Design Portfolio 2015-2020

JUI HUANG OU

･ DESIGN PORTFOLIO ･ ARCHITECTURE ･ URBAN DESIGN Architecture is an opprotunity to express personal feelings while at the same time accomplish the goal of serving the public and my be loved country.

Urban Regeneration Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050 03

autumn, 2019

Thesis Design Miniature City within the Gaps 18

autumn, 2017-summer, 2018

In The Nature Landscape of La Garrotxa Innovative Spring Water Observatory 27

spring-summer, 2017

Participatory Design with Prodis School Prodis

Contents

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summer, 2017

Breaking The Phenomenal Wall Toyama Hights Housing Complex 36

summer, 2016

Porto Marghera: From 1917 to 2050

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Location of Site : Venice, Italy Project Type : Academic Project Year : 2019 Advisor : David Chandler (poligonale1234@gmail.com)

Approximately 150 hectares of developed, decayed and brownďŹ eld on a triangular peninsular. A pivotal development position as the last piece of urbanised land before the rail and road causeway that links to the island of Venice. Lacking residential footprints. A potential. It beneďŹ ts from deep-water canals and was been developed as agas/oil fuel resource and entrepot for the Veneto region and Northern Adriatic.

Accessed by a minor railway station at Venezia Porto Marghera in the north. The triangle it is anked by other areas of commercially active and derelict port apron across canals. A magnet for published competitive urbanist proposlas.

The Island & The Mainland Venice, can be roughly divided in two parts, the mainland and the islands. The mainland consists of the capital of the province - Mestre and other cities like Marghera, and the islands are led by the well-known island of Venice. Our site is a part of the mainland, just across the road from Venice.

Since there are a large number of islands, the transport within is connected by boats called “Vaporetto”.

The Lagoon The Vene�an Lagoon, located in Italy, has a surface area of around 550 square kilometres. It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands. About 11% is permanently covered by open water, or canal, while around 80% consists of mud flats, �dal shallows and salt marshes. The lagoon is the largest wetland in the Mediterranean Basin.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Site Analysis-Location

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Site Analysis-History

While analysing the urban fabric and the availability of basic services surrounding our site, main challenges and poten�als were found and depicted.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Site Analysis-Location

The first major issue facing the site is poor accessibility, due to Via della Libertà -a 55 metres wide road at the north of it. This road has five lanes for trains and five lanes for cars, but Porto Marghera is serviced by only one car lane of them. The site is a�ached to the highway for a distance of 1.3 km. However, the pedestrians’ accessibility from the opposite side is achieved by only one small bridge.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Issue-Poor Accessbility

As a former industrial area, Porto Margehra appears to have high levels of pollution.

These form an unfriendly living environment for people and nature. In addition to this, the existence of the highway makes the area isolated and unsafe to live in.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Issue-Toxic Living Environment

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Methodology-Metabolic Relationship

In order to achieve stronger links with surrounding forces (University, Forte Marghera, cities), a “super campus” is promoted in the heart of our area and has a direct link to the university of Venice science campus located less than 0.5 mile away.

Moreover, more amenities and facilities are placed in the site to support this super campus and create a “life cycle”.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Methodology-Sustainble Living Environment

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Buffer wetlands are proposed for flood protec�on, so as to replace part of the concrete waterfronts. Crea�on of natural sunken plazas are suggested, which during the dry season are used as part of the green park and during the floods are supposed to be filled with sea water.

In those ponds are designed landscape warning lines, which are going to warn the people about the level of the water.

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Stages for festival

events or perform 04

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Open-air Cinema 05

Weekend Children’s Containers Park Park

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Exhibition Plaza for artworks 06

Summer Fountain Plaza

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Methodology-Recontour Existing Buildings

In 2050, one day, when you plan a trip to Venice, on the plane, you will never ignore the vivid land before you arrive...

