Past studio work - 2 year 2 semester

Pre - design: Questions: 1. How to create a comfortable space where we called ‘home’?

2. How to create a space that protects us and allows multiple functions?

3. How to create a building with its own characters while fitting in with the surrounding context?

4. How to live a “smarter life”? How to use technology for our benefit? [Inspired from the idea of ‘smart city’ project] 5. How to design space for gathering and space for individual activities?

Possibilities:

Design for the future, create public social space and private working areas.

1. Use technology to improve our lives.

1. Comfort, higher indoor quality

2. Safety

3. Efficient & Smart

2. Affordable

3. ‘Greener’ way of living

4. Helps to create a more active community

2. Designing for the future.

1. Adaptable 3. Thinking about ‘density as a possibility’.

1. Embrace culture difference

2. Mix use building (Transition from public to private)

3. A building that opens up (seen and being seen) 4. Flexible space in each unites which accommodate different use & purpose 5. Accessible & allows individual activities

4. Multi-functional space

Pre - design: Research

A building that opens up

1. Smart ways of living 2. Future architecture (Wood construction, stackable home, per-fabricated unites, ‘moving’ wall) 3. Artificial Intelligent and how can it be used inside the building, How this technology improves our living environment.

Conclusion:

1. For this project, I want to explore the potential of designing a compact & comfortable living and social environment.

2. I think future life will more be based on shared resources rather than personal properties. I want the building to also allow individual freedom.

3. My goal for this project is to change the ‘language’ of housing (mass housing). I think the building should support us and its own identity.

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Sun study:

Mar/15 - 9 AM

Mar/15 - 1 PM

Mar/15 - 5 PM

Jul/15 - 9 AM

Jul/15 - 1 PM

Jul/15 - 5 PM

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Site Study:

Green space Educational

Restaurant and bar Large apartment

Parking Community service/ Health/ social

Shop

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Conceptual Design: Really opened ground floor, a space which allows interactions.

1. Open public seating area. Create 2 areas that response to one and another 2. Create an active space and an sculptural space (1 up, 1 down). Create a sense visual movement

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Conceptual Design:

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Floor Plans: 1. Entrance 2.

2. Check out area (Library)

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Up

3. ‘Sink down’ reading space

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4. ‘Rise up’ reading space

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A-A

5. Quiet study room 6. Washroom 7. Parking

Down

8. Loading dock

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9. Elevator (Service and public elevator) Up

10. Trash room

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12. Storage room 13. Kitchen 14. Cafe

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Ground floor

11. Residential lobby

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Floor Plans: 1. Multi-purpose room 2.Daycare

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3. Office (for daycare) 4. Storage (for daycare) 5. Washroom 6. Meeting rooms 7. Storage for large items (for events)

Up

OTB

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8. Elevators

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Down

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Floor Plans: 1. Meeting room 2. Multi-purpose room 3. Chatting area

Up 9.

4. Social Space

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5. Green space 6. Storage 7. Multi-family unites

Down Up

8. Elevators 5.

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Up

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9. Single unites

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Third floor

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Floor Plans:

1: 200 (on paper) Fourth floor

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Floor Plans: 1. Hot tub (kid’s friendly swimming pool) 2. BBQ space

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OTB 1 OTB

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Section:

Section A - A

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Experience:

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Elevation:

North Elevation

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1: 200

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Exterior:

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Walk Through video: https://youtu.be/wRwljP5Km8U

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Walk Through video: https://youtu.be/wRwljP5Km8U

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