“It is about building a city where everyone has a voice, not just people with lots of greenbacks in their pockets. It is about doing a lot with a little. It is about the restoration of nature instead of its destruction. It is about cooperation rather than competition. And it is about the power of community to move mountains." - The City Repair Project
Re-imagine Community Displacement of Local Community in Benidorm Behind the thriving image of Benidorm as a mass tourist “machine”, there also lies a story - vulnerable permanent residents. Similar to other touristic destinations along Costa Blanca, in recent years Benidorm has seen a decline in number of local families living and running their own businesses in the central part of the city. Instead, while being fully dependant on the businesses, these families often have to close down their businesses and turn their centrally located homes into commodities for profit. While young permanent residents of Benidorm usually commute from outside of the town to work long hours as cheap labour in hotels or at adjacent entertainment facilities, the city lacks a year around offer for its growing community of permanent elderly residents.
A rapid transformation of Benidorm in the past fifty years from a fishermen’s village of 3,000 people to a leisure city catering millions every year, has left an inevitable trace on the city’s social fabric. As a result, today there is very little sense of belonging for the local communities in this artificially created reality of leisure. Could Benidorm establish a new healing ground - a productive and flexible co-living and co-working space, where both permanent and transient residents of the city interact, as a solution to change the monocultural behaviour of the city while offering social engagement and cultural exposure to its respective users? Could this hybrid architectural typology offers a new vision for Benidorm where tourism, local businesses and culture act as an all-in-one offer promoting Benidorm as a festive leisure city?
Co-living as urban antidote to monocultural mass tourism and Airbnb gentrification As an alternative to the existing all-inclusive offers across Benidorm, the project aims to challenge the dichotomy of “owned” and “shared” space by offering flexible co-housing and co-working spaces for both its permanent and temporary residents. The proposal seeks to revive the local’s sense of community, bring local businesses back to the city and to maximise cultural experiences for the transient visitors. Located in the very heart of Benidorm’s offer for mass tourism, the co-hosing scheme proposes accommodation for a combination of groups with the ratio of 3:2:1 to permanent locals, transient residents and tourists respectively. The call is led by the local council to select permanent residents of the building. As a part of the rental contract, successful local applicants are obliged to rent out part of their homes as temporary accommodation for temporary visitors and/ or working spaces for small local businesses. The proposed scheme seeks to create a flexible platform where local people and transient visitors live and
social role of relevant cultural activities within a given time, or either a short term social contract or on a voluntary basis. The initial proposal is located at the centre of Benidorm’s beach frontline, in an area which is heavily loaded with all-inclusive gated hotels. With the nature of the repetitive gated urban blocks filled with car parks and underutilised landscapes, the integrated co-housing scheme unfolds the potential of utilising in-between residual urban voids as area of opportunity for inventing a new typology for the future densification of Benidorm. Through this approach, the project hopes to act both as an alternative model and a new precedent to be implemented further along the coastline’s urban blocks in order to tackle the existing issues of limited built land, housing demand and low levels of social integration. With co-housing itself as the core programme around many transformable co-living spaces, this proposal embodies a new solution for having a reciprocal relationship in between integrated private-public spaces and tourism to support larger cultural objectives in Benidorm.
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The Mass-Tourist Machine
LEGEND Site Permanent Residents Transient Residents Tourists
Infrastructure (mostly residents) Leisure / Activity (shared) Airbnb Apartment
Throughout the year approximately half of Benidorm’s tourists are Spanish, of the overseas tourists approximately 66% are British and the remaining predominantly from other parts of Northern Europe (the highest proportion of which being Dutch at 12% of overseas tourists). Various groups consume the city in different ways and have given rise to distinct caricatures of the Benidorm tourist. The Spanish hotel-goer is typically elderly, perhaps looking for traditional activities, inland during winter travelling in large social groups. The caricature of the British hotel-goer is, a stereotypical Brexiteer, uninterested in Spanish culture, contained within an all inclusive complex. The British staying in self-catered apartments, are caricatured as stag and hen parties, getting sunburnt on the beach and drunk on the strip. The Spanish apartment stayer might be older active couples walking on the beach. Campers are harder to characterise - typically they stay up to month, and can be a mixture of families and even some residents who camp in high season to airbnb their homes.
