Continuous Platform POLITO CUHK by Alejandro Serrano

Photo taken by the author in Beijing, China. (2017) Title: Discovering China

Photo taken by the author in The Pearl River Delta, China. (2017) Title: A case of rurality in the PRD

Preface

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Abstract

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Introduction pg. 11-21 pg. 11-21

1. Global Cities 2. Shenzhen as a Global City 3. Re-Thinking Shenzhen 4. Urban and Architectural Conceptualizations 5. Continuity 6. Hybridity 7. Machinery

Urban Analysis

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Urban Layering

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Urban Sections

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1. Actual Urban Approach 2. Proposed Urban Approach 1. Ground Floor System 2. Drainage System 3. Infrastructure System 4. Green System 5. Blue System 6. Pedestrian System 7. Building System 8. Roof Plan 1. Transversal Section 2. Diagonal Section 3. Longitudinal Section 4. Natural Section

Block Layering

pg. 79-91 1. Ground Floor 2. Main Structures, Hybrid A Areas and Density 3. Low-Rise Buildings, Hybrid B Areas and Density 4. Complete Block, Low-Rise Buildings and Total Density 5. Axonometric Section 6. Block Design Phases

Apartments Catalogue pg. 93-113

1. USER 2. APARTMENTS PLANS 3. FLOOR PLANS 4. CATALOGUE

Table of Content

Final Consideration

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Bibliography

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Photo taken by the author in Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: Joint Studio arrival to the ShenzhenÂ´s headquarters.

This project was done under the supervision of Francesca Frassoldati, Gustavo Ambrosini, Mauro Berta, Michele Bonino, Liu Heng Doreen and Peter W. Ferreto, during the Joint Studio program between the Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). I would like to thank to all the supervisors for their guidance, to all my colleagues of the Joint Studio and to the people that in one way or in another took part of it. Thanks to all the professors who participated in different conversations and gave us lectures and guidance for achieving a better knowledge for the case of study. In addition I have to thank to the CUHK students for the welcoming and treatment they gave us in Hong Kong, for the good relationships I establish with them and with each of the participants of the project. Furthermore, I would like to thank to all the people that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met in Turin for the last two years, and especially and more than all to my family for the support.

Preface

POLITO/CUHK - Joint Studio

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Photo taken by the author in Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: The Team People in the photo: first row: Giulia Milanesi (left), Alessio Migliasso (right); second row: Giulia Artusio (left), Alessandro Cacioppo (right); third row: Changhe Liu (left), Alejandro Serrano Sierra (right); fourth row: Martina Gallo (left), Nada PejoviÄ&#x2021; (right).

POLITECNICO DI TORINO Department of Architecture and Design THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG School of Architecture MASTER DEGREE In Architecture, Construction and City THESIS PROGRAM Joint Studio CUHK/POLITO AUTHOR Alejandro Serrano Sierra 225297 PROFESSORS Francesca Frassoldati Gustavo Ambrosini Mauro Berta YEAR 2017 An infrastructure-based approach to design scenarios in Qianhai Bay (China)

The artificial nature of the city CONTINUOUS PLATFORM

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Photo taken by the author in Hong Kong, China. (2017) Title: The nature of the urban fabric

The research and design work has to be intended as a critique of fragmentation, in spatial and operational terms. Infrastructure design is seen as the city’s backbone and the ground to define a new urban language or ‘modern vernacular’, term that is intended as an architectural and urban approach for the social and environmental sustainability for global cities. From this new urban language Continuity appears as the key concept for giving form to the project and ideals to its urbanism. The Continuity expressed in urban spaces, architectural elements, social processes and history is crucial for the design which doesn’t provide “the solution” to the global city; but it is a result of a constant questioning of the way in which they can be studied and design from an architectural and urban point of view.

Shenzhen, Pearl River Delta (PRD), China

Abstract

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Photo taken by the author in Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: Stock Exchange building, OMA.

Introduction

1. GLOBAL CITIES 2. SHENZHEN AS A GLOBAL CITY 3. RE-THINKING SHENZHEN 4. URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS 5. CONTINUITY 6. HYBRIDITY 7. MACHINERY Continuous Platform

1. GLOBAL CITIES In order to understand the social and cultural spectrum involved in the project it is important to emphasize the role that global cities are having, the struggle they create, the opportunities and their future projections for their comprehension. Lefevre and Tzonis once called Mumford’s Regionalism, to the approach that Lewis Mumford did for understanding the dialogue between global and local, during the earlier 50’s (Lefaivre L., Tzonis A., 2003). From here the critical regionalism is an architectural approach referred to the placelessness and lack of identity of the international architectural style. Because of this the global cities and the processes of globalization have being comprehend under the tensions that this phenomena originates by creating, in one hand, a conflict between globalization and international intervention, and in the other hand, the local identity (Maharika F. 2007). From here the idea that the local architecture loses meaning as the frontier between local and global appear and disappear (Maharika F. 2007a). On count of this, the urban processes and the architecture could appear as a criticism of global politics especially in areas such as the PRD, which is in the front line of the 12

urban developments around the globe. As a consequence, many studios and designers have developed their own imaginary of the way in which cities will adapt to global and local processes and the many aspects that this artificial construction “The City” can have1. What is clear is that the quickness of the cities’ growth is creating more disintegrated societies with lots of inequalities and with an evident shrink of rural population and traditions that consequently will enlarge the tension between global and local (Hao P. 2012). Saskia Sassen on her book “The Global City” routes the analysis through the re-conceptualization of the economic processes in relation with the culture. She says that mainly cities are global if they have a key role in the world economy and it’s not necessary for them to be huge in size. (Sassen S. 2005) According to Sassen they must be financial centers, host headquarters of transnational corporations, home of international institutions, high development of business, services and manufacturing, must have goods and transportation and a significant population (Sassen S. 2005). Furthermore, they must be in a key loca-

