Timmy yoon portfolio part 1 (intro,research and development,final inhabited renders) by 20142015timmyyoon

Re-imagining New Malden High Street Empowering London’s little known Koreatown

Brief This project revolves around the Korean community of New Malden in South London. Dubbed, London’s Koreatown, it is home to the largest Korean immigrant population in the UK but remains relatively unknown to the general British public as compared to other ethnically defined areas such as Chinatown in Soho or Little Lagos in Peckham. A relatively young community that only started to form in the 1980s, New Malden’s Korean character and presence is most apparent within its High Street with many Korean businesses populating its kilometre length. The High Street is the primary site for this project where its future is reimagined to embrace cultural hybridity, promote multiculturalism and empower the community by creating a unique identity that is architecturally expressed in the urban built environment. The past and present of New Malden High Street in relation to the Korean community is the focus of the accompanying thesis and provides key insights to this project, revealing the High Street to be a complex and unique platform for inter-Korean relations ethnographically, classified by an over-representation of pink-col¬lar businesses with an overwhelmingly female workforce, of which many are North Korean refugees engaging in the informal economy. Taking the North Korean Female workforce as the initial group to empower, the project seeks to allow these workers to better navigate the social web of being in a western country while being surrounded by people that look like them yet have lead a completely different lifestyle. Essentially dealing with being a minority within a minority. In reimagining New Malden High Street, the project creates a new hidden High Street that works off the back of house areas of existing Korean Businesses and creates a land bridge that networks these businesses and eventually their homes. The scheme is phased so that its interventions are initially small scale and subtle but over a span of couple decades become vibrant and exuberant in expressing its hybridity. Research and Design Methodology The Armillary Sphere is a complicated instrument devised in many cultures of the past to make sense of the complexity of the universe. As part of the unit brief, it was used to inspire a research framework that revolved around a central figure. For this project it was the Anonymous Korean Worker on New Malden High Street. As part of the designing scheme, each ‘ring’ of the armillary sphere represented a different scale. It was the task of the unit to design an intervention at increasingly larger scales from ‘Body’ to ‘Room’ to ‘Building’ to ‘Community’ for our chosen figure. In adopting this design methodology, a thorough scheme that has considered all scales in relation to our figure to empower was realised. Portfolio Contents 1

1 Brief and Methodology 2 Thesis 3 Final Inhabited Renders

5 Final Schematic Drawings

Tae-In ‘Timmy’ Yoon UNIT 22 Tutors: Izaskun Chinchilla Carlos Jimenez

4 Research and Development

6 Final Phasing Drawings 7

7 Full Scheme Explanations

Re-imagining New Malden High Street Research and Development

Tae-In ‘Timmy’ Yoon UNIT 22 Tutors: Izaskun Chinchilla Carlos Jimenez

The London Suburb that is home to more North Korean defectors than anywhere in Europe

NEW MALDEN

GREATER LONDON New Malden’s most notable feature is its 8000-strong Korean population, with North Korean defectors making up over 600 of that number. This makes New Malden the most popular location in Europe for the North Korean diaspora, and one of the world’s largest communities of North Koreans outside of the DPRK itself.

North Korean Refugees in Europe Statistics

New Malden Immigration Statistics

New Malden Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of New Malden are from the UK Census of 2011. Since New Malden has a lower level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a higher rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does have a significant immigrant population.

These figures on the claiming of benefits in New Malden come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would be to get employment in the area. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in New Malden than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.

New Malden Population Chart UK

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The UK allowed refuge to more than half of all North Korean defectors in Europe

BENEFIT

Jobseekers 1.5% 3.3% Allowance (only)

United Kingdom

71.7%

86.2%

Rebublic of Ireland

1.2%

0.7%

Other EU

6.9%

3.7%

Outside the EU

20.1%

9.4%

KINGSTON UPON THAMES

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NEW MALDEN HIGH STREET- Heart of London’s Koreatown

Of these numbers, it is thought that around 80% of newly admitted refugees would be housed in council housing in New Malden. The drop of admittance in 2011 is not unique to just North Koreans; the UK tightened its immigration laws in late 2010 with the election of conservative leader David Cameron as Prime Minister in May of that year.

PROJECT FOCUS

600 ppl

2030 ppl 8000 ppl 3480 ppl

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*all nationalities apart from South and NorthKorea and Sri Lanka

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Korean Family Name prevalence of Kingston upon Thames

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Photographed Residential Unit Mapped Residential Unit

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New Malden Postcode Boundary

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Korean Household distribution in New Malden

Korean Household distribution around Kingston upon Thames

Within New Malden

Outside New Malden

Korean residents within the Kingston upon Thames borough

Sample Typical housing units of Korean residents

Types of dwellings and their prevalence in LBK

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New Malden High Street

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Korean Family Name prevalence of Korean Nationals

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KOREAN BBQ KITCHEN JUDI HAIR

Defectors and Social Integration

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NEW MALDEN STATION

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‘The majority of North Korean defectors are women, which often comes as a surprise- perhaps because many assume only men could survive the grueling journey across the border’- Joo-Il Kim (editor of the FreeNK newspaper- a free paper for the North Korean defectors). This is true for New Malden as an estimated 70% of the North Korean population is female.

70% approx

H-MART

420

30% approx

SEOUL PLAZA

180

THE PLACE AGASSI HAIR KJ

Although the majority of the population is working class, New Malden has job opportunities, social services and other benefits for North Korean defectors as compared to the rest of the UK and indeed Europe due to the large Korean speaking population that eases the turmoil of resettlement. Defectors generally find employment in restaurants, supermarkets, hairdressers and launderettes; these being the four major businesses types found on New Malden High Street. It has been the case that the vast majority of North Koreans in New Malden would be employed by South Korean businesses. However, during the last decade, North Koreans have slowly setup their own enterprises in the same fields (and other more white-collar pursuits like news publishing but these are outliers to the trend) that has gained them substantially higher levels of autonomy. It should be noted that restaurants, supermarkets, hairdressers and launderettes are traditionally female industries and high expat employment in these fields is not mere coincidence. Historically, Eastern immigrant communities have formed in Britain and America when there is a high demand for cheap blue collar laborers and once these industries become over saturated, the immigrant population are perceived to be a threat to the job of the Western male. After a period of anti-immigrant backlash, the immigrant population shifts to working in laundries and restaurants- cooking and cleaning: industries traditionally associated with ‘women’s work’ and therefore becomes less of a threat to the Western male.

K MART

18m

CALVARY KOREAN CHURCH

TOTAL CLEAN

16m

DUO ART COLLEGE

YU HAK TUTORIALS

CAFE HOME BENTO ZZANG HAIR

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17m

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GHENKIS KHAN

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NOODLE EXPRESS OHAIO

restaurants and cafes

tuition centres

MAPPED FACILITIES hairdressers and beauty

M A L D E N

laundry

Korean owned business Non-Korean owned business/ facilities frequented by north Koreans Confirmed North Korean resident homes

22m

Unconfirmed North Korean resident homes

BBOKO HAIR

Speculated North Korean resident areas High density Korean population homes

JU MAK KOREA FOODS

New Malden main roads of activity 1

16m

BURLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

MALDEN CENTRE

NEW MALDEN HEALTH CENTRE

ELITE TUTORIAL CENTRE HAM JI PAK

INTERPRIME COLLEGE

JUMBO DONBURI

14m THE PALACE

17m

FOUNTAIN PUB SEOUL PLAZA

JEE CEE NEH

SUNNY MART

YOU ME

YEON JI

supermarket

church

North Korean employment accepted North Korean employment unknown/rejected

Restaurant usage study

Site Extents

Current Korean Retail presence on the High Street

<No Street Frontage- Restaurant behind â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MACEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; furniture shop

The Korean retail use of the High Street were mapped first hand to compare their presence with other businesses. Despite the Streets ethnic association with the Korean Community, it can be seen that the street has more British owned businesses in the area. In addition, the shop-fronts of the Korean businesses are not as expressive of their culture as one may assume- with their simple graphical style

Global- Local connection of business propriorship KEY: Food & Beverage Health & Beauty Retail Other

5 retail units

2 retail units

REAL THOUGHTS OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN NEW MALDEN

PROMINENT NORTH KOREAN FIGURES IN NEW MALDEN

We settle and adjust to the British culture. It is not easy but New Malden makes it easier with its big Korean community.

