KHAOS ORGANUM This project is an architectural exploration to find the balance between the unavoidable state of increased urban densification and the core experiential aspect of individual human existence through unravelling the spatial and cultural essence of the ordered chaos commonly observed in Tokyo, and the gridded mess in places such as New York City.
David Gerber - 774234 - Thesis - Chambord Waterscraper
01 WEEK
INTRODUCTION TO THE WATERSCRAPER STUDIO. EXPLORING CASE STUDIES SUCH AS LAND ART, CHANGING THE CONTEXT OF ORDINARY ITEMS, CHANGING SCALES OF ORDINARY OBJECTS, AND MANIPULATING LANDSCAPE. STARTING TO EXPLORE THE NOTION OF SCIFI SPACE JUNK FALLING AND LANDING IN PORT PHILLIP BAY / ST. KILDA. OBLIQUE, FREEFLOWING STRUCTURES. WHAT IS A UTOPIA?
WEEK 1 CASE STUDIES ROBERT SMITHSON - LAND ART
NANCY HOLT - SUN TUNNELS
MARCEL DUCHAMP - OBJECT VS. CONTEXT DISPARITY
MICHAEL HEIZER - CARVING INTO THE LANDSCAPE
CLAES OLDENBURG - FOUND OBJECT - CHANGED SCALE, CONTEXT, AND MATERIALITY - SHIFT IN CONTEXT
CLAUDE PARENT & PAUL VIRILIO - OBLIQUE, FREE FLOWING, WALL AS FLOOR/CEILING ST. KILDA
PORT PHILLIP BAY
“# GREAT SPECULATIONS /// The Oblique Function by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio.” THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE, 8 July 2015, thefunambulist.net/architectural-projects/greatspeculations-the-oblique-function-by-claude-parent-and-paul-virilio.
WEEK 1 EXPLORATIONS
FOCUS FOR THIS STUDIO
- OBJECT AS LAND ART
- CINEMATIC REALITY VS. ACTUAL REALITY
- GRADUAL SIZE INCREASE IN ROCK FORMATIONS
- LINKING OF UTOPIA
- CONNECTION WITH ST. KILDA - NAMED BY CHARLES LA TROBE AFTER A SCHOONER BY THE NAME OF LADY OF ST. KILDA THAT MOORED ON THE BEACH IN 1841
- THE CITY AS A BLACK HOLE - INFLUENCE OF CINEMA ON OUR PERCEPTION OF THE CITY AND SPACE IN A POST-CINEMATIC STATE - CINEMATIC REPRESENTATION - WE CREATE REALITIES THROUGH CINEMATOGRAPHY
WEEK 1 PRECEDENTS CITY AS LAND ART
SCIFI SPACE JUNK
DAM
SCIFI CITY
CITY AS LAND ART
CITY INSIDE DAM
SCIFI SPACE JUNK
FLOATING CORES
CITY AS LAND ART
CITY AS MONUMENT
FLOATING CITY
FLOATING CITY
02 WEEK
NEW SITE - CHAMBORD, FRANCE. FLOODING THE SITE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ENERGY? - DAM - CO2 - HYDRO - WIND - STORAGE? STARTING TO RESEARCH CONCEPTS OF THE CITY - REM KOOLHAAS - DELIRIOUS NEW YORK EXPLORING THE CITY AS SPACE JUNK, LAND ART, AND A CINEMATIC VISION.
WEEK 2 RESEARCH
CO2
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN - DAM
GREENHOUSE - FOOD - AIR
- INDIVIDUAL ISLAND CITY - UNDERGROUND BATTERY STORAGE
RUBBISH
- HYDRO ENERGY
- ZERO CARBON CYCLE
- WIND
- FLOOD CHAMBORD
- WASTE TO ENERGY SWITCHYARD RESERVOIR
PUMPED-STORAGE PLANT
INTAKE
ELEVATOR MAIN ACCESS TUNNEL DISCHARGE
KOOLHAAS - DELIRIOUS NY
POWERPLANT CHAMBER
- ELEVATOR MEANT THAT EVERY FLOOR COULD BE A DIFFERENT REALITY - OUR CITY HAS ITS OWN REALITY
CONTRASTING CITY
- CONTRAST AGAINST CHAMBORD
- JUXTAPOSING FUNCTIONS THAT DON'T NORMALLY GO TOGETHER
Koolhaas, Rem. Architectural Design. 5th ed., vol. 47, OMA, 1977. pg 322.
- CEMETERY - POD HOTEL - CHURCH - FACTORY - WOLF OF WALL STREET - OFFICE - PHARMACY - DANCE STUDIO
WEEK 2 EXERCISES NEW FUTURE CITY CINEMATIC VISION GROUND PLANE ON ORIGINAL GROUND LEVEL
SPACE JUNK CENTRAL CORE
DAM CREATED AROUND FOR PROTECTION/ENERGY/MEDIEVAL CASTLE WALL POWER STATIONS FOR DAM
CINEMATIC VISION FOR CITY
SPACE JUNK LAND ART FLOATING ON WATER
LAND ART
SPACE JUNK CENTRAL CORE
DOUBLE HELIX FROM DA VINCI/ CHAMBORD
CENTRAL CORE AS MONUMENT/ FOUND OBJECT
GUARD TOWERS LIKE IN CHAMBORD AXIAL CONNECTIONS
DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS ON EACH RING
CITY AS LAND ART FUNCTION SPLIT BY ISLAND
CINEMATIC VISION FOR CITY
CINEMATIC VISION FOR CITY
CHAMBORD
CHAMBORD
CHAMBORD
“The twentieth century began with utopia and ended with nostalgia... The fantasies of the past determined by the needs of the present have a direct impact on the realities of the future.”
“The twentieth century began with utopia and ended with nostalgia... The fantasies of the past determined by the needs of the present have a direct impact on the realities of the future.”
“The twentieth century began with utopia and ended with nostalgia... The fantasies of the past determined by the needs of the present have a direct impact on the realities of the future.”