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Detached House - Room
TranvĂa House
First started by a wife of a fisherman offered hospitality to travellers with warm meals. Rich families of Europe travelled for "Bath Treatment" from sea water
Tram house - long rows of 3-5 storeys apartments were build to accommodate population growth. Each rooms are designed with a private balcony with a view.
Detached House - Floor Arrival of train brought in more tourists. Trend has grown and more local houses renting out the levels of their houses.
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City Council approved "New City" urban planning and led to vertical hostels and apartments as strategy maximise rooms with minimum plot area
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Mega Hotels
Accumulated Issues
Building policy without height restriction allows more tall hotels to be built in the city resulted in more rooms and leisure facilities such as swimming pools to attract more tourists
Tourism and Airbnb has elevated the housing crisis in Benidorm in terms of property values, increased rental and social displacement. Lack of affordable housings caused more locals are moving out of the city.
AirBnB With advanced technologies, renting and booking accommodation are made much easier. Locals transformed their homes into holiday rental room by advertising through online platforms.
Evolution of Holiday Rental Timeline of Rental Housing Typologies
Long stagnancy followed by sudden growth have created a city with two clearly defined architectural eras, which the city’s planning department refer to as the ‘compact city’; the old town, slowly established over a few hundred years with its traditional arrangement of narrow streets and low rise buildings, and the ‘open city’; the high rise urban grid, still growing but mostly built over a period of 20 years to accommodate efficient mass-tourism, along a distinct set of rules regarding density overshadowing and green-space. The negative connotations that are typically applied to high rise post-war architecture including accusations of architectural determinism, bulldozing of the past and aesthetic monotony, are uniquely irrelevant within the context of Benidorm.
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Airbnb Money-driven society Displacement Disturbance
Airbnb Crackdown in Spain To Airbnb or not Airbnb?
“"Wouldn’t it be nice if all parties could benefit from Spain’s extremely successful tourist industry without one side losing out?" - Seriously Spain
Spanish authorities have decided to crackdown on Airbnb, the website where travelers from all over the world can book cheap accommodation in private apartments and houses. That is because Spanish hoteliers are complaining, saying they’re losing a lot of business because of it. Due to this Airbnb crackdown in Spain, local authorities all over the country have decided to put into effect new regulations – regulations like the new one in Madrid that says anyone booking an apartment or room on Airbnb must book for a minimum of five days. Home sharing on Airbnb is helping local families across Valencia afford their homes and rising living costs, while boosting the local economy. It is part of the solution to local housing concerns in the city, and is helping put tourism euros in the pockets of local families – not just wealthy hotel groups.
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^ Former Mayor of Benidorm urged the need for affordable social housing for vulnerable communities - benidorm.org
Housing Crisis in Benidorm Tourist Demand rises, what about the locals? Behind the thriving image of Benidorm as a mass tourist “machine�, there also lies a story - vulnerable permanent residents. Similar to other touristic destinations along Costa Blanca, in recent years Benidorm has seen a decline in number of local families living and running their own businesses in the central part of the city. Instead, while being fully dependant on the businesses, these families often have to close down their businesses and turn their centrally located homes into commodities for profit. While young permanent residents of Benidorm usually commute from outside of the town to work long hours as cheap labour in hotels or at adjacent entertainment facilities, the city lacks a year around offer for its growing community of permanent elderly residents.
“"The social spirit of these houses is lost. The rent has been up to them and in many cases tenants chose to go to cheaper housing and with more services..." - Agustin Navarro, former Mayor of Benidorm
Free Food !
Free Beer !
Land of Sun !
Quick, quick ! Why go out?!
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Direct transfer from Airport to Benidorm with public transports
Check-in, done!
Visitors rush checking into hotels and stay in hotel for long hours
What's next?
Give me all the sun!
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Visitors only travel out from hotel to get to the beach for sun, drink and then back to hotel
Monocultural Consumerism Is that it or is there more?
With all-inclusive and all-you-can-get pacakages provided, the visitors prefer to stay in the swimming pool where they can easily get what they need without having to leave the hotel and go into the crowds. The beach, the sea, and more choices of food and beverages or perhaps boredom, are the factors that make them step out the hotel. However, with so many fiesta happening throughout the year, many visitors travel to Benidorm and seek to immerse themselves into the local cultures. However, the visitors have to pay an extra expenditure to go through the tour providers or third party online platform to acquire first hand cultural exposure. What if tourist can decide where to stay based on what they want to experience from?
