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Department of Architecture
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Site Analysis
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Section
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Labrador Park
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Detailed Section
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Mycelium Study
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Interior Perspective One
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Mushroom Growth Cycle
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Interior Perspective Two
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Interior Perspective Three
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Conventional Farming Techniques 14 Process
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Interior Perspective Four
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Redsigned
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Exploded Axonometric
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Concept
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This semester, through the lenses of ‘Environment, Climate, Envelope’, we will test Latour’s ideas of hybridity, cross-pollination and the interweaving of relations by situating ‘architecture’ at the very intersections of science and politics; climate and territory; nature and culture. The devices of ‘environment’, ‘climate’ and ‘envelope’ are thus, to be interpreted, developed and designed in the same vein, seeing these as nested and relational categories rather than separate or hierarchical ones. Examining a specific area of Singapore’s elusive and constructed coastline, and threading between the geographies of land, archipelago, estuarine and sea, the architectural programme demands a definition of environment, climate and envelope, as these spatiotemporal categories ebb and flow with history, society, technology and culture. The idea of environment reaches beyond climate and nature. The environment is a dynamic system of natural, cultural, political and historic forces which continually impact upon and define space, place and architecture. Environment is the intersection of ebbs and flows – the local and the global; the present and the future; the sites of new ecosystems and the residues of capitalist wastelands The architectural envelope is skin and structure; membrane and support; surface and depth; inside and outside. Building envelopes may be performative or qualitative in character. Envelopes may function to resist, transfer and carry loads; control flows of energy and matter (water, air, sound, light, heat); define identity/atmosphere/experience/mood through aesthetics and performance; serve as impermeable barriers or porous boundaries. The architectural envelope’s physical manifestations as wall, roof, opening are simultaneously perfunctory and indispensable in the making of architecture. In the most memorable of architectures, the envelope is integral with architecture, or more accurately, the envelope becomes the architecture
Studio Site Analysis
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HUMAN CIRCULATION PRIMARY SECONDARY
TRANSPORT CIRCULATION PRIMARY SECONDARY PLANES
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Labrador Park [Lab - Ruh - Dawr Pa:k] Noun 1. Chosen Site is along the hill to maximise coverage using the natural folliage 2. Height of the building matched the hill to link public park to historical site above 3. Building is orientated with facades along the East and West
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Mycelium [mahy-see-lee-uh m] Noun 1. The mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus. 2. Found in almost all green spaces within the world and creates an information network between trees known as the wood-wideweb 3. Used for medicinal purposes and as an alternative construction material
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Growth Cycle [grohth sahy-kuh] Noun 1. Grown in Substrate and absorbs trace elements like nitrogen for energy 2. Grows mushrooms as its fruits to release spores 3. Has a repetitive growth cycle that is easily predicted and can be designed around
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Conventional Farm [kuh n-ven-shuh-nl fahrm] Noun 1. Located in enclosed sterile spaces with mechanically controlled climate 2. Farming style differs based on growing type, horizontal or vertical 3. Horizontal growing mushrooms are grown on hanging bags of substrate, vertical growing mushrooms are grown in trays or pots
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FRONT ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE
ROOF PAVILION
PRIVATE LAB
WORKSHOP STORAGE
WORKSHOP
CLASSROOM
OFFICE
KITCHEN STORAGE COMMUNITY KITCHEN
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT
TOILET
FRONT ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE
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Process [proh-ses] Verb 1. Rigid Scaffold containing messy organic growing mushrooms 2. Relationship of building with Site 3. Mushrooms to overtake structure and shape spaces
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Redesigned [re-dih-zahyn] Noun 1. Merged both farming styles into a single uniform hanging conveyor system 2. Creates a mechanical irrigation system that negates the need for manual watering of substrate 3. Reduces wastage from previously disposable plastic bags for hanging substrate bags by replacing with reusable steel wire bags.
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Concept [kon-sept] Noun 1. Create darkness within a porous skeletal scaffolding frame 2. Showcases the growing process and cycle to passer-bys and visitors whilst maintaining darkness 3. Spaces internally are shaped via the process of harvesting and using the mushrooms 4. The envelope is created via the process of growing mushrooms and its by-products 21
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Section [sek-shuh n] Noun 1. Many Layered floorplates to create darkness without solid roof 2. Compost facility located on the edges as a primarily exothermic process to release the heat out of the building and act as threshold spaces between the outside and inside 3. Public spaces are located below and above the semi-private core
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Detailed Section [dih-teyld sek-shuh n] Noun 1. Conveyor system moves bags to the facade to act as sunshading and to be replaced with new substrate after several harvests 2. Conveyor system moves bags to the inteior rooms to be harvested for research or consumption 3. Compost facility stores and processes exhausted substrate 4. Roof farm utilises compost to grow crops for consumption
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Internal Couryard [in-tur-nl kawrt-yahrd] Noun 1. Exposed growing process so passerbys can appreciate the growing cycle 2. Conveyor system seen moving the growing bags to the darker core to continue growing and to be harvrested 3. Diffused light allowed in from stacked floorplates
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Workshop & Office [wurk-shop uhn aw-fis] Noun 1. Ceiling of workshop acts as floorplate for office space above 2. Exposed workshop to allow passer-bys to see mycelium products being made 3. Interior workshop spaces are enveloped by growing mushrooms
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Compost Facility [kom-pohst fuh-sil-i-tee] Noun 1. Threshold space between hot, bright exterior and dark, cool interior 2. Mushroom conveyor can be seen moving the bags from the facade to the dark interior
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Laboratory [lab-ruh-tawr-ee] Noun 1. Labratory enveloped by mushrooms and easily accessed to be harvested 2. Mushrooms flushed to the interior to keep conditions dark for growth
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
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Work from Year Two Semester Two Tan Wenkai, Rafael, A0166776L Under Tutelage of Lilian Chee Academic Year 18/19 National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment Department of Architecture
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