind around the ramps on top of the old buildings to a roof garden terrace and elevators.

Elevated Walkways

D28. Le Fresnoy, axo/elevated walkways

D29-30. Le Fresnoy, hanged walkways

D30. Le Fresnoy, experience

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Linearity Vs. Irregularity The in-between area is a landscape of its own. It has a stage set quality with ramps and catwalks and spiral metal stairs. Or it can be compared to a backstage which can become the stage itself. You can wind around the ramps on top of the old buildings to a roof garden terrace and elevators.

Walkways/Irregularity Buildings/ Linearity

D31. Le Fresnoy, linearity vs. irregularity

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Natural Lighting The semi-elliptical openings and covered with glass to allow light to penetrate. metal roofs cut with a number

Elliptical Skylights

D32. Le Fresnoy, axo/skylights

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Roof Components The corrugated metal roof folds and becomes the back facade, fairly enclosed on the north side to hold off the noise from the highway while keeping the other sides open for transparency. The roof extends up 90 feet high establishing harmony in scale with the two-story office spaces. The roof is designed with a steel construction that functions in supporting and carrying the elevated pathways and stairs. under the roof is the suspended technical ductwork that services the entire buildings.

Figure 32. Le Fresnoy interior

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Suspended Ductwork

D33. Le Fresnoy, section/suspended ductwork

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Structural Grid Carying the Roof A 10m x 10m Grid of 1m round concrete columns supports and carries the roof. The columns rise outside, between the existing structures, all the way up to intersecting V-like segments of the roof structure.

Supporting Columns

D34- Le Fresnoy- Section/Structure

Structural Grid

D35. Le Fresnoy, plan/structure

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Concrete

D36-37. Le Fresnoy, concrete material

Heavy Material Concrete The existing buildings are composed of exterior walls made out of Concrete with paint finish.

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Light Material Glazing Glazing is used for the exterior enclosing box and the elliptical openings within roof

Steel Exposed Steel construction is used to emphasize the industrial style implemented by the design

Corrugated Steel The roof is cladded with corrugated steel reflecting the warehouse-like style intended by the project.

Glazing- Glass Paneling

D38 Le Fresnoy, glass material

Steel

D39. Le Fresnoy, steel material

Corrugated Steel

D40. Le Fresnoy, corrugated steel material

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Circulation The movement pattern created by the circulation paths is meant to activate and strengthen the cross over of programs from one area to another merging the different disciplines.

Vertical Circulation Horizontal Circulation

D41. Le Fresnoy, circulation

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Program The program of Le Frescoy consists of cultural, educational and performance spaces along with residential units for students. It is complex for international arts that includes a school, a film studio, two cinemas, and research and production laboratories for sound, image, video, and film.

Scale Al Qouz Industrial 3 project plot is 4 times as big as Le Frescoy but that is as well due to the wide roads intersecting and dividing it into 4 quadrants. Le Frescoy is approximately equal to one Quadrant.

Le Frescoy Project Plot

D42. Le Fresnoy, scale

Student Housing

4 x 206 sqm

Sound Section

340

sqm

Cinema

1100

sqm

Bar

sqm

Performance Space

1851

sqm

Administration, School and Restaurant

1575 sqm

Exibition Space

336

sqm

Media Space

302

sqm

Photo Section

263

sqm

Film Set

247

sqm

D43. Le Fresnoy, program

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Exibition Space

Sound Section

Administration, School and Restaurant

Bar

Film Set

Photo Section

Media Space

Performance Space

Cinema

Student Housing

PROGRAM COLOR CODING

ZONES

ACTIVITY

SPACE

AREA

UNIT

TOTAL

Rest, Sleep and Shower

Dorm Units

sqm

Unit

576

Watch

Seating Space

1,092 sqm

Unit

1,092 sqm

Control

Technical Space

sqm

Unit

Perform

Performance Hall

1,851 sqm

Unit

1,851 sqm

Exhibit

Exhibition Space

336

sqm

Unit

336

sqm

Media Oriented Activities

Media Space

302

sqm

Unit

302

sqm

Photo Oriented Activities

Photo Section

sqm

36 Unit

1,080 sqm

Film Oriented Activities

Film Set Space

247

sqm

Unit

247

sqm

Sound Oriented Activites

Sound Section Space

340

sqm

Units

340

sqm

Dine

Restaurant

500

sqm

Unit

500

sqm

Drink

Bar

sqm

Unit

sqm

Work

Office Spaces

sqm

Units

175

sqm

Learn

Classes

sqm

18 Unit

900

sqm

Total

sqm

8,368 sqm

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4.2

Live-Work Architecture

To avoid functional segregation in cities, and to foster integration and community experiences, creating and designing mixed-use spaces that involve both living and working of its inhabitants must be done. It is one topic that relates to the concept of establishing bonds within the community and the city. The following projects, Hustle Hub, Courtesy of Mini Living, Bob Brixton Project, Re-designing for Detroit and Housing for the Workers, portray how living and working can be combined within one complex for the concept of empowering its users and encouraging interactions.

Figure 33. Graphical representation of co-living and co-working

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Hustle Hub ZIL-IVE

The concept of the project aims to regenerate the industrial site of Zil, by incorporating mixed-use spaces to become the new Hustle Hub of Moscow. It proposes a new concept of combining co-living and co-working, hosting many functions that enhance and foster integration with the city. Being located in an industrial site, it aims to recover the existing pollution by including various green parks. In its center is a large courtyard, the incubator's public functions within the complex. the hub works on enriching and encouraging a sense of community. It seeks to solve the problem or high rent of individual offices by providing co-working spaces a solution becoming part of "the collective house". The central courtyard highlights the use of a circulating ramp as a way of connecting spaces together (Lintas).

Location

Moscow, Russia

Architects

Silvia Lintas, Ting Wang and zhu yuanzheng

Completion

Not Applicable

Program

Co-Living, Co- Working, Playing

Area

20,000sqm

Figure 34. Exterior view

Figure 35. Interior view of courtyard

Courtesy of MINI LIVING

The project seeks to transform a cluster of six buildings of former paint factory into a mixeduse complex that incorporates co-living, co-working and socializing spaces. It includes apartments, rentable workspaces, and shared service areas. The design aims for flexibility and optimum use of space, to become a hub not only for its residents but for the entire community of its region. It encourages social interactions and offers flexibility for its community to adapt it to their uses and demands. It utilizes clean and raw materials with an interior that reflects the exterior style (Lynch).

Location

Shanghai, China

Architects

Mini Living

Completion

Not Applicable

Program

Co-Working, Co-Living, Playing

Area

8000sqm

Figure 36. Interior View

Figure 46. Birds Eye View

POP Brixton Project

The project aims to foster the community spirit through incorporating living, co-workings and commercial spaces, a campus for startups, small businesses and entrepreneurs. The co-working spaces are destined to host cultural and educational activities such as workshops, live events, film screenings, and performance arts. The design consists of low-cost and low-energy shipping containers provided in 20-foot and 40-foot dimensions; each of them is equipped with high-speed internet, power points, insulated walls, and double-glazed windows. The self-touted co-working spaces, around a public square with various planted walkways, create a platform for self-development, training, business, and employment (Cooper).

