OUR CITY DO NOT NEED A BLUEPRINT GIFFORD ZHANG E0098114 TUTOR : TAY KHENG SOON
IMAGINING JURONG CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ENVISIONING COMMUNITY AND HOUSING WHERE A CITY NEVER GONE AR4102 DESIGN 8 . 2016/17, SEMESTER 2
IMAGINE JURONG CBD AR4102 2016/2017 Semester 2 DESIGN 8 NUS/ C&H This edition is first published in April 2017 c Gifford Zhang Shanchun All rights reserved. No part of this whole publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical , photocopying , recording or otherwise without the prior permission of Gifford Zhang Shanchun, E0098114. Contact details Email: E0098114@u.nus.edu / giffordzhang@gmail.com Tel : +65 91768911
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Foreword
Studio Map
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Masterplan
Design
Issue Site Vision Imagine Jurong CBD Model
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Idea Spot Final critic board
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Foreword
OUR CITY DO NOT NEED A BLUEPRINT IMAGINING JURONG CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ENVISIONING COMMUNITY AND HOUSING WHERE A CITY NEVER GONE
Our city do not need a blueprint. Our World is going through the rapid economic transformation. Yet we are not progressive in the way we design cities. We claim ourselves as a UNESCO creative city yet our creation is no longer about the good product, it is about self-expression. We are often concerned about the finished product and forget that the unfinished is a stated invitation to the user to complete the experience. We are often keen in the exclusivity of design but the design is about the inclusivity. The sweet attempt to make sense of the resultant design at the early stage kills the relationship between exploration and translation. Are the design of today condemn to the visual feast of observer or participants.Who are we trying to impress? Who are the real community and what are the houses of future looking like? Informed by the first-semester masterplan and its intensification of doubling the current 80,000 [2015] population in Jurong region of Singapore, the sequent architectural proposition this semester was sought to develop programs, functions, and spaces in central business district fit for 21st century. Located in the sandwiched lot between the existing Jurong transport interchange and future Jurong high-speed railway leading to Kuala Lumpur, the central business district will be home to 16,000 occupants on a suspended bridge spanning 800 meters. Knowing the quantum of occupants and participating in Singapore Budget 2017 vision of moving forward together as one Singapore. And, living in a major rapid changing world where technology posed as a potential disruption to most industries, we asked ourselves, ‘Can we create a central business district of today, moving everyone forward with deep capabilities that can thrive in an uncertain and fast-changing world of today?’ While the whole world today is looking for a blueprint to turn this potential disruption economic of today into potential opportunities of tomorrow. We, as a studio acknowledge that we are in a different world today, we do not need a cast-in-stone roadmap. Thus, We wanted to design a new CBD of not looking at a change in strategies but series of strategies for changes. Within this context and parameters setup, and the key to our investigations was an examination of distinct landmarks,existing level changes, roads patterns, transportation vehicles, programs and economies within Jurong CBD. Analyzing this pattern, we begin to explore and discuss images of the future that would provide us to imagine a new city for tomorrow where spaces of learning and knowledge will be an extension of the super school. This extension 'The university of life' where a series of buildings critically explore how learning may constitute in the future and how spaces could be created to frame this process. In the light of the new CBD, a range of technology, appliances, and constructs was imagined and developed that allow occupants to develop deep capabilities fitted for the 21st century. Connecting to our neighboring country through the future high-speed railway, the project echoes an attempt to capitalize our project as a catalyst to go international. Through our design exploration, we also examined underground economies within the city including a state-supported black market, robotics energy plant and goods transport system. These are proposals under the 800-meter span bridge. On the bridge itself, we also looked into elderly housing above the current transport interchange to tap on the existing land cost so the affordability of housing will be significantly brought down. The arena of knowledge, a new aged library
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where it houses an underground of 15 meters storages of books, objects, and rare collections and serving as a regional library and archive for the neighboring countries. Rather than a static housing, the insertion of maker's center where craft and arts creatively explored in a co-sharing apartment, inspiring pedestrian while commuting on the bridge. The amphitheater of food explores the relationship between local hawker food and a theater. The ground-breaking creative smell and sights create a direct dialogue with the festival plaza where festivals and impromptu events are hosted. Framed as a speculative and polemic inquiry on spaces for the production of ideas. The idea spot acts as a venture capitalist for ideas and where ideas are spotted. It started to question the act of how ideas are produced and communion between founders and funders. It is a supermarket of ideas. Channel hopping through the site, I set out to interrogate the mechanism an idea and an invention, closing down the slippages and transgression between the actual and the imagined, the here and there, and the now and then, as capital becomes a backdrop, prop and plot device to a series of imagined programs. Finally, the pockets of learning spaces along university of life, a super school was envisioned. The environment takes an education beyond the wall of an institution into the hand of public. Aligning with the idea of growing deep capabilities, it spans across 800 meters from the high-speed railway to the Jurong interchange with a diversity of learning environment. The horizontal school places a strong emphasis on the intersection between these future programs on the bridge and knowledge production to test and explore how new community and housing typology could rewrite the way how city are conceived.
