ADRIFT GROUP 13
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RESEARCH
GROUP’S SURVEY PROPOSED SOCIAL MIX
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PRECEDENTS
SHARING MODEL SPATIAL ANALYSIS
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INDIVIDUAL CONCEPT DESIGN
INDIVIDUAL DESIGN
06. SITE ANALYSIS
STAGE 1 STRUCTURE
STAGE 2 STRUCTURE
In stage 1, the group did a detailed research on the effects on sharing and living with someone else. The group then progress by choosing precedents that would inspire the designers with their projects. A detailed brief was then created so that the designers in the group could refer to when proposing thier conceptual design conceptual design. The group leader compiles all the information that has been collected and thus develop an informative report.
In stage 2, the designers in group start off by choosing a site where they invision their proposed design would be. They then proceed on further developing and finalising their concept design that was created in stage 1. The group leader also further develop the group’s reprot.
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In this section we talk about how sharing and living in a shared space can affect someone’s lifestyle. We’ll also look into how floating house is created and the different types of aquaculture.
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Behaviour & Lifestyle Tackling Asiocialty Collaborative Lifesyle Floating House Aquaculture
BEHAVIOUR & SOCIAL LIFESTYLE Social aspect of house sharing Social interactions are influenced by the physical characteristics of a cohousing communities.The difference between values, goals and behaviours of different dwellers of a cohousing community are helpful for a better understanding of social interactions in a cohousing community. Sharing is one of the prosocial behaviors. Prosocial behavior is a conscious conduct that deliberately benefits another, rather than helping them out of expectation or by accident. We share out of kindness, unconditional expectation because it’s a stigma we subconsciously adhere to as a social being. And for that, we possess the social feeling, which determines our behavior towards others. It’s part of us to behave in a certain way to be approved by society or community, through that we can secure our existence.
For example, Sharing fun posts with others - this is an act of being social and caring about others. A fun post makes us laugh, we share it with others because we remember them; Sharing snacks in class; People sharing money in form of charity by helping people in need; sharing a house - both the renters and landlord benefit from doing so. Sharing with other prosocial behaviors are virtues which have been set up and retained only by the universally valid principle of communal life. Sharing is one of the prosocial behaviors Prosocial behavior is a conscious conduct that deliberately benefits another, rather than helping them out of expectation or by accident.
Tackling asociality ( s e c l u s i v e n e s s / i s o l at i o n )
Asociality (seclusiveness) refers to the lack of motivation to engage in social interaction, or a preference for solitary activities. Asocial people detach themselves from society, speak little, or not at all, do not look their fellows in the eyes, do not listen, or are inattentive when one speaks to them. How can co-housing tackle asocial behavior? Firstly, co-housing deepens stronger social networks. Asocial people may find common interests with some residents they accommodated with, this helps them limit isolation behaviour as now they have someone to converse and share stories with. Another aspect is developing social cohesion. Social cohesion is defined as the willingness of members of a society to cooperate with each other in order to survive and prosper. Thirdly, co-living spaces instigates the pro-environmental behavior among the residents. This behavior can stimulate the isolated individuals to improve their action. One might feel, through observation, the need to reflect their own actions and behaviors toward others. Lastly, a sense of belonging among residents is achieved when they feel comfortable within their community.
Social Contact Design (SCD) can furthermore improve the social interaction in the residence. This means the building was designed in a way which residents can contact each other and create a sense of community. For instance, extensive common facilities. These are common community areas, which were designed for daily use and it has facilitates such as a kitchen, dining area, sitting area, children’s playroom and laundry where residents can meet, talk and engage with each other. There is also residential involvement in the recruitment, production and operational processes. Collaborative lifestyles offers inter-independence, sociability, support networks, and sense of security such as dining together, gardening, cooking, cycling together, and sharing tools, skills and resources.
COLLABORATIVE LIFESTYLE
We teach kids how to share toys, books and facilities kindly, but the idea of sharing can get loaded up for adults. It is not only tangible things such as cars, bikes or rooms that can be shared among others, it is also the fewer tangible assets such as time, space, skills and money; and in the end both of these things come down to shared lifestyle. Shared living aims to encourage a sense of community by providing both common and private living areas in an interdependent way of sociability and network. vThe importance of architectural design that supports the community and supplements private areas is under focus along with the resident management and decision-making processes, which makes a focal point in lifestyle or collaborative consumption. There are four critical underlying principles in collaborative consumption: Critical Mass, Idling Capacity, Belief and Trust. Critical Mass Is a sociological term used to characterise a system’s presence with sufficient energy to make itself sustaining. The system will be successful only if the users are satisfied by the choice and the convenience available to them. If there is sustainable energy it encourages residents to share daily responsibilities, community resources, skills, and work effort while providing a sense of physical security. Therefore, combination should be carefully considered in order to increase the overall well-being, which depends on personal factors such as age, social, cultural background and financial situation, and expectations together with the architectural characteristics of the coliving unit. Idling Capacity Refers to the ratio of unused potential of an item when it is not used. Idling capacity is not just related to physical items, it can also include skills, space and commodities such as electricity.
Belief in the common Is a new paradigm for creating value and organizing a society of shared interests. Collaborative consumption creates value for another user even if that was not the intention from start. A new pattern for creating value and organizing a society of shared interests. Collaborative consumption is tied to how these principles are being applied to other parts of life. The more people participate in common programs such as car-pooling, bike sharing and sharing commodities, its better if the system works for everybody in everyday life.
Trust Between Strangers Collaborative consumption often requires us to trust someone we don’t know to various degrees. If people trust their neighbours and people in their community, then it could strengthen the community, which brings a positive impact to the surrounding atmosphere.
FLOATING HOUSE Architectural Aspects Typically found in flat terrain. They do not share common walls with adjacent buildings. When separated from adjacent buildings, the typical distance from a neighboring building is 10 meters. Building Configuration are regular in plan, but have an open first story.There are typically one to two windows on each face of the house with a single front door. Main function of this building typology is a single-family house. There is typically a single front door with a staircase leading from the second story entrance to the ground.
Building Dimensions Each building typically has 1 housing unit(s). Typical lengths of the buildings is between 5 and 10 meters and widths between 5 and 10 meters. The building is usually 2 storey high and the typical span of the roofing/flooring system is 2-5 meters. The typical storey height in such buildings is 3-4 meters.