Cases of study: City of bits (Mitchell W.), MetaCity (MVRDV, City of Quartz (Davis M.), Continuous Monument (Superstudio), Plug-In City (Archigram), Tokyo Bay Plan (Kenzo Tange), Third Space (Soja E.), Continous Monument (Superstudio), among others.

tion for finance and specialized service firms, they should have high concentrated command points in the organization for world economy, also sites of production and innovation and markets for the products and innovation produced. Following these ideas, globalization not only decentralizes but also concentrates new structures for power and capital. However the presence of inequalities is constant because of the discrepancies between the specialized global sector of super-profit and the traditional manufacturing sectors. Finally SassenÂ´s empathizes that global cities create discrepancies by producing a global one and also a poor labor outsize city2. 2. SHENZHEN AS A GLOBAL CITY The economic and political processes that China has encourage have produce many transformations in a very short period of time for their cities. Because of this, specially in the SEZs regions, has occur a concentration of wealth which have boosted a massive migration in which not only global and local clashes but also formal and informal (Chen X., Medici T. 2009). These conjunctions of dynamics created, in the urban space of Shenzhen, an incredible differentiation between these two worlds. The informal and rural one became more unknown and entered into a gray area especially since 1980s when the urbaniza-

tion of Shenzhen exceeded the borders of the SEZs, from here a hinterland3 started to appear as an extension of the city. From 1989 the regulation of the deregulation created, in the urban surroundings, transformed farmers who became real-estate developers by giving them license to sell their land. More than the 50% of the farmland entered to the market, developers started building new danwei, for temporary residents and migrants that were especially arriving from the north (Hao P. 2012). Taking this into account, The Special Economic Zones is the place where this suburbanization take place. Chung J., Inaba J., Koolhaas R. and Leong T. refer to this urban phenomena as the Chinese Suburbia (2002) , this term is different from the western conceptualization. In the first case suburbia refers to the hybrid city that is conditioned by urban and rural impacts and is an emancipated space for migrants. Is not a frontier or a border; mainly is the continuity and expansion of the city growth acting as an extension of it. In the second case the term refers to the urban sprawl of cities into their outsides following economic and social conditions (Dunha-Jones E. 2010). The globalization according to Sassen contains disperse and centralized processes, according to the spatial geography of the place. This demands new forms of territorial centralization for management and control. Sassen S. (2005). The Global City: Introducing a Concept. University of Chicago, 28.

Spatial expansion of the area since The Open-door policy (1979) has shrink many rural areas.

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Photo taken by the author in Lo So Shing Beach, Lamma Island, China. (2017) Title: Fast speed developments and rural areas.

“Chinese Suburbia is a hybrid of city and countryside. Nature and agriculture are now part of the urban program as reserve-or reservations. Their inclusion into the realm of the urban, enclaves of rural life, transformed the Special Economic Zones itself. The Zone no longer has an outside; one cannot exit this “city” anymore”.

(Chung J., Inaba J., Koolhaas R., Leong T. 2002, 141) The Great Leap Forward Taking this into account architecture can serve as a platform for giving a new meaning to urban dynamics by promoting a more sustainable social and urban approach. This can be done by adding to the global character of the city architectural and urban characteristics that embraces the city´s conformation processes. In the Shenzhen´s scenario the migration, the hinterlands, the rural background in relation with the globalization of the city could boost a place that is coherent with the process and actors that have been part of its development.

blocks4, which are urban enclaves to differentiate and avoid contamination from one and the other and has the purpose of absorbing unpredictability of the market (Chung J., Inaba J., Koolhaas R., Leong T. 2002). Taking this into account, the huge division that is present in a tangible or non-tangible way in Shenzhen is a main issue for start re-thinking the way in which global cities are not merely products but processes that should reduce inequalities rather than making wider the gap. As a new mega city built so fast it should support undesirable economic recessions by incorporating design strategies that can be adjustable to global recessions (Chen X., Medici T. 2009). In conclusion, cities should claim the critical regionalism not as a struggle between tradition-new, but as a dialogue that consecutively will provide a more integrative architecture and urbanism.

3. RE-THINKING SHENZHEN This Chinese urban development has guided the city into a series of discrepancies that are present even nowadays in an ironical way. The Westernization of the area as a virtual imaginary of the place is a clear example of the way in which the clash is occurring; capitalism-communism, global-local, east-west, utopia-dystopia). Furthermore, according to the urban fabric of Shenzhen, the city has been developed in

According to the new definitions given by The Great Leap Forward for understanding Chinese urbanism, the BLOCKS are versatile and ideological units that absorb the unpredictability of the market and are test grounds with an illusory control.

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4. URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS. Taking into account the described vision of Shenzhen, the Continuous Platform5 project pretends to take some elements that are present in the actual Chinese urban fabric, but adding them potential ones that can create a different image of this area. This will provide a new way for approaching to the urban and architectural sustainable design of cities that are in the front line of the globalization processes. The sustainability of this place refers to the social and cultural practices more than a specific technological or natural element. The sustainability will involve systemic changes were economy, consumption and sustainable life style can be incorporate (Schalk M, 2014) The Platform is an emerging environment in which the heterogeneity of the habitat will take place. The habitat understood as the relationship between house and city will focus in the buildings and homes that have the possibility to be transformed creating a whole new landscape. This modifications will change the way in which the heterogeneity of the society relates with the homogeneity of the technology6. For this reason the project embrace the quickness of the urban fabric, the repetitive buildings and the urban infrastructure 16

as the project´s backbone in which the sustainable elements will start to attach, to configure a new urban language “modern-vernacular”,“infrastructureindigenous” (Ockman J, 2005). For instance, the project started from the idea of creating a huge platform that could break the orthogonal design by inserting a whole new infrastructure that transform small fragments into massive urban unit. The project celebrates the artificial nature of the city by continuing the idea of the Water Finger design by James Corner, but giving it a clearer aspect as an artifact. Because of this the canal is represented more traditionally in terms of materials, borders, relation with nature and people, as a celebration of the Chinese canals which are inside the city with a more solid appearance. In terms of urban design the Continuous

According to Carlo Ratti, La Città Istantanea (Shenzhen China), Shenzhen is a juxtaposition of heterogeneous elements predefined chosen as in a catalogue and perhaps this kind of design is the only possible way for solving the insatiable demand of projects in this instant city.