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Studio map
economically climate and vision of university of life
The studio aims to develop a creative, diverse and rigourous approach to architecture and design. We learn to observe, draw, model and design through a series of creative discussions before embarking on an individual building project sited in Jurong CBD. The main intention of the studio asking individual buildings to response to each other is to allow us to explore ways of seeing, interpretating and understanding objects/ events/ places and learn to look beyond the obvious into the unseen qualities of a citymaking. Through these series of design process, we designed a central business district of today, moving everyone forward with deep capabilities that can thrive in an uncertain and fast-changing world of today.
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ISSUES Singapore Budget 2017 vision is to move forward together as one Singapore. And, living in a major rapid changing world where technology posed as a potential disruption to most industries, we asked ourselves, ‘Can we create a central business district of today, moving everyone forward with deep capabilities that can thrive in an uncertain and fast-changing world of today?’
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THE RISE OF ROBOTS AND A JOBLESS FUTURE : WILL CONSUMPTION PATTERN CHANGE ??
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A Creative Revolution And Sharing Paradigm Do we see the rise of robots and machine production as new opportunity to free us up to do what we do best?
What are community and housing in the future? Why do we still need a community? If we need , Who are these community? What exactly is a house that embrace the future?
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SITE : JURONG, SINGAPORE The semester one studio, Jurong masterplan parcellation concentrate on providing a platform where international meet local. And understanding what architecture as a subject between masterplanning and global and regional issue. The site was then divide into eight parcels and lead by distinctive individuals bringing the masterplan to life. Doubling the existing population of Jurong, the masterplan proved its assumption of providing density yet not forsaking the greenery and corroding the ambiance of the site. Thus , the masterplan structurally integrateda sense of diversity and dynamism as one experience the new Jurong.
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LAND PARCEL DIVISION 2016/17 SEM 1
ALLOCATED SITE : JURONG EAST CBD The corridor between two major transport hub in Jurong, the new high-speed railway and the current Jurong East interchange will be the new CBD. Estimating an arrival of approximate 4000 people from the new high speed rail ,the corridor will definelty have a constant inflow of people into the CBD. And also given the doubling of residential population in Jurong region, the new CBD will be accomdating 16,000 residential. Thus , these built up will definelty buzz a constant life within the CBD even on weekend.
JURONG EAST INTERCHANGE
HIGH SPEED RAILWAY
MASTERPLANNER YIN AIWEI 2016/17 SEM 1
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FINDING THE FIT: UNIVERSITY OF LIFE The university of life is a series of buildings, spanning across 800 meters between the high-speed railway and the Jurong east interchange that critically explore how learning may constitute in the future and how spaces could be created to frame this production of knowledge. It is essential that learning spaces offer comfort, recognition, adaptivity and privacy.
JURONG EAST INTERCHANGE
JURONG TOWNHALL
PRESERVED JURONG COUNTRY CLUB
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HIGH SPEED RAILWAY
THE EXTREME OF EXPERIENCE The five aspects of the university of Life
EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE [THINKING]
ENCOUNTERING COMMUNITY [SUPPORT]
EXPLORE BASIC SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [RISK]
EVOLVE WITH TIME [SCALE]
EXPERIENCE LIFE
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THE PLANNER VISION
Planner aerial perspective of the corridor
Planner perspectives of the corridor
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OUR PROPOSITION of a new CBD of not looking at a change in strategies but series of strategies for changes.
