VERY BIG STUDIO What if Every City is to be Connected with Each Other?
Zecong Tan
Tsz To Leung
Jiachen Zhu
Mengzhen Li
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INDEX
Initial Development_ The Fiber City
Mid-Semester Presentation
Rethinking the Rules & Design Development
Final Review Linear City
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he continuous deterioration of the global natural environment has gradually become a matter of concern to everyone. Some scientists have speculated that in this deteriorating trend, the human race could disappear completely by 2050. In the next 80 years, the global temperature will generally rise by 4℃. 4℃ doesn’t seem like a lot, but its impact on the regional environment is significant. In time, water will become the object of people’s mad scramble. Besides, the increasing number of people will put great pressure on the earth’s environment. Scientists say the number of people on earth could soar to nine billion in the next decade. That means we need a lot of space and food, but there are only so many resources on earth, and it’s very difficult to feed so many people. The trend of global environmental degradation cannot be ignored. Man is powerless in the face of a great disaster. When a great disaster happens on earth one day, and we have not done anything to prevent or make up for it, it will be the end of mankind. So, we’re thinking about what a city will be like in the future. It needs to meet the pressure of a population explosion; it needs to treat the environment better; it needs to be able to defend itself and save itself before a natural disaster strikes. If all cities were connected, would that be one answer? The unrestricted expansion of the city and the increasing erosion of the natural environment is a very important reason for environmental deterioration. If we centralize the construction of buildings and return more land to the environment, it will provide nature with a perfect self-repairing environment. Natural healing is a long and difficult process. In this process, people may suffer from natural disasters brought by the deteriorating environment. Man is small before
nature. We need to unite and cooperate against these difficulties. So, connecting cities, or linear cities, can connect neighboring cities. Everyone will be indoors for activities and transportation to protect against natural disasters. Connected buildings can transfer materials and traffic to each other without going out, which will meet the huge logistics demand in the future. Further, mega structure is like a large chain, connecting all buildings in series. Buildings will become stronger and less vulnerable to natural disasters. Mega structure is the core of a linear city. As the main body of transmission between cities, it contains four levels of traffic, namely, logistics traffic, trolley traffic, motor traffic, and pedestrian traffic. Mega structure will run through all cities and play a fixed role. All single buildings have structures and transportation connected to mega structures. There may also be corridors and supporting structures between buildings. The whole city will be an unbreakable barrier. People were able to meet their daily needs inside the city. In the land around the city, people will do their best to plant trees and grass. While protecting ourselves, we should take responsibility for the damage we have done to the environment. Connecting cities will be a haven for humanity in the future. People live in tall buildings in cities and give more land back to nature. We are waiting for the restoration of the natural environment.
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Causes of Fiber City:Natural disaster extreme weather
Various extreme weather and the devastating effects of natural disasters on human habitats have prevented humans from living on land.
The basis of the Fiber City concept The concept of fiber city comes from spider web, because spider web is a special and very strong structure. Because of the destruction of extreme weather, the land is no longer suitable for human habitation. We plan to place this spider web-like structure in the midair of the city to resist disasters and protect humans.
Many branches
strong bearing connection
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YEAR 2020-2030
The Natural Disaster Period... Taihu Region in 2020.
2025ďźš Due to the climate change, the water level of Taihu continues to rise, and it has begun to spread around the lake area and nearby rivers.
2030ďźš The flood continues to spread, s e r i o u s l y t h r e a t e n i n g t h e s a fe t y of cities around the Taihu region, especially Wuxi and Suzhou's urban areas which are the most densely populated area around.
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YEAR 2035-2050
The Reconstruction Period...
2035： The fiber structure is widely used in reconstruction due to its light weight, good bearing capacity and strong extensibility. The reconstruction starts at the intersection of the most ßooded area and the most densely populated area.
2040： As the flood spreads, the fiber city began to be constructed on a larger scale in the urban areas of Wuxi and Suzhou City, and began to connect the cities to provide a rapid passage between each other.
2045： The fiber structure already connect most areas that suffer from disaster. Form up a "fiber strip" along Taihu, which will be the future regional economic and living center.
2050： The New Fiber City of Taihu...
