AUTOMATED HABITATS: METABOLISM IN MOTION
RIM DRAK SIBAI | FARAH AHMED | AYA RAHMY WITH PROF. JASON CARLOW 1
AUTOMATED HABITATS: METABOLISM IN MOTION
SITE CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS A Highly Specialised, Residenial And Inflexible Neighbourhood The Case of Emirates City :
Global Financial Crisis HIT AND CONSTRUCTION WAS HALTED LEAVING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF EX-
IN 2008 THE PIRED CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS AOUND EMIRATES CITY.
This has lead to the conclusion that people chose ajamn over the other emirates mainly due to lower rent prices and if prices are relatively lower in neighbouring cities, people will prefer living in dubai and sharjah. Emirates
city currently has the the lowest
price per sqm at 2150dhs per sqm. Over more than one lower.
million employess drive from sharjah and ajamn to dubai for work and return back home in ajman where prices are
Talks with the devloper real estate industry revealed the need to occasionally divide apartments according to the needs of the economy. A studio aprtment could quickly be made into a one bedroom apartment and transition to a higher price bracket in a time when studio apartments are in high demand and so on. Our project adresses these three aspects.
Need For Flexible Space. Need For A More Eonomically Resiliant Architechture. Need For Business To Locate In Ajman, In order To Balance Traffic Flow Need For A Typology That Is Reactive To The Transient And Constantly Changing Population Of Ajman. 4
Automated Habitats Metabolism in Motion Habitat in auto-motion proposes an architecture that reframes the conversation on supply and demand in the architectural world. Rather than become victim to the booms and busts of the world’s economy, as we have seen in the case of Emirates City, habitat in auto-motion thrives upon a changing market. It caters to the transient demographic of the UAE, where immigrants make up 80% of a population that is always growing and changing. The project is a cross breed of ideas from metabolism and today’s car robotic automation technology. It adds an entirely new dynamism to the theories put forward by Metabolists on living cells which are always growing and changing. Situated along E311, Habitat in Auto-motion attaches itself to a complex network of roads interlinked with the highway. This allows for easy car access and the creation of a hyper-thin typology that can fluidly grow using highways without producing issues that arise out of urban sprawl such as higher water and air pollution, increased traffic fatalities and jams and loss of agricultural capacity. Meanwhile, it dissolves boundaries created by highways so that an overall picture of pourosity and fluidity can be achieved within the city.
Work By: Farah Ahmed, Rim Sibai, Aya Rahmy Professor: Jason Carlow
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Masterplan Strategy and Speed Diagram
SITE PARTI
SITE PARTI TRANSPORT LINES
PUBLIC DECK
PUBLIC DECK
120 KM/H
120 KM/H
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80 KM/H
40 KM/H
80 KM/H
40 KM/H
CLUSTER
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The Masterplan
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A closer look... 10
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The Megastructure: Cores 13
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The Megastructure: Grid 15
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YOU THINK IT , WE MAKE IT !
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MEMBERSHIP. PREFABRICATION. CUSTOMIZATION.
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PEOPLE. CARS. UNITS. ALL AUTOMATED !
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Automated Circulation within Structure
Moving Cars
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Moving Units
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A Culture of Transience Turned Into a Future of Resilience.
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Choose the colors you want !
Have a Look at Our Housing Collection...
Choose the size you like ! 34
1.Micro Spaces 35
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Micro space Type I
Area: 12.5 sqm
Cost: AED 12k/yr
Micro space Type II
Area: 25 sqm
Cost: AED 12k/yr
Micro space Type III
Area: 29 sqm
Cost: AED 15k/yr
Micro space Type IV
Area: 25 sqm
Cost: AED 15k/yr
Micro space Type V
Area: 25 sqm
Cost: AED 15k/yr
Micro space Type VI
Area: 35 sqm
Cost: AED 15k/yr 37
2. Horizontal Expansion 38
Horizontal Type I
Area: 27 sqm
Cost: AED 15k/yr
Horizontal Type II
Area: 30 sqm
Cost: AED 15k/yr
Horizontal Type III
Area: 35 sqm
Cost: AED 18k/yr 39
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Horizontal Type IV
Area: 50 sqm
Cost: AED 18k/yr
Horizontal Type V
Area: 50 sqm
Cost: AED 18k/yr
Horizontal Type VI
Area: 55 sqm
Cost: AED 18k/yr
Horizontal Type VIII
Area: 70 sqm
Cost: AED 25k/yr
Horizontal Type IX
Area: 85 sqm
Cost: AED 30k/yr 41
3. Vertical Expansion 42
Vertical Type I
Area: 35 sqm
Cost: AED 20k/yr
Vertical Type II
Area: 45 sqm
Cost: AED 25k/yr
Vertical Type III
Area: 45 sqm
Cost: AED 25k/yr 43
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Vertical Type IV
Area: 50 sqm
Cost: AED 25k/yr
Vertical Type V
Area: 50 sqm
Cost: AED 25k/yr
Vertical Type VI
Area: 70 sqm
Cost: AED 30k/yr
Vertical Type VII
Area: 70 sqm
Cost: AED 30k/yr
Vertical Type VIII
Area: 75 sqm
Cost: AED 35 k/yr
Vertical Type IX
Area: 75 sqm
Cost: AED 40k/yr 45
Choose the colors you want !
Have a Look at Our Workspace Collection...
Customize your own arrangement ! 46
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Small kitchenette & Workspace
Service units 48
Wrap Around Stair
Reception Units
Exterior Gathering Spaces
Horizontally Expandable Workspaces
Frontal Switchback Stair Addition
Glass Meeting Rooms 49
Arrange it your way !
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A closer Look... 52
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Garage w/office Meeting Room Small office Small kitchenette WrapAround Stair Service units Reception Units Exterior Spaces + stair Expandable Offices
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Private Garage Ceo’s Office Assistant Office Meeting Room Reception kitchenette/Bar Employee Workspace Toilets Exterior Gathering Space 55
The Structural System
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A Cluster of the Megastructure
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Main Tower Components
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... A Closer Look 59
Tower Floor Plan Examples
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Longitudinal Section of Cluster
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...a Closer Look
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...even closer 65