Vietnamese Modular Community Final Portfolio 2019

Vietnamese Modular Housing and Temple

ARCT 1041

Sana Tabassum

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3:

Unit 7

Exploration and Proposition

2018-2019

Domestic Dioramas

Architectual Melodramas

Design Development

1st Iteration

2nd Iteration

The Vietnamese modular community features three key programmes around the building. Housing for Vietnamese residents, their corresponding resident-owned ground floor businesses and a community centre with a Buddhist temple and roof garden.

The project was inspired by grid-based configuration seen in sci-fi movies and features an appliance skin that pulls out building services such as heat and ventilation. It also has an inward facing community skin that houses clip-on components as a part of customisable housing units. Occupants can extend and build vertically over time as their needs grow.

The community works together all year round to prepare for one of the key Vietnamese festivals – Wandering Souls, where an extravagant feast is held, and other religious activities take place.

Minority Report - Surveillance, Privacy

Back of Houses - Density, Services

Vietnamese Culture - Wandering Souls Festival

BedZed - Modularity, Prefabrication

Domestic Dioramas

Minority Report is a film by Steven Spielberg set with the context of evolved humans that can see the future due to genetic mutation. These three beings are known as ‘Precogs’ and are used by the government in a specialist task force headed by Chief John Anderton in order to stop crimes before they happen.

Key Themes: Surveillence, privacy, security, density, future domestic spaces, free will, role of media, broken family households, self perception, intrusive technology.

Filming Techniques: High contrast visual style, rhythmic music to create tension, blue hue, handheld irregular camera shots.

Domestic Scenes: Howard Mark’s arrest and ‘potential’ murder scene, John Anderton’s apartment, Dr Eddie’s apartment complex and view into other spaces, hotel room (murder scene).

Illustration of a scene that is shot from a low angle made to be able to follow the movements of a robotic spider that is getting closer to the protagonist. The colours used are taken from the scene to emphasise the darkness and griminess of the setting but also featuring some kind of lighting.

MINORITY REPORT SUMMARY AND KEY DRIVERS

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Film Timeline

Film Screenshots

Key Scenes

This scene happens in the middle of the movie and is one of the major domestic spaces shown that incorporates more than a couple of characters. The camera movement zooms in and out on each space almost acting as an always ‘watching eye’.

SCENE TIMELINE AND SCREENSHOTS

Overlapping Screenshots of Mother and children entering apartment

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Cut Scene : Apartment Stairs

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Overview of Apartment Entrance

Rotation and Zooming in

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Camera follows two characters

Focuses on Robotic Spider

Zooming Out

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Camera moves on to another space

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Camera Movement : Mother Movement : Daughter 1 Movement : Daughter 2 Sound Frequency Screenshot and Plan Connection Robotic Spider Movement

SCALE 1:25

MOVEMENT DIAGRAM SPACE 1

1.19.03 Overlapping Screenshots of Husband and Wife arguing in Kitchen

Camera Turns

Overview through Ceiling

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Shows Connecting Room

Follows Character Movement

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Zooms into Character

Camera Zooms out and Away

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SCALE 1:25

Camera Movement : Wife Movement : Husband Sound Frequency Screenshot and Plan Connection Robotic Spider Movement

MOVEMENT DIAGRAM SPACE 2

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CEILING / GRID ABOVE SPACES

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SPACE 1

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Camera Movement : Mother Movement : Daughter 1 Movement : Daughter 2 Robotic Spider Movement

AXONOMETRIC DRAWING OF SPACE 1

LASERCUT MODEL OF CEILING GRID C1

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MODEL OF SPACE 1 - ANAMORPHIC

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Camera Movement : Mother Movement : Daughter 1 Movement : Daughter 2 Robotic Spider Movement

AXONOMETRIC DRAWING OF ANIMATION MODEL SPACE 1

CEILING / GRID ABOVE SPACES MADE FROM 3MM MDF SPRAY PAINTED BLACK WITH TRANSLUCENT PVC SHAPES

PLAN OF GRID WITH APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF EACH MODELLED SPACE

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AXONOMETRIC DRAWING OF GRID ABOVE MODELS

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The models are created with the help of the plan drawings that I made using snippets of the film. They do not show the entirety of the apartments but just the main spaces of action and movement. The models have been made in an anamorphic style so that the camera angle - bird’s eye view - only shows what needs to be shown and the rest is not rmodelled in detail.