Location

South London, UK

Architects

Carl Turner Architects

Completion

Not Applicable

Program

Co-Working, Co-Living, Event Spaces

Area

10,000sqm

Figure 37-38. Interior view

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Hustle Hub- Deep Study

Competition Brief The project brief requires an affordable and optimized mixeduse housing project for the Zil district in Moscow, Russia, that targets the youth ranging in age from 20 to 35. It must run around the idea of a space that prepares the youth and encourages them for self and career-development, a place where they start to build there career and then move. The idea behind the brief is to extend the project beyond just housing, but rather a framework that can extend to other cities in the world.

Figure 39. Hustle Hub interior shot of co-working spaces

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Master Plan and Urban Context The following diagrams analyze the urban fabric before and after the planning of the project in terms of solid/ void, accessibility, and program.

Built Spaces

D44. Hustle Hub, current urban state

Road Network

Built Spaces

Residences and Office Cultural

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D46. Hustle Hub, new context

D47. Hustle Hub, function analysis

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Context The project intends to recover the existing pollution within the former industrial area by introducing a large park area on the riverside, having the cultural buildings scattered, and the project plot acting as a transition between the urban Texture and the organic park.

Entrance

D48. Hustle Hub, accessibility

Project Plot Road Network

D49. Hustle Hub, context

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Design Process The concept of the form is generated through a consequent process of molding, first starting as a cube with a courtyard in the middle, then trapizoid geometric volumes are cut out from the peripheries of the cube to allow access of natural lighting into the spaces, then introducing the ramp circulation as a vertical connection between the spaces, and at last, would be covering the courtyard with a sheltering pierced roof on the top.

Courtyard

Subtraction of Volume for Light and Form

Adding Ramps and Volumes

The Forming of a Sheltering Roof

D50. Hustle Hub, volume generation

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Key ElementsFour key elements make up the most significant parts of the project, the courtyard which plays a role in unifying the spaces and public functions of the project, the ramps which act as vertical connectors at the core of the hub, the closing roof which shelters the intermediate external space, and finally, the roof garden, acting as recovering element for a sustainable approach.

D51. Hustle Hub, roof, ramps and courtyard

D52. Hustle Hub, roof garden

Figure 40. Hustle Hub, ramp structural suspension

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Functionality and Vertical Connection The functionality and vertical connection diagram shows how both, connection between the courtyard and the rest of the floors is achieved, and how the connection between the functions is maintained.

Public Spaces Residents Spaces Vertical Connections For Residents For Public Ramp Parking

D44. Hustle Hub- Functionality and Vertical Connection

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Light Material Glazing Glazing is used for the exterior enclosing box and the elliptical openings within the roof as well as enclosures of the spaces visible from the courtyard.

Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Panel Fiber-reinforced concrete panels are used to clad the exterior envelope of the structure, giving it warming and contrasting effects.

D53-D54. Hustle Hub, glazing system

D55. Hustle Hub- concrete cladding

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Vertical Circulation Internal Circulation External Circulation

D56. Hustle Hub, ramp technical system

Circulation and Levels of Privacy Porosity at the ground floor allows for inviting entrances to the hub and the courtyard, creating a fluid horizontal circulation that fosters activity. The Vertical circulation is significant to the experience the ramp offers. The spaces within the hub as shown in the section are divided into 3 categories concerning their level of privacy, private spaces which represent the residential units zones, semi-public spaces which accommodate the co-working spaces, kitchens, and leisure spaces, and the public spaces which include the ramp, the courtyard, and the common functions.

D57. Hustle Hub- Section/ Public Vs. Private

Private

Semi-Public

Public

Private Residentail spaces

Co-Working Spaces Common Kitchens Liesure Spaces

Ramp Courtyard Common Spaces

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Program and Scale The ground floor offers a diversity of functions, that include a library space, a canteen, a supermarket, an exhibition space, offices, gym space and bar, and party place. The typical floor plan includes the bedroom of the users, co-working space, common kitchen areas, gym and yoga, and ramp arrival spaces. The size of Hustle Hub compared to the scale of the project's site equals to a quarter.

D58. Hustle Hub, section/ public vs. private

Restaurant

142 sqm

Main Reception

142

Sauna

Rooms

8 x 386 sqm

Supermarket

134 sqm

Co-Working Spaces

8 x 352 sqm

Exibition Space

145 sqm

Common Kitchens

8 x 107 sqm

Library

Gym and Yoga

8 x 16

sqm

Offices

110 sqm

Ramp Arrival

7 x 50

sqm

Gym Place

Bar and Party Place

110 sqm

sqm

D59. Hustle Hub, program

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Flexible Room Types 380

There is a total number of 412 rooms, divided into three types, small, medium, large. There is a total number of 492 people, categorized into three types, single, double and family.

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Figure 41. Single room interior

Small

Single

Medium

Double

Large

Family

D60. Number of room chart

D61. Number of people chart

Figure 42. Double and family Room interior

Figure 43. Hustle Hub, single, double and family room plan

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Restaurant

Library

Exibition Space

Supermarket

Sauna

Offices

Gym and Yoga

Ramp Arrival

Common Kitchens

Co-Working Spaces

Rooms

Main Reception

Bar and Party Place

Gym Place

PROGRAM COLOR CODING

ZONES

UNIT

ACTIVITY

SPACE

Main Reception Lobby hall

142 sqm

1 Unit

142

sqm

Rest

Ramp Arrival Lobby

50 sqm

Units

350

sqm

Exhibit

Exhibition Space

145 sqm

Unit

145

sqm

Dine

Restaurant Space

142 sqm

Unit

142

sqm

Buy Goods

Grocery Store

134 sqm

Unit

134

sqm

Read and Study

Library Space

85 sqm

Unit

sqm

Work

Office Space

20 sqm

Unit

sqm

Co-Working Space

40 sqm

Unit

sqm

Meeting Rooms

25 sqm

Units

sqm

Workout

Gym Space

90 sqm

Unit

sqm

Sauna

Sauna Space

80 sqm

Unit

sqm

Gym and Yoga

Gym and Yoga Spaces

16 sqm

16 Units

110

sqm

Drink and Dance

Bar and Party Place

110 sqm

110

sqm

Live

Single Rooms

21 sqm

380 Units

7,980 sqm

Double Rooms

30 sqm

40 Units

1,200 sqm

Family Rooms

37 sqm

72 Units

2,664 sqm

Co-Working

Co-Working Spaces

80 sqm

32 Units

2,560 sqm

Eat and Cook

Public Kitchen Spaces

107 sqm

16 Units

1,712 sqm

Enter, Rest and Exit

Total

AREA

Unit

TOTAL

17,614 sqm

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'Redesigning Detroit: A New Vision for an Iconic Site'

H Architecture proposed to revitalize downtown Detroit through an incubator matrix of live/work/play spaces. Its spaces are designated for high-tech startup-companies and young artists to spark out their creativity and innovation. Within its destination, Detroit has been, throughout history a separated city, segregated by specialized processes of production. The automobile product worked in widening the prospect of isolation between working and living spaces of the city, separating residential areas from commercial areas, offices and factories. This project seeks to redefine life by combining living, working and playing areas together. As a catalyst to the idea, the project consists of offices for high-tech companies, entertainment facilities, shopping areas and living spaces connected to work and play. The facades of the complex are meant to reflect a billboard, visualizing the rebirth of Detroit through translating living and working spaces to seeds, that if they grow, and more spaces where demanded, then flexibility allows more units to be added, changing the density of the facades (Furuto).