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Visitors travel to next destination or return home
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A number of visitors pay more for more exciting experience with local cultures and tours through third party agencies
Let's go back to hotel!
Some poor services provided by tour agency turn down the visitors and make visitors stay in hotel most of the time
Existing Housing Crisis
Stagnant Living
Benidorm's current housing market focus on foreign investors. Locals struggle to enter property market and urged for affordable housings
Tourism activities increase both living expenses and room rental due to the demand of the tourists. Lack of growth and financial pressure led locals to seek alternatives for side incomes
The Call
Moving in
Local council will lead a call for participants in a co-housing scheme with assessment to select eligible candidates with low income and cultural background
Successful local applicants are obliged to rent out part of their homes as temporary accommodation for temporary visitors and/ or working spaces for small local businesses .
Airbnb
Airbnb Frenzy
Locals transformed their homes into commodities and advertise on online platforms. Short holiday room rental earns more profit than normal permanent tenancy
Displacement of local community out of the city for profits and cheaper accommodations. Breaching of social integrity and occurance of urban turmoil
Integration with cultures
Re-imagined Community
The scheme offers flexible platform where local people and transient visitors live and work together, with each of them having an opportunity to commit to a social role of relevant cultural activities within a given time, or either a short term social contract or on a voluntary basis.
Monoculture holiday rental are replaced with new housing scheme to help building the neighbourhood and allows regeneration of community, identity and sense of belonging through socio-economic programmes between residents and visitors
Design Scheme
Re-imagine Way of Living Co-living as Urban Antidote A rapid transformation of Benidorm in the past fifty years from a fishermen’s village of 3,000 people to a leisure city catering millions every year, has left an inevitable trace on the city’s social fabric. As a result, today there is very little sense of belonging for the local communities in this artificially created reality of leisure. Could Benidorm establish a new healing ground - a productive and flexible co-living and co-working space, where both permanent and transient residents of the city interact, as a solution to change the monocultural behaviour of the city while offering social engagement and cultural exposure to its respective users? Could this hybrid architectural typology offers a new vision for Benidorm where tourism, local businesses and culture act as an all-in-one offer promoting Benidorm as a festive leisure city?
Programme Proposal Professional Studies
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PS Design Brief The initial proposal is located at the centre of Benidorm’s beach frontline, in an area which is heavily loaded with all-inclusive gated hotels. With the nature of the repetitive gated urban blocks filled with car parks and underutilised landscapes, the integrated scheme unfolds the potential of utilising in-between residual urban voids as area of opportunity for inventing a new typology for the future densification of Benidorm. Through this approach, the project hopes to act both as an alternative model and a new precedent to be implemented further along the coastline’s urban blocks in order to tackle the existing issues of limited built land, affordable housing demand and low level of social integration. The proposal will be led by Entitat Valenciana d'Habitatge i Sòl (EVHA) via Valencia Regional Government Public Institute for Housing and close collaboration with Benidorm Housing council to implement combined scheme of social housing and shared living and communal amenities with the neighbouring users. Rented accommodation will be offered by the council for suitable local residents and transient residents of an intergenerational nature, with community services to attend to the residents of the neighbourhoods. A mutual partnership is established between the council and the neighbouring towers with partially funding scheme, granting the all occupants with accessibility to the cultural programmes, public and shared amenities of the development in exchange of the shared plot. With housing itself as the core programme around many transformable co-living spaces, this proposal embodies a new solution for having a reciprocal relationship in between integrated private-public spaces and tourism to support larger cultural objectives in Benidorm.
Client and User Professional Studies
Building the Sharing Movement Client and User Relationship The proposal seeks to revive the local’s sense of community, bring local businesses back to the city and to maximise cultural experiences for the transient visitors. Located in the very heart of Benidorm’s offer for mass tourism, the scheme proposes social rented accommodation for a combination of groups with the ratio of 3:2:1 to permanent locals, transient residents and tourists respectively. The call is led by the local council to select permanent residents of the building. As a part of the rental contract, successful local applicants are encouraged to rent out part of their homes as temporary accommodation for temporary visitors and/ or working spaces for small local businesses. The proposed scheme seeks to create a flexible platform where local people and transient visitors live and work together, with each of them having an opportunity to commit to a social role within a given time, or either a short term social contract in exchange of cheaper rent.
