WIP The Monastic City Portfolio 02 by Alejandro Abreu

DS22 Portfolio MArch Year 2

ALEJANDRO ABREU HERMOSO

This report documents the technical ambition of a theoretical design project situated in Hanoi, Vietnam. Complementing the design portfolio, this document expands on how the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technological aspects, material explorations, construction phasing and detailing have influenced the iterations of the design process.

Department of Architecture & Built Environment University of Westminster May 2020

Contents The Monastic City

Project Brief

Design Development

Technological Ambition

Statement of Intent

Site Analysis

Climate Pollution Climate Change: Monsoon and Flooding Risks

Local Material

Engineered Structural Bamboo Considerations and Characteristics Material Precedent Banana Leaf as Building Skin UHPC (Rice Husk Ash Cement)

Site Preparation

Existing Site Surgical Piling Symbiotic Engineered Bamboo Structure Flooring/ Partitions / Skins

Detailed Fragment

Fragment Overview Exploded Axo Detailed Section Zoomed In Details Prefabrication and Manufacture Environmental Strategy

Conclusion

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Introduction Vietnam as a Fragmented Landscape

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Project 01 / Part 1 Group Work Device: Frequencies

Notion of Oasis Giving a Voice to the Unheard

Frequency Transmissions as the basis for the Device

Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos dolupta prem facepudam, cum explam, totam Opposite Page: Concept drawing of the Device placing the Central Highlands as the territory for frequencies voicing the unheard narratives of the Montgnard population

Montagnards The People of the Mountain

KOM TUN PROVINCE

GAI LAI PROVINCE

DAK LAK PROVINCE

DAK NONG PROVINCE

LAM DONG PROVINCE

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NARRATIVE MAP

Device Concept and Manifesto DEVICE :

Uncensored Frequencies

FUNCTION :

An resilient device to generate audible transmissions of the unheard and marginalised and expose hidden layers within the land.

CONCEPT:

Utilising the censored climate of Vietnamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single party state, the device aims to perform a spatially hidden and uncensored audible transmission that will require the user to use various tools provided by the device to read the landscape and follow instructions to understand the device. The device is to bringforth confusion by creating a series of visible and invisible, highlighting the complexity and history of the land. Using the historical and current knowledge of the loudspeakers of the Vietnam War, previously used as warning signals of impending aerial strikes and now used as the fastest channel to dismantle information politically, The device will propose to create a frequency generated through narrating the untold stories of the montgards in the Central highlands, giving them a voice to express, communiticate and practices their tradiitons in an uncensored manner while mapping their ever changing boundries. The use of anaglyph lenses will be to reveal the 'hidden' collective oasis areas within the landscape, represented by the 'transmitters'. The hidden landscape will be represented through mixed visual CMYK mapping technique exposing the case of invisible and visible- ' censored and uncensored'. The user will be invited to view the landscape using anaglyph lenses secured on a spatial grid. Adjusting the lenses to deconstruct the hidden layers of the landscape and isolateing particular information which wouldve otherwise been difficult to see. The lenses allow them to perceive alternative visions of the urban realm revealing various clue on how to navigate the site. The resilient device provides frequencies allowing the narration of the unheard to tell untold stories, communitcation and proetection within the communities

RESILIENCE OR

OASIS :

Resilience operating as an invisible Oasis

DIMENSIONS:

1600mm x 500mm x 1000mm

Device Precedents

' Untitled ' Shipla Gupta

' In Your Tongue I Cannot Hide ' Shipla Gupta

A mechanical residential gate, the type installed in front of private driveways for seclusion and safety. This one, however, with its exaggerated spikes and protruding metal frame, swings back and forth of its own accord, hitting the gallery wall aggressively – and eventually cracking and breaking it. Gupta relates the strange central shape in the metalwork both to the outline of a territory and ‘a hole in a brain’, giving the gate a hauntingly anthropomorphic quality.

The sound installation gives voice to 100 poets who have been jailed for their writing or beliefs. Visitors will encounter 100 microphones suspended over metal rods, each piercing a verse of poetry. Each microphone in turn recites a fragment of the poets’ words, spoken first by a single voice then echoed by a chorus which shifts across space. It incorporates a strong spatial dimension, unfolding a soundscape which cannot be experienced from a single standpoint, but which requires the visitor to move through the space, to actively listen.