INACHEVÉ
INACHEVÉ
INACHEVÉ
WEEK 2 EXERCISES CINEMATIC VISION
- CITY ON CURRENT GROUND, ADJUSTED WITH DAM WALL THAT ACTS AS WATER FEATURE + HYDRO ELECTRICITY - FUTURISTIC CENTRAL SPACE JUNK ELEMENT
SPACE JUNK
- SPACE JUNK THAT LANDED ON EARTH - RADIAL PLAN AROUND CENTRAL MAIN BUILDING - AXIAL CONNECTIONS TO CORE
LAND ART
- EARTH AS LANDSCAPE - IMPLEMENTATION OF DA VINCI'S DOUBLE HELIX - PENCIL AS LARGE-SCALE FOUND OBJECT DENOTING DA VINCI'S WORK ON THE CHATEAU
03 WEEK
RESEARCHING CHAMBORD. - GRID SYSTEM. - GREEK CROSS IN CENTER. - DA VINCI COMMISSIONED BY HENRI DUC DE BORDEAUX. - DOUBLE HELIX STAIRCASE. RESEARCH INTO WHAT MAKES A CITY. - THE OVEREXPOSED CITY - PAUL VIRILIO. - THE IMAGE OF THE CITY - KEVIN LYNCH CREATING A UTOPIAN CITY AS ARCHITECTURE OF THE SENSES. - BLANK CITY THAT CHANGES BY INDIVIDUALS’ MOOD. - AR GLASSES CREATE A NEW REALITY. - INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURE. - COMMUNITY-BASED DESIGNING
- CITY IS A BLANK CANVAS AND EACH INDIVIDUAL . CREATES THEIR OWN REALITY AND THE CITY WITH THEIR PREFERENCES. - PARTICIPATORY SPACES. CREATING A MICROCITY. - EXPLORING THE IDEA OF THE MICROCITY AS SCULPTURE, LAND ART, LANDSCAPE, MODERNIST OBJECT, AND FIGURE GROUND.
WEEK 3 RESEARCH CHAMBORD - 6 EQUAL SQUARES - GREEK CROSS IN THE CENTER - STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN 1519 - MEDIEVAL INFLUENCES
EQ
EQ
LEONARDO DA VINCI EQ
EQ
EQ
- EMPLOYED BY HENRI DUC DE BORDEAUX - CENTRAL STAIRCASE IS A DOUBLE HELIX
WEEK 3 RESEARCH THE OVEREXPOSED CITY - THE CITY IS NO LONGER ORGANIZED INTO A LOCALIZED AND AXIAL ESTATE - TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVE PROMOTED THE DISCONNECTED METROPOLITAN FRINGES INTO A SINGLE URBAN MASS
- WITH INTERFACING OF COMPUTERS + VIDEO MONITORS, DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN HERE AND THERE NO LONGER MEAN ANYTHING - NO LONGER ENTERING THE CITY THROUGH GATES, NOW WE PASS THROUGH AUDIOVISUAL METHODS THAT HAVE BECOME THE NEW FORM OF PUBLIC GREETING + RECEPTION VIRILIO, PAUL. THE OVER EXPOSED CITY. (ED. BY G. BRIDGE AND S. WATSON). BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2002
THE IMAGE OF THE CITY - PATHS - CHANNELS ALONG WHICH THE OBSERVER MOVES (STREETS, WALKWAYS, TRANSIT LINES, CANALS)
- NODES - STRATEGIC SPOTS IN THE CITY WHICH THE OBSERVER CAN ENTER (JUNCTIONS, CROSSINGS, CONVERGENCE OF PATHS)
- DISTRICTS - MEDIUM-TO-LARGE SECTIONS OF THE CITY WHERE THE OBSERVER ENTERS INSIDE OF AND ARE RECOGNIZED BY THEIR
- LANDMARKS - POINT REFERENCE WHERE THE OBSERVER EXPERIENCES IT EXTERNALLY (BUILDING, SIGN, STORE, MOUNTAIN)
- EDGES - LINEAR ELEMENTS NOT CONSIDERED AS PATHS BY OBSERVERS - BOUNDARIES THAT BREAKS CONTINUITY (SHORES, RAILROADS, WALLS)
LYNCH KEVIN. THE IMAGE OF THE CITY. CH. 3, THE CITY IMAGE AND ITS ELEMENTS. 1960.
WEEK 3 RESEARCH THESIS IDEATION - MASS COMMUNICATION RATHER THAN ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS - BLANK CITY THAT CHANGES AS PER THE USERS MOOD - AR GLASSES TRANSFORM THE CITY SO IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT - MOOD MEASUREMENTS - PHENOMENOLOGY, OLFACTORY, TEMPERATURE, AUDIO, VISUAL, SPATIAL - ARCHITECTURE OF THE SENSES - HOW PEOPLE MOVE THROUGH THE SPACES AR GLASSES IN THE HOME
PRECEDENTS RED LOVE, ENERGY, POWER, STRENGTH, PASSION, HEAT
- D-TOWER, 2005, NOX COLLECTS DATA OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROJECTS A DIFFERENT COLOUR BASED ON THE AVERAGE MOOD - INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURE - PARTICIPATORY SPACES
BLUE TRANQUILITY, LOVE, SECURITY, TRUST, INTELLIGENCE
- PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS WE CREATE OUT ENVIRONMENTS AND ARE THE RELECTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT - CITY IS JUST VOLUMES - EACH USER CREATES THEIR OWN ORNAMENTATION
WEEK 3 PRECEDENTS
CITY AS LANDSCAPE
CITY AS MODERNIST OBJECT
CITY AS FIGURE GROUND
CITY AS LANDSCAPE
CITY AS DAM
CITY AS MODERNIST OBJECT
CITY AS SCULPTURE
CITY AS SCULPTURE
DOUBLE HELIX
CITY AS SCULPTURE
WEEK 3 EXERCISES UTOPIAN MICROCITY MICROCITY AS SCULPTURE
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM SPIRAL STAIRCASE IN CHAMBORD
MICROCITY AS LAND ART
MICROCITY AS LANDSCAPE
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
CITY AS LAND ART
FREE-FLOWING SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS HORIZONTAL CITY
BLENDING IN WITH NATURE
OPPORTUNITY FOR GREEN SPACES DA VINCI DOUBLE HELIX
SCULPTURAL TOWERS
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL
VIEW RIGHTS DEEP SPACES NEED LIGHT
PUBLIC SPACES
TIERED SYSTEM TO FOLLOW NATURAL CONTOURS
WEEK 3 EXERCISES UTOPIAN MICROCITY MICROCITY AS MODERNIST OBJECT
MICROCITY AS FIGURE GROUND
OBJECT AS DIAGRAM OF FUNCTIONS
HELIX SHAPE REFLECTION CREATES ILLUSION OF SHAPE
CITY AS SCI-FI VENICE
BLUR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN OBJECT AND PLANE
VERTICAL VILLAGE
DISTRICTS ON EACH ISLAND
INSPIRATION FROM HABITAT 67
DENSIFICATION AND USAGE OF EVERY SPACE - ROOF OF ONE APARTMENT IS A BALCONY OF ANOTHER
PATHS, EDGES DISTRICTS NODES LANDMARKS
PUBLIC SPACES
MICROCITY AS SCULPTURE
MICROCITY AS LAND ART
- SCULPTURAL OBJECTS - ANISH KAPOUR, MARCEL DUCHAMP, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
- STAN ALLEN - FIELD CONDITION
