CO-CITY
alex yeloyeva architecture design 7 wertig-kopecky studio winter semester 2018-19
REPORTING FROM THE FRONT
The task: - dwelling (based on the changing space requirements,...) - spatial concept (private and common zones, ability to respond to changing requirements, residential vs. other forms of use...) -the relationship with the surroundings (toward the city, connection with the school, ...) Mission: is to design a residential building based on current requirements of the society of the 21st century combined with some kind of public function (culture, sport, commerce, community space, etc., ...). The question is rething forms of housing, moving beyond home ownership towards more shareable and collective ways of inhabiting space. Requirements of current cities are in contradictions with the reguirements of their inhabitants. In the beginning, we were supposed to properly choose and describe ways of living its residents and defense it. Then design a housing unit, spatial diagrams, floors, sections, elevations etc.
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01 SITE LOCATION & HISTORICAL LANDMARKS Project site take place next to the Pohorelec square and to the east of it is castle district Hradcany, which is located at the top of the hill on the western side of the river Vltava. There are picturesque buildings around it and many important historical monuments are situated nearby: a gateway to the Strahov Monastery is located just next to it and the Loreta Shrine stands a short walk from Pohorelec. The Prague Castle is also accessible on foot. Its western side is made up of a common urban street, respectively. a class where the tramway runs from the Prague Castle from Kepler’s Street via Dlabačov to Břevnov.
Castle Národní galerie Praha Šternberský palác
St. Nicholas church
Národní galerie Praha Schwarzenberský palác Panny Marie Andělské
Strahov Monastery Home of the Czech Republic's Foreign Ministry
Site context is very contrast and has many different antmospheres. The east side is facing quite busy Kepler street with a lot of traffic, trams and it works as transition point for tourist on their way to the castle.(A,1,4) On the north side we can finds small park with summer cultural activities, which is connected with our site by hidden staircase (B). On the west side there is Kepler gymnasium with courtyards facing our side and behind it on the Morstadtova street there kindergarten with quite big playground(3). These streets, including Parlerova str (2) on the south are mostly used by local people.
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01 SITE IMPRESSION
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The name of this area next to the ancient crossroads leading to the Prague Castle and to the fords on the Vltava River, documented as early as in the 14th century, refers to frequent fires with which this place was afflicted.
01 HISTORY It was burned down at the end of the 11th century and it is possible that this event led to the transfer of the main Prague marketplace to the other side of the Vltava, to the area of today’s Old Town Square.
The area first time mentioned by chronicler Kosmas in 1090, as a the Pohorelec market settlement.
In 1420 the quarter was burnt by the Hussites, like the larger part of Hradcany and the neighboring Lesser Town.
Pohorelec became part of the serf town of Hradcany later under the rule of Charles IV who in 1375 extended Hradcany towards the west and surrounded it by walls. Until then the Pohorelec settlement belonged to the Strahov Monastery.
The year 1742 was also unfortunate as the French army entered the town; a larger part of Hradcany turned to ashes again.
After this event the area remained vacant for over 60 years and the newly risen quarter was destroyed by another large fire in the Lesser Town and Hradcany in 1541.
1932 - Jan Kepler Gymnasium is established
1884 - Holy Prokop’s barracks are established
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01 URBANISTIC CONTEXT
1930s
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1. Socio-realistic blocks with residential function, which were build in 1950s-80s. Have wide filled with greenery streets, 2 schools and small community nodes as cafe and bakeries. 2. Hotel Pyramids is postmodern hotel complex. It includes DlabaÄ?ov cinema, which is available for public. 3. Residential blocks build in 1810-20sis located to the west from the project site and have semi-private
courtyards inside and wide empty streets on outside. 4. Housing blocks from 1920-30s which have a few community nodes 6. Small park with summer cultural activities and newly renovated big kids playground. 8. Tree-covered Petrin tower with the view over whole Prague, vyneyards, cycling paths and historical monuments.
1. Function: residential socio-realistic buildings
2. Function: commercial Postmodern hotel complex
3. Function: residential
4. Function: residential
5. Function: residential Villas
6. Function: recreational park for residence
7. Function: cultural, residential historic part of Prague
8. Function: recreational publicly available parks
9. Function: sport
01 TRANSPORT Location of the site right next to the tram/bus stop Pohorelec and Hladkov allows easy access to the downtown and transportation nodes Dejvice and Hradcany. Site has heavy human and public traffic on the south-east and low density of people and cars on the northwest due to the lack of attractions. There are cycling paths leading to the site.