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Our concept stemming from this is to create uncensored information where people can listen into, defying what is forced upon them from the government.

' Floating Lanterns ' Louise Yeung, Anthony Lau, Denis Tsang Since ancient times, flying paper laterns have been used as warning signs for floods. The device is placed around the city where when a certain water theshold is passed, the device will rise up and serve as a warning. By creating a functional device, it allows the device to be useful and not just something that highlights apparant issues.

Materiality Specification

FREQUENCY TRANSMITTERS:

Deconstructed Radio Components Electrical Wire and Clips Speakers For sound Emission and Story Telling Batteries Found Materials Copper Rods Circuit Motors Circuit Speed Control Regulator Stainless steel: Nuts and Bolts, Wire

LANDSCAPE:

Plaster Base - Inverted Contour Bowl Acrylic gears Electrical Wire Acrylic Circut Board 20lb Fishing Line Wire Metal Rings Copper Rod Deconstructed Gear Motor 3D Printed Signal Stands Batteries Welded Metal Frame

LENSES:

Dismantled Camera Lenses at varying sizes Metalic Camera Frame Supports Clear Acrylic Lense Coloured Acetate Film UV Lights

MAPPING:

CMYK Colour Mapping Invisible Ink Pen Mapping UV Lights Hidden Elevated Laser Cut Villages Spatial Copper Grid Welded Metal Frame

ADDITIONAL

Stools For Obsevation and Interaction

Conceptual Functions

'Elevated Woven Topography'

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'Frequency Transmitters'

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'Hidden Mapping'

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Stainless steel antenna Re-purposed metal contact ring Crocodile Clips

We envisioned the device to obtain a composition of layers which would represent certain aspects of the fragmented landscape of which we wanted to exaggerate and expose. Each of the layers, broken down by the images above would be combined to create an encrypted and blurred version of the central highlands. The use of a series of lenses would be incorporated to be used as a tool for searching for the Montagnard narratives.

Electrical wire Metal rod support for contact ring

As an initial move we sough to construct a series of transmitters which would emit a radio transmission which could be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pluggedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; into to provide an audible voice narrating the stories of the marginalised population. The transmitters would take a subservient role to the lens as a method of searching for the narratives.

12V DC Circuit Motor Crocodile Clips Rotation Cord 12V Alkaline Battery Re-purposed metal support stand Early Transmitter Design

'Lens Viewfinders'

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'Movement and Trails'

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'Inverted Landscape'

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Transmitters Cultural + Political Layering

'Topographical Landscape'

Early Device Design

Lens Development We sought to explore the operation of the lens through sketches and methods of production. Using the concept of coloured filters, we found success in exploring how light and colour could filter out printed images. We also explored how the lenses could operate as moving objects, allowing multiple views of hidden landscape and tested the soldering of components of an SLR camera to copper rods as a way of making the lenses.

Fragmented Camera Lens Precedent

Lens Viewfinder

Fixed pivot lenses

Moving pivot lenses

Pivoting Coloured Lenses Vibrating Mental Antenna

Coloured Lenses

Topographical Landscape

Device Development Axo

Lens Viewfinder Sketch

Scale of Soldered Lense

Coloured Filter Tests Over a Narrative Image

Soldered Lens Holders

Layer Hierarchy

A Lenses and Steel 'Flexible' Frame

B Topographical Wire Landscape

Metal Rod Transmitters

D 3D Printed Rod Stands

Mechanical Gears

Steel Support Frame

Clear Acrylic

H Hidden Neighbourhood 'CMYK' Routes

Plaster Cast Inversed Topographical Landscape

Plaster Cast Support

Process and Testing

Narrative Mapping Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos

Final Design Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos dolupta prem facepudam, cum explam, totam

Model Photographs

Re-Mapping the Central Highlands

Towards a Notion of Oasis

Field Trip : Hanoi

Hanoi - The City of Peace Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio.

