Master Final Year Project by onechee

the institute of the book

institute of TIME trading

Institute of time trading provide exchange of services and skills to take place by trading with the currency of time. It provides a fair trade system between the university and the community in Oxford. It proposed a new platform to deliver a new social hierarchy system of the Oxford citizens.

a needful book____the plague “the plague bascillius never dies or disappears fro good, …. Perharps the day would come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it roused up it rats again and sent them forth to die in a happy city.”

“Book

is a cartoon of society”.

The needful book ‘the plague’ has portray the imbalance social hierarchy facing by the citizens. The distinct social characteristic showing the uneven treatment faced by the citizens, but has been swept out by the plague, where all citizens are equal in front of the plague. Collage illustrated of the lectern was the platform where the ‘judgment’ to the people happens. The platform symbolizes ‘the plague’ where this platform becomes a ‘judgment’ to the human whether poor or rich, superior or inferior, people are treated equal in this platform. While the selection is random, it stresses on the point where human is always equal in front of the natural disaster. Collage on the right illustrated the juxtaposition of the fragments from the science and religious, in between simplicity and decorative. Modern machinery elements designed for function prioritize, breaking the formality of church elements, these elements blended together, faded, slowly losing the decorative aesthetics.

a long stand a discomfort long stand

The book stand that I want to manifest is how does the people felt when they are trapped. The discomfort reading stand aims to record on how the user’s reaction towards a discomfort reading space, to

Book is hidden inside the drawer.

Drawer is unlock by turning the handle knob and the book is seen (partially)

To get the book, drawer must be fully pulled out. While the drawer is pulled out, the entrap system is triggered, where the wood piece is lifted up, People is entrapped in the small space. Reading discomfortly.

To release yourself from the trap, putting the book back to the drawer, push it inside and lock it back. The wood piece released down, user could escape from it.

enforce the feeling it brought when reading this book, where you are constantly being annoyed on the facts that you know what is the things happeninvg on this book in reference to the dark history happened in the world, yet you feeling devastated about it. .

That constant annoying feeling where people trapped inside and waiting for the judgement day, is constantly annoying and terrifying

a room of one’s own a room of 2 spaces

Rotating dimension makes the user couldn’t perceive the sun, not knowing the time and direction.

Rotating, losing the gravitational force.

Losing sense of dimensions, creating the endless scenary.

A room of 2 spaces, exploring on the multiple dimensional spaces with a never ending journey, losing the sense of dimensions. Where the hierachy of spaces are undefined, you might going down but people might perceive you walking up.

The book, The stand, The room A discomfort long stand that trapped people in an uncomfortable position, and leading to create a undefined dimensional spaces questioned on the spatial quality when the space loses its hierachy. The views and perception on a rotational model affects on the perception of the social hierachy in the society today. The balance of the social hierachy system only could be form when the users on each spaces occupied by the user are evenly distributed.

The institue of the book The institute to propose is the institute of time trading. The institute of time trading aim to break the conventional social hierachy in between Oxford university and the city, while deliver a new hierachy system based on the society needs. The institude trade with the currency of time, symbolizes the equality of the every person’s value, to achieve the balance social hierachy among the citizens.

location plan proposed site

RADCLIFFE OBSERVATORY QUATER

oxford history the imbalance social hierarchy of university and the city Conflict between city and university due to the social power unevenly distributed

TOWN AND GOWN fights for 3 days. Students been killed at Swyndlestock Tavern, in celebration of St. Scholastrica’s Day where he was charged excessive prices for indifferent wine.

The ONLY hospital ran by St. John the Baptist, closed in 1485.

TOWN AND GOWN RIOTS

1096

12 00s

1826 Warneford Hospital is established.

1500s

18 30

1832

Oxford expanding outside of the oxford wall area, Jericho(proposed site area), Headington and Cowley, growing working class resulting in more even social demographics between university and the community.

OXFORD MOVEMENT Focus on manufac-

1700s

18 34

Cholera I

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS is built at Clarendon St.

Private houses built out of city center, spreading across headington, cowley, jericho etc. Oxford plot is EXPANDING.

Politics are requested to separate from the operation of the university. Approach revival of Catholic church.

Working class house suburb grew at Jericho.

1900s

1843

1849

1854

Cholera II Cholera III Memorial was built to pay tribute for the Protestants burnt and hangCivil war ended. Rebuilt of sacked. Radcliff and colleges that has been destroyed during the civil war.

