THUY LE THE IN-BETWEEN
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This is a compilation of “the in-betweens”, from the scale of a township to the scale of an urban pocket. Each project is a story about the negotiation between the conditions and the aspirations, between what could have been and what might become, between what Louis Kahn called the ‘measurable’ and the ‘immeasurable’.
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TARKWA BREMAN HOSPITAL & GIRL’S SCHOOL
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NEW CROSS FOUNDRY
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MARCHE EN BOIS
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LEFT BANK CASCADE
HOSPITAL & GIRLS’ SCHOOL Tarkwa-Breman, Ghana Tarkwa-Breman is a village of in-betweens: in between Tarkwa & Breman in between Those mobilized by education & Those who are not in between Rainforests & Strip mines The project consists of the design of a hospital and a girl’s school in Tarkwa-Bremen. The operating income of the school will be provided through the sale of crops raised by the parents of the students on the 50 acre. grounds of the school, the layout of the farm is also part of the project as is the planning for the village expansion next to the new campus.
GROUP MEMBERS: THUY L., ALVARO M., EMILY S., CARISSA L., & ANNE S.
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EXISTING VILLAGE, EXISTING VEG PATHWAY IN
GETATION ON SITE & PROPOSED N-BETWEEN
VILLAGE EXPANSION, CAMPUS PLAN & FARM PLAN
CAMPUS PLAN
HOSPITAL, PLAN & SECTION
GIRL’S SCHOOL, PLAN & SECTION
CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS
HOSPITAL, RENDERED VIEW
GIRL’S SCHOOL, RENDERED VIEW
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NEW CROSS ‘FOUNDRY’ London, UK New Cross is a neighborhood of in-betweens: in between London & Croydon in between Youth & Aged in between Grassroot movements & Crippling infrastructure The place yearns for an identity and an urban mechanism to bring different demographics together through the overlaying of activities. Following a thorough investigation of the site, - New Cross neighborhood, a design for an urban intervention that includes urban skywalks and a creative hub, the “New Cross Foundry” is proposed.
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Green space
Public squares Outer core Social Hubs Inner core
SE14 & ‘referendum’ boundaries
Islands
Public transport
Trunk roads
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CONCEPTUAL COLLAGE OF DIFFERENT LAYERS OF ACTIVITIES,
which is made tangible in the activity cluster diagram on the next page. NEW X VENTRICULUS Layers of usage
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
BASEMENT PLAN
PLAZA ENTRANCE CONDITION
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NAVIGATION HUB CONDITION
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MARCHE EN BOIS PHILADELPHIA, PA Lower North Philly is a community of in-betweens: in between Philadelphia Center City & North Philadelphia in between The Longstanding Residents & The Newcomers in between Abandoned Lots & Gentrified New Condos Studies of the urban space through Kevin Lynch’s node-path approach informs the design of a covered market in the lower north Philadelphia at Girard Avenue and Broad St.
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URBAN CORRIDOR & E
2. Mixed residential & commercial
3, Residential
TYPOLOGY, FACADE STUDY 26
1. Commercial
EXISTING STRUCTURES
TYPOLOGY, SECTIONAL STUDY 27
BOUNDARY
Densification
Compartmentalization
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PARKING LOTS
VACANT LOTS
Collection
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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2ND FLOOR PLAN
3RD FLOOR PLAN 30
WEST CORRIDOR VIEW
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SOUTH ENTRANCE VIEW
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LEFT BANK CASCADE PHILADELPHIA, PA Left Bank is an urban pocket of in-betweens: in between The City & The River in between The Road & The Rest Stop in between The Fixed & The Variable
The stingray is an animal of in-betweens: in between Shark & Fish in between Those Examined & Those Mysterious in between Water & Ground
Through a study of the stingray, its anatomy and movement, a design for a pavilion/ urban insertion is proposed for the Left Bank.
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Stingray’s cartilaginous skeletal structure allows for enough flexibility for oscillation and at the same time, sufficient rigidity for the motion to transmit throughout the large fins.
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STINGRAY FIN SKELETON ANALOG MODEL
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SHAPE-SHIFT CAPACITY OF THE MODULAR UNITS WITH CROSSBRACING
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In-situ sketch model
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Model with scale figures
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