Asian Home
Chair: Weiling He Co- Chair: Mardelle Shepley Committee Member: Susan Rodiek Out department member: Chanam Student: Xi Wu
Project Abstract George Lakoff and Mark Johnson wrote a book, Metaphors We Live By. In the book they stated that metaphor, conceptual and blending are guiding principles of the meaning of construction. Metaphor is considered a fundamental cognitive process, which people use to conceptualize their experience and the external world. In my thesis I am proposing to use metaphor as a guide in my project. The Chinatown home is located in lower Manhattan, in New York. This facility should balance between culture needs and basic functions of a nursing home. This essential balance is achieved through the use of metaphor. Firstly, the Asian home will offer nursing home services for senior citizens, especially for the people whose families work or live near Chinatown. The Asian home for seniors will fill an unact need for senior care in Manhattan.
METAPHORS Language? More is better. Grow up
Architecture? The branch brings life.
SITE
DELIRIOUS MANHATTAN A mythical island where the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle and its attendant architecture could be pursued as a collective experiment in which the entire city became a factory of manmade experience, where the real and the natural ceased to exist. -----------Rem Koolhaas
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TRANSATION ANALYSIS
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SENIOR’S REQUIREMENT Family support Family support Sociel support Sociel support Safety Safety Nature Nature Religious Religious High technology High
CHINATOWN
PROGRAM Project Name
Occupants Area per occupant
assisted living1 assisted living2 skilled nursing1 skilled nursing2 facilities kitchen dinning multipurpose cafĂŠ launge physical theraphy activity room administrative meeting room nursing station clean linen restroom chapel temple mechanical dirty linen
39 3 6 18 80 4 80 80 30 80 40 40 14 15 2 80 80 30 20 80 80
Total Building Gross Square Feet
300 380 380 300 420 175 15 15 22 50 25 16 50 50 100 1.25 9 17 17.5 9 2.5
Room size 300 380 380 300 800 350 1200 1200 650 1000 1000 630 700 700 100 100 360 500 350 100 200
# of Rooms 39 3 6 18 42 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 7 1
Total area 11700 1140 2280 5400M 33600 700 1200 1200 650 4000 1000 630 700 700 200 100 720 500 350 700 200 69975
GOALS To create safe space To add traditional Chinese elements use metaphor as a tool To focus on barrier-free design To incorporate healing garden To embrace use of modern software to show the project
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first floor 3/64”=1’-0”
second floor 3/64”=1’-0”
third floor 3/64”=1’-0”
4th floor 3/64”=1’-0”
5th floor 3/64”=1’-0”
6th floor 3/64”=1’-0”
7th floor 3/64”=1’-0”
green roof 3/64”=1’-0”
section 1/32”=1’-0”
MATERIAL ETFE: Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, a fluorine based plastic. HIGH MELTING TEMPERATURE HIGH CORROSION RESISTANCE STRENGTH OVER A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE EASY CLEANING
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