ANAMORPHIC PLANS OF MODELS AND CHARACTER ANIMATION

Cardboard Box DSLR Camera

Table

Adjustable Rod

Lasercut Grid Element

Plastic Dowels

Model of Space 2 Base Board Props to lift Board to a height

SCALE 1:10

ANIMATION BEHIND THE SCENES

Overview of Model

Apartment 1

Apartment 2

Apartment 3

08 / 10 / 2018 : CAMERA 1

ANIMATION STILLS

Architectural Melodramas

Shoreditch, Borough of Hackney

Map of London

Geffrye Museum

Columbia Road Flower Market

Hoxton Station

Dorset Estate

Rochelle Canteen

Arnold Circus

Shoreditch High Street Station

Brick Lane

My journey in Shoreditch started at Hoxton Station where I made my way around Columbia Road and then progressing towards Arnold Circus. This route allowed me to see one side of Shoreditch. I then went past Shoreditch High Street Station and on to the start of Brick Lane. An interesting feature of some housing estates were the use of grilles and an excess of gateways and fences. I also found some estates to be extremely repetitive and having little to no activity on the exterior.

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INITIAL SITE VISIT - SHOREDITCH JOURNEY MAPPING DIAGRAM

Back door to Vietnamese Restaurant

Street view of shops and restaurants with houseing

SECOND SITE VISIT - KINGSLAND ROAD + NAZRUL STREET

View of bridge on Kingsland Road

Scale 1:2500

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Ventilation Fan Extracts and grilles

Hoxton Station

Nazrul Street

Kingsland Road

Shoreditch High St Station

MIEN TAY Vietnamese Restaurant

OZGEM TEXTILERS ASSOCIATION

LONDON’S HOME RESIDENCE Apartments / Rooms to rent

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Scale 1:500

NAZRUL STREET - COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL EXTRACTION

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AC Unit

Exhaust Vent

External Wiring

Door

Stairs

Window

Balcony

NAZRUL STREET - 3D MODELLED AXONOMETRIC DRAWING

Indoor AC Unit Connected via copper pipes

Storage Area Shelving

Outdoor AC Unit

External Camera

Extractor Vent leading out and upwards

Satellite Dish Extractor Vent coming into kitchen

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NAZRUL STREET - SECTION DRAWING, INTERPRETATION OF INTERIOR SPACES

Perspective view similar to site photographs

Street view east

Perspective from below showing full building height and context

Perspective from below with shadows

3D MODELLED RENDERS ANALYSING EXTERNAL APPLIANCE SKIN

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Office Space

Green Papaya Vietnamese Restaurant

Housing Estate

Train Line Pavement Road Site Area

The Vietnamese community in Shoreditch and other parts of London is prominent only through the typical nail salon and restaurant businesses. The housing in Shoreditch, particularly the site chosen, has many alleys and back roads where the rear end of such businesses hold a large amount of unneccessary external applicances.

In order to bring about a sense of Vietnamese culture and architecture, the project aims to resolve the issue of excess mechanisms by creating a simple grid structure alongside modular housing that is specific to the Vietnamese people and their businesses. It also features restaurants that extend inwards into a communal courtyard, where shops and other businesses are held and has a main community temple along with lecture theatres and event spaces.

By celebrating these external mechanisms and using these to extend the housing spaces or by having tucked-away extendable features, it eliminates the need for external devices that diminish the architecture. The housing is directed at those with specific businesses that may be promoted right underneath their homes.

