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Portfolio [Energy of Space incubator] Project 2 Re-appropriating modernist housing MAUD SIWEI SHI


Short-term action for long-term change


PREFACE This portfolio presents how we used a set of models to develop long-term spatial strategies and tactics of re-appropriating modernist housing as a methodology to explore a sustainable way of confronting contemporary live-style contextualised in Berlin. Meanwhile, reflecting what are knowledge and experience I have learnt via this process. Modernist as a term, I thought, is a production of special period as well as a heritage existing contemporary life. After field trip, we attempt to rethink the nature of urban design and consider dynamic process as an urban design pathway. There are three question I attempt to think through this project: if there is an opposite relation between modernist housing and contemporary life-style; if the form of modernist housing could meet people’ need; actually are we designed for who? Berlin as modernist experimental field has a specific complex context that has experienced transforming into post-war city. After WW2, modernist housing as a strategy aimed to impact fresh life to modern city. Nowadays, the increasing disadvantage of modernist housing came out and increasing people vacated. However, it is worth doubting that demolishing modernist housing is not the only way. Hence, our group long term aim is to create a resilient neighbourhood corporate with local-institution to keep existing social network and vitalize local economy and social life. The concept of energy of space incubator proposes a vibrant place that could absorb energy and transfer it by changing media from city reasonably. We mainly focus on low income residents and our strategy is temporary intervention and reformation of leftover space and social activities.

Urban scale model & Section model

CONTENT

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[Overview] -- Reflecting the whole process

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[Context & Analysis] -- Contextualising the city and site

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[Position] -- Group’s approach

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[Spatial Design Strategy] -- Group strategy, principles and models

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[Reflection] -- Critical reflecting


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Overview

Design a set of exploration tools Site investigating

Background & Context

Field Trip Contextualising Berlin Mehringplatz

Articulating group’s idea

Tutorial

Urban form perceiving Typological studies

City walking Perceiving

A long-term proposition

Housing typology visiting

Focus on two specific stakeholders groups Find focus point Define urban scale and neighbourhood scale

Design for who? Mapping Making Model

Precedent study Developing group’s representation

Proposition Model I Strengthern the concept

Evaluation

Final Reflection

Increasing tangible interventions Detail model should more consider how to improve unused/ disused space

Urban model Version I

Tutorial

Section model Version I

Urban model Version II Mapping

Urban model Version III

Proposition Model II

Section model Version III

Review

Feedback

Presentation & Exhibition The representation of urban model more abstract Should strengthern the connection between urban model and section Detail model need to increase scene Lack of example about how to develop local economy

Detail model Version I

Detail model Version II

Proposition Model III

Section model Version II

Tutorial


Modernist housing VS Contemporary life


Context & Analysis [location background]

Berlin

Germany

Mehringplatz

The site of project 2 is located in Berlin, which is the capital of Germany with a complex history. It is a city that experienced twice World War and the separation of Germany into two states under the control and influence of two opposing blocks which brought the prodcution of Berlin Wall. Additionally, Berlin was the modernist architecture experimental field and avant-garde cultural production. The Mehringplatz is a round plaza at the southern tip of the Friedrichstadt neighbourhood in Kreuzberg, Berlin. It is a representative that embodies the changing history of Berlin and transformation of the city’s urban fabric. After its refurbished, the 5-storey modernist housing replaced the original urban fabric and keep the baroque urban fabric.


[Situating City] Trough analyzing the typical urban fabric, it means to identify Mehringplatz characteristic.

ALEXANDERPLATZ

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE

POTSAMDERPLATZ

MEHRINGPLATZ

KOTTBUSSER TOR

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Berlin Wall River Urban fabric Urban Block


[Flowing Space] Alexanderplatz Role: large public square and transport hub

[Consuming Space]

Since German reunification, many buildings had be regenerated while many historic buildings and infrastructures are still remained

[Inclusive Space] Kottbusser Tor Role: Residential areas with vibrant living enviroment

Potsdamerplatz Role: New center Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects

It contains immigrant housing, punk bars, clubs and halal eateries and it has somthing to say about multiculturalism and tolerance in Germany

Output [??? Space] Mehringplatz Role: Residential areas A round plaza( or circus) is a neighbourhood that was the southern gate of in Kreuzberg

Input


Energy Flow

ALEXANDERPLATZ

POTSAMDERPLATZ

MEHRINGPLATZ

KOTTBUSSER TOR


Context & Analysis [Position change]

City Southern Gate

City Southern Gate

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Inner-city Node

[Position change]

Transport Node

Residential area

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+ International Building Exhibitions Berlin

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1855

Belle Allianceplatz Rondell

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[ ] 1876

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1965

Belle Allianceplatz Buildings were demolished by WW2

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Rebuild & Keep orignial baroque urban fabric


[Situating]

It’s an important traffic node

Jewish Museum

Elder People

Library

Our Group Market

Leftover Space

Youth

Art studio

On the ground floor there are so many leftover space which disused by people who just pass by instead of stay.

Mehring platz

No people stay here just pass by

Activity We found many organizations and art studios around Mehring platz which hold several activities regularly with their neighborhood and bring them together.

