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A0111169M ABJECT DOMESTICATION: REFUSE AND REFUGE PART 02: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WEDNESDAY, 12TH APRIL 2017 AN ALTERNATIVE BUILDING TECHNIQUE FOR JTC CORPORATION JURONG EAST CENTRAL, SINGAPORE PORTFOLIO 08 AR4102 DESIGN 08, STUDIO BOBBY WONG, MOBILITY & URBANISM, ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/17 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT, SDE 3-03-25 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE.

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SYNOPSIS KEYWORDS: MULTITUDE, ABJECTION, COMMONWEALTH, INTERSTITIAL SPACES, INFRASTRUCTURE, SHARED DETERRITORIALISATION, DOMESTICITY, AFFECT, SUBJECTIVITY, QUEER.

1. IN DELEUZE’S TERMS, HIS CARTOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO SUBJECTIVITY AND HIS REFLECTIONS ON CONTROL AND TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING, BRINGS OUT THE IMMANENCE – I.E. THE “BECOMING”. THE PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURAL HOST SEEKS TO EXPLORE A SERIES OF POSSIBILITIES PRODUCED

BY ANY ACT OF BECOMING – NOMAD, INDISCERNIBLE, QUEER, GREEN, OBJECT, IMPERCEPTIBLE – WHERE EACH TYPE OF AFFECTIVE BECOMING MARKS NEW PROCESSES OF DERRITORIALIZATION.

BUILDING TYPOLOGIES FAIL. AS MOORES LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND MARKET FORCES PROPEL OUR SOCIETY AHEAD, OUR ENVIRONMENT CAN NO LONGER KEEP UP WITH OUR INCESSANT DESIRES FOR SPACE AND COMFORT. PAVING THE WAY TO PARADISE AND OUR EXPLORATION OF WHAT COMFORT IS, WE PURGE WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS UGLY, FILTHY, SINFUL, TABOO, DEFILEMENT – THE ABJECT – OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES. YET TODAY, AS WE BECOME LIBERATED FROM FIXED IDENTITIES (THROUGH THE CONSTANT REPOSITIONING OF OURSELVES WITHIN THE LARGER GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT), CAPITALISM HAS HIDDEN AND DISCRIMINATED THESE VITAL ELEMENTS THAT MAINTAIN OUR ECOLOGY AND SOCIETAL POWER BALANCE. THIS PROJECT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE URBAN DESIGN, IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE AND COMMON GROUND. IT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE, A BUILDING BLOCK HOST, AN ALTERNATIVE BUILDING TECHNIQUE, A SHARED DETERRITORIAL SPACE FOR INSERTION OF DWELLINGS AND AN INQUIRY OF WHAT IS TO COME1. THIS MANIFESTS ITSELF INTO A CLUSTER OF AFFECTS – A SEEMINGLY IMPENETRABLE, THICK AND DENSE STRUCTURE RISING UP FROM THE GIRDER IN JURONG EAST, BETWEEN THE EXISTING BLOCKS PROPOSED BY COMMON GROUND, TO ALLOW FOR MODES OF EXPANSION, PROPAGATION, OCCUPATION, CONTAGION AND ‘PEOPLING’. IT PERFORMS AS A STRONG BUILDING CORE TO MEDIATE THE BINARY BETWEEN BUILDING BLOCKS AND LEFT OVER ATRIUM SPACES, HOUSE BUILDING SERVICES, MAINTAIN AN URBAN ECOLOGY, PROPAGATES DWELLING UNITS TO LATCH ON AND DISALLOWS A NORMATIVE ROOM TO ROOM SPACE PLANNING. LIKE LANGUAGES PRIOR TO WORDS, ITS PERVASIVE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION IS A FORM OF INDIRECT SPEECH THAT IS PERCEIVED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AS REFUGE SEEKERS COLONISE THESE SERVICE SPACES FOR OFFICE BLOCKS, THEY ASSEMBLE AND DISMANTLE THEIR DEPLOYABLE UNITS WHILE EXPELLING EXHAUST AIR, GREY AND SOIL WATER OUT TO NOURISH/HARM THE ENVIRONMENT. THROUGH THIS NOTION OF THE ABJECT (OUTSIDE) AND COMFORT (INSIDE), THE THESIS ANTICIPATES AN ANTHROPOCENE THAT BRINGS OUT NEW BODIES AND COMMUNITIES. THE “JUNGLE” WITHIN THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURE, THEREFORE, IS NEVER AN IMITATION OF NATURE. IT IS A SET OF CONDITION THAT IS SET-UP TO EXPAND/ CONTRACT WITH OR WITHOUT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT. THROUGH THE SAMENESS AND STRUCTURAL “CHAOS”, DIFFERENCES ARE CELEBRATED.

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“…WHEREVER THERE IS MULTIPLICITY, YOU WILL ALSO FIND AN EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL, AND IT IS WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT AN ALLIANCE MUST BE MADE IN ORDER TO BECOME – ANIMAL. THERE MAY BE NO SUCH THING AS A LONE WOLF, BUT THERE IS A LEADER OF THE PACK, A MASTER OF THE PACK…” – GILLES DELEUZE, FELIX GUATTARI, A THOUSAND PLATEAUS, 1992.

-POWER BALANCETHIS PROJECT IS BUILT UPON THE TWO URBAN DESIGN PROPOSED IN THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER. THE COMBINED URBAN DESIGN IS AN EMERGING DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WHICH SITUATES ITSELF WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NEOLIBERAL ARCHITECTURE. EXTENDING ITSELF WITHIN THE HEART OF SINGAPORE’S FUTURE SECOND CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, IT FEATURES A PERVASIVE STRUCTURE WHICH CREATES A FLATTENED SITE TO FACILITATE CURRENCY EXCHANGE AND PROGRAMMATIC FLUX. WHILE THIS HOPES TO CULTIVATE A “PLACE AND SPACE FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY”, IT PRESUMED PEOPLE’S ABILITY TO APPROPRIATE, TO BE DISCIPLINED AND TO LOVE. THE EARLIER DISCUSSION IN THE FIRST PART HAS ESTABLISHED THE NEED FOR A CREATIVE ECONOMY AND A PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY BORNE WITHIN THE MULTITUDE. WITHIN THE HEGEMONY OF OUR NEOLIBERAL CAPITAL SYSTEM, THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE DIALECTICS BETWEEN THE CONTROLLING ELITES AND WORKING CLASS MUST BE MAINTAINED AND BALANCED. IN FOUCAULT’S TERMS, THIS MEANS MAINTAINING POWER RELATIONS: THE RULING RULE OVER THE COMMONS AND THE WORKING CLASS

IMAGE The Girder and The Blocks.

