Chisinau Civic Center "Inception"

CHISINAU A CITY IN

kth|urban studio 2011 urban anatomy: cities in transition stockholm-chisinau perspective

TRANSITION

chisinau, moldova - a transition to what?

CHISINAU CIVIC CENTER

INCEPTION

denis trax @ kth|urban studio o 2011

INCEPTION IDEA PLANTED

BY DESIGN

how to plant an idea through design?

INCEPTION IDEA GROWING

BY DESIGN

how to grow an idea through design?

INCEPTION

THE IDEA

[URBAN DIALOGUE] democratic negotiations for equitable coexistence in the city by self-organised urbanity usage of the formality & informality for merging the people in the main public spaces

INCEPTION THE DESIGN

DESIGN-BOX design & program a built environment & a strategic governance for planting & growing the idea

INCEPTION THE PARADOX

PROBLEM? self-organised urbanity what to design for something that should be designed & grow by itself?

INCEPTION URBAN CODE

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METHODOLOGY enter the existing city reading the urban code look how the people use the existing first & create/build a design for the future related to that existing

INCEPTION PUBLIC SPACE

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE reinforce the main public spaces public spaces as frame for urban dialogue: central & public

selfpresentation

meeting

progress

PUBLIC SPACE communication

catalyst

INCEPTION INFORMALITY

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE reinforce the informality informality provides an opportunity for those excluded from formal processes to find presence in the city beside the formal the informal is a specialist in organising itself informality within public spaces can act as an innovator

INCEPTION EXISTENCE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC SPACE urban space where the people are „free“ to meet & act

beside shopping the main interest to use a public space is social contact & economic advantage

INCEPTION EXISTENCE SOCIAL & CULTURAL APPROPRIATION public space for communication & representation

INCEPTION EXISTENCE ECONOMIC APPROPRIATION public space for progress & advantage economic appropriation is an act of reaching our desires

INCEPTION EXISTENCE ECONOMIC APPROPRIATION index of formal & informal usage

INCEPTION EXISTENCE ECONOMIC APPROPRIATION index of formal & informal usage

INCEPTION EXISTENCE ECONOMIC APPROPRIATION locations of formal & informal usage

INCEPTION EXISTENCE ECONOMIC APPROPRIATION

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scale of formal & informal usage

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temporary manifestation in space

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permanent manifestation in space

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

SPACE OF ECONOMIC CREATION AND USAGE spatial core of action translated into space

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

THE MODULOR scale of proportions for the spatial core of the main activities

le corbusier‘s modulor: an anthropometric scale of proportions

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

EFFECTS OF THE MODULOR spatial core of the main activities

various effects spreading in the surrounding area & back: spatial, physical, mental, economic & social effects

here the formal & informal activities benefit mutually!

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

EFFECTS OF THE MODULOR

actors

effects

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

VARIATIONS IN THE MODULOR spatial core for various activities

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

VARIATIONS IN THE MODULOR spatial core for various activities

performance

culture

the usage of the modular spaces is not predetermined

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

VARIATIONS IN THE MODULOR spatial core for various activities

exhibition

leisure time a wide range of various activities are possible in the modular spaces

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

COMBINATIONS OF THE MODULOR

depending on a specific ic site the modular spaces can be combined

combinable modular spaces

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

destructive intervention into a undetermined space of possibilities

MODULAR DESIGN design intervention inside the modular spaces

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

visibly frame construction shapes the free spaces of the modular design

MODULAR DESIGN design intervention frame the modular spaces

INCEPTION

design intervention for informality shaped void for creating shelter IN

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shaped void as spatial & metaphorical manifestation with open-minded space for temporary usage

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MODULAR DESIGN

INCEPTION

design intervention for informality pavilions for creating shelter IN

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shaped void with roof construction as protection from weather influences for temporary usage

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MODULAR DESIGN

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN design intervention for informality pavilions for creating shelter frame construction

additional stabilization

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INCEPTION

MODULAR DESIGN

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various sizes of pavilions for a system examples

scheme pavilions

5,55m x3,35m x2,65m

5,05m x3,35m x2,35m

5,05m x3,05m x2,05m

2,35m x2,35m x2,35m

2,35m x1,95m x2,05m

1,55m x1,55m x2,05m

INCEPTION

MODULAR DESIGN

TRANSLATION

various locations for the pavilions examples SAND

playground/beach

various surfaces

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ASPHALT street/pavement surface

steel post

park/countryside

square/ pedestrian zone

ROOF flat roof building surface base/soil

scheme foundation

PLATES

concrete foundation

WOOD park/beach

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

scheme various footprints

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

various informal appropriations

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

various informal appropriations

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

spaces of possibilities

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

spatial appropriation by informal & temporary/permanent (economic) spatial usage

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

spaces of possibilities

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN adaptable framed void for informal appropriation & creating shelter

spatial appropriation by informal & temporary/permanent (economic) spatial usage

INCEPTION AL

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formal system of combinable elements for the framed void upgrade scheme

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TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN

interchangeable plugins for informal & temporary/permanent (economic) spatial usage

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN formal system of combinable elements for the framed void upgrade scheme

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steel post covered by plugins

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INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN formal system of combinable elements for the framed void upgrade scheme

possible constructions for the summer & winter season

INCEPTION

formal building structure for the framed void IN

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permanent manifestation in space for (economic) spatial usage (e.g. formal built supermarket)

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MODULAR DESIGN

INCEPTION

constructed frames for appropriation & improvisation as start up for self-organised urbanity

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MODULE-BOX

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TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN

INCEPTION TRANSLATION

MODULAR DESIGN coloring the public space

IDEA PLANTED

BY DESIGN

MODULE-BOX spatial, functional & metaphorical set-up to mix it for free spatial practices by economic, social & cultural appropriation of public spaces in the city [URBAN DIALOGUE]