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Permanent Locals
Locals seeking permanent home with income, cheaper rent and with relevant cultural background with Benidorm, with terms and conditions.
Transient Residents
Short term temporary visitors staying from 3 - 12 months. Able to commit to social role. E.g. : Spanishs seeking to buy 2nd homes, students, professional individuals, young working adults
Building Community Capacity User Scheme Strategy "It is about promoting the 'capacity' of local communities to develop, implement and sustain their own solutions to problems in a way that helps them shape and exercise control over their physical, social, economic and cultural environments." - Sustaining Comminity As an alternative to the existing all-inclusive offers across Benidorm, the project aims to challenge the dichotomy of “owned” and “shared” space by offering flexible co-housing and co-working spaces for both its permanent and temporary residents. The proposal seeks to revive the local’s sense of community, bring local businesses back to the city and to maximise cultural experiences for the transient visitors. Located in the very heart of Benidorm’s offer for mass tourism, the co-hosing scheme proposes accommodation for a combination of groups with the ratio of 3:2:1 to permanent locals, transient residents and tourists respectively. The call is led by the local council to select permanent residents of the building. As a part of the rental contract, successful local applicants are obliged to rent out part of their homes as temporary accommodation for temporary visitors and/ or working spaces for small local businesses.
Social Tourists
Local or foreign visitors with socio-culture interest, staying less than 1 month. Seeking cultural exposures without needing to spend extra money on cultural products and experience.
LEGEND Permanent Locals Transient Residents Tourists
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Individual demands of livable space varies in term of duration of stay, accommodation sizes and experiences
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Hierarchical Amalgamation
Combining units rearranged to merge shared living spaces between residents according to social objectives and local priorities
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Permanent Locals purchase and own housing units with shared common space with specific program
Shared Economy
Permanent Locals share living spaces and provide cultural services to ratio-controlled visitors according to seasons
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Elderly > 65 Young Individual <35 Common Area - Program
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Case Study : Social Housing Plaza de América, Alicante Intergenerational Social Housing
Intergenerational housing units on three different sites in central urban areas which are owned by the municipality and reserved for public use, with the intention of extending to other neighbourhoods in future. Programme regeneration of the wider area and provides facilities that can benefit the wider community: - Health Care Centre which attends a population of 30,000 people - a public car park - a day centre open to public Number of rooms : 72 Size: 40 m2 - single or double occupancy Rent: €160 - €220 per month Residence composition: a) low-income- age of 65 (78 per cent of residents) b) low-income young people- under the age of 35 (22 per cent of residents) Selection criteria a) age and with the greatest socio-economic disadvantage b)Young people- selected based on income as well as motivation, empathy and suitability to work in the social programmes, with preference given to those with qualifications and/or experience in community/social work.
‘Good Neighbour Agreement’ Social Contract An opportunity to engage young people to commit to social role. Each young person is in charge of taking care of four older people in the building, offering a few hours of their time each week to spend with the older residents and acting as a liaison with Municipality.
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Residential Carpark Common Area - Program Health Care Centre
Ground Floor Plan N.T.S.
Key Plan N.T.S.
The units are arranged around the 4 cores of the buildings which is the service area. The modules are stacked and rotated with different orientation
Public Vs Private The modules are arranged according to their functions with its adjacent spaces, providing connection of spaces and privacy to the users, allowing allows flexibility of partition walls to be placed to define internal living spaces according to the usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs.
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Case Study : Modular Housing La Muralla Roja, Calpe
Defining Dichotomy of Public and Private spaces The housing project challenges the increasing division between private and public spaces, characterized by a series of modular components: L-shape units, interlocking stairs, platforms and bridges. The building utilized service spaces : kitchen and wetroom as buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core structures instead of traditional vertical structural staircases. Number of units : 50 Unit typology: -60 m2 Studio - 80m2 two bedroom apartment - 120m2 Three bedroom apartment The 4-5 level apartment building is designed according to its modular frames. In each tower, 4 services cores comprised of kitchen and washrooms are emerged from the ground level as the main structural support of the building. The 4m x 4m modular units constructed with reinforced concrete are precisely placed around the cores and stacked on top of each other. Bofill designed the cascading stairways climbing up on the modules, creating accessible circulation to all levels and roof terrraces. The cascading stairways gradually opens up to the top which allows more natural light into the inner courtyards and patios. The modules are arranged according to their functions with its adjacent spaces, providing connection of spaces and privacy to the users. There are mainly the shared common space, essentially the living spaces, kitchens, toilets and balconies. While the private spaces are the bedrooms to fit either a double bed or two single beds. The modular spaces allows flexibility of partition walls to be placed to define internal living spaces according to the usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs.