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Porto Marghera-Birdeye View

The project consists of 2 main entrances. Those main road for cars through the roundabout in the middle of super campus. Coastal trail and pedestrian circulation surround all landscape nodes and activities plazas. From the north to the South, with the density of roads and buildings decrease, you can notice bigger and bigger area for green.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Porto Marghera-Master Plan

2020 - 2035 (Groundbreaking Phase) Detoxify of Land

2035 - 2050 (Development Phase)

Super Campus I

As a long term redevelopment project, the process had been divided into 3 phases. Starting with the detoxification of post industrial lands by planting plants like alpine pennycress and pigweeds. Which is considered the best plants for detoxifying the land. Following with the construction of super campus to attract the first batch of inhabitants.

AFTER 2050 (Future)

Super Campus II

Self-Contained Community Pastoral Utopia Farm The Expansion

Process of Land Detoxification

Green Energy Generation

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Porto Marghera-Phase of Progress

The main goal of the project will be the foothold for young people who graduate from universi�es around it. Hence, we introduce companies and create incubator areas for providing jobs and cost-effec�ve offices in super campus. There also are museum, sport field, cafe for entertainment.

A�er those young people are able to find a permanent job in that place, they may create their families and se�le down in convenient and cheaper residen�al area, near the super campus.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Porto Marghera-Super Campus

In the south of the site a utopia farm is proposed for cul�va�on of food and organic products, that can be consumed by the residents themselves and even exported to neighbouring areas.

The farm is divided in four sec�ons, that they all work together to produce energy from renewable resources, so as to serve the residen�al areas and the super-campus.

The place not only encourage a self-sufficient community, but also engages people during the process of cul�va�on and therefore enhances their social life. Furthermore, people from the surrounding areas can spend their spare �me in this lively and healthy environment.

Porto Marghera:From 1917 to 2050

Porto Marghera-Utopian Farm

Origin of Project

The rich variety of a city is mosaic by numerous different elements.

However, the urban life may not always be enjoyable. We are constantly seeking a way to live within the gaps

Thesis Design

Location of Site : Taipei, Taiwan Project Type : Academic Project Year : 2018 (5th Year of Bachler Degree) Advisor : Wei-Jyh, Hsu (khl.arch@msa.hinet.net)

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Everyone can have their own impression about Taipei. For me, Taipei is the extension of home, a place where memories and emotions were being built. However, the city hold more than my personal story but the life experience of a whole generation. The rich ariety of a city is mosaic by numerous different elements. While part of it may be a wonderful spacial experience, others may be the capturation of a beautiful image. The formation of a city is diverse and rich. However, the urban life is never always enjoyable. We ar constantly seeking a way to live within the gaps. Is there a possibility, that we were never a part of the city we tend to live in?

Miniature City within the Gaps

Miniature City within the Gaps

Sometimes, we question what are the key elements? And who can be the trive on the regulations? Living in a city, we often have to follow numerous regulations. Most of the time they seemed to be fair enough, but other times it forces some people to leave the center stage.

每個人都擁有不一樣的生活經驗 某種程度上成就了這個人

世界上沒有任何兩個人是一樣的 而我，就是那個獨一無二的我

Everyone has their own different life experiences , which make them who they are.

No two people's life experiences are the same.

And mine are just unique to me.

Keshia Knight Pulliam

夾縫中的島嶼城市

Inequivalent City

Taipei

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Osaka

Seoul

Miniature City within the Gaps

I have chosen my hometown-Taipei to be the site of this urban experiment. This is a city that procied into aged society in the 1990s, the exact timing when my gneration was born. The city is constantly rapidly developing, block within are filled with all kinds of buildings, new and old. Apart from building new buildings, the extentional pieces that are situated in the edge of law are rapidly occupying limited open spaces. However, although new building are constructed, the younger generations still don’t have a place

Singapore

Surface Area (sqkm) 271.8

1104.4

6340.5

222.5

605.3

712.4

271.32

710.23

1412.32

266.53

1057.54

377.17

9753 21000

6431

2227

11981

17473

5294

1963

Population (10000 people)

Density (person/sqkm)

Aging Index 88.31%

109.01%

194.37%

69.76%

51.70%

Now

南機場國宅 South Airport Public House in Taipei

Built in 1963, The South Airport Public House was once one of the best organized public housing and complex in Taipei. However, as time passes, lack of repairment and illigal additional construction had broke down the once ideal living condition. Now, corresponding with 32 other similar complexes, they are constantly waiting to be deconstructed.