Materials Sustainable and recyclable material, including bamboo, industrial wood and recyclable concrete.
Resting Position
FLoating Position
AQUACULTURE Is the process of rearing, breading and harvesting of aquatic species, both animals and plants, in controlled aquatic environments like the oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds and streams. It serves different purposes including; food production, restoration of threatened and endangered species populations, wild stock population enhancement, building of aquariums, and fish cultures and habitat restoration. Mariculture is aquaculture that involves the use of sea water that can either be done next to an ocean, with a sectioned part of the ocean or in ponds separate from the ocean, but all containing sea water. Organisms bred here range from molluscs to sea food options like fish, prawn and other shellfish, and even seaweed. Sea plants and animal species find many uses in manufacturing industries such as in cosmetic and jewellery where collagen from seaweed is used to make facial creams. Fish farming is the most common type of mariculture. It involves selective breeding of fish, either in fresh water or sea water and is purely for consumptions. Fish farming is easier to do than other kinds of farmingas they are not care intensive, only requiring food and proper water conditions as well temperatures.
Less land intensive as the size of ponds required to grow some fish species is much smaller than the space required to grow the same amount of protein from beef cattle.
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In this section we talk about 4 different precedents that the 4 designers has chosen as a form of research and inspiration.
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Tjibao Cultural Center Shengsi Island Castaway Island Cong Damn Village
TJIBAOU CULTURAL CENTER
Tjibaou cultural centre designed by Jean-Marie is deeply rooted in the concept of sustainability by design. Piano and landscape architects Desvigne & Dalnoky designed the center’s landscaping to re-create the close relationship between village and nature typical of many Melanesian cultures. The pavilions are divided into three main functional groups. The clusters of pavilions are surrounded by open-air communal areas, reminiscent of the outdoor space in which most of Kanak people’s social life and everyday activities takes place. The center is located on a peninsula on the outskirts of NoumÊa, New Caledonia bordered on three sides by the Pacific Sea and a lagoon. The area is covered by lush vegetation, consisting of mangroves, Agathis trees, fig-trees and other coniferous and non-coniferous indigenous species. The south-facing facades of the pavilions were designed to shelter the building from the strong winds and storms coming from the sea in the Monsoon season, while the north facades, oriented towards the much calmer lagoon, are more open, transparent and permeable. The covered corridor does not have sidewalls but is equipped with wood, metal and glass louvers, designed so that natural ventilation keeps it reasonably cool, at the same time avoiding overheating by excessive direct sunlight.
Cooling and passive ventilation are obtained naturally through a double facade in which air circulates freely between the layers of slatted wood, and an adjustable louver system regulates the airflow depending on the wind speed.
SHENGSI ISLAND
Shengsi, an archipelago of almost 400 islands at the mouth of China’s Yangtze river, holds a secret shrouded in time – an abandoned fishing village being reclaimed by nature. Design Plan Space reflects the past -The original stone house and streets are retained and activated as an abstraction retention of geographical cultural. In more levels, expanse the existing labyrinthine space, making the original horizontally aligned functional space into three-dimensional. In the vertical level combine the transporting space, communicating space, private space and landscape space, accommodating people’s group behaviour with the form of a semiopen space. Moreover, fully expand the feature of streets as a living room, providing more opportunities for cultural exchange between tourists and local residents. Lastly, create the overall landscape platform in the newly constructed roof which is combined with the terrain in the newly constructed roof to provide the best view. Traditional stone craft is widely used, supplemented by concrete to ensure the strength. In this way, later retrofitting and renovation is possible. Villagers are encouraged to reduce emissions of waste in the construction process. In addition, they put useless tanks, roof tiles and other artefacts masonry in new buildings, making the carriers of memory integrate into the building as material. Thus, the whole village becomes a park that carries unforged. The tourism centre includes new complex of hotel, restaurant, drying area and sales exhibition, reconstruction of part of the village, water park and aquaculture. New buildings are constructed by local stones, generating wave pattern on facade. The production centre includes fish reef, seaweed, mussel and fish aquaculture, educational tour and underwater experience. Combining production and sightseeing, a positive cycle is generated with both fishery attracting tourist and fishery driven by tourism.
Asymetric Zoning
Chaotic Units
Green Spaces Deck Pattern
Shop Fronts
CASTAWAY ISLAND RESORT
Located on a private beach of 3,000 m2, engulfed on one side by a beautiful mountain range and on the other by an expansive shore of white sand, the resort consists of five huts, a restaurant and a pavilion. The “huts� mainly follow the design of traditional huts used in villages years before but have a modern touch to them on the inside in rooms such as the bathrooms to meet the users needs. For the project, they used bamboo, an environmental-friendly material that can integrate in and be easily removed afterwards without affecting the natural beautiful gulf at the site where the project is built. The bamboo structure is covered with thatched roof, offering an authentic Vietnamese cultural. Each of the 13 bamboo shell units are composed of 80 straight bamboo which creates the wavy shape of the ceiling and roof. The houses stand individually but are located close to each other. Each have their own private storage area below the house. Due to the materials used the buildings temperatures are regulated well and the pivots are a safety precaution oncase there may be flooding the water will flow below the buildings. The location and style of the houses is to provide people with a change from city living and help them connect more with the surrounding nature and each other. The restaurant features a hyperbolicparabolic shell structure, which forms a semi-outdoor space for social gathering and interaction.
