LIVING, INTERACTING AND PLANTING

Modular Integrated Building

Site: Wuhan

Project Type: Acedemic, Group project

(Zixiao Ma, Zijian Xu, Yilin Wang)

Architecture Type: Integrated Modular Housing

Instructor: Zhonghua Gou, Penny Lewis

The core of the design is four declarations: Houses with diverse choices for people, More public space motivating social interactions, Horizontal and vertical green & blue, Providing more public service and facilities. Firstly, providing several modular choices for residents. People can choose according to similar lifestyles or interests. Secondly, the public space can be combined closely with people's living space. Thirdly, Develop green and blue space in the site vertically. It is combined with different activities for people and it can improve the community environment. Finally, The community is not a gated community, it provides much public service as well as job opportunity for people in the city to improve their life quality.

Green Center of the Whole City Physically and economically

The high temperature in summer in Wuhan is alleviated through vertical greening, and at the same time, this site becomes the center and starting point of related industries (such as garden worker training, high-tech exchange, etc.).

Analysis of natural conditions in Wuhan and the site

The "Sanyang City of Design" demonstration area is an important value embodiment of Wuhan's "City of Design". The district aims to activate the historic district and create a high-quality creative urban life.

Proportion of each functional land

Total area: 1.87km²

Residence:76.9h (41.9%)

Administration: 11.58h (6.46%)

School: 10.38h (5.66%)

Commerce: 19.82h (10.76%)

Greenery: 1.47 (0.8%)

Top 3 Building area:

Total area: 476.87h

Residence: 273.77h (57%)

Commerce:63.55 (13%)

Public management / service:47.87 (10%)

Insufficient high-quality green

Wuhan is a very hot city in summer, with long hours of sunshine, high radiation intensity and high humidity. Besides, most green space in this area is created by the trees along the road. People's activities are not combined with green space efficiently.

This project has the opportunity to alleviate the summer heat on and around the site through vertical greening and vertical water systems, making it more suitable for residents' activities. This project will create more green and blue spaces combined with different activities in order to ease the hot weather in Wuhan.

Volume Generation

Site Plan

Site Strategy

According to the relationship between the site and the street, multiple passages are designed in the site to maintain its openness and connectivity with the surrounding environment. In addition, multiple squares with different characters and scales are designed as outdoor spaces for residents and tourists to gather and relax. The ground floor is all designed as public space or office space, and more private spaces such as living are placed on the upper floors.

Public Space - Open Platform

On the open platform, tourists and residents gather here to enjoy different natural landscapes, watch popular science videos of different plants in the exhibition hall, or experience the fun of planting in person.

Public Space - Corridor

Residents reach the corridors on each floor through the vertical core tube, where people on different floors can say hello to each other, or carry out different social activities, such as drinking coffee, chatting, reading and so on.

Modular Section Structure System

The overall structure adopts a reinforced concrete beam-column-truss hybrid system. In order to support the stepped building form that gradually recedes, the main structure adopts the same form

Lighting simulation analysis

Green Studio

Modular assembly drawing

Dining Bar (200 ㎡）

Exhibition Room (180 ㎡）

Planting Experience (350 ㎡）

Workshop Office, Training Room, Lounge (500 ㎡）

Roof Garden Only for Residents For Everyone Only for staff members

The modules are disassembled into multiple parts, such as walls, floors, ceilings, doors and windows, etc., which are assembled after being transported to the site, and then placed on the reinforced concrete structural frame.