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46.8%

39.8%

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Percentage of Ownership

30

44.5%

23.3%

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Current Public Housing

1.Residence Build Up: -35% Special Need -30% Local -23% Citizen -12% Youth

6.8%

Community Classroom

Co-Working Space

Urban Linear Green

The concept of the city in the city, which proceeds from a collage of a different urban entities, will be completed antithetically by the space in between the urban islands. Here the structures, by now valueless, ought to be allowed to gradually retransform into natural zones and pastures, without any rebuilding. This concerns in particular the areas of Kemperplatz, the stations of Görlitz and Potsdam, and, at a later stage, the Tempelhofer airport. Hence, the urban islands would be divided from each other by strips of nature and green, thus defining the framework of the city as a green archipelago(綠色群島).

O.M. Ungers The City in the City

New Public Housing

1.Residence Build Up: -30% Special Need -10% Local -30% Citizen -30% Youth

2.Facility -Open to the Public.

-Indoors & Outdoors.

-Can be isolated or be connect with the existings.

Community Gym

Studio House

Habitation issue had been vital to Taipei for more than decades, however few had been done. Even though the current Taipei mayor promoted a project of 50,000+ new public housings, the type and objective of housing had yet been fully discussed.

Miniature City within the Gaps

2.Facility -Only for people living inside.

Under 20Y 21-30Y 31-40Y 41-50Y 51-60Y Over 61Y -Mainly Indoors.

Age Group -Isolated with the bigger Age-Ownership of real estate in Taipei scale infrastructure.

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0.5%

夾縫中的島嶼城市

The Disintegration of Habitation Policy

If each block is an archipelago floating in the city, than the urban area of Taipei will be flooded with capitalized archipelagos. When the blocks are occupied, what should we do? Do we have a different opprotunity to change the lifes of future generations? Or it just a dream that will never come true.

The urban fabric of Taipei City is formed by blocks cut by grided roads.Every block is being used differently, depending on their different size and location.But, in the urban area of a city, blocks become the prey of higher class citizens

480m

內科園區 1990-

Airport

5.

Taipei Main Station 西門町 1950-80 1990-

敦化南北路

後站商圈 1950-90

中山南北路

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忠孝頂好商圈 敦北商業帶 1980-95 1975-95

Presidential Palace 站前商圈 1950-80

營邊段 1970

Miniature City within the Gaps

450m

仁愛路 1.

City Hall 信義計畫區 1981-

Green Boulevard Potencial Site Spacial Knot

夾縫中的島嶼城市

Archipelago

This project tries to modify and redefine the usage of roads. In generally, roads were used for transporting people and cargo from one place to another.

However, based on previous research, it had been taking up to more than 20% of the land usage in most cities. With modern cities becomming increasingly crowded, why can’t some of the people live“above”the roads? Roads may be regard as the terrotory with the highest publicity. When it becomes the major part of our new urban life, we are currently challenging the traditional idea of a road while giving it a new role.

12m

夾縫中的島嶼城市

Within the numerous site options, I have chosen the space aove the public bus lanes to be my site.

Inserting New Programs to the archipelago -Urban Green Avenue -Start-Up Hub & Co-Working Space -Studio House

16m

Miniature City within the Gaps

Space for Construction 40 Degrees

Site Selecting Requirements

1.Road wider than 30m 2.Bus lane wider than 8m 3.Bus lane in the center of the road 4.Not an existing green avenue 5.Available length longer than 500m 6.Surrounding conditions under consideration

Bus Lanes

5m

Though facing limitations, this 13km long mega-structure may also provide new opprotunaty

Promotion of young talents

The come-back of young people

Activation of community sporting space

When numerous points are connected to form a loop, the new urban lifestyle is than created.

Filling educational gaps

Creation of leisure greens

夾縫中的島嶼城市

A“Miniature City”Lifestyle

Promote

The past, present and the potential future, enclosed in the length of 200 meters.

I have chosen 200m within the 13km to be the site of my thesis design

Minquan W. Rd.

Between Taipei bridge and Chengde Rd.