- FREE-FLOWING, SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS - TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF CHAMBORD
- PUBLIC SPACES - RIGHT TO VIEWS - DEEP SPACES NEED LIGHT
MICROCITY AS LANDSCAPE
MICROCITY AS MODERNIST OBJECT
- BUILDING - PARK - PLAZA
- OBJECT AS A DIAGRAM OF FUNCTIONS (HABITAT 67)
- ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY - BLENDING IN WITH NATURE
- BLURRING THE OBJECT AND THE PLANE - WATER TO CREATE THE SHAPE
MICROCITY AS FIGURE GROUND
FEEDBACK + FURTHER RESEARCH
- FUTURE SCI-FI VENICE
- TAKE AWAY LAND - STRUCTURES SHOULD JUST COME OUT OF THE WATER (LEAVE SOME FOR PARKS)
- THE VERTICAL VILLAGE - MVRDV - THE IMAGE OF THE CITY - KEVIN LYNCH (PATHS, EDGES, DISTRICTS, NODES, LANDMARKS)
- SPIRALS AND BUILDINGS ON ANGLES AND NOT JUST STRAIGHT UP - BUILDINGS OUT OF WATER WITH BRIDGES CONNECTING - CHAOTIC - SPREAD HORIZONTALLY NOT VERTICALLY - COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR THE AR BUILDINGS ARE CREATED BY POPULAR VOTE - MODERN WORLD - UTOPIAN MOVEMENT, IMAGE + SPECTACLE, HOW DOES UTOPIAN ARCHITECTURE FREE US? - SHAPES AS AN IDEA OF UTOPIA (CINEMATIC SCI-FINYC - PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ORDER - DISORDERED ORDER (PARIS + ROME) - FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GET AROUND BUT STILL GET LOST TOO - CONFUSIONS - ALLEY - HIDDEN BAR - COMPLEX NETWORK (INTERNAL CHAOS SHAPES THE CITY, BUT ALSO GETS EXPOSED
04 WEEK
THE CITY AS A DEFINED IMAGE (TYPICAL SKYLINE) VS THE CITY AS AN UNDEFINED IMAGE (NON-CONVENTIONAL). - CLICHÉ ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE - BUILDINGS AS ADVERTISING/SIGNS - SKYSCRAPERS ON ANGLE - CONTRADICTING FUNCTIONS ORDERED DISORDER - INTERNAL CHAOS VS EXTERNAL ORDER - INTERNAL ORDER VS EXTERNAL CHAOS SKYBRIDGES TO CONNECT THE CITY AS IT IS FLOATING ABOVE THE WATER. - HOW CAN THESE SKYBRIDGES BE USED OTHER THAN AS JUST CONNECTION OBJECTS? - BRINGING THE MARKETS TO THE SKY? - STREETSCAPE RAISED ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE.
POPULATIONS CHANGING, CITIES CHANGING, PEOPLES’ LIVELIHOODS CHANGING, EASE OF CAR HAS CREATED URBAN SPRAWL. - PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME BACK TO CITIES - SOON THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE IN CITIES THAN EVER BEFORE. - HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS INFLUX? DENSIFICATION? WHAT WILL THE NEW VERSION OF THE CITY BE LIKE? FEEL LIKE? LOOK LIKE? OSCAR NIEMEYER - BRASILIA - OLD VISIONS OF UTOPIA REYNER BANHAM LOVES LOS ANGELES - AUTOTOPIA AND URBANISM
WEEK 4 PRECEDENTS
STREETSCAPE
SKYBRIDGES
STREETSCAPE
SKYBRIDGES
SKYBRIDGES
SCIFI CITY
SCIFI CITY
INTERNAL ORDER
SKYBRIDGES
INTERNAL ORDER
INTERAL CHAOS
SCIFI CITY
ORGANIZED CHAOS
EXTERNAL CHAOS
EXTERNAL ORDER
ORGANIZED CHAOS
WEEK 4 EXERCISES UTOPIA AS IMAGE OF THE CITY DEFINED CITY IMAGE
UNDEFINED CITY IMAGE
TYPICAL IMAGE OF A CITY CINEMATIC SCIFI NYC
DOESN'T FOLLOW THE CONVENTIONAL CITY IMAGE START OF 2ND SPIRAL SKYBRIDGES CONNECT CITY
ORGANIZED CHAOS
LOOKS DISORGANIZED BUT FOLLOWS AN ORGANIZED PLAN
START OF 1ST SPIRAL CONTINUOUS DOUBLE HELIX UPWARDS
FUNCTION ONE
SKYBRIDGES CUT THROUGH BUILDINGS
FUNCTION TWO
SKYBRIDGES TO LINK DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS
UTOPIA AS DEFINED CITY IMAGE - SKYSCRAPER AS CITY
- SELF-CONTAINED ENCLAVE
- EACH STORY DISCONNECTED, ALL ADDING UP TO ONE SINGLE ENTITY
- EXPLOITATION AND CULTURE OF CONGESTION
- EACH BLOCK AS CITY WITHIN A CITY, UNITED BY A GRID SYSTEM
- EXTERNAL CHAOS - INTERNAL ORDER - CELTIC KNOT - DISORGANIZED ORDER
Rem Koolhaas Delirious New York
Metropolis (1927)
Piranesi Paradoxes of Piranesi
UTOPIA AS UNDEFINED CITY IMAGE - ORDERED RAMP CREATES DISORDER
- ISOLATING FUNCTIONALITY
- CREATING CHAOS THROUGH CONFLICTING FUNCTIONS - HOTEL VS. CREMATORIUM
- CHALLENGING THE NOTION OF EXTERIOR - WALL AS FLOOR AS CEILING
- RECTANGULAR DOUBLE HELIX - ONLY CROSS OVER IS THROUGH SKYBRIDGES
- INTERNAL CHAOS - EXTERNAL ORDER
OMA Jussieu Library
Chambord Da Vinci Double Helix
Antonio Sant’Elia Italian Futurism
THESIS
"Growing populations and increasing urban
ernized" cities still solely rely on the automobile
sprawl have proven to be detrimental to the
to get from place to place, distancing and dis-
change in our climate. Taking lessons from the
placing people? Almost so that inhabitants do
explorations of architects of the past of the 'ideal'
not feel as though they are a part of the city any-
city, and comparing and contrasting current city
more. Densification, evidentially, creates new
models, this project hopes to find a viable solu-
problems that will need to experimented and
tion that can increase densification (a key argu-
dealt with. With the increase of a communica-
ment future cities and researchers are striving
tion-based society and technology ever-increas-
towards), while not neglecting the human-scale
ing, the thought of Augmented/Virtual Reality
nature that is intrinsically comfortable. Why is
being implemented to create a phenomeno-
it that places in Europe (that some may deem
logically-rich city to cater to various tastes in
as overly dense) still manage to have a beauti-
architecture and landscape creates a progres-
fully chaotic order that is both comfortable and
sive utopia that can be created by and for the
walkable? Whereas North American and 'West-
users."