Axonometry. Common Ground.

Drawn By Studio Bobby Wong Short Stories. Collage. it’s a Jungle Out there. Drawn by Lin Derong

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RESIST AGAINST IT. THIS WOULD ENABLE A CONSTANT PRODUCTION OF SUBJECTIVITIES BY BOTH SUBJECTS – PRODUCING ASSETS AND CAPITAL (BOTH MATERIALS AND IMMATERIAL). PERHAPS UNDER THE DISCIPLINE SOCIETY AND THE SOCIETY OF CONTROL, THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ENABLING LOVE AS A POLITICAL FUNCTION, TO PRODUCE SUBJECTIVITY AS PROPOSED BY KEVIN HARDT.

1. Friedman, Thomas L. 2016.

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations.

First. Book, Whole. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

2. Abbas, Yasmin. 2001.

‘Embodiment : Mental and Physical Geographies of the Neo-Nomad; Mental and Physical Geographies of the Neo-Nomad’. Dissertation, USA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

FURTHERMORE, AS WE ANTICIPATE THE EMERGING ANTHROPOCENE AFFECTED BY THE MARKET, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY1, EXISTING ASSUMPTIONS OF A CBD NO LONGER HOLDS. OUR CURRENT SOCIETAL STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS HAS BEEN DISRUPTED AND DISORDERED, WHEREAS THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR WORKPLACE, POLITICS, GEOPOLITICS, AND ETHICS IS ACCELERATING AND RESHAPING THE WAY WE BEHAVE AND FORM COMMUNITIES. NEW SPECIES HAVE THUS EMERGED. THEY ARE HYBRIDS; OR MORE LIKE CROSS-BREEDS. THEY CAN HOP FROM ONE COMMUNITY TO THE OTHER, THEY CAN SHAPE-SHIFT, THEY CAN ADAPT, THEY CAN ADOPT, THEY ARE STATIC OR CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. THEY FORM VARIOUS CULTURES, CLIQUES, FORMING AND REFORM NEW COMMUNITIES, THEY ALSO FORM IDENTITIES, SHARING COLLECTIVE MEMORIES. THEY ARE STARVING TO DEFINE THEMSELVES, THEY WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR EXISTENTIALITY AND TO CREATE A “PLACELESSNESS” FOR THEIR OWN. THEY CONNECT, THEY CONVERGE, THEY BREAK THE TRADITIONAL BOUNDARY OF SPACE, CONSTANTLY SEEKS TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY, TO SEEK COMFORT. THEIR WORLD IS NO LONGER FLAT. BOUNDARIES NO LONGER BECOMES CLEAR2.

THE NEW PHENOMENON SEEMS TO SUGGEST MOBILITY, CONNECTIVITY AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE. IT IS AN EXPLORATION OF A TERRITORY,

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AND A WORLD CONSTRUED AND CONSTRUCTED BY OUR THOUGHTS AND IMAGES. PREMISED ON THIS VERY HEART OF THE MULTITUDE THAT MAKES THE SOCIETY SUBJECTIVELY EFFICIENT AND OBJECTIVELY ANTAGONISTIC, THIS PROJECT POSITS A NEW WAY OF BUILDING BY INSERTING AGENCY INTO ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING TECHNIQUE. ARCHITECTURE BECOMES A PRODUCTIVE SITE FOR PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF LABOUR, GOODS AND SPECTACLE – IN A MANNER THAT IS AFFECTIVE.

-ABJECT CAPITALUNDER THE GLOSSY SHEEN OF CAPITALISM AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT, THE FILTH AND THE DIRT BEHIND THIS IMAGE SEEM TO DISAPPEAR FROM THE ILLUSION OF THE PRIM AND PROPER SOCIETY. CAPITALISM DISCRIMINATES AGAINST AND HIDE THESE PROCESSES. YET THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THIS SOCIETY TO BE PRODUCTIVE, HEALTHY AND CLEAN, AND KEPT IN BALANCE. HOWEVER, THE ABJECT IS KILLED BY MODERNITY AND CAPITALISM HAS SUCKED THE VALUES OF THE ABJECT ENCOUNTERS. IN THE ASPIRATION TOWARDS CONSTRUCTING THE “BEAUTIFUL” IMAGERY OF THE CITY, WE EXCLUDE THE ABJECT. AS BAUMAN HAS ARGUED, WE HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO SURFACE-OBJECTS BY MEDIA, “EMPTY AND FAKE”. SOCIETY BECOMES ALIENATED. WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK OF NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM, COULD WE FREE THE POTENTIALITY OF ARCHITECTURE TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE BEHAVE AND THINK? SIMULTANEOUS TO THIS CENTRAL PATERNAL SOCIAL ORDER, OUR VISUAL CULTURE GOVERNS THAT THE ABJECT WILL ALWAYS BE EXCLUDED OUTSIDE. HERE, INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATIONS AND IDENTITIES UNDERGO AN “OTHERING” PROCESS WHEREBY INDIVIDUALS ATTEMPT

OPPOSITE BECOMING-OBJECT SPECTACLE OF AN ALIENATED SOCIETY.

IMAGE REFERENCES 1. Sherman, Cindy, (1987).

Untitled – 175.

2. Louis Vuitton, (2013).

Spring/Summer Campaign.