Location

Detroit, USA

Architects

H Architecture

Completion

Not Applicable

Program

Mixed Use

Area

Figure 44. Project diagram

Figure 45. Project 3D section

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Housing for the Workers

The project represents an industrial development that involves affordable housing and mixed-use spaces designated for the blue-collar workers. It not only provides working areas for its inhabitants but also aims to attract workforces from many other provinces. Due to the increase in the number of low-income workers, whose salaries are not enough to provide for the normal standards of living, the project inspires living spaces placed near the workers' industrial plants to minimize expenses and time spent from their homes to their work (HOUSING FOR WORKER BY VO HUU LINH ARCHITECTS | VHL Architecture | Archinect).

Location

Binh Duong, tp. Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam

Architects

Vo Huu Linh

Completion

Not Applicable

Program

Commercial, Educational and Residential

Area

60,000sqm

Figure 46. Exterior view

Figure 47. Exterior views

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Context The project in its context acts like a focus point that seeks to attract people to experience its spaces and facilities. Its scale and orientation foster the significance and urban impact implied by the plot being central in position with respect to the surrounding districts.

Figure 48. Exterior views

Context Road Network and Accessibility The road network study manifests an urban porosity to major and minor route networks, allowing easy accessibility and a faster approach to different parts of the city.

Project Plot Road Network Entrance

D62. Housing for the workers, accessibility, context

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Concept The concept involves the idea of establishing visual and direct connections with people. Porosity is established through having some selected buildings elevated, leaving the ground floor completely open and transparent. The placement of the buildings shape public intimate spaces that foster social interaction, walking and cycling modes of transportation, and host seasonal events.

D63. Housing for the workers, ground level experience

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Key ElementsThe key elements of the project are presented through its different components and technical systems that render it sustainable design. The buildings wrapping around to create intimate spaces and courtyards highlight one of the project's significant features, as they help establish privacy while at the same time providing spaces for the public.

D64. Housing for the workers, courtyards and porosity

Figure 49. Building components

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Facade System and Ventilation The facade System uses louvered balconies as a shading system to filter light, transmit it as needed while preventing access sunlight and heat to seep through. The system also helps in reducing wind discomfort levels, while enabling ventilation to enhance and cool the internal air quality.

Solar Panel Study The project utilizes a large roof surface area designated for Photovoltaic solar panels. A study has been done to find out the most suitable angle and direction for maximum sun exposure and energy efficiency.

D65. Housing for the Workers, facaded system and ventilation

Figure 50. Photovoltaic Solar panels

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Wind Catchers Several wind catchers at the roof drive cool air from the top and transmit down through the atriums while disposing of hot air; this sustainable feature helps in cooling down the spaces, reducing the need for air conditioning, and enhancing internal comfort levels.

D66. Housing for the Workers, chimney stack effect

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Wind Study The Wind study analyzes the velocity of prevalent winds as they approach the project from different directions, and how the project through its design, placement, and technical systems reacts to these winds. The result of the study shows how winds get dispersed and reduced in speed, achieving an outcome that enhances the quality of spaces in terms of wind discomfort.

Figure 51. Wind study

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Facade Rythm The project facades not only inspire depth and diversity but also harmony between the sum of its elements. Its rhythmic components highlight a system that gives the facade its own industrial character, with elements repeating yet in a non-conventional way.

Figures 52-53. Facade Rythm

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Circulation The linear circulation implied by the longitudinal corridor between the residential units dictates the rectangular form of the residential structures and manifests an affordable and efficient approach to the use of space.

Figure 54. Residential floor axonometric

D67. Housing for the Workers, circulation

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Program The project's posted plan only shows the residential part of the complex, and therefore the program study is based only on the provided part. The residential units are divided into 4 types, the 3 people bedroom, the 4 people bedroom, the 6 people bedroom and the 7 people bedroom. Each of these rooms is treated as apartments, each having a separate kitchen, dining area and bathroom.

D68. Scale comparison

Balconies

142 sqm

3 People Bedroom

4 People Bedroom

134 sqm

6 People Bedroom

134 sqm

7 People Bedroom

134 sqm

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Figure 55. Hustle Hub view

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Room Types and Dimensions Room typologies range in variety from 3 people bedroom, 4 people bedroom, 6 and 7 people bedroom, with each having its own shared toilet, kitchen and dining table.

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D70. Housing for the workers room scale comparison with a standard labor camp room in Dubai

Figure 56. Residential room typologies

Heavy Material- Concrete The dominant material used for the project is concrete. The highlighted part shows a vertical play with the painted finish concrete along the surface of the facade.

D71. Housing for the workers- Material

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H O U S IN G FO R TH E

Residential- 3 People Bedroom

Educational

Co-Working

Commercial

Residential- 7 People Bedroom

Residential- 6 People Bedroom

Residential- 4 People Bedroom

Residential- Balconies

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Balcony

142

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3.550

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Live

3 People Bedroom

19.2

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Unit

480

sqm

4 People Bedroom

26.88 sqm

175 Unit

4,704

sqm

6 people Bedroom

40.32 sqm

100 Unit

4,032

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7 People Bedroom

Unit

3600

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Retail, Food and Beverage, and Services

3000 sqm

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3000

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Work

Co-Working Spaces

5000 sqm

Unit

5000

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Learn

Educational and Sport Facilities

1500 sqm

Unit

1500

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Total

SPACE

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4.3

Community Engagement

As a response to the concept of people feeling a lack of ownership and power over their space, ways of allowing them to feel this bonding would be through either self-construction or involvement in the design process. The following projects, Beyond the Shell and Quinta Monroy, include examples of how space ownership could be fostered through flexibility, autonomy and self-construction.

Figure 57. Beyond the Shell exploded diagram

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Beyond the Shell

The project runs around the concept of unfinished and aims to redefine the high-rise by proposing modular, multi-story estate, having public and private different sized spaces stacked on top of each other. The designer imagines living units to fulfill the minimum requirements demanded for habitation and encourages habitats to take ownership of the spaces and adapt them to suit their needs and tastes. The project provides a strategy for habitants to self-construct their spaces as a way to feel engaged and to cut down the cost of labor construction. A list of instructions on how to self-build is provided for the occupants, along with predesigned modular components that they can use as an example to make their own designs.

Location

London, UK

Architects

Lianjie Wu

Completion

Not Applicable

Program

Residential

Area

Not Applicable

Figure 58. Diagramatic section

Quinta Monroy

The project aimed to help settle the 100 families, that have illegally occupied the 5000sqm site for the past 30 years, in the same site, rather than displacing them. Social housing was the best option in terms of taking the most advantage of the site for financial reasons and to house as many families as possible. The project endeavors to design initial subsidies that can increase their value over time, therefore helping poor families guarantee a better financial future. It is designed in ways to accommodate as many families as possible without overcrowding it. Space gaps are left between the family units providing the families with opportunities to self-expand and self-construct extensions to their homes.

Location

Iquique, Chile

Architects

Alejandro Aravena, ELEMENTAL

Completion

2003

Program

Residential

Area

Not Applicable

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5.1 Spacial Program and Criteria

This chapter provides a summary for the programs of the case studies and an endeavor to formalize the project program through a table that compares, contrasts and sums up the different programs of the studied projects as well as the integration of what is needed interms of functions for the thesis project.

