jordan sauer
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2030 Earthquake
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+ 2 Days Clear Rubble and Make Paths
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+ 2 Weeks Emergency Tents
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+6 Months Fold House (comic)
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+5 Years Development Along Path
The earthquake is the linchpin and catalyst of the story change. Many big tech companies will move out of SF as a result. This story presents a solution for what to do with the damaged city.
The historic landmarks are the nodes for this system. The connection to Shiner’s Hospital helps foster community growth, respect, and pride. Any destroyed portion is recreated digitally and showcased in the real world using advanced building projections.
In this case, arranging a path from a popular panoramic viewing area to a historic monument creates numerous attractive views of the monument, ocean, and city. The path is made from rubble from the earthquake and is a home to hardy bushes and trees.
The fold house idea is popular in companies like Humanihut and Flexhotel. These houses are inexpensive to transport and erect. They will be installed almost anywhere and are faster than traditional construction. They offer people the chance to own or rent a home who could otherwise not afford it.
Each fold house is well insulated and has plumbing and electric hookup options. Solar panels and water collection are optional sustainable features. The system requires minimal excavation and is low impact. The use of community restrooms can also increase plumbing efficiencies.
The fold house is versatile to user’s needs. They are creatively arranged and customized. Stacking units within a structural frame achieves higher densities. If a single fold house shelters three people on average, a fourstory tower requiring 1,200 sqft can house 27 people. The individual unit will last at least 10 years and can easily be replaced.
People in SF are used to living in very little space. The city itself provides entertainment and caters to the social needs of its residents. Because of this new lifestyle, people spend less time in their house.
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city MAPPING
I have never been to San Francisco. I first noticed that SF is not very dense in the west and has a large amount of historic landmarks. 1. Map historic landmarks on local and national registers. 2. Map earthquake liquifaction zones. I needed some space to put my design so I proposed an earthquake. In all reality, this is very likely to happen in our lifetime (bottom right) and unfortunately may be worse than what I proposed. 3. Collage cities with higher densities over the liquifaction zones. If there was an earthquake, this could allow for a new city layout. From top left to bottom right I looked at Paris, Manilla, Baghdad, and New York.
how the new city met the old city and what happened to the historic landmarks?
refugee tents
I focused on the western residential zone above Golden Gate Park because I saw it as having the most potential for new development. I looked at what happens after an earthquake in other countries, specifically Haiti where a refugee camp can house 700 people per acre (bottom right). 1. Where does the rubble go? It could be moved to the park and eventually to the ocean where it could be hauled off. 2. How do tents repopulate the area? They start at open parks and civic buildings. From here, they would branch out and form their own community and circulation networks (bottom left video)
what about the ruins, Do we keep them or start fresh? How far do we excavate the remains?
landmarks + ruins
I made a video that explained the spine of my scenario. 1. I liked the density of Paris the most, so I used that as my new city to transplant in SF (top left). 2. I wanted the ruins to be left completely alone to memorialize the destruction (bottom right). 3. I wanted the historic landmarks (even the damaged ones) to be reconstructed virtually and act as beacons (bottom left).
how do new buildings interact with historic landmarks? what really happens at the threshold between ruins and new?
Ready Player 1
housing that folds
Luxurious folding houses that are often showcased are expensive and not a good option for refugees following an earthquake. 1. The density of these simple Humanihuts is over 200 people per acre (top left). But the rigid stacking effect is dehumanizing. How can I take a simple unit and arrange it dynamically (middle left)? 2. Can folding houses be stacked? I focued on the placement, individual additions, and materiality of these structures. As I developed these ideas, I made the system work in Chicago competition (bottom right).
How to individualize these structures and humanize them?
green cloud: garden of resistance
pathway to preservation
I wanted to showcase the historic monuments. I begun by connecting the dots from my landmark map. 1. I chose to zoom in on the “T� at Outer Sunset (top left). 2. I know the landmark is the node of the path, but I needed to figure out where it went and how it interacted with the ruins (bottom right). 3. The path influences the houses and makes an appealing landscape for them to populate (bottom left).
What is it like living in a folding house on this path?