Miniature City within the Gaps

Existing

Creating a green system through the urban area of Taipei Daily life in a “Miniature City”

Bus Stop

Connecting Ramp

Main Plaza

Studio House

夾縫中的島嶼城市 +5.2M Plan

Miniature City within the Gaps Site Plan

夾縫中的島嶼城市

Miniature City within the Gaps +9.4M Plan

Long Section

Location & Site Analysis

Province:Girona La Garrotxa

Innovative Spring Water Observatory In The Nature Landscape of La Garrotxa

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Location of Site : La Garrotxa, Spain Project Type : Academic Project Year : 2017 Spring-Summer (4th Year of Bachler Degree during Exchange Program in Spain) Advisor : Galvez Perez, Mª .Auxiliadora *School of Architecture, CEU San Pablo (galvez.eps@ceu.es)

The every day life of Santa Pau is steady but somhow kind of boring. There are plenty of farmland or place for raising lifestocks in this particular area, but most of them are small producers and only sell their goods to the local restaurants.

Being mostly isolated from the rest of the world, is there any potencial possibility to introduce a new life cycle to intercane the original one? Or should the mountain township quietly fade in the wave of human history. The site selected sits right beside volcano Croscat, one of the tallest volcano in La Garrotxa.

Currently occupied by extensive agriculture, it seemingly to have a better chance to be developed. Taking advantage of existing access to spring water, the daily life is than modified while building sustainable community within, though the natural landscape should also be kepted.`

Innovative Spring Water Observatory

Capital:Olot

La Garrotxa Comarca: It has a clear division into two subcomarques.Extending north from the valley of Fluvia, is Alta Garrotxa (Upper Garrotxa), while thesouthern part is called Baja Garrotxa. Olot is the capital city of La Garrotxa Comarca.

Volcanic Zone: In the western part of the comarca, the land around Olot and Santa Pau consists some 40 well-preserved volcanic cones at Croscat, important flows of basaltic lava, and the volcano of Santa Margarida, The zone is protected within the 120.07km² National park of Volcano in La Garrotxa.

Olot - Capital of La Garrotxa Population: 34,000 hab Area: 29.0 km² Density: 1172.4 hab/km²

Santa Pau

Population: 1567 hab Area: 49.04 km² Density: 31.95 hab/km²

Economy Build-up: 1.Argriculture - Dry land farming, Livestock 2.Service -Tourism Events & Activity 1.Traditional Festivals 2.Visit Historical Sites

Economy Build-up: 46.9%

38.5%

10.9%

Services

Industry

3.7%

Construction Agriculture

Climate & Hydrolics

創新湧泉利用系統

Concept & Site Analysis

Nature Existants

Innovative Spring Water Observatory

Spring Water

River

A. Sclerophyllous Forest B. Oak with Viburnum C. Sureda D. Forest with Oak and Aizina

E. Oak with Quercus Cerrioides F. Mixed Forest of Aizina G. Mountaineer Oak H. Mountaineer Oak Acidofila I. Oak Grove Rouee Valencia J. Oak Grove Rouee Downy

Size of Farms

Area for Farming/Farm

Number of Lifestocks/Farm

Story Board-Program

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Feb

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May

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Dec

Sorghum 高粱 Sorghum Liquor 高粱酒

Sun Flower 向日葵

Almond 杏仁

Product Sale 產品銷售

The variety of crop in the mediterranean climate is large. I have Sorghum Flower Season 高粱花季 chosen three for them which will be the main plantation in my project. All if the are already planted in this area but in different percentage of land use. Due to the different growing and harvesting season shown above, the are different activities to do through out the year.

Almond Flower Season 杏仁花季

The Story Background

The every day life of Santa Pau is steady but some how kind of boring. There are plenty of framland or place for raising lifestocks in this particular area, but most of them are small and only sell their goods to the local restaurents.

I think it is too isolated from the outside world and decide to introduce a new life cycle to intervane with the original one.

Sun Flower 向日葵 Sun Flower Seed 葵花子

Manufacture & Aging 製造及熟成

Sun Flower Season 向日葵花季

Almond Flower 杏仁花 Almond 杏仁

Collage

The project consists of multipal phases, the prediction of the final phase is shown here.

A. This is the core of my project, the winery. Located also in the center part, near the access of spring water, I think the winery will not only provide working opprtunate but also act as a community center, where people gather.