Figure 60. An illustration of self-constructing

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PROJECT PROGRAM PROPOSAL Paths

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Storage or Lockers

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Live

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Learn

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Meditate

D72. Project program and case studies' comparison table

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Work

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Common Kitchens and Dining Rooms

Bath

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Common Restrooms

Observe

Landscape Seating

Pray

Prayer Hall

Lisen

Silence Space

Read

Library

Acquire

Lecture Hall/Halls

Workout

Gym

Play

Sport Field

Walk

Lanscape and Elevated walkways

Cycle

Cycling Station

Produce

Co-Working Space

Self-Develop

Worksop Space

Exhibit

Exhibition Space

Self-Construct

Themed Self-Construction Space

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Performance Space

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264

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Unit

576

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Single Rooms

13 sqm

324 Units per Building

4,212 sqm

Double Rooms

15 sqm

96 Units per Building

1,440 sqm

Family Rooms

20 sqm

27 Units per Building

540

sqm

31 sqm

17 Units per Building

527

sqm

32 sqm

48 Units per Building

1,536 sqm

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18 Unit

900

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336

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Performance Hall

1,851 sqm

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1,851 sqm

Exhibition Hall

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sqm

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Unit

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142 sqm

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142

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134 sqm

134

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Unit

Room Type

Area

142

sqm

Unit

sqm

Unit

Single Rooms

21 sqm

380 Units

7,980 sqm

3 People Bedroom

19.2

Double Rooms

30 sqm

40 Units

1,200 sqm

4 People Bedroom

26.88 sqm

175 Unit

Family Rooms

37 sqm

72 Units

2,664 sqm

6 people Bedroom

40.32 sqm

100 Unit

7 People Bedroom

Unit

Co-Working Stations Rooms

5000 sqm

Unit

Common Dining Rooms

142 sqm

Unit

142

sqm

Librrary Room

85 sqm

Unit

sqm

Exercising Equipments Room

90 sqm

Unit

sqm

2000

sqm

Roof Garden

sqm

1 sqm

Co-Working Lounge Spaces

40 sqm

Unit

sqm

Exhibition Hall

145 sqm

Unit

145

sqm

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nit

3.550

sqm

480

sqm

4,704

sqm

4,032

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Meditate

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5.1

Spatial Organization, Analysis and Relationships

This chapter provides an analysis and a spatial organization that studies the relationships between the different functions, through the use of a bubble diagram and a matrix.

Figure 61. An illustration of a network

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EXERCISE D73. Spatial relationships bubble diagram WORKOUT

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Lobby Lobby Lobby Reception Reception Reception Storage and Lockers Storage and Lockers Storage and Lockers Retail Shop Retail Shop RetailExtentions Shop Balcony Balcony Extentions Balcony Extentions Bedrooms Bedrooms Bedrooms Canteen Canteen CanteenW/C W/C LandscapeW/C Seating Landscape Seating Landscape Seating Prayer Hall Prayer Hall Prayer SilenceHall Space Silence Space Silence Space Library Library LectureLibrary Hall/Halls Lecture Hall/Halls Lecture Hall/HallsGym Gym GymField Sport Sport Field SportWalkways Field Landscape and Elevated Landscape and Elevated Walkways Landscape and Elevated Walkways Co-Working Space Co-Working Space Co-Working Space Workshop Space Workshop Space Workshop Space Exhibition Space Exhibition Space Exhibition Space Themed Self-Construction Space Themed Self-Construction Space Themed Self-Construction Space Performance Space Performance Space Performance Space Farming Space Farming Space FarmingLandscape Space Landscape Landscape

Must Have Possible Nice to have

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6.1

Background of Al Qouz Industrial Area

Acting as one of the most important industrial and manufacturing hubs of the city, al Qouz Industrial area is divided into four parts housing factories, warehouses, business units, housing accommodations, and storage areas. Al Qouz 1 and 2, a multi-functional area that includes small and large firms, residential plots of large villas and houses occupied by the Emiratis, educational institutes, shopping malls, retail stores, medical centers, art, and cultural hubs and restaurant chains. While in al Qouz areas 3 and 4, there exist some of the oldest manufacturing companies in Dubai, catering to the industrial sectors of the region, as well as massive warehouses for storage functions.

D75. Al Qouz layout plan of road construction

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The evolution diagram manifests the urban spreading of Al Qouz from 1984 till 2019, with respect to its changing geographical value measured through its position within the rapidly growing city of Dubai. It is evident that al Qouz, within the first years of its initial development, its position was remote, situated at the outskirts of Dubai, but as Dubai grew and spread outwards, Al Qouz started to take its lead and pride as a central industrial district in Dubai .

Dubai Expansion Al Qouz Expansion

D76. Map evolution of Al Qouz and Dubai

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Figure 62. Jabel Ali Port

Al Qouz area owns a unique location on the central part of Dubai that allows it the opportunity to have easy accessibility to the major roads and touchpoints; it also falls in close proximity with Jabel Ali Port and Dubai International airport giving it prospects in marketing with multiple trading sectors. The industrial and mass accommodation zones of Al Qouz developed by Dubai Municipality serviced many development projects such as Dubai Marina, free zone in Jabal Ali, and many hotels through hosting labor camp facilities that house about 2000 labors and staff (Business Setup Consulting and Company Formation in Al Quoz Dubai, n.d.). The Labour workers living there mostly work in factories, in modest

D77. Connections to key zones

retail-related work, agriculture or transportation services. The plot around Al Qouz Industrial 3 Intersection dwells in the heart of al Qouz falling between its four different sectors. Its locational importance creates an urban impact that must be reconsidered wisely to achieve its optimum potential, by enhancing its influence on the labor community and creating a focal point right at the center of al Qouz.

Figure 63. Al Maktoum Airport

Figure 64. Dubai International Airport

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D78. Road network

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Figure 65. Noor Bank Metro Station

Surrounding transportation Nodes include 2 metro stations, Nour Bank metro station and First Abu Dhabi Bank metro station. Other nodes that are mostly used as methods for transportation include the multiple bus stops scattered around in the area. People there often move from one zone to another either by walking, cycling or by car.

Figure 66. First Abu Dhabi Bank Metro Station

Figure 67. Bus stop

Metro Line Bus Stops

D79. Transportation nodes

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The Map on the right shows Al Qouz locational relationships with some of the nearby attractions ranging from commercial, Governmental, medical, recreational, religious, education, sports facilities and parks.

Attractions ( Commercial, Governmental, Medical, Park, Religious, Educational, Sport Facilities) Al Qouz

D80. Transportation nodes

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6.2

Economic and Social Impact in Al Qouz

Figure 68. Al Qouz Industrial Area 2

Figure 69. Al Qouz, Al Khail Mall

Despite current uncertain economic conditions, Consultancy Core Savills' first-quarter industrial market shows that the demand for industrial property is increasing and that the industrial rent in older areas like al Qouz are generally stable, while the newer areas like DIP showed marginal Growth. The report mentions that "Unparalleled connectivity, stable rental rates, a significant pipeline of available land and built space, the ability to build high quality, high specification supply on competitive timelines together with flexible lease terms, are likely to ensure Dubai continues to dominate the regional logistics and industrial sectors."But the issue is that the firms are still preferring to limit their capital expenditure as much as they, eventually ending up where they are. About 30 percent income of Dubai's GDP is due to the contribution of the manufacturing, transport, and logistics sectors, indicating that the demand for the industrial areas will stay resilient (Townsend, 2016). Al Qouz has a total population of 16,719 people. The industrial areas along with the mass accommodation areas are dominated by the labor community, with a high percentage of the male population. Social gatherings take place between the workers during their free time in nearby malls, neighboring mosques, street restaurants or in their own housing accommodations, but no designated public areas are there to host their gatherings. Al Qouz has also become a hub for artists and cultural practices through the establishment of Al Serkal Avenue, an arena for the city's most creative arts; it has started with 20 warehouses and evolved to 60 art, design, retail, dining and creative spaces set across several warehouses. Although this space has been made for everyone, it very rarely was a destination for the low-income migrant workers to visit.