CONG DAM VILLAGE
Cong Dam fishing village is a small ancient village located in Ha Long bay, which retains most intact traditional fishing culture with a population of about 120 people. Isolated from the mainland, completely separated from the life on the shore and the usual tourist routes, the landscape in Cong Dam retains the wild appearance and fresh air. The fishing village is full of pine trees, a great place to explore and admire the coral reefs, underwater caves and lakes in the limestone mountains. In addition, this place also has many natural beaches, clear blue sea, velvety white sand and sky high (Tra Gio, Cay Bang, Cat Oan). One of the most notable features of this village is their floating houses painted with dynamic range of colors: red, blue, green and yellow. Most of the cruises would pass by one of these floating villages and would probably make a short stop at a fish farm to observe daily life or just for the visitors to have a peek into the basic living of the villagers. Generators provide electricity for the floating village and fresh water is brought in from the mainland and stored in tanks. Older children who wish to further their education often live on the mainland with a relative. Health care is provided sporadically, and women go to the mainland to give birth. In regard to education, all people lived on a small boat and were illiterate. Until the supporting policies have taken effect, people’s living has become better and children can go to school. Education for children here is an important matter to be concerned. When life is not easy, they need to know how to survive by learning swimming, helping their parents. The children learn to swim before they can walk. Nevertheless, their life will be the same as their parents if nothing changes. The village also survives from tourism. In fact, tours to visit the fishing village on the Bay are increasingly attracted many tourists. The unique feature of its tourism product is tourism activities involved in cultural conservation. This is an effective method to diversify tourism products. There have been a lot of changes in village due to tourism. Local people have raised awareness on the environmental protection. In addition to the propagation of local government and the support of international organizations, people have self-conscious to protect the environment by not discharging trash into the sea and waste treatment. Each person is not only an effective communicator but also an employee directly involved in the process of environmental protection.
Materials being used to build these are bricks, plastic, timber or any light materials that can support the whole house on the water. Under the house is attached with big lifebuoy or foamline to support the house from sinking.
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In this section we talk about the group members results on a survey that was created by Space10 and the social mix that was created in the brief.
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Group’s Survey Social Mix
GROUP SURVEY The group members took a survey that was created by Space10 on spaces for shared living in 2030. The survey compromised of questions on what people like and dislike about shared livng and why would they choose this particular lifestyle. The survey also asked what are the expectations, what the survey takers are willing to share and who are they willing share the space and maybe their personal belongings with. The survey also touched on the type of community the survey taker once to be a part off and how big the community should be and who is comprimised in this community. Here are the results that all 5 of us found in common in our test results.
HOW BIG IS THE COMMUNITY
PAYING THE BILLS
A small community of 4-10 people
Bills to be charged based on indiviual tenants usage
PROS OF SHARING A SPACE
WHO CHOOSES THE NEW TENANTS
Splitting
cost with tenants.
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Be able to vote accept new room mate and not management and having private areas off limits.
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To have a clear indication of what is private and what is not and private spaces are off limits
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP & FURNISHED HOUSE Equal ownership and house does not have to be fully furnished
SOCIAL MIX In the group’s brief, the community is s self- sustaining, isolated village that practices trading and aquaculture as their source of income and consumption. The community comes together in helping each other with their business and farming as well as contributing in maintenance in terms of cleanliness and the state of the village. The community consiste of 60 adults and 15 kids in total where 20 of the adults are eldery which 5 pairs are living by themselves and the other 5 pairs are living with a big family. There are 20 adults where 10 of them are living on their own and the 10 are livng in pairs. Another group that can be found in the community is 5 families that consist of only 2 adults and 1 child and another 5 families that consist of 2 elederly, 2 adults and 2 kids.
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In this section we talk about how each spaces that is brought up in the brief would be composed and what are the fucntions that are allocated to this spaces.
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Sharing Model Spatial Mix
SHARING MODEL Based on the group’s brief, the entire village including the farm is completely private and only the community that is residing there have access to them. The only public sector of this community would be the individual storefront that each household owns where they sell their produce. A detailed description of the community spaces eg. Private, semi-private, communal and supporting facilities is provided as a guideline for the group’s designers to follow when designing thier personal projects.
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House consist of daily necessities e.g. Kitchen, bathroom, etc. and individual farm
COMMUNAL
Private beach, communal spaces, carpark, shower, toilet, garden
SEMI-PRIVATE
Storefront
SUPPORTING FACILITIES Private beach, garden, equipment storage, water activities, nursery, carpark, shower, toilet
SPATIAL ANALYSIS Based off the sharing model in the community, each household owns their house, storefront and their individual farm. Equipment used for farming like nets, boats, etc are shared among the villagers through a roaster system. Communal spaces like the nursery, entertainment, etc are also shared within themselves. A detailed description of the sizes for the spcaes is given so that the group’s designers have a guideline on how they can design these spaces in their individual project.
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Nursery & Equipement Storage 15mX15m Toilet & Shower 5mX1.5m Garden 100mX30m
Private Beach 2kmX400m Water activties 15mX15m
PRIVATE House 15mX15m Fish Farm 3ha
Carpark 150mx150m
PUBLIC Storefront 6mX3m
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In this section we take a look at 4 different concpet design approach that the designers have come out for themseleves and how they plan on tackling the group’s brief.
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Ilayda Selin Karakus Likith Ramakrishna Thanh Huyen Phung Tabeth Chakalakshi
ilayda selin karakuS
The plots follow the natural topography lines of the landscape. Generally positioned on high ground, avoiding flood areas. Instead of traditional suburban plots, the housings are distributed in social clusters along the plot lines, where the topography allows for vires surrounding landscape in the centre of the hill tops. the main built elements are the housing cluster and the community spaces that are shared. The conceptual design is rather simple in form and structure, with each double story housing emphasising the quality of the land and having direct access to the natural landscape. The building has been adapted in the central part of the site that is mostly surrounded by other cabins, and the natural topography, right off the mountainous sea. The site is formed in a way to encourage its naturalistic form without compromising the organic form of the original spot. Furthermore, the structures are placed in social clusters to encourage interaction among other residents, while still allowing to remain a sense of privacy for the home owners. The design will also be developed using sustainable materials that can also be accessed on site.
Site Plan
The adrift community is not only established to create a strong fishing and trading culture, but it also encourages residents to take care of the natural landscape, while adapting aquafarming that will support to improve the aquatic life as well as farming culture. The design enables to focus heavily on self-sustainability and responds to an ever-growing demand for increased life quality in the built environment among future home owners, calling for a better, healthier living environment, more communities and affordable homing’s.
