Decele[b]ration
Celebrating deceleration
Jia Ruixue, Kerachian Elaheh, Mao Xiaoyun
The Rocade, instead of being continuous, breaks up into a sequence of localized moments or areas of experience, corresponding to particular spatial and formal configurations. The Rocade, instead of being ubiquitous, becomes harmonious with its surroundings, thus restating a degree of unity, while simultaneously raising awareness and consciousness about its very existence. The Rocade’s entry/exit ramps, instead of breaking points of a circulation system, become the primary stage of civic life, and decelerates into pieces of cinematic scenes to be celebrated.
The Rocade, an infrastructure of mobility, is primarily described as system of distribution. While it aims to be the conductor of flows of goods and people, it also becomes a producer of residual urban space. Especially at the entry/exit of the Rocade, there are zones of vacant landscape. These spaces only function for decelerating traffic. It consists of is lawns and bushes at some places. More often, it only has road signage and billboards. People never consider the residual spaces as destinations. The current living style near the Rocade is formed with the mind-set that pursues efficiency. People can hardly live, work and play in adjacent community without car. The Presence of the Rocade further implies its significance as an infrastructure of mobility, which instigates people to drive more. However, these residual spaces in-between speeds can become triggers of a new Rocade image. These spaces counted as one third of the UNESCO Bordeaux. These spaces plus their zones of adjacency, the total areas equal to the whole UNESCO Bordeaux. Thus, infrastructures of mobility are prime candidates for becoming public spaces or public forms that are true and proper to the existences and demands of a modern urban society. It can release tremendous of energy and creativity to a new urban life. The project makes use of residual spaces around Rocade to explore how the space could be reclaimed and redesigned, and to make the transition from a suburban, automobile oriented society to an urban, walking one and more serendipity. The project goal is to design an environment that could be used for multiple functions, that stimulates intimacy between people and the space.The program is also adaptive, which could be transformed by the users of the space
RESIDUAL SPACE AND ADJACENCY
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Residual space: We see the residual space as a great potential development area.With the adjacent space, the total area equals to the full size of the UNESCO Bordeaux. With its critical location, this residual space’s development would dramatically change Bordeaux.
LOCALIZATION POTENTIAL
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Residual space of the rocade equals one third of the UNESCO district. Its reinvention can trigger a new occupation and conceptualization of Bordeaux periphery. Size comparison to Bordeaux UNESCO
Argument on residual space
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Residual space = 1/3 Bordeaux
Adjacency space = 1 Bordeaux UNESCO
Unused
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ISSUES OF RESIDUAL SPACE
Residence
View
Adjacency
The view of trip from one side to the other side of the Rocade is poor with unplanned landscape and wide concrete pavement.
The Adjacency zone of Residue space are too far from each other which is fragmented. The gap created by residual space further push them away.
Shopping mall
expand 277m 3min walk
Scale The scale of the building and parcels are enormous., which is built for car scale. They eliminate the pleasure of walking around them. and deny the intimacy with the context.
Total 1047m 13min walk
Program The big parcels are single programmed, such as shopping mall, office. It is hardly to find any mixed use program or public program
Circulation
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All the circulation is based on cars. Although bike path and pedestrians are provided, they are extended because of the exit ramp.
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STRATEGIES The goal is to generate new way of living around the Rocade by developing the residual space. Each residual space is unique and has its own character. It should also be developed according to its own opportunity: its size, adjacent lands, and transportation.
Existing
View
+transform the residual space to view points enhance the visual experience on Rocade
Scale
+break down large scale parcels +scale down the road and house to limit car usage
road
more intimate scale with Rocade
building
Circulation
+add walkways and bikelines for continous program
Program
+apply different program to residual space accroding to its location +establish new community
Adjacency
+consider adjacent area as new opportunity new lifestyle community enhace live quality
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Transformation
ZONE OF PROGRAM The program is designed according to the site condition. With respect to the natural topography, the site is transformed into pond, restaurant, view tower, etc. These program is flexible and adaptive for multiple events.
Playground
Cultural festival
Flower picking
Exhibition
Restaruant
Wine test
Exhibition
Restaurant
View tower
ski
Pond Picnic site
Outdoor movie
Concert
Carnival
Camping Community gathering
Housing / Apartment hotel
one year Spring
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Fall
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PROPOSAL
PHASING
PROPOSAL
Phase 2: Colonnize residual space with Tram-in Hub, small public facilities
Phase 1: Reclaim residual space
View tower Tram-in Hub Gallery
Outdoor movie Farmers’ market Picnic site
PROPOSAL Phase 4: Complete new community
Phase 1 Reclaim
Phase 2 Colonize
Reclaim residual space along Rocade. Allow the use of residual space. It could PROPOSAL open for camp site, outdoor Turn the forgotten space into active ones. Phasecinema. 3: Enhance walk experience
Colonize residual space with multiple public facilities with consideration of adjacent space. The big-box shopping mall will be transformed into Tram-in with multiple public functions. Along the elevated walkway, a series of small scale intervention occupied the residual space which triggers later development.
Add multiple public facilities and elevated pedastrain walkway
Swimming pool Restaurant with vineyard view Elevated walkway
Kindergarden
New Community New housing
Phase 3 Community
Phase 4 Impact
Build new life style community.The new life style is about quality of life. It is not a community built based on cars scale. The intimacy of the neighborhood and human scale are the main principles of the design.
Impact adjacent neighborhood new life style community. The adjacent neighborhoods are influenced by the new community which they start to transform into part of it.
New tram bridge
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Pond
Elevated walkway
Restaurant with vineyard view
Parking Exhibition
Kindergarden
View tower Tram-in Hub
Farmer’s market
Outdoor space
New housing
TRAM-IN HUB
Tram-in hub
Office
Library
Tram Station Parking
Outdoor plaza Shopping center
more height to accomamdate multiple program
Plan
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The existing shopping mall is transformed into a new transit hub. Considering the topography of each sites, the tram stop appears on the level of the shopping mall roof. It is maintained as a shopping center with more public programs, including a library, a office complex and a parking building.
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Exhibition
View tower Elevated Walkway Off-
Restaurant Plan
The restaurant and the alternative gallery features view of vineyard which is an icon of Bordeaux. Walk down the elevated walkway, an elevator will take people to a view tower which reframe the vast view of the landscape.
Restaurant
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Vineyard
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Pond Rocade Tram Elevated walkway
Pond plan
The topography on the site is a 2-meter deep valley. Instead of being an unused landscape. It is proposed to be flooded as a pond that can ecologically benefit the neighborhood by collecting raining water, as well as being a site for leisure.
HOUSE IN THE WOODS
Residence plan
Floor 1
Floor 2
Floor 3
Floor 4
+ Smaller foot print + Higher density Smaller foot space print + More public + Higher density + More public space
+ Smaller foot print + Higher density + More public space
This new housing is proposed to encourage workability and intimate relationship with the nature. It is designed with minimum footprint but more floors. It encourage people to share the space.
Section
A BORDEAUX STORY
House in the woods
He woke up, yawned, and smelled the coffee
Good to not be in a car
Tramway
All the world is a stage , he thought
The romance of systems
Cream of mussel soup, snails, rib beef
He quietly sipped his wine He quietly sipped his wine
Night is lovable
There was no time like the present