Dejvice 12 min
Hradcanska 9-11 min
Malostranska 9 min
Tram lines
Bus way
Cycling path
Primary road
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Tertiary road
Human density
Reserved parking
Mixed (res&vis) parking
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ZONING & SERVICES
Residential
Military
Religious
Dormitory
Warehouse
Greenspace
Administrative
Unused
Educational
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Residential and religious Locals work mostly in services, Except historical (cultural) build- cultural, military or educational ings, the dominating function on facilities. the site is residential
Recreation
Parks, gardens Important advantage of the location is big amount of public and semi-public(accesible in certain hours) recreational areas.
Apartment choice
From research about the preferences in choice of the apartment is visible that for people in age from 18 to 54 the most important factors are: -To be close to the workplace -To be close to friends and family -The cost of housing available in the neighborhood -Availability of public transport in the neighborhood
01 TERRAIN Area: 1960m2 Change in terrain: 5.5 m
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01 SITE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SURROUNDINGS On the map below we can see context grid (in red) take from the buildings and street lines from surrounding of our site. It shapes the limitations for the building area and creates opportunities for potential building shape and voids in it (courtyards, terraces), as well gives us focus points. Blue color shows points from which are taken view on the surroinding on the maximum hight of the future structure.
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“Housing is a bit different than other types of architecture and development because it’s intensely personal and always so closely tied to our well-being and quality of life in the city. We need new ideas, new innovations, new types of dwellings to respond to the changing demographics and economics of cities. Design, policy and innovation need to come together to find them.” – Martin Barry, Founder of reSITE
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02 SITUATION Potential solutions to issues such as rapid urbanization, loneliness, and the growing global affordable housing crisis. By 2030 almost 70 percent of the global population will live in cities, and some experts estimate that almost two billion people—a fifth of the world’s population—will lack access to adequate and affordable housing. According to urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg, people need three types of places to live fulfilled, connected lives: Their “first place” (home) for private respite; their “second place” (work) for economic engagement; and their “third place,” a more amorphous arena used for reaffirming social bonds and community identities. This third place can be a barbershop, neighborhood bar, community center, or even a public square. The desire for these three separate spheres drives how
human environments are designed at a bedrock level, but increasing urbanism—as well as geographic and economic mobility—are collapsing these multiple spaces into one. The result is a new hybrid building type: a live-work multiunit dwelling that is home, office, and clubhouse. The traditional notions of “private” and “public” space are eroding under the influence of a sharing economy and technological advancement. Space is being recognized as a profitable commodity in itself. millennials prefer to work in places where they can find a community of like-minded people. Several other polls have confirmed that millennials want a “fun and social” workplace, flexible work hours and place value on lifestyle and traveling. They are less interested in buying property, but are willing to spend money on experiences and events. Increased mobility and the rise of the sharing economy are not only changing the way younger generations live, work and travel but also transforming our physical environment. Abandoning long-term leases for month-to-month
arrangements with micro-rentals appeals to millennials who are much more comfortable with temporary accommodation solutions than are older generations. Short-term contracts are best suited for young graduates and professionals who frequently change location or can’t afford to buy their own homes. As an increasing number of 25 to 34-yearolds are living with roommates and staying single for longer than previous generations, mobility becomes the deciding factor in choosing suitable housing arrangements. Co-working and co-living spaces are the most dominant types of the space as a service concept. It has proven to be a transformative force, drastically changing the residential and commercial real estate industry. The proliferation of the sharing economy is illuminating the hidden potentials of physical spaces, and changing the way architecture is used and inhabited. This phenomenon could irreversibly change the way in which we design buildings and think about urban development.
CO-LIVING LEXICON Words and phrases collected from articles, websites and literature commonly used in reference to co-housing: ETHOS & VALUES Sustainability Energy efficiency People over profit ‘Commons’ Collective Spatial and social innovation Participatory Slow living Resident-led Community-led Self-build Self-organised BEHAVIOUR Collaboration over competition Consensus decision making Conscious self-definition Community-building BENEFITS Sense of Community Intentionality / Purpose Unique social and organizational structure Autonomy Mutual support Shared resources/ meals/ facilities/ lives
02 SPACE10 RESEARCH IKEA’s external innovation lab Space10 has created an online platform for researching and developing concepts for future shared living spaces. To date, more than 7,000 people from almost 150 countries have taken the survey. Questions include preferences on who would be preferable to share with, services provided by the accommodation, personality of housemates and size of the community. From these survey it was particularly interesting that people don’t mind very much with whom they would live(families, singles,kids,any race or nationality), most people choose to live in communities up to 25 people and except having private bathrooms, people wouldn’t minds sharing anything else.