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DINING AREA
LIVING
UP TO 4 MODULES PER FLOOR
BEDROOM
UP TO 4 MODULES PER FLOOR
DINING AREA
LIVING ROOM
STORE FRONT
BEDROOM
DINING AREA
HOUSING FOR PAIRS HOUSING FOR SMALL FAMILIES (4 PEOPLE)
HOUSING FOR PAIRS HOUSING FOR SMALL FAMILIES (4 PEOPLE) HOUSING FOR PAIRS HOUSING FOR SMALL FAMILIES (4 PEOPLE)
HOUSING FOR BIG FAMILIES (8 PEOPLE)
HOUSING FOR BIG FAMILIES (8 PEOPLE)
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HOUSING FOR BIG FAMILIES (8 PEOPLE)
likith ramakrishna
Concept Form:
The project is mainly based on fishing villages. In present scenario, we know that fishing villages are reducing from improper facilities and insufficient funds. But still fishermen are trying their best to overcome the situations. By understanding their space and elements we can see their adaptiveness towards aquatic life and aqua farming. So, to rise their economy and standard of living ,we have come up with the design that are achieved through better structure and managements. The design has more involvement with the aquatic life and other species. By sensing through all these, I attained to come up with the form that are abstract like a stony coral and also with each space that has its own sense which are developed in a way where people have their own private spaces. In this residence, the space are designed depending upon their age, comforts and also with flexible movements in such chaotic shape. Responsibilities: In each and every building there are some managing responsibility that are divided between each age group. The seniors are the head and are responsible for the managing each stuff that happens in the residence. Furthermore, the middle age group and youths are allowed to take part in aqua farming based on the timings that are managed by the community head. Women are allowed to do the nursery and are responsible for food and amenities. Shared spaces: Basically, interiors, kitchen, living space, toilets and rooms are allowed to share among different age groups. The rooms that are placed at each level are divided based on the age group, the senior most acquires the ground floor followed by the middle age group and youths with kids acquire the first level and at the last floor its allowed for the teenagers to acquire. Whereas in exteriors, almost all the spaces like shops, farms, nursery and storages are shared among the community . To have some entertainments the large open space is designed next to the community hall for the safety and the requirements. Green spaces: 60% of the space is acquired only for the green space for the comfort and better environment surrounding the space without any disturbance . One acre of farm are divided among each family depending on which farm their working along Equipment and storages : Minimum 3 people are allowed to share the boats depending on their business. Smaller equipment like fishing rope are not shared but larger equipment like ice box are being shared among each other . the storage capacity is designed among the capacity of equipment having with each people.
Goods and Groceries: the community head is the one who is responsible for the groceries. It is only allowed for the middle age group who has an experience in distributing and are ready to take risk in managing the goods. Construction and Material: The building material is used in such a way that it is ecofriendly and are safety from natural hazards. Each one of the bamboo are slightly trimmed and twined up with a rope that forms to be flexibles and are allowed to form different shapes. It is used for the faรงade as it is more hard and stable. The inside wall are designed using an hardwood which tends to be cheap and as well acts as an insulative material. the building is supported with one main core structure that are embedded inside the soil. The tone and the colour of the material used is mild bronze. So, The adrift community are well designed and distributed based on understanding the psychology of people living in marine area with an exceptional concept.
THANH HUYEN PHUNG BRIEF Adrift is a fishing which focusing on enhancing the quality of life, comfortable and safe space for the community; a place where everyone sharing the common ground of interests meet together to build a self-sustainable village. Our operational objective is focused on establishing a perpetual states of regenerative resource units for community consumption, that under ideal conditions, require no external inputs for water or electricity. We want to create the space where the community can conveniently interact with each other every morning, on the way to work, furthermore, building the solidarity camaraderie between the fishermen and everyone living in the village. The private space contains houses (max 15x15m) for fishers and others to accomodate in including 6 big aquacultures and 6 small farmings belonging to each household. It is noted that not all people living in the space are fishers, some working as traders, doctors, security guards as well; these factions are friends of the fishers that will help contribute to the economy and life of the village. Semiprivate area is the storefront attached to each house and exposed to the public as the means to sell items and goods to outsiders and their neighbors. Community space composed of gardens that each house owns as others can come and take care of it; the beach is placed in front of the community center; the community center is situated on-land along with a car park. CONCEPT DESIGN The intention is to build in the waterfront area, located between the seashore and the sea. This is purposely done to allow the public access on land. The form takes on the shape of the shell because after through countless processes of arranging the village. Shell represented the enclosed space, this is a requirement in one of the Adrift village’s brief, an isolated village which explains why the shell is incorporated into the concept design. As for the form of the house, I combined the Cong Dam village and REGEN village forms. Moreover, I decided not to go for a high rise or two storey building due to its possibility of reducing the communication between villagers, hence why the houses are attached to each other by the bridge to encourage active circulation within the communication. The form of the community space will be based on the design of the surrounding context, in this case the location hasn’t been decided, therefore the design will be a simple cubic form. Aquacultures are situated near the accomodation in order for the convenience and easily accessible. The borders are guarded by officers who belong to the village as well. Spatial Zonings
Form Generation
Axonometric
TABETH CHAKALAKSHI
The inspiration came from the Castaway resort in Vietnam. I went for a traditional approach for the community design using houses that look like traditional fishing huts from traditional fishing villages. I chose this approach to suit the lifestyle of the residents as they will be fishermen and women seeking a slower relaxed life. I wanted the coliving space to meet the needs of the clients but to have a minimal effect to the surroundings, “touch the ground lightly�. I also wanted the houses to compliment the natural surroundings and not distract from its beauty. I did this by using natural materials for the huts. The residents also wanted to experience a sense of community, culture and connection with nature. The community has seven buildings all sharing the same form but are different sizes. The communal building being the largest building in the community has a different ground level, but the overall design is still very similar to the rest of the buildings. This design approach is to embrace the traditional design of many fishing villages where the huts in the community would all follow the same design. In a way it unites the members too and makes the community stand out yet blend in with the surrounding. The community has 5 co-living houses which are divided according to the groups of residents. All the houses follow the same design but are different sizes. The largest house is occupied by 5 extended families. The second largest house is occupied by the 20 paired people. The third largest house is occupied by 5 nuclear families and the last two houses in the community are the smallest and are occupied by 10 individuals and the other by 5 pairs of grandparents. Each floor in the house contains open shared areas to encourage socialising, sharing and a sense of community.