Figure 71. Al Qouz, Al Serkal Avenue

Figure 70. Al Qouz, Al l Serkal Art Gallery

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6.3

Significant Events

During the global economic crisis in 2007, the labor community of al Qouz formed a large crowd of 8,000 people to protest against contracting companies, asking for the provision of better living conditions and a wage increase of Dhs 200 and a food allowance of Dhs 150. In 2008, an explosion of a warehouse storing gas caused a massive spread of fire over seventy nearby warehouses causing damages worth Dhs 600,000,000.

Figure 72. Al Qouz, fire 2008

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6.4

Intoducing Al Qouz Industrial Site

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

3km

2.5km

2km

1.5km

1km

500m

Chosen Site Major Road Intersections

D81. Plot location and importance

In search of a labor community site that has the potential and need to become better due to its regional location and its latent connection to the city, Al Qouz Industrial road intersection, at the heart of al Qouz, satisfies an interesting case to study, analyze, enhance and redesign. The importance of the plot is highlighted through its central position between the 4 districts of al Qouz, as well as its principal location to the 2 major roads, Sheihk Zayed Road and Al Khail Road.

Figure 73-74. Al Qouz Labor Accommodations

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7.1

Site Micro-Climate

Sun angle Sun path

D82. Sun path diagram/ Summer, sunrise at 5:42 am

D83. Sun path diagram/ Summer, culmination at 12:25 pm

D84. Sun path diagram/ Summer, sunset at 7:09 pm

D85. Sun path diagram/ Winter, sunrise at 6:59 am

D86. Sun path diagram/ Winter, culmination at 12:17 pm

D87. Sun path diagram/ Summer, winter at 5:34 pm

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Prevalent Winds Prevalent winds, evident from the windrose diagram, are coming from the northeastern direction.

0 to 5 km/h (10m) 5 to 10 km/h (10m) 10 to 15 km/h (10m) 15 to 20 km/h (10m)

D88. Windrose diagram

Wind Tunnels The density of the buildings in some zones along with their orientation cause wind tunnels, high-speed winds within the narrow alleyways, decreasing comfort levels.

High Speed Winds Low Speed Winds

D89. Wind tunnel diagram

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7.2

Site Relationship with the Built Environment

The Urban Fabric The urban fabric, implied by the figure-ground and the solid/void diagrams, is characterized by a 45-degree angular orientation in the North Eastern and the South-Western direction. It manifests high building density zones, that create a lot of narrow alleyways and shading.

D90. Solid/Void diagram

D91. Figure ground

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7.3

Site Location and Surroundings

Figure 75. Grand City Mall

Figure 76. Al Anbiya Masjid

Figure 77. Al Ahdaf Sports Club

Site Building Functions and Monuments The majority of the buildings function as residential buildings for low-income workers, most of the rest of the buildings are industrial warehouses, and the minority are commercial, religious and facility services.

Religous

Residential

Mall

Industrial

Sport Facilities

Mosques Buildings under Construction

Commercial

D92. Monuments diagram

D93. Buildings functions diagram

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Low Rise Urban Fabric The highest buildings in the region, which are the minority, extend up to 4 floors high. The majority of the buildings range between 1 and 2 floors in height.

Figure 78. Al Qouz Labor Accommodation

1 Floor 2 Floors 3 Floors 4 Floors

Figure 79. Al Asayel and Al Marabea raod intersection

D94. Buildings heights diagram

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10 D95. Visual Cones Diagram

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7.4

Access and Circulation

Road Network and Transportation Nodes The plot site is characterized by a distinctive intersection of two major roads that created solid barriers between the 4 districts surrounding the project plot. The only available transportation nodes are the bus stations located in different locations. No metro line extensions to ease the transportation of the workers to the central parts of the city.

Bus Stations

Major Roads Minor Roads

D96. Transportation nodes Diagram

D97. Road network diagram

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Pedestrian Circulation and Medians Pedestrian movements between the four districts are limited to the pedestrian crossings at the intersection and another pedestrian crossing between District 4 and District 2. Pedestrian circulation movements also highlight other methods of transportation used, like cycling. Medians on the other side show changes in pedestrian movements from one zone to another.

Major Paths

Residential

Minor Paths

D98. Pedestrian circulation diagram

D99. Medians diagram

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7.5

Site Hygiene Levels

Polution Levels Vs. Greenery Levels of hygiene are really low due to the high levels of pollution dispersed from the major roads to the inner areas, along with secretions from buildings, industrial warehouses, parked cars, and garbage spaces. The Greenery diagram shows how dry the site is from vegetation, and how the only existent trees there are those that are spontaneous.

Polution Dispersion

Trees Grass

D100. Pedestrian circulation diagram

D101. Greenery diagram

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7.6 Site Population Density

Population Density and Parking Areas Population densities are evident and are higher in areas with facilities, commercial services, and religious areas; these are the only zones where the workers could gather. Other destinations can be around their housing or working locations. Most of the void spaces around and between buildings are used as parking spaces for cars, trucks, buses, and taxis.

Zones Used for Automobile Parking

D102. Medians diagram

Population Concentrations

D103. Population density diagram

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6 66

3640321

3640116 3640115 3640493 3640496 3640494

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3640222

3640186

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3650174 3650252

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3648734

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3640438 3640334

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3640157 3640158

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3650895 3650894 3650330

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3640177

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3640602

3640295

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3640599

3640144 3640179

3640293

3653925 3653924

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6 4

7 9

5 4

3640350

3640178

3640719

3640578 3640532

3640514 3640508

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3640343

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3640668 3640285

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Building Codes and Regulations

7 7

‫ارﺗﻔﺎع ﺧط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

Road Center Lines

‫ﺧطوط ﻣﻧﺗﺻف اﻟطرﯾق‬

Parcel Boundary 8

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Map Key

‫ﯾرﺟﻰ اﻹﺗﺻﺎل ﺑﺈدارة ﻧظم اﻟﻣﻌﻠوﻣﺎت اﻟﺟﻐراﻓﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺣﺎل وﺟود أي اﺳﺗﻔﺳﺎر أو اﻗﺗراح ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟرﻗم‬

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‫ ﺗﻌود ﻣﻠﻛﯾﺗﮭﺎ ﻟﺑﻠدﯾﺔ دﺑﻲ وﻻ ﯾﺟوز ﻧﺳﺦ أوﺗوزﯾﻊ اوﺗﻐﯾﯾر ﻣﺣﺗواھﺎ أو ﻣﻧﺣﮭﺎ‬7‫ ھذه اﻟﺧرﯾطﺔ‬: ‫ﺗﻧوﯾﮫ‬ ‫إﻟﻰ طرف ﺛﺎﻟث دون إذن ﻣﺳﺑق ﻣن ﺑﻠدﯾﺔ دﺑﻲ ﻛﻣﺎ ﺗﻣﻧﻊ طﺑﺎﻋﺗﮭﺎ ﻣﻧﻌﺎ ﺑﺎﺗﺎ‬ 2017 ‫ﺣﻘوق اﻟطﺑﻊ واﻟﻧﺷر‬

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‫ﺧﺎرطﺔ ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور و اﻷراﺿﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻣﻧطﻘﺔ اﻟﻘوز اﻟﺻﻧﺎﻋﯾﺔ اﻟﺛﺎﻧﯾﺔ‬