18 59

Charles Darwin published ‘On the Origin of Species’ through Oxford University Press.

Churchill Hospital is established.

Car Manufacturer Industry Publishing Industry

turing center. Escaped from the bombing of Nazi during World War II.

18th CENTURY SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY & RELIGIOUS REVIVAL

13 54

1300s

Publishing industry is going strong, craftsmen producing things for the university, instead of the manufacturer.

Queen Mary to RESTORE the Mass Catholic. Protestants condenmed to death and burnt.

Incoming of friars where they preach and help the poor

University of Oxford is established.

CIVIL WAR of King and Parliament Oxford has been occupied by royalist army and become headquarter for defense.

18 60

1920s

1930

1940

Residential, commercial increasing where social demographics in ROQ( proposed site ) is more balanced.

OXFORD EVOLUTION DEBATE Debate of religious representative, Bishop Wilberforce and science representative, Thomas Henry Huxley. Wilberforce “ whether it was through his grandfather or his grandmother that he claimed his descent from a monkey.” Huxley replied,” I would not be ashamed to have a monkey for his ancestor, but I would be ashamed to be connected with a man who used his great gifts to obscure the truth.”

21st century

social demographics of site(roq) site issues_ imbalance social hierachy of university and the city

money economy university (education)

Proposed site, Jericho (Oxford) has a even distribution of the community in between money economy (university) and core economy (essential skills and services), yet the city planning is priotising the university Oxford university. To break the barrier, the differentiation, the separation of the university and city, trading system is proposed. Timebanking acknowledges an invinsible economic system, which is family

core economy economy of home, family

and community (commercial, residential)

and community, also it focuses on the value of individual.

site photographs-views

faculty of theology and religion

green templeton college

new radcliff house

mathematical institute

department of experimental psychology frevd blatvanik school of government

view towards site

frevd

site montage

Exchange system timeline

balance of the social hierachyexchange time exchange system

The history of system barter origins from people trading with the essential needs until the introduction of the currency ,

Exchange system timeline

where items had been ‘priced’ based on the society needs. By removing the cost of services, time-banking allows a community’s economy to be recognized from a different point of view, when individual’s acts are valued by someone else appreciating their time, rather than specific talent/knowledge being judged or credited. Timebank trading take advantage of the priviledge of Oxford city in education to help improve the overall community system, by creating an fair trade platform in between the money economy and the core economy. Reciprocity in timebank trading allows the community to trade for the services, skills they required.

time bank trading concept time bank trading rules

Timebank trading set an order to the traders, by providing level-specific interaction platform to the traders. Social hierachy of the traders in this institute of timebank is graded by the activeness of user trading activity. This policy breaks the society norm of valueing certain skills, services, where only the essential knowledges, skills, services that is required for the society during that period would prompt for more trading activity.

vertical hierarchy space old university elements

vertical hierarchy space This diagram exploring the hierachy of vertical spaces in between various typology building, ranging from public to private spaces. Similarly, the highest level always occupied with the most important function, and it is more inaccesible to public compared to the lower level.

building levels function importance

private

public

spatial analysis

every level increases, enclosed spaces increases, security and proximity increase

every level increases, user trading scale increases, user interaction (output of knowledge) increase.

vertical hierachy spaces conceptual model exploration This model shows the exploration of vertical hierachy spaces. Distribution of the open and enclosed spaces are justified where higher social hierachy deserves more security and proximity, thus owning more enclosed spaces. While owning more open spaces for the lower level increase the user interaction, where more trading activity could be carry out.

old university elements separation , isolation & differentiation This diagram exploring the architectural elements of the Oxford university that define how Oxford university is separated and isolated architecturally in between the city, Also, to explore the possibilities of merging the university and the city architecturally.