KEY SOURCES FOR THESIS PAST ARCHITECT EXPLORATIONS
CINEMATIC INFLUENCES
- PLAN VOISIN - PARIS, FRANCE - 1925 - LE CORBUSIER
- METROPOLIS (1927)
- BRASILIA - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - 1960 - OSCAR NIEMEYER
- BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) - MINORITY REPORT (2002)
- LOS ANGELES - 1972 - REYNER BANHAM
- THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)
- DELIRIOUS NEW YORK - 1978 - REM KOOLHAAS
- DREDD (2012)
PRESENT DAY EXPLORATIONS
PHENOMENOLOGY
- DREAM CITIES: SEVEN URBAN IDEAS THAT SHAPED THE WORLD - WADE GRAHAM - 2016
- JUHANI PALLASMAA - THE EYES OF THE SKIN: ARCHITECTURE AND THE SENSES - 2005
- MUTATIONS - KOOLHAAS - 2001 - VERTICAL VILLAGE - MVRDV - WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO URBANISM? - KOOLHAAS - 1995
PSYCHOLOGICAL MINDSETS
- AUGMENTED LANDSCAPES - SMOUT ALLEN - 2013
- PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS - MAXWELL MALTZ - 1960
05 WEEK
STARTING TO LOOK INTO THE STREETSCAPE AND HOW PUBLIC LIFE WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE. AS THERE ARE NO CARS IN MY CITY, THE SOCIAL INTERACTION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION INCREASES.
RELATING MY CITY TO CHAMBORD - CHAMBORD HAS EXTERNAL CHAOS (WINDOWS, CHIMNEYS, ORNAMENTATION) AND INTERNAL ORDER (GREEK CROSS, ORTHOGONAL GRID SYSTEM).
THINKING ABOUT VARYING SIZES OF STREETS AND WHAT EACH MAY ENTAIL. - LARGER STREETS FOR PUBLIC GATHERINGS. - MEDIUM STREETS FOR SMALL SHOPS/FOOD STALLS. - SMALL STREETS FOR BACK ALLEYS AND PERMEABILITY.
HOW CAN I CREATE EXTERNAL CHAOS BUT HAVE THE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BE ORGANIZED?
HUMAN DESIRE FOR DISORDERED ORDER - FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND BUT CAN ALSO GET LOST. COMPLEX NETWORK OF STREETS - ALLEYWAY THAT HAS HIDDEN BAR. - PICTURESQUE
INCORPORATING THE DOUBLE/QUADRUPLE HELIX FROM DA VINCI/CHAMBORD AND USING THEM AS CONNECTORS THROUGH THE CITY. COMPARING POPULATIONS, DENSITIES, CITY BLOCKS OF SONGDO, TOKYO, SINGAPORE, VENICE, AND NYC. - HOW DO THESE CITIES WORK? - WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?
WEEK 5 PRECEDENTS
INTERNAL
INTIMATE
LARGER
ACTIVE
MARKETS
STREETSCAPE
PUBLIC SPACES
ALLEYWAYS
SKYBRIDGES
CHANGING
INTERAL ORDER
SENSE OF
SCIFI TOKYO
WATER LEVELS
EXTERNAL CHAOS
DANGER
WEEK 5 EXERCISES SCI-FI VENICE ITERATIONS
DOUBLE/QUAD HELIX/CONNECTIONS ITERATIONS
- DENSE PLANS
- CANAL SEPARATION
- QUADRUPLE HELIX RAMP
- TWO DOUBLE HELIX'S
- BUILDING TYPOLOGY CHANGE
- TWO DISTINCT DISTRICTS
- DOUBLE HELIX - MIDDLE SWITCH OVER
- QUADRUPLE HELIX - MIDDLE SWITCH OVER
- BUILDING DIRECTION
- ORDERED CHAOS - EXTERNAL CHAOS - INTERNAL ORDER (SCI-FI) - INTERNAL CHAOS - EXTERNAL ORDER (RAMPS) - THINKING ABOUT CONNECTING ELEMENTS - BRINGING IN THE DOUBLE HELIX FROM CHAMBORD FOR CONNECTION - THINKING ABOUT FUNCTIONS/OVERLAPPING
PRECEDENT CITIES RESEARCH NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
TOKYO JAPAN
SONGDO SOUTH KOREA
CAR-CENTRIC ORDERED GRID
NON-LINEAR ACTIVE STREET LIFE
GRIDDED SMART CITY
Density: 10,431 people / km2 City Block: 80m x 274m Avg Apt Size: 37sqm - 94sqm Building Heights: 35m - 183m
Density: 14,883 people / km2 City Block: No Distinct Block Avg Apt Size: 20sqm - 60sqm Building Heights: 40m - 187m
Density: 16,666 people / km2 City Block: No Distinct Block Avg Apt Size: ~100sqm Building Heights: 20m - 200m
De
City B
Avg Apt
Building He
Car-centric.
Walkability.
Heavy Emphasis on the Environment.
Reliance on
Economic Powerhouse.
Strong Sense of Culture.
Smart City.
Built on Wat
- City created for the car. - Large blocks/distances and large streets.
- The culture of economy. - Leading global power. - Rem Koolhaas - Delirious New York.
Form Exploration
- Activated ground floor levels. - City of laneways.
- The culture of laneways and the hustle and bustle. - Yakuza creating an organized chaos.
- 40% of the city is allocated for nature. - 40 hectare park - 26km of biking lanes.
- Apartments connected to utilities so residents can see their usages. - Communication between apartments/around the world. - Garbage is sorted, recycled, or burned for energy generation.
- Expensive to - Government - Most people
- Example of h
ople / km2
t Block
m
ee their usages. world. neration.
PRECEDENT CITIES RESEARCH REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
VENICE ITALY
THE FUTURE OF CITIES - PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO MOVE BACK INTO THE CITY - IF WE OCCUPY LESS, WE CREATE LESS DAMAGE - "DENSITY DONE RIGHT IS THE BEST, IF NOT ONLY SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CRISIS" - EDWARD GLAESER - LA BRINGS IN WATER FROM 2,200KM AWAY - 19% OF ENERGY IS WASTED FOR TRANSPORTATION ALONE.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT HAVEN
Density: 7,909 people / km2 City Block: 39,000m2 Avg Apt Size: 27sqm - 95sqm Building Heights: 35m - 150m
HUMAN-CENTRIC FLOATING CITY
Density: 650 people / km2 City Block: No Distinct Block Avg Apt Size: ~83sqm Building Heights: 7m - 17m
Reliance on Public Transport.
Walkability.
Built on Water.
Built on Water.
- Expensive to own a car. - Government enforces a 10 year lease max. - Most people rely on PT.
- Example of how coastal cities can be converted to a bustling city.
- Most locals rely on walking around the city. - No cars in the city. - Plazas, various sizes in walkways, bridges.
- Example of how to efficiently build on water. - Timber bundled together (with stones on top) as foundation.