Parcel Number

‫ﺣدود اﻷراﺿﻲ‬ 3640115

‫رﻗم اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺣدود اﻟﺗﺧطﯾطﯾﺔ‬ ‫ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

Contour Lines Contour Elevation

‫ ھذه اﻟﺧرﯾطﺔ ﺗﻌود ﻣﻠﻛﯾﺗﮭﺎ ﻟﺑﻠدﯾﺔ دﺑﻲ وﻻ ﯾﺟوز ﻧﺳﺦ أوﺗوزﯾﻊ اوﺗﻐﯾﯾر ﻣﺣﺗواھﺎ أو ﻣﻧﺣﮭﺎ‬: ‫ﺗﻧوﯾﮫ‬ ‫إﻟﻰ طرف ﺛﺎﻟث دون إذن ﻣﺳﺑق ﻣن ﺑﻠدﯾﺔ دﺑﻲ ﻛﻣﺎ ﺗﻣﻧﻊ طﺑﺎﻋﺗﮭﺎ ﻣﻧﻌﺎ ﺑﺎﺗﺎ‬ 2017 ‫ﺣﻘوق اﻟطﺑﻊ واﻟﻧﺷر‬

‫ﻣﻔﺗﺎح اﻟﺧﺎرطﺔ‬

Adminboundaries

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Figure 95. Al Qouz Districts- Codes and Regulations

Contour Elevation

‫رﻗم اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

3640115

Parcel Number

‫ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

Contour Lines

6 7

‫ﺣدود اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

7 6

‫اﻟﺣدود اﻟﺗﺧطﯾطﯾﺔ‬

Parcel Boundary

‫ﺧﺎرطﺔ ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور و اﻷراﺿﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻣﻧطﻘﺔ اﻟﻘوز اﻟﺻﻧﺎﻋﯾﺔ اﻷوﻟﻰ‬

‫ﻣﻔﺗﺎح اﻟﺧﺎرطﺔ‬

Adminboundaries

‫ﺧطوط ﻣﻧﺗﺻف اﻟطرﯾق‬

Road Center Lines

Map Key

6 56

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-1

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‫ارﺗﻔﺎع ﺧط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

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Contour Lines

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‫ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬ ‫ارﺗﻔﺎع ﺧط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

‫ ھذه اﻟﺧرﯾطﺔ ﺗﻌود ﻣﻠﻛﯾﺗﮭﺎ ﻟﺑﻠدﯾﺔ دﺑﻲ وﻻ ﯾﺟوز ﻧﺳﺦ أوﺗوزﯾﻊ اوﺗﻐﯾﯾر ﻣﺣﺗواھﺎ أو ﻣﻧﺣﮭﺎ‬: ‫ﺗﻧوﯾﮫ‬ 12 ‫إﻟﻰ طرف ﺛﺎﻟث دون إذن ﻣﺳﺑق ﻣن ﺑﻠدﯾﺔ دﺑﻲ ﻛﻣﺎ ﺗﻣﻧﻊ طﺑﺎﻋﺗﮭﺎ ﻣﻧﻌﺎ ﺑﺎﺗﺎ‬ 2017 ‫ﺣﻘوق اﻟطﺑﻊ واﻟﻧﺷر‬

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‫اﻟﺗﺧطﯾطﯾﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺣدود‬ 8

Contour Elevation

11 7

‫ﻣﻔﺗﺎح اﻟﺧﺎرطﺔ‬

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‫رﻗم اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

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‫ﺣدود اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

3640115

Parcel 9Number

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‫ﺧطوط ﻣﻧﺗﺻف اﻟطرﯾق‬

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Parcel Boundary 6 6

‫ﺧﺎرطﺔ ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور و اﻷراﺿﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻣﻧطﻘﺔ اﻟﻘوز اﻟﺻﻧﺎﻋﯾﺔ اﻟراﺑﻌﺔ‬

9 9

‫ارﺗﻔﺎع ﺧط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

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Road Center Lines

Contour Elevation

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‫رﻗم اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

‫ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور‬

3640115

‫اﻟﺣدود اﻟﺗﺧطﯾطﯾﺔ‬

6 97

8 7

Parcel Number

Adminboundaries Contour Lines

6 5

‫ﺧﺎرطﺔ ﺧطوط اﻟﻛﻧﺗور و اﻷراﺿﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻣﻧطﻘﺔ اﻟﻘوز اﻟﺻﻧﺎﻋﯾﺔ اﻟﺛﺎﻟﺛﺔ‬

‫ﺣدود اﻷراﺿﻲ‬

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 I DECODING ANOMIE

3650958

PLOT DETAILS

PLOT DETAILS 3

PLOT NUMBER

61 .

MASTER DEVELOPER

DUBAI PROPERTIES(L.L.C)

SID

PROJECT NAME

14 m

LABOUR ACCOMMODATION AT AL QUOZ

58 m

SID

69 .

SID

1 !

G+2

3680694

BUILDING

PODIUM

3699802

46 .

80 m

SIDE 2

4 !

3699801 JUMA MASJID

1m 10x.7

SIDE 1

22.79m

95 .

COMMERCIAL: RETAIL, SHOPPING CENTER HEALTHCARE: CLINICS

92 m

LAND USE

1 E

SID

32 m

65 .

93 .

83 m

SID

LAND USE

RESIDENTIAL: LABOR ACCOMMODATION

SID

SIDE 4

6 !

9 3699802

GENERAL NOTES

30 m

SIDE 3

SIDE 4

1 G+2

MAX. COVERAGE SETBACK (m)

SIDE 3

MAX. HEIGHT

98 m

55 .

SIDE 2

14586.4M2 (157006.7FT 2)

MAX. GFA

PODIUM

SIDE 1

PLOT AREA

20.33m

40.87m

ROAD

GENERAL NOTES

2780401.368

489666.639

2780516.812

489692.238

2780520.815

489741.701

2780484.885

489754.534

2780402.852

489715.601

2780349.775

489693.082

2780346.287

NORTH

PointID

EAST

PLOT COORDINATES (COORDINATES SYSTEM: DLTM)

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH

489768.704

2780308.810

489889.648

2780238.310

489809.861

2780364.917

489849.248

2780232.098

489889.658

2780377.400

489771.815

2780288.717

489914.727

2780359.191

489883.666

2780316.919

489884.627

2780310.628

489922.343

2780282.915

PointID

EAST

NORTH

PointID

LOCATION MAP EAST

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH AD

489617.753

PROJECT LIMIT

LOCATION MAP EAST

PointID

2780441.729

NORTH

489611.627

EAST

PointID

NORTH

EAST

PointID

PLOT

LEGEND

PLOT COORDINATES (COORDINATES SYSTEM: DLTM) NORTH

PROJECT LIMIT

EAST

PLOT

LEGEND

PointID

BUILDING

40.82m

MAX. COVERAGE SETBACK (m)

SIDE 1

MAX. HEIGHT

16984.64M 2 (182821.14FT2)

MAX. GFA

PROJECT NAME

83.03m

PLOT AREA

30 . SID

SIDE 1

DUBAI PROPERTIES(L.L.C)

93 .

3 !

80.77m

MASTER DEVELOPER

08 m

LABOUR ACCOMMODATION AT AL QUOZ

3680694

3699802

OLD NUMBER

46 m

OLD NUMBER

52 .