3. Masaccio, (1425). The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

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“THESE BODILY FLUIDS, THIS DEFILEMENT, THIS SHIT ARE WHAT LIFE WITHSTANDS, HARDLY AND WITH DIFFICULTY, ON THE PART OF DEATH…MY BODY EXTRICATES ITSELF, AS BEING ALIVE, FROM THAT BORDER” – JULIA KRISTEVA TO DEFINE AND PROTECT HIS/HER IDENTITY – THE FILTH, THE UGLY, THE DEFILEMENT, THE SIN, THE TABOO, THE REJECTION – THE ABJECT WHICH ONE IS VOLATILE TO AND EXCLUDED FROM THE SOCIAL NORMS. IN THIS CASE, ACCORDING TO ANTHROPOLOGIST NAVARO-YASHIN, THE ABJECT, THE GROTESQUE, AND FILTH IS BASED ON AN IMAGINATION OF A “BORDER”. THE ABJECT IS A REPRESENTATION OF A MENTAL SPACE WITHIN PERSONAL SUBJECTIVITIES, WHICH ARE AGAINST ONE’S DEFINED IDENTITY. IT IS A BOUNDARY THAT PROTECTS AND CHALLENGES IDENTITY AT THE SAME TIME. WE READ THE ABJECT AS THE “OTHER”, ONE THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE “I”. FOR INSTANCE, OUR WASTE, THE UNPLEASANT, THE SUBVERSIVE, THE SOCIETAL HOUSEKEEPERS, WE DO NOT WANT SEE IT NOR THINK ABOUT IT. THESE FIGURES AND PROCESSES ARE REAL AND ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR SYSTEM TO SURVIVE. YET, THEY ARE DISCRIMINATED AND MARGINALIZED. PREMISED ON THE FRAMEWORK OF NEOLIBERAL CAPITAL SYSTEM AND HOW IT HAS DISCRIMINATED THE “OTHER”, WHICH IRONICALLY IS NEEDED FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TO FUNCTION, WE BEGIN TO EXPLORE WAYS TO BRING CLOSER THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ABJECT. THIS ENCOUNTER ENGAGES WITH DESIRES, THE AFFECT, AND OUR PERCEPTION THROUGH THE NARRATIVES OF THE EVERYDAY BANAL AND SUBVERSIVE3. AS WE CONSIDER CONSTRUCTED SPACES, PROHIBITED ZONES, AND BACK ALLEYS, WE ARE UNCOVERING THE “OTHER” AND ATTEMPT TO SEEK THE PLEASANT IN THE “UNPLEASANT”.

3. “How clearly the chaos of the city of capitalism, of the mix of productive and non-productive bodies can overcome city walks”

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THE LINE OF ENQUIRY EXPOUNDS ON THE AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AND THE ABJECT. WHEREAS THE ABJECT PRODUCES FEAR IN PEOPLE, WE BEGIN TO EXAMINE THE DESIRES FLOWING THROUGH ABJECT SITES; WHEREBY IT BECOMES THE LIVING APRON FOR THE SOCIETY AND FOR THE CBD, WHERE DIRTY COLLIDES WITH THE CLEAN.

-CLOSING SPATIAL BINARIES – REFUGE IN THE REFUSEAMIDST THE UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE IN THE JURONG-EAST, AN INFRASTRUCTURAL HOST RISES UP FROM THE GIRDER AND FORMS PART OF THE BECOMING-IMPERCEPTIBLE. AS EACH MODULE PROLIFERATES AND REPEATS ITSELF UPWARDS, SUPPORTING BEAMS EXTRUDES TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICE BLOCKS, THEREBY SANDWICHING BY THE SIDES. TENSILE STABILITY IS ALSO SUPERIMPOSED ONTO THE EXISTING COMPRESSION SYSTEM FROM THE GIRDER TO MAKE THE SKELETAL CONSTRUCTION CHEAP AND LIGHT. THIS CLOSES THE BINARY BETWEEN THE OFFICE BLOCK AND GIRDER IN THE PREVIOUS URBAN DESIGN, COMMON

GROUND. AS THE STRUCTURAL SKELETON GROWS UP THE GIRDER TO PROVIDE MEDIATION AND INTERMITTENT STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE OFFICE BLOCKS, IT RESULTS IN A RELATIONSHIP REVERSAL BETWEEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE (OF PARASITE BECOMING HOST) AND OFFICE BLOCK (OF HOST BECOMING PARASITE). I.E. OFFICE BLOCKS DEVELOPS ONLY AFTER THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS PROLIFERATED ACROSS THE NEW CBD. THE RESULTING “ATRIUM” DUE TO THE SANDWICH BY THE OFFICE BLOCKS THEN TRANSFORMS INTO INTERSTITIAL SPACES. NESTLING WITHIN THIS SANDWICH, ARE USABLE SPACES WHERE BUILDING

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BECOMING-IMPERCEPTIBLE FERTILE INDUCTION ON SITE. IMAGE REFERENCES 1. Ong, Donna, (2014). The Forest Speaks Back (I).

Singapore.

2. Hieronymus Bosch, (1495-1505). The Garden of Earthly Delights.

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SERVICES, PIPES, WATER SUPPLIES, AIR EXCHANGE SYSTEMS – PHYSICAL ORGANS NEEDED FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE BUILDING – ARTICULATES AND SPROUTS IN THIS “OUTSIDE SPACE”, SUPPORTED BY A SYSTEM OF SKELETON CALLED VERTEBRATE

JUNGLE SKELETON. THIS IS MADE UP BY A MODULAR REPETITION OF SINGULAR COMPONENT SPANNING 3 FLOORS HIGH AND 10 METERS LONG. THROUGH THE SAMENESS OF THE PATTERN CREATED, IT FACILITATES CURRENCY EXCHANGE AND CONNECTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE TO BRING OUT THE DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE MULTITUDE ON SITE. CIRCULATION STAIRS PROPAGATES SIMULTANEOUSLY TO FORM A NEW SYSTEMS OF ACCESS WITHIN THE DENSE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BRING CLOSER THE ABJECT AS AN URBAN ENCOUNTER. EMERGING OUT FROM THIS “NAUSEATING SCENT” OF THE ABJECT ZONE, THE JUNGLE OF PIPES, SERVICES FURTHER TRANSFORM INTO A SITE OF DISPLACEMENT, TRANSFORMATION, OF “BECOMING”.

AS WE DESIGN NEW CONSTRUCTED ENTITIES FOR PROGRAMMATIC EXPANSION, THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANIFESTS INTO A CLUSTER OF AFFECTS. THEY ARE LIKE LANGUAGES PRIOR TO WORDS, AS A FORM OF INDIRECT SPEECH THAT IS PERCEIVED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THESE AFFECTS ARE OPEN RATHER THAN TOWARDS ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, IMPLYING THE SHIFTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHITECTS AND USERS. ARCHITECTURE IN THIS SENSE DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING NOW EXCEPT FOR BEING A SITE WHERE EVENTS OCCUR. IN THIS NEW SYSTEM OF REFUSE, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REFUGE ARISES. THE LEFT-OVER INTERSTITIAL SPACES BETWEEN SERVICES, PIPES, CIRCULATION, AND OFFICE BLOCKS TRANSFORMS INTO DWELLING DEPLOYMENT BAYS FOR URBAN DWELLERS, OR REFUGE SEEKERS. THESE REFUGE SEEKERS WOULD BRAVE THROUGH THIS

