MA Architecture and Urbanism Thesis - Foxconn Dream Town

MA ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM THESIS FOXCONN DREAM TOWN

Student Name: WEI GAI MMU ID Number: 18033301 Location of the Project: Foxconn, Longhua Science and Technology Park, Shenzhen, China

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my lead supervisors: Prof. David Chandler Prof. James Dyson and Prof. Eamonn Canniffe for their able guidance and support in completing my study.

I would also like to extend my gratitude to friends in Superscape2020 group. My parents and all my MA A+U classmates.

CONTENT

Site information

2-10

Research

12-16

Design strategy

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Plan & Vision

25-33

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Location

Guangdong Province

Site Map

CHAPTER 1 SITE INFORMATION

Dormitory

Assembly Warehouse

Transport Warehouse

Management Building Water

Green Space

Urban Village

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Shenzhen

Longhua District

Site Observe & Model

Foxconn on the surface provides workers with "convenience" such as accommodation, services and entertainment facilities, but in fact, workers' rest time and living space are all incorporated into factory management, serving the "just in time production" global Production strategy. To a large extent, workers' living space is just a continuation

Province daily livesShenzhen Longhua District of Guangdong the workshop.The of workers such as eating, sleeping, Factory Accommodation and washing are also arranged like an assembly line.The purpose is

Factory

Dining Hall

Accommodation

Dining Hall

not to meet the comprehensive needs of workers as human beings, but to minimize Cost, to regenerate the physical strength of workers in the shortest time, to meet the needs of factory production. Specifically, the meal you eat "you have to forget its taste", living in the dormitory "as if you were in jail", and even "doing volunteer work in exchange for the right of residence", and "one day off a week" makes workers "very There is little time for entertainment. " At the same time, due to the lack of public services, the market-oriented communities outside the factory have no living space for workers.Many places not only have poor public security and are vulnerable to robbery, but as long as the news raises wages, rents and daily consumption around the factory will all rise. . Therefore, the social space of workers inside and outside the factory is facing a double squeeze, so that in fact the space for social life is deprived of them, as if imprisoned in this foundry empire.

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Shenzhen emotion map construction based on semantic analysis through Weibo

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Negative emotional stress distribution

Population of non-household registration living in workplace

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Population of non-household registration distribution

Conclusion Negative emotional stress is most pronounced in Longhua District. It is also the most densely populated region.

Most employees graduate with a high school education. Most of them are teenagers.

Industrial population density distribution

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Timeline of Foxconn factory and employees

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Employee day work and life

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Employee work and living environment 75% of the workers have "average rest days per week" of 1 days, and 8% of workers have "average rest days per month" of less than 4 days. In addition, 73.3% of workers have "average working hours per day" of 10 hours or more.

The average monthly overtime hours for workers is 83.2 hours.

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CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH

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Research: How to treat psychological problems by improving the work and life status of sweatshop employees?

Factors affecting mental health

Case Study

Avoid deep plans Consider shadows Orient buildings sensitively Be selective about window sizes Use rooflights shrewdly Use high-level windows to combine light and privacy

LIGHT

Don't overlook artificial light Consider the temperature of artificial light Use artificial light to create pockets of calm Ensure a good supply of fresh air Use tactile materials Consider comfort as well as aesthetics Think about the temperature of buildings

COMFORT

Keep the noise out Go open plan Create an atmosphere

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental illnesses are serious disorders which can affect your thinking, mood, and behavior.

Don't overlook spaces for inactivity Provide high ceilings where possible Bigger isn't always better Consider prospect and refuge theory

PSYCHOLOGY

Celebrate the entrance Don't overlook the importance of storage Give people better control over their environment Give people better control over their diets Give building users privacy

CONTROL

Provide people with a range of environments

Apple campus 2

Allow for the personalisation of spaces Design adaptable spaces Make buildings and their parts legible Use colour wisely (and sparingly)

AESTHETICS

Celebrate the simple Create moments of joy Avoid visual monotony Get the proportions right Design wider streets Encourage activity Design-in spaces for exercise

ACTIVITY

Design for the bicycle Connect to nearby facilities Use nature to educate, engage and involve Bring nature in Provide views of nature Integrate or give views of water

NATURE

Improve ecology and biodiversity Design gardens and parks as an escape from the urban

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Put gardens on the roof

VPRO

Research: Possible solution? Urban self design feedback system The urban self design feedback system is start with user in the workplace. It’s a human centred system. The system will collect users’ feedback of the space in the backstage of artificial intelligence(AI). The filtered data is re-ranked according to the weight of feedback. The feedback with the largest weight ratio will be extracted as the basis for a space change and submitted to the architect for review. After the review, it will be implemented and the workspace will gradually evolve into employees Expected built environment. Through constant remodelling and reprogramming, buildings could be tailored to their users’ needs, comfort, and expectations.