B. This is the biggest farm land in near by areas. I try to plant sorgham for the winery and sun flowers in the same piece of land but different period of time in a year. Giving a chance to have different produce and activity the through out the year.

D. This is part of dwellings are more residential. The farmers and staff in the winery might want to live here.

E. This is part of land is close to a small creek, I try to plant almonds which are trees. They need more water to grow well.

C. This is the other side of the farm land. Sorghums will be planted mostly in the plain area, while sun flowers can be somehow anywhere.

Area for Farming/Farm

Number of Lifestocks/Farm

Innovative Spring Water Observatory

Sorghum 高粱

Sorghum Liquor高粱酒

創新湧泉利用系統

Located right beside Volcano Croscat, the area chosen is currently occupied by extensive agriculture. While having the natural resourse of fertile soil and access to spring water, I think there is a potential opprotunately to have better use of the land. Taking advantage of the existings, I try to intervane the everyday life here, introducing new programs hopping to create a better life cycle and sustainable community, while protecting the landscape scenery in La Garrotxa.

The Analysis of Agriculture

Current Agriculture Status

F. This is the area for tourist and temp. residents. Due to the current land use as lifestock raising, I try to create different layers for human and animal, so as not to harm the landscape too much.

Life Cycle Existing

創新湧泉利用系統

Story Board-Relations

Introduced

Extensive Agriculture

Sorghum Winery

Innovative Spring Water Observatory

Manufacture

Product: Meat, Diary

Size of Module:3m*3m*12m

Product: Sorghum Liquor

Side Product: Distillers Grains

Scheme of Combination

Local Gastonomy

Visitors

Interior X Exterior Compost

Sustainable Community

Reinforce Structure:Truss

Detail Section

Local Experience

Indoor

Outdoor

Winery

Winery

Long Stay/ Working Holiday

創新湧泉利用系統

Image of Design

Innovative Spring Water Observatory

創新湧泉利用系統

January February

Winter Camp For new liquor of the year tasting

April

Product Sale

May

Sorghum

June

Summer Camp For experiencing planting of Sorghum

July

Innovative Spring Water Observatory

March 1.Land Preperation 2.Spike Formation 3.Spike Growth 4.Grain Formation 5.Grain Maturation

August A.Yeast Making B.First Distilliation C.Aging D.Second Distilliation E.Adjusting & Bottling F.Promotion & Education

A B F

C

October

E

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4

November

F

6

December

1.Pilling up the grains 2.Aging 3.Insert matured material 4.Cooling 5.Mixture of grains 6.Fermentation 7.Testing 7

Manufacture & Aging

D

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Sun Flower

September

The Manufacture Process of Sorghum Liquor

The seasonal changes of this community deeply influence the winery in the production of sorghum liquor. In the summer time, it is mostly closed due to material shortage but may be fully operating during the other three seasons, producing some of a kind liguor.

Case Study-Middle School, Morbio Inferiore

Design by Mario Botta in Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland

Participatory Design with Prodis

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Shape - Geometry

The project is a combination of two simple geometry

Location of Site : Madrid, Spain Project Type : Academic (Group Project) Personal Contribution : Case Study+Conceptial Design+Animation Project Year : 2017 Summer (4th Year of Bachler Degree durning Exchange Program in Spain) Advisor : Pablo Campos Calvo-Sotelo * Director of School of Architecture, CEU San pablo (pacampos@ceu.es)

This is a specially organized program between the course of architectural composition in CEU San Pablo and the local organization for Down Syndrome, Prodis. Using participatory design guiding methods, two student of architecture, one local and one international, pair up with a local young adult with Down Syndrome to create a school that suit the use of Down Syndrome people while also performing high end designing skills and cooperation within the groups. Case study of well-designed school projects was done as the ďŹ rst phase of this program whereas the program also caught media attention nation wide.

School Prodis

School Prodis

Analysis:

Crisscross System - Grid

Conclusion:

Unit - Rhythms Repetitive surrounded by the unique

As being a classic project from Mario Botta, this project expresses the feeling of elegance, while projecting a sense of humortowards the natural invirnment.

