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Sh ibu ya, the c ent er of y o u th c u l tu re , a l wa y s o n th e cutting edge of f a shion. I t is o ne o f t he t op fa shi o n d i s tri c t, tra d e a n d e n te rta inment in Toky o. Shibuy a is kno wn for t hei r mul t i -cu l tu re a n d d i v e rs i ty th roughout the people in the c ity. I t i s one of t he m o s t b u s i e s t a n d s wa m p e d w a rds tha t redirects millions of pe o pl e ev er y d a y of th e y e a r. B y 2 0 1 8 , th e l o c a l gov ernment ha s sta ted a n es ti mated p op ul at i on o f 2 2 1 , 8 0 1 i n a n a re a o f 1 5, 11 km 2 . Shibuy a ha s been g aini ng po p ul ar i t y t hro u g h th e i r i co n i c s c ra m b l e crossing a nd a lso the v a riety of vi bran t al l eys a nd stre e ts . U p to 3 . 0 0 0 p e o p l e wa lking through “Shibuy a C ro ssi n g” ever y d ay, i t i s a co m p l e x a n d m u l ti f a ceted sy stem tha t opera tes 24ho u rs of mov ement i n th e ci ty. T h i s d i a l e cti c c ha ra cter of Shibuy a ca n be a p otenti al a nd sp at i a l o p p o rtu n i ti e s i n o rd e r to bring a common spa ces tha t affo rd pe op l e’s p resent n e e d s .
W ith the ov erwhelming c rowds filling t he area daily and t he inc reas ing s hops a ttra cting pedestria ns, people in t he area t end t o los e c ont ac t wit h t heir s urroundings. As it beca me more lik e a s hopping dis t r ic t , wit h all t he c ommerc ials a nd business centre a long Shibuya, t he lac k of greener y around t he s idewalk c an be one of our problems t oo. A s we live in t he age of individualis m, t he diver s it y in Shibuy a sometimes c an c reat e a c er t ain level of unc omfor t , and ner vous nes s ; they only f ocus on their own agendas ins t ead of immer s ing t hems elves wit h t he div erse cultura l herita ge in t he popular dis t r ic t . Thus , it is es s ent ial t o mak e t he ma ximum use out of the available s pac e in t he ward s o as t o br idge int er ac t ion between the people, the c ult ure, lifes t yles , and t rends of Shibuya. The lac k of s ocia liza tion between people c ould be done by produc ing a dis t inc t ive ex c it ement a nd expereriences tha t ens ure us t o mak e a whole new different at t r ac t ion proposing the dura bility of t his modular public s pac e t hat c ould be c hange over t ime a ccording the people’s need.
The ideas whic h influenc e t he des igns t hat is appare n t in th e S h ibu y a distric t have mas s ive roles in t he people’s way of livin g. F irstly, de sign s m igh t aff e c t people’s movement , provok es t he appear anc e , disappe aran c e an d re appe aranc e of loc al plac es and ac t ivit ies . The s pac es t h at are pro v ide d ac c o m m o date s different dynamic s t hat s er ve as a plat from for spatial o ppo rtu n itie s. On e spat ial oppor t unit y c an s er ves as an alt er nat ive pu blic spac e th at m ax im ize s th e par k ing lot s pac e it s elf, for ins t anc e, in whic h s pac e m igh t also e m e rge s m an y ot her for ms of c ommon s pac es , s uc h as par k s , gy m , an d play gro u n d. A s c o m mon s pac es , and ut ilit ar ian plac es , t hes e par k in g lo t c an h o ld po te n tial f o r an arc hit ec t ur al int er vent ion t hat might affec t t he spatial se n se bu t in a f u n c tio n al way. The pres enc e of par k ing lot in front of th e c o m m e rc ial sto re s m igh t in c reas e t he ac t ivit y and int er ac t ion of pedes t r ia n w ith in m in u te s o r h o u rs th e y s pent . Through t his t iny s pac e being us ed mo re v arie dly in pu rpo se , w e c an ac t ually provok e a c ollec t ive s pac e t hat c ould su ppo rt th e ac tio n th at w ill ge n er at e an at t r ac t ion and als o bec oming t heir c o m m o n be h av io r th ro u gh o u t th e day. Through t he ex plor at ion of t he s pac e, in th is c ase , th e park in g lo t ac ro ss t he pedes t r ian area, hopefully it will s er ve t he m u lti-c u ltu ral pe o ple as a platfor m t o int er ac t , and c onnec t wit h eac h ot her.
park(inc)
/pärk.ing/ (inc) = interact n connect
concept
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We t ak e on- s t reet par k ing lot along t he ro ad aro u n d S h ibu y a 109 S h o pping Mall as our s it e. We replac e t he ground c over of t he on -stre e t park in g lo t f ro m stre e t as phalt int o gr as s , roc k s , r ubber mat , e tc ac c o rdin g to th e n e e ds o f t he public s pac e modules t hat will be c re ate d. We put t he public s pac e modules int o th e site an d m ix w h at m o du le s ins t alled t o anot her modules as we lik e .
we t r y t o mak e a par k ing lot t hat is bas ic ally a pu blic spac e w h ic h e v e ry o n e c ould par k t heir c ar int o, s o we c ame up wit h t h e ide as to c h an ge th e f u n c tio n of t his par k ing s pac e bec ome a public s pac e th at e m e rge s in to a be tte r an d us eful s pat ial for t he major it y of people in Shibu y a, n am e ly pe de strian .
modules
p u b l i c l i b rary
busk st op
ONE p l a y- s t a t i on
TW Op l a y- s t a t i on
TH R E E p la y -sta tio n
‘ c h a rge n go ’
wa te r re f re sh m e n t
co - w o r k i ng s p ac e
‘dine n go’
d o not s et t l e
fa ce ma z e
na t ure- s en so ry be n c h
‘ in th e m e a n tim e ’
‘ sto p n sta re ’
o u t d o o r g ym 1
out door gym 2
b i ke r a ck
s moki ng a rea
mura lA R T
v e ge ta tio n s
o th e r pu blic f a c ilitie s
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