THE POLITICAL PARALLEL

Inspired by Archizoom’s No-Stop City in 1969, we begin by exploring the possibility of an urban continuity, characterized by a large degree of freedom within a regulated system, and less hierarchical spatial configuration. But unlike Archizoom, we do not believe that a dystopia is the only way to critique social issues. By minimizing the absolute privacy and maximizing sharing possibilities, we imagine a collaborative and healthy community where urban families intersect on common resources but maintain individual choices.

Urban Master Plan

Scale Of Sharing

The sharing is intended to improve living environments. From unit scale to cluster scale, what we give up is a certain degree of privacy, but what we gain back is increased access to amenities that were previously associated with luxury living.

On an urban scale, the public courtyards vary in size, with some being covered or semi-covered, their organization do not reflect strong hierarchy.

Urban Perspective

01 view into basketball court

02 view into children's center

Flexibility Of Sharing

The sharing is also intended to enhance flexibility. The grid system and nonhierarchical circulation paths allow for the units to be easily re-configured. Meanwhile, residents can traverse through an enfilade of common spaces in multiple ways, or through other private units, if they happen to be open for access deliberately.

On an urban scale, all of the outdoor courtyards are connected on the ground level, most of which have more than two access points. These access points are strategically placed to create multiple possibilities for meander through the site

Interior Model Shots

view into non -hierarchical rooms

Urban Scale Model

SCALE 1:1000

Located in Pittsburgh North Shore which is taken by vast parking lot and large scale sports facilities. Is there a way these large scale infrastructure for sports and other big events could become less of a mostly unused and closed off forbidden city to the adjacent urban fabric and society? The proposed new construction is relatively small in scale yet has a great potential. The ambuity of soft spaces are explored in this design so to make the small structure influence the site in an active way.

03 Soft Spaces

A New Performance Center

Architecture Option Studio, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Instructor: Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler

Duration: 09.2018- 12.2018

Location: North Shore, Pittsburgh, PA Academic Work, Individual

Delft University of Technology Library

Typology: the ground

Activities: study, resting, meeting, gathering