The artificial landscape (Platform) represents today’s technology as a giant infrastructure that serves to the buildings that are indigenous elements that connect the modern and vernacular aspects. Idea taken from M. Toward Group Form, in Ockman, J. Architecture Culture 1943-1968. A Documentary Anthology. Rizzoli, New York, 2005, p. 8.

Platform evokes the infrastructure importance by designing rational connections with the buildings. The urban space is understood as a flowing system were the hierarchies is given by the flow of people creating an atmosphere were the linear spaces are an exceptional public or communal space.

this context by creating a higher density and a variety of spaces options so that the it can be more suitable and sustainable for the society and its land resources. In addition, it wants to enhance the values of the suburbia, the collectivity of housing and the migrant conditions of the place.

The buildings will be build after the urban infrastructure, they are intended to take part of a whole new process starting from the design which´s main idea is to be adaptable to the construction phases so that the investment done in their development will be progressive and not immediate7.

The project is aim to be a proposal that focuses on a new urban language “modern-vernacular”, using urban design criteria from Kenzo Tange´s proposal for the Tokyo Bay were the city is based on flows:

In this way the city´s urban development will be a process more than result of investment. Buildings and apartment modules are created with a huge range of variations so that the urbanism and architecture are capable to create very different relations between society and urban landscape (Schalke M, 2014).

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Also the materials used are fundamental, because the global cities tend to use the glass, concrete and iron as the main ornamental materials. Beside that, the Continuous Platform celebrates other ones such as bricks, wood, among others, that can change abruptly the understanding of the landscape and of this mega city. Taking into account the housing design as a critical topic for global settlements, the project will provide spaces that adapts to

Avoid separate functional zones. Create a complex linked network. Mobility and flows as the city organizers. Transitional areas as the link between private and public area Transitional areas that link the buildings. No hierarchies or civic center, but civic axis. Adaptability to change and growth.

The design approach from Manuel’s Castells view in “The Rise of the Network Society” A capitalist economy based on innovation, globalization, and decentralized concentration; for work, workers, and firms based on flexibility, and adaptability; for a culture of endless deconstruction and reconstruction”

Castells M. (1996). The Rise of the Network Society. Abstract. Oxford. Blackwe. 471. Continuous Platform

Photo taken by the author in Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: Skyscrapers mass production.

5. CONTINUITY Continuity is the main concept of the project, it is referred to the physical and historical elements that the urban design enhances thorough their tangible and non-tangible continuity. In this manner, the fracture that is present in the James Corner´s project “Water City” and is usually evident in the Chinese way of approaching to urban designs by creating functional fragments for conforming the area, is intended to be transformed by creating a joint of the two districts of Manwan and Chanwan. The Continuity idea is taken from the Continuous Monument project by Superstudio, in which a huge platform connected New York over the Hudson river without any clear planning but as a critic of modernist architecture during 1950s-1970s. Here the idea is to create a re-conception of this element under a “modern-vernacular” approach, in which a huge element as this can be more tangible adding natural elements, infrastructure and architectural spaces, without loosing the monumentality but leaving behind the flatness and the radical grid. The platform will create a connection in both direction south-north and eastwest, by doing this it will join the mountain and the bay and between the two districts. Also the continuity pursues the migration process that the city has had by creating an urban element that can be developed

through time and creates a landscape and an architecture that incorporates the hybridism of the urban villages and rural components for creating a link with the global city. 6. HYBRIDITY The concept is referred to various considerations incorporated in the project. First of all to the uses which are understand as temporary because of the migration processes and of the market rapidly transformation. In this sense the urban design can be modified and the building’s interior spaces also. In this manner, even if the project general spectrum appears as a repetitiveness of urban and architectural components, in answer of the actual highspeed urban fabric, the whole intention of the project is to be able to adapt to this velocity by creating singularities that can be change through time. In this terms the spaces can be used for different purposes generating a sort of planned flexibility8 that will be inside the hybridism of the building. Secondly, the project pretends to create a spatial juxtaposition in which different spaces are working, one over each other, without compromising the intimacy of the spaces.

Flexibility approach is taken from Adrian Forty description of Henri Lefebvre’s understanding about flexibility as a political strategy. Were the domination of the space by imposing strict functionalities and abstract schemes for defining the space is the most invasive act of capitalism. This flexible spaces are conceive inside a different social practice in order to propose multi functionality and a planned flexibility.

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Thirdly, the progressiveness for the construction of the buildings inside the urban landscape enhances the arrival of different kind of users9 that can create a new cultural spectrum in which heterogeneity is the main objective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fundamental characteristics of Futurist architecture will be its impermanence and transience. Things will endure less than us. Every generation must build its own cityâ&#x20AC;? (Senk P. 2013. 48. Fragment from SantÂ´ Elia,) Plug-In Concept: Technology and Aesthetics of Change 7. MACHINERY

phasizes in the canal as what it is in terms of image without pretending that it has to look as a river or as any other natural element. Taking this into account, the canal embraces the Chinese traditional image of the canal, which is near to its surroundings and is more integrated to the city than unlinked. Also the project enhances that technology have developed in such a manner that machinery can be in a mutualist relation with nature, so natural elements can be incorporated for creating functional benefits without ignoring that they are situated in an artificial landscape.