The ground floor has 5 shop spaces shared amongst people in each house and a main storage room. Each shop has its own freezer. The first floor contains bedrooms for each person or couple and a private lounge, kitchen and bathroom per family. The second floor which is the largest floor in the biggest house. It contains bedrooms for each person or couple and a private lounge, kitchen and bathroom per family. The buildings are made out of natural materials such as wood and thatch for the roof. This not only follows typical traditional fishing villages on most islands but is also inspired by the traditional house of the Makuti town where the site is located. This approach allows development of the existing houses while still maintaining the architectural style of the area. Each house is three stories and groups of the same people live in each. Each member has a good level of privacy by having their own bedroom but some facilities in the building are shared such as the kitchen, living room and bathrooms to encourage community living amongst each group. Putting people of the same group tends to help them get comfortable with each other faster as they may relate better in some areas, for example the couple’s in the extended families could relate well because they all have kids and live with a grandparent. The communal building encourages community living among the different groups especially the adults. It provides different levels for dining and entertainment but also contains bathrooms. The nursery provides the same but for the children and is also their school.
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In this section the 4 designers further develop their design by choosing a site. The next few pages talks about each site and how each designers is going to be incorparating their design to their selcted site.
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Lofeten Island Seychelles Clarence Town Ilha de Mocambique
ilayda selin karakuS Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten is known for a distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches and untouched lands. Its capital and largest town, Leknes, lies approximately 169 km inside the Arctic Circle, or approximately 2,420 km away from the North Pole, thus making Lofoten one of the world’s northernmost populated regions. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world’s largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.
LOAFTEN ISLAND
Geography & context Lofoten Island is in the process of being certifies as a sustainable destination, a seal of approve given to destinations that work systematically to reduce the negative impact of tourism. In addition to not only providing visitors as well as the residents living there with enjoyable experiences of the natural landscape, Lofoten also preserves the local nature, culture and environment, strengthen social values, and be economically viable. My design concept focuses on creating a selfsustainable village for the people. Adrift, the self sustainable fishing village is the concept for a new residential enclave in the Lofoten islands in Norway. The plots follow the natural topography lines of the landscape. Generally positioned on high ground, avoiding flood areas. Instead of traditional suburban plots, the housings are distributed in social clusters along the plot lines, where the topography allows for vires surrounding landscape in the centre of the hill tops. The main built elements are the housing cluster and the community spaces that are shared. Transforming traditional mono-cultural agriculture fields into a diverse mix of wetlands, meadows, orchards and agroforestry, the new neighbourhood enable its future residents to lead a more sustainable lifestyle with a higher degree of self-sufficiency while offering the same services, amenities and freedom, as urban life in the city. Aiming to create an attractive alternative for the many city-dwellers looking to relocate outside of major cities, the new a new sustainable and self-sufficient residential masterplan is routed in three main themes: a robust, sustainable natural environment with a rich biodiversity, more community and an affordable lifestyle for a better, more healthy living environment, more community and affordable homes. The conceptual design is rather simple in form and structure, with each double story housing emphasising the quality of the land and having direct access to the natural landscape. The building has been adapted in the central part of the site that is mostly surrounded by other cabins, and the natural topography, right off the mountainous sea. The site is formed in a way to encourage its naturalistic form without compromising the organic form of the original spot. Furthermore, the structures are placed in social clusters to encourage interaction among other residents, while still allowing to remain a sense of privacy for the home owners. The design will also be developed using sustainable materials that can also be accessed on site. By integrating residential development, decentralized energy production and local organic food production, the new masterplan concept strive to offer the ability for fishers to fully integrate services as well as access to transportation to other towns nearby.
ACCESSIBILITY Transportation & Pedestrian Network Cars and busses will be able to drive slowly through the area and along the main roads. The cluster has sufficient parking’s for all residents and visitors, while some of the other housing typologies provide the parking integrated into the building. The pedestrian network is part of a larger network in Lofoten, linking local school, and the rest of the island with the major cultural and civic programs. majority of the space is green land, which encourages a better environment. Centrally located in the area, the food hub has heated greenhouses and a farmers market, selling, freshly organic fruits, vegetables, fish and other produce foraged from the farming community. The housing units are structured around central courtyards that act as meeting facilities between the residential places, with common facilities such as playgrounds, communal kitchens, storage space and cold greenhouses. A parallel pedestrian pathway cuts through the landscape and overlaps with the infrastructure system in select places, connecting key interest points such as the food hub and the shared spaces. together.
SERVICES A number of outdoor activities and programs are distributed along pedestrian paths, encouraging an active and healthy lifestyle through playing, bouldering and even surfing and rafting activities suitable for the location Lofoten occupies a unique place within the national psyche because of the peculiar and influential place it has occupied throughout Norwegian History. Residing right next to the ocean, the site enables the fisherman to have close access the sea, and the farming culture, as rich as It is on the islands, is strong among the adrift community. Access to the basic facilities and to other local towns around them. The adrift community is not only established to create a strong fishing and trading culture, but it also encourages residents to take care of the natural landscape, while adapting aquafarming that will support to improve the aquatic life as well as farming culture. The design enables to focus heavily on self-sustainability and responds to an ever-growing demand for increased life quality in the built environment among future home owners, calling for a better, healthier living environment, more communities and affordable homing’s.
likith ramakrishna Seychelles is an archipelagic island country in the Indian Ocean at the eastern edge of the Somali Sea.
GRAND ANSE, SEYCHELLES
Geography & context Its first settlement back to 1770 when the islands were first settled by the French, leading a small party of whites, Indians and Africans. The townhouses often resembled the Victorian era and had roofs made of corrugated iron sheets. The houses usually had kitchens located outside. However, these traditional houses have become less common these days, and have been replaced by newly designed houses with a flat roof as is seen in other former British colonies. Seychelles has a modern fishing industry that supplies both domestic and foreign markets; canned tuna is a particularly important product. The extraction of guano for export is also an established economic activity. The Craft Village is a reminder to the rich and variegated cultural heritage of Seychelles. The Craft Village has some quaint, peculiar objects delightful to see and handle. There is a plethora of handmade jewellery, coconut items and batik clothing. One can really buy some flamboyant souvenirs from the Craft Village. Climate Obeservation The climate is equable although quite humid, as the islands are small. Culture Obversation The culture of Seychelles as a whole is very colourful and the population of the country represents unity in diversity.