PROGRAMME SUMMARY, 3D MODEL OF SITE AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS

7:21 AM

16:09 PM

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ELEVATIO 10:00 AM

13:00 PM

Hoxton Station

Sun Path Analysis

Bus Stops

Mar Equinox

Bus Route

Jun Solstice

Public Buildings

Sep Equinox Dec Solstice

Semi Private Buildings ELEVATION A

Private Buildings Over 12m High Over 15m High Over 10m High

Cremer Street

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Site

Scale 1:1000

SITE ANALYSIS - SUN PATH

Waterson Street

Design Development

Prayer Room

Bedroom / Storage

Bedroom

Kitchen / Grandparents Bedroom

Shop / Living Room

Primary Spaces

Secondary Spaces

Pre 1800s

Mid 1800s

1900s

Original Vietnamese housing called ‘shop houses’ consisted of a main building with a courtyard space in between. Due to lack of spaces, rural migration and rapid urbanisation, the middle courtyard space was filled therefore reducing light into the building.

Other extensions towards the rear of the house gave the architecture the name ‘tube house’. Eventually, people realised they could also build upwards, adding makeshift extensions and creating individual spaces on each floor. These types of houses were adaptable for extended familes where each floor space could be a bedroom and bathroom or the shop and living room area.

VIETNAMESE ‘TUBE HOUSES’ ANALYSIS

Present Day

L1

Vietnamese Temple

L2 Shops / Businesses

Foot Bridge

L3

Lecture Theatre

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L5

Housing

Restaurants / Shops Community Centre Courtyard / Bridges

MASSING DIAGRAM

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The Wandering Souls festival is held on the 15th day of the Seventh Lunar Month.

It can also be celebrated throughout the month through prayers and offerings.

Vietnamese Buddhists believe this is the time when the spirits and souls of their ancestors and relatives are able to visit their family in the mortal world. They are in need of food and prayer which is why it is an important religious and social event.

The ceremony is usually conducted in open air if the weather permits, and if held in someone’s house, it should take place in the largest room of the home.

The day is also devoted towards deceased parents, in particular mothers.

Visitors tend to wear red roses if their parents are still alive, and white roses if their parents are deceased.

People also tend to take part in humanitarian activities, donating and helping the poor and those in need as a sign of respent for their parents.

The programme for the building will be based around this festival. The housing community will take part, opening up parts of their houses and transforming them into temporary altars and pagodas.

The main activites will take place in the community centre and temple and will work with the smart grid to ensure a selfsufficient energy routine.

Preparations for the festival will happen all year round for the final event, a bonfire.

1. Feast Preparation Happens the night before A large variety of foods are made and eaten throughout the month

2. Prayers and Offerings Community visit temples and pagodas to offer prayers and foods to their ancestors

3. Main Feast Sticky rice cakes, vermicili soups, meat rolls, 5 kinds of fruits and 3 types of meats are made and eaten

WANDERING SOULS FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

4. Indoor Activities Lantern-making, plays and activites for the children and elderly are held

5. Bonfire Burning of paper money and clothes, informal dinner

PUBLIC ENTRANCES

PRIVATE ENTRANCES

PUBLIC CIRCULATION PRIVATE CIRCULATION

CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

The Centre Pompidou, an iconic building in architecture was designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers and ARUP as the structural engineers.

This building is of use as a case study for my project because of the imaginative circulation and facade design.

The technical appliances are situated on the outside of the building, leaving the interior open and free to be curated in any way possible.

In a similar way, my building uses these techniques of placing the external services on the outside of the building but using them as a part of extending out domestic activities.

The Pompidou Centre not only celebrates these mechanisms, but creates spaces inside that can be transformed easily with partitions or other uses.

PRECEDENTS : THE CENTRE POMPIDOU

Circlulation of People i.e. Lifts and Escalators

Circulating Air

Circulating Electricity

Circulating Water

The individual services have been grouped together and arranged accordingly. The colourful paint allows not only for the services to be identified, but creates an interesting street facade.

The services are pulled out and arranged vertically on the skin, not exactly connected to the superstructure but still connected to the internal spaces.

This allows for a open-plan interior that can be adjusted as needed.

Lighting / Electrical

Drainage

Facade Structural Elements

Ventilation

A similar study done on a sectional street elevation.

Although the services represent different functions, the element of colour-coding and arrangement of services is present.

COLOUR CODED ANALYSIS

In order to understand the service skin, this 3D model was created only showing the various pipes and basic structure. This shows the difference in appliances and gives a sense of the general arrangement.