City Analysis

A Visual Catalogue of Hanoi's Urban Conditions

'Decades of Hunger' (1945 - 1970) : Rooftops as a solution to famine Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos dolupta prem facepudam, cum explam, totam quo et acia isqui doles nim eum ius. Qui venis voluptat min nonem haria quos aute nos nonsequae as doluptati autente numentorro dolest licti odi volor mi, niment omnime mossequatur, niendipsum denihit pe por re

Hanoi is home to approximately 15,000 street vendors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; most of them female migrants Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos dolupta prem facepudam, cum explam, totam quo et acia isqui doles nim eum ius. Qui venis voluptat min nonem haria quos aute nos nonsequae as doluptati autente numentorro

Project 02 :

"Thành Phố Tu Viện" (The Monastic City)

Please click on the link below for an audible presentation of the following section: vimeo.com/TheMonasticCity/Part2

'HEROIC MOTHERS'

The Identity of Women in Vietnam : 'Heroic Mothers'

'Grow Soya Beans'

'Save the Country, Save the Youth'

'Protect and take Ownership in your Village'

'Fight For Our Future'

The Identity of Women in Vietnam : Mother Goddess Worship 'Dao Mau'

Narrative of the Tradeswomen

Identifying a Fractured Landscape: The Tradeswomen of Hanoi

A Tradeswoman's Journey Between the Rural and the City

'Ca Dao' A Vietnamese Folk 'Unaccompanied Song' Các hạt cọ nhỏ bị sọc bởi tĩnh mạch. Tôi gần nhà bây giờ, nhưng sớm thôi, Em sẽ ở xa. Tôi kết hôn với bạn khi tôi mười ba tuổi. Đến mười tám tuổi, tôi đã có năm đứa con. Tôi sẽ phải bán bốn hoặc năm giỏ Gạo tuốt, kilôgam bông. Chúng ta sẽ ăn ít hơn. Quả đắng này Tôi sẽ mút mà không phàn nàn, kẻo mọi người cười. Nước chảy, nhưng đau buồn sẽ không cuốn trôi. Cỏ có mùi ngọt ngào, nhưng trái tim sẽ không cảm thấy bị tổn thương. Chúng tôi nói lời tạm biệt - chúng tôi chia tay, dừng lại ở mỗi bước.

The little palm nuts are streaked by veins. I am close to home now, but soon, I will be far away. I married you when I was thirteen. By eighteen, I already had five children. I'll have to sell four or five baskets Of threshed rice, kilos of cotton. We'll eat less. This bitter berry I'll suck without complaints, lest everyone laughs. The water flows, yet grief won't wash away. The grass smells sweet, yet hearts won't feel assuaged. We say goodbye - we part, halting at each step.

'Street Vending Provides an opportunity for circular migration whilst maintaining a rural family identity'

In search of a New Urban Typology

Theoretical Framework Is the Monastery the Answer?

TRADESWOMEN RURAL IDENTITY

MOTHER GODDESS WORSHIP

MONASTERY TYPOLOGY

"A fully lived space, a simultaneously real-andimagined, actual-andvirtual locus of structured individuality and collective experience of everyday life"

- Edward W. Soja, Thirdspace Theory

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MAIN CLOISTER COURTYARD

MONKS CELL ROOMS

REFECTORY

CHURCH

COURTYARD

GUEST CHAMBERS

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An Exploration into the Monastery Typology

KITCHEN

SERVICE COURTYARD

WATCH TOWER

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CHARTERHOUSE OF FLORECE (EMA MONASTERY) ITALY - FLORENCE

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CLOISTER COURTYARD

CHURCH

VESTRY

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REFECTORY

OLD CHAPEL

KITCHEN

ABBOTS QUARTER

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PADISE CISTERCIAN MONASTERY - PADISE - ESTONIA

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MAIN TEMPLE

MAITREYAS TEMPLE

BROM STON TEMPLE

GOLDEN TEMPLE

PROTECTORS CHAPEL

BROM STOM TEMPLE

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MANDALA TEMPLE

NUNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TEMPLE

NEW ENTRANCE HALL

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TABO BUDDHIST MONASTERY - HiMACHAL PRADESH INDIA

CHURCH

CLOISTER

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MONKS QUARTERS

INFIRMARY

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FRATER AND KITCHEN

ABBOTS KITCHEN

ABBOTS LODGINGS

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ROCHE ABBEY CISTERCIAN MONASTERY - YORKSHIRE ENGLAND

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CHURCH

SOUTH PRECINT

CHAPTER ROOMS

SOUTHERN WING

MONKS QUARTERS

NORTH PRECINCT

NOTHERN WING

NUNS QUARTERS

WEST OUTHOUSE

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ST JOHNS ABBEY CISTERCIAN MONASTERY - MUSTAIR - SWITZERLAND

KYAMRA CHENMO COURTYARD NANGKOR PASSAGE

KITCHEN AND LAUNDRY

NGA-KHANG GATE

LULSANG GATE

GOSUM TEMPLE

KITCHEN AND MONKS QUARTERS

NANGKOR TEMPLE

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TSUKLAKHANG BUDDHIST MONASTERY - GANGTOK INDIA

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MAIN GATE

10 MONKS QUARTERS

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ST GALL CAROLINGIAN MONASTERY - ST GALLEN SWITZERLAND

ST GALL CHURCH

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TOWERS OF ST GABRIEL AND ST MICHAEL