Contemporary machines are each time more similar to humans and nature, their rigidity is losing strength and their transformation is each time more evident. Also the continuous change of the machinery10 generates completely new urban landscapes in which people can model their urban surroundings according to the context and the time. The Continuous platform focuses on creating a massive machine in which many spaces, even if they have a design proposal, can mutate through time and are not build but projected. In this scenario the whole machine will also mutate according to the times and society. However the artificial nature is very evident because of this, the project pretends to em-

The user is seen from the point of the Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger, who since 1960s referred to the purpose of the architecture as the one that enables users to become inhabitants. The diversity of activities and opportunities they provide for the user reinterpretation and creativity are fundamental. 9

The Machinery departs from Benham comprehension. The machine aesthetics as problem related to the lack of congruence between the discourse and the machine during the modern movement. However, he was optimistic about the radical futurist concept in which technology enables a continuous change. 10

Photo taken by the author in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: Giving a new urban language to a danwei, OCT-LOFT renovation project by URBANUS Architectural Studio.

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Photo taken by the author in Qianhai Bay Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: Qianhaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban fabric

Urban Analysis

1. ACTUAL URBAN APPROACH 2. PROPOSED URBAN APPROACH

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Photo taken by the author in Qianhai Bay Shenzhen, China. (2017) Title: Construction Site, Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen , China

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1. GROUND FLOOR SYSTEM 2. DRAINAGE SYSTEM 3. INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM 4. GREEN SYSTEM 5. BLUE SYSTEM 6. PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM 7. BUILDING SYSTEM 8. ROOF PLAN

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MASTER PLAN / GROUND FLOOR SYSTEM 19. Canal promenade 20. Plaza/Parking area 21. Grass interior garden 22. Canal platform A 23. Canal platform B 24. Recreational interior platform 25. Canal treatment extension 26. Plaza/Parking area 27. Sea level 28. Waterfront /Wave breaker

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MASTER PLAN / DRAINAGE SYSTEM 1. Water treatment plant system water flow (Q) = 110 m3/s slope relation (z) = 1 width of slab (b) = 62 m rigidity (n) = 0.022 slope (s) = 0.001 m/m depth (y) = 1.5 m hydraulic area = 71.78 m2

water mirror = 64.27 #froud = 0.46 perimeter = 65.2 m hydraulic radius = 1.1 m velocity = 1.5 m/s specific energy = 1.25 m*kg/kg

2. Canals treatment extensions water flow (Q) = 36 m3/s slope relation (z) = 1 width of slab (b) = 50.28 m rigidity (n) = 0.012 slope (s) = 0.001 m/m depth (y) = 0.5 m hydraulic area = 23.5 m2

water mirror = 51.2 #froud = 0.7 perimeter = 51.6 m hydraulic radius = 0.45 m velocity = 1.5 m/s specific energy = 0.58 m*kg/kg

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MASTER PLAN / INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM 1. Transport hub (Pingnan railway, metro line 2) 2. Plaza/Parking area 1 3. Metro line 5 station 4. Plaza/Parking area 2 5. Metro line and railway station 6. Plaza/Parking area 3 7. Plaza/Parking area 4

8. Proposed metro line extension 9. Plaza/Parking area 5 10. Parking lots 11. Express way station 12. West express railway 13. Plaza/Parking area 6 14. Metro line 5 station 2

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MASTER PLAN / GREEN SYSTEM 19. Canal sea buffer zone 1 20. Canal sea buffer zone 2 21. Canal sea buffer zone 3 22. Ornament shrubs for defining spaces 23. Recreation green areas 24. Green filtration areas for crops or parks 25. Structural long wetland vegetation 26. Structural long wetland vegetation 27. Green filtration areas for crops or parks 28. Canal treatment extension

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10. Structural short wetland vegetation 11. Structural long wetland vegetation 12. Block interior garden 13. Grass mounds 14. Water basins 15. Ornament shrubs for defining spaces 16. Grass recreational areas 17. Canal treatment extension 18. Ornament shrubs for defining spaces

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MASTER PLAN / BLUE SYSTEM 1. Canal 2. Elevated pool 3. Qianhai Continuous city canal 4. Water basins 5. Canal treatment extension 6. Canal treatment buffer zone 7. Water basins 8. Canal treatment extension 9. Canal treatment buffer zone

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MASTER PLAN / PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM 1. Surrounding walkway 2. Elevated pool platform 3. Alternative walkway 4. Plaza/Parking entrance platform 5. Timber platform 6. Walkway private line 7. Public intimate spaces 8. Canal square 9. Canal treatment extension walkway

10. Canal treatment extension bridge 11. Qianhai bridges 12. Canal promenade 13. Plaza/Parking area connector 14. Plaza/Parking area connector 15. Sea pool platform 16. Seafront platform 17. Canal platform A 18. Block platform intimate space

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Section E-E Continuous Platform

Low-rise building 1. Shared second level communal terrace 2. Attached building 3. Atacched building interior 4. Low-rise building terrace

+16.7 +13.5 +10.9

+10.9

+10.5

+8.1 +8.1

+8.3

+5.5 +5.3

+5.7

Âą0.0

2 Ground floor 1. Collective courtyard 2. Interior of a low-rise building 3. Green area 4. Block access walkway 5. Green area 6. Interior of a co-housing

10m

20m

4 5

7. Collective courtyard 8. Interior of a low-rise building 9. Collective courtyard 10. Transitional space between interior of co-housing with green public area 11. Green public area 12. Canal walkway 13. Qianhai canal 50m

100m

+58.9 +56.7

13 12

+54.0 +51.3 +48.6 +45.9 +43.3

+37.8

High-rise building 1. Common space with attached building 2. Common space with terrace 3. Common space 4. Collective building space 5. Shared terrace 6. Private terrace

8. Services 9. Services terrace 10. Shared space 11. Shared terrace 12. Luxury apartment 13. Luxury terrace

+35.1 +32.4

+29.7

+27.0

+24.4

1 +18.9 +16.2

4 3

+13.5 +10.8 +8.1 +5.4

2 1

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F F

Section F-F Continuous Platform

Ground floor 1. Qianhai canal 2. Canal walkway 3. Planting area 4. Natural park 5. Canal walkway 6. Qianhai canal 0m

10m

20m

50m

7. Canal walkway 8. Canal treatment extension

100m

G G

Section G-G Continuous Platform

Urban Sections 3. Longitudinal Sections

Continuous Platform

4 Ground floor 1. Green area buffer zone 2. Sea pool walkway 3. Flooding stairs 4. Platform and wave breaker 5. Sea pool 6. Platform and wave breaker 7. Flooding stairs 8. Sea pool walkway 9. Sea pool Promenade

20m 64

50m

100m

200m

Building 1. Control building 2. Services building

Section H-H Continuous Platform

9 8

Building 1. Low-rise building 2. Common spaces in high-rise building 3. Modular building B 4. Modular building C 5. Co-housing apartment 6. Services module 7. Common terraces 8. Luxury apartments

20m 66

50m

9. Rooftop 10. Private terraces 11. Low-rise building

100m

200m

Ground floor 1. Walkway 2. Residential building, elevator, stairs 3. Interstitial space 4. Low-rise residential building 5. Common walkway 6. Platform along the water basin 7. Platform 8. Green barrier area

Section I-I Continuous Platform

3 2

9 10

1 11

5 Building 9. Private co-housing terrace 1. Co-housing apartment 10. Low-rise building terrace 2. Common area 11. Low-rise building service area 3. Service module 4. Common service area 5. Vertical circulation structure 6. Elevator 7. Rooftop terrace 8. Common apartment co-housing area

20m 68

50m

100m

200m

8 Ground floor 1. Walkway 2. Canal treatment extension 3. Pedestrian platform 4. Canal treatment extension 5. Extension canal walkway 6. Platform along the water basin 7. Green buffer area 8. Plaza

Section J-J Continuous Platform

5 6 7

10 1

5 Building 1. Co-housing parapet 9. Two co-housing apartments 2. Office floor 10. Structural column 3. Service module terrace 11. Low-rise building apartment 4. Luxury apartment terrace door 5. Vertical circulation light entry 6. External stairs 7. Co-housing apartment 8. Co-housing terrace

20m 70

50m

100m

200m

Ground floor 1. Platform extension 2. Canal treatment extension 3. Pedestrian walkway 4. Green buffer area 5. Building 6. Water pot 7. Green area 8. Plant pot 9. Walkway along the water basin

Section K-K Continuous Platform

Urban Sections 4. Natural Sections

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Ground floor 1. Crossing walkway 2. Pool with native emergent planting 3. Rapids with native emergent planting 4. Promenade 5. Canal 6. Promenade

7. Linear park/crops axis 8. Native crops 9. Pool retaining wall 10. Canal 11. Weir cascade 12. Open water

13. Rapids and pools with native vegetation

L L

Section L-L Continuous Platform

Ground floor 1. Native crops 2. Canal retaining wall 3. Canal 4. Weir cascade 5. Open water 6. Rapids and pools with native vegetation

10m

20m

7. Fresh water wetland 8. Pedestrian platform 9. Recreational areas 10. Retaining wall

50m

100m

M M

Section M-M Continuous Platform

Block Layering

1. Ground Floor 2. Main Structures, Hybrid A Areas and Density 3. Low-Rise Buildings, Hybrid B Areas and Density 4. Complete Block, Low-Rise Buildings and Total Density 5. Axonometric Section 6. Block Design Phases Continuous Platform

GROUND FLOOR HUTONGÂ´S

PATHWAY

PAGODA

COMMUNAL GARDEN

STONE STEPS PLAZA

PUBLIC GARDENS

COMMUNAL SQUARE

INTERIOR WALKWAYS

FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS

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MAIN STRUCTURES, HYBRID A AREAS AND DENSITY LINKING BRIDGE

HYBRID BUILD. A

HYBRID BUILD. B

LUXURY APT.

APT. TYPE 4

SERVICES STRUCTURES

MAIN STRUCTURES

HYBRID BUILDING A: DENSITY: AREAS: People/Building: 174 Co-Housing: 2172 m2 People/Block: 1218 Residential: 2866 m2 Expandable areas: 218 m2

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LOW-RISE BUILDINGS, HYBRID B AREAS AND DENSITY

LOW-RISE BUILDINGS

TERRACES AMENITIES

BALCONIES AND PRIVATE GARDENS

PLATFORM STRUCTURE

COMMUNAL AREAS

LINKING TERRACES

HYBRID BUILDING B: AREAS:

DENSITY:

People/Building: 81 Co-Housing: 784 m2 People/Block: 324 Residential: 1433 m2 Office: 2460 m2 Expandable areas: 280 m2

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COMPLETE BLOCK, LOW-RISE BUILDING AND TOTAL DENSITY

COMMUNAL AREAS/ EXPANDABLE

PRIVATE GARDENS

TERRACES AMENITIES

ATTACHED BUILDINGS

TOTAL DENSITY: LOW-RISE BUILDING: People/Building: 144 People/Block: 1,008 Shenzhen actual density people/km2: (+ 47%) = 5,963

TOTAL DENSITY: Total people/Block: 2,250 Total people / km2:

8,766 people/km2 Continuous Platform

AXONOMETRIC SECTION

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BLOCK DESIGN PHASES

Public Space Public spaces

Communal Space Communal squares

Main Constructions Main structures

Public mobility system

Public Natural Elements Water pods Buffer green areas

Communal mobility system

Communal Space Ground floor shared square

Perimeter walls

Main Build Mobility Systems Vertical system Horizontal platforms

Uses Retail and housing 90

Residential

Uses Platforms

Interior Green areas

Entrances

Secondary Constructions Secondary Exterior private stairs Constructions

Balconies and Terraces Terraces

Balconies

Uses Luxury Apt.

Uses Vertical mobility

Balconies

Low-Rise Buildings New buildings

Uses Terraces

Linking buildings

Attached buildings

Square Completed Structure Facade Windows

Uses Retail and housing

Expandable areas Continuous Platform

Apartments Catalogue

1. USER 2. APARTMENTS PLANS 3. FLOOR PLANS 4. CATALOGUE

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HYBRID BUILDING A (HBA) Local: A From: Shenzhen Age: 65 years old Family: Wife Working District: None Floor: F#1, HBA Apartment: Apt. Type 1-2

Programmer: B From: Shanghai Age: 30 years old Family: Wife and two kids Working District: Baoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;an Floor: F#2, HBA Apartment: Apt. Type 3

21 Floors Building: Residential Use: 2866m2 Co-Housing: 1400 m2 Expandable area: 218M2

21st Floor 20th Floor 19th Floor 18th Floor 17th Floor

Student: C From: Netherlands Age: 22 years old Family: None Studying District: Nanshan Floor: F#3, HBA Apartment: Apt. Type 5-6

16th Floor 15th Floor

Housewife: D From: Guangzhou Age: 35 years old Family: Husband Working District: Nanshan Floor: F#4, HBA Apartment: Apt. Type 7

14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor 10th Floor 9th Floor 8th Floor

7th Floor 6th Floor 5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor Ground Floor

HYBRID BUILDING A (HBA) SPACES PRIVATE (P) COMMUNAL (C)

Intimate spaces (P)

Ground Floor: Area: 232 m2 Use: Residential Collective space 94

Co-housing (P-C)

Spaces for rent (P-C)

Working areas (C)

Flexible areas (P-C)

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APARTMENT MODULE #1, Apt. Type 1 and 2 8th Floor:

Apt. Type 1+2: 57m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Expandable area: 35m2 Common area type 2: 28m2

14th Floor:

Apt. Type 1+2: 57m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Expandable area: 35m2 Common area type 3: 62m2

14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

10th Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor

9th Floor 8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

Ground Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor Ground Floor

A: Apt. Module#1

Intimate Space:

(Opportunities) Sleeping Services Balcony Garden Join apartments Renting rooms

Co-housing Space:

1st Floor: Apt. Type 1: 30m2 + balcony Apt. Type 2: 27m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 34m2 96

Kitchen Dinning room Laundry space Socialization space Working, Studying areas

Expandable Space: Expand the house Build a terrace New co-housing space

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APARTMENT MODULE #2, Apt. Type 3 and 4 9th Floor:

Apt. Type 3/2: 32m2 each One of the apartments will no be accessible for disable people. Apt. Type 4: Second floor

15th Floor:

Apt. Type 1+2: 57m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Expandable area: 35m2 Common area type 3: 62m2

15th Floor

9th Floor

14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

10th Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor

9th Floor 8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

Ground Floor 5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor Ground Floor

B: Apt. Module #2

Intimate Space:

(Opportunities) Sleeping Services Studio Dinning Room Kitchen Renting rooms

Co-housing Space:

2nd Floor: Apt. Type 3: 64m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 34m2 98

Kitchen Dinning room Laundry space Socialization space Working, Studying areas

Expandable Space: Expand the house Build a terrace New co-housing space

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APARTMENT MODULE #3, Apt. Type 4, 5 and 6 10th Floor:

Apt. Type 5+6: 46m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

16th Floor:

Apt. Type 5+6: 46m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

16th Floor 15th Floor

10th Floor 9th Floor

14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

10th Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor

9th Floor 8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

1st floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor

Ground Floor

C: Apt. Module #3

Intimate Space:

(Opportunities) Sleeping Services Balcony Garden Desk Renting rooms

3rd Floor: Apt. Type 5: 20m2 + balcony Apt. Type 6: 20m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Co-housing areas: 64m2 100

Co-housing Space: Kitchen Dinning room Laundry space Socialization space Working, Studying areas

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APARTMENT MODULE #4, Apt. Type 4 and 7 11th Floor:

Apt. Type 7/2: 24m2 each One no accessible disable. Apt. Type 4: 32m2

17th/18th Floors:

Apt. Type 7/2: 24m2 each One no accessible disable. Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Luxury Apt. : 85m2

18th Floor 11th Floor

17th Floor

10th Floor 9th Floor

16th Floor 15th Floor 14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

10th Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor

9th Floor 8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

1st floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor

Ground Floor

D: Apt. Module #4

Intimate Space:

(Opportunities) Sleeping Services Balcony Garden Kitchen Renting rooms

Co-housing Space: 4th Floor: Apt. 7: 47m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 40m2 102

Kitchen Dinning room Laundry space Socialization space Working, Studying areas

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APARTMENT MODULE #5, Apt. Type 4, 8 and 9 12th Floor:

Apt. Type 8+9: 30m2 each + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

18th/19th Floors:

Apt. Type 8+9: 30m2 each + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

19th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

18th Floor 17th Floor

10th Floor 9th Floor

16th Floor 15th Floor 14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

8th Floor

7th Floor 6th Floor

10th Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor

9th Floor 8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor

1st floor Ground Floor

5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor Ground Floor

Apt. Module #5

Intimate Space:

(Opportunities) Sleeping Balcony Garden Renting rooms Joining rooms

5th Floor: Apt. Type 8: 14m2 + balcony Apt. Type 9: 12m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 70m2 104

Co-housing Space: Kitchen Dinning room Laundry space Socialization space Working, Studying areas

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APARTMENT MODULE #6, Apt. Type 4, 6 CA Type 1 13th Floor:

Common area type 1: 13m2 It can be used for different purposes in the future, such as playgrounds or an apartment for renting. + Terrace

19th/20th Floors:

Common area type 1: 13m2 Playgrounds or an apartment for renting. + Terrace Apt. Type 4: 32m2

12th Floor 11th Floor

19th Floor

10th Floor 9th Floor

18th Floor 17th Floor

8th Floor

16th Floor 15th Floor 14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor

7th Floor 6th Floor 5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor

10th Floor 9th Floor

1st floor

8th Floor

Ground Floor

7th Floor 6th Floor 5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor Ground Floor

Apt. Module #6

Intimate Space: (Opportunities) New Apartment for rent Rooms for rent Co-housing Space:

106

6th/7th Floors:

Kitchen Dinning room Laundry space Socialization space Working, Studying areas

Apt. Type 10: 32m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 66m2 Common area type 1: 13m2

Expand the house Build a terrace New co-housing space

Expandable Space:

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HYBRID BUILDING B (HBB) Business man: E From: Hong Kong Age: 40 years old Family: No living in SZ Working District: Nanshan Floor: F#12, HBB Apartment: Apt. Type 8+9

Artist: F From: Hangzhou Age: 55 years old Family: One kid Working Place: The World Floor: F#8, HBB Apartment: Apt. Type 1+2

21 Floors Building: Residential Use: 1433m2 Office Use: 2460 m2 Co-Housing: 784 m2 Expandable area: 280 m2

21st Floor 20th Floor 19th Floor 18th Floor 17th Floor

Intern: G From: Australia Age: 26 years old Family: None Working District: Nanshan Floor: F#6, HBB Apartment: Apt. Type 10

CEO: H From: Hong Kong Age: 40 years old Family: Husband and kid Working Place: Hong Kong Floor: F#18, HBA Apartment: Apt. Luxury

16th Floor 15th Floor 14th Floor 13th Floor 12th Floor 11th Floor 10th Floor 9th Floor 8th Floor 7th Floor 6th Floor 5th Floor 4th Floor 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st floor Ground Floor

HYBRID BUILDING B (HBB) SPACES PRIVATE (P) COMMUNAL (C)

Intimate spaces (P)

2nd Floor (Hybrid Ex): Office type 1: 68m2 Apt. Type 3: 64m2 Co-housing areas: 17m2 108

Co-housing (P-C)

Spaces for rent (P-C)

Working areas (C)

Flexible areas (P-C)

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HYBRID BUILDING A (HBA) PROTOTYPEÂ´S CATALOGUE

GF: common rooms GF

F#5:

Apt. type 8 Apt. type 9

F#10: F#3+ Luxury apt. Apt F#3 can be join

F#15: F#9+ Apt F#2 can be join 110

F#1:

F#2:

F#3:

F#4:

F#6:

F#7:

F#8: F#1+

F#9: F#2+

Apt. type 1 Apt. type 2

Apt. type 10

F#11: F#4+ Apt F#4 can be split

F#16: F#10+ Apt F#3 can be join

Apt. type 3 Apt. type 4

common area type 1

F#12: F#5+ Apt F#5 can be join

F#17: F#11+ Apt F#4 can be split

Apt. type 5 Apt. type 6

Apt. type 7

expandable area common area type 2 Apt F#1 can be join

Apt F#2 can be split

F#13: F#7+

F#14: F#8+

middle terrace Apt F#6 and common area F#7 can be join

F#18: F#12+ Apt F#5 can be join

common area type 3 Apt F#1 can be join

F#19: F#13+ Luxury terrace

HYBRID BUILDING A (HBA) PROTOTYPEÂ´S DESCRIPTION

Ground Floor: GF

First Floor: F#1

Area: 232 m2 Use: Residential Collective space

Apt. Type 1: 30m2 + balcony Apt. Type 3: 64m2 Apt. Type 5: 20m2 + balcony Apt. 7: 47m2 Apt. Type 2: 27m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Apt. Type 6: 20m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 34m2 Co-housing areas: 34m2 Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Co-housing areas: 40m2 Co-housing areas: 64m2

Second Floor: F#2

Fifth Floor: F#5

Sixth Floor: F#6

Seventh Floor: F#7

Third Floor: F#3

Eighth Floor: F#8

Fourth Floor: F#4

Ninth Floor: F#9

Apt. Type 8: 14m2 + balcony Apt. Type 10: 32m2 Apt. Type 9: 12m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 66m2 Co-housing areas: 70m2

Common area type 1: 13m2 Apt. Type 1+2: 57m2 It can be used for different Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony purposes in the future, such as playgrounds or an apartment Expandable area: 35m2 for renting. Common area type 2: 28m2

Tenth Floor: F#10

Eleventh Floor: F#11

Twelfth Floor: F#12

Thirteenth Floor: F#13 Fourteenth Floor: F#14

Apt. Type 5+6: 46m2 +

Apt. Type 7/2: 24m2 each

Apt. Type 8+9: 30m2 each

balcony

One no accessible disable. Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

+ balcony

Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

Apt. Type 3/2: 32m2 each One of the apartments will no be accessible for disable people.

Apt. Type 4: Second floor

Fifteenth Floor: F#15 Sixteenth Floor: F#16 Seventeenth Floor: F#17Eighteenth Floor: F#18 Nineteenth Floor: F#19 Apt. Type 3/2: 32m2 each

Apt. Type 5+6: 46m2 + One of the apartments will no balcony be accessible for disable people. Apt. Type 4: 32m2

Apt. Type 4: Second floor

Luxury Apt. : 85m2

Apt. Type 7/2: 24m2 each

Apt. Type 8+9: 30m2 each One no accessible disable. + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 + balcony Apt. Type 4: 32m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2 Luxury Apt. : 85m2

Common area type 1: 13m2

Playgrounds or an apartment for renting. + Terrace Apt. Type 4: 32m2

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HYBRID BUILDING B (HBB) PROTOTYPEÂ´S CATALOGUE

GF:

F#1: common room GF

F#5:

Apt. type 8 Apt. type 9

F#10: F#3+ Office type 3 Apt F#3 can be join

F#15: F#9+ Apt F#2 can be join 112

Apt. type 1 Apt. type 2

F#6:

Apt. type 10

F#11: F#4+ Apt F#4 can be split

F#16: F#10+ Apt F#3 can be join

F#2:

Apt. type 3 Office. type 1

F#7:

common area type 1

F#12: F#5+ Expandable area Apt F#5 can be join

F#17: F#11+ Apt F#4 can be split

F#3:

F#4:

Apt. type 5 Apt. type 6

Apt. type 7

Join

F#8: F#1+

F#9: F#2+ Apt F#2 can be split

Office type 2 expandable area common area type 2

Join

F#14: F#8+

F#13: F#7+ Apt F#6 and common area F#7 can be join

F#18: F#12+ Apt F#5 can be join

common area type 3

F#19: F#13+ Rooftop Rooftop terrace

HYBRID BUILDING A (HBB) PROTOTYPEÂ´S DESCRIPTION

Ground Floor: GF

First Floor: F#1

Area: 300m2 Use: Mixed use Collective space

Apt. Type 1: 30m2 + balcony Office type 1: 68m2 Apt. Type 2: 27m2 + balcony Apt. Type 3: 64m2 Co-housing areas: 17m2 Co-housing areas: 17m2

Second Floor: F#2

Office type 1: 68m2 Office type 1: 68m2 Apt. Type 5: 20m2 + balcony Apt. 7: 47m2 Apt. Type 6: 20m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 20m2 Co-housing areas: 16m2

Fifth Floor: F#5

Sixth Floor: F#6

Eighth Floor: F#8

Seventh Floor: F#7

Third Floor: F#3

Fourth Floor: F#4

Ninth Floor: F#9

Office type 1: 68m2 Office type 1: 68m2 Apt. Type 8: 14m2 + balcony Apt. Type 10: 32m2 Apt. Type 9: 12m2 + balcony Co-housing areas: 66m2 Co-housing areas: 35m2

Common area type 1: 13m2 Office type 2: 135m2 This floor can be used by both Apt. Type 1+2: 57m2 buildings offering amenities for the co-working, co-housing Expandable area: 35m2 residents. Common area type 2: 28m2

Tenth Floor: F#10

Eleventh Floor: F#11

Twelfth Floor: F#12

Thirteenth Floor: F#13 Fourteenth Floor: F#14

Office type 2: 135m2 Office type 3. : 85m2 Apt. Type 5+6: 46m2 +

Office type 2: 135m2 Office type 3. : 85m2 Apt. Type 7/2: 24m2 each

Office type 2: 135m2 Apt. Type 8+9: 30m2 +

balcony

One no accessible disable.

balcony

Expandable area: 92m2

Office type 2: Second floor Apt. Type 3/2: 32m2 each One of the apartments will no be accessible for disable people.

Fifteenth Floor: F#15 Sixteenth Floor: F#16 Seventeenth Floor: F#17Eighteenth Floor: F#18 Nineteenth Floor: F#19 Apt. Type 3/2: 32m2 each

Office type 2: 135m2 One of the apartments will no Office type 3. : 85m2 be accessible for disable people. Apt. Type 5+6: 46m2 + balcony

Office type 2: 135m2 Office type 3. : 85m2 Apt. Type 7/2: 24m2 each

Office type 2: 135m2 Office type 3. : 85m2 Apt. Type 8+9: 30m2 +

One no accessible disable.

balcony

Rooftop: 225m2 Common area type 1: 13m2 Playgrounds or an apartmentfor renting. + Terrace 92m2

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Nowadays Shenzhen is a city of more than 10 million people, this border city with Hong Kong is the dream land for not only Chinese people but for International and local investors, workers and students who see in the place a city full of opportunities. Because of its promotion the city will not just arrive until the limit of its land-resources capacity but will require housing, urban spaces and uses for reaching the demand. For this reasons a bottom-up design process is an interesting avenue for creating a new imaginary of the global city, were the density, the natural systems and the infrastructural ones are fundamental for conceiving a futuristic and sustainable habitat.

Final Consideration Continuous Platform

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PROGRAM USED FOR CANAL CALCULATIONS HCanales LANDSCAPE REFERENCED PROJECTS Abel Bainnson Butz. Hudson River Park. New York, USA Battle i Roig Arquitectes. La Vall de’n Joan, Parc del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain Burckhardt and Partners Architects. MFO Park, Zurich, Switzerland Groupe Signes, Patel Taylor. Thames Barrier Park. London, England Gustafson Porter. Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Noe Harding Studio. The Elevated Wetlands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Mosbach Paysagistes. Bordeaux Botanical Gardens. Bordeaux, France

Forty A. (2013). Words and Buildings. Thames and Hudson. London

SWECO FFNS Architects. Dania Park. Malmo, Sweden

Chung J., Inaba J., Koolhaas R., Leong T. (2002). The Great Leap Forward, Teschen

Turenscape. Zhongshan Shipyard Park. Zhongshan, Guangdongm China

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Nilsson J., Nordström J., Persson A., Pilesjö P., Mobini S., Sörensen J., (2016). Re-thinking urban flood management – time for a regime shift. Lund University. PDF version.

Tract Consultants with Cox Rayner Architects. Cairs Esplanade Cairns. Queensland, Australia BUILDINGS REFERENCED PROJECTS David Chipperfield Architetects. Wetland Xixi. Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

SUPERSTUDIO. Continuous Monument. New york, USA URBANUS. Baishizhou 5 Villages Urban Regeneration Research. Shenzhen, China URBANUS. Hyper Metropolis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Speculations on Future Hybrid Lifestyle in Shenzhen. Shenzhen, China

Herzog & de Meuron. Beirut Terraces. Beirut, Lebanon META PROJECTS. West Sea. Beijing China Ricardo Bofill. Walden 7. Barcelona, Spain Steven Holl Architects. Linked Hybrids. Beijing, China URBANUS. Tulou Collective Housing. Xunfengzhou Rd, Nanhai, Guangdong, China CONCEPTUAL REFERENCED PROJECTS Arata Isosaki. Clusters in the Air ARCHIGRAM. Plug-In City Archizoom. Non-Stop-City Kenzo Tange. Tokyo Bay Master Plan. Tokyo, Japan Mekano Architects. Garbage City. Egypt Marco Casagrande. Paracity. Jakarta MVRDV. Metacity Rem Koolhaas. Exodus

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