- "52% OF ROADS ARE PAID BY GENERAL TAX REVENUE, THE OTHER 48% IS PAID BY DRIVERS. WE ARE ENCOURAGING BAD HABITS" - EDWARD GLAESER - "RETHINK WHAT THE STREETS ARE ABOUT AND WHO THEY ARE FOR. THE FUTURE OF THE CITY IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE" - JANETTE SADIK-KAHN - WE DESIRE (AND BENEFIT) FROM SHARING PUBLIC SPACE WITH OTHER PEOPLE - CITIES ARE STARTING TO GET RID OF HIGHWAYS - MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORT + LESS PARKING
06 WEEK
MID-SEMESTER PRESENTATIONS. TAKING ALL OF THE ITERATIONS AND RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS TO CREATE A CITY. PROCEEDING WITH THE SCIFI CONCEPT OF THE STUDIO. EXTERNAL CHAOS OF THE CITY TO REPLICATE THE EXTERNAL CHAOS OF CHAMBORD, SIMILARLY REPLICATING THE ORDERED INTERNAL LAYOUTS. USING THE CHAMBORD GRID SYSTEM TO DICTATE THE SPLIT OF THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY. CITY MIRRORED, CREATING AREAS FOR PUBLIC SPACES WHERE THE TWO DO NOT LINE UP AND CREATING CANALS WHERE THEY DO LINE UP.
IMPLEMENTING SKYBRIDGES, SKYMARKETS, STREETSCAPES, AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS FROM THE RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN. CITY FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR PUBLIC LIFE.
THE FUTURE OF CITIES SCI-FI SPACE JUNK
LAND ART
MODERNIST OBJECT
SCI-FI VENICE
ORGANIZED CHAOS
DOUBLE HELIX
QUADRUPLE HELIX
SCI-FI CITY
MORPHOLOGY
SCI-FI NEW YORK
SCI-FI TOKYO
SCI-FI SONGDO
SCI-FI SINGAPORE
UNDERGROUND MACHINE
SCI-FI VENICE
LIVING ROOFS
- GARBAGE IS COLLECTED UNDER THE CITY AND SORTED, RECYCLED, DISPOSED, AND BURNED FOR ENERGY.
- GREEN ROOFS COLLECT RAIN WATER AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDINGS THROUGH GRAY WATER SYSTEMS.
- NO NEED FOR GARBAGE TRUCKS.
- PUBLIC AREA FOR EACH BUILDING.
- THE HEART OF THE CITY IS FOUND UNDER THE CITY, IT HELPS THE CITY PROSPER.
- INHERENT DESIRE AND BENEFIT FROM SHARING PUBLIC SPACE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
ACTIVATED STREET LIFE
SKY-BRIDGES
CANALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALLOW - FOR MORE EXPLORATION.
-
CANALS CREATE ORGANIZED CHAOS AND - INCREASED INTERACTION.
-
GROUND FLOORS ARE COMMERCIAL/RETAIL - AND ACT AS ONE LARGE SPACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CANALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY CREATE THE NEED FOR BRIDGES. BRIDGES ALSO DOUBLE AS ELEVATING THE STREET LIFE INTO THE AIR.
CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING TO BE ON THE GROUND INCREASE PERME- ABILITY AND CONNECTION OF FUNCTIONS.
RETHINKING WHAT THE STREETS ARE - ABOUT AND WHO THEY ARE FOR. "LONELY, UNPURPOSEFUL, AND RANDOM AS THEY MAY APPEAR, SIDEWALK CONTACTS ARE THE SMALL CHANGE FROM WHICH A CITY'S WEALTH OF PUBLIC LIFE MAY GROW" - JANE JACOBS.
CANALS, ALLEYS, AND SKY BRIDGES
PUBLIC SPACE AND CONNECTORS
CONNECTION TO SITE
STREETSCAPE PRECEDENTS
07 WEEK
EXPLORING IDEAS FROM SCIFI FILMS. - DREDD (2012) - ELYSIUM (2013) ORGANIZED CHAOS - TOKYO - YAKUZA - CRIME SYNDICATE THAT CREATES ORDER - SAME TYPE OF IDEOLOGY IN DREDD AND ELYSIUM - LIFE NEEDS BALANCE, SO DO UTOPIAS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WATER LEVELS WILL IMPACT THE CITY. - WHERE SHOULD THE “GROUND” LEVEL BE? - HOW ARE THE LEVELS THAT ARE UNDERWATER GOING TO BE TREATED/WORK? WINDOWS? RESEARCHING ABOUT PUBLIC LIFE AND HOW TO MAKE THE CITY A PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE.
HOW CAN STREET SIZE DICTATE THE WAY IN WHICH IT WILL BE USED? WHAT WILL THESE STREETS ENTAIL? HOW ARE CITIES ORGANIZED? - WALKING SPEED. - WALKING DISTANCE. - QUALITY OF SPACES. - AREAS FOR CONVERGENCE - MICROCLIMATES MEDIEVAL VS RENAISSANCE - CHAMBORD AS A MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE - MEDIEVAL CITIES GREW ORGANICALLY AND THUS HAD A RADIAL LAYOUT - RENAISSANCE WAS VERY RIGID AND STRUCTURED.
WEEK 7 EXPLORATIONS - ELEVATE HORIZON LINE ABOVE WATER LEVEL - STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW UNDER WATER WILL WORK - HOW WILL PATHWAYS WORK? - CHANGING ROUTES AS WATER RISES?
