MAIB34_2020_1_collectivespaces

COLLECTIVE SPACES

KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture I City, Citizens and Space I Group 1 I Collective Spaces I Tutors: Christophe Polack, Jonathan Robert Maj Sally Alawady, Dana Elsayegh, Sabine Ariqat, Joyce Jamal, Ingy Saad

COLLECTIVE SPACES As defined by M. de Solà-Morales “Collective spaces are not strictly public or private, but both simultaneously [They] are public spaces that are used for private activities, or private spaces that allow for collective use, and they include the whole spectrum in between.”

Source: M. de Solà-Morales, “Public and Collective Space: The Urbanisation of the Private Domain as a New Challenge”, in La Vanguardia, May 12th, Barcelona 1992, reprinted in “A Matter of Things”, Nai Publishers, Rotterdam 2008

To understand the idea of collective spaces and their different variations, we aimed to map the different possible locations/sites in Schaerbeek which could be regarded as collective spaces.

Firstly, we strategically categorised the areas in scale, circulation, levels, users, temporality and intimacy, to assess their collectivity. Then we moved on to focusing on the user’s experiences and solely regarding the spaces and their degree of collectivity based on their appropriation of space.

COLLECTIVE SPACE

ALLOWS

INDIVIDUAL USAGE OF THE PUBLIC SPACE

COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY

KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture I City, Citizens and Space I Group 1 I Collective Spaces I Tutors: Christophe Polack, Jonathan Robert Maj Sally Alawady, Dana Elsayegh, Sabine Ariqat, Joyce Jamal, Ingy Saad

POSSIBLE INDOOR COLLECTIVE SPACES Buildings that allow public usage and can allow collective activity

Cultural Co-Working Transportation Community Center Market Local Cafe In The Ground Floor Social Housing

CASE STUDIES LOCATIONS

LUCA’s Courtyard Gare du Nord West Entrance

Gare du Nord South Entrance

Rue Allard

Parc Reine-Verte Rue Royale-Saint-Marie

SYNTHESIS

RESEARCH & OBSERVATIONS SCALE

CIRCULATION

LEVELS

Gare du No

rd

SCALE

CIRCULATION

LEVELS

USERS

TEMPORALITY

INTIMACY

USERS

TEMPORALITY

INTIMACY

We learn from our case studies that even though some spaces are we street elements, as shown below, can ev

ell designed they fail as a collective space, However, we noticed small volve into unintended collective spaces

ReThinking The CCN Building

By Sally Alawady

City, Citizens and Space / Tutors - Christophe Polack, Jonathan Robert Maj / 05.01.2021 / KU Leuven, Architecture Faculty, Sint Lucas, Brussels

LOCATION

Each side of the station is surrounded by different functions, while the west and south are mostly offices the north and east are residential, this effects who are the users of each side

Mixed Mostly Residential Residential / Commerce

Offices

RESIDENTS RESIDENTS RESIDENTS

EMPLOYEES

STUDENTS

TRAVELERS

TRANS MIGRANTS

BUSINESS OWNER / EMPLOYEES

EMPLOYEES

RESIDENTS RESIDENTS EMPLOYEES

EMPLOYEES

COLLECTIVE SPACES

From our analysis of collective spaces the entrances of the station seemed as they can have potential to become a collective space 28

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The main occupied area is only 20% of the space

Leftover Scattered Sidewalks

Narrow Frame To The City

Ground Floor Mainly For Buses

Unused Roofs

OBSERVATIONS

The CCN Building Is Destined To Be Demolished - One Of The Competition Proposals By Skope

HOW CAN WE RENEW THE CCN BUILDING AND THE SURROUNDING PUBLIC SPACES WITHOUT ERASING THEIR IDENTITY?

REVIVING THE GROUNDFLOOR

BUS

BUS

BUS

BU

S

BUS

Pedestrians -> In Between Vehicles Circulation Vehicles -> Dominating The Ground Level

Taxi

Ta xi

BUS -1 -> 1

0 -> 1

-1 -> 0

-1 -> 1

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-1 -> 1

0 <- -1

0 -> 1

0 -> 1

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-1 -> 0

1 <- -1

-1 -> 1

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0 <- 1

x

EXISTING

1 <- -1

1 <- 0

1 <- 0

Built

Pedestrians

Skylight

Bicycle Vehicles

Pedestrians -> Dominating The Ground Level - Continuous Circulation From East to West & North to South Vehicles -> Under Ground

S BU BUS

BUS

BUS

x

BUS

BU S

-1 -> 1

0 -> 1

-1 -> 0

-1 -> 1

1 <- -1

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0 -> 1

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1 <- 0

5.5%

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-1 -> 0

1 <- -1

-1 -> 1

1 <- -1

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Technical BUS

SUGGESTED

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5.5%

EXISTING Vs REQUESTED

EXISTING

~50, 300 m² -> Offices - 40,800 m² Retail & Entrance to Station - 8,500 m²

COMPETITION’S REQUIREMENTS

130, 000 m² -> Offices - 90,000 m² Residential - 30,000 m² Retail - 10,000 m² Beginning of works - 2022

12,000 m²x11x4m

MY PROPOSAL - EVOLUTION The CCN Building Grew And Expanded Over The Years, In My Proposal I Suggest To Continue This Legacy By Adding The Extra m² In a Light Material To Reveal The Existing Building

1950s

1980s

1990s

Leftover Needed m² - Sharing / Renting Unoccupied Offices And Lands In The Surroundings Instead of Building More m²

EXAMINING DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES WITH

H DIFFERENT GROUND-FLOOR RELATIONS

CONNECTING THE TERRACES Continuing the concept of the existing terraces also in the extension Adding connections between the terraces to revive them and make them more accessible to the public by wide public stairs that also function as a resting space.

The total sqm - 72,510 m², which is almost half of the requested, however, in the competition brief there was no reference to public facilities.

Public - 6,775 m²

Residential - 16,435 m²

As The Existing ~ Offices - 40,800 m², Retail & Entrance to Station - 8,500 m²

BUS

BUS

BUS

S BU

PLANS

BUS -1 -> 1

-1 -> 0

-1 -> 1

0 -> 1

1 <- -1

-1 -> 1

0 <- -1

0 -> 1

1 <- 0

0 -> 1

5.5%

0 -> 1

0 -> 1

1 <- 0 1 <- -1

-1 -> 0

-1 -> 1

1 <- -1

0 <- 1

1 <- -1

Technical BUS BUS

BUS

BUS

S BU

1:1000

BUS BU S

-1 -> 1

-1 -> 0

-1 -> 1 0 -> 1

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0 <- -1

-1 -> 1

0 -> 1

1 <- 0

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0 -> 1

5.5% 1 <- 0 0 -> 1

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5.5%

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Technical BUS

Ground Floor

1:2000

BUS

BUS

BUS

S BU

1:500

13th Floor - Residential + Public

1:2000

SECTIONS

BUS

BUS

BUS

BU

S

B

A

A

B

5.5%

SECTION A-A

SECTION B-B

5.5%

1:1000

Connection Between CCN and Gare du Nord - North Facade

Terraces - View From South West

The Stairs

The Main Skylight

Residential Balcony

The Public Facilities - North Facade