02 PRAGUE INSPIRATIONS Prague is famous for its medievel houses and castle, but most interesting things are happening in most unexpected people. It was my intention to take part of that “insider“ feeling into my project by having circulation and terraces which have their own atmosphere and where something can happen.
03 REFERENCES
Gap House / Archihood
LT Jos’i / N’ruse Inokum’ Archi-
03 REFERENCES VinziRast-mittendrin
MĂźller Sigrist Architekten
co-city The community was chosen as the main topic and aim of the project. Therefore, the building was designed to support its life in the city. “Co-city� would be a space for young adults, nomads, single parents and anyone who is ready to share their lives with other people and open to create new friends, connections and opportunities.
01 GOALS TARGET GROUP
TEMPORARY
PERMANENT -young families -single parents -seniors
General goals
-young couples -singles -young adults -graduates
-nomads -students
-Different feeling in the spaces -Have some visual/spatial links to Prague identity (Pavlicek) -Different types of flats and common areas -mixed use -different privacy levels
Privacy spheres
-public acceseble -members only
-Privacy sleeping
-shared the community -shared with flat mates -only for resident
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01 CONCEPT DIAGRAM Shape formation
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bedroom are facing street, while being around common living room; living rooms and entrance are facing building circulation/ “inside street”
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context - flat facade different views price comfort
The community was chosen as the main topic and aim of the project. Therefore, the building was designed to support its life in the city. “Co-city” would be a space for young adults, nomads, single parents and anyone who is ready to share their lives with other people and open to create new friends, connections and opportunities. Co-city is a co-living mixed function project. It has 5 different privacy levels coming from public use as restaurant and exhibition hall, to zones where people who are members of the complex can use and finally zones just for residents. Each person would have bedroom from 9m2 to 20m2 with private bathroom and he/she would share kitchen and living room with small community from 5 to 20 people.
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Complex has 16 such communities/clusters, which are connected between each with outside corridors / “streets“ which carry not only transitional function, but also works as functional communicative spaces, where people can chat, play, dance, do barbecue, etc. Below residential clusters are located 5 common spaces, which are library, grow room, dinning hall, GYM and DIY studio. Complex also include co-working - available publicly for people with membership and accessibly to everyone restaurant, exhibition hall and grocery store. Building is connected by one main circulation core and has 4 main floors from which people can get through “streets“ to other levels.
ABOUT PROJECT The unusual shape and placement of the clusters / residential blocks creates a feeling of the city within the city and its centralized multileveled circulation takes people on the journey, while making them meet and interact. Terraces and roofs have vegetation planted on them. That compensates the vegetation lost after construction and adds another layer to the project atmosphere.
Basic info: area of the site: 1960m2 builded area: 1700m2 number of units: 16 clusters, apr. 200 residence number of parking spots: 40 + 10 service hight of the building 22 -27.5 m Usage (%): residential - 80% commercial - 13% cultural 7%
04 SCHWARZPLAN & SITE PLAN WITH TYPICAL FLOOR
05 CLUSTER/BASIC UNIT 300 square meters 11 bedrooms 11-16 people private bathroom and bedroom [9-20 square meters] personal storage shared kitchen and living room
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cluster 1st level plan - 1:200
05 -8.5_parking Parking can accessed by lift from the northern side of the project or by main staircase going down from the building lobby. It is has spots for 40 cars, half of which are shared and access to deliver food to the restaurant.
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05 -5.5_facilities + commercial -1 level combines in itself: services for the building as restaurant storage, residents laundry and storage rooms and machinery room (under the ground, accessible by circulation cores and corridor), and commercial function - grocery store which public can enter from the northern side of the building due to change in the terrain.
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05 GROUND FLOOR: -3.5m ->0m Ground floor has main entrance from the level -3.5, where people can find bigstarcase/seatings used for public events. It leads them 3 direction: -Directly to the residential/membership zone using main circulation core; -To publicly accesible exhibition hall and restaurant (on the left), which have their own entrances from the 0 level; -to co-working for the members of the complex
open kitchen exhibition hall
restaurant main entrance /public events
co-working
hot desks, meeting room
05 4m_common spaces Common floor has in itself facilities shared by all residents. It starts from 4 m above the ground and continues to 6m and 8m.
DIY studio GYM
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Grow room
Grow room Library
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cluster 3 2nd level cluster 2 2nd leve
cluster 4 2nd level cluster 5
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