An interesting structural feature are the gerberettes which are connected to a larger column and is a vital part of the superstructure. Creating a lightweight element that bears loads allows for freedom when designing the appliance skin.

3D MODEL FRAGMENT

DRAWING AND PHOTOGRAPHS

The key drivers for this project were to address and resolve the issues of typical Japanese housing, mainly cramped spaces and inflexible planning. There was also a need to incorporate the environment into some of the spaces in the housing estate.

This project by SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa also explores natural ventiliation throughout the building. A plan of duplex and triplex apartments with mezzanine levels and open courtyards in between allows for the natural air to pass through horizontally and vertically.

Similarly, the building needs to resolve the excess appliances that build up at the exterior of restaurants and shops and create a ‘back of house’ space that isn’t interesting. Wherever possible, I will try and use natural opening to allow for ventilation and extraction.

The organisation of each apartment takes into consideration the types of families and people that would be living there such as single people, extended familes or couples. The variation between different circulations makes each apartment unique and allows for interesting connections between apartments.

PRECEDENTS : GIFU KITAGATA HOUSING

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SUPER STRUCTURE EXPLODED DRAWING

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STREET FACADE

RESTAURANT

WALKWAY FOR HOUSING ENTRANCE

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SECTION DRAWING 1:100

EXTERNAL GRID STRUCTURE GUTTER SYSTEM A/C VENTS LIGHTING DOUBLE HEIGHT PLANT SPACE RESTAURANT SIGNAGE LOUVERS AWNING BALCONY PET CAGE EXTRACTION VENT ROTATING FLOWER POTS

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FOLDABLE KITCHEN EXTENSION VERTICAL COLLAPSABLE OPENING UMBRELLA EXTENDABLE WASHING LINE BALCONY SEATING ALTAR POD ROTATING CIRCULAR DESK SKYLIGHT ENTRANCE KITCHEN WINDOW WALKWAY

1st Iteration

TEMPLE

HOUSING

RESTAURANT

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1:500 PLAN

External Staircase

Housing Unit

Main Superstructure

Appliance Skin

Restaurant

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC DRAWING

Kitchen Module Complete Housing Unit

Living Room Module

Staircase Module

Concrete Shell

Superstructure

Appliance Skin Structure

BUILDING STRATEGY

FIRST FLOOR

Section B

Section A

GROUND FLOOR

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A two floor housing unit is shown on this page. It comprises of 8 indivudual elements that fit together in a unique way. The purpose for this is so that elements can be reconfigured based on the occupants preference and need.

In the next iteration, I will experiment with 3D printed models and perhaps make the design simpler so that each individual component can be reconfigured without any limitations.

SECTION A

SECTION B

HOUSING UNIT ISOMETRIC, PLAN AND SECTIONS

Two out of eight housing components are shown above. They can be left in the intended configuration or can be re-designed and experimented with to create other types of spaces.

Rather than having gaps, it would be ideal to create a basic shape for each component so that it can be reconfigured in many different possibilities.

3D PRINTED COMPONENT TESTS

BILLBOARD STRUCTURE

OUTDOOR SEATING

EAST ELEVATION

INTERIOR

Section A

GROUND FLOOR

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KITCHEN

SECTION A

RESTAURANT ISOMETRIC, PLAN AND SECTIONS

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1 Reception of Community Centre 2 Classroom 3 Circulation 4 Existing Site 5 Shop 6 Restaurant 7 Outside Seating Area 8 Staircases 9 Empty Spaces

PLAN - GROUND FLOOR 1:200

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1 External Ground Floor Staircase 2 Lifts 3 Conference Room 4 Open Atrium 5 Kitchen 6 Dining Hall 7 First Floor Staircase

PLAN - FIRST FLOOR 1:200

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1 External First Floor Staircase 2 External Second Floor Staircase 3 Meditation Room 4 Lifts 5 Pagoda Pavilion 6 Rooftop Seating Area 7 Pond

PLAN - SECOND FLOOR 1:200

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PLAN - THIRD FLOOR 1:200

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PLAN - FOURTH FLOOR 1:200

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1 Housing Unit (2 Floors) 2 Extendable Balcony (Community Skin) 3 Satellite 4 Water Tank 5 Garden 6 Waste 7 Billboards 8 Extendable Seating 9 Cafe

SECTION HOUSING 1:100

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3D MODEL RENDERS

2nd Iteration

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1 External Temple Staircase 2 Gutters 3 Water Tanks 4 Roof Garden 5 Mediation Space 6 Housing + Appliance Skin 7 Housing Staircases

AXONOMETRIC DRAWING

Garden

Altar

Balcony

Study

Reading Nook

Storage

Housing Unit

Clip-On

The clip - on components act as extendable spaces that are prefabricated offsite and can be made into multiple types of spaces dependant on the occupant’s preference.