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THICK JUNGLE TO SEEK SPACES OF PHYSICAL SOLITAIRE AND INNER PRIVACY. THEY BEGIN TO COLONISE SPACES WITHIN THE SKELETON IN-BETWEEN THE OFFICE BLOCKS, INSCRIBING THE ECONOMY OF DESIRE. IN THE DEPLOYMENT BAYS, THEY WOULD ASSEMBLE THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEPLOYABLE DWELLING UNITS, WHICH ARE MADE AS KIT-OF-PARTS, READILY AVAILABLE OFF THE SHELVES AT IKEA. IN THESE UNITS, DWELLERS ENJOY A COMFORTABLE AND CONVIVIAL INDOOR SPACE FOR THEMSELVES, ONE THAT IS IN STARK CONTRAST WITH THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT. IN RETURN, THEY WOULD NEED TO PURGE AND EXPEL THEIR WASTE VIA THE SERVICE PIPES PROVIDED TO NOURISH THE GARDEN SPACES AND EXHAUST THEIR DIRTY AIR BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENT – OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN “LIVABLE SPACES”.

OPPOSITE BECOMING-NOMAD COLONISING THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES.

IMAGE REFERENCE 1. Chee, Lilian (2014), “9 Interior Rooms”, 03-Flats.

Film. CAD. Singapore.

THIS CYCLE AND PHYSICAL EXPRESSION ALREADY IMPLIES A

DETERRITORIALISED SITE AND GENERATES A SPACE WITH IDENTITIES LIBERATED FROM DWELLERS. STRADDLING IN THE IN-BETWEEN, IT IS A COEXISTENCE OF THE TWO SYSTEMS: THE REFUSE (THE ABJECT, THE FILTH, AND POTENTIAL SUBVERSIVE BEHAVIOURS) AND THE REFUGE (THE DESIRES, THE COMFORTABLE, AND THE CLEAN). IT CONVERTS THE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO ANDROGYNOUS SPACES AND AN AMORPHOUS MEDIATION ON THE EFFECTS OF DIRTY AND CLEAN – ONE THAT REQUIRES A COEXISTENCE TO THRIVE. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE “LINE OF BLOCK” OF BECOMING”4 THAT UNITES THE WASP AND THE ORCHID TO PRODUCE A SHARED DETERRITORIALISATION – “OF THE WASP, IT BECOMES A LIBERATED PIECE OF THE ORCHID’S REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, BUT ALSO OF THE ORCHID, IN THAT IT BECOMES THE OBJECT OF AN ORGASM IN THE WASP, ALSO LIBERATED FROM ITS OWN REPRODUCTION.”

4. Wasp attempting to mate with an orchid - “The line or block of becoming that units the wasp and the orchid produces a shared deterrirorialization: of the wasp, in that it becomes a liberated piece of the orchid’s reproductive system, but also of the orchid, in that it becomes the object of an orgasm in the wasp, also liberated from its own reproduction…”

– Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, A thousand plateaus, 1992.

Source: http://goose.ycp. edu/~kkleiner/EvolBio/ EvolBiolabs/Pollination/ waspmating.jpg

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THIS ENVIRONMENT OF REFUGE WHERE DWELLERS APPROPRIATE THE RESULTING ATRIUM SPACE, IS AN ARTICULATION OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES THAT EVOLVED FROM US AND THE AFFECTIVE. IT URGES US TO INDULGE AND TO ADMIT TO ALL OUR DESIRES FOR SUBVERSION. WHILE THIS NEW SYSTEM OPERATES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE AUTHORITATIVE CAPITAL POWER, AS RANCIÈRE PUTS IT, WE ARE ABSORBED INTO THIS “BEAST” – THAT OF IMMATERIAL PRODUCTION. EVEN WHEN OUR CAPABILITIES FOR SUBVERSIVE PRACTICES AND THE NETWORKS OF INTERACTION COUNTERS AGAINST AUTHORITATIVE CAPITAL POWER, WE ARE STILL SIMPLY OBEYING THE MARKET LAW: INDULGING AND CONSUMING IN THE NEW “GAMES” AVAILABLE, TO EXPERIMENT ON OUR OWN LIVES. THEREFORE, THE REFUSE AND REFUGE RENDERS THE SITE INTO A BODY OF CEASELESS EXPERIMENTATION. LIKE HOW THESE NEW SPECIES ARE CONSTANTLY TESTING AND TRANSFORMING THE SITE’S POTENTIAL. AS A FERTILE GROUND FOR INFINITE POSSIBILITIES, A DEPLOYABLE DWELLING UNIT OFF IKEA SHELVES OFFERS, AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE, THE MOST DESIRABLE OF COMMODITIES: THE CAPACITY OF EXPERIMENT WITH ONE’S LIFE, OFFERING TO CONSTRUCT AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY OF THEIR OWN DESIRES. IN THE PROCESS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR OUR OWN PARADISE AND COMFORT, WE PURGE THE ABJECT. AS WE UNCOVER (OR RATHER, ALLOW) THE CITY BECOMING-OTHER, WE EXPOSE THIS CYCLE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, TO BRING CLOSER THE ENCOUNTER OF THE ABJECT, WHICH COULD BE BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE, DANGEROUS. THIS PROGRAMMATIC SYSTEM RESULTS IN A VERY PRAGMATIC, PRACTICAL AND CHEAP ENVIRONMENT THAT PRODUCES AFFECT TO THE PEOPLE OF JURONG-EAST, PROVOKING A RETHINK ABOUT THE EXISTING BUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR A CBD.

BECOMING-QUEER ARTICULATING EXTERIORITY AND THE ABJECT. PREVIOUS SPREAD

IMAGE REFERENCE 1. Burckhardt, Marc, (2017), “The very gay life of the Benson family”.

Atlantic Monthly. Acrylic and Oil on Canvas.

OPPOSITE BECOMING-INDISCERNIBLE NEGOTIATING OVEREXPOSED CITY

IMAGE REFERENCES 1.de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine, (1943). The Little Prince on Asteroid B-612 2.Site Plan of the Athenian Agora. Source: www.agathe.gr/ overview/ 3.Studio TTK, (2016).

Programmes from “It’s A Jungle Out There”.

OVERLEAF BECOMING-GREEN PERMACULTURE PARADOX

IMAGE REFERENCES 1. Ong, Donna, (2014). The Forest Speaks Back (I).

Singapore.