These stories are NOT about us! Please don’t judge us just based on these articles!

Stranger than fiction- Media coverage of North Koreans aboard and its implications on defectors

JOO IL KIM- Head Editor at FreeNK newspaper

JI HYUN PARK- Charity leader at European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK)

JI YOUNG KANG- Defector speaking out about her testimonials to newspapers

The North Korean community is growing in New Malden, we are no longer just refugees, we are settled and growing our families. Our priorities are shifting as we grow richer and we make way for a new expat generation.

We are defectors, so we have had a past full of hardships. However, this does not define the whole of us, we live a new life in the UK.

Joo-il with Gukhwa, Yoo-Ri and baby Soo-Jung

These relatively recent news stories of North Koreans outside their homeland alongside western media coverage about the erratic actions of their government perpetuates the image of North Koreans as totally inflexible, out of touch and generally ridiculous. This may indeed be true for the government officials that predominately feature in these sensational stories. However, there is an issue

when these negative traits lapse onto defectors who have come to the UK for a better life. Similarities can

be drawn with the immigrant Muslim population who are antagonized due to the actions of a radical few.

North Korea as depicted by Western Media- stories of threats and posturing

It is not impossible to find out the stories about defectors. Intrigued journalists have gathered testimonies of defectors in such books as ‘Nothing to Envy’ by Barbara Demick. The newspapers and defector testimonies are relatively unhelpful in understanding defector’s daily lives in asylum. To understand the day to day, I need engage the community directly! I need to understand the key social player too.

North Koreans in London as depicted by Western Media- stories of bufoonery

Journalist SU-MIN HWANG Re-branding North Korean Women asylum immigrants from obscure victims to radical agents of social integration

As discussed earlier, the public media has a strong inclination towards the audacious portrayal of North Koreans that leek into the public perception of their former citizens. The everyday lives of these people remain largely out of the domain of public interest. It is true that the North Korean community is rather secretive and many try to hide their origin in the fear of social backlash. However, it is not impossible to investigate their daily lives.

Published articles about North Koreans in New Malden where Su-Min acted as a translator

SU-MIN HWANG and I are childhood friends!

My main point of contact in investigating the ordinary lives of North Korean refugees will be the freelance journalist SuMin Hwang who has acted as translator for various articles about North Koreans for the Guardian and Vice UK. She has also been instrumental in pointing me to defector testimonies about life in the UK, specifically in New Malden where she is based, even arranging me face to face access to some families who are willing to share their stories. ME

Su-Min

Roberto Verganti unveils how leaders such as Apple, Nintendo, Alessi, Whole Foods Market build an unbeatable

and sustainable competitive advantage through innovations that do not come from the market but that create new markets. Verganti looking beyond customers to those “interpreters”– such as scientists, customers, suppliers, intermediaries, designers, artists - who deeply understand and shape the markets they work in. In the same way I must act as an ar-

chitect that thoroughly understand the inhabitants and users of my designs.

As the community is predominately female, the project will seize the opportunity to put the women immigrants at the centre of discourse in determining how spatial agency could be applied to meet their architectural demands. It is the aim of this project to empower the immigrant women to become radical agents of social integration to benefit the whole community of New Malden, not just the North Koreans but also the South Koreans and the wider British Public. It is hoped through this project; the North Korean refugee population can differentiate themselves from negative media portrayals of their government and move away from being depicted as perpetual victims. Re-branding themselves as agents of change, resilient and capable of adapting, even improving their environment to becoming a cultural asset to the UK.

The project does not assume that it is a ‘one size fits all’ answer to integration of North Koreans into South Korean societies in any generalizations. It is a spatial study in and response to human needs of the North Korean defector population whether social, political, economic uniquely to New Malden and should not/ cannot be extrapolated into any other community.

To the North and South Koreans, the level of success of this social integration project, if undertaken to its fullest potential, can be used to determine if reunification is still a possibility, at least provide a micro scale case study in how North and South Koreans will interact with each other and how architects could aid their cohesion. That is not to say this project is a utopian vision of any kind. North Korean defectors are the people who are most aware of the failure of such vision in reality. This a project that embraces contingency. Contingency as described by Hegel as ‘the unity of actuality and possibility’ As Jeremy Till identifies in his seminal book ‘Architecture Depends’: ‘Contingency adds to reality a certain concreteness, which avoids the pitfalls of abstract thinking’

North Korean Support Communities Existing support systems for North Koreans in New Malden

Ealing Korean Church- One of founding Korean Churches in England,

There has been a support network for North Korean defectors in New Malden that stretches back nearly 30 years. Its inception set up by a network of a few South Korean Church communities of different denominations who shared resources to help refugees settle in the UK. This would eventually be formalized into dedicated charities in the early to mid 2000s such as the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK) and North Korean Children Relief.

The way in which aid has been administrated to the North Korean community has remained unchanged in three decades. Money is

gathered through fundraising and tithing and spent on housing and food for a family or individual for a limited time until they are able to support themselves. The rest of the money (if any) are used to help the families of the refugees still trapped in North Korea in some way or donated to another charity closer to or in North Korea.

This system has worked sufficiently in the past when there were much fewer refugees and fewer charitable organizations but have since become outdated and inefficient. The fact of the matter is that Korean Churches in New Malden and London in general have been susceptible to internal power struggles that have resulted in church bifurcations. The number of Korean church groups in London have skyrocketed almost ten-fold since the 1980s and it has become almost impossible to unite them in agreement of which North Korean groups is most in need of help. In fact, the silent animosity that some groups share makes this an impossibility. The result is a dissipa-

tion of moneys into uncoordinated efforts to help the North Korean individuals and niche groups. This

is not an original insight on my behalf, seeing this to be the case, non-religious registered charities were formed by South and North Koreans in New Malden to once again effectively coordinate the efforts of the well-meaning public. However, after the initial suc-

cess of such groups as the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK), many more niche North Korean charity groups have been formed to saturate this market and again dissipate the funds and add another layer of unnecessary complexity to the coordination of charity for North Koreans in New Malden.

European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea conference

North Korean Refugee Relief Group in New Malden

Korean Infomation Centre

North Korean’s evolving working environments South Korean perceptions on North Koreans and the evolving community of New Malden

The ever growing Korean Supermarkets

North Koreans getting to work in higher quality restaurants and in higher positions

Community Newpaper office setup in late 2010’s

The dissipation of funds and the lack of coordination are not the only factors in the flaws of the existing support systems. The larger problem comes from the perception of North Koreans by the well-meaning, predominately South Korean charity givers themselves. There is a prejudice where North Korean refugees are seen as perpetual victims. In a sense doomed to be helpless all their lives so deserving of constant sympathy and charity. There is a danger that this idea becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy where the North Korean community becomes dependent on external charities and not given the opportunity to rise about their predominately working class statuses.