Oxford quad, creating a courtyard internally by sur-

Confessional, a secured platform for the user to con-

Gladstone link, underground tunnel to transport the

Library book shelf, storing of the knowledge

rounded by massive building structures, isolating

fess. The arrangement of separating priest and the

books in between Bodleian library (old library) and

in a highly conceal spaces. The preserve of

public to access to the spaces.

anonymous, giving an equal treatment for every user

the Weston library (new library). The exchange plat-

the knowledge in a manual way increasing the

to request for advice.

form breaking the accesibility level of the user.

inaccesibility of user to gain the knowledge.

openness and transparency precedent- blatvanik school of government

Blatvanik school of Government, designed by Herzon de Meuron, located at Jericho, also just right beside the proposed site. Taking the idea of the observatory tower at Green Templeton College, Blatvanik was designed with multiple circular level stacking up, creating an unobv

structed view as a continuity idea of the observatory. While the inner circle platform, the forum, as a congragration meeting spaces, interconnected all levels terrace spatially and visually. The arrangement taking the precedence of the auditorium or concert hall draws viewer to the focal point of the building, the forum. The forum spreads the idea of openness and transparency, where it positively encourages formal and informal discussion along the forum. Where walking along the ramp on every level circulates the forum, giving user perceive on the human activity on the forum.

openness and transparency gestural model exploration

The circular platform is raising up from the ground level to provide a 360 degree unobstructed viewing deck to the surroundings. Walking around the platform gives user surrounding views. Bottom spaces are flexible for user to acquire the spaces they required with the use of edgeless opening and flexible wall partition. The idea of the circular platform could be integrated, as it reflects the surrounding building, Blatvanik, also making a sharp contrast compared to the quadrangle form of Oxford university. Also, the circular shape also symbolises the chronometer, and tieing back to the concept of time trading.

anonymous precedent- stock trading pit

“It’s reasonable to ask whether the people milling around the trading floor at 11 Wall Street in Manhattan are worth keeping around. Critics argue that it’s a façade for television cameras, a kind of capitalist Disneyland.” “ While the market can be entirely automated, you lose value when you no longer allow for human interaction,” Cunningham said. Stock trading pit is constantly inhabited with people, circulating with the noise, smell of the crowd. By placing the trading screen around the trading pit, the user is able to access to the trading information efficiently. Eventually, it enhances the stock trading activity. The placement of display screen inside the building. The circulation of human strongly depends on the information of the trading screen displayed. Eventually, the trading screen has become an important architectural feature to design as it will affects the human activity flow inside the stock exchange center.

anonymous

- trading screen

gestural model exploration

Using the trading screen as important feature, this gestural model exploring the order and placement of the trading screen and its effect on the perception of the user. The trading screen stretches to the whole massing height in order for the user to perceive in every level. Also, it considers how the human circulates around and perceiving the trading screen at the same time. The amount of the perception of the user also affected by the level of the user at, tieing to the vertical hierachy that has mentioned above. The trading screen perceive from opposite direction for the users doesnt provide a focal point for the user to interact. Where users could be scattered around, eventually causing the user interaction, also the user trading activity to decrease.

debate chamber gestural model exploration This gestural model exploring the privacy of the space. Taking the inspiration of the confessional, this gestural model deconstruct the spaces to explore how the spilt level forming different enclosure to the spaces, also how the human interact in this contained spaces. This model also exploring the spaces of dicussion in between users when they are separated at different platform. As the concept of proposing timebank trading, face-to-face trading is more useful where it allows the users has direct advice without a barrier(screen). Same level interaction also gives the user the perception of treating every skills equal, dismantle the status hierachy of the society norm.

archive precedent-

Atelier audemars piguet musuem, BIG The architectural combination of the pigeut museum symbolises the blend of tradition and forward-thinking of Audemars Piguet’s craftsmanship while honouring its deep-rooted origins in the Vallée de Joux. The spiral-shaped pavilion, designed to perfectly integrate the surrounding landscape, incorporated a rhythmically continuous flowing spatial experience for the user. The green roof, besides blending with the existing landscape, also regulates the temperature. Also, the curved glass walls converges along the spiral’s center, giving the viewer experience as like they walking through a timepiece.

archive gestural model exploration

This gestural model exploring level-specific interaction of the user. The 3 spaces symbolises 3 different level accesible spaces, and explored how the trading screen displayed affecting the user circulation around the spaces. Also, the 3 spaces has different volume to symbolises the volume of enclosed spaces it obtained throughout each level. The innerly formed open spaces, the atrium becomes the forum for the user to trade and interact, where it could perceives by every platform of the building. It also provides access, circulation behind the screen, draws user curiousity to enter the building.