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Environment Obversation The Seychelles Fishing Authority is monitoring fishing activities through reports and satellite surveillance and ensuring that there are proper legal frameworks in place. Soil Context Ferralitic soil, commonly known as “la Terre Rouge� or red soil.
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ACCESSIBILITY The majority of Seychelles roadways are paved, most of which are on the islands of Mahe. The site has more flexible movements and short walkable streets in and around the forest and the markets. The airport is about 20 kms away from the site and is one of the main airports around Seychelles. The most important and frequent way of transport is ferry transport, Ferry services operate between the islands—for example, linking Victoria with destinations that include Praslin and La Digue. The island can easily be reached by road which is not too close or far from bel normone city, the place where the trading takes place. The proximity to hospitals and churches are about 15kms to 18 kms away from the site and. Buses are scheduled for just 6 hours per day and there are no frequent buses from the site to transport. The people residing at the site as to go by walk or either has to take ferries to reach their destinations.
SERVICES Seychelles has a modern fishing industry that supplies both domestic and foreign markets; canned tuna is a particularly important product. The extraction of guano for export is also an established economic activity. The Craft Village has some quaint, peculiar objects delightful to see and handle. There is a plethora of handmade jewellery, coconut items and batik clothing. One can really buy some flamboyant souvenirs from the Craft Village. Most of the facilites are available around the site. But, the telecommunications is the problem and it lacks communications between each other from the site. They are allowed to contact from the community centre or from the teleport centre which is 8kms away from the site.
THANH HUYEN PHUNG The site is located near the east end of Clarence Town, a small town of Long Island. Surrounding with docks, small shops, several resorts and the hidden gem of this site is its exposition to nature.
CLARENCE TOWN
Geography & context Long Island is very eco-friendly, endowed with natural beauty and charm that provides endless opportunities to experience nature hikes, nature walks, and eco-marine activities. It is home to the world famous Dean’s Blue Hole, deepest blue hole in the world and the second largest underwater chamber. It is a great spot to snorkel and revel in some of the best underwater sights, if you are a strong diver. A small flock of flamingos migrated from Inagua to Long Island a few years ago and made their home at the southern tip of the island. Large numbers of the endangered West Indian Whistling Duck can also be found here. They inhabit secluded mangroves and other wetland areas and sightings are rare, due to their secretive nocturnal nature. Other species of waterfowl can be seen along the shorelines, and migratory and indigenous species roost in hardwood trees. Eco-tours are available to visit Sandy Cay and feed the iguanas, explore starfish beds, or spot dolphins in the wild. Its main source of incomes come from fishing, tourism and farming. The site is distinct from the town not too far yet too close, separated by a building and trees. Fishing is great on Long Island year-round. Both novice and experienced anglers can engage in fly and spin-casting bonefishing on the flats, or charter a boat to go for halfor full-day reef and deep-sea sports fishing. Knowledgeable guides practice marine conservation and offer a quality, stress-free time on the water. Blue marlin; black-, blueand yellow-fin tuna; and the game-fish star wahoo are some of the prizes anyone would likely to catch. The best time to score tuna is in January; it’s often to spot them in June and July. Marlin catches are almost guaranteed in February and August. Equipment is available for rent and some hotels also offer all-inclusive fishing packages Ena major’s creations. This store provides a one-stop shopping experience, representative of the unique straw industry offered on Long Island. From the Bahamas’s colorful artwork, to traditional straw bags, hats, place mats, and quality souvenirs, moreover, to even find the perfect memento. Weather temperatures in Clarence Town are pleasant all year around due to low temperature during dry season and high during rainy season.
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ACCESSIBILITY Beautiful waterfront, the transition, the harmonious of nature as the sea, sand and trees collided together. Fishing resources already existed since the town next to the site made it available. Infrastructure such as yacht and boat which can be used to travel to other islands of the Bahamas, help sustain the community life through trading fishes.
Man-made Features
Man Made Features Building like churches, community centers stimulates the proposed design for the community. A design which respects the cultural style of the surrounding context. Airport There are two airports on Long Island: Deadman’s Cay Airport (LGI) and Stella Maris Airport (SML). Daily scheduled service is available to the island from Nassau and charter services can be arranged through any of the certified local and international carriers. By sea, it is accessible from Nassau with Bahamas Ferry Services on a fully air-conditioned vessel, or two mailboats that provide service to several towns on a weekly (or more frequent) basis. Vehicle Service
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On Long Island, people choose to rent a car or scooter to get around, but taxis are readily available by phone and are usually stationed at the airports to meet incoming flights. Hotels can arrange pickup and drop off services as well. Some hotels also have bicycles available for their guests and you might wish to travel by foot to some of the nearby sights. Pedestrians should remember to first look right and then left before crossing streets. Vegetations
SERVICES Clarence town on Long Island is known for being one of the prettiest settlements in the Bahamas. Its well-kept roads wind gently from the dock through a friendly community to the two largest churches to be outside of Nassau, major capital city of the Bahamas. With a population of about 125, The town also has a marina, two restaurants, a small pub, gas station police station, post office and community center, there’s also the Department of Agriculture which sells locally grown produce and the government dock where the mail boat comes in on a weekly basis. This means Clarence town can supply groceries, fresh meats, and vegetables in season. Harbour Grocery has a telephone and will deliver purchases to the dock. There are two beautiful churches here of similar appearance.” One is Anglican/Episcopal, named St. Paul’s Anglican Church; the other is Roman Catholic, named St. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church. Oasis Bakery is also a restaurant/ bar and has fresh-baked pastries, bread and pizza.’ It sounds lovely, like any other quaint, picturesque town.
TABETH CHAKALAKSHI Ilha de Mocambique is a crescent-shaped coral island. For four centuries it was the capital and trading centre of Portuguese East Africa, a rich bazaar of European, Arab and Indian cultures dominated by the continent’s most formidable fortress.