ELYSIUM (2013) - "OLD CITY" IS IN RUINS, "NEW CITY" IS IN SPACE - NEW CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO HEAL PEOPLE DREDD (2012) - "OLD CITY" IS IN RUINS, "NEW CITY" IS ONE LARGE 200 FLOOR BUILDING WITH SECTORS - CRIME SYNDICATE CONTROLS THE BUILDING (DRUGS, POLICE, ORDER) - HUB CONTROLS SECURITY AND ACCESS - GOVERNMENT SENDS IN POLICE/JUDGES WHEN NECESSARY TO RESTORE ORDER
- CRIME SYNDICATE CONTROLS CERTAIN AREAS IN THE "OLD CITY" - GOVERNMENT AI POLICE THE STREETS - OLD CITY PEOPLE ONLY SPEAK TO AI - CRIME SYNDICATE HAS OPERATIONS TO GET PEOPLE TO THE NEW CITY TO HEAL THEM OF THEIR ILLNESSES/DISABILITIES
HOW TO STUDY PUBLIC LIFE - 1960'S - DESIGN + STRUCTURE GOT SERIOUS ATTENTION, BUT PUBLIC LIFE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN LIFE + SPACE WAS NEGLECTED - GOOD ARCHITECTURE ENSURES GOOD INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC LIFE + PUBLIC SPACE - DESIGN, GENDER, AGE, FINANCES, CULTURE - DETERMINE HOW WE DO/DON'T USE PUBLIC SPACE - PUBLIC SPACE IS UNDERSTOOD AS STREETS, ALLEYS, BUILDINGS, SQUARES, BOLLARDS - PART OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT - PUBLIC SPACE ALSO OCCURS BETWEEN BUILDINGS, TO/FROM BUILDINGS, ON BALCONIES, SEATED, STANDING, WALKING, BIKING, ETC - LIFE BETWEEN BUILDINGS HAD BEEN FORGOTTEN AND PUSHED ASIDE BY CARS, LARGE-SCALE THINKING, AND OVERLY RATIONALIZED PROCESSES - MEDIEVAL CITIES GREW SLOWLY AND HAD WELL FUNCTIONING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LIFE + SPACE - THE SOLUTION ISN'T TO CREATE PRE-MODERN CITIES, BUT TO DEVELOP CONTEMPORARY TOOLS THAT CAN BE APPLIED ANALYTICALLY TO OONCE AGAIN FORGE AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN LIFE + SPACE IN CITIES TOOLS THAT CAN BE APPLIED ANALYTICALLY TO ONCE AGAIN FORGE AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN LIFE + SPACE IN CITIES - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PIONEERS OF THE 1960S STUDIED EXISTING, PRE-INDUSTRIAL, CITIES AND PUBLIC SPACES TO GAIN BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW WE USE AND GET AROUND CITIES - MICROCLIMATE CAN HEAVILY IMPACT WHETHER PEOPLE STAY THERE - CLIMATE QUALITY GEHL, JAN, AND BIRGITTE SVARRE. HOW TO STUDY PUBLIC LIFE. ISLAND PRESS, 2013.
- VIBRANT CITIES DON'T HAPPEN ON THEIR OWN - VERY NOTICEABLE IN DEVELOPED CITIES - NO LONGER STREET LIFE DUE TO PEOPLE NO LONGER SELLING/WORKING/RUNNING ERRANDS ON THE STREETS - MOSTLY COMMUTERS - PRIMARY ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC SPACES ARE: WALKING, STANDING, SITTING + PLAYING - NECESSARY: SHOPPING, WALKING TO/FROM BUS STOP, PARKING, POLICE, POSTAL SERVICES - WHILE IT IS LESS COMMON TO TALK TO STRANGERS, IT IS EASIER TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE STANDING NEARBY IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING TOGETHER IN A COMMON SPACE - SPEED IS INFLUENCED BY WEATHER, AGE, MOBILITY, ERRANDS, OR WHETHER ALONE OR IN A GROUP - WALKING SPEED AND AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT STAYING CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE SPACES - CAMILLO SITTE CRITICIZED THE RATIONAL URBAN PLANNING OF HIS TIME (1889) FOR BEING OVERLY RIGID IN COMPARISON WITH THE LABYRINTH AND DIVERSE EXPRESSION OF MEDIEVAL CITIES - IMPORTANT TO CREATE SPACES FOR PEOPLE RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON STRAIGHT LINES AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS - INDUSTRIALIZATION DIVIDED RESPONSIBILITY FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT - PLANNERS + ENGINEERS - LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE + FUNCTION - ARCHITECTS - MID-SCALE SITE PLANS + BUILDING DESIGNS - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS - SMALL-SCALE - EMPHASIS ON GREEN ELEMENTS + RECREATION - CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS WAS LOST
WEEK 7 EXPLORATIONS - THE FUTURE CITY IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE STREETSCAPE - HOW DOES THE SCALE FACTOR INTO COMFORTABILITY/ FUNCTIONALITY OF THE STREETS? SAFETY? - YAKUZA CITY - ORGANIZED CHAOS - CAN'T ALWAYS BE PERFECT, LIFE NEEDS BALANCE
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL SMALL ALLEY
SIDE STREETS
MAIN STREETS
- MEDIEVAL CITIES GREW ORGANICALLY, LITTLE-BY-LITTLE, ACCORDING TO CHANGING NEEDS - CHAMBORD WAS STILL CREATED IN A MEDIEVAL STYLE DUE TO FRANCOIS I WAS NOSTALGICALLY ATTACHED TO THE MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE AS HE WAS THE LAST CHEVALIER KING - ADVANCED ARTILLERY MEANT THAT BY THE MID-15TH CENTURY, FORTIFIED CASTLES HAD OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS
MEDIEVAL VS. FRENCH RENAISSANCE
CARCASSONNE, FRANCE
WEEK 7 PRECEDENTS
SKYBRIDGES
LARGE
CONTRADICTORY
CREATING VOIDS
CONNECTIONS
PUBLIC SPACES
FUNCTIONS
FOR DEEP FOOTPRINTS
LIGHTENING
MORPHING
ROTATION OF
DENSIFICATION
VISUAL BULK
ELEMENTS INTO STRUCTURE
STRUCTURES
WIND ENERGY
WEEK 7 EXPLORATIONS
- VENETIAN ARCHITECTURE - GIANT BLOCK BUT EASILY IDENTIFIABLE SEPARATIONS WITHIN THE BLOCKS - BRIDGES CONNECTING DIFFERENT ISLANDS TOGETHER - WHAT OTHER TYPES OF BRIDGES CAN BE CREATED? COVERED/ARCHED/SUSTAINABLE FEATURES - PONTE VECCHIO IN FLORENCE, ITALY - SHOPS AND PUBLIC SPACE ON A BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER - TOKYO SMALL SIDE STREETS WITH MARKETS/RESTAURANTS - SKYBRIDGES PONTE VECCHIO
WEEK 7 EXPLORATIONS
DEEP PLAN NOT ALLOWING FOR NATURAL LIGHT INTO THE ALLEYS
CREATED VOLUMES ACTING AS A BOUNDING BOX LIGHT INTERIOR WITH SPACES CREATED INSIDE - FRAME AND INFILL
CUTTING UP THE VOLUMES WITH SKY GARDENS TO LIGHTEN THE VISUAL BULK AS WELL AS ALLOW LIGHT TO PENETRATE THE CITY MIDDLE TOWER AS 'BEACON' JUST LIKE IN CHAMBORD