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The RULES of the Connect City Location -New urban planning is to be built in Wujiang densely populated area. Density -The near Taihu building density is lower than buildings far from Taihu. Reorder the city into 5 functional sections. -Commercial/industrial/office/education/residential/...section. Every functional section -Each building needs at least one or two pocket gardens or a roof garden to ensure the greening rate. -Industrial section is to be seperate with education and residential section. Public transportation system. -All cars are to be automated cars. -Different transportation route is to be constructed on different height. -People can reach the commercial area within half an hour by public transportation in the residential area. Building sections -All Major buildings should be connected or touch at least one building. -Every buildings should have at least 1 transportation spot within 50(X)meters. -The ratio of building height and building distance is 1:1.2. -The density of buildings by the lake is greater than the buildings far from the lake.
Green space Agricultural Park Land Lake& River
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The RULES of the Connect City Location -New urban planning is to be built in Wujiang densely populated area. Density -The near Taihu building density is lower than buildings far from Taihu. Reorder the city into 5 functional sections. -Commercial/industrial/office/education/residential/...section. Every functional section -Each building needs at least one or two pocket gardens or a roof garden to ensure the greening rate. -Industrial section is to be seperate with education and residential section. Public transportation system. -All cars are to be automated cars. -Different transportation route is to be constructed on different height. -People can reach the commercial area within half an hour by public transportation in the residential area. Building sections -All Major buildings should be connected or touch at least one building. -Every buildings should have at least 1 transportation spot within 50(X)meters. -The ratio of building height and building distance is 1:1.2. -The density of buildings by the lake is greater than the buildings far from the lake.
Green space Agricultural Park Land Lake& River
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Population Density
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Water
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Mobility
Railway Line Bus Terminal
Zhenze bus station
Wujiang Shengze passenger station
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Zhenze new passenger station
Meiyan bus station
Shengjersey 2nd ring bus terminal
Central Avenue bus terminal
Wujiang Pingwang bus station
Uptaquam
Olin Qinghua bus hub
Wujiang East China commercial city passenger station
Xinhu Mingzhu bus terminal Wujiang bus station
G1522 Chang'an station, Wujiang District
Wanping bus station
Jiangcheng Avenue Bagha bus station
Wujiang Avenue
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Wujiang Canal
Shanghai to Chengdu Highway Dapu River
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Amenities Amenities Bus terminal
Bus Terminal
Column radius = site area Column height = GFA Radiation circle = Service range
Amenities Fire Station
Amenities
Fire Station
Garbage Du
Column radius = site area
Column rad site area
Column height = GFA
Column hei GFA
Radiation circle = Service range
Radiation c Service rang
Amenities Garbage Dump
Amenities Garbage Dump Uptaquam
Column radius = site area Column height = GFA Radiation circle = Service range
Amenities high school
Amenities
High School
kindergarten
Column radius = site area
Column rad site area
Column height = GFA
Column heig GFA
Radiation circle = Service range
Radiation cir Service range
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Amenities kindergarten
Amenities Kindergarten
Column radius = site area Column height = GFA Radiation circle = Service range
Amenities Library
Amenities
Library
New post of
Column radius = site area
Column rad site area
Column height = GFA
Column hei GFA
Radiation circle = Service range
Radiation ci Service rang
Amenities New post office
Post office Uptaquam
Column radius = site area Column height = GFA Radiation circle = Service range
Amenities PowerStation
Amenities
Power Station
Primary Sch
Column radius = site area
Column rad site area
Column height = GFA
Column hei GFA
Radiation circle = Service range
Radiation ci Service rang
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Amenities Primary School
Amenities Primary School
Column radius = site area Column height = GFA Radiation circle = Service range
Amenities public market
Amenities
Public Market
Railway Sta
Column radius = site area
Column rad site area
Column height = GFA
Column he GFA
Radiation circle = Service range
Radiation c Service rang
Amenities theatre
Amenities
Theatre
University
Uptaquam
Column radius = site area
Column rad site area
Column height = GFA
Column hei GFA
Radiation circle = Service range
Radiation ci Service rang
Amenities All
Column radius = site area Column height = GFA Radiation circle = Service range
All
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Background · Cities around Taihu lake region.