Modular Design The units are arranged around the 4 cores of the buildings which is the service area. The modules are stacked and rotated with different orientation
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30% green area - local city's regulation is neglected and illegal extension taking up public side walks for commercial capacity and benefits
Fenced, elevated private carpark podiums cut off street interaction and eliminate social edges and redirect pedestrians towards beach. Often left unused due to reduced vehicles and promotion of city as a pedestrian friendly city.
4 Commercial ground level and beach activitity nodes are the only connection that promote movement between buildings and streets along the beachfront walkway
Street Analysis
Site Considerations and Opportunities
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Visual Connection with Streets
Engagement and Interaction Pedestrians drawn to shopfronts and social activities created
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Trees buffers noises and provide shades
Pedestrians uninterested to built surroundings
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The site has different edges: fenced walls, elevated carpark, beach boundary and paseo that restraint and control human flow and circulations, sometimes provoke social activities
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Narrow, uninviting street used as carpark at both sides of side walk. A potential "Green Finger" extension as existing urban reactivation strategy to promote pedestrianized streets
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Illegal extension of commercial grounds taking out the sidewalks both open up more activities but cut off visual connection between buildings and street level
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Design Intention
Site Considerations and Opportunities
Reconnecting Axes Introduction of new axes to infiltrate physical edges and create connection to adjacent blocks and beach for permeability, interaction and urban integration
Activity Bubbles Introduction and extension of activity chains from existing programmes and its relevant contexts
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Bicycle/ Scooter Rental Communal Hall / Lounge Nursery Children Playground BBQ Deck Swimming Pool Sunset Bar Community Gym
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Professional Studies
Fire Strategy Escape Route Emergency Exit Fire Hose Reel Evacuation Assembly Point
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Permanent Master Bedroom For Main Tenant Access from GF Unit Private Terrace
Rentable Room Unit Short Stay Vacation up to 14 days Private Access with Shared Terrace
Rentable Studio Short Term Rental Contract 3 - 6 months Renewable Private Access with Private Terrace
Rentable Bedroom Vacation / Short Term Contract Access from Ground Floor Unit Shared & Private Terrace
Conditions of Renting Rentable units are flexible according to time of the year, type of users and duration of stays
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Rentable Unit Diagram Rentable units can be rented out for tourists and partnered hotel apartments during peak season under Benidorm council management
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First Floor Unit Plan | 1: 50 While base unit is more grounded, upper terrace units are more informal, providing private terraces and shared communal areas at corners as point of intervention
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Transformable Room Design Seasonal Programme Proposal
Typical Room
Retracted furnitures on movable track Furniture cabinets can function as partition
Summer
Rentable room unit for Tourists Private access during occupacy
Winter
Room can be transformed into living spaces, office studio and temporary storage space
Flexible Space
Room can be transformed to accommodate wide range of activities and functions on users' preferences
First Floor Unit Typology Permanent Use vs Rentable Units
Terrace
Private Terrace DN
Entrance
Home Unit - Master | 1F
Home Unit - Bedroom | 1F
Master Bedroom with Private Terrace
Rentable room with private access
Double Room - 24 sqm
Double / Single - 18 sqm
Entrance
Terrace
Entrance
Studio A | 1F Double Room - 28 sqm
Rentable studio with private access
Studio B | 1F Single / Double - 18 sqm
Rentable room with private access
Section A - A Scale 1 : 50
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STUCCO WALL DETAILS | 1 : 10 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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30mm Thk Traditional Stucco Finishing Mesh Lath on Timber studs Drainage plane with 25mm wall ventilation gap Foam Insulation 200mm x 300mm Timber Beam 20mm shadow gap wall joint detail 20mm thk Plywood on Stud 100mm Thk Rockwool Insulation