唐氏症青年參與式設計

Process & Working Session

After asking questions, we gave him tool for drawing, trying to understand how did he felt about his old classroom and the interrior formation of it. Even though he could only do simple geometrics like square or circles, but it is easily understanded.

With the above, our team received our initual stage conclusion that Alejandro enjoy diafounous spaces with natural light.

School Prodis

During the design process, we had two working sessions to work with our friend, Alejandro. He is 22 years old, therefore, we think he had enough experience and idea in his mind about how he would like his school to be like. In the first working session, we try to ask him some simple question about his old school and what where his favorite spaces also the ones he dislike.

A month later, we went to the organization, Prodis foundation to show Alejandro some preeliminary idea of the project. At that time, we were still in the conceptial phase of the project. We showed him some idea and programs that we were thinking of and try to let him understand the reason behind it. Apart from that, he also helped us on adding new features, like the swimming pool which we forgot about.

Besides showing Alejandro our progress on the school project, we also showed him our previous case studies to look for more referances, he, than also show us the classrooms he used in Prodis and displayed how it is being used.

After this meeting, we already had enough ideas to create our school, incorporating with new ideas that Alejandro told us.

PLAN

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The concept of this school project is to try to consider the user’s need from a first person narriator. We try to include as much idea of our friend with Down Syndrome, Alejandro so that this design can be an enjoyable experience for him. On the other hand, fulfil our well as future architects of only using single geomatery but still create a rich variety of different programs within the limited space given. One of the major issue that should be cover while designing educational facility for teenage is security, especally when these students have special needs. Our group agree with such statement and presented a planning structure of placing all indoor facilities at the outside chain of the project, and the general space at the inner part. It is the opposite of regular method but seemed to be working well.

School Prodis

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1.Entrance 2.Office of Director 3.Classroom of Performance Arts 4.Classroom of Music 5.Gym 6.Swimming Pool 7.Classroom of Academy 8.Classroom of Academy 9.Cafeteria 10.Kitchen 11.W.C. 12.Study Area 13.Playground

唐氏症青年參與式設計

Graphic & Image of Design

唐氏症青年參與式設計

Graphic & Image of Design SECTION

Cafeteria

Using defferent floor and roof heights, differanting the different use of space. The roof of general space is planned to be a roof garden for student and teachers to enjoy the warm sun of Madrid whereas indoor sporting facilities like the swimming pool and multi-usage gym prepare the school for all kinds of exercises during rainy season. The classroom program of this school is also different from ordinary schools. Having more than 50% of non-academical classrooms, students can learn a wider variety of different technics within.

Gym

Arts Classroom

School Prodis

Academic Classroom

Toyama Heights Housing Complex

Toyama Heights Housing Complex Breaking The Phenomenal Wall

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Location of Site : Tokyo, Japan Project Type : Academic (Group Project) Personal Contribution : Analysis+Conceptial Design+Animation Project Year : 2016 (During Summer Break) Advisor : Ya-Peng, Ren *School of Urban Design, Wuhan University (yalan99@hotmail.co.jp)

In the dense urban area of inner Tokyo, Toyama Heights stands out as a green oasis; the utopian experiment of social housing nested in an expansive nature.

However, notwithstanding all the elements that should make this project as successful as Lafayette Park in Detroit or Dutch urban redevelopments, Toyama Heights remains a dire reminder of the failures of Post-WWII social housing policy and projects. Its aging population and deteriorating infrastructure make this project a rare locus in Tokyo suering disenfranchisement and rapid decay. How can we breakdown the phenomenal perimeter wall that prevents people from freely entering the premise, socialize, and to create a culture of collectivity?

戶山團地公宅改建

Site Analysis

Middle Class Community

Toyama Danchi

Middle Class Community

Urban Mapping

Hakone-yama

Figure Ground Middle Class Community

Hakone-yama

Toyama Danchi

The given site-Toyama Danchi is in the centrol part of the biggest city in Japan, Tokyo. Being so close to the business center of Tokyo, Shinjuku, it is unexpected to see a place with a lot of vegetation and medium hight public housings. Design and built in the 1950s, Toyama Danchi Housing Complex was originally built for poeple working in the urban area during the development era. However as time passes, the living condition within worsen drametically and people started to move out of the complexes. The ones left were the elders and the single parent families who simply had to live in Tokyo with numerous different reasons but can afford a better place. From different analysis aspects, we understand that actually the Japanese government had spent quiet a fortune on repairment work, like adding elevators to the complexes and other programetic inserting like increasing the Hakone-yama Toyama Danchi number of public buses and forming events for people living inside and out side to join, but little had happened.