This prejudice also does not acknowledge the economic and social growth of the North Korean community in New Malden. As

discussed previously, the New Malden defector community has established itself enough to initiate the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK) charity. They have even formed their own free newspaper the ‘Free NK’. These initiatives shows that this small community is finding autonomy, slowing weaning off dependence on external charities.

As the population matures, their status as refugees and asylum seekers are slowing being replaced with settled in the UK status, which has significantly less stigma attached to it. There has also been an increase in 2nd generation North Koreans who are given full citizenship status and never experience the stigma associated with being refugees. In general, as the number of refugees become ‘settled in the UK’, the whole North Korean community can be seen as becoming much more bolder, with shifting priorities that needs to be addressed but are largely ignored due to this stereotype. This project does not presume it can fix the drama of the Korean Church community nor halt the inflating number of North Korean charities. However, it will propose spatial solutions to aid the growing/ shifting social development needs of the North Korean community that perhaps would be more deserving of the charity moneys that was ultimately directed towards them but are frequently lost in the bureaucracy of increasingly divergent charities.

PAST ISSUES AND PRIORITIES

CURRENT ISSUES AND PRIORITIES

mid1980s - mid 2000s

mid 2000s- now

Adjust to new environment in UK through help network put together by South Koreans in New Malden

Establish itself as a community that no longer needs to be invisible. (Majority of the community no longer refugees and settled in UK status) Achieve a level of autonomy as a community able to support new refugees as well as its existing members

ON GOING MATURING PROCESS

Main priority to look after yourself and immediate family

Demonstrate the community is able to integrate into existing environments rather than isolating themselves. To become a cultural asset to Britain rather than a second hermit kingdom.

Job seeking and security Struggle to change their refugee status to settled in the UK. Language Barrier

MAIN FACTORS OF CHANGE

Establish help network

Established families are wealthier and have moved out of council housing to own their own properties in New Malden, mainly Semi detached properties. These new property owners should be shown how they could appropriate their environments to empower them.

Establish a working daily routine Issues and Priorities very immediate and in small, family scale.

Need for new facilities to address maturing population: First Generation immigrants are reaching retirement age. There needs to be retirement homes and health centres that better meet their needs

1st Generation Defector average age increase

Majority of adult community reach Naturalised status

children of refugees reach primary and secondary education

The growing number of second and third generation North Koreans are reaching primary and secondary school level education. There parent’s priorities are shifting to support their school lives.

Acknowledging the Unique Identity of North Koreans defectors

Defector TestimonialsImportance of Personal Motivations There has been criticism of defector testimonies of North Korean Refugees as being exaggerated or even fabricated for the individuals to generate fame and media attention. Western media particularly are fascinated with the struggles of defectors in their trouble in seeking asylum or their past lives within North Korea. NKnews and the FreeNK newspapers which focuses on defectors have asked questions that are sometimes missed by western media and gives defectors a more balanced representation. The article on the left particularly, allows the reader an insight into how North Korean Defectors see themselves as separate from South Koreans and the wider global community.

This project is at its core a study into how the North Korean Refugee community can be better integrated into the New Malden Korean Society and the wider British public through spatial means. The aim of the project is not the total social autonomy of North Koreans in New Malden- it would not be a good idea to have an independent little North Korea in the UK!

It is to suggest a spatial system that will help North Korean refugees better navigate the social web of being in a Western country but being surrounded by people that look like them but have lead a completely different lifestyles. Essentially dealing with being a minority of the minority.

South Koreans in a bus wave to North Korean relatives before they return to South Korea, after the an organised family reunion in 2003. Photograph: Cho Bo-Hee/AP

A South Korean, Lee In-Sub, 72, left all his family behind him in North Korea when he fled south during the Korean War. Here he looks to North Korea through a barbed-wire near the DMZ in 2000. Photograph: Hwang

Ribbons with messages wishing for reunification of the two Koreas hang on a barbed wire fence on the South Korean border with the North. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Article Source: http://www.nknews.org/2014/04/what-do-defectors-miss-most-their-lives-in-north-korea/

As a designer for this project, I will be

an architectural interpreter rather than an architectural legislator.

By this, I mean that I will be negotiating the existing conditions whether physical/social/ political/etc. and suggesting contingent solutions rather than subjugate the North Korean community to act in presubscribed ways in highly designed and rigid systems. (note that this does not mean I am actively looking for ‘flexible’ systems able to be applied in any refugee integration situations but rather ‘flexible’ in the sense that spaces can be appropriated easily by the user to suit their needs, even if it was not the intent of the designer) Thomas J. Burrell, Founder of Burrell Communications Group, acknowledge leader in advertising world coined the phrase:

What I miss most dearly are the times when I would sit around the table with my whole family and laugh away, even though the only things on the table were a bowl of broth and a bowl of rice.

I miss the days I spent with my family. There’s no reason for this besides the fact that they’re my family.

All I want to do is to call out loud to my father, mother, sister, and brother. When somebody tells me to write down the word “longing,” I immediately think of my home, where our memories, happiness, and joys all remain.

I feel guilty when I feel happy in South Korea. My heart aches to even think about my family I left behind, who accept their fate in North Korea and who still don’t know about the outside world.

During the time I wandered through foreign countries like a vagrant, the time I had to live under an alias, and the time when I had to live like a slave in someone else’s home, I looked back on those memories and found solace in them. It was thanks to these memories that I was able to make it through all the dangers to reach freedom. The longing is always in my heart, and I keep it there so as not to lose it. The power and love of my family is what made us who we are today. I always keep a room in the corner of my heart for this longing.

I also miss my childhood friends who were so innocent. After coming to South Korea, I miss innocent people and friendships. Of course, I’ve met nice people in South Korea, but I feel sad that I don’t have friends to empathize with and who share childhood memories with me.

‘Black people are not dark skinned white people’

In the same way, in order to be a successful architectural interpreter, I must acknowledge that: ‘North Koreans are not South Koreans with a little more social and political

I miss my friendships and the innocent people in North Korea.

What I miss most about my life in North Korea are the strong bonds and friendships I had with people.

Although we were poor, we were all friends with our neighbors and we all were very close in North Korea.

Of course, I have friends here in South Korea.

Life in South Korea may be affluent and wealthy, but South Koreans aren’t as innocent or sympathetic as North Koreans. It was the most difficult thing about starting anew in South Korea. Back in North Korea, people always shared food with each other on holidays. But South Koreans are individualistic, and they don’t even know who lives right next door after living in the same apartment complex for 10 years.

But, it isn’t the same. It feels more special to build a strong bond with people from the country where I was born. Also, another thing: Peoople in the socialist state didn’t own property. Because of this, they were more innocent.

Appling ‘feminine’ principles in architecture

As highlighted by Margrit I. Kennedy in her paper ‘Toward a rediscovery of ‘feminine’ principles in architecture and planning’. It is impossible to define exclusive categories for ‘male and female architecture’. However, it is possible to distinguish between male and female principles in architecture through her research. She identifies that the principles may be used by both genders but it has been noted that women would generally gravitate towards the ‘female’ principals while men would the ‘male’. Kennedy explains: In order to be applicable generally a definition of these principles must, therefore, encompass gradual differences instead of exclusive categories. (the stress in these cases will be on more and than) whereby the ‘female’ principle opposite the ‘male’ principle may be defined as:

As discovered previously, the majority of North Korean refugees are women and this project will seize the opportunity to put them at the center of architectural discourse to empow-

er them to become radical agents of social integration to benefit the whole community of New Malden, not just the North Koreans but also the South Koreans and the wider British Public. In doing so, it would be appropriate to apply ‘feminine’ principles into

the architectural process.

