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KRISTIA VILLANUEVA Instructor: DR. EDUARDO AQUINO
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introduction:
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mexico + personal nostalgia
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architectural trip
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Eduardo Aquino, along with his students, went to Mexico City for an educational trip. The benefit of the trip was to open up students’ design perceptions. Seeing more than just buildings and tourist attractions, the studio group experienced Mexico City’s vibrant and authentic culture. Observing these qualities, the studio was able to be motivated in preparation to its final project -an architecture that proposes complete benefit to an urban community.
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This project was inspired by the nostalgia the street’s culture brought. Mexico and the Philippines have a significant amount of similarities, which granted an almost fabricated experience of nostalgia -an ambiguity of being home, but not naturally.
Morning view of a street in La Condesa, close to breakfast coffee shops.
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Pilgrimage culture of Mexican residents preparing for afternoon mass. This also showed similarity to the Filipino culture every holy holidays.
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Dr. Aquino asked the studio to independently create a proposal for an urban project in either Mexico, or Winnipeg. Photos from September 2016 aided as inspiration to accomplish this. They were able to expose and showcase the fact that Winnipeg, Mexico and the Philippines have potential united (albeit different from each other) design and life.
And now it starts. Apparent, yet disjointed. History, yet so vivid. Not home, but here.
Overlapping photos of the ceiling design of Winnipeg’s Union Station and a church in Mexico City.
Nostalgia arrives as my body leaves the present time to those deconstructed memories. I'd love it to stay.
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5 Combination of Mexico’s Trajineras and Winnipeg’s Red River.
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More examinations of these photos created more overwhelming power of nostalgia that did not disappear until addressed as the project’s research thesis.
Overlapping photos of brutalist architecture of Magnet Industries’ (Winnipeg) and Insurgentes’ (Mexico City).
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Overlapping photos of Portage Avenue (Winnipeg Downtown) and Downtown Mexico City.
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Through the research, the project inspired a trigger of memories from childhood and the Philippines. It is not impossible to compare the Philippines and Winnipeg despite their significant difference.
The Forks Market (Winnipeg) and Bagong Palengke (Philippine’s “New Market”) in one photo.
Photos of Winnipeg and Philippine market.
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I have always been fascinated with reading back on my old memories through the old journal entries I have created ever since I was 14 years old. I keep coming back to this path through the project. So, as suggested by Dr. Aquino, I created a book called All That I Remember that compiles an outline of all the nostalgic experiences I had, involving architecture of the Philippines and Canada.
Cover pages of All That I Remember.
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The studio discussed the idea of addressing the site as the wellspring of a structure. Therefore, using Julie Mehretu’s works as precedents, the studio created a schematic drawing of the site. Dr. Aquino described this as an “intuitive precision” of context drawing.
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Schematic site drawing of Avenida de los Insurgentes.
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Dr. Eduardo Aquino, along with the studio had a day-long walk through Avenida de los Insurgentes. This avenue stretches on a 28 km distance and is the longest one in Mexico City. The city is mostly known for its very colourful physicality, but Avenida de los Insurgentes creates a whole different scheme of visuality due to its ruggedness. Although the avenue is comprised of commercial buildings, it has a significant number of abandoned buildings. Eventually, I found a building that I called “Abandonado” (abandoned).
Sketch of “Abandonado”’s life.
An attempt at sketching Insurgentes life and traffic.
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A hockney of the abandoned building found in Avenida de los Insurgentes.
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“Abandonado”/ Edificio de nostalgia’s emptiness on the inside is a total opposite on its exterior. Although the building is abandoned, street vendors treated this buidling as a centre for food sheds. It can be said that this building is not alone after all. This potentiality of life and design created an inspiration for architecture.
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WEST ELEVATION
Building elevations of “Abandonado” with its old facade.
A shot of the messy exterior of “Abandonado”.
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East sidewalk along the abandoned building.
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NORTH ELEVATION
The exterior of the building is surrounded by food sheds and people socializing around it.
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Study sketch made during the walk along Insurgentes.
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The idea of nostalgia in the building was challenging because of the underlying question: “How will you show literal nostalgia in an architecturized building?�. To address this question, showing the old facade of the building is essential for it to preserve its past and have it co-exist with its present form.
