Urban Threshold by Kosuke Ino

Urban Threshold

Intermediate space between production and the city Portfolio Kosuke Ino

Urban Threshold -Intermediate Space between Production and the CityProject Manifesto Making in the city has significant value due to the proximity between people and production, as compared with the dependance of cheap labour in remote areas. This gives citizens experience of production such as engagement in design and an instant access to finished products. Simultaneously, it is beneficial to manufacturers in terms of quick respond to users demands and potential workforces. Considering these benefits of making in the city, the project is proposed in Cambridge which is characterised as a hybrid of a college city and tourist destination. The former helps to produce high quality products by collaborating with skilled people in Cambridge. On the other hand, the latter enables vast array of people to get involved in manufacturing and production. The proposal sits in a riverside area which is occupied by students and tourists due to university facilities and amenity space in open area. This space reflects the dichotomy of the two aspects of Cambridge. Remarkably, there is a reciprocity between two areas in terms of occupation and views. Most university facilities open to the public whilst tourists make the area vibrant by occupying the area. Additionally, green area and the river provides open view from the university area, while those buildings give various city scape such as artificial lights. In this context, the smart textile production, which is a new type of fabric reacting to surrounding conditions, is introduced in the site. Manufacturing process combines traditional and high-tech machines, and this becomes a part of view in the site which allows people to learn traditional textile production. Additionally, design process requires user tests in extreme conditions to experiment the reactions of textile to surroundings, and this offers facilities to the public. Therefore, manufacturing process and design have a potential to provide unique experience of production to the public and the city. Considering the features of Cambridge, site, and programme, the project aims to offer making experience through threshold space articulated by manufacturing and testing space. This making experience enhances reciprocal relationship between production/ city and university/tourist destination. In order to achieve this, two types of space were designed: one is larger volume created by constraints of the site including occupation, views, and access, and another is smaller individual spaces in response to the sizes of individual machines and specific testing conditions. The configuration of these spaces results in the surplus spaces, in other words, threshold. This space works as buffer zone between production and the city, which enhance experience of production. The threshold space could be utilised as multi-functional space associated machine and testing rooms. For example, it becomes educational space along with demonstration in testing room, workshop with the usage of machine rooms, and new access routes with viewing traditional machines. Moreover, the roof and facade moderate lighting conditions of threshold depending on function by utilising louver and mesh system with framed structure.

smart clothes react to extreme stimuli healthcare

wind, water

temperature

humidity

thermoregulation fabric

humidity regulation fabric

wind, water resistance fabric

manufacturing cotton, wool

yarn

fibre +PCM microcapsules → thermoregulation +INOTEK fibre → humidity regulation

spinning (traditional) scouring

carding

combining

spinning

twisting

36 m²

34 m²

100 m²

58 m²

50 m²

textile

weaving (traditional)

finishing (manual+ high tech)

winding

warping

sizing

weaving

100 m²

212 m²

155 m²

267 m²

high tech finishing

manual finishing

cutting

stitching

adhesive bonding

welding

laser joining

digital embroidery

25 m²

38 m²

digital printing 50 m²

laser cutting 94 m²

225 m²

experience provision demonstration

education

smart clothes making with high tech machine

machine display

traditional machine rooms

temperature, humidity controlled room

wind test room

lecture room

workshop

180 m²

320 m²

250 m²

155 m²

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300

site location boundary and site territory

500m

collage of the university university building site main tourism areas green area

loacation of collaborative subjects with smart textile A. B. C. D.

Manufacturing Engineering Medicine Medicine Enginnering

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districts in Cambridge university and tourism areas

500m

site photos contrast between University and Fen area

25m

site elevation site elevations

contrast between University Universityarea and Fen area fen area

50m

ss acce

route

views and access route key views and access to the site

50m

key views relationships between two areas

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1 5

1. a gathering point 2. amenity space, connection between open space and university area 3. punting termianal 4. pub entrance 5. the university centre, a point users stay 6. an entrance of the university centre

site occupation key areas which are occupied by students and tourists

volume development models scale and void experiment by blue foams

volumetric proposal plaster model created by site constraints

occupation access routes view lines

volumetric proposal cut by site constraints

volumetric proposal

light tests direct and diffused light with different forms

louver system diffused light test

facade / roof section model, 1:25

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ground plan / scale 1:200 1. scouring, carding room 2. combining room 3. spinning room 4. twisting room 5. warehouse 6. winding room 0

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25000mm

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first and second floor plans / scale 1:200 7. weaving room 8. warping room 9. sizing rooom 10. manual finishing room 11. digital embroidery room 12. laser welding room 13. digital printing room 14. manual finishing room 15. laser cutting room 0

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① lecture room ② wind testing room ③ temperature, humidity testing room N

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elevation model different layers of proposals and existing buildings