INCEPTION IDEA PLANTED

BY DESIGN

FIRST INTERVENTION for equitable coexistence in the city by self-organised urbanity

CHISINAU CIVIC CENTER

NEW CENTRAL

MARKET CHISINAU CIVIC CENTER the new central market top-down design of modular frames for a bottom-up, self-organised & open-ended development

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE CIVIC CENTER AS PUBLIC THEATER

INCEPTION INTERVENTION THE MARKET AS PUBLIC ORGANISM

INCEPTION

THE PUBLIC STAGE

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DESIGN-BOX design & program

public spaces as frame for urban dialogue

economic space and public space are correlated to each other

PROCESS top-down design of frames for a bottom-up and open-ended development

PUPLIC SPACE

THE NEW CENTRAL MARKET

uniting all the individuals to some collective in one place

AUTHORITY the people who use the space are the authority as the priority objective is a selforganised urbanity in urban space

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ECONOMIC SPACE space for economic expression

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INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE PUBLIC STAGE bulevardul grigore vieru directly in city center

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE PUBLIC STAGE bulevardul grigore vieru existing public space

INCEPTION

THE PUBLIC STAGE

INTERVENTION

bulevardul grigore vieru state tax inspectorate

ministry of finance

national bank of moldova

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INCEPTION

THE BODY

INTERVENTION

built environment

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SHARED SPACE usable by all pedestrians and motor vehicle surface kerb-free single design, 20mph speed limit

INCEPTION

THE BODY

INTERVENTION

built environment

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A H S shared space ca. 44m

scheme section

INCEPTION

BODY

INTERVENTION

built environment exit the black-white-scheme

SYMBOLISM: scale of economic usage formal

„in between“

informal

there‘s not only black and white, there‘s a lot of grey as well!

SURFACE: a usable space for all

INCEPTION

THE BODY

INTERVENTION

built environment

-3

SHARED SPACE

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25m

50m

surface pattern of the whole black-greywhite-scale as mark of the shared space (ca. 20000 sq m) material painted asphalt

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE BODY built environment

INCEPTION

THE CIRCULATION

INTERVENTION

of actors and equipment

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bus stop main traffic 0

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50m

traffic shared space

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE CIRCULATION of actors and equipment

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

use of the modulor

THE ANATOMY built fabric for the performance

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

use of the modulor

THE ANATOMY built fabric for the performance

INCEPTION

THE ANATOMY

INTERVENTION

built fabric for the performance -3

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market 0

25m

50m

traffic shared space

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE ANATOMY built fabric for the performance

bus stop for circulation

INCEPTION

THE ANATOMY

INTERVENTION

built fabric for the performance

multi-purpose building non-profit organisation or city offers: premises for several activities premises for storage for the people (e.g. vendors)

main public meeting place inner core of the market is an open space for meeting and social practices

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE ANATOMY built fabric for the performance

modulor translated into design

INCEPTION

THE ANATOMY

INTERVENTION

built fabric for the performance

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25m

50m

scheme section

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

CHISINAU CIVIC CENTER

NEW CENTRAL

MARKET

THE DESIGN - built environment

INCEPTION INTERVENTION

THE DIRECTOR self-organised urbanity the people are the authority

tensions and conflicts between the people

THE NEGOTIATORS are...

part of the program communicating the idea and function of the market to the people comparable to caretakers of the new central market trying to solve conflicts and tensions trying to help and to support responsible for the multi-purpose building always in/around the market during the day not the police paid by non-profit organisation or city

THE PROGRAM - strategic governance

INCEPTION IDEA PLANTED

BY DESIGN

how to plant an idea through design:

CHISINAU CIVIC CENTER

NEW CENTRAL

MARKET

INCEPTION

UTOPIA YEAR 1

DEVELOPMENT

self-organised urbanity a planted idea -3

building roof

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25m

50m

seating

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 1 self-organised urbanity a planted idea national holiday

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 1 self-organised urbanity a planted idea local market

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 1 self-organised urbanity a planted idea celebration

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

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200m

UTOPIA YEAR 1 self-organised urbanity a planted idea

INCEPTION

UTOPIA YEAR 3

DEVELOPMENT

self-organised urbanity a growing idea -3

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25m

50m

informal

building

informal

roof seating

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 3 self-organised urbanity a growing idea local market

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 3 self-organised urbanity a growing idea local market

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 3 self-organised urbanity a growing idea exhibition

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

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UTOPIA YEAR 3 self-organised urbanity a growing idea

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 6 self-organised urbanity a growing idea upgraded structure

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 6 self-organised urbanity a growing idea upgraded structure

INCEPTION

UTOPIA YEAR 6

DEVELOPMENT

self-organised urbanity a growing idea -3

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25m

50m

informal

building

informal

roof seating

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 6 self-organised urbanity a growing idea upgraded civic center

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 6 self-organised urbanity a growing idea popular local market

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA YEAR 6 self-organised urbanity a growing idea cultural event

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

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UTOPIA YEAR 6 self-organised urbanity a growing idea

INCEPTION IDEA GROWING

BY DESIGN how to grow an idea through design: the civic center as URBAN SPACE LAB no image of luxury, just a simple given structure, which hich turns into a multifaceted d place of progress through formal and informal appropriation by the people...

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA self-organised urbanity a growing idea examples

other locations in the city - representative places

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA self-organised urbanity a growing idea examples other locations in the city - abandoned places

INCEPTION DEVELOPMENT

UTOPIA self-organised urbanity a growing idea examples other locations in the city - rural places

CHISINAU CIVIC CENTER

INCEPTION

denis trax @ kth|urban studio o 2011