· Current connection between cities: Intercity Railway System
Wujin
Yixing
Changxing City Center Huzhou Intercity Railway Line
Wuxi
Suzhou
Wujiang
Nanxun
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¡ Natural Disaster: Flood.
2020 Taihu Lake System d Sp Floo
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2035 Flood Starts to spread tion rada g e D
2050 Flood threatens people living in urban center area
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Vectors of Change 1. Cities around Taihu region are expected to develop into a whole economic entity before 2050.
2020
2050
2. Growing demand from people’s daily life increases the diameters of people’s commute scope. 2020: 20km activity DIA.
2050: 100km activity DIA.
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3. Flood results in the land below 30 meters unusable, which leads all buildings to be aggregate, high-rise and multifunctional. 100m
2020ďźš
Office
Residential
Educational
Commercial
Industrial
2050ďźš
500m
30m Multifunctional building
4. Autonomous cars leads to significant transportation area saving, which makes transit path in 2050 can be narrow and flexible. 2020ďźš Train or bus strip/ parking/planting
2050ďźš
200m
100m
30m
Driver-less transportation system
Main road
Dropping off area
Parking/ multi-purpose
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RULES 1.Connect every urban center along Taihu.
Definitions of Urban Center: a part of city area which is 1.1 Multifunctional area. Overlapping commercial/ residential/ educational/ cultural/ government function. 1.2 Intensively land use. FAR>4 1.3 Most densely populated area.
2.Functional distribution around transit route.
2.1 There shall be at least 1 residential plot within 500m. 2.2 There shall be at least 1 commercial plot within 1km. 2.3 There shall be at least 1 industrial plot within 3km. 2.4 There shall be at least 1 power station within 5km. 2.5 Residential plot shall not be right next to industrial plot.
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3. Construction efficiency/ time rule. 3.1 Construction begins from the all the urban center around Taihu area which is Wujin/ Wuxi/ Suzhou/ Wujiang/ Nanxun/ Wuxing/ Huzhou/ Changxing/ Yixing/Changzhou 3.2 Construction speed is to be 1km new path per year. 3.3 All the path shall be built along/ around existing road line and towards against nearby urban center. 3.4 Park lands and Water lands shall not be cut through. 3.5 Wujin-Wuxi/ Wujiang-Suzhou shall be connected within 10 years.
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2.All land below 30m will not be used.
2.1 The transportation system shall all above 30 meters.
3.Transportation Path.
3.1 The distance between transportation path and each transit node shall <200 meters. 3.2 The transportation path shall keep 3km away from the existing Taihu lake area. 3.3 The transportation path shall keep 5km away from each other.
4. FAR distribution around tran sportation path area. 4.1 Floor Area Ratio: >8 within 300m 5-8 within 300m-800m 3-5 within 800-2500m 4.2 No FAR under 3.
6.Any GFA over 100 000m2 within 3km of transportation route is to be gathered around the route.
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Outcome 1 —— ‘L’ system evolution Base on rule 4. FAR distribution
L system
Evolution & Variation
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Outcome 1 —— ‘L’ system evolution Base on rule 4. FAR distribution
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Outcome 2 —— Puzzle units Base on rule 7. Functional distribution
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Outcome 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Utopia : Spider web city Base on rule 1. High dense cities
Connected belts
Industry Residential Commercial CBD
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Outcome 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Curved ripples Base on rule 6. Village gathering
Contour map
Ripples
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Outcome 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parametric tentacles Base on rule 2. Transportation is above 30m rule 6. Village gathering
Parametric design
Tentacles
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Best or worstďź&#x;
Great variability
Easy & clear
Clear center
Complicated Too dense in so regions
Functions are too distributed
Lack of conn communicat
nections & tion
Logical & simple
Good connections Smooth paths & shapes
THe paths are too long
Hard to plan
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Vision Wujiang 2020
Wujiang 2050 2050
Vision
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Population Density Bar
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2. Starting for the urban centres identified in rule #1, build a pathways that heads towards X nearest centres. The path lengths should increase by Xkm every year.
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3. Paths shall increase by connecting the centre points of X landuse (eg residential).