2. Nieuwenhuys, Constant, (1974). The New Babylonian Bridge.

3. Random International, (2012). Rain Room. Art Installation

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-NEW ECOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE DOMINATES AND IMMATERIAL PRODUCTION IS INDUCED TO THRIVE. THIS PROJECT ANTICIPATES AN ANTHROPOCENE WHEREBY THERE IS A SHIFT IN BOTH OCCUPANCY AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW FIELDS AND PRACTICES. IT POSTULATES AN INCREASING INFORMAL USE OF SPACES AND AN ESCAPE IN NORMATIVE STANDARDIZED WAY OF BUILDING. UNDERLYING THIS PROJECT IS AN AGENDA TO QUESTION THE “BECOMING” OF A PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY, HOW BUILDINGS ADOPT IN RELATION TO EMERGING SHIFTING COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT THE RESULTING ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSIONS ARE. IN THIS CASE, URBAN DWELLERS/ REFUGE SEEKERS ARRIVE ON SITE TO ASSEMBLE AND DISMANTLE THEIR DWELLINGS BY THEMSELVES. AS WE CELEBRATE THE MANY MULTITUDES, THE PROJECT EXAMINES THE APPRENTICESHIP PROCESS – ONE THAT TEACHES HOW TO APPROPRIATE, HOW TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AND HOW TO BE CREATIVE – THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION OF THE SKELETON AND THE SERVICES, ALBEIT IT BEING POTENTIALLY FOREBODING. HOWEVER, THE LANGUAGE ITSELF IS ABOUT NEGOTIATING THROUGH “EXPANSION, PROPAGATION, OCCUPATION, CONTAGION AND ‘PEOPLING5’”. AFTER ALL, THE MULTITUDE IS AN OBSESSIVE ACCUMULATION WHERE ONE CANNOT COUNT NOR COMPREHEND.

5. Deleuze, 1992

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TENSILE CABLES SUPPORTING STRINGERS TENSILE CABLES SUPPORTING HORIZONTAL SLABS

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#3 REVERSING RELATIONS. STRUCTURE BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT HOSTING CORE AND ATRIUM FOR OFFICE BLOCKS. OFFICE BLOCKS NOW RELY ON THE STRUCTURE FOR STABILITY. #4 TENSILE STABILITY SUPERIMPOSED ONTO COMPRESSION SYSTEM, PROLIFERATING CIRCULATION SYSTEM.

#5 PRESSURE PHASE. BUILDING CORE RISING FROM THE GIRDIR IN APPROPRIATED FORM. STRUCTURE-CORE BECOMES PRIMARILY TENSILE. PREVIOUS SPREAD PLAN [SCALE 1:300]

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A1. CONCRETE SLAB BY COMPOSITE STEEL DECKING ON STEEL I-BEAM A2. JOINT DETAIL A A3. HORIZONTAL BEAM BOLTED TO “STRINGER-BEAMS” AT 85O ANGLE VIA STAINLESS STEEL (S.S.) CONNECTION. TO ENGINEER’S DETAIL A4. JOINT DETAIL C A5. JOINT DETAIL B STRINGER SUPPORT 4-WAY TENSILE CABLES A6. JOINT DETAIL A A7. EXTRUDING 20M HIGH TENSILE M.S. BEAMS (WITH INTUMESCENT PAINT, TO ENGINEER’S DETAIL) FOR FUTURE BUILDING BLOCK. B1. 5000MM WIDE DWELLING DEPLOYMENT BAY A B2. 5000MM WIDE DWELLING DEPLOYMENT BAY B B3. JOINT DETAIL B 4-WAY TENSILE JOINERY B4. STEEL TENSION CABLES SUPPORTING HORIZONTAL SLAB SECURED TO JOINT DETAIL C AND A. B5. STEEL CIRCULATION STAIRS WITH 50MM DIAMETER CORE ALUMINIUM BALUSTER CANTILIVERD FROM STEEL STRINGER-BEAM B6. 200MM SQUARE H.S. VERTICAL STRUCTURE WELDED TO BEAMS B7. JOINT DETAIL A B8. ENTRANCE FROM GIRDIR (WARNING: 90 STEPS) B9. JOINT DETAIL B STRINGER SUPPORT 4-WAY TENSILE JOINERY B10. JOINT DETAIL C B11. STEEL ANCHORAGE BOLTED TO GIRDIR B12. CONCRETE SLAB BY COMPOSITE STEEL DECKING ON STEEL I-BEAM

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JOINT DETAIL B (TYPE 2) - CONCRETE SLAB SUPPPORT CONNECTION TO DETAIL C

C1. STEEL CABLE ANCHORAGE C2. CABLE-STAYED STEEL MAST C3. BOLTED FLANGE C4. CONCRETE SLAB C5. SHEAR STUDS C6. MESH C7. LIGHT WEIGHT ALUMINIUM BALUSTER WELDED ONTO I-BEAM C8. STEEL I-BEAM DOUBLES AS STRUCTURAL BEAM AND STRINGER C9. STEEL I-BEAM C10. PROFILED STEEL DECKING WITH STEEL I-BEAM C11. TIE-BACK CABLE C12. CANTILEVERED STEEL STAIRS C13. 250MM HIGH TENSILE M.S. SQUARE HOLLOW SECTION WITH INTUMESCENT PAINT JOINT TO ANCHOR PLATE VIA CABLE CLAMP. TO ENGINEER’S DETAIL C14. M.S. ANCHOR PLATE WELDED TO VERTICAL STRUCTURE AND BEAM TO ENGEINNER’S DETAIL C15. 200MM SQUARE HOLLOW SECTION VERTICAL STRUCTURE WELDED TO BEAMS (COMPRESSION) C16. PIN ANCHOR C17. ANCHOR BOLTS C18. CABLE CLAMP C19. STEEL TENSION CABLE SECURED TO ANCHOR PLATE VIA S.S. CONNECTOR C20. HORIZONTAL BEAM BOLTED TO “STRINGER-BEAMS” AT 85O ANGLE VIA STAINLESS STEEL (S.S.) CONNECTION. TO ENGINEER’S DETAIL

OPPOSITE ABOVE JUNGLE SKELETON SECTIONAL DETAIL [SCALE 1:200]

OPPOSITE BELOW JUNGLE SKELETON JOINT DETAILS [SCALE 1:40]

OVERLEAF VERTEBRATE JUNGLE SYSTEM. VIEW FROM OFFICE BLOCK AS A NEW ATRIUM SPACE [SCALE 1:600]