ILHA DE MOCAMBIQUE
Geography & context Ilha de Mocambique (The Island of Mozambique) lies off northern Mozambique, between the Mozambique Channel and Mossuril Bay, and is part of Nampula Province. Pottery found on Mozambique Island indicates that the town was founded no later than the fourteenth century. According to tradition, the original Swahili population came from Kilwa. The name of the island (Portuguese: Moรงambique), is derived from Ali Musa Mbiki (Mussa Bin Bique), sultan of the island in the times of Vasco da Gama. This name was subsequently taken to the mainland country which is modern-day Mozambique, and the island was renamed Ilha de Moรงambique (Island of Mozambique). The Portuguese established a port and naval base in 1507 and built the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte in 1522, now considered the oldest European building in the Southern Hemisphere. The people have a quiet dignity and smile easily. It is perfectly safe, even for women, to wander alone through the warren of streets and alleys at any time, day or night. Most of the population lives in Macuti Town in the south of the island, a lowlying sprawl of mud houses with palm-frond roofs, where fishing provides a subsistence economy. There is no sense of resentment towards visitors.
ACCESSIBILITY Situated just off the North Coast of Mozambique and connected to the mainland by a 3.8km long bridge, Ilha is fairly simple to get to, but it can sometimes be a bit of a mission due to the lack of infrastructure in the province. By Plane The closest passenger airport is in Nampula, and it has flights from both other Mozambican and some other major African airports including Maputo, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. By car The island can easily be reached by road from Nampula. If you're driving follow the road towards Nacala, and turn off at the signpost for Ilha de Mozambique (which is in Monapo). It'll take around 2 hours and the road is good. When you get there you'll need to cross the causeway which costs about Mts 5,000. By Minibus If you're taking a chapa (minibus) they leave from Ave de Trabhadores in Nampula near the railway station and cost Mts 300.
SERVICES Fishing is a noticeable part of the way of life on the island, you can see it from the how builders at work, fisherman coming ashore with the day’s catch, and women washing clothes. On the border between the two communities there is a market selling food and clothes. This provides the residents of Adrift more places to sell their fish and trade. Ilha de Mocambique has a rich culture and history which can be seen everywhere from places that look like a war zone with roofless ruins to the great Fort towards the edge. This gives the island a unique type of peace and harmony which would be ideal for the residents of Adrift who want a slower lifestyle. Furthermore, as a result of its history the island has many historical sites as shown in the image. An example of this is the island’s museum that began life in 1619 as a Jesuit College. It has a large collection of Ming dynasty cups and bowls, along with jewelry and coins retrieved from a Portuguese ship that was wrecked in 1558. Places like these give residents leisure activities to do on the island away from their community and help them immerse themselves more into the culture of the island by understanding its history.
Market and Trading Areas
Site Main Roads to and from the site
Existing Nature Trees Ocean
Close up Google maps image of area surrounding the site
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In this section the 4 designers further develop their conceptual designs. We take a closer look on what are the changes that has been made and the final outcome of their individual designs.
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Ilayda Selin Karakus Likith Ramakrishna Thanh Huyen Phung Tabeth Chakalakshi
ilayda selin karakuS
Adrift accommodates aspects of modern and rural way of life while giving residents the unique experience of living in nature. The approach has created new housing typologies that are unique to the site. Offsetting the orientation and creating spatial variety provides alternate views and access to the natural landscapes and supports the social relations between the future citizens of Adrift, a strategy that also creates diverse density and adapts to the local conditions. A relatively dense, yet generous building mass that provides a kind of privatized collective, ushering in a progressive and modern way of life. At strategic locations within the structure, social centres of gravity are placed. These will form an open and flexible framework that will work as an incubator for cultural activities that contribute to the development of these rural communities. The housing typologies, which are two story and single-story villas, vary for the needs of the community, accommodating to pairs, couples, small and large families. Each house has its own private garden, where people grow their own fresh produce such as vegetables and fruits to provide back to the community. There are also communal gardens outside of the private spaces to encourage more social interaction among residents. Each housing also has its own fixed private garage. The farmers’ housings include a storefront that is within the house, where they sell fresh cod fish hunted from the sea right off their region. In addition to farmers having their own individual storefront, there is also a fish market for the farmers as well as a food hub for the residents.
Instead of traditional suburban plots, the housings are distributed in social clusters along the plot lines, where the topography allows for vires surrounding landscape in the centre of the hill tops. the main built elements are the housing cluster and the community spaces that are shared. The conceptual design is rather simple in form and structure, with each double story housing emphasising the quality of the land and having direct access to the natural landscape. The building has been adapted in the central part of the site that is mostly surrounded by other cabins, and the natural topography, facing a beautiful scenic view of the sea and mountains. The site is formed in a way to encourage its naturalistic form without compromising the organic form of the original spot. Furthermore, the structures are placed in social clusters to encourage interaction among other residents, while still allowing to remain a sense of privacy for the home owners. The design will also be developed using sustainable materials that is easily accessible on site. The adrift community is not only established to create a strong fishing and trading culture, but it also encourages residents to take care of the natural landscape, build a strong community all while adapting aquafarming that will support to improve the aquatic life as well as farming culture. The design enables to focus heavily on selfsustainability and responds to an ever-growing demand for increased life quality in the built environment among future home owners, calling for a better, healthier living environment, more communities and affordable homing’s.
Site Plan lofoten norway
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likith ramakrishna
The aim was to developed in a rhombus form, but by going in-depth to the design a co living, I manipulated the form in an elastic way by hauling at each corner, that eventually started to turn up into a trapezoidal shape. It was the first part or the main spatial zone of the design. The design that I wanted to plan by using the form, seemed to be partial and tried to approach the design by repeating and mirroring the form. It formed a well aesthetic design aand provided with a long linear opening at the corner. My concept design integrates an exceptional form focusing more on traditional way and a cultural lifestyle of the people. It is about bringing up the design in an artistic way with a chaotic form that aims to be cost efficient. The design is used to develop and create a considerable space for the fisher community based on all age groups, with the total of 72 members. It is designed in a distinctive way with a high roof and a long strips of bamboo poles, that nearly forms like a vertical funnel. This structure has a long strip of windows at each corner and at the top of the roof with sufficient light and ventilation. The buildings are supported with the poles that are structured below of about 1m for the stability and safety of high tides. The exterior faรงade are seen to be mild brownish which aims to contrast the nature and marine life. There are around 8 pods that are positioned in a linear stretch on each side along with the main path in the middle. The community hall is located in front of the ocean surrounding with the recreational areas and community spaces for the administration purposes and for other activities.