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CONCRETE FOOTING DETAILS | 1 : 10
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Timber Flooring with treated wood sleeper Polyester foam Insulation Rigid insulation Reinforced Concrete Slab Coarse Gravel Vapor retarder membrane Crawl space drain gate Exterior footing drain perforated pipe Interior perforated pipe sloped to flood drainage
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B FLAT ROOF DETAILS | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Parapet Cap Flashing Timber Cladding 20mm Thk Plywood on Studs Self-adhering Roof membrane Vapor retarder membrane Timber Beam Polyester Foam Insulation Rigid insulation
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ROOF CONNECTION DETAILS | 1 : 10
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White Powder Coated Zinc Roof Deck Roof Fascia with Drip detail Rockwool Insulation with 25mm roof gap Roof Soffit 50mm x 170mm Timber Joist 200mm x 350mm Timber Beam Window Rail Frame 12mm thk single glazed hopper window with aluminium frames
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WALL BEAM JOINT DETAILS | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Timber Flooring with treated wood sleeper 20mm Thk Plywood 50mm Thk Rockwool Insulation for Sound Proofing 50mm x 200mm timber Floor Joist External Timber Cladding Veneer Timber ceiling fixed on joists Glass Panel Sliding Door
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PARAPET WALL DETAILS | 1 : 10 3
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Timber Parapet Wall Pebbles Edge to Drainage Outdoor Timber Deck Vapor retarder membrane 100 x 100mm Roof Drainage to Downpipe Foam Insulation 200 x 50mm Timber Joist Mechanical Services Pipelines
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Technical Section Scale 1 : 50
Environmental Study Solar, Ventilation Design Strategy
ES
Daylight Solar Strategy Scale 1 : 50
Heating & Cooling Strategy Summer & Winter | Scale 1 : 100
Exploded Axonometric
Detailed Axonometric Diagram
Technical Design with Details
Design Variations
Railing Semi-Private roof terrace with separated stair entrance
200mm x 50mm Timber Floor Joist
300mm x 200mm Timber Beam
Internal Courtyard with Sliding Doors Spatial permeabilty to encourage visual and interaction
Internal courtyard blurs indoor and outdoor
100 x 50mm Timber frame wall joists
Courtyard as Core
Internal courtyard as light well and ventilation core encapsulated by living spaces
Storage Space under Stairway Semi-Private Terrace for occupants Access to shared Patios
Planter / Seating Double Hung Window
TS
White Powder Coated Zinc Roof Panel
Railing
Timber Deck
Monopitched Timber roof joists
Timber Floor Joist Foam Insulation wraps around structure
Timber structure
Timber Cladding Water drips and weeps out the bottom of the stucco
Sliding door to timber door frame
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Beam to Sliding Door Detail |
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Door frame detail and insulation wraps around beam to minimize cold bridging Modular Wall system Sheathing with lath
Scratch coat
Planter as railing and cooling strategy
Brown coat Foam Insulation wraps around structure
Limewash finish
200 x 200mm Timber Column Insulated wall
3 coat stucco on shealthing
25mm gap drainage plane for moisture escape
Water drips and weeps out the bottom of the stucco
Sliding door to timber door frame
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Beam to Stucco Wall Detail |
1:5
3-coat stucco wall detail for strength, durability and wall breathabilty to minimize moisture
Wet Service core: Kitchen + Washroom
ii Timber Column secured to concrete slab with Steel Plate connection
J-bolt bolted timber frame to concrete slab
Timber wall joist frame Bearing Pad Lifted Timber Structure on concrete footing against flooding
Operable Awning Window
Lifted Concrete Slab on Footing
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Timber on Concrete |
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Lifted Timber Structure on concrete footing with crawl space drainage against flooding
Sectional Perspective Workshop at Courtyard
Summer
Internal Courtyard as center of living, a buffer between the public and private
Winter
Rentable room transformed into functional living spaces for residents
Transformable Living Spaces Summer and Winter
A day in the Summer Street Elevation
Arcade of Cultural Alley Outdoor Terrace
The Cultural Incubator Aerial Perspective
Design Stages Timeline Professional Studies
Design
Brief and Concept
Urban Strategy in Phases Professional Studies
Planning
Planning Drawings
Design Development Conceptual Design
Tender
Cost Received
Phase 1
Construction
Design Development Design Revisions
Phase 2 & 3 Construction
Handover
All built Drawings