These components add to the community skin of the housing part of the building, allowing for opposite connections and adaptability.

CLIP - ON COMPONENTS

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Lifts Glass lifts on the exterior of the building.

Third Floor Main shrine floor where the statue of the Buddha is kept, praying and other religious activites take place here.

Second Floor + Roof Garden

Meditation areas and rooftop garden which is an exotic experience, featuring bespoke elements derived from Vietnamese gardens.

First Floor Kitchen, community dining hall and private conference room.

Ground Floor Ground floor, reception area and classrooms.

COMMUNITY CENTRE EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC DRAWING

SECTION AND PERSPECTIVE SKETCHES

1:500 SITE PLAN

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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THIRD FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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FOURTH FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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ROOF PLAN 1:200

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SECTION - HOUSING 1:100

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COURTYARD PERSPECTIVE RENDER

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

Layer 4

Layer 5

The example shown above is a painting by Stroebel, who was inspired by Pieter de Hooch’s extensively detailed interior paintings.

In a similar way, the different layers are captured, each telling their own story. The spectator’s view is extended, possibly even more so than how it would be in reality.

Applying this technique to an interior perspective of a housing unit and displaying several layers such as the facade of the building interior, then a part of the community skin and lastly giving a fragment of the opposite housing, we can extend the view to show more of the building.

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE INSPIRED BY DUTCH PAINTINGS

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Minority Report overlay Grid

Using the fragmented grid taken from the Domestic Dioramas project, I created a structural steel base and also a unique shape for the roof garden.

Roof Axonometric

GRID FORM FOR ROOF GARDEN

Minimum space requirement for a 1 bed studio flat

37.0 sq. m

Square meter area in a typical flat in modular housing

41.7 sq. m

ETFE Facade

Layers of ETFE cushion reduces solar factor

The diagram conveys the basic

principles of the model at 1:20 scale.

The water drains would be fitted

vertically according to the number of housing modules.

Grid layout for street elevation on which services are held

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Wind Catcher

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Gerberette Balcony

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Kinetic Arms

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Housing Entrances Temple Entrances Private Circulation Public Circulation

FINAL CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

Vietnamese Modular Housing and Temple

ARCT 1042 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3: Resolution

Sana Tabassum Unit 7 2018-2019

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan Third Floor Plan Fourth Floor / Roof Plan Perspective Plan Short Section Technology Drawing P1 - Domestic Skin P2 - Courtyard P3 - Isometric Time-Based Illustration

HOXTON STATION

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Entrance Gate Reception Area Staff Room Stall / Offerings Space Commerical / Business Space Housing Staircases Empty Spaces Courtyard

GROUND FLOOR

Kingsland Road Shoreditch 1:200

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Visitor Centre Relic Room Storage Balcony Water Collector

FIRST FLOOR

Kingsland Road Shoreditch 1:200

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Priests Quarters Classroom Conference Room Empty Modules

SECOND FLOOR

Kingsland Road Shoreditch 1:200

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Communal Dining Space Meditation Room (Public) Meditation Room (Private) Roof Top Structure

THIRD FLOOR

Kingsland Road Shoreditch 1:200

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Indoor Garden Wind Turbines Roof Garden Staircases

FOURTH FLOOR

Kingsland Road Shoreditch 1:200

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FIFTH FLOOR / ROOF

Kingsland Road Shoreditch 1:200

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Wind Turbine Roof Garden Canopy Air Vents Clip On Component Refuse Chute Balcony Walkway Water Collection Channel

Short Section 1:100

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TECHNICAL SECTION 1:50