connectivity

& circulation

precedentlusatian lakeland landmark

The Landmark, a sculpture and a symbol for the transformation of the landscape. Made from rust-coloured Corten steel, the Landmark is intentionally reminiscent of the industrial origins and history of the Lake Land and of steel mining machinery – while the sculptural staircase is a symbol of human achievement and of the future. The continuous staircase gives the viewers continuous circulation and define view point in every standing. It provides a stark contrast between nature and industry and gives the visitor perceiving three lakes and the Schwarze Pumpe, Boxberg and Jänschwalde power plants on the horizon.

connectivity

& circulation

gestural model exploration

These gestural models exploring various circulation connecting internal spaces on each level. By exploring with the one-way linear and or two-way reverse linear circulation, where user could perceive define views at certain landing. Instead of connecting the spaces with vertically constructed staircase, the horizontal walking pathway experience lead the user to circulate the spaces around the building, constantly perceiving human activity all around the building. The turnpoint of the pathway also shapes different view point towards the user, where they constantly reminds of the spaces they are occupied at that point.

building design exploration model exploration- iteration 01 This iteration model exploring the level-specific interaction in between various level accesibility. Rising level from the 1 to 1 trading room, 1 to 5 trading room to meeting room, user circulates the building where the big trading wall acts as a constant spine connecting every elements inside the building, from the spaces, circulation etc. The volume of spaces increases when the user upgraded to a higher level, signify the amount of privacy spaces they could owned. User could access the building from 2 opposite directions (from different level) where a tunnel is provided from the blatvanik entrance and eventually reach the meeting point at the entrance of green templeton college and access the building together. The model shows a distinct features of massing and volumes in every level, also reducing the scale of the walkway while the level increasing, as the amount of user accessing the spaces would be decreases. The formality od the building is expressed in a direct and linear way, where it could further explored to deconstruct the spaces to modify the rigidness of the spaces.

building design exploration model exploration- iteration 01

building design exploration model exploration- iteration 02 This iteration model exploring the integration of dynamic structure into the existing rigid edges level-specific proposal without losing the formality properties. The circular structure, located at medium level, the archive, bridging the upper social hierachy and the lower social hierachy user, symbolizes the idea of openness and forward thinking. The viewing deck gives the user an obstructed view to the existing surrounding landscape. Also, introducing the double volume debate chamber to signify the importance of the space it values to the highest social hierachy user to participate. These three spaces still arranged circulating around the trading wall, the main connecting spine. While the atrium in the middle is replaced by the trading pit, where the user activity in trading pit could be perceive and tracked by the other users from different levels. Moving the pathway accessing from blatvanik behind the trading wall also draws the curiosity of the user to visit the building. The concept also encourages the user perception towards the inner activity of the building, as the site is surrounded various form buildings that resulted in no define view point.

building design exploration model exploration- iteration 02

building design exploration model exploration- iteration 03

This iteration model deconstruct the level-specific concept spaces. By integrating with different spilt level and volumes of spaces, users get to choose to occupied different spaces based on their requirement. The spaces are constructed along the trading wall where the user can still perceive the information of the trading screen from every stand point they at. Also, it breaks the user interaction from every level, blurring the boundaries in between the level hierachy. This iteration model started to lose its formality, where the distinct vertical hierachy spaces has dissapeared. It doesn’t potray the concept of the vertical hierachy of the institute of time trading as the spilt level is scattered around internally. The user loses the focal point of the trading wall and the interaction of the trading pit. The possibility of providing additional pathway for the user to access to different level is explored, without occupying the enclosed spaces, giving the viewer to perceive the building internally from different level standing.

building design exploration model exploration- iteration 03

site plan The proposed site Radcliff Observatory Quarter, located at the Jericho, Oxford.

site forces ingress/ egress

site forces noise level

site forces section cut level- joining the exisiting platform

daylight strategy sun path analysis

daylight strategy trading wall

daylight strategy roof

toilet 1 to 1 trading room 1 to 1 trading room

trading pit 1 to 1 trading room

entrance (from blatvanik)

1 to 1 trading room

1 to 1 trading room 1 to 1 trading room

GROUND FLOOR PLAN scale 1: 150 0

floor plans

toilet

1 to 5 trading room FIRST FLOOR PLAN scale 1: 150 0

1 to 5 trading room

floor plans

toilet

meeting room 2

debate chamber meeting room 1 2ND FLOOR PLAN scale 1: 150 0