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Winning Proposal: Business Park Club House .........................................

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High-Rise Healthcare: RIC Research Hospital ..............................................

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Utopia Urban Planning: Archipelago City .......................................................... 27

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Beiqijia Business Park Club House, Beijing, 2014

BUSINESS PARK CLUB HOUSE

Background:

The Business Park Club House is a part of Beiqijia Business Park which includes ten office buildings and five residential towers. The site is locates at TBD (technology and business) area in Beijing. As a business park in such area, Beiqijia is planed to be a ecological, intelligent, cultural and 24/7 community. RTKL is in charge of the SD and DD for this project. To get started with a large community like this, 4 terms are used to describe the basic ideas: mixed, autonomous, city boundary and micro-eco system. In the center of park, a club house is needed for both business and residential.

This will be a public space for people to gather, exercise, communicate and have various activities.

Design Challenge:

Since the surrounding buildings are designed to be formal shapes, client wants a charmful diamond like piece in the center of park to attract people and provide various activity opportunities.

What are the possibilities of this space contact to the surrounding buildings with different functions? How is this club house can provide a chance for various activities?

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Fig1. 2 Beiqijia Club House Site Analysis

A massing form is needed in the middle of the site to link ground level activity space to sunken plaza. The foot print of this space is mainly formed by circulation. As concept diagram 1.3 shows, connecting lines between each of the access give a boundary of mass to the space. To make an intersection between the club and open exterior space, a stand on ground level is pulled out toward sunken plaza to provide possibilities of using the shaded space underneath. A path between ground level and the sunken level is defined with an offset of the mass in southeast corner. At the east connection node, people can chose to go into the club house or straight forward to the sunken plaza.

The top of mass is lowered to provide better view to people who stay at sunken level. Base on the study of irregular and diamond shape mass, enclosure pieces are divided into solid walls and a curtain system. The curtain wall or curtain roof can enhance eye contact between people, architecture, and nature.

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1. the field has a few high density traffic points, lines connecting them are possible circulation tracks

2. extrude a box to cover all possible circulation tracks, a mass could be formed out of this box

3. lift up and pull out a surface to provide a stage and a shaded area under it

4. push a corner into the mass to create a path that allows people enter the sunken plaza from upper level

5. slightly adjust the entry and top of this club house to fit human scale comfort level while increase space efficiency

6. push minor structure of sunken plaza facade to maintain view and required squarefootage

Fig1. 3 Concept Development

Fig1. 4 Club House Space Section

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Beiqijia Business Park Club House Ground Entry, Beijing, 2014

Fig1. 5 Sunken Level Floor Plan

Fig1. 6 Ground Level Floor Plan 7

Fig1. 7 Sunken Level Interior View

Fig1. 8 Ground Level Interior View 8

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Beiqijia Business Park Aerial View, Beijing, 2014

RIC Research Hospital

Background:

This project is a Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) Research Hospital. The project is located in the Streeterville neighborhood adjacent to the Northwestern medical campus. The program includes inpatient and outpatient services, medical offices, and public areas for patient families and friends. Retail space and a hotel for future expansion have been added to create a mixed-use building that provides a better experience for visitors. Inpatient services are divided into seven "neighborhoods" each focused on a particular discipline. Collaboration between these disciplines is essential to unifying the research component of the building. The primary architectural goal of the project is to generate an integrative design that combines the architectural, structural, and mechanical systems into one unit. In conjunction with this is the goal to create the best possible experience for building visitors whether they be patients, family, or RIC employees. The RIC mission is to provide the highest-quality patient care through integrated research, scientific discovery, and education for the purpose of maximizing the recovery of the individuals in their care. With integration at its core, this project works to produce a seamless medical research facility that will be a significant asset to the city.

Design Challenge:

To make this special health care research institution runs conveniently and efficiently, there are several strategies to be considered: function utility, aesthetic value, meronic value, preservation of design value, investment value, constructability and social responsiveness. It means this project need to enhance the rehabilitation and healing process; to facilitate advancement of research, education and clinical care; and to enhance the RIC's image as a world-class rehabilitation and research center.

Construction wise, design team need to miximize constructability and efficient building, and to create maintainable and adaptable space for the life-cycle of the building. This place also need to manage resources responsibly and enriches the human spirits.

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The site of RIC is locates at downtown Chicago, a dense area with complex traffic conditions.

It is neccenssary to understand the surrounding context and major access that patients, visitors and staffs take. The northeastern corner of building has the best view to the city and the lake. A curved extrusion is designed close to site boundary to improve this feature. A sky lobby garden and an outdoor ability labs are also designed to improve this advantage. Setback occurs at inpatient and hotel levels to provide privacy and quiet enviroment for residents.

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RIC Research Hospital Ground Entry and Drop-off

2050 Archipelago City

2050 ARCHIPELAGO CITY Issue and Challenge:

The sea level continues to rise every year by small amount, accumulated to at least three to five feet expected by the year 2100. As a result, studies have predicted that coastline cities such as New York, Barcelona or Venice will be partially submerged in the sea by the end of this century.

Conservative estimates of sea level rise by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) project increases of more than half a foot to two feet by the year 2100. More up-to-date analyses by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, which account for the effects of melting ice sheets around the globe, suggest that sea level will rise three feet to as much as five feet or more by 2100.1 How can planners respond to this challenge at the global scale? If coastlines become high-risk areas, one response is to consider the sea as territory for future expansion.