Uban station

Visitor

Economy The social furnitures used frequently in summer

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Artist

There is market here on Monday and Thursday

Infrastracture

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There are so many vacant stores in Mehring Platz and most of the exiting stores are restaurants so they lack of other type of business which could meet the demand of life. Weekly market is an interesting event there which attracts many low income residents and bring commercial vitality to this area.

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Diversity

There are many kinds of group people living here who come from more than 15 different countries so it is a completely diversity community.

Unused Store Market

Infrastracture

Different Nationalities

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[Space evaluation]

By pass space

Semi-public space

Residential Semi-public space By pass space Public space

Street By pass space

Semi-public space

Office

Library

Building function

Public space

Semi-public space

Semi-public space By pass space

Semi-public space By pass space

Open space


Position Urban scale

Urban model

Energy Flow Absort Energy

Develop Local Economy

Production Flow

Neighbourhood scale

Section model

Tactical Urbanism Dynamic Process

Detial model

Urban strategy

Short-term action for long-term change

Energy Exchange

Space incubator

Social cohesion

Precedends

Develop Small Business

Local market

Spacebuster

Ecobox

Section strategy

small business

leftover space reformation

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Detail strategy


Spatial Space Strategy [Urban strategy]

Natural Resource Eg: solar, rain and wind Situation: disused in urban

Money

Situation: Key factor to shape a city

3 Exchange

Goods

Situation: consumed and supporting the city to work

Version 1

2 Design

1 Harvest

knowledge Situation: intangible goods

4 Seeding

Version 2 2 Design 1 Harvest

3 Exchange

4 Seeding


[Section strategy]

[Low-income resident] low-income residents are the key renters in the Mehringplatz. They have lived here manyyears and have a social network. Thus, we hope it is an effective way of keeping existing residents rather than breaking down existing social networking.

Maintain

Break

Insititution Turkish Artists

Deutsch

[Institution] Designing new furniture and clothes made from recycled materials, old clothes. According to its own design: Guided by some experienced masters in crafts and materials at a few price, produce at Mehringplatz 7 and prototype(social box). It could help for beautification of apartment / enrichment of family - for himself, to give away or, on a small scale of the local economy, for sale.

Circulation

Version 1

Globale e.v Recycle

Sale Resident Version 2

[Artist] As a professional group, it aims to support the global e.v to offer craft production design and training. On one hand, it can help low-income resident learn different skills. On the other hand, it is a collective activity to encourage different kinds of people to present their ideas.

Artist

Teaching

Low-income resident

Fashion design Craft

Illustration painting Final Version


[Section strategy]

Skill Training 1 Harvest

2 Design

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3 Exchange

Product Exchange

Social Activity N

Performance


Recycle

Recycle

Foodsharing

Section1

KMA Center

Mehringplatz 7

Design Corridor

Section2

Section4

U-Bahn Entrance

Production Exchange

Market

Section3

Music Festival

Mehringplatz 7

Design Corridor


[Detail strategy] Muti-functional temporary space will improve the vitality and order in local community.It will have collection space for recycle, selling goods in Market, design space for artists and learners, musical show and performance. The flexible soace could provide to warm space for people’s activities and social meeting in winter. In summer, the institution may hold all kinds of exhibitions and shows to meet people’s needs.

LOCATION 2

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[1] Collection Space

[2] Market

[3] Design Space

[4] Musical Show


recycle

sale

design


Criticial Reflection

Reference http://www.urbantactics.org/projets/ecobox/ http://raumlabor.net/spacebuster/ http://www.design-research-lab.org/projects/pinpoint-mehringplatz/ http://pinpoint.community-infrastructuring.org/map/#exploration/4 https://www.behance.net/gallery/16700649/Berglin-Landscape-(Mehring-Platz-Berlin-Germany) http://www.dasorakelvonberlin.de/html/index.php?id=215&lang=en http://www.lavaland.de/competitions/15berlin-mehringplatz/

Modernist housing as this project theme attract me interest when I listened the first week introduction. At present, the increasing disadvantage of modernist housing came out. Therefore, I am interested in whether the form of modernist housing could adapt to the development of contemporary life. Over the last six weeks, we chose the knowledge of energy flow and flow of space to understand Berlin in another perspective. Through analysing the context of Mehringplatz, we found that the position in the city has changed. That is to say, energy has flowed into another important city node. In the process of exploring urban model, the tough challenge is that how could we define the scale and how to present this kind of abstract notion. I have increasingly realised the importance of representation. Because I thought our final urban model are comprised by a lot of abstract elements so that it is not easier for audience to catch up our key point or understand comprehensively. In additional, due to the original aim that keeps original social networking and residents, we changed regular the mind set of urban design. We began to rethink a new approach to improve this area. When we concentrated a phenomena that this area rental price is lowest in the inner-city, we decided to choose low-income resident as our key stakeholder. In order to the drawback of gentrification, it is important to offer jobs that could allow them work here. Hence, how could we propose our strategies to involve them in and re-activate leftover space at the same time. For methodology we used, I thought the effect of making model is better than mapping. Because we could test our idea in the three dimensional space. However, I would like to argue the form of draft model. In my opinion, draft model is an effect way of improving and modifying our idea. We should consider what we want to delivery rather than what kind of material looks like impressive. For the design process, I have learnt that we should find the key point rather than cover all aspects. I have begun to think what we should concentrate in the design project. If you wish all issues could be addressed, actually you couldn’t tackle the core issue.



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