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Research: How to let employees work without stress? Workflow pain point analysis Smartphone Industry Chain

RAM

Display screen

RF/antenna

The smartphone production process and the production links undertaken by different companies according to their own technological level, the smartphone industry chain can be divided into three major parts: U p s t re a m : M a i n l y i n c l u d e s operating system developers, chip developers and component

chip

camera

suppliers.

Foxconn participates

Midstream: mainly includes mobile phone design companies, smart phone manufacturers.

Foxconn is one of them.

Downstream: Brands dominated by mobile phones, mainly Apple.

The shapes of mobile phone c o m p o n e n t s a re d i f f e re n t , which leads to complicated and

battery

Shell/mechanical parts Foxconn participates

error-prone manual assembly processes.

Mobile phone assembly Foxconn participates

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FPC/PCB

Case study: How to let employees work without stress? Workflow pain point analysis compared with LEGO LEGO Factory Workflow Design

Print

Model

Package

Model Checking

Sample Checking

Assembly

Package

Storage

Source

Employee

Manufacture

User

Plastic

Design Product

Component

Create Product

Foxconn Workflow Components

Storage

The final step product of the LEGO factory is not an assembled complete product but a package composed of multiple components. This approach avoids the massive labor cost caused by assembly, and can also completely save the steps that the final

Source

Main production route Production secondary route

Product Checking

Components

Employee

Manufacture

Assembly Product

User

Product

product needs to test one by one.

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Case study: How to let employees work without stress? Foxconn new workflow Many components developed in the early stages of LEGO factories are also being used in new LEGO products: "It's a good thing to get rid of elements that we really don't use, because it makes room for new pieces, but it's also that chance to say, 'No, this is a classic LEGO element that we should keep, Let's use it."

Jamie Berard, LEGO Design Manager Specialist Follow the LEGO's product concept. Foxconn new workflow would turn into modular smartphone production. Pack mobile phone parts into simple modules. Users can choose modules freely. At the same time, the hardware provides developers with editing opportunities. Form a circular system.

Package components

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Employee edit package upgrade module

Users order modules and give feedback

CHAPTER 3 DESIGN STRATEGY

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Design Strategy Exist

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Future

Canned space

Flexible space

Hierarchy

Flat

Closed

Open-air

Unidirectional

Multi-directional

Less sunlight

More sunlight

Step 1: Environment

Open river

Set up lanes and sidewalks

Trees (Broccoli)

FloorLotus ( root )

Garden buildings

Stairs (Pasta)

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Step 1: Environment

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Current plan

Ongoing: Introduce water and green space

Step 2: Road network and function Combine water and green space

Road network

Sidewalk

Function

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3 1

6

5

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Step 3: Floorplan

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Step 3: Floorplan

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CHAPTER 4 PLAN & VISION

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Master Plan

Node 1 Enterence 2 Rooftop balcony 3 Wetland 4 Playground

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1 3

1

2 3 3 4 1 1

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Comfortable resting space

Future view

Previous

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Unobstructed road

Beautiful view

Quality walking path

Quality walking path

Quality walking path

Unobstructed road

Beautiful view

Comfortable resting space

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Current

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Future

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Aerial View (From playground)

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House Unit Working Space

Living Space

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Living space The employee dormitory will be opened to the surrounding environment on the basis of the original building. That is to remove the original external wall, so that the light can fully enter the interior of the building. The location of the rooms can be adjusted according to the preferences of the residents.

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Workspace The workplace will be a circular hollow space. Users can move their working area.

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Student Name: WEI GAI MMU ID Number: 18033301 Location of the Project: Foxconn, Longhua Science and Technology Park, Shenzhen, China