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CORE M&E SERVICE SYSTEMS FOR TEMPORARY DWELING: 1. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM (FIRE STAIRS AND ELEVATOR) 2. AIR-CONDITIONING AND VENTILATION SYSTEM 3. ELECTRICAL AND GAS SYSTEM 4. WATER SUPPLY AND PLUMBING SYSTEM (INCLUDING HEATING) 5. PNEUMATIC REFUSE SYSTEM [SCALE 1:1000] OPPOSITE

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FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM FIRE SPRINKLERB, FIRESTAIRS, FIRELIFT

FIRE STAIRS (GLASS ENCLOSED)

L: 7M2 FIRELIFT (GLASS ENCLOSED)

WATER SUPPLY AND PLUBMING SYSTEM (INCLUIDING HEATING)

L: 4M2 PASSENGER ELEVATOR R: 7M2 FIRELIFT (GLASS ENCLOSED)

FIRE STAIRS (GLASS ENCLOSED)

R: 4M2 PASSENGER ELEVATOR 1 SET OF WATER SUPPLY AND PLUBMING LINES ON EACH DWELLING UNIT. SPRINKLERS DISTRIBUTED BELOW HORIZONTAL I-BEAMS.

L: 4M2 PASSENGER ELEVATOR FIRE STAIRS (GLASS ENCLOSED)

R: 7M2 FIRELIFT (GLASS ENCLOSED)

DRY RISER AND HOSEREEL BESIDE ELEVATOR CORE

HORIZONTAL WATER TRANSFER LINE TRANSFERS WATER FROM WATER TANK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EDIFICE.

STORMWATER RISER DRAINS WATER FROM ROOF TO STORMWATER DRAIN ON GROUND.

SCRIPTING AFFECT

ON ROOF: 50CM3 RESERVE WATER TANK TO SERVICE ENTIRE EDIFICE. WATER TRANSFERRED FROM WATER TANK ON ROOF.

FIRE SPRINKLERS

CHECK VALVE PERMITS WATER TO FLOW IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY.

SHUTOFF VALVE

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HOSE REEL

DRY RISER EXTENDS VERTICALLY THROUGH THE EDIFICE TO SUPPLY FIRE HOSES AT EVERY FLOOR. THEY CONTAIN NO WATER AND ARE USED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONNECT FIRE HOSES TO A FIRE HYDRANT OR A PUMPER TRUCK.

SIAMESE PIPE FITTING IS INSTALLED CLOSE TO THE GROUND ON THE EXTERIOR OF A BUILDING, PROVIDING TWO OR MORE CONNECTIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PUMP WATER TO THE SYSTEM.

FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM DISTIBUTED FROM ROOF DOWN TO EVERY ALTERNATE FLOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WATER FROM RISER DISTRIBUTED TO TWO SIDES OF THE “A-SHAPE” CONCRETE SLAB. PIPES SUSPENDED BY HANGAR BELOW I-BEAM AND ELECTRICAL WRIES.

SPRINKLER HEAD NOZZLES FOR DISPERSING WATER.

BELOW: GRAVITY DOWNFEED SYSTEM SETS A WATER SOURCE AT 60METERS - SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SUPPLY PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

SAINTARY SEWERS CONVEY ONLY THE SEWAGE FROM PLUMBING FIXTURES AND EXCLUDE STORM WATER.

ABOVE: SANITARY DRAINING SYSTEM IS DIRECT AND STRAIGHT TO PREVENT DEPOSIT OF SOLIDS AND CLOGGING.

WATER TANK

CLEANOUTS

TO RESERVE WATER TANK ON ROOF.

COLD WATER

DOWNWARDS TO WATER HEATING TANK.

COLD WATER HOT WATER

SOIL WATER RISER CARRIES THE DISCHARGE FROM WATER CLOSETS TO BUILDING GARDENS AND STREET SEWER.

SPRINKLER PUMP ROOM ON GIRDIR

FIRE PUMPS PROVIDE THE REQUIRED WATER PRESSURE IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WHEN THE PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM DROPS BELOW A PRESELECTED VALUE.

STACK VENT ABOVE

WASTE WATER RISER CARRIES GREY WATER DISCHARGE FROM FIXTURES OTHER THAN WATER CLOSETS.

TYPICAL WATER SERVICE ON EACH UNIT SPACE.

BRANCH LINES

WATER IS PUMPED UP TO WATER TANK ON ROOF FOR GRAVITY DOWNFEED.

WATER TANK

COPPER WATER SUPPLY LINES - CORROSION RESISTANT, HIGH STRENGTH, LOW FRICTION LOSS, SMALL OUTSIDE DIAMETER.

EXPANSION BENDS PERMIT THERMAL EXPANSION TO OCCUR IN LONG RUNS OF HOT WATER PIPING.

HOT WATER PIPE SERVICE TO FIXTURES. (IN RED) POTABLE COLD WATER PIPE SERVICE TO FIXTURES. (IN PINK)

HOT WATER CIRCULATES

BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURAL RISING ACTION.

PLUMBING FIXTURES (SOIL AND WASTE) TO ATTACH RUBBER PIPES FOR DWELLING DEPLOYMENT.

RISERS CARRY WATER DOWN TO TRANSFER AND HEATING TANK ON GROUND.

HOT WATER RETURN LINE TO HEATER IN TWO-PIPES SYSTEM. HOT WATER SUPPLY RISER

WATER TRANSFER TANK ON GROUND.

SPRINKER SYSTEM DETAIL [SCALE 1:200] FIRE FIXTURES AND VALVE DETAILS [SCALE 1:20]

WATER HEATER TANK

ROOF WATER SERVICES[SCALE 1:60] WATER AND HEATING TANK ON GROUND [SCALE 1:400]

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GAS & ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

ELECTRICAL OUTLETS AND POWERPOINT DURING DEPLOYMENT OF TEMPORARY DWELLING UNITS.

GAS RISER (TO BE ENCLOSED)

ELECTRICAL RISER LOCATED BESIDE ELEVATOR CORES.

AIR-CONDITIONING AND VENTILATION SYSTEM

SCRIPTING AFFECT VERTICAL ELECTRICAL WIRING IN ELECTRICAL RISER.