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CLOISTER COURT

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HOSPITAL FOR THE POOR

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CATTLE

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SERVANTS QUARTER

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BREWHOUSE

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BLACKSMITHS QUARTERS

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GRAIN STOREROOMS

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CHURCH

St Johns Abbey Mustair Tsukakhang Monastery

SPATIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN COURTYARD AND TEMPLE

BARNS AND GRANARIES

Roche Abbey

Charterhouse of Noneque

INDIVIDUAL CELL HOUSES AROUND CLOISTER

Chapterhouse Ema

GUESTHOUSES

Padise Monastery

SMALLER COURTYARDS

St Galls Monastery

INVERTED COURTYARD

Tabo Monastery

HEALTH AND EDUCATION

BREW HOUSES

Exploration of an Urban Monastic Typology responding to the different conditions within Hanoi's Fabric

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INFILL COURTYARD INTERSTITIAL STREET OCCUPATION

FRAGMENTED TUBE HOUSES

WOMENS MUSEUM EXTENSION

LINERAR POCKET INFILL

OFF STREET INFILL

GA HANOI TRAIN STATION COURTYARDS

ROOF TOP OCCUPATION

FRAGMENTED COURTYARD

TUBE HOUSE OCCUPATION

RAISED STREET

PRIVATE ROOFTOP GARDENS

SEPARATED PODS

HALF COURTYARD

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Manifesto: A Monastic Intervention

Reclaim the social identity of the vendor to the city through a monastic Intervention

Secure and improve the territorial and socioeconomic hierarchy of the tradeswoman

Radical transformation of home beyond shelter

Shared ownership of collective and flexible sub-letting of property to enhance rural and urban migration patterns

Reduction of working hours and diversification of Income

Re-production of rural trade heritage and expansion of trade boundaries

The Manifesto Re-drawn

EXISTING TUBE HOUSE

PROPOSED INTERVENTIONS

Manifesto Design Intent

WOVEN SECOND SKIN DAYLIGHT

AGRICULTURAL LAND

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EXISTING TUBE HOUSE BUILDING REFECTORY + COMMUNAL KITCHEN

ROOF CHICKEN FARM

TEA ROOM + LIBRARY

GARDEN ROOFS & FACADE - TEA LEAF FARMING

SEASONAL RENTABLE ACCOMODATION

MOTHER GODDESS TEMPLE + SPACES OF SECLUSION

OCCUPATION OF EXISTING BUILDING LEVEL

PUBLIC GROUND LEVEL MARKET

PRIVATE 'COURTYARD' FOR TRADESWOMEN SPACE FOR INFORMAL SOCIAL ACTIVITY

FIXED SINGLE UNIT ACCOMODATION FOR TRADESWOMEN

HIDDEN ACCESS THROUGH EXISTING BUILDING FABRIC - BIKE AND GOODS STORAGE

CONCEPT SECTION

PROGRAMMATIC SECTION

Strategic Interventions at a City Wide Scale

Strategic Interventions Axonometric

Rural Material Precedents

1 - 4. Fernando Lapposse, Totomoxtle. 5. Vietnamese Palm Cladding 6. Vietnamese Villagers. Harvesting Crops, Vietnamese Womens Museum. 7. Studio Morrison, 'Mother' Wicker Installation. 8. Climbing Frame Library, Farming Architects, Vietnam 9. Banana Leaf Wrapping 10. Traditional Basket Weaving 11.Heather and Ivan Morrison, Im So Sorry Goodbye Project 12. Beng Chu Cafe with Contemporary Vietnamese Features. 13. Red House, Studio TAA. 14. Chicken House, A playground for Children and Chickens, Tropical Space Architects

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In Praise of Post-Colonial Regionalism