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1] Jurong High-speed Railway 2] Government Data centre and Water desalination 3] Hourly hotel & Baggage mover system 4] Jurong Festival Garden 5] Jurong East Reservoir 6] Jurong Town hall
7] Idea Spot 8] Tree of Life 9] Festival pavilion 10] Amphitheater of Food 11] Arena of Knowledge 12] Maker’s Centre
13] Bus interchange + Affordable Elderly farm housing] 14] Train station + Affordable Elderly and student co-sharing housing 15] Creative cluster [Superschool] 15] Marketplace of ideas [Superschool] 16] Technology cluster [Superschool]
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NEGOTIATED NARRATIVE Addressing Founders Dilemma and diversing funders investment, Idea spot was developed as a communion between founders and funders. It is a hotspot of ideas and also where ideas are spotted.
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IDEA SPOT Entitled IDEA SPOT, this entry thesis is about the future of creative class and their connection to the city. Sandwiched between the future high speed railway and the current Jurong transportation interchange, the project asserts that contemporary innovative thrives on urbanism, and that this presents opportunities to redefine our spatial, social and programmatic connections between production, consumption and everyday life.
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These collective spaces becomes a communion and conversation of both founders and funders, both present and future. The collective centre is made up of three distinctive programme, a salon, a bank and supermarket. The salon where raw ideas being refined and polished, a bank where ideas become bankable asset to build the better world and a supermarket where founders display their ideas in the open market to call for investors. And beside the bank lies the mega playground for venture captalist, with an unblocked facing the Jurong festival garden, a commercial and retail-mixed garden, adding vibrancy and buzz of the CBD. The mega playground include the tower of envy, housing the lastest and most luxurious car. At the extreme top of the tower, the rich would fly in their private helicopter. Idea spot become the SE. Asia highly source luxurious playground for the venture capitalist KAYPOH TOWER [ SKYPORT FOR FLYINGMOTORCYCLES ]
IDEA BANK
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IDEA PLAYGROUND [VENTURE CAPTALIST SKY VILLA]
IDEA SUPERMARKET
CHOPE FOR YOU [MICHELIN STAR DINING] > TASTERS > CASUAL > PRIVATE
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DESIGN STRATEGIES
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2] ADDITION OF A BRIDGE AND THE UNIVERSITY SETTING TO BRING LIFE AND CHARACTER TO THE WALKING EXPERIENCE
3]- OPENING OF THE PLAZA TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO JURONG TOWNHALL
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JHSR - JURONG HIGH SPEED RAIL JTH- JURONG TOWN HALL JTI- JURONG TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE JFG- JURONG FESTIVAL GARDEN [ NEW PROPOSAL ]
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THE PLANS Given three distinctive programs, the design transform 110,000sqm of built up area into a commercial venture captalist spot. Taking in account of the accessibility of overall building maintenaces, fire engine landing , loading and unloading , and a lobby drop off, a new road was inserted to assist with traffic movement between the proposed Idea spot and Jurong town hall.
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-AUDITORIUM -LAB -OFFICE - THEATRE - FACTORY - KAYPOH TOWER [ CCTV AND DRONES SOUNDS COLLECTION CENTRE] -FLYING MOTORCYCLE SKY PORTS
-HOTEL -MICHELLIN POP-UP RESTAURANT -SUPERMARKET -BALL ROOM -BRIDGE BAR [ BRIDGE]
-IDEA VAULT -GALLERY -TELLER ROOM -OFFICES -STORAGE -COUPON ROOM
-SERVICE APARTMENT -HIGHRISE CLUBHOUSE -CO-SHARING OFFICE -TOWER OF ENVY [CAR SHOWCASE] - HELIPAD - PRIVATE TOY MUSEUM
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IDEA SALON
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Imagine ideas can be polished and groomed
Imagine Kickstarter has a supermarket
Image beside: The test lab for food pills, redefining the idea of instant. These pills are packed with flavours of your local delights and are undergoing the stress test to be ready for market launch.