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The Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange designed Marine City fifty years ago as a way to connect two different districts across Tokyo Bay. According to Tange, Marine City was a rationally ordered settlement in response to Tokyo’s inherent chaos. Yet in Tange’s zeal to design a more efficient urban layout, he missed the opportunity to create greater cultural densification and diversity. Furthermore, the isolated dwellings were extremely energy inefficient. Today it is possible to design a city that responds not only to cultural prerogatives, but also to sustainability.

Fig3. 1 Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Bay Plan, 1960s 2

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1. floating mass on the ocean

4. flat outdoor space provide a front yard to each of the private unit with sun light, rain fall and beautiful view to the outside

2. public and private living spaces for people

3. green roof on the top layer to keep consistent indoor temperature

5. a 3D transportation system combines both of the horizontal and vertical traffic

6. provide view to undersea and possibility to make ecological energy circulation

Fig3. 2 Archipelago City Mass Diagram

To keep the archipelago at a constant temperature year round, a terraced green roof planted with crops, fruit trees, and flowers plays an important role. Each habitable unit is oriented toward the sun while enjoying ocean views. Public gathering spaces form the social core of the island with indoor beaches, clubs, restaurants and gyms. Much of the mass of the island is below sea level. This section offers unexpected views of the ocean and underwater marine life forms while hydro-power providing energy to the residents.

Each island is configured as a structural branching framework that serves multiple functions. Like a natural tree’s bio-form, the material of the framework comprise of a high strength fiber that becomes extremely strong after water absorption. Below water, the branching framework performs as a root system.

Like the roots of mangrove trees, the root system transports desalinated water to the surface structure, providing access to drinking water anywhere in this city. Water circulation is one of the most effective systems in Archipelago City because it has dual functions. Not only does it provide fresh water, but it also propagates algae. Algae are indispensable to the island’s ecology and they attract shrimps, which in turn attract fish–both of which are valuable protein sources for the inhabitants.

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The waste recycling is sent back to the roots as nutrients for algae and other micro organisms.

During the process of decomposition, the algae are collected and the oil is processed, producing energy to illuminate the islands at night.

The transportation system is based on maglev technology using a series of tracks that combines elevators and light rail. Each island has its own multi-directional track consisting of one or more spirals that connect residents. Those same tracks also provide intra-island transportation. Spherical cars run on the tracks by magnetic grasp at high speeds. An intelligent transportation system is able to identify whether the car will be shared or not. When residents are ready to travel, they can electronically signal for a ride and cars will arrive within seconds. Unused cars can remain on the roof or float on the sea. For those people who are in a hurry, there are other transportation methods to allow for direct movement or “as the crow flies” such as flight, airship and submarine.

As a new city type, each floating structure contributes to make a more complete and efficient city.

A city may start as a town with only a few dwellings and then expand over time. Since the structures are floating, they can be relocated just as ships can. If a hurricane or tsunami threatens, Archipelago City has the maneuverability to move to a safe place. Maneuverability also provides the possibility of metabolic change, allowing for new life styles in the future.

While Archipelago City is a speculative proposal, it is not a utopian dream. As early as the nineteen-fifties, the scientific community began to focus on renewable energy sources. A tidal lagoon power plant is under construction at Yalu River in China now. The US Forest Service Products Laboratory is developing cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), a type of fiber material that may be stronger than carbon fiber.

Algae tech companies are developing methods and technologies to increase algae’s waste disposal capacity and energy production ability. In comparison with Tange’s Tokyo Bay project, Archipelago City offers more adaptability and diversity for urban residents, while providing significant gains in sustainable energy. In the future, using the development of new technologies related to sustainable energy production, material science, biochemistry and magnetic levitation, Archipelago City will become a reality.

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References: 1. Lin, Zhongjie. Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement: Urban Utopias of Modern Japan . New York: Routledge, 2010.

2. National Geographic Society. “ Tidal Energy.” Accessed Nov. 27, 2013. http://education. nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/tidal-energy/?ar_a=1 3. U.S. Department of Energy. “EERE News: China Supports Plan to Build World's Largest Tidal Power Plant.” Accessed Nov. 27, 2013. Last modified Nov. 17, 2004. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_ detail.cfm/news_id=8286 4. Gizmag. “Wood pulp extract stronger than carbon fiber or Kevlar.” Accessed Nov. 27, 2013. Last modified Sep. 3, 2012. http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-nanocrystals-stronger-carbon-fiber-kevlar/23959/ 5. HowStuffWorks, Inc. “How Maglev Trains Work.” Accessed Nov. 27, 2013. http://science.howstuffworks. com/transport/engines-equipment/maglev-train.htm 6. Ken Wear's Web Site. “Algae fuel, food and waste disposal will reduce atmospheric CO2.” Accessed Nov. 27, 2013. http://www.rationallink.org/algae.htm

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Conservative estimates of sea level rise by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) project increases of more than half a foot to two feet by the year 2100. More up-to-date analyses by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, which account for the effects of melting ice sheets around the globe, suggest that sea level will rise three feet to as much as five feet or more by 2100. http://environment. harvard.edu/node/3272 2

Image resource: Lin, Zhongjie. Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement: Urban Utopias of Modern Japan. New York: Routledge, 2010.

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Fig3. 5 Archipelago City and Transