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THE SPATIAL LANGUAGE DRIVES FROM HONG KONG ADAPTIVE SPACE
2017 / Aubrey Au
I believe that intensive living space in Hong Kong has its unique aesthetic. My project proves that by looking into the logic and making process of the local adaptive and spontaneous living space. This informs the methodology of the design. With this method, my project explores the beauty of incompleteness and intensity.
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::RESEARCH:: 1/ CAPSTONE BACKGROUND RESEARCH exploring the beauty of adaptive space 2/ STUDY OF SPACE GROWING PROCESS details of growing in space and material
::PROPOSAL:: 3/ HUMAN DIMENSION 4/ MATERIAL DIMENSION IN RELATIONSHIP TO SPATIAL CONSTAIN 5/ OUTCOME
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research CAPSTONE BACKGROUND RESEARCH exploring the beauty of adaptive space
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SELF-GROWING AU TSZ LING 15056928D
STUDY OF SPACE FORMING PROCESS AND MATERIALITY
INTRODUCTION OF RESEARCH
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Research to discover the spatial composition and materiality in Self-growing space Introduction
Background In the past decades, there has been a significant transformation of the living environment and space in Hong Kong. Despite the fast growing and advanced development in this modern society, the issue of living problems such as high housing prices and overcrowding living condition, have not yet been solved. Instead, developers and government continue to control the ownership of our lands, building only for commercial and consumption function. The architecture and space in Hong Kong has become homogeneity and placeless, losing its style and meaning. According to Smethurst (2000), placelessness refers to remove place and displace by replicated non-places, which is happening in Hong Kong, constituting lost pasts and imported presents. He also pointed out that, “ in societies‌ the failure to create and maintain place through shared values and history is perceived as a problemâ€? (Smethurst, 2000, p.271). It can be seen that the urban space in Hong Kong is facing the exact same problem, where place has been duplicated in order to fulfill the development of society. Places have lost its characteristic and their story and value. In addition, it seems that the space and buildings are only built for ingratiating the economic development but not meeting the genuine needs of people.
Research problems How to form a self-growing space? How can self-growing space meet the genuine needs of people? What can we learn from those self-growing communities, in order to improve Hong Kong living place?
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Aims and objectives By exploring the process of space making in self-growing community or space, this capstone research brings out a projection of how people base their needs and programs to form a specific and artificial space. Learning from those humanized spaces can improve the homogeneity design in Hong Kong in order to meet the genuine needs of people.
Literature Review In order to understand the system of growing or creating artificial space, literature review on architectural theories and self-help community are two ways to help rationalizing the space forming process, in a more controllable way. Moreover, research on case studies of self-growing space in both modern and vernacular architecture, helps to compare and find out the common factors of forming process.
Methodology Case study and qualitative research will be used as the research methods for this capstone project. Through the background research, interview with inhabitants and observation in the space of Cha Kwo Ling Village, the data and information gathered. Chart, diagram and timeline will be used as the data analysis tools, in order to find out the factors of space forming process.
Target audience Hong Kong people Young people People who looking for a better lifestyle People who values local culture People who lives in squatter huts
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References Paul Smethurst (2000). The Postmodern Chronotope: Reading Space and Time in Contemporary Fiction. Retrieved from https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7LpmsIIRnDIC&pg=PA271&dq=placelessness+in+hong+kong&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjExeeJvIrQAhUFkJQKHa5mBEIQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q&
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SD4562 | Capstone Project : Project Brief Keyword: Self-growing, organic Tutor: Kuo Title: Research to discover the spatial composition and materiality in Self-growing space Background In the past decades, there has been a significant transformation of the living environment and space in Hong Kong. Despite the fast growing and advanced development in this modern society, the issue of living problems such as high housing prices and overcrowding living condition, have not yet been solved. Instead, developers and government continue to control the ownership of our lands, building only for commercial and consumption function. The architecture and space in Hong Kong has become homogeneity and placeless, losing its style and meaning. According to Smethurst (2000), placelessness refers to remove place and displace by replicated non-places, which is happening in Hong Kong, constituting lost pasts and imported presents. He also pointed out that, “ in societies‌ the failure to create and maintain place through shared values and history is perceived as a problemâ€? (Smethurst, 2000, p.271). It can be seen that the urban space in Hong Kong is facing the exact same problem, where place has been duplicated in order to fulfill the development of society. Places have lost its characteristic and their story and value. In addition, it seems that the space and buildings are only built for ingratiating the economic development but not meeting the genuine needs of people.
INTRODUCTION
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Paul Smethurst (2000). The Postmodern Chronotope: Reading Space and Time in Contemporary Fiction.
LITERATURE REVIEW
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LITERATURE REVIEW
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CONCLUSION
Postmodern architecture continues to respond to similar demands for functional and economically-determined building designs. In the end, the change may be very superficial and at worst merely the continued replication of similar (postmodern) designs, but without the marriage between form and function that was one of the goals of its architecture. If postmodernism is without ideology then postmodem architecture is basically a reaction to modemism without any manifesto of its own. In which case, it seems unlikely that postmodern architecture can be relied on to recreate those significant places in which societies have traditionally constructed an identity centred on shared history and shared value systems. But turning this argument on its head, postmodern architecture can use the trope of placelessness to create a context of decontextualisation: places whose character lies in the extent an integrity of their placelessness. It is a doubling of difference in which placelessness is transmitted through the proliferation of non-places that jar with their surroundings to such an extent as to draw attention to the juxtaposition between their own surroundings and their own inauthenticity. Such attention centres on the ‘real that has been erased but whose absence reasserts itself through the trope of placelessness One city that enjoys this kind of identity is Hong Kong, whose double erasure, of its Chinese origins and now its colonial heritage, i constantly returned in the gap created between its newly installed placelessness and its lost contexts. The trope of placel daring to erase place and displace it with replicated non-places, brings back into being a multiple identity for Hong Kong, constituted in lost pasts and imported present fact.
LITERATURE REVIEW
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WHAT IS AN INFORMAL SPACE?
DEFINITION
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MINDMAP defining topic
DEFINITION
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DEFINITION relative
social connection
living quality
scarification
MINDMAP informality
survive meaningful
valuable
ability
unique
not commercial
adaptability
not deliberatiely planned worker
real life experience
own responsiblity spontaneous
artificial
possibili
local changeable
without planner informality
adaptability
self-growing
without stimulus premeditation
changing through time
occupied
extension of private space
definition
Informal space
urban space
humanize transgressive regulation
interstitial
empty space back alley
convention
under bridge
their understandings of space
abandoned building nature occupied by
greening space
homeless
in-between highway
shelther
garbag
customized needs
style
open
material marginalised
sharing space human relationship
slum case study
low qu
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ng quality
DEFINITION
folk wisdom street material
basic needs space follow function evolution
artificially process
growing community
precisely
temporary
randomness
joint details
multi function
unitary
compostition
materiality
new and old
record of time
power planting water system
transformating
variety
possibilities
autonomous needs self-help
system
unique
growing
independent material
historical background
texture colour
building without architect
pace
self-build
no professional knowledge local folk wisdom
uilding
aging
cultural
experiemental second hand
low-cost garbage
materiality
collective street material
building structure rubbish reuse sensitively
open
organic
fragmented
temporary
unfinished
dangerous
growing weak
dirty
limitation old
aging low quality
unsafe
rough
raw
real
incompleted
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KEYWORDS Possibility - Can we find possible and useful spatial design ideas from those informal space? - What is the possiblities of slum and informal space in city? - What happen if we recompose the informal space? - What is the spatial quality of slum and informal space? Materiality - What kinds of material they use in slum and informal space? - What building technology they used to compose the space? - Where can they get those material? - What are the feature and characteristic of those materials? Adaptability - What is the way of people adapting informal space in Hong Kong? - How can people adapt the living environment? - What is the living pattern of informal community? - How do the space transform through time? Spontaneous - How do they control the spontaneous community? - What is the characteristic of the inhabitant in such space? - What knowledge and technology they use to create place? - What is the different of these places comparing to the formal housing and city planning?
DEFINITION
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DEFINITION
INFORMAL SPACE > architecture without architect
DEFINITION > self-growing community / organic / change through time
FEATURES > spontaneous / possiblities / adaptability
DEFINITION
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BACKGROUND
CASE STUDY CHA KWO LING VILLAGE
CASE STUDY
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CASE STUDY
BACKGROUND
CASE STUDY IN CHA KWO LING
ABOUT CHA KWO LING VILLAGE The Cha Kwo Ling Village described as one of the last squatter villages in Hong Kong. It is more than 100 years old and was established before Hong Kong became a British colony.
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blue house
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Before going to Cha Kwo Ling, I did some photo and site research of the village. I catagorized the materical i found in the photos, in order to know which matericals they have used in common. I found they use iron as the main materical to build houses. And they also use different kinds of street materical, such as wood, steel, pvc, linen... to compose the place.
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BACKGROUND
TEXTURE EXPLORATION
RUSTY IRON
PAPER ON NOTICE BOARD
BROKEN WOODEN DOOR
Aging matercial has its own kind of aesthetics. It reflects the story behind the texture and reminds us the pasting of time. AGING WALL PAINT
CONCRETE WALL
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BACKGROUND
AGING MATERICAL IN CHA KWO LING Other than recording these kinds of materical, I collected some of them from Cha Kwo Ling. In the experimental research, I want to explore the ways of making the materical to become aging. To show the transformation of time from real materical and the aesthetics behind.
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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
INTERVIEW
1 SOCIAL WORKER
QUESTIONS: INTERVIEW INFO INTERVIEWEE : MR CHAN STATUS : SOCIAL WORKER LENGTH : 40 MINS
1 CHA KWO LING HAS BEEN A GREAT CHANGE IN PAST DECADES, CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IT? - SINCE China’s Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) OUTPUT GRANITE, STONEMASON WORK THERE 2 DID THE SQUATTER HUTS BUILD BY THE INHABITANTS THEMSELVES ? - SOME BY THEMSELVES SOME BY OTHERS - 1982 LIMITED THE SIZE AND MATERIALS 3 WHAT IS THE OWNERSHIP OF THOSE SQUATTER HUTS ? - DIFFERENT PARTIES: INHABITANTS, GOVERNMENT, PROPRIETOR 4 ARE THERE ANY YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING HERE? OR MOST OF THEM ARE ELDERLY? - SIMILIAR TO THE HUMAM POPULATION IN HK - CLOSE TO CITY, ACCESSIBLE -- YOUNG PEOPLE WILLING TO STAY - 2/3 PEOPLE NOT WILLING TO LEAVE 5 WHAT DISASTERS DID CHA KWO LING HAVE? - LANDSLIDE, TREE FALL, FIRE, FLOODING ...
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INTERVIEW
2 INHABITANTS
QUESTIONS: INTERVIEW INFO INTERVIEWEE : MRS LEE & MR WONG STATUS : BEING THE BOSS OF THE STORE FOR 40 YRS / ORIGINAL INHABITANTS LENGTH : 60 MINS
1 WHEN DID PEOPLE USE IRON PLATE TO BUILD THE SQUATTER HUTS? - USED IRON PLATE FOR LONG TIME - USED GRANITE IN THE PAST, NOW CANT 2 CAN YOU TELL US THE DETAILS OF BUILDING THE SQUATTER HUTS? - WOOD FRAME AS BASE, ADD THE IRON PLATE BY LAYERING 3 ARE THERE ANY SCHOOLS HERE IN THE PAST? - FOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN HERE 4 WERE THERE ANY BUILDING ON THE HILL IN THE PAST? - TEMPORARY SQUATTER HUTS FOR WORKERS’ DORMITORY 5 DID THEY DO ANY PROTECTION OF ANTI-FIRE? - YES. ALWAYS HAS FIRE HERE, AROUND 6-7 TIMES - LAST FIRE IN 2002 - MANY INHABITANTS MOVED AWAY - BECAME EMPTY LAND 6 HOWS THE SOUNDPROOFED IN SQUATTER HUTS? - CAN HEAR PEOPLE TALK, RAINDROP ...
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DATA COLLECTION
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THE CHART SHOWS THE REASONS OF PRESERVATION AND DEMOLITION. THERE ARE 131 OUT OF 171 PEOPLE AGREE TO THE PRESERVATION AND 40 OUT OF 171 PEOPLE AGREE OF DEMOLITION. MOST OF THE INHABITANTS AGREE TO PRESERVATE THE VILLAGE AND THE REASON BEHIND IS THE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD AND WELL SECURITY. IT SHOWS THAT THE VILLAGE IS SAFE AND HUMANIZED FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
Retrieved from questionnaire by The neighbourhood advice-action council cha kwo ling centre
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DATA COLLECTION
POPULATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS
IN ABITANTS LI E IN C A
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0-5yrs 31%
> 6 PPLS 13 %
1-2 PPLS 32 % > 20 yrs 78%
5-6 PPLS 21 %
6-10yrs 22%
11-15yrs 17%
3-4 PPLS 34 %
16-20yrs 18%
O NERS IP OF T E S UATTER UTS CONCLUSION THE CHARTS SHO THE POULATION O CHA O LIN AND THE O NERSHIP O THE SQUATTER HUTS THERE ARE A ORIT O PEOPLE A IL LIVIN THERE AS ELL AS COUPLE AND SIN LE LIVIN
TENANT 73%
OWNERS 77%
LANDLORD 11%
ESIDES THE A ORIT O INHA ITANTS LIVE OR ORE THAN 2 EARS IT CAN E SEEN THAT THIS IS A VILLA E ULL O S PATHETIC NEI H OUR NO A OUT EACH OTHERS SO ELL LASTL THE CHART SHO S THE O NERSHIP O THE UILDIN HICH ONL IN ORIT O LAND IS ELON IN TO THE LANDLORD THE O NERSHIP O UILDIN IS OST LI EL ELON TO THE TENANTS AND O NERS
Retrieved from questionnaire by The neighbourhood advice-action council cha kwo ling centre
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Year of squatter huts
1998
Year of squatter huts
2014
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Year of squatter huts
1958
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
ENTRANCE
SURROUNDINGS
PROGRAM washing, entering, waiting, standing, storage
DETAILS canvas extends from the core building, semi-transparent glass and wire grid panels mounted on the railing, as the separation between street and building
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
PAVEMENT
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
ENTRANCE
PROGRAM entering, waiting, storage
DETAILS using iron and aluminium as the main structure, aluminium pole as the railing, aluminium gate as the entrance
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
ENTRANCE
PROGRAM cooking, washing, entering, standing, storage
DETAILS composition of iron plate and transparent glass windows as wall screen, iron plate as the roof of extended area
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
ENTRANCE
PROGRAM entering, waiting, standing, siting, storage
DETAILS using wire grid gate to separate public and private space. plastic and iron plate as the covering of the roof
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
ENTRANCE
PROGRAM entering, waiting, standing, storage
DETAILS handmade wooden door as a separation between public and private space, concrete stair become the part of entrance
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
PA EMENT
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
BALCONY
PROGRAM hanging clothes, storage, washing
DETAILS transparent acrylic as balcony roof, with wood stick as structure, aluminum as structure and railing. street light installed closely into the balcony
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
BALCONY
PROGRAM hanging clothes, storage, sitting, planting
DETAILS using bamboo and wood plate to build a platfrom, iron pole to be the structure and supporting of extension
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
BALCONY
PROGRAM hanging clothes, storage
DETAILS use of iron frame and plate as the main material of balcony, clothes hanging on the extending iron pole, brick created a low wall behind the railing
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
PAVEMENT
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
BALCONY
PROGRAM hanging clothes, storage
DETAILS concrete flooring, with iron supporting which creates a mode of under consturction and unfinished. iron plate as the roof covering
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
STORAGE
PROGRAM stroage, corridor, passing
DETAILS used wooden cabinet as the storage for electricity items and cart, with concrete brick underneath
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
STORAGE
PROGRAM
SURROUNDINGS
storage
DETAILS
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SIT
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
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made by wooden and iron plate, independent structure, storage of newspaper, dishes, nylon canvas bags. a plastic shelf placed in front of the storage
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
STORAGE
PROGRAM storage
DETAILS
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wooden plate with wooden stick supporting as the main materials, storing personal items, extended storage from entance T OU EA AR
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
PA EMENT
PA EMENT
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
LEVEL
PROGRAM
SURROUNDINGS
living, entrance
DETAILS iron plate as the facade covered by canvas on the top as the roof NT
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DIAGRAM (PLAN)
PAVEMENT
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
EXTENSION OF PERSONAL SPACE
SURROUNDINGS
LEVEL
PROGRAM living
DETAILS iron plate as the facade covered by canvas on the top as the roof with iron stair connected. aluminum and glass as the opening windows of the extension,
DIAGRAM (PLAN)
DIAGRAM (FRONT SECTION)
PAVEMENT
DIAGRAM (SIDE SECTION)
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CHA KWO LING VILLAGE
CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
BY CLOTHES
SURROUNDINGS
PROGRAM hanging clothes, public use
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sitting,
DETAILS pvc and iron as the hanging pole. inhabitants around the area will use this space for hanging clothes, they take clothes from their houses and hanging in this area.
SURROUNDINGS
PROGRAM hanging clothes
DETAILS abounded area as the public clothes hanging area, bam boo as the hanging pole
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
BY CLOTHES
SURROUNDINGS
PROGRAM
1
hanging clothes
DETAILS
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the sitting out area become the public clothes hanging area. connecting ropes to hang the clothes
TIN
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SURROUNDINGS
PROGRAM hanging clothes planting
DETAILS the empt space inbet een t o buil ings bamboo poles or hanging clothes ith plants occupie .
CHA KWO LING VILLAGE
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OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
BY PLANTS
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OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
BY PLANTS
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
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CONSITUTIONAL FACTOR
OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE
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CONCLUSION
PROGRAM
SPACE FORMING STRATEGIES
DESCRIPTION
REMARK
washing
extending from entrance
semi private, semi open
1a 1c 2a
hanging colthes
extending from balcony occupying public space, abandoned and empty area
semi private, open
2a 2b 2c 2d 1a 1b 1c 1d 2d 3a 3c
planting
occupying public space
public, open
3a 3b 3c 3d
resting
extending from balcony occupying public space by chairs
semi private, open
2b 1a 2a 2c 2d 3a
smoking
occupying public space by chairs
semi public, open
2b 2c
conveying
occupying public space by junk
public, open
4b 4c 4d
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CASE STUDY
SURROUNDING LANDUSE
do not have individual draining system, washing extend to outdoor
residential
multiple layers of roof in squatter huts do not allow sun to get in / limited space
residential, sitting out area
as an interest for most of the elderly / divide personal boundary
abandoned, residential
closer to others inhabitants / better ventilation
sitting out area, residential, restaurant
surrounding workers will come to the cafe here in lunch time, they come with group, there are chairs for them to gather
restaurant, sitting out area
recycle industry nearby
industry, rubbish station, road
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EXTENSION IN CHA KWO LING SPACE
ENTRANCE
OBJECT
door
door
stair
stair
door stair
door kitchen carbinet
BALCONY
sink door clothes
door chair
clothes window plants
chairs
clothes
door
window
clothes
plants
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DIMENSION
REMARK
door
800
stair
1000
kitchen carbinet
600
chair
400
door
800
window
400
stair
1000
clothes
300
plants
200
chair
400
The extension of entrance was according to the dimension of doorway and stair, the extension is around 800 to 1000 mm; according to the general dimension.
The extension of entrance was according to the dimension of doorway, window, stair and clothes, the extension is around 800 to 1000 mm; according to the general dimension.
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BACKGROUND
CASE STUDY OF SELF-GROWING SPACE LA MEME
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Lucien Kroll La Mémé BACKGROUND
During the 1970s the failures of the Modern Movement were becoming increasingly apparent to many architects who looked for ways to redress the balance of power between the architect and the user. Some chose to self-build so that users could be involved not only in the design of their dwellings but also in their construction, and finally there was a move towards flexible layouts that could adapt to users needs. Whilst their methods differed the architects shared a common aim of empowering users to take control of their dwellings in a manner that allowed for their creative input whilst not reducing the role of the architect to that of a mere technical facilitator.
La Mémé (1970–72) student accommodation for the Faculté de Médecine for the Université Catholique de Louvain on the outskirts of Brussels. Photo: Peter Blundell Jones
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Lucien Kroll La Mémé
Lucien Kroll, a Belgian architect who became well-known for the Maison Médical student accommodation at the University of Louvain (19701976). Students approached Kroll for an alternative to the monotonous design proposed by the university and conducted a successful campaign for its adoption. Developed in intense consultation with students and others who would use the building, an evolving physical model became a record of the design process. The resulting building has a fragmented look, as it was split into sections with each part handed over to a separate team of architects within the office. Kroll’s adopted method of separating the overall framework of the building, including the structure, from the infill is similar to that of John Habraken, allowing him to create a highly customised architecture.
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Lucien Kroll La MĂŠmĂŠ
1 DESIGN PROCESS Students participation
These infill elements can be manufactured, put together by a craftsman or knocked up by the inhabitant himself. The structure should be conceived to allow these three possibilities to take place simultaneously or subsequently, and to encourage the inhabitants to take the initiative: thus dwelling plans should always differ, and so should finishes. Typically a claustrophobic inhabitant might like large windows while an agoraphobic one would buy small ones.
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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2 THE GRID
THE FACADE
THE PLAN
WINDOW FACADE
WANDERING COLUMNS
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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THE FACADE - computer mix hand drawing
The information fed in to produce the plan drawings can determine the elevation outline and positions of windows automatically, and sometimes also the roofs if they are simple. They add by hand all the superstructure of the facade: it is pointless to process everything through the machine, and there is a danger if we do that laziness will prevent us making full use of our catalogue of elements. The manual drawing is made on top of the computer print adding the textures kinds of cladding self-adhesive
the catalogue of windows (Prefabricated)
the dimension of window follows certain grid.
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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THE PLAN - a more precise dimension They rationalise mechanically according to preferential series dictated by mathematical reason, a system quite at odds with dimensions directly related to the body, for instance: 20 cm 45, 72, 205, 250, 360 (plate, chair, table, door ceiling height, width of a living room) Taking the opposite approach, it would be necessary to draw out a scale including all dimensions necessary for any architecture: to start with perhaps, the unlimited 10 cm grid allowing all thicknesses. One would soon find that certain dimensions were used more frequently than others, and these would provide a more intelligent basis for setting up a module than the mathematical abstractions proposed by most organisers of systems.
IDEAL dimension
- collecting frequent dimensions - basis for setting up a module
Structural elements: 10, 15, 20 cm and in between
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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3 WANDERING COLUMNS The reason of using wandering columns Columns set at multiples of cm, forming a mosaic of square or rectangular umbrellas which support each other at the edges, each having its own personality in terms of size, form and position. The reasoning behind this arrangement is straightforward. Why line them up in rows when it is not necessary? The architecture influences the behaviour of the inhabitants: regular columns make them conformist, irregular ones stimulate the imagination.
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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Application of The wandering columns If all columns are spaced at 6 metres, then all the rooms are likely to end up at 3 metres. If spacings vary in both directions without repetition of the regulating dimension (for even When concealed, it makes itself felt), then the plan of each room can be different. Must such an approach be defeated by the technical difficulties it generates? We have complicated the spaces perimeters and floor openings. The spaces develop in response to all kinds of pressures rather than according to a single principle: we have called this wandering columns’, and it is the most complex form which can best welcome and reinforce a varied arrangement of spaces and connections. The kind of communication which they induce is that of chosen contacts rather than of hierarchy: a network rather than a tree-structure.
the concept of wandering column
typical floor plan shows the irregular arrangement of columns
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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4 THE MODULAR The SAR module Stichtin Architectural Research was set up around 1965, financed by a group of large Dutch architects’ offices and professional bodies. Its goal was to explore the possibilities of standardising primary structures, the essential supporting elements, both in building and planning terms. Such standardisation was intended to facilitate the use of industrial elements in the secondary con- struction, to encourage diversity in massproduced dwellings, and open up the possibility of modifications and replacements with com- ponents of different life-spans.
SAR module
Problems: The SAR module controls the dimensions of elements, defining the space into which they fit, and the relationship each has with its neighbour.
KROLL module
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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Reinterpretations of SAR module
The SAR rules concerning grids (10 + 20) for location of elements and allowance of tolerances seemed to us straightforward and necessary We only kept the “paired series’ of structures (set on the axis of the 20 cm band), rejecting the improbable “unpaired series’ (on the 10 cm band). We suppressed the tolerance gap of the adjusting dimension through proposing that elements be standardised at multiples of 10 cm dimensions generous enough in scale for each element to allow its neighbour to fit in easily, just as a wardrobe 99 cm wide can fit into a niche of 101 cm. We also abandoned SAR’s specialised ‘functional zones, the elements tended to be too large. In housing a 30 cm module is barbaric, and even 10 cm is too large: 2.5 cm or 1 cm would be more ideal. What we ended up with was an arrangement whereby supporting elements usually 20 cm thick were set at multiples of 30 cm to create spaces which were multiples of 10 cm (n.30 10.-10. or n 30 precisely, without hierarchy or moral implication).
990 1010 a 99 cm wide wardrobe fit into a niche of 101 cm generous enough to fit in
30
10
2.5 2.5 10
30
ideal
too large
barbaric
the module of 2.5 cm, 10 cm and 30 cm
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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5 DIVERSITY
The geometry of components should be based on a finer modular system to determine lengths widths, thicknesses, densities, positions of holes, connections with identical elements, with components of a different kind and with the work of craftsmen. The tools should be adapted to ensure diversity yet take due note of economic constraints. This diversity could easily be achieved with computers, which will automatically produce the working drawings, specifications and estimates. A tighter modular coordination associated with CAD will allow very quick comparison between similar systems and with traditional construction.
Facade sequence - adding superstructure layer by layer
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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Lucien Kroll La Mémé THE LAYERS OF FACADE
3
TEXTURE - BRICK AND TILE
2
FRAMEWORK - WOOD AND STEEL
1
SOLID BUILDING - WALL AND WINDOW
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A DIVERSITY COMMUNITY
A diverse selection of programs and spatial organisations (town houses, clusters, maisonettes, uses other than residential, etc.) could be projected after a few sessions of participation and consultation with possible inhabitants and users.
We know from experience that such participation leads directly to a diversity of arrangements and materials, and brings out considerable concern with public spaces and above all with the road networks.
the diversity of Brussels Woluwe Campus
Public and private planting is also an essential component in preserving the continuity of the landscape.
the diversity of La Mémé and the community
Retrieved from Lucien Kroll, Architecture of Complexity, trans. by Peter Blundell Jones (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
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CONCLUSION
space forming system
human oriented design
1 design process - community participation
2 grid - by collecting frequent dimensions, basis for setting up a module
3 wandering column - best reinforce a varied arrangement of spaces and connections
4 modular - elements be standardised at multiples (of 10 cm) dimensions in order to fit in
5 diversity - diverse selection of programs and spatial organisations
Human oriented design
Space forming system
La Mémé
- community involved design process
- grid of frequent human dimensions
- organic architecture
- diversity program & spatial organisation
- wandering column
- complexity - diversity - standardised modular -adaptability
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THEORY STUDY SPACE FORMING SYSTEM
THEORY STUDY
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Le Corbusier Modulor
Modulor Le Corbusier is a famous architect worked with human proportions and Golden Section. He has developed a theory of proportion and dimensioning system, named Modulor that is based on Golden Section and human proportions. He had formed the proportions of human body according to Fibonacci series and accepted the average human height as 183 cm (He found out that height also according to Fibonacci Series). According to that, he had developed two series of dimensions, first according to the full height of the man, which is 183 cm (red series) and the second according to the height when he lifted his arm, which is 226 cm (blue series). He developed this system for the serial production of standard furnitures and for determining the lengths, heights and widths of inner spaces. He believed that Le Modulor satisfied both the demands of beauty (because it is derived from Golden section/Fibonacci series) and also functional demands.
Red series: 4-6-10-16-27-43-70-113-183 cm Blue series: 13-20-33-53-86-140-226 cm
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Le Corbusier Modulor
These proportional dimensions were used for detecting the following dimensions:
27 cm 43 cm 70 cm the height the height the height of the arm of the chair of the table chair while sitting
86 cm 113 cm the height the height of the of the bar countertop
140 cm the height of the armchair horizontal arm
183 cm human height
226 cm human height with arm lifted up
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Le Corbusier Modulor
Unite d’Habitation Le Corbusier used his Modulor dimensions in the design of Unite d‘Habitation, Residential Block in Marseilles, France.
70 M
He used 15 measures of Modulor to bring human scale to the huge building, which is 140 m‘s long, 24 m‘s wide and 70 m‘s high
140 M
24 M
Section, Le Corbusier‘s Unite d‘Habitation
the modulor system & dimension
interior of Le Corbusier‘s Unite d‘Habitation
standardization of gird
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Le Corbusier Modulor
Standardization & Construction (ASCORAL) THE OBJECT Equipment of the home, a theme which has brought into being a genuine “science of housing” (1) The dwelling, corner-stone of all Civilizations
DEFINITION OF DWELLING
(2) The dwelling of the machine-age civilization:
SYSTEM
- the programme: (a) for the bachelor (b) for the married couple
PROGRAM (BASE ON TARGET USER)
(e) for the family (d) for the nomad (hotel) - the functions; - furniture and utensils - elements of composition:
FUNCTION FURNITURE & OBJECT COMPOSITION
(1) the plan (2) the section (3) the partitioning
APPLICATION
(3) Extensions of the dwelling
EXTENSION
Inside the building: - communal services the machinery of domestic life outside the building: - separation of the pedestrian from traffic - sports grounds - complementary units - sun, space, vegetation
COMMUNAL SERVICES
STREET FACILITIE & SERVICE ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE
RESIDENTIAL AREA
TOWN
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Standardization & Construction (ASCORAL) THE MEANS: INDUSTRIALIZATION Arrangements to prepare for industrialization: (1) Conditioning of the inside of buildings (ventilation, heating, refrigeration) (2) Municipal regulations: status of the property (3) Available techniques (glazed panels and brise-soleils, pilotis) (4) Prefabrication: houses and building elements off the assembly line
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Le Corbusier Modulor
CONCLUSION
THE OBJECT
1
2
DEFINITION OF DWELLING
3
SYSTEM
EXTENSION
PROGRAM (BASE ON TARGET USER)
COMMUNAL SERVICES
RESIDENTIAL AREA
FUNCTION FURNITURE & OBJECT
COMPOSITION
THE MEANS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
1
INTERIOR CONDITIONING
2
OWNERSHIP
3
BUILDING TECHNIQUE
4
PREFABRICATION
STREET FACILITIE & SERVICE ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE
TOWN
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MATERIALITY EXPERIMENTAL WALL SYSTEM AND JOINERY
EXPERIMENTAL
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EXPERIMENT WALL BUILDING SYSTEM
Collecting street materials from To Kwa Wan.
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Every components have their story of time, some may broken, some may get dusty, some may become senescent. I try to collect them from the street. For the joint of different components, I may use nails, cement, rope, compress...in order to avoid using mechanical tools to joint them. (As it will damage the artificial making process if I use mechanical tools)
EXPERIMENTAL
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EXPERIMENTAL
exposed renforcement (concrete,steel)
canvas (fabric) the advertisement poster from property deveoplers (paper)
bended steel dusty steel fencing (galvanized iron)
COLLECTION OF STREET MATERIALS
broken shop sign (wooden)
board (wooden) ropes
tiles fragments (tiles)
ac filter (plastic)
broken gate (plastic)
bamboo concrete
PVC pipes board (wooden) iron tube
cable (plastic)
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CONCLUSION
I try to use nails to joint all the collected wood plates, however, I did not joint them in precisely. I want to create a wall system with randomness by using Jackson Pollock’s way. Unfortunately, it is not the quality I was looking for. I think I should use another ways to joint these matericals, instead of just using nails. Also, I think I should also select the materials precisely before I collect them from street.
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MATERIAL MERGING WITH CONCRETE WALL
Trying to merge different matericals into a concrete wall
EXPERIMENTAL
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CONCLUSION
After visting Cha Kwo Ling, I try to use their ways to cast a concrete wall. I want to test the different matericality merging in a same wall. Also, I want to show the aging of matericality. I try to cast different layers of concrete in different time, in order to show the transformation of time in material.
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DESIGN PROPOSAL
DESIGN DIRECTION
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DESIGN PROPOSAL 1 OBJECTIVES 2 POSSIBLE SITIES 3 SYSTEM
DESIGN PROPOSAL
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1 OBJECTIVES CREATE IRREGULAR SPACE / ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE
by BREAK THE UNIFORM SPACE PLANNING SYSTEM REPLACE BY A REINTERPRETED INHABITANT AND COMMUNALLY BASED SYSTEM ALLOW SPONTANEOUS EXTENSION OF SPACE ALLOW COEXISTENCE ON HOUSING / SMAL INDUSTRY / BUSINESS. DIFFERENT KINDS OF LANDUSE
in order to SUGGEST AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE IN HONG KONG STIMULATE THE IMAGINATION CREATE A SPACE TO ACCEPT POSSIBILITIES, OPENNESS, COOPERATION, EMPATHY AND FLUIDITY
DESIGN PROPOSAL
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2 POSSIBLE SITIES - COMMUNITY SCALE
CHA KWO LING village scale squatter huts area 3-4 people family /couples
SHAM SHU PO society scale tong lau/ public housing elderly
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3 SYSTEM - HUMAN DIMENSION IN GRID SYSTEM
FURNITURE SCALE
ROOM SCALE
COMMUNITY SCALE
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HUMAN DIMENSION IN GRID SYSTEM
LIVING ROOM
DINING
200
FURNITURE SCALE
150 100 50 0
1030
1267
700
1260
2100
ROOM SCALE
2400
400
300
524 1000
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HUMAN DIMENSION IN GRID SYSTEM
KITCHEN
690
MW/O
480
W/M
600
490
600
3600
800
2400
MW/O
F
100 500 900
600
600 690
2400 600
650
900
750
W/M
600
F
BATHROOM
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BED ROOM
200 150 100 50
1070
750
500
3000
1070
500
1910
500
715
1500 800
2500
600 490
0
PLAN
175
350
175
700
700
4200 1400
2800
1400
GRID DESIGN
2800
175
700
700
0111
2800 2800
700
F
3600 2400
1800
MW/O
2400
150 300
150
2400 2400
600
W/M
2400
600
600
1200
2400
1200
150
600
600
2500
100 100 300
500
500
3000
1500
2500
1500
2500
500 100
500
500
0113
2500
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COMPOSITION
SINGLE LIVING HOUSE in 400 SQ FEET
kitchen
bedroom
F
W/M
MW/O
bathroom bedroom
bedroom kitchen
bathroom
living /dining
living /dining
W/M
MW/O
living /dining
F
bathroom
bedroom
M /W
living /dining
bathroom kitchen M/W
kitchen living /dining
F
MW/O MW/O
M/W
F
MW/O
kitchen
bedroom
F
bathroom
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPACE AND GRID
kitchen
bathroom
MW/O
living /dining room
bedroom
F
W/M
OPEN
SEMI-OPEN
700 x 700 grid
SEMI-PRIVATE
600 x 600 grid
PRIVATE
500 x 500 grid
The furniture in living room is in a larger scale, a more flexible and wider grid is proposed.
Most of the furniture in kitchen are standardlized around 600, the grid can allow fit in of kitchen furniture.
The furniture of bedroom is more personalized. The smaller grid can allow extension of small item.
The space in living room is more open and allowing more body extension.
The space in kitchen is semiopen, a certain level or body movement is in controlled.
The space in bedroom is private, the lowest body movement is needed.
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COLLAGE
DESIGN PROPOSAL
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DESIGN PROPOSAL
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research STUDY OF SPACE GROWING PROCESS details of growing in space and material
0119
TRACING-_-
Residential area
TRACING-_-
The shape of path
0121
TRACING-_-
Route usage
Route usage
0123
block model understanding the layers of accumulation
the layering and growing of material
30 M ( LIGHT )
25 M
6
PLANTS
5 20 M
4 3
15 M 2 10 M 1 5M
LEGARD SECONDARY
B
PRIMARY
0M STONE
BRICK
CONCRETE
IRON
WOOD
ALUMINUM
BAMBOO
PLASTIC ( HEAVY )
HEIGHT
LAYER
BUILDING
MATERIAL
0125 the basic layer of building in cha kuo ling
FIX PAST
NOW
FACADE TRANSFORMATION
FREE
0127 the two typical building types in cha kuo ling
the interior structure of builidng in cha kuo ling
0129
the sketches of builidng
the imaginary cha kuo ling according to the logic of growing material
0131
The reserach of material
the material in China hardware shop
0133
playing with iron, understanding the material.
The detail reserach of adaptive living space in Hong Kong Living space in Lei Yue Mun
curtain connection details
SECTION 1
0135
the special space arrangment following the building shape
PLAN
washroom
house entrance
0137
staircase to 1/F
wardrode wall and stair
PLACE IN CHA KWO LING
1
2
PLAN
corridor
SECTION 1
0139
wood door connection
wood connection
inside out washroom
wood structure
0141
accumulation and layers
wood and stone connection
SECTION 2
Restaurant in Cha Kwo Ling
entrance with no wall
linear opening
house entrance
SECTION 1
0143 1
the floorplan of restaurant
2
PLAN
photo angle
storage as part of the wall, functional partition
fragmented wood frame partition
SECTION 2
0145
Living space in yau ma tei
0147
PLAN
PLAN
G
hanging stuffs on waterpipe
SECTION 1
0149
storage space between waterpipes
SECTION 2
accumulation of bookcase and table
0151
Combined function and adaptive details in Hong Kong Living spaces
rack
rack
cabinet
storage
PROGRAM (function + dimension)
cabinet rack cabinet
DETAIL
fridge
(materials + construction) shelf
kitchen table
shelf hook rack
0153
wood rack
metal wood knot
wood
ventilation fan barrier
bamboo
cabinet
mirror kitchen
cabinet ventilation fan
shelf
desk
wall
shelf
cabinet shelf
shelf
joint screw shoes cabinet kitchen table
iron plate
wood wood
insert pvc
cabinet
shelter
wardobe rack
shoes cabinet wood
screen barrier
rack
rack shelf
rack mirror
cabinet
kitchen table desk
cabinet
rack
shelf
rope
fabric
rack
rack
kitchen
fridge
stove
screen
shelf
fan
0155
shower
shelf
rack bed
shelf
cabinet
toilet
chair
kitchen set
shelf
shelf
rack
bed
desk
bed
fridge
AC
mesh screen desk
rack
desk
ironing board
rack
fridge
chair
dining table cooker
TV cabinet
fan dressing table
fridge
desk
sofa bed
rack
heater
ventilation fan
desk desk
toilet desk kitchen
wood support
screen
shelf
shelf
rack
wood support
fridge
shelf
shelf desk
cabinet
dinning table
bed
wood support
TV kitchen desk bed wardobe
toilet
0157
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proposal HUMAN DIMENSION the body scale in living space
0159
the list of cad drawing understanding body scale in living space
HUMAN DIMENSION IN LIVING ROOM
Dimension
Habbit
Program
0161
HUMAN DIMENSION IN KITCHEN
Dimension
Habbit
Program
0163
HUMAN DIMENSION IN TOILET
Dimension
Habbit
Program
0165
HUMAN DIMENSION IN BEDROOM
Dimension
Habbit
Program
0167
UNDERSTAND BODY SCALE IN DIFFERENT PROGRAM
0169
0171
0173
0175
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0177
0179
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proposal MATERIAL DIMENSION IN RELATIONSHIP TO SPATIAL CONSTAIN
0181 A. LOCAL MATERIAL CATERGORY
A. LOCAL MATERIAL CATERGORY H
MIN
8 mm
MAX
50 mm
L
PROPORTION
3M
6M
9M
12 M
3M
6M
9M
12 M
6m
H L
H
W
MIN
3 mm
12 mm
MAX
25 mm
50 mm
L
6m
H L W
L
R
MIN
3 mm
MAX
25 mm
6m L R
H
D
L
MIN
3 mm
19 mm
6m
MAX
16 mm
200 mm
12 m
H
D
L
MIN
12 mm
1 mm
6m
MAX
254 mm
9 mm
12 m
R
D
L
MIN
9 mm
0.6 mm
MAX
40 mm
2 mm
D
Stripes
H L
Metal
D H L
D
6m L R
L
R
MIN
3 mm
MAX
12 mm
L
3m
R
Plate
H
W
2m
1m
H W
H
MIN
20 mm
MAX
50 mm
L
2.4 m L
H
Stripes H
W
L
25 mm
50 mm
2.4 m
Wood L H W
Plate
H
W
L
MIN
3 mm
914 mm
1.8 m
MAX
18 mm
1219 mm
2.4 m
H L W
L
R
Bamboo
MIN
15 mm
MAX
30 mm
Stripes
3m L R
Stripes
R
D
MIN
10 mm
2.5 mm
MAX
200 mm
10.5 mm
H
W
MIN
2m
0.9 m
MAX
2.5 m
1m
L
D
4m L R
Plastic
Plate H W
Metal
H
MIN
L
8 mm 6m
H L
MAX
MIN
50 mm
H
WL
3 mm
12 mm 6m
H L W
MAX
25 mm
50 mm
Stripes R
MIN
L
3 mm 6m
L
MAX
R
25 mm
H
DL
MIN
3 mm
19 mm
6m
MAX
16 mm
200 mm
12 m
D H L
0183
PROPORTION
3M
6M
9M
12 M
H
D
L
MIN
12 mm
1 mm
6m
MAX
254 mm
9 mm
12 m
R
D
L
9 mm
0.6 mm
MIN
6m
Stripes MAX
40 mm
2 mm
L
R
MIN
3 mm 3m
MAX
Plate
12 mm
H
W
2m
1m
0185
P
P
3M
6M
9M
12 M
Wood
H
MIN
L
20 mm 2.4 m
L
MAX
50 mm
H
Stripes H
WL
25 mm
50 mm
H
WL
MIN
3 mm
914 mm
1.8 m
MAX
18 mm
1219 mm
2.4 m
L
2.4 m
H W
Plate
H L W
0187
PROPORTION
3M
6M
9M
12 M
Bamboo and Plastic
L
R
MIN
Bamboo
15 mm
Stripes 3m L
MAX
R
Stripes
MIN
D
30 mm
R
D
10 mm
2.5 mm 4m
L R
MAX
200 mm
10.5 mm
H
W
MIN
2m
0. m
MAX
2.5 m
1m
Plastic
Plate H W
L
0189
PROPORTION
3M
M
M
12 M
3M
M
M
12 M
B. LOGISTIC DEFINE DIMENSION
STREET WIDTH
M
BUILDING ENTRANCE SIZE
VEHICLE DIMENSION
M M
M
M
materials carry by hand
M
materials l
istic by
an
materials carry int
r
nd lat entrance
M
M
M
MM
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BUILDING ENTRANCE SIZE
LIFT/ STAIRCASE SIZE
FLAT ENTRANCE SIZE
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aterials carry int
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nd lat entrance
materials carry
t b ildin staircase
materials carry int
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sin entrance
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materials carry int b ildin entrance
materials carry int li t entrance
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nd lat entrance
C. BUILDNG METHOD
STEP 1
0193
6M
3M
1.8 M 0.45 0 45 5M
CUTTING (EXTERIOR) BACK ALLEY WORKING SPACE
STEP 2
0195
1.5 M 0.45 M
3M
CUTTING (INTERIOR) INTERIOR WORKING SPACE
STEP 3
0197
3M
0.45 M
POLISHING
STEP 4
0199
3M
1.5 M 0.45 M
WELDING
STEP 5
0201
3M
0.45 0 45 M
SCREWING
/05
proposal OUTCOME
0203 FOUR COMPONENTS OF LIVING SPACE
1 LIVING ROOM COMPONENTS
0205
FUNCTION & PROGRAM
rack
shoes carbinet
sofa
table and desk
0207
bar table
shelf and rack
2 BEDROOM COMPONENTS
0209
FUNCTION & PROGRAM
bed
iron table
bookshelf
0211
reading table
e
r
rack
3 WASHROOM COMPONENTS
0213
FUNCTION & PROGRAM
washing machine
sink
0215
shower and rack
toilet
4 KITCHEN COMPONENTS
0217
FUNCTION & PROGRAM
fridge
tea table
0219
shelf
kitchen sink
stove
/05 MODEL 1:10
0221
/05 MODEL 1:10
0223
/05 MODEL 1:10
0225
/05 MODEL 1:10
0227
/05 MODEL 1:2
0229
/05 MODEL 1:2
0231
/05 MODEL 1:2
0233
/05 MODEL 1:2
0235
/05 MODEL 1:2
0237
/06
reflection
0239
In this project, I put more emphasis on the process of making than the actual result. I have a deeper understanding on the whole constructive logic behind Hong Kong’s adaptive space. From function, body scale, to material size, logistic and the construction. I can get a more in depth comprehension by building 1:1 and 1:2 models which makes the project become more solid. The project is suggesting a method on allocating or designing living spaces in Hong Kong. Every individual could create their own spaces in Hong Kong based on this logic. I believe that there are still a lot beauty and quality in different spaces in Hong Kong that is yet to be discovered.
To be continue...