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The interior of the building is systematically divided depending on the age group and has their own places at each level. Around 9 member of people and more can accommodate in each pod. Largely, each age group are being divided at each level. The first level consists of shared kitchen and living space. Furthermore, the second level is for the senior couple and a coupe with two kids having a flexible facility with two rooms and a shared bathroom. Continued to third level, it contains two room for the couple and for the teenagers or single adults. Lastly the top floor consists to be a shared study room. So , the entire project is accordingly designed not only for fishing and trading but also incudes in taking care of marine parks and indulge in adapting aquafarming that helps to improve the aquatic life and organisms.
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THANH HUYEN PHUNG
Located near Clarence Town on Long Island of the Bahamas, a place covered around by the ocean with many trees on-land. The site faced towards the East to captivate the moment the sun rises in the morning as an alarm clock awakes the villagers to enjoy the day. The villager plan is divided into different zones: Communal space; Residential; Farming. Communal space is attached on land to allow the convenience of travelling between the neighbors town and also where everyone can all gather at the same place. This area is composed of a community center with the bathroom attached next to it and a parking lot. The community center building design is based from the Bahamas typical housing style, notably the sunrise pattern on the railing is one of the local design characteristics. In terms of building structure and materials, it is made up of timber framing, as well as stud, weatherboard cladding wall, timber floor and asphalt tile roof. The given material choices are inspired by many beach houses in the Bahamas since the intent is to respect and harmonize the village into the surrounding context. At the entrance is the folding door open widely to gesture the sign of welcomeness, which leads to the bar and restaurant. Stair is placed at the right end of the building to access the first floor that contains the infirmary and school/nursery. Back to the ground floor, the bathroom is entered by walking through the sliding door whereas the woman’s on the left and man’s on the right. The objective of this structure is to draw in the community, encourage them to communicate more throughout the day. A possible example is where the fishers have rough days of aquaculture, they wouldn’t go straight to home since the day is still long but arrive here in this center. Surrounding the centre are exteriors like ports situated on both sides; the parking lot attached at the end of the existing main road that is packed with 1 truck, 2 cars and 1 motorbike; coconut trees are attributed as part of the design to well-integrate into the site context. At the front of the centre is the private beach that is molded like 1/6 part of the circle, to avoid being hit by boats or drown for swimming too far away.
Onto the residential zone, which is further away from the community center, in response to the community privacy. There are 13 homes, each has its own way of organizing the interior in accordance to whom they live with. According to the community infographic, household mix is divided into four: family of 6, family of 3 including two seniors, 3 pairs of friends , 6 individuals. Family lives together is provided with two queen size beds, mainly used by adults while children are given a two story bed and 2 study desks. On the other hand, individuals who live with each other shared the two story bed as well. In the case the individual inquires about his own place to accommodate, the village can add in another house to the design or share the house with another family. Regardless, villagers of the Adrift community treat each other as a big family, no one is off by themselves or isolated. Subsequently, the residential type of house although is the combination of Cong Dam village and reGen; it does share the Bahamas house archetype such as the use of timber framing structure and metal cladding pitched roof since most of the house lives on the waterfront required to be as light as possible. Each household owns 1 to 2 boats, a store at the front house and a shared garden. Considering the communal garden, it does not totally belong to any household but a communal one. Villagers can come visit each house via the bridge at the back of the accommodation to check on every house garden. As for the interior, there are 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 dining table for six members, 1 bathroom and 3 bedrooms. The aquaculture zone is two divided areas on each side of the village guarded by security officers from a far in order to avoid any commotion resulting from external factors.
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TABETH CHAKALAKSHI
The design of Adrift community is located on The Island of Mozambique which is a small fishing island off the mainland of Mozambique. For the design of traditional fishing villages. These villages embraced sharing in their own way, and I incorporated this into the co-living houses. This is seen in the houses on the site. They follow the design of the traditional Makuti houses of the area which are like huts and have thatched roofs and use a lot of wood for the design. The site has existing houses of a similar nature but have worn down with time so the introducing the co-living houses of the Adrift community is a way or revamping the traditional existing buildings but maintaining their cultural design. Although the houses follow the same design, they are different sizes and are occupied differently. The division of occupants is according to individuals that are of the same group that is, extended families in one hut which is the largest and has thirty occupants, the nuclear families in another and has fifteen occupants, the pairs in one and has twenty occupants, grandparents in one and are a total of ten and single occupants who are also a total of ten. This equals a total of eighty -five people in the community. The residents all have access to a communal building which is the largest building in the community is also three stories, the ground floor is for shared bathrooms shown in the plans and the other two levels are empty areas which can be organized accordingly for the occasion. The communal building also provides storage for fishing boats and other equipment. Each house has a store front located at the bottom of the house (ground floor) where they sale their produce and each of the store fronts have a freezer at the back of the store for the owner and a main freezer that is shared.
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The store front is placed at the bottom of each house for easy access to provide a certain amount of privacy for each of the house members. Each family or pair of people have their own store and can keep their produce in the freezers, this also helps with accountability and safety. There is also a small carpark for a few vehicles belonging to the owners of the community, such as the truck for deliveries, a bike and two cars for any necessary movements. This is carpark is right from the main road and easily accessible but a suitable distance and only for the members of the community to use. The community also has a nursery for the children, this is the smallest building in the community and acts mainly as a school. Teachers are hired to educate the children of the community who are of different ages and the cost of the teachers is split amongst the families of the children. The members of the community also have their own private beach for leisure and fishing areas. Members of the community cannot fish the same fish to give each member a fair market. Therefore, there are no debates over the fishing areas. Fishing equipment is kept in the communal building and each person has easy access but must sign in to show what was taken. The communal building is the closest to the ocean and thus makes moving boats and nets easier when needed. The existing site has a few trees, but I added a few more to provide more privacy for the members of drift as they cover the community from the road and shade the houses more as the island can get quite hot and even though the house design aids in cooling because of the materials used they do not have cooling systems so the trees help.
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DESIGNERS ILAYDA SELIN KARAKUS LIKITH RAMAKRIHNA THANH HUYEN PHUNG TABETH CHAKALAKSHI
REPORT NUR SHUHAIDAH