LIGHTEN UP THE VISUAL BULK OF THE CITY AND ALSO ACT AS
WEEK 7 RESEARCH HISTORY OF CHAMBORD - FIGURES FRANCOIS I -
KING OF FRANCE - 1515-1547
- MARSHAL OF FRANCE
INHERITOR OF MEDIEVAL TRADITIONS + IDEAS OF THE RENAISSANCE
- GIVEN CHAMBORD BY LOUIS XV AS A REWARD FOR HIS MILITARY EXPLOITS
HOLIDAY DESTINATION FOR HUNTING
- HUNTING EXPEDITIONS + LAVISH ENTERTAINMENT
GASTON D'ORLEANS -
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- LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CHATEAU AND PARKS
PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN 1634
- SET UP A THEATRE ON THE SECOND FLOOR
BEGAN RENOVATION + RESTORATION OF THE CHATEAU ( WATERPROOFING)
- MODERNIZED THE OFFICIAL APARTMENT WITH LUXURIOUS DECORATION + FURNISHING
LOUIS XIV -
MAURICE DE SAXE
- COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF A FRENCH-STYLED GARDEN + ROADWAYS FOR FOX HUNTING
KING OF FRANCE - 1643-1716 HAD HUNTING PARTIES, COMEDIC REPRESENTATIONS + GALA BALLS 1680 CREATED A NEW OFFICIAL ROYAL APARTMENT IN THE CENTER OF THE KEEP
HENRI DUC DE BORDEAUX - RECEIVED CHAMBORD AS A BIRTH GIFT IN 1821 - EXILED IN 1830 - UNDERTOOK NUMEROUS RESTORATIONS AND SAVED FROM RUINS - PRESENTED COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS (FAMILY PORTRAITS) - LAST DIRECT HEIR OF LOUIS XIV
WEEK 7 RESEARCH HISTORY OF CHAMBORD - ARCHITECTURE - TOTAL ABSENCE OF ARCHIVAL INFORMATION OF ARCHITECT, PLANS, AND CONSTRUCTION AS RECORDS WERE DISPERSED OR DESTROYED AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY - INFLUENCED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI - FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF MARIGNAN, FRANCOIS 1 DISCOVERED ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE + WORK OF LEONARDO DA VINCI AND INVITED HIM AS THE "PREMIER PAINTER, ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER OF THE KING" - CENTER-PLAN DESIGN WITH DOUBLE HELIX STAIRCASE - DOUBLE PIT EVACUATION SYSTEM WITH ITS AIR DUCT + SEALING SYSTEM ON THE TERRACES - GREEK CROSS-SHAPED CENTER DESIGN - FOUR SIDES OF THE BUILDING OPEN UP ONTO SPACIOUS ROOMS (9M X 18M) FORMING A GREEK CROSS - THE MONUMENTAL DOUBLE HELIX STAIRCASE RISES IN THE CENTER - HOLLOWED OUT, PARTIALLY OPEN CORE - SERVICES THE PRINCIPAL FLOORS OF THE BUILDING - TOPPED BY THE TALLEST TOWER - LANTERN TOWER - CAN SEE THE PERSON ON THE OPPOSITE STAIRCASE BUT NEVER CROSS PATHS - CROSS-SHAPED ROOM DELINEATES IN ITS ANGLES - THE LIVING QUARTERS COMPOSED OF STANDARDIZED APARTMENTS - ORNAMENTATION OF THE UPPER PARTS ARE RIDDLED WITH CHIMNEYS + STAIRWAY TURRETS, RECALLS THE STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES OF FORTIFIED CASTLES
- TRADITIONAL FORMS OF MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE HAD LONG SINCE BECAME CONSIDERED OBSOLETE - ADVANCES IN ARTILLERY MEANT THAT BY THE MID 15TH CENTURY, FORTIFIED CASTLES HAD OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS - CORNER TOWERS, ENCLOSURE, MOATS - FRANCOIS I WANTED TO CONJURE UP RECOLLECTIONS OF A DECLINING UNIVERSE OF CHIVALRY TO WHICH THE YOUNG SOVEREIGN, WHO WAS THE LAST CHEVALIER KING, REMAINED NOSTALGICALLY ATTACHED - THE INTERIOR FURNISHINGS KEPT PACE WITH THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF THE SOVEREIGNS AND THEIR GUESTS - THE ROYAL ACCOMMODATION WERE NECESSARILY TEMPORARY AND AT TIMES EPHEMERAL - CROSS PLAN - EASTWARD - ROYAL WING - WESTWARD - CHAPEL WING - SECOND FLOOR - CROSS-SHAPED ROOM - VAULTS - EMBLEMS OF FRANCOIS I - BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE PAVED TERRACES ABOVE - COMPRISE AN INGENIOUS RAINWATER EVACUATION SYSTEM - CHATEAU WAS RANSACKED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - SYMBOL OF POWER + AESTHETIC ACHIEVEMENT
08 WEEK
DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE USE OF CHAMBORD.
CHANGING SCALES, CHANGING FUNCTIONS.
CHAMBORD AS A KIT OF PARTS.
HOW WILL THE PATHS CHANGE WHEN THE WATER CHANGES LEVELS?
TAKING PIECES OF CHAMBORD AND POPULATING THE CITY WITH THEM. USING PIECES AS INSPIRATION TO CREATE NEW PIECES. SHAPE OF CHAMBORD DICTATING SHAPE OF THE CITY. ORDERED CHAOS IMPLEMENTED TO THE GRID SYSTEM. IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN CHAMBORD ARE MIMICKED IN THE CITY. USING CHAMBORD PARTS IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS,
ORGANIZING THE ZONING BY CHAMBORD INFLUENCE. - COMMUNAL PLACES - COMMERCIAL ZONE - PRIVATE ROOMS - RESIDENTIAL ZONE - OUTDOOR COURTYARDS - PUBLIC ZONE - GALLERY - CIVIC ZONE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION LOST IN FRENCH REVOLUTION. - WANTED TO IMPLEMENT EATING AREAS AS RESTAURANTS/GROCERY STORES/TAKE-AWAYS.
WEEK 8 EXPLORATION FORM GENERATION
3. Negative Space Generated.
1. Chateau Chambord.
CHATEAU 1.1. Chateau CHAMBORD Chambord.
2. BOX 2. BOUNDING Bounding Box FOR VOLUME For Volume EXPLORATION Exploration.
3.3.NEGATIVE Negative SPACE Space GENERATED Generated.
5. Generated Form.
4. HEIGHT 4. BUILDING Building Height INFLUENCER Influencer.
5. GENERATED FORM 5. Generated
Form Generation 4. Building Height Influencer.
2. Bounding Box For Volume Exploration.
Form Generation
CHAMBORD GRID Chambord Grid System. SYSTEM
SITE PLANNING + ZONES+ Zones Site Planning
GRID INFLUENCED Grid Influenced by BY Chambord. CHAMBORD
KEY MOMENTS Key Moments Mimic MIMIC CHAMBORD Chambord Typology.
Form.
CHAMBORD INTEGRATION
1. Domes as Public Space.
1. 1.Domes DOME as AS Public Space. PUBLIC SPACE
5. Window Details as Building Facade.
3. Arches as Bridges.
2. 2. Tower as AS TOWER Public Space. PUBLIC SPACE
3.3.Arches asAS ARCHES Bridges. BRIDGES
4. 4. Arches ARCHESasAS Facade FACADE Treatment. TREATMENT
5.WINDOW Window Details 5. DETAILS as Building AS BUILDING Facade. FACADE
Chambord Integration 2. Tower as Public Space.