At this point, I should point out I will not be applying the term ‘feminine’ to describe any aesthetic quality of my project. In fact, using the term ‘feminine’ in discussing architecture as object may prove disastrous for any man as it leaves him open to be accused of being patronizing without some water tight abstract reasoning! (Something I am not confident in undertaking) Instead, the term will be used when discussing ‘architecture as agency’. By this I mean discussing the capacity of the architecture to act/to be in its environment.

‘Toward a rediscovery of ‘feminine’ principles in architecture and planning’ by Margrit I. Kennedy was my guide in identifying ‘feminine’ principles. *The embracing of these feminine qualities over their masculine counterparts in this project will become more evident in discussing the eccentric yet appropriate approach to design and research.

More user oriented than designer oriented More ergonomic than large scale/ monumental More functional than formal More flexible than fixed More organically ordered than abstractly systemized More holistic/complex than specialized/ one-dimensional More social than profit-orientated More slowly growing than quickly constructed

THE FOLLY OF APPLYING THE TERM ‘FEMININE’ TO DESCRIBE THE AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE

Eastern Armillary Sphere Examples ARMILLARY SPHERE PLANNING DIAGRAM ARMILLARY SPHERE Eccentric approach to research and design

The Armillary Sphere is a complicated instrument devised in many cultures of the past to make sense of the complexity of the universe. In Korean culture, it represents their proud technological and scholarly advancements during the reign of King Sejong the Great (1418 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1450) who introduced politics based on Confucianism with its meritocratic values. Its cultural significance is solidified in the Korean banknotes where it can be found in the reverse of the 10,000 won notes. It is through this tool that we will tackle our unique social integration project. Rather than a technical tool, it will be a narrative tool with our female North Korean refugee at its centre. The object will grow in scale and impact affecting firstly the body, then the room scale, the building scale and finally the community scale. Working in this way allows us to be more user oriented, think more about the ergonomics and functions of spaces desired by the North Korean refugees and in the end build up a holistic system through narratives that would be socially orientated. All qualities that are deemed feminine traits in architectural agency.

WESTERN ARMILLARY SPHERE EXAMPLES Armillary Sphere on the 10000won Korean Bill

Identifying how North Korean Defector Women are seen by the public

North Korean Community Viewpoint

South Korean Community Viewpoint

Wider British Community Viewpoint

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3 3

The central figure of the Armillary Sphere is a North Korean Defector woman who has lived in the UK for over 10 years. The central circle will show the 3 main groups she deals with on a daily basis and explore just how there people view her. It will be a tool that will help me define the hurdles that North Korean women must overcome in New Malden and help design spatial solutions to empower her to better navigate her environment. How subtle differences the Woman interacts with the 3 main social groups identified in the centre of the sphere must be addressed in the body scale installations and devices.

Discipliner

As the children of first generation North Koreans are reaching primary and secondary education, it is generally up to the mother to discipline her children if they are not meeting acceptable standards.

Councillor

As the North Korean defector community grows in New Malden, new refugees seek out more established defectors for help and advice. Our woman has lived in the UK for over 10 years so will act as a councillor to new refugees.

Home maker The mother of the household is traditionally expected to be the home maker for the family. This is made difficult by the fact that North Korean defectors are expected also to work a full time job.

South Koreans are notoriously up-to-date with the latest tech. The largely middle class South Korean community in New Malden are no different. The North Korean community are deemed quite behind with the times and unable to keep up.

Centre Planning Sketch 2

Technologically Inept

Supermarket/Restaurant Worker

Being a refugee is difficult and requires alot of paper. Having English as their second or even third language, North Koreans are often unable to adequetly fulfill the legal paperwork.

The South Korean Community in New Malden makes use of North Korean Workers for cheap labour. North Koreans are typically found working in Supermarkets and restaurants. Leading to negative stereotyping at times.

Overly Traditional North Koreans are deemed overly traditional by South Koreans due to their lack of technological advancement back in North Korea. This unfair stereotype is sometimes backed by North Koreans struggling to adapt to their new non communist environment

Trapped by paperwork

Anonymous Most people in Britain are unaware that there are defectors from North Korea living in the UK at all! Like most refugees, the North Korean community knows their presence can be a source of contention so they keep themselves to themselves.

Brainwashed by propaganda The British public are used to the sensational News coming out of North Korea. They automatically make assumptions that all North Koreans are brainwashed by propaganda.

Mechanism Explanation

ARMILLARY SPHERE Centre + Body ring Version 1 Planning

NARRATIVE FAN MECHANISM The mechanism will deploy a fan explaining the body scale installations and devices depending on the orientation of the spinning disk below

2 CENTRAL WOMAN FIGURE The Central woman figure will be static while the body scale evironment spins around her

The body scale ring that orbits the central woman will be a representation of New Malden High Street with several installations and devices that will be deployed there. This shows the initial mechanism deployed to see how the ring could be divided into 3 parts to see how the devices and installations can perform differently to the 3 distinct community groups identified in the central ring.

BODY SCALE DISK

FAN MECHANISM TRIGGER

BALL BEARING BASE

The Fan was chosen as the ideal means of explaining the project as it has a history in both eastern and western cultures. It offers a plane to explain the project while also in itself offering the chance to explore how western and eastern aesthetic styles could be combined.

The mechanical trigger will allow the fan to be lowered depending on body scale ring orientation. It will rely on the folds of the paper fan to retract the mechanism to its original position. It is an idea sound in theory but needs to be tested practically. Version 1 will be made with MDF, metal fixings and easily available media to test the mechanism.

Version 1 Front View

Ball Bearing Turn table

The most obvious problem with the mechanism is its height clearance. It does not allow for a 1:20 model to pass through its fan mechanism. It also does not allow the centre to expand in beyond its restricted circular width

Manual ball bearings were made with marbles and lasercut MDF tracks to allow for a smooth circular movement. This has been achieved. However, there are issues when the marbles end up colliding with themselves and cause a noticable amount of friction to develope.

Version 1 has been prototyped and inherent problems with the designs were identified. Although much of the mechanisms were a failure, they were not abandoned but developed further for it to work. It has been a useful exploration exercise into mechanisms. The next prototype for the body ring will start to investigate exactly what the devices and installations are that will be deployed in New Malden High Street.

MARBLE BALLS ON MDF TRACK

One of the main problems with the disk in this prototype is that it has no quality that suggests that the project is to introduce traditional Korean typologies to UK’s Koreatown. Infact, it does not suggest any architectural typologies. This oversight will also be addressed in prototype version 2.

This will be rectified by using a ‘Lazy Susan’ as an large ball bearing, replacing the marbles. This is advantageous as it requires less vertical space and there is no chance of track derailment.

CLEARANCE ISSUE

SMOOTH MOVEMENT

PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS Height Clearance from fan mechanism Space for Central ring needs to be bigger Track Smoothness- needs to be constant Paper Fan needs to be revised to reduce tear and be retractable Fan needs to allign properly to main structure Cam system in fan actuator mechanism needs to be more rigid to work

Paper Fan mechanism

Paper fans are able to deploy when the cams are working in sync. However, it does not provide enough retension to go back to its original place. There is also a problem with it ripping due to the outer circumfence being in higher tension than near its centre. It maybe necessary to re evaluate the fan mechanism to something that distributes the forces from the cams more evenly with a lower risk of tearing and a more reliable retraction.