EXHAUST

RETURN SUPPLY COOL AIR

AIR FLOW

HRV* UNIT

HRV* UNIT

FIRST LEVEL

COOL AIR DELIVERED BY AIR-DUCTS PROVIDED BY DWELLERS. “INDOOR” SERVICES HEAT EXCHANGE

EXHAUST FRESH AIR

HRV UNIT* STRUCTURE *HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION (HRV) UNIT TO REPLACE THE TRADITIONAL AND INEFFICIENT FAN COIL UNIT.

RETURN AIR SUPPLY AIR TO DWELLING UNIT

HUMIDIFICATION: NATURAL EVAPORATING PAN TYPE HUMIDIFIER.

ELECTRICAL WIRING AND CABLES RUN BELOW AND FOLLOWS THE HORIZONTAL I-BEAMS AND CONCRETE FLOOR SLABS.

AIR RISER WITH 2 AIR-DUCTS FOR EXHAUST AND FRESH AIR INTAKE. FRESH AIR EXHAUST

ELECTRICAL OUTLETS AND POWERPOINT DURING DEPLOYMENT OF TEMPORARY DWELLING UNITS.

INDOOR UNIT

INDOOR UNIT

FAN

OUTDOOR

HRV* UNIT RETURN SUPPLY COOL AIR

HRV* UNIT

THIRD LEVEL

OUTDOOR UNIT

LOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUITS CARRY ALTERNATING CURRENT BELOW 50V, SUPPLIED BY STEP-DOWN TRANSFORMER FROM THE NORMAL LINE VOLTAGE.

INDOOR UNIT

RETURN SUPPLY

PANELBOARD LOCATED IN ELECTRICAL RISERS TO BE CLOSE TO THE LOAD ENDS OF CIRCUITS. THEY DISTRIBUTES AND PROTECTS BRANCH CIRCUITS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

INDOOR UNIT

RETURN SUPPLY COOL AIR

LEADING TO ELECTRICAL POWERPOINTS FOR UNIT SERVICES. CIRCUIT BREAKERS: LOCATED INSIDE PANEL BOARD AUTOMATICALLY INTERRUPTS AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO PREVENT EXCESS CURRENT FROM DAMAGING APPARATUS IN THE CIRCUIT AND FORM FIRE.

FRESH AIR

AIR RISER WITH 2 AIR-DUCTS FOR EXHAUST AND FRESH AIR INTAKE.

BRANCH CIRCUITS

ELECTRICAL WIRING AND CALBES LEAD DOWN TO CONSUMER SWITCH ROOM (5M X 4M) ON GROUND.

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AIR-CONDITIONING: X2 SPLIT SYSTEM DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 2 FLOORS (GIVEN THE ALTERNATING HORIZONTAL FLOOR SLAB PATTERN).

CEILING DIFFUSERS DISCHARGE LOWVELOCITY SUPPLY AIR(DELIVERED BY EXTERNAL AIR-DUCTS ATTACHED).

HRV ONNECTION TO OUTDOOR UNIT

ELECTRICAL RISER 1.2M X 2.7M X 1.6M X 1.2M

GAS RISER (TO BE ENCLOSED)

INDOOR UNIT (COOL AIR TO BE DELIVERED INTO DWELLING UNIT BY AIR-DUCTS PROVIDED BY DWELLERS. RETURN AIR (DELIVERED BY EXTERNAL RUBBER AIR-DUCTS ATTACHED).

AIR SUPPLY TO INDOOR UNIT HRV UNIT

OUTDOOR UNIT SERVING 4 UNITS

2F, 3F WIRING PATTERN [SCALE 1:200] GAS VALVE [SCALE 1:4]

SINGLE SPLIT UNIT SYSTEM [SCALE 1:100]

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(GLASS ENCLOSED, NOT SHOWN)

SHARED DETERRITORISED DWELLING SPACES

CORE STRUCTURE

CORE CIRCULATION AND SERVICE BACKYARDS FOR OFFICE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT [SCALE 1:750]

DETAIL A [SCALE 1:40]

M.S. ANCHOR PLATE WELDED TO GIRDIR TO ENGEINNER’S DETAIL

(GIRDIR ATTACHMENT ) DETAIL A

STEEL TENSION CABLE SECURED TO ANCHOR PLATE VIA S.S. CONNECTOR

DETAIL B [SCALE 1:40]

200MM SQUARE HOLLOW SECTION VERTICAL STRUCTURE WELDED TO BEAMS

EXISTING GIRDIR FROM URBAN DESIGN

CABLE-STAYED VERTICAL STEEL MAST WELDED TO BEAM TIE-BACK CABLE ANCHORAGE

SCRIPTING AFFECT

WATER TANK

FIRE STAIRCASE (GLASS ENCLOSED) REFUSE CHUTE

WATER SUPPLY & PLUMBING

GAS

AIR-CONDITION

ELECTRICAL OUTLET

PASSENGER ELEVATOR

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(ROOF CABLE) DETAIL B

50CM3 WATER TRANSFER TANK

WATER HEATING TANK

FIREPROOF GLASS, TO ENGINEER’S DETAIL (PARTIALLY SHOWN)

FIRE SPINKLER SYSTEM WITH DRY RISER (NOT SHOWN)

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D2

D3 E8

E9

E7

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E10

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D5

E2

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E5

E6

E4 D6

D7

D8

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D2.

D3.

D4.

D5.

D6.

D7.

D8.

10.5M2 BASIC DWELLING UNIT OPTIONAL 6M2 EXTENSION TENT-LIKE STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY PLAN STAIR FACE SERVICE OUTLET FACE GARDEN FACE ENTRANCE FACE

E1. 500MM DIAMETER FLEXIBLE INSULATED COOL AIR SUPPLY DUCT E2. 200MM DIAMETER PVC GREY WATER DUCT E3. 200MM DIAMETER PVC BLACK (SOIL) WATER DUCT E4. GAS SUPPLY PIPE E5. 100MM DIAMETER FLEXIBLE ALUMINIUM POTABLE COLD-WATER DUCT E6. 100MM DIAMETER FLEXIBLE ALUMINIUM POTABLE HOT-WATER DUCT E7. 150MM DIAMETER RUBBER FRESH SUPPLY AIR DUCT E8. 150MM DIAMETER RUBBER RETURN AIR DUCT E9. 20MM STEEL BOLT E10. 100MM DIAMETER LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINIUM STRUT E11. 50MM GRP(GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC) PANEL AXONOMETRY [SCALE 1:100] ORTHOGONAL STUDIES [SCALE 1:300]

