Studio Folio 2019 Fall

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

YEAR 2 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO A HOUSE, A HOME STUDIO SU CHANG

STUDIO FOLIO FALL 2019

This studio revisits modernism and its legacy as our shared tradition. In particular, this studio is devoted to looking at the houses by Le Corbusier. Architect, urbanist, painter, graphic designer, writer, sculptor and political advocates, polemicist and mystic, Le Corbusier was a figure of many roles. Amid all these guises concealed a simple yet unanswered question: who is Le Corbusier?

We attempt to respond to this question through a series of exercises: firstly through an analysis of modernist architectural works, followed by design exercises which propose to renovate the house in response to some of the most urgent and pressing issues we face today. Beyond the skills and knowledge required for these projects, the studio is a contemplation on the role of the architect in society – our social contract. On one hand, we are tasked to rigorously analyze the house, dissect the house and frame architectural arguments strictly through the language of architecture itself (plans, sections, models, details, construction). On the other hand, a series of seminars is organized to explore the house from cultural, philosophical, social perspectives.

Studio Instructors: John Lin, Roberto Requejo, Eva Herunter, Nikolas Ettel, Su Chang, Lidia Ratoi Assistant: Yi Sun

MODERN TRADITION

Exercise 1 - House Dissection The studio visits five canonical houses of Le Corbusier: Maison La Roche (1923-25), Villa Savoye (1928), Villa Baizeau (1928), Maison Curutchet (1949), and Villa Shodhan (1951). Through drawing and modelling exercises, each pair of students analyse the house by dissecting it at four scales to address different disciplinary issues. By redrawing and remodelling the house, the project intends to reconstruct a new spatial narrative about Le Corbusier’s houses and to reveal the hidden design techniques of the architect.

Exercise 2 - Climate House We imagine how modern architecture could be adapted in reponse to the changing climate by temporarily suspending the climatic conditions of where the houses are located and replacing them with the climate of Hong Kong. Students renovate the house in relationship to its new environment.

Exercise 3 - Population House The demand for domestic space has changed drastically in the past decades. In response to the demands of migration and population increases, students propose renovation strategies and adapt the house for multiple families. Issues of public and private, individual and community are debated.

STUDENT WORK

ROCHA BLANDON FRANCYS ADRIANA / LEUNG MING HA MARIANA

MAISION LA ROCHE PARIS, FRANCE, 1923–1925

Plan 1/100 2F

Model 1/100 massing

Section 1/50

through the central arium

Model 1/50

rear walls peel-away

Partial Plan 1/20 master suite

Partial Model 1/20 atirum and stairs

Section 1/5

ramp and bookshelves

Model 1/5

ramp and bookshelves

Section 1/50

the question of roof and its pitches

Project / Climate House

Model 1/20

climatic factor: water / rain

Plan 1/50

inside and outside / private and shared

Project / Population House

Model 1/50

population factor: the host and the guests

collage as iterations

HUI SUM YUEN KERRY / MA HOI YONG JOEY

VILLA SAVOYE PARIS, FRANCE, 1927

Plan 1/100 2F

Model 1/100 massing

Section 1/50

the sectional cascade

Model 1/50

“diagonal delineation of inside and outside“

Plan 1/20

circulation

Model 1/20

ramp in-between

Section 1/5 skylight

Model 1/5

arrive/depart

Section 1/50 the cascade

Project / Climate House

Model 1/20

climatic factor: sunlight and shading

Plan 1/100

“sub-divided units”

Project / Population House

Model 1/100 massing

design sketches

DAI YUCHEN YVETTE / GUO YUHUI FIONA

VILLA BAIZEAU TUNISIA, 1928

Plan 1/100 2F

Model 1/100 massing

Plan 1/50

sectional interlock

Model 1/50

cut-away model to reveal the scissor staircase

Plan 1/20

public/private divide

Model 1/20

double-height living room

Plan 1/20 balcony

Model 1/5 balcony

Plan 1/50

Project / Climate House

Model 1/50

climatic factor: humidity and ventilation

Plan 1/100

flipped floor plan

Project / Population House

Model 1/20

three-dimensional interlock

plan-to-section iterations

CHEUNG CHEUK LAM CATHY / WONG HO CHUN JEFFREY

MAISION CURUCHET LA PLATA, ARGENTINA, 1949

Plan 1/100 2F

Model 1/100 massing

Section 1/50

Model 1/50

Plan 1/20

layered periphery

Model 1/20

courtyard model

Plan 1/5

Brise soleil

Model 1/5

Brise soleil

Plan 1/100

Project / Climate House

Model 1/5

Brise soleil

Plan 1/100

Project / Population House

Model 1/50

design sketches

CHANG LING FUNG BRIAN / JANG JUNHO / YUEN WING TUNG ATHENA

VILLA SHODHAN AHMEDABAD, INDIA, 1951-56

Plan 1/100 2F

Model 1/100 massing

Section 1/50

Model 1/50

Plan 1/20

Model 1/20

Section 1/5

Model 1/5

Section 1/50

Project / Climate House

Model 1/20

climatic factor: water/rain

Section 1/50

Project / Population House

Model 1/50

stair house + ramp house

sketch models

This lecture introduces students to the multiple persona of the Swiss-French architect Le Cobusier. By presenting in parallel the life and work of the architect, the lecture lays out the background of the work assigned to the students for analysis.

SUPPLEMENT 1: STUDIO LECTURE

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Frampton, Kenneth. Le Corbusier. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Le Corbusier. “Architecture or Revolution?“ in Toward an Architecture. Getty Publications, 2007.

On Drawing Ferraz, Marcelo. On Architectural Drawing: Lina Bo Bardi and Beyond. March 2017 https://www.drawingmatter.org/writing-and-media/architectural-drawing-lina-bo-bardi-and-beyond/ On Model Maltzan, Michael. “Architecture as craft: After Narrative, Before Memisis”. Architecture As Craft, Michiel Riedijk (Ed.), SUN architecture, 2011 https://www.mmaltzan.com/essays/essay-notes-on-architecture-as-craft-after-narrative-beyondmimesis/ On Section Shu, Wang. “剖面的視野 (The Perspectives of Section)”.

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