Fan Actuator mechanism

RETRACTION ISSUE (does not return to default position)

TEARS LIKELY

The actuating mechanism is flawed mainly due to its lacking rigidity. This has resulted in the whole mechanism failing in reality.

ALLIGNMENT FAILURE

It is necessary to rethink this part of the armillary sphere.

CAMS HAVE VERY LITTLE SURFACE AREA

UNSTABLE CAMS

AXOMETRIC VIEW SHOWING MECHANICAL MOVEMENT

WATERJET COMPONENTS

MDF COMPONENTS

ARMILLARY SPHERE Version 2 Prototyping

Prototype 2 has a much improved mechanical system that allows for a smooth movement of the body ring but also a new fan system that does not require a paper fan but employs a slim frame able to retract. It still has problems actuating the mechanism as the new cam system is unable to translate horizontal force to vertical action effectively.

MECHANISM FAILURE IN PROTOTYPE

EX FO CESS RC E

Cam does not overcome hurdle but stresses the whole fan frame, risking structural collapse

MACHINED PARTS 1

Disk is not mounted centrally, causing a warped rotation

3D printed gear parts

Ball Bearings

6mm theaded rod

Ball Bearings disk- ‘lazy susan’

MECHANISM FAILURE AND SOLUTION SKETCH

Learning from the mechanical failures of the version 1, version 2 employed a system that that increases the surface area of the fan deploying mechanism; employs a hand crank to easily turn the rings around the central axis; the overall aesthetics of the ring has been also made more angular and more clearly divided. For movement of the ring was made smooth with a series of ball bearings. The mechanisms has not been fully resolved. Although the movements are indeed a lot smoother, the horizontal rotational force is not very well translated to turn the fan mechanism on the top of the sphere.

SOLVED PROBLEMS Height Clearance from fan mechanism increased Retractable fan mechanism employed Ring movement Smoothness achieved increased with lazy susan

ARMILLARY SPHERE CONTENT PLANNING

Cam rigidity improved with interlocking frame

ROAMING POST BOX

STREETFOOD BUS STOP

SHOPPING CARRIER BENCHES

Established North Korean expatriate travelling to less experienced immigrants to help with paper work

Food stalls detached from bus stop and deployed along the road

The benches are used as bike racks

PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS Cam Mechanism from rotating ring to fan holding frame Hand crank needed for easy ring movement without touching the outer ring circircumference

Roaming Postbox docked and used as regular post box

Food stall detached from bus stop to act as public notice boards

Timber lengths from benches detached to form carrier

Roaming Postbox transformed into booths

Bus stop in use (standing form)

Benches (standing form)

Ring must resemble New Malden High Street more with roads being even more evident Central ring needs to be installed in full with a possible rotating element

AXOMETRIC VIEW SHOWING ARMILLARY SPHERE IN USE ARMILLARY SPHERE

NARRATIVE FAN MECHANISM The mechanism will deploy a fan explaining the body scale intallations and devices depending on the orientation of the spinning disk below

Version 3

ZOOM IN PODS & FAN TRIGGERS 2

These pods will hold a larger scale representation of the components to describe in more detail the individual functions as applied to each coloured section. Cog triggers in place to open fan when facing front of rotating cog

ROTATING BASE WITH SITE This area will house all the different components in the same scale as the site, which is in the background Learning from prototype 2, a new base mechanism was devised and new rotation layers were added to the Armillary sphere. This version represents the final form of the sphere.

ROTATING MECHANISM WORKING

Look through the view finder frame to see how you would see the high street from the built interventions of the project

Rotate this handle to see the roads moving and the different street level interventions scattered around the site

THE CLIENT CENTER This area show the key client and the issues they face in their environment

ROTATING HANDLE VIEWS FROM BUILT INTERVENTIONS Views from built interventions that over look the highstreet. The armillary sphere will show how the high street could be used

VIEW FINDER FRAME The user is encouraged to see through the view finder to see how the high street could be seen

MECHANISM AT WORK

This Version of the sphere solves all the underlying problems of the previous prototype. The photos shown on this page shows a stage where the mechanical aspect of the sphere has all been successfully implemented but the content itself has not been fully realized. The pages following this will discuss the actual architectural interventions of this project.

ARMILLARY SPHERE Full Version

Although not fully realised, the intent of this armillary sphere was to have a virtual experience of the High Street via a head and line tracking robot that would move around the ring. This was to highlight the Global-Local aspect of the High Street design and the embracing of virtual technology for the scheme.

CONTROL CONSOLE

TRACKER ROBOT

BODY SCALE

Multi purpose street furniture Mapping Extents of Body Scale interventions

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The body scale ring that orbits the central woman will be a representation of New Malden High Street with several installations and devices that will be deployed there. This page shows where the 3 device types could be deployed around New Malden from effective use, focusing on the High Street as the main focus of intervention.

ROAMING POST BOX

BUS STOP FOOD STALL

SHOPPING BENCH/ BIKE RACK

BUS

Residential focus post boxes

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BUS BUS

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BUS BUS

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High Street Retail focus post boxes

set locations

suggested locations infront of retail blocks

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ROAMING POST BOX 3 form Functionality

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The roaming post box is designed to be used as normal post boxes from the usual times of 8am to 6pm. However, it is also designed to be a portable device where more experienced North Korean residents of New Malden can go to the houses of new refugees to help them with difficult legal paperwork. The post box can even transform into a lightweight booth.

Korean Jigae- traditional korean farming equipment

Royal Mail Post Box- Iconic part of the British Brand

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BUS STOP FOOD STALL 3 form Functionality

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Existing Bus Stop Design in London

Pojangmacha- Korean Street food culture

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SHOPPING BENCH 3 form Functionality

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North Koreans, especially new immigrants do not own cars and rely on public transport. This makes shopping challenging when buying the staple of the korean diet- Rice. Bags of rice are heavy and makes shopping difficult for new immigrants. To solve this problem, public benches were converted to have yoke like devices that allow for easier transport of shopping from home to shop.

Korean Jigae and Yokes

Typical Public and Park Benches

Existing suburban Residential typologies The semi detached house

New Malden is a suburban area in the outer circle of Greater London. The semi-detached house define the residential area. The photos on the left are all examples taken around New Malden High Street. The construction periods vary from Victorian to the 1960’s. The project will identify aspects of the semi-detached house that make it identifiable and try to combine them with traditionally ‘Korean’ architectural tropes to create a hybrid architecture.

Investigating the Ideal home: ‘The Dream Interior’

If the outer typology of the semi-detached house has not deviated significantly over the years, the same cannot be said about the interior of these spaces. The domestic spaces of any home is unique and has adapted to the various lifestyles of its inhabitants with all their cultural and social variations. Having said that there is a ‘showroom’ vision of the ‘Dream interior’, that is prevalent in retail magazines and in mass media in general. Like the typology of the semi-detached house, popular interior tropes will be selected for a hybridised approach to design.

South Korean Contemporary Art Scene

Yoon Duk No

Lee Kwang Ho

The contemporary Art Scene in South Korea is very active and although its influence is not as global as South Korean media presence in the global stage, it gives insight into how South Koreans are translating their heritage into new forms of art. This is useful to this project as it gives insight into what South Koreanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, at least its artists, find important enough to be a subject of interrogation. Song Seung Yong

Soh Eun Myung

Do Ho Suh

Shared Architectural Typologies of the past: Shared Korean Heritage TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC TYPOLOGIES

One of the unique aspect of the North and South Koreans is that they share a common heritage that both groups have deviated from since the 1950s. Looking into the past to identify shared heritage, especially in its built environment will lead to invaluable information into what could be translated to form a cultural hybrid in New Malden.