Chambord Integration
4. Arches as Facade Treatment.
20m 15m 10m
LVL 10
LVL 8
COMMERCIAL Commercial
CIVIC Civic
RESIDENTIAL Residential
PUBLIC Space SPACE Public
LVL 6
LVL 4
LVL 2
TYPICALPlans PLANS Typical
10 WEEK
FURTHER EXPLORATIONS INTO THE CHAMBORD KIT OF PARTS. HOW CAN THE PIECES OF CHAMBORD BE RE-PURPOSED INTO DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE WAYS? CHIMNEY AND DOMES AS CHIMNEY, TOWER, MONUMENT, AND PUBLIC SPACES. CHANGING OF SCALES AND FUNCTIONS.
WEEK 10 EXPLORATIONS CHAMBORD AS KIT OF PARTS
WEEK 10 EXPLORATIONS
CHIMNEYS AS TOWER OR MONUMENT/LANDMARK
DOMES AS TOWER OR CHIMNEYS
CHAMBORD TOWER BASE AS CONNECTING ELEMENT/WAKWAY - BUILDING OVERHANG
DOMES AS PUBLIC SPACE
CHAMBORD TOWER BASE AS CONNECTING ELEMENT/WAKWAY - THROUGH BUILDING VOID
DOMES AS BUILDING CORNER TOWER
DOMES AS LARGE PUBLIC SPACE THAT CHANGES FUNCTIONS WITH TIDES
11 WEEK
GROUP SITE MODEL CREATION. WORKING ON THE GARDEN. EXPLORING MORE MACRO ELEMENTS AND USING THEM AS INSPIRATION FOR NEW ELEMENTS. WINDOWS ACCORDING TO CHAMBORD PLACEMENT. TOWERS AS PUBLIC SPACES MIMIC THEIR POSITION FROM CHAMBORD INTO THE CITY. CHANGE FUNCTIONS DEPENDING ON WATER LEVELS
WEEK 11 GROUP SITE MODEL MY CONTRIBUTION
TEMPORARY FRENCH GARDENS ICONIC FLEUR DE LIS 1 OF 3 GARDENS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHÂTEAU
WEEK 11 EXPLORATIONS COLUMNS
WEEK 11 EXPLORATIONS SKYBRIDGES
PUBLIC
COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC/COMMERCIAL
WEEK 11 EXPLORATIONS WINDOWS - OCCUR IN THE CITY DEPENDING ON THE WAY THEY APPEAR IN CHAMBORD
W.1
W.2
W.3
W.4
W.5
W.6
WEEK 11 EXPLORATIONS TOWERS - OCCUR IN THE CITY DEPENDING ON THE WAY THEY APPEAR IN CHAMBORD - TOWERS AS PUBLIC SPACES, NODES, GATHERING POINTS, AND CONNECTORS BETWEEN BUILDINGS
12 WEEK
OLD VS. NEW FACADE SYSTEMS - OLD ON FIRST THREE LEVELS JUST AS CHAMBORD - NEW EMERGES FROM THE OLD, FOLLOWING PATTERN. SKYBRIDGE AND SKYMARKET CREATION ACCORDING TO LOCATION OF CONNECTORS IN CHAMBORD. HYPERLOOP IMPLEMENTATION INTO CITY.
WEEK 12 EXPLORATIONS FACADE SYSTEMS OLD + NEW - FACADE 1
CONTINUED GRID CONNECTING OLD + NEW
NEW OLD
WEEK 12 EXPLORATIONS FACADE SYSTEMS OLD + NEW - FACADE 2
CONTINUED GRID CONNECTING OLD + NEW
NEW OLD
WEEK 12 EXPLORATIONS FACADE SYSTEMS OLD + NEW - FACADE 3
CONTINUED GRID CONNECTING OLD + NEW
NEW OLD
WEEK 12 EXPLORATIONS FACADE SYSTEMS OLD + NEW - FACADE 4
CONTINUED GRID CONNECTING OLD + NEW
NEW OLD
WEEK 12 EXPLORATIONS CHANGING WATER LEVELS
10M WATER LEVEL
15M WATER LEVEL
AS THE WATER LEVELS CHANGE, SO DO THE PATHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. CHAMBORD WAS CONSTANTLY CHANGING OWNERSHIP AND WITH THAT, FURNISHINGS AS WELL. THE CITY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING. AS THE WATER LEVELS REACH 15M, NEW PATHWAYS ARE NECESSARY TO BE TAKEN TO GET AROUND. AS THE WATER REACHES 20M, WHAT ONCE SEEMED LIKE SKYBRIDGES, NOW BECOME NORMAL BRIDGES.
20M WATER LEVEL
HOW DO THE BOTTOM TWO FLOORS NEED TO BE DESIGNED IN ORDER CATER TO THE CHANGING OF WATER LEVELS? ENTRANCES? WINDOWS? HOW DO THE PUBLIC SPACES CHANGE WHEN THE WATER LEVELS RISE?
WEEK 12 EXPLORATIONS FORMS OF MOVEMENT TO/FROM THE CITY AND WITHIN THE CITY. BRIDGES
HYPERLOOP
SUMMARY
A CITY WHICH IS BASED ON PRINCIPLES LEARNED FROM CHAMBORD AND JUXTAPOSED WITH PRECEDENT RESEARCH BY OLD AND NEW ARCHITECTURAL THEORIES OF WHAT A CITY SHOULD BE.
USING CHAMBORD AS A GUIDE TO INFLUENCE THE DESIGN AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY. THE EXTERNAL CHAOS AND INTERNAL ORDER IS EXPLORED AND USED.
LEARNING FROM CURRENT CITIES IN THE WAY THAT THEY DEAL WITH THEIR POPULATION IN REGARDS TO ACCOMMODATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SPACES, AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY. HOW AND WHY DO THESE CITIES WORK?
AS THE OCCUPIERS AND FURNISHINGS CHANGE IN CHAMBORD, SO DOES THE CITY IN REGARDS TO THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE INTERACT WITH BOTH ONE ANOTHER AND THE CITY.
INCREASED POPULATION IS INEVITABLE, AND DENSIFICATION WILL EVENTUALLY BE OUR ONLY CHOICE.
PATHS THROUGHOUT THE CITY CREATE MOMENTS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND CREATES A CITY FOR PEOPLE. BRINGING THE STREETS UP INTO SKYBRIDGES
HOW CAN WE CREATE A CITY THAT ADJUSTS TO THIS CHANGING POPULATION, BUT ALSO ONE THAT CAN ADAPT TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS?
HUMAN BEINGS DESIRE INTERACTION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CREATES A MICROCLIMATE FOR THESE INTERACTIONS TO OCCUR.
KHAOS ORGANUM This project is an architectural exploration to find the balance between the unavoidable state of increased urban densification and the core experiential aspect of individual human existence through unravelling the spatial and cultural essence of the ordered chaos commonly observed in Tokyo, and the gridded mess in places such as New York City.
David Gerber - 774234 - Thesis - Chambord Waterscraper