Superblock+Spine by mdenhart

superblock+spine

an urban infrastructure for a more dynamic city Michael den Hartog

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      



 

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      

      

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the super block

dimensions and time

area: block 1 230,000 sq m block 2 150,000 sq m

superblock+spine The proposed urban scheme challenges the notion of the master plan. The design is composed of a series of systems offering the possibility for multiple site outcomes. Its conception is a direct result of my experiences studying in China, specifically the rapid urban transformation occurring. Driven by speed and economic turnover, sites are torn down and rebuilt from scratch multiple times within the span of a few decades, with little regard for what was there before or what may be in the future. The proposed scheme is not a plan but rather a system which may be implemented to support continuous deconstruction and reconstruction of a site without having to demolish it completely. The city is in a state of continuous flux and the scheme seeks to accommodate this characteristic.

superblock+spine The presentation's organization is intended to explain the project as a series of components. Through subsequent development and integration,these components together form a larger whole or an urban system. In the case of this project one possible outcome of the system's implementation is examined in detail, expressing the qualities of the place in addition to its various components. The presentation begins with an overview of the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design development. Once the system is established I examine the detailed outcome. The urban system developed is seen as an infrastructural network which supports the site itself (the superblock) similar to how a subway network supports a larger city or a high speed rail system supports a region.

design development

developing an organizational site network

what is network? 

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spine established as infrastructural  backbone,accommodating flexible growth

growth along spine  nodes and intensities 

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component interaction

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diagrammatic development

component interaction

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network as infrastructure

generic framework accommodating dynamic possibilities

 

 

what is spine?

generic framework supporting dynamic possibilities 

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what  is result?

 collective urban form, hybridizing the informal/unplanned city with rigorous development 

system compnents a breakdown

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 

      

         

        

      

    

   

    

       

     

system overview

exploded components  

component 1-groundscape

green network/vehicular

   

component 2-infrastructural spine

networking the site

 component 2-infrastructural spine

 spine plugs into various components forming horizontal connectivity

component 2-infrastructural spine

sectional development, component highlighted in red

component 2-infrastructural spine

infrastructural hub plan

component 2-infrastructural spine

infrastructural hub section

component 3-the village spine

the cores provide a vertical connection between the village spine and component 4 (the corporate office parks and residential towers)

component  3-the village spine

 distribution study of informal development along the spine

component 3-the village spine

planar development,component highlighted in yellow

component 3-the village spine

sectional development,component highlighted in yellow



  

          

     

component 3-research and development,office,residential facilities

the generic tower block that most often defines chinese development is integrated into the urban system

 component 3-research and development,office,residential facilities

 distribution of high-rise along spine 

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

  

  

component 3-research and development,office,residential facilities

integration study of spine and village components with high-rises

ECORWU EQPHKIWTCVKQP

GNGXCVGF EQPPGEVKQP component 3-research and development,office,residential facilities

study of integration of office park and spine

component 3-research and development,office,residential facilities

planar development

component 3-research and development,office,residential facilities

sectional development

       

  

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

 

  component 4-flexible pancake

infrastructure to house unforeseen, future community and commercial programs

 component 4-flexible pancake

 large, flexible stacked floor plates punctured by specific programs 

keep towers visually and physically connected to street front

connective ‘pancake’ layer structure

Articulate inbetween spaces to accomodate necessary interaction with adjacent context

Extrusion of articulated footprint to necessary height

with extruded volumes

Pancake boundries extruded

Tower cores establish areas of subtraction

‘pancake’ building which accomidates additional program, connects adjacent buildings, and adds shading to open spaces

component 4-flexible pancake  pancake derivation and logic 

component 4-flexible pancake

planar development

component 4-flexible pancake

sectional development

phasing

system is progressive, once infrastructural hub is established will grow towards areas of interest attracting and organizing new construction

phasing diagram

detailed investigation of possible outcome inhabitation

possible system expansion of entire site



anticipation of expansion off of site into context

birds eye view

anticipation of expansion off of site into context

model development



macro section

detail study of inhabitation of system components

mega plan



detail study of inhabitation of system components 

mega plan detail

spine meets intersection

mega plan detail

interchange, void creates public plaza

experience

dynamic and generic

  

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

  

 

a system to support continuous development   

a mediation between top down development and informal aggregation

superblock+spine I choose to close on the axonometric of system components because I feel it best represents the forces behind the project. It takes the place of the master plan, presenting a list of ingredients which accommodates various outcomes over time.