1st level connection. Connecting 8 urban center around Taihu.
2nd level connection. Connecting sub urban centers (less densed) area around each 1st level connection.
3rd level connection........
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4. FAR within Xkm of path will be greater than X.
5. Built area (GFA) furthest from a path should be removed proportionate to increased GFA required to rule #4.
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Low population density area to be move or removed. Low population density residential area. Low population density commercial area. Low population density industrial area.
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6. Green way rules
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Final Vision Development
Pedestrians Private vehicle line Public transportation Cargo line
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Final Vision Development Pedistrian Private Vehicle Exit Every 200m
Public Transport
tation
Cargo Line Exit Every 1500m
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· Background
· Cities around Taihu lake region.
· Current connection between cities: Intercity Railway System
Wujin
Yixing
Changxing
City Center
Intercity Railway Line
Huzhou
Wuxi
Suzhou
Wujiang
Nanxun
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¡ Climate Issue
d Floo
ad Spre
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t rada
ion
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· Topography
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· Topography
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¡ Vectors of Change
1. Cities around Taihu region are expected to develop into a whole economic entity before 2050.
2020
2050
2. Growing demand from peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily life increases the diameters of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commute scope.
2020: 20km activity DIA.
2050: 100km activity DIA.
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Amenities Area Growth.
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¡ Rules
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Identify urban centres in Taihu.
-An urban centre is defined as the centre of a ollection of zones with the total X.
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2. Starting from the urban centres identified in rule #1, build a pathways that heads towards X nearest centres. The path lengths should increase by Xkm every year.
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3. Paths shall increase by connecting the centre points of X landuse(eg residential).
City centre connection. Connecting 8 urban center around Taihu.
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4. FAR within Xkm of path will be greater than X.
500m
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5. Built area (GFA) furthest from a path should be re m ove d p ro p o r t i o n a t e to increased GFA required to rule #4.
Low population density area to be move or removed. Low population density residential area. Low population density commercial area. Low population density industrial area.
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6. The land beyond X meters away from the pathway are to be converted to green land.
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¡ Building Typology
Residential
Industrial
Commercial
Green Space
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· Development of Wujiang City Area
2020 2020
Current view of Wujiang City Centre. Area.
Connection Pathway Decided.
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Planned Pathway.
Flood Starts to Spread. Buildings near Taihu are Removed. New Buildings Near Pathway are to be High-rise.
2025
View of Centre. Wujiang City Area.
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Buildings faraway aggregates along the pathway. Wujiang Urban Centre is more dense in the region.
A part of Wujiang City Area.
2030 View of Wujiang City Area.
Path from Meth flood start land
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2035 View of Wujiang City Area.
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More buildings aggregates along the pathway. Pathway is being built 1km per year.
2040 View of Wujiang City Area.
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nctional Districution: industrial ea shall not be built right next residential area. ore buildings aggregates ong the pathway.
2045 View of Wujiang City Area.
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2040 View of Wujiang City Area.
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2045 View of Wujiang City Area.
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· Vision
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· Section of Pathway
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· Section of Building-Pathway
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· Section of B
Building-Building
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ohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Very Very Big studio is a significant urban design studio. The base is located in Taihu, China, and it is also a huge venue. Because the members of our group are three architecture majors and one urban design major, we were unable to adapt to such a substantial urban design volume at the beginning, which led to our continuous struggle in one or more buildings in the first few weeks. After that, John told us many times a week to focus on large-scale urban design, so we carefully studied the examples of each group and finally completed the script. Through this studio, we clearly understand that large-scale mass design and architectural design are completely different things. Large-scale mass design, such as urban design, needs to consider internal organizations and systems. Not only that, it also needs to be rationalized. In the final review, Ben asked our team the question is, our path is under construction, but it has not been built in the last look, how do people use the Path under construction. For this problem, we think we should learn from the Chinese-style business center model. First of all, when the Path has just been built, first attract investment, let multiple commercial streets or commercial centers sit in Path, to attract people through continuous recruitment of businesses to promote other functions around, such as residence and factory. Later, by continuously extending Path, the surrounding functions also need to be constantly enriched and improved. In order to meet the migration of more and more people.