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

A particular focus on the traditional ‘Hanok’ style housing will be considered from its boundary conditions to its timber-focused interiors. The traditional uses of these spaces will also be investigated to see if they are still prevalent in modern ‘Korean’ lifestyles for both Korean Groups. Even if they are obsolete, it could be an aspect that could be suggested within a new architectural solution that seeks to employ these acts in a theatrical way to empathise a ‘Korean-ness’

한옥 INTERIOR AESTHETIC

초가집 온돌 안마당

New Malden High Street

Buildings of the High Street Candidates for Hybrid Design

There are existing hotspots within the high street that are utilised by Koreans on a regular basis. For the armillary sphere, I will pick three buildings to hybridise that focuses on the North Korean domesticity, working life and their use of public services. These three buildings are specified â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hotspotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of activity during a tour of New Malden High Street, with the exception of the semi-detached house which is actually a home of a North Korean family.

MAP KEY

THE FOUNTAIN PUB

LIDL/FITNSS4LESS/CAR PARK

SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE

New Malden High Street retail and office buildings

Railway

Residential areas

High Street renovation extents

Park area

Green area available for development

The Fountain Pub is a hub of activity that frequently hosts Korean-centric events such as food festivals and football match screenings. I will envision how the pub could be transformed to embrace the Korean culture without losing its primary function as a public house. It is suggested that an add-on architecture would be appropriate to combine pub with Korean BBQ culture to form a new hybrid.

This multi use facility has three functions as stated above. However, its capacity as a car park is made redundant by the fact that the neighbouring building is also a car park with cheaper rates and the field behind is also being used as one temporarily before it is transformed into new residential blocks. To achieve hybridity and a place of leisure with a Korean aspect, it is suggested this building is re-imagined as a Korea Spa with retail and gym.

Since North Koreans are gaining more wealth and moving into the predominately semi-detached houses of the area. It would be interesting to speculate how they can empower themselves through altering their domestic environment. Particular focus will be put into the mindset of the North Korean Women of these households and their needs and desires.

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FOUNTAIN PUB Pub Functionality/ Events Research

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Typical Pub tropes

SPORT EVENTS Since 2002, the Fountain Pub has offered a space where Koreans Gather to Watch the football games within the Pub Grounds.

Large Screens are provided by Samsung when big matches for Korea are played.

A similar situation occurs during the Olympics season.

FOOD FESTIVAL

Main Entrance

Restuarant extension

Residential

Extended patio area and Garden

Car Park

Every year since 2008, there has been a food festival held in the garden area of the pub that celebrate Korean Cuisine. The festival has grown in scale steadily each year.

EXTERIOR VIEWS OF FOUNTAIN PUB

Exterior photographs

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RETAIL/HEALTH CENTRE This multi use facility has three functions as Functionality research

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stated above. However, its capacity as a car park is made redundant by the fact that the neighbouring building is also a car park with cheaper rates and the field behind is also being used as one temporarily before it is transformed into new residential blocks. To achieve hybridity and a place of leisure with a Korean aspect, it is suggested this building is re-imagined as a Korea Spa with retail and gym.

GYM AREA

SUPERMARKET AREA

2 3

Car Park

Office space for rent

Gym- Fitness4Less

Supermarket- LIDL

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SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE Mapping Extents of Roamer

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Typical extensions on UK homes

UK HOUSE EXTENSION GUIDELINES

Class A

The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwelling house.

Summary

IMPORTANT NOTE: The permitted development allowances described here apply to houses, not flats, maisonettes or other buildings. You should check with your Local Planning Authority whether permitted development rights apply – they may have been removed by what are known as Article 4 directions.

Single-storey extension

Main Entrance

Bay Windows

Pitched Roof - Loft Conversion possible

An extension or addition to your house is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided certain limits and conditions are met. 1. On designated land cladding of any part of the exterior of a dwelling (and extensions) with stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, r ender, timber, plastic or tiles is not permitted development. * Designated land includes national parks and the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites. 2. Extensions (including previous extensions) and other buildings must not exceed 50% of the total area of land around the original house. The term ‘original house’ means the house as it was first built or as it stood on 1 July 1948 (if it was built before that date). Although you may not have built an extension to the house, a previous owner may have done so. * Sheds and other outbuildings must be included when calculating the above 50% limit. 3. Extensions forward of the principal elevation or side elevation of a house and fronting a highway are NOT permitted development. 4. On designated land side extensions are not permitted development.

5. Materials used in exterior work to be similar in appearance to those of the exterior of the existing house. This condition does not apply when the extension is a conservatory. 6. Width of side extension must not have a width greater than half the width of the original house. 7. Side extensions to be single storey with a maximum height of four metres. 8. If extension is within two metres of a boundary maximum eaves height should be no higher than three metres to be permitted development. 9. Single storey rear extension must not extend beyond the rear of the original house by more than 3m an attached house or by 4m if a detached house. In addition, outside designated land and Sites of Special Scientific Interest the limit is increased to 6m if an attached house and 8m if a detached house until 30 May 2019. These increased limits (between 3m and 6m and between 4m and 8m respectively) are subject to the neighbour consultation scheme. 10. Single storey rear extension must not exceed a height of four metres. 11. Maximum eaves and ridge height of extension no higher than existing house.

Other consents may be required if your house is listed or in a designated area. When planning work you should read all the advice on the Planning Portal under ‘Your responsibilities – Things to consider before you start’. As well as other important information you will find guidance here on the permitted development regime. WALES: This guidance relates to the planning regime for England. Policy in Wales may differ. Contact your local planning authority for further information. BUILDING REGULATIONS: Most extensions of properties require approval under the Building Regulations. For more information read Planning Portal online guidance. Installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe: Read guidance on the permitted development regime under Class G. DISCLAIMER: Users should note that this is an introductory guide and is not a definitive source of legal information. Read the full disclaimer.

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BUILDING SCALE AXONOMETRIC VIEW

HOME EXTENSION Axonometric views

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As long time North Korean residents are increasingly moving into the semi detached houses around New Malden High Street, this project asks how they could take advantage of the new law allowing house extensions without planning permission and how this could be carried through to express a new ‘Korean in the UK’ architecture via cultural hybridity. In this case how to convert a home into a B&B and further into a small apartment complex.

B&B ground level with courtyard dining extension

New Residential area

Studio Flat

AXONOMETRIC SECTIONAL VIEW

Storage

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HOME EXTENSION Phasing the expansion

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The extension scheme is not meant to be constructed in one go, rather it is phases and the residents are free to stop at whichever phase they are most comfortable with. This page explains how the extensions could be made and the possible commercial benefits to its owner.

Phasing Explanation

1 House extension and Ground Floor Conversion to B&B

First floor and loft renovation for primary landlord Basement spa and foundation set for future extension possibilities

BACK AXO

FRONT AXO

3 Rooftop gardens and storage facility added, primarily for primary landlord

4 Studio flat for new tenant- designed for new refugees so they do not have to wait for council housing

5 Building cap, shed and machine area, can be easily dismantled to enable phase 4 up to 4 times

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Phasing the Expansion

Korean BBQ Pub The extension scheme is not meant to be constructed in one go, rather it is phased so the owners can choose to expand if they feel the first phase is reaping enough profits to justify continuation of the scheme. Korean BBQ and pergola area extension on top of unused space on the flat roof of existing pub extension

Phasing Explanation

Dedicated korean restaurant and bar area with new patio area

2 Patio extended with new extension and making garden into interior courtyard

large field space spotted with family eating modules and given opportunity to easily transform into an events space

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Korean BBQ Pub Axonometric views

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A large percentage of North Koreans find their employment in the restaurants and shops around New Malden High Street. This situation asks if the local Pub which has become a cultural gathering point for all Koreans in New Malden could be made to be more friendly to Koreans by adopting an imitation of their home culture.