2 25.91m

3680694

PLOT NUMBER

3640647

DATE

11/10/2019 12:13:07 PM

THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSE. FINAL DATA CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH SITE PLAN AND DEMARCATION CERTIFICATES REQUESTS.

Figure 96. Site codes and regulations

COMMUNITY

AL QOUZE IND. THIRD

DATE

11/10/2019 12:15:17 PM

THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSE. FINAL DATA CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH SITE PLAN AND DEMARCATION CERTIFICATES REQUESTS.

COMMUNITY

AL QOUZE IND. FOURTH

PLOT DETAILS

ROAD

3640647

OLD NUMBER

40.82m

PLOT NUMBER

3640647

2 20.03m

3650958

3 !

OLD NUMBER

MASTER DEVELOPER

PROJECT NAME

LABOUR ACCOMMODATION AT AL QUOZ

96 . 1

00 m

DUBAI PROPERTIES(L.L.C) 19 m

SID

06 m

95 .

SID

74 m

SID

93 .

PROJECT NAME

LABOUR ACCOMMODATION AT AL QUOZ

71 .

DUBAI PROPERTIES(L.L.C)

SID

PLOT NUMBER

23.08m

MAX. GFA

MAX. HEIGHT

SETBACK (m)

SIDE 1

PODIUM

LAND USE

SID

RESIDENTIAL: LABOR ACCOMMODATION

61 .

SIDE 3 SIDE 4 LAND USE

SIDE 1

RESIDENTIAL: LABOR ACCOMMODATION

12 m

63 .

SID

95 m

83.52m

! !

25.92m

3650958

GENERAL NOTES

5 !

E SID !

3650958

SIDE 2

07 m

SIDE 4

67 .

SIDE 3

BUILDING

SIDE 1

25.81m

SIDE 2

G+2

MAX. COVERAGE

SID

PODIUM

MAX. GFA

80.29m

BUILDING

SIDE 1

SETBACK (m)

3640647

28 m

G+2

MAX. COVERAGE

17421.74M 2 (187526.05FT2)

94 .

MAX. HEIGHT

PLOT AREA

17277.51M 2 (185973.57FT2)

40.89m

PLOT AREA

GENERAL NOTES 3699802

3680694

3699801 JUMA MASJID

PLOT

LEGEND

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH

489724.282

2780595.491

489728.270

2780569.990

489780.871

2780672.721

489821.216

2780678.952

489896.386

2780623.869

489899.905

2780601.061

489860.240

2780546.979

489777.722

2780534.068

PointID

EAST

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH

EAST

PLOT COORDINATES (COORDINATES SYSTEM: DLTM)

PointID

PROJECT LIMIT

LOCATION MAP PointID

EAST

NORTH

PointID

EAST

NORTH

489913.273

2780505.914

489925.687

2780426.586

489955.271

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Building Access and Circulation

As visible in the circulation diagram, access to the buildings is not limited to one, but many different possibilities, either from the parking area going directly to the rooms or through the narrow vertical outdoor circulation paths. Building users can go to the top floors through multiple stairs zones.

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Through the building function diagram, what can be inferred is the placement of common shared functions like common dining rooms at the edges of the narrow sides of the buildings while the rooms are spread longitudinally. The restrooms are placed at the center so that they are easily accessible by everyone, as well as the common kitchen rooms.

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The Labor Community

The labor community, the low-income migrant workers, who contributed massively to Dubai's urban, mass production and hospitality development, form the highest population of immigrants, and yet are not enjoying or living the minimum living standards that every Dubai citizen deserves. Their living spaces, overcrowded and messy, tight and burdensome, rusted and unventilated, do not offer them any spaces of escape from their tiresome lives. Yes, they are immigrants, but most of the others living on the other side of Dubai, the luxury Dubai, are too. For them to work efficiently, produce high-quality work and do fewer mistakes, they need to be completely healthy mentally and physically, from their minds to their bodies. They need to understand their existence, their rights, and their capability for them to appreciate, value and tolerate the tough nature of their work. Their nature of work swallows them into the machine of the industry, becoming part of it, lacking control not only over their own production but also over their own lives. Not only the issue of enhancing their communities is better for the low-income workers, but it would also be better for the stand and image of Dubai to the rest of the world, as it always seeks to be the best, its reputation and its manifesting of support to human rights, and a message of appreciation to the original countries of these working immigrants.

D106. Labor workers being transported to their working destination

For the labor workers to work efficiently, pruduce high-quality of work and do less mistakes, they need be completely healthy mentally and phsysically, from their minds to their bodies.

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Bond-Theory

Alienation is a problem that the low-income migrant community faces today. They are alienated from their own production in not being aware of what they are doing in the broader picture. They are alienated from the outcome of their production as they lack ownership over it. They are alienated from the rest of the workers due to the competitive nature among them, as they have to sell their labor for the cheapest wage possible. They are alienated from the gratitude of the user-community, and they are eventually alienated from the rest of the community due to them being perceived as inferior and uneducated. In addition to the alienation they experience within the capitalist system, they are facing residential alienation, in which their accommodations act as additional barriers to their well-being. Rather than acting as spaces that liberate them from their work and draw them back to their human nature, they act aggressively in taking away their last chance of living, where they become more prone to the idea of being worthless as it digs deeper inside them. When the labor community is experiencing these factors, due to their unstable mental and physical health, this leads to dysfunctionality and normlessness within the system of a society, causing the social bonds to break and therefore leading to a broken solidarity, a broken society, referred to as, anomie. As a solution to this alienation, there is a need to gradually build bonds among the labor community, and between the labor community and the rest of the society. It is very important, through the Social-Bond theory, to integrate them with what they are doing and where they are living, so that the society flourishes and improves to a healthier state.

D107. An illustration of bonds and connection

As a solution to this alienation, there is a need to gradually build bonds among the labor community, and between the labor community and the rest of the society.

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Case-Studies

The three topics that have been chosen and researched further helped in understanding the intention and the outcome of the thesis in identifying the project program hosting the two categories of living and working. Taking into consideration enhancing existing labor accommodations, Architecture by Addition was a topic that helped in visualizing the essential tools and strategies that can be added or removed from the existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Studying Le Fresnoy highlighted the ways existing industrial buildings could be brought back to life by uniting them under a roof structure carrying elevated walking spaces designed to run between the buildings. Thinking about how it would be possible to give the labor community ownership over their own production and how to improve their skills and develop themselves further, the second chosen topic was Living/Working. Here, Hustle Hub was a great example to show how these two functions could be merged. It manifests value given to the youth to establish and start their working career from the hub providing them with co-working spaces and exhibition spaces. What is also offered with this typology is giving the users an alternative of having their living and working spaces in one place rather than separated by the distances. Hustle Hub's program also included playing and social gathering spaces, as important spaces to establish a sense of community. Housing for the Workers was also a manifestation of the importance of placing living and working near each other, while at the same time, introducing sustainable design strategies for the well-being of its users. Finally, thinking about how the labor workers could feel ownership of their own spaces, the topic of Community Engagement in architecture was chosen to further understand the ways the workers could feel integrated with their living.