Therefore, what we are facing is not only age and low income social problems but also the fact that people from outside donesn’t want to interact with the resident of the social housings and the ones living in the social housing are also afraid of leaving the community. After careful discussion, our team believe that building up inner relations between the elder and the children of single parent family may be a good initual phase strategy, and education may also play an important role within.

Toyama Heights Housing Complex

Middle Class Community

Hakone-yama

Toyama Danchi

Basic Data

Circulation

Major roads surrounds the site though in a small distant.

Age Groups

Basic Data

Connection

Compare with other areas of the entire Toyama Danchi, our site is much deeper inside.

Inner Factor

From the analysis above, we try to figure out the inner factor driving force to activate the site.

The neighborhood should be the most intimate relationship for the elders

Toyama Heights Housing Complex

Education

There are a few colleges and highs chools around Toyama Danchi.

戶山團地公宅改建

Community Analysis

Co-Farming

Elder People Planting Flowers Kids Taking the Labor Class

Elder People & Kids Eating

Together

Market Foot Bath

The Elders and Kids Live Separately

Elder People Buying Food

Kid’s Parents Buy Cooking Materials

Elder People Enjoying the Hot Spring

Library

Kids Playing in the Water Pool

The Elders and Kids Join Togather

Elder People & Kids reading Together

Co-Planting

Kids and elders share the land to plant crops for the public kitchen.

Kids

Elders

Kids

Elders

Living Pattern Kids & Elders

Kids & Elders

Kids and elderly residents can eat togather here. They may even have a chance to cook togather sometimes.

This facility is mostly for older students, but we think elderly resident can tell stories to the kids during day time in the library

Public Kitchen

Kids

Elders

Kids & Elders

Foot Bath & Wadding Pool

Programing explosion & reorganization

Toyama Heights Housing Complex

Public Kitchen

戶山團地公宅改建

Concept & Strategy

Kids and elderly residents can enjoy their time in the wadding pool during afternoons whereas elders can also chat with neighbors.

Library

Kids

Elders

Kids & Elders

Market

This is a replacement of the original shops. We think some elders can run the shop and parents of the kids may buy things while picking kids up.

戶山團地公宅改建

Graphic & Image of Design

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Kindergarten

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Library

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Shops & Market Public Kitchen

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Farming Land

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Corresponding to the major issue of this project, which is the reactivation of site, our group tries to focus on expending the original programs that exists in our site. By opening up the use of ground level spaces, we transformed traditional style shops that are no longer functional into varies different new programs like public kitchen in which elderly residents can enjoy hot meal during the day, foot bath for poeple to relax and chat with neighbors and a library for students from out of site to be encouraged to visit the site. The core of the project, however, is the expenditure of the existing kindergarten. Taking advantage of the good natural environment and the newly designed garden like farm lands, we believe parent from surrounding communities will be willing to send their children here.

Toyama Heights Housing Complex

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戶山團地公宅改建

Need to Take Care

The expendicure of Kindergarten

Farmlands

Easy to Grow

4H Direct Sunlight

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Lettuce

Green Onion Taro

Potato

September 23rd

Turnip

Spinach

Strawberry

December 22nd

Need to Take Care

6H Direct Sunlight 3

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Eggplant

Green Pepper Pea

Cauliflower

Radish

September 23rd

Carrot

Chinese Cabbage

December 22nd

The existing kindergarten facility is a simple two-store space under one of the public housing buildings, we realized that the interior space of that does not attract parent’s attention and the connection between the kindergarten and the surroundings is vary weak.

According to the above, we decided to change the shape of the kindergarten and add important landscape facilities like the garden style farm land to it. We believe that by inserting and transforming these parts, it would give the community some freshness and eventually break down the wall between this community and the rest of Tokyo.

Toyama Heights Housing Complex

Easy to Grow