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UNITY HUBDAVE WONGYEAR 4
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UNITY HUB
INTERGENERATIONAL SPACE: A REVIVAL OF SINGAPOREAN KAMPONG SPIRIT
Toa Payoh, Singapore
The rapid modernisation of Singapore has led to significant urban and economic development, transforming the cily-state into a global financial hub. While this progress has been beneficial in many ways, it has inadvertently weakened the connection to Singapore's past as old buildings, cultural landmarks, and traditional ways of life are replaced by modern infrastructure and a forward-looking ethos This is a phenomenon that Rem Koolhaas has also explored in The Singapore Songlines' (S, M, L, XL) If reflects on the pioneer generation of Singaporeans who, lo an extent, have been forgotten. The contributions and sacrifices of these early residents, the ones who laid the foundational stones of today's Singapore, are now overshadowed by the focus on current achievements and future aspirations.
"Unity Hub', located in the town of Toa Payoh in Singapore, is a project that will be integrated into the existing Too Pay0h Redevelopment 2030* initiative by the Singapore Government. This will be a strategic alignment with the government
efforts, but with an intent lo influence and enhance these plans by introducing a community-centric dimension to it. The aim of this project is to form a unified community that bridges the generational divides exacerbated by long-standing government policies that push Singapore forward but neglect its past, it focuses on shared experiences and mutual respect that foster a sense of belonging and collective identity, especially within the Toa Payoh community, which has a significant pioneer generation.
More than just a community space, 'Unity Hub' is an active, experiential institution where the environment demonstrates how social activities and multi-age learning can be seamlessly integrated into the urban fabric, thus offering a tangible, dynamic solution to the challenges forced by the pioneers of Singapore. It aims to inspire a holistic approach to community building by encompassing respect for the past, engagement in the present, and planning for a future.
DAVE WONG YEAR 4
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Section 01: Prelude
1.0 Brief-Statement
1.1 Issue: Singapore "Blank Slate (Tabula Rasa)"
1.2 Government Collaboration & Site Conditions
Section 02: Interlude
2.0 Uncovering Concepts through Vernaculars
2.1 Sustainable Material & Technique
2.2 Design Development
Section 03: Prologue
3.0 Level: Site & Ground
3.1 Level: First
3.2 Level: Second
3.3 Level: Third & Roof
Appendix Bibliography
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Issue: Singapore "Blank Section
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& Ground
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East View
East-Entry View
Market Guided by Traffic
Market Guided by Traffic
Now-Extinct Open Air Markets in Singapore
First Floor Panel View (Not in Section) Green Transition Path Waiting Area
Common Area Green Transition Path
Hawker Centre (Panel View from Exterior)
Section)
Centre
Cultural
Heritage Space
Intergeneration Learning
(Waiting Area)
and
(Waiting Area)
Nucleated Flea Market More interaction, and increased collaboration
West-Entry View
Market Pattern: centralised use of surrounding facilities, collaboration
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North-East View
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Flow
Flow towards Hawker
Place of Bonding: The Hawker Centre
Green Service Roof View Deck Heritage Corridor Learning Area Breakout Foyer Buffer Zone Buffer Zone Buffer Zone Events Space
Foundatiaon Loads Horizontal/Vertical Loads Wind Loads Live Loads Gravity Loads Transition Zone Transition Zone Transition Zone Open Market Service Roof Breakout View Deck Hawker Area Exhibition Refuge Space
Green Corridor
Hawker Seatings
Openair Food Preparation
Ground Floor
First Floor
Dropped Ceiling for Services
General Materiality of Scheme
Dissecting Structural Design
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South-West View
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Arts and
Preserving Multicultural
Crafts
used for Irrigation throughout
Water used for Irrigation throughout
Natural
Ventilation
Solar Energy
Water
Learning
Events Area Green Service Roof
Intergeneration
Centre
Waiting Area
Breakout Zone
Escalator Escalator
Rainwater (High gains in Monsoon)
Natural Ventilation Waiting Area Centre Reception Resting Area Restroom Restroom Restroom
Rainwater Harvest Storage Tank
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Green Path
Green Path
Green Path
Green Corridor
Green Corridor
Green Corridor
Third Floor
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South-East View
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Displacement of Pioneers in Singapore
Community and Greens in Singapore
Main
Hawker
Exhibition Space Green Service
Restroom / Shower
Hawker Centre (Exterior View) Main Entry Stairs Refuge Spaces Healthcare Centre Service Roof Arts & Crafts Studio Office
Ground First Second Third
Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor Third Floor
Events Space - Auditorium
Viewing Deck
Roof
Floor
Second Floor Third
Gender Segregated Space
Shared Space
Strategies for
Sustainability
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CRAFTED HORIZONS 2024
At the center of Unit 14’s academic exploration lies Buckminster Fuller’s ideal of the ‘The Comprehensive Designer’, a master-builder that follows Renaissance principles and a holistic approach. Fuller referred to this ideal of the designer as somebody who is capable of comprehending the ‘integrateable significance’ of specialised findings and is able to realise and coordinate the commonwealth potentials of these discoveries while not disappearing into a career of expertise. Like Fuller, we are opportunists in search of new ideas and their benefits via architectural synthesis. As such Unit 14 is a test bed for exploration and innovation, examining the role of the architect in an environment of continuous change. We are in search of the new, leveraging technologies, workflows and modes of production seen in disciplines outside our own. We test ideas systematically by means of digital as well as physical drawings, models and prototypes. Our work evolves around technological speculation with a research-driven core, generating momentum through astute synthesis. Our propositions are ultimately made through the design of buildings and through the in-depth consideration of structural formation and tectonic. This, coupled with a strong research ethos, will generate new and unprecedented, one day viable and spectacular proposals. They will be beautiful because of their intelligence - extraordinary findings and the artful integration of those into architecture.
The focus of this year’s work evolves around the notion of ‘Crafted Horizons’. The term aims to highlight the architect’s fundamental agency and core competency of the profession to anticipate the future as the result of the highest degree of synthesis of the observed underlying principles. Constructional logic, spatial innovation, typological organisation, environmental and structural performance are all negotiated in a highly iterative process driven by intense architectural investigation. Through the deep understanding of constructional principles, we will generate highly developed architectural systems of unencountered intensity where spatial organisation arises as a result of sets of mutual interactions. Observation as well as re-examination of past and contemporary civilisatory developments will enable us to project near future scenarios and position ourselves as avant-garde in the process of designing a comprehensive vision for the forthcoming. The projects will take shape as research based, imaginative architectural visions driven by speculation.
Thanks to: ALA, Boele Architects, Daab Design, DaeWha Kang Design DKFS, Heatherwick, Knippershelbig, NK3, RSHP, Seth Stein Architects, ZHA, Expedition Engineering.
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