E11

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F1. 150MM DIAMETER RUBBER AIR DUCT F2. 500MM DIAMETER FLEXIBLE INSULATED COOL AIR DUCT F3. 200MM DIAMETER PVC GREY WATER DUCT F4. 100MM DIAMETER FLEXIBLE ALUMINIUM POTABLE COLD-WATER DUCT F5. 20MM STEEL BOLT F6. 100MM DIAMETER LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINIUM STRUT F7. 150MM DIAMETER HOLLOW CORE LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINIUM CONNECTOR F8. ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR F9. 50MM GRP(GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC) PANEL

F2

F3

F3

F4

F5

F9

F8 F7

F6

VERTEBRATE JUNGLE M&E, C&S, DWELLING HABITATION INTEGRATION OPPOSITE

ASSEMBLY KIT INSTRUCTION [SCALE 1:100]

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Visual Drafts

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Jungle Development

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Model Studies

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Service and Programme Integration

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NO1 GEOMETRIC APPRORIATION FROM INHERITED GIRDIR ON URBAN DESIGN

NO3 PROGRAMMATIC EXPERIMENT: DWELLINGS

NO4 PROGRAMMATIC EXPERIMENT: UNDER YOUR CHINNY CHIN CHIN

NO6 PROGRAMMATIC EXPERIMENT: GARDEN OF EDEN BETWEEN 2 PARTY WALLS/ ATRIUM BETWEEN 2 BUILDINGS

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NO2 PROGRAMMATIC EXPERIMENT: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

NO5 PROGRAMMATIC EXPERIMENT: PIPES ALONG INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK

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POSTSCRIPT AS I SAT DOWN TO REFLECT UPON THIS PROJECT, I AM COMPELLED TO EXPLAIN MY AGENDA BEHIND THIS PROJECT AND I FEEL RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THINGS EXPLICIT. IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROJECT, I HAVE PRESENTED THE THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS TO THIS ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIMENTATION. THE APPROACH THAT I HAVE ADOPTED DEPENDS HEAVILY ON NARRATIVES AND VISUALIZATION OF THE VARIOUS ISSUES WHICH I ATTEMPT TO TACKLE IN LIGHT OF ESTABLISHING A NEW CBD WITH AN EXISTING URBAN FABRIC. INSTEAD OF CONCEDING TO THE IMMUTABLE CONVENTIONS, IT IS AN ON-GOING QUESTIONING OF THE WAY WE BUILD AND THE WAY WE CO-EXIST WITH THE ABJECT. BORROWING DELEUZE’S TERM OF THE “BECOMING”, IT ALLOWS A REEXAMINATION OF THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE SHIFT BETWEEN DIFFERENT MOMENTS, THEIR WAY OF LIFE; ALL WHILE AMBITIOUSLY TRYING TO RESPOND TO HISTORICAL, SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALITIES AND GUIDE US TO MOVE TOWARDS NEW WAYS OF ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTION. THE RESULTING SET OF COLLAGE, JUNGLE POWER, BECAME A TRIGGER TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE NEW ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING TECHNIQUE – THROUGH THE VARIOUS MODES OF “BECOMING” AND REFLECTING UPON THE REALITY. NEITHER ONE OF THE GROUNDS LED TO THE OTHER, NOR THE MODES OF “BECOMING” WERE THOUGHT TOGETHER AS A SINGULAR ENTITY. THE PROCESS WAS ALSO NEITHER LINEAR, COHERENT NOR SYSTEMATIC. HOWEVER, IT GAVE THE PROJECT A CERTAIN SHAPE AND POTENTIAL. WITHOUT THIS SET OF COLLAGE, ABJECT DOMESTICATION: REFUSE AND REFUGE MIGHT NEVER EXIST.

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I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE DRAWINGS PRESENTED IN THE SECOND PART WERE UNEXPECTED RESULTS FROM THIS EXPLORATION. THEY BECAME A SERIES OF TECHNICAL DRAWINGS WHICH PROPOSED A CERTAIN WAY OF LOOKING AT ATRIUM SPACES AND THE ABJECT. ORIGINALLY DRAWN IN A PSEUDO CONTRACTUAL DRAWING MANNER, THE PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF IS IN FACT MEANT TO BE BUILT. NOT A LITERAL TRANSLATION FROM JUNGLE POWER, I HAVE CALLED THIS DRAWING SERIES SCRIPTING AFFECT BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE THE PROGRAMMATIC SCRIPTS EXPERIMENTED BY CEDRIC PRICE IN THE 60S. WITHIN THE DENSE PATTERN GENERATED UPWARDS FROM THE GIRDER, IT CHALLENGES PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS, ALLOWS FOR CURRENCY EXCHANGE AND BECOMES A FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATION AND PROGRAMMATIC FUNCTIONS. THIS IS DONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRADICTIONS AND COMPLEXITIES FACED BY THE COMMUNITIES (BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE) WITHIN THE SITE. AS WE EXPERIMENT WITH THE NEW BUILDING FORMS, THE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS FROM JUNGLE POWER AND SCRIPTING AFFECT COME TOGETHER TO CORRELATE TO AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF THINKING. IT IS ALMOST LIKE TRYING TO WEAVE A DREAM TOGETHER. ITS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION HAS GREATLY BENEFITED FROM BOBBY’S AGENDA TO REINFORCE THE CRITICAL NATURE OF ARCHITECTURE, WHICH HAS FURTHER FUELED MY ATTEMPT TO IMPLORE NEW EXPRESSIVE DEVICES IN ORDER TO ENGAGE ARCHITECTURE AS A REACTIVE DISCIPLINE. — LIN DERONG 20TH JUNE 2017

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ABJECT DOMESTICATION: REFUSE AND REFUGE PORTFOLIO 08 FOR PART 02: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, CONTINUATION OF PART 01: URBAN DESIGN (COMMON GROUND X IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE) PRESENTED ON THE 12TH APRIL 2017 LIN DERONG | A0111169M UNDER TUTELAGE OF ADJUNCT A/P WONG CHONG THAI BOBBY AR4102 DESIGN 08 | MOBILITY & URBANISM UNDERGRADUATE YEAR 4, AY16/17 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REVIEWERS: HANS BROUWER, PROFESSOR IN PRACTICE RICHARD HO, A/P TAN TECK KIAM, JOSEPH LEE, DR. ZHANG YE CONSULTANTS: YING KEE YEOW (M&E), PHILIP WANG (STRUCTURAL) SPECIAL THANKS: TAN CHIEW HUI, JEFFERSON JONG, & MY PARENTS

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