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Site Analysis

Taking Sheihk Zayed Road as an axis and Dubai's current urban spreading as a manifesting factor to indicate the importance of Al Qouz Industrial zone and the central position it possesses on the map of Dubai, gave rise to why the site driving the project has been chosen. The chosen site has its urban impact and value through its central position between the 4 districts of al Qouz Industrial, and its mid location between the two major roads, Sheihk Zayed Road and Al Kheil Road. What adds to its locational significance is its layout on an intersection of the two major roads of al Qouz, al Marabea and al Asayel roads. The site is surrounded by a dense urban fabric with low-rise buildings ranging from one floor to a maximum of four floors. The surrounding is mostly composed of industrial buildings and labor housing, while there exists a small mall, a multiple of mosques and two sports fields. The area is quite polluted with cars and with factories' gas emissions. It lacks greenery and the only existent trees there seem to be quite spontaneous. Parking covers the entire area, and what has been discovered is how some residents used some parking spaces for agriculture and selling vegetables. Within the leading male population there, most of them gathered around retail spaces and mosques. There are no other destinations or public spaces for them to enjoy a sense of community. Acknowledging the importance and the urban impact of this intersection, the thesis proposes to take advantage of the plot's value by a concept that builds a symbol for the labor community, a smart hub, with living and working spaces, that gratifies their efforts and contribution to the development of Dubai, with al Qouz being one of the first hosting cities of the immigrant labor workers.

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Introducing Concept Systems

Roof System The following concept proposals, implemented to the existing buildings of the plot, are designed based on the integration of three different systems in different ways among them. Thinking about the possible visual unification of the existing built elements as well as shading of the exposed void spaces, the first system identified and taken into consideration is the roof system. The second thing was to think of how actual connection could be made between the existing buildings, how could they be intact with one another, this is where the system of connections is introduced, a system that helps in encouraging a sense of community between the buildings across the intersection. The final strategy used within the concept proposals is the alteration of the existing buildings, subtracting or adding elements that help the buildings improve spacially and physically.

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Mood Board Study

Taking inspiration from what has been done in projects before, from the utilization of the three introduced systems, a mood board, with various photos of interior and exterior perspectives, helped in understanding possible ways in which the systems could be integrated. A roof surmounting industrial buildings, visible in the photo at the bottom right, was designed to unify existing industrial buildings so that they are perceived as a box within a box. Bridges between buildings and those surmounting roads, elevated landscapes, and roof hanged walkways visible within some of the included photos, were a driver to certain design solutions, lingered with connection. The concept proposals, in addition and subtraction, where inspired by porosity and extruded spaces. Each of the following concept proposals is driven from a collage that experiments with the void space between the coupled buildings.

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Concept Proposal 1

Collage This collage conceptually experiments with the space between the coupled buildings, taking into consideration the three systems, the roof, the connections and subtraction, and addition. Here, It attempts to visualize how a network of walkways can connect the buildings and run through them to extend beyond to the rest of the other buildings across the intersection. On the ground level, It manifests porosity and introduces public functions selective greenery spaces. Shading this activated void is a porous roof surmounting the top of the building.

Figure 96. Al Asayel and Al Marabea raod intersection

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The Floating Network The main driver of this concept is the elevated landscape surmounting the intersection in a 45-degree angle, parallel to the edges of the buildings. From the intersection, it starts to disperse and spread like a spider network, to connect the buildings and encourage a sense of community. As its spreads, it pierces through the buildings and conforms itself to them. Within this concept, the buildings are fragmentized with a lane subtracted from each building and roofs on top of each cluster of coupled buildings oriented in ways to block direct sun access to the void spaces.

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Concept Proposal 2

Collage This collage conceptually experiments with the space between the coupled buildings, in how it can transform into a green garden, a space for the wellbeing and rehabilitation of the labor workers. It utilizes a green roof and terraced platforms extending from the top to the bottom, where the workers could practice planting and climbing activities. The green roofs act as a shading and a cooling method during day time heat hours. Added to the facades are extrusions where communal gatherings could take place.

D117. Collage illustrating an green neighborhood

D118. Conceptual Section

Bionomy BiophiliaThis concept aims to transform the dry polluted neighborhood into an urban green destination that cleans the area from the toxic gases and pollutants, and provides a source of visual and mental rehabilitation for its users as well as its surrounding observers. It focuses on subtracting courtyard spaces from the existing buildings to allow for more efficient ventilation, airflow and daylighting, then connecting the roofs of the buildings to unify them with one roof space that is meant to be vegetated and transformed into a roof garden for planting practices, public gatherings, meditation, and contemplation.

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Concept Proposal 3

Collage This collage conceptually experiments with the space between the coupled buildings, by creating an owned experience for the labor workers, and experience highlighted by introducing spaces where they can observe the surroundings from a higher point of view, spaces where they can self-construct and change according to their needs, and spaces where they can have visual connection, with the communities across the intersection. This collage endeavors to obtain a fun experience at the ground floor through a designed landscape with stairs that connect the landscape to the existing balconies of the buildings.

D121. Collage illustrating an owned experience

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D122. Conceptual Section

Visual Circumference Within this concept, the scale is taken into consideration as a method to translate the relationship established between the buildings. It endeavors to form a layout that manifests integration and connection between the four existing coupled buildings at the intersection. To establish this relationship, alignment, and continuation of the void spaces between the coupled buildings would continue to the oppositely placed coupled buildings on the other side of the intersection, applied to the four plots so that there is a visual connection between them. With this idea, the aligning parts to be subtracted are the part on the ground floor and the part on the third floor so that a bridge forms in between, a terrace that overlooks the spaces around. Emphasizing this visual circumference is the mounting big structure that highlights further the connection, shades the spaces in between the buildings, and seeks to receive attention through its bigness and attempt to frame the intersection from all the different sides. It is meant to be approachable and sloped hosting work-related functions. D123. Conceptual Plan

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Preliminary Concept Proposals Zoning

Preliminary Zoning Each of these diagrams experiments with a basic distribution of the main functions of the project program, living, working, learning, meditating and exercising. The first concept attempts to accommodate the functions within the existing structures. The second concept proposes the subtraction of courtyard spaces and adding a structure on the bottom right plot that hosts working and exhibiting spaces. While for the third concept, it proposes to give hierarchy and character to the working spaces by accommodating them in a loop that interconnects the buildings on the top.

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Figure 95 Building Permit and Completion Certificate Issuance, https://www.dm.gov.ae/en/Business/ PlanningAndConstruction/Pages/Building-Permit-and-Completion-Certificate-issuance. aspx. Figure 96 GIS Services, https://www.dm.gov.ae/en/Business/PlanningAndConstruction/GeographicInformationSystems/Pages/GIS-Services.aspx. Copy Edit D1 till D124 Self-made diagrams and illustrations

This thesis takes a theme that studies the labor community in Dubai, the large population of low-income migrant workers who have contributed massively to Dubai's growth and glory. It tackles the concept of alienation to understand how the labor community can become integrated and engaged rather than estranged from their living, their production and the community as a whole. Al Qouz Labor Accommodation, bordering Al Asayel and Al Marabea road intersection, makes up one of the few labor housing sites that have the potential to become integrated with the city. Their accommodation's layout on an intersection renders the site a recognizable character, with an urban impact of being the center of attention. They are situated at the heart of al Quoz, but lack connections with the rest of the city. The urban composition of this site raises an interest in questioning its functionality as a whole. Therefore, the thesis will analyze the site on a social, architectural, and urban level, to discover what is working, and what is not, what is existent and what is missing, who is living there, and how the area is connected or disconnected to the rest of the city. The outcome of the research will then determine what has to be done, upgraded, or altered to advance the community of the low-income labor workers into a healthier and more functional state. The intention is to allow the plot to reach its highest potential through designing a hub that experiments with having the best practice for the labor community, a pilot that is then taken as an example, by the neighboring plots, in terms of its spirit, hoping that all the labor communities will develop in this way.