Exisiting Pub Not to be demolished but expanded

Like the home, this project is phased to take advantage of the existing site in the end.

BBQ restaurant extension

Rice Wine Fermenting facade

Wall of timber stools

Fermenting Jar Pagoda

Main Entrance

Extended patio

Pergola Bar

Kimchi pot facade

Korean restaurant new Kitchens inward looking courtyard

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7 8

5 6

Family eating modules

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Korean BBQ Pub Interior Views

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These views show the extent of which the hybrid nature has been adopted in the design of the pub extensions. The interiors is predominately timber and mix and match the different architectural tropes from both Korean Hanok and Existing British Victorian Pub cultures

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HEALTH CENTRE SPA Axonometric views

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Jimjilbang is a 24-hour, gender-segregated bathhouses featuring relaxing hot and cold soaking pools, bathing and massage areas, various saunas, entertainment lounges, and communal sleeping rooms. Let me tell you somethingâ&#x20AC;Ś Koreans take their baths more than serious. There are no such Jimjilbangs in England, this will be the first! This scheme proposes to replace the car park with such a spa only preserving its floor slabs

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HEALTH CENTRE SPA Interior view

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HEALTH CENTRE SPA Interior view

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HEALTH CENTRE SPA Interior view

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HEALTH CENTRE SPA Interior view

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New Malden Station Wifi Gate View from Street

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REVISION

The Station Wifi gate is important as it marks the start of the High Street (with the roundabout on the end of the road signifying the end). It houses the control room that operates and manages a the Wifi network while also providing power to these services through solar panel management.

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BACK OF HOUSE AREAS Mapping BOH and Carpark Areas for a new High Street

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In reimagining New Malden High Street, the project creates a new hidden High Street that works off the back of house areas of existing Korean Businesses and creates a land bridge that networks these businesses and eventually their homes. The scheme is phased so that its interventions are initially small scale and subtle but over a span of couple decades become vibrant and exuberant in expressing its hybridity.

KEY: BOH Area

Car Park Park Area

1 2

feet meters

COMMUNITY SCALE

Construction Phasing

Bus Stop- Food stalls Discussion with Local Government and residents which bus stops can be/ should be converted/appropriated

Business Plan

KEY:

Suggesting how the scheme could be funded

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Built on site

yes

Discussion between resident and government if more should be converted/appropriated

First time adopter government subsidiary

Yoke and Bike Stall Benches Planning Permission submission and approval

s no

Advertisement opportunity

Discussion with shopowners and Local Government if they wish to have these units infront of their shops

No action unit next 2 year where it would be suggested again by government

ear

Advertisement opportunity

Funding or Support capacity

Group

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Money

Startup Funding and Support

Built on site

Advertisement opportunity

Planning Permission submission and approval

no government subsidiary

Advertisement opportunity

Other shop owners enquire about benches in front of their shops

Spatial Intervention Key List Furniture Scale

Advantages

Distribute promotional materials and proposal information e.g. flyers, reports to local residents about proposed changes to the high street

Local government and police

Quantitative data capture and public opinion gauge through public census and forums. Main point of contact- Korean Community Engagement Officer Potential funding via fundraiser events and volunteer donations. Support in the form of volunteers

Charities e.g. North Korean Residents Society

Potential funding via fundraiser events and volunteer donations. Support in the form of volunteers

Business proprietors + Entrepreneurs

Financial backing/ Investment for promise of profit/ New business opportunity

Korean

Potential advantages to existing high street

Details

Postal Service

Church Communities

Built on site

Man power

Private Building Units

Public infrastructure

Retail

Opportunity to expand back of house and increase street frontage

Bus Stop- Food stalls

Roundabout Garden Gate

Food and Beverage

Opportunity for patio area extension Back of house area extension

Bed and Breakfast extensions and residential flats

Yoke and Bike Stall Benches

Korean Gym and Spa

Station Bridge- Clocktower Gate

Health and Beauty

Potential increase in customer base Roaming Post Boxes

Korean BBQ Pub

High Walkway

Services

Increased business opportunities due to High Street becoming a tourist attraction

Lotus Lights

Ettiquette School

Tower Facade Works

Estate agents

Increased number of new properties for sale and rent with focus on North Korean refugees

Wifi Kites

Retail Front extensions

Outdoor Events Space

Other

New Job opportunities due to new infrastructure: wifi maintenance engineers Transport information receptionist Postal runner and document support

British

Built on site

Other Local Residents

Individual donation, support, opinions

donations store

Roaming Post Boxes Post office and local government talk with North Korean community to see which post boxes can be replaced or added

倀䠀䄀匀䔀㔀 Trial run of 3 units

Built on site

North Korean support community asks for more units if refugee numbers increase

倀䠀䄀匀䔀㄀

倀䠀䄀匀䔀㐀倀䠀䄀匀䔀㈀

Advertisement opportunity

Lotus Lights Discussion with Local government and resident community to see which lights can be replaced

Planning Permission submission and approval

Built on site

(More built with High walkway extends in phases)

倀䠀䄀匀䔀㌀

Station Bridge- Clocktower Gate Wifi Kites Business proposal to provide cheap reliable wifi all over New Malden. Crowdfunding and government funding

Planning Permission submission and approval

Propose Station BridgeClocktower Gate as a base of operations with 10 initial towers

Built on site

(More built with High walkway extends in phases)

Annual Earning and Spending Strategy

! +

Guy Fawkes

KEY: Both units start construction together

Advertisement revenue

The roundabout garden marks the extents of the investigation from Station Bridge. Its a 2 pack so funds are shared

Planning Permission submission and approval

EARNING

Rent

wifi BT openzone

SPENDING

wifi maintenance

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FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

High Walkway Planning Permission submission and approval

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Phase 5

Station Road Residential Flat carpark

Residential Flat carparkOutdoor Events space

Outdoor Events spaceRoundabout Garden Gate

Roundabout Garden GateEttiquette School

Ettiquette SchoolBack of House extensions

Upwards extension up to home owners discretion

1 Mainframe construction

2 Extensive demolish and design and build Advertisement opportunity

3 Phase 1

Tower Facade Works Business proposal to turn tower facade into creative marketing/ advertising space. Corporate and government funding

Planning Permission Submission and approval

Built on site

Christmas + New years

Maintenance

Built on site

Donations

Phased extension of walkway around High street is proposed by local authority and explained to nearby residents and businesses

Diwali

Chuseok - Autumn Harvest

Lotus Lantern Festival

Easter

Major Festivals

Roundabout Garden Gate

Halloween

St Patrick’s day

Minor Festivals

Phase 2 onwards dependant on success of pub

4 Mainframe construction

5 Shop front extension given government subsidiary as construction coincides with Back of House extensions

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HYBRID CANDIDATES Aspects of the High Street to form a hybrid architecture