Diagram of idea of the desired physicality of nostalgia in the building.
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All That I Remember’s chapters and pages started looking like programmes for the building.
MUSIC
IMAGES
MATERIAL THINGS
EXPERIENCE
ENVIRONMENT
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
SMELL
TASTE
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Disgrammatic sketches of the levels of programmes in the perceived mixed-use reinhabited building.
SENSES
A diagram of what triggers the general population’s nostalgic senses.
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A sketch of the perceived carideria/market on the ground floor of “Abandonado�.
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Schematic sketch of social media programme on level four.
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Schematic sketch of bakery/ sauna.
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Sketch of the envisioned tea shop on the 10th floor.
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Sketch of Abandonado’s section.
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Sketch of Abandonado’s elevation.
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One challenge of creating the sketch model was to show real architecture in it. Beginning this project, I did not critically address this.
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Test/sketch model of schemes of ideas in the building.
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View of first and second floor of Abandonado.
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Finished sketch model of the building.
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Site plan of the proposed project.
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This chapter contains a personal touch of what I have learned through the project, especially in its conclusion. One of the challenges of this project was to create less obstruction of technicality and the avoidance of steering away from the schematic and poetic ideas.
First iteration of structural examination.
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View of columns inside the building.
Removal of unnecessary structural columns.
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FIRST AND SECOND IMAGES: Final layout of structural columns throughout the building.
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Final sketch model.
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This chapter contains a personal reflection and response to the final review on April 26, 2017. It comprises of revisions and selfcritique. One of the challenges of this project was to create less obstruction of technicality and the avoidance of steering away from the schematic and poetic ideas, which I experienced. A deeper investigation of some chosen floors can also be found in this chapter.
Playful testing of lights on the model roof top.
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TOP AND BOTTOM: Interior shot of nineth floor.
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FIRST FLOOR_CARINDERIA (Eatery)
The ground floor eatery looks into bringing in the culture of a market place and having people experience the same. There is an ambiguity being being in a market place but also not necessarily. Although this will not create the same nostalgic feeling with some people, it still creates this ambiguity that inspires their own memories.
Market stalls in a typical Philippine market place under a canopy of big umbrellas.
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in Color. Manila. Accessed April 30 2017.
TOP AND BOTTOM: Interior lighting tests for the market place in the ground floor.
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Kiosks are randomly scattered throughout the structure. It welcomes users to easily maneuver and gather around them with their circular forms. The vendors will find it easier to move around their kiosks, as well.
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SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR_DOLL HOUSE HOTEL
As people grow older, they lose track of their childhood. Having to connect through this by living in a dollhouse-like residence is oriented to a probable recreation those moments. This hotel looks into serving people their desire to live in a childish residence, and at the same time, connecting to the city with its open area. Like aforementioned, this creates another state of ambiguity. The juxtaposition of the city’s ruggedness and the interior’s childhood, and whimsical experience is clearly seen.
West section of the second and third floor.
Rendering of the perceived whimsical dollhouse-y image of the levels.
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Exterior shot of the ground floor to second floor of the building.
Exterior shot of the second and third floor of the second sketch model.
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SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR_DOLL HOUSE HOTEL
Schematic sketches of second and third floor.
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EIGHTH FLOOR_BAKERY/SAUNA
Whether it be someone’s Grandma’s baking or any other memory, the smell of bread surely creates nostalgic senses to most people. It was addressed that a literal use of bread is not necessary to create this experience.
Precedent: Genexis Theatre, Singapore by WOHA. Seating pods for intimate sauna experience
Curved wooden walls that patronizes building curvature for ergonomic circulation (see precedent image). As well, louvers create shade and pattern from daylight.
Stairs lead people to centre spot to open up for socializing.
Reveal from underside of walls
"Genexis Theatre." Genexis Theatre | Architectuul. Accessed May 01, 2017. http://architectuul.com/architecture/genexis-theatre.
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OTHER SCHEMATIC SKETCHES AND IDEAS
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And now it starts. Apparent, yet disjointed. History, yet so vivid. Not home, but here. Nostalgia arrives as my body leaves the present time to those deconstructed memories. I'd love it to stay.
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