'Los Rivales', Diego Rivera, 1931 Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos dolupta prem facepudam, cum explam, totam quo et acia isqui doles nim eum ius. Qui venis voluptat min nonem haria quos aute nos nonsequae as doluptati autente numentorro dolest licti odi volor mi, niment omnime mossequatur, niendipsum denihit pe por re

Celebrating the Collective Experience of Everyday Life

'Woman Playing the Lute' Mai Trung Hu, 1980 Beres num nis qui beatur molut estrum eiuntem quis eos dolupta ecestis seque eiur sitaest pra simolores venti tem hilitem hilliqu aeperia perum am quiducia et labo. Et officia inciam fugitat vendae eatur acculla borrovitae raeprererae landerc iumenest, ipsam ipitias pedist fugia quae suntibu saperit eatio. Nem utate sim quam facero ipsum quae si doluptatibea conseque lit, culpari tataturescit repellu ptatios ipis dit peliquos dolupta prem facepudam, cum explam, totam quo et acia isqui doles nim eum ius. Qui venis voluptat min nonem haria quos aute nos nonsequae as doluptati autente numentorro dolest licti odi volor mi, niment omnime mossequatur, niendipsum denihit pe por re

The Real and Imagined

Banana Leaf Loom Section

Early Massing Drawing

Rurality through Materiality

MOTHER GODDESS TEMPLE FLAGS

ROOF CLAY SHINGLES

ENGINEERED BAMBOO STRUCTURAL FRAME

BAMBOO SCRIMBER JOISTS

CLAY TILE SHUTTERS

REPURPOSED WOOD WINDOW SHUTTERS

BASKET AND GOODS STORAGE

BANANA LEAF SKIN

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Physical Model Photographs

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Abstract Site Plan

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Abstract Facade Painting

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Ground Floor Plan

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Typical Floor Plan

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Top Floor Plan

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A New Monastic & Agricultural Roofscape

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Detailed Fragment (Section A-A)

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Upper Level Details

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1. Banana Leaf Skin 2. Secondary E. Bamboo Joists for Secondary Skin 3. Rotational Cultivation Door (E. Bamboo and irrigation channels) 4. Cable Ties for Secondary Skin 5. Agricultural Floor Build Up (Soil, Substrate, Water Retention Layer, Vapour Barrier, Foil) 6. Prefab E.Bamboo Primary Structure 7. Clay tiles and Steel Fixings 8. Mechanically Openable Roof Brise-Soleil 9. E. Bamboo Secondary Structure Joists 10. E.Bamboo Veneer

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Existing and New Proposal Connection + Roof Structure 6 7

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1. E. Bamboo and Steel Connection 2. Sliding Wardrobe and Door (Laminated Bamboo). 3. Internal Floor Build Up ( Upper Level) 4. E.Bamboo Staircase 5. Steel Connector with Bolts to the Existing Tube House Slab 6. Opening for Glass Sky Light 7. E. Bamboo Battens 8. E.Bamboo Veneer 9. E. Bamboo Prefabricated Primary Structure 10. Agricultural Floor Build Up

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1. Prefab E.Bamboo Sturcture for Skin 2. Banana Leaf Tiles 3. Steel Cables + E.Bamboo Battens 4. Flip Up Bed and bamboo window shutters 5. Clay Tile Ventilation Openings 6. Prefab E.Bamboo Primary Structure 7. Steel Angled Connectors 8. UHPC Wall 9. UHPC Foundation 10. UHPC Pile

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Exploded Axonometric of Building Components

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PRIMARY ENGINEERED BAMBOO FRAME

ENGINEERED BAMBOO JOISTS

CABLE TIES FOR SECONDARY SKIN

BANANA LEAF TILES

ENGINEERED BAMBOO FRAME FOR SECONDARY SKIN

STEEL AND CONCRETE ANCHOR

UHPC PILES AND FOUNDATION SLABS

EXISTING TUBE HOUSE STRUCTURE

DOUBLE ENGINEERED BAMBOO AND STEEL CONNECTION

INTERNAL LAMINATED BAMBOO PARTITIONS

CLAY ROOF TILES

FLOOR BUILD UP (MATERIAL DEPENDENT ON LOCATION)

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Flexible & Rentable Accomodation Units

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Moments Throughout the Monastic City

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Concealing the Monastery : A Fortress of Agricultural Production

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Celebrating a Rural Identity

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A Symbiotic Connection Between the Rural and the Uban

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Rurality as a Notion of Oasis

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