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Sandstone Cladding

Retail Front of House

Inconspicuous Existing Exterior Typologies Window Typologies

Bay Window

Diocletian Window

Tudor Wattle and Daub

Potential Hybridity Components Oriel Window

Picture Window

Clerestory Window

Multi-lit or Lattice Window

Allotment

Tea Culture

Hanging Baskets

Pub Culture

Cabinet Making

Victorian Semi Detached

Umbrella/ rain

Garden Culture

Tabletop Games

Royal Mail Brand

Rich Fashion History

Shed Culture

Public transport

Public Holiday

After School Clubs

Common Burnt Clay Brick

Modern Roman Brick

Slate Tiles

High Street Facade Typologies French Window

Sky Light

Roof Lantern London Yellow Brick

Pebble Dash

Jalousie Window

Limewash

Timber Panels

Back of House

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Hybrid Candidates Aspects of the Korean Culture to form a hybrid architecture

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Existing Retail Interior Clay Giwa tiles

Inconspicuous Existing Exterior Typologies Hanok Entry Typologies

Timber Double Screen Door

Hexagonal Timber Frame Window

Stone Masonry Tiles

Potential Hybridity Components Opening Timber Frame Window

Traditional Hanok

Paper Screen Door

Kimchi

Fermenting Culture

Kite Culture

Korean BBQ

Lotus Lantern

Rice cooking

Ondol

Traditional Games

Hanja

Traditional Shared Culture

Paper Screens

Wall slot Sliding paper door

Fan work

Solid Lacquered Timber door

Contemporary South Korean Culture

Pagoda Gate Entry

Hanji Paper

Contemporary Korean Art

Theatre Craft

Raised Timber Double Door

Timber Screens

Theatre Performance

Farm tools

Hanbok

Ceramic Craft

Structural Timber

Silk

Do Ho Suh WiFi

Kpop

Pojangmacha (Street Food)

Spa

Yeesookyung

Hakwon

Ceramic

Ettiquette

Contemporary Glass Double layer

Sliding Timber Exterior Fence

Korean Language

Esports Culture

Taekwondo

Fan Culture

Stacked Double Doors

Soh Eun Myung

Song Seung Yong

Polyester Elastic Fabric

Screen Culture

Contemporary Tea Culture

Steel

Yoon Duk No

Lee Kwang Ho

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LOW IMPACT FOUNDATIONS

Low Impact Foundation Installation

A raised High Street with a low footprint

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To work with the existing built fabric of the High Street, it was necessary to design for a footing system that was low impact. This strategy was thought up to be cost effective, easy to install and reversible if needed.

Place Concrete Base module in created hole

Drill through opening to guide Foundation Piles

Guide Foundation Piles through openings

Remove Concrete Base module

Fill Pile hole with Biodegradable Liquid Filler

Cover top with compacted earth

Break ground for Concrete Base module

Place through to end until Foundation Lock Cap reached

Connect structure to Steel Base Connector

Low Impact Foundation Removal and Ground Healing

Remove Foundation Piles

Apply appropriate Street Level Finish

Steel Base Connector

Dia: 0.4m

Concrete Base module Foundation Lock Cap Foundation Pile

1.4m

Biodegradable FIller disappears over time

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Hybrid Components Mapping Extents of Roamer

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Hybrid components were created that would form junctions and entries into the BOH High Street. These components would also serve to help produce, store and prepare foods that will be sold to the public. Korean and British inspired sections were created to aid the design of the new High Street in the next pages.

Chilli Drying Kitchens

Umbrella Lanterns

Pergola Pagoda

Viewing Bridge

Chilli Growing Tower

Production promoted by scheme

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KOREAN SECTIONALS Timber based designs to stack back of house

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ENGLISH SECTIONALS Brick based designs to stack back of house

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BACK OF HOUSE STACKING CONCEPT The Sections stack in series for independent businesses

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The sections created could be mixed and matched to suit the needs of the businesses on the High Street that wish to take part in the scheme. In combining ‘Korean’ and ‘British’ tropes, a playful hybrid architectural solution is hoped to form.

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BACK OF HOUSE TECHNOLOGICALS High Tech aspects of the new High Street Scheme

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The bright red display fans on the bridge is automatic and fans out when people are nearby. They display statistics of businesses reachable by the new raised High Street as well as crop yields and local produce sales. The brick walls are painted green on the interior side that act as a green screen that displays live broadcastings of the Korean forests around the DMZ.

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BACK OF HOUSE AREAS Rendered View of area that has fully adopted the scheme

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New Malden Raised Korean High Street Render Set

Tae-In ‘Timmy’ Yoon UNIT 22 Tutors: Izaskun Chinchilla Carlos Jimenez

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Kimchi Storage and Entrance to Raised High Street An interlocking timber lattice gives structural support to the raised High Street Entryway and is used by the Korean Community to store their Clay pots that ferment a New Malden Specific Kimchi, using the grown products on the land bridge itself.

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Chilli Drying Kitchens with Interactive Floor The Kitchens on top of the timber lattice have south facing roofs that are used in the summer to dry chillies for the Kimchi. Their height makes it an ideal place for a projector that allows for an interactive floor that children can play with and on.

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Display Fans and Observation Walkway and Deck The bright red display fans on the bridge is automatic and fans out when people are nearby. They display statistics of businesses reachable by the new raised High Street as well as crop yields and local produce sales.

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Green Screen Brick Wall and Back of House Sectional Extensions The brick walls are painted green on the interior side that act as a green screen that displays live broadcastings of the Korean forests around the DMZ.

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Residential Block New Apartment Extension- Living Room View of the living room with lowered heated ‘Ondol’ floor.

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Residential Block B&B Ground Floor Entry View shows the open plan of the B&B conversion of the ground floor of a semi-detached house unit that has opted in to the New Malden residential block scheme.

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Residential Block Global Local Interactive Environment Bathroom The bathroom is underground and artificially mimics an outdoor environment. Using climate data sent from South Korea along the DMZ forests, light levels and humidity are changed to mimic â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Koreanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; environmental conditions.

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Residential Block New Patio Area The vertical extensions of the houses allow for vertical gardens. Chilli plants are grown in the newly formed patio area and used to make Kimchi that is sold to the public to extend the scheme throughout the High Street

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Korean BBQ Pub New Pergola Pagoda Patio The space above the pub is unused bar for some plant room use. A wooden Structure extension was created to use the space for lounging and eating, vertical increasing the effective use for the pub.

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Korean BBQ Pub Public Garden and Events Area The Sizable garden space has awnings that can convert to screens with the fence wall doubling up as stool storage for public events.

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Korean BBQ Pub Inner Garden area There is a garden with a pond that gives a little space from the pub and the garden area. Above the water are some units where small family sized groups could be served.

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New Garden Spa Main Lounge The main lounge is predominately timber that looks over the park. Above the timber landscape are hanging sleeping pods where people could relax in.

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New Garden Spa Raised Pool Area The raised pools have a semi exposed glass frame and is timber clad, surrounded by glass on three sides over and in tree line of the park.

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New Garden Spa Cafe Area The Spa has a cafĂŠ area where people who are not there for the water and sauna to enjoy the atmosphere.

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Lantern Festival Public Furniture Transformation and Gathering During public events, the public furniture can be transformed into stalls and lanterns can be hung by drones to take over the existing high street temporarily. Drones could also be used to create advertisement light trails to enhance a festival mood.

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New Malden Station Main Entry to the High Street New Malden train station will be the main entry in the High Street for most tourists looking for Koreatown in London. This makes it a prime location for advertisement. The 2 tower block buildings could have a shading faรงade that can act as advertisement boards while the kite like structures are Wi-Fi towers that allows for free internet access for the public.