Image beside: The catalog of ideas invites potential funders to browse and then seek the ideal idea. The funders will be able to contact the founder to find out more able the product and investment.This supermarket also inspires anyoneto explore a new idea as they immerse themselves in such an inspiring environment.
mage beside magine everyone bank in an idea daily to improve the world around them. The act will not only make them richer but make the world better. This idea will turn into a real product as funders will auction with these ideas on investment day.
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Section through the Amphitheatre of food , Tree of life and the Superschool
Imagine ideas can be a bankable asset to build a better world
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THE VISUAL AXIS
TO JURONG FESTIVAL GARDEN
The section shows the terracing of the rich skyvilla , overlooking the pla a and with an inďŹ nite view to Jurong festival Garden. The bridge of the extreme left lead to the michelin pop-up restaurant where world -renowed chefs are ew in to cook for the rich. These are also private meeting places where funders can discuss investment with founders. Moving right, the section cut through the idea bank, housing the bank of ideas. This programe is placed in the strategic location beside the superschool , forming a marketplace of ideas. The connection between the bank and amphitheatre of food start to reengineer the formal way how building open up to each other. This start to raise a openess culture within the community.
Section through the Amphitheatre of food , Idea bank and Jurong festival garden
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FLYING IN
THE PRIVATE HELICOPTER TO IDEA SPOT
The richs are not only greeted with a full vista of the whole proposal from the idea salon, supermarket, bank, their mega playground [from left to right]. They will be able to see the iconic Jurong townhall and their commercial investment of the Jurong festival garden. As they soon come into the landing, they will see the full extent of the tower of envy , showcasing the lastest automobile toys.
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Outside the Idea bank, funds are transferred as one upload an idea to build the better world.
The plaza in front of Idea Supermarket become a showcase of ideas and technology.
Flying motorcycle, drones,and CCTV frontages of the CBD are part of the Kaypoh tower. The tower become the mother of all datas for the salon, collecting lastest ideas and data.
Flying motorcycle, holographic projections, ideas as bankable asset are not projected reality far from today. These are existing technology borrow and scale larger in the urban environment to demonstrate a vision of ideas communication between the funders and founders. These experimental spaces, running parallel to the super-school will expose and inspire a whole in generation of learners to be creative and plug-in.
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FLY THROUGH
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SEQUENCES LAYOUT Site Plan View From Jurong Festival Garden View From Amphitheatre Of Food View From Jurong high-speed railway
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FINAL CRITIC PANEL
IDEA BANK
IDEA SUPERMARKET
IDEA SALON
JURONG CBD COMMUNITY AND HOUSING STUDIO 11/04/2017
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“We wanted to play around with the idea of university spaces that is dynamic and versatile . The location has provided us with the oppurtunity to break down the barriers of standalone CDB programs, without losing the essence of meaningful and elevated learning experience. Thus, the evolution of new CBD does not have a blueprint , but will continually provide the people with deep capabilities fitted for the 21st century.”
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Thank you NUS for giving me the oppurtunity to be part of the Community and Housing studio by professor Tay Kheng Soon. Special thanks to my six wonderful studio-mates who worked hard during the semester and encouraged me along the way. Nonetheless, a big thank you to Professor Tay for being an inspiration and patiently guiding us along the way. Above all , I offer my immense and unreserved thanks to Dr. Johannes Widodo and Winston Lim who contributed valuable inputs to the project, without these efforts none of this will have been possible.
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Guest critics, lecturers and consultants Tay kheng soon (Tutor) Johannes Widodo(NUS) Tan Beng Kiang (NUS) Winston Lim (NUS)
Acknowledgements : Wang Chao Chao (Studio) Chen Chin Liang (Studio) Wong Chun Kit (Studio) Letitia Liaw Le Wei (Studio) Bie Yuxuan (Studio) Lai Cheuk Sze (Studio)
Design 8 Community & Housing Tay Kheng Soon Studio Year 2016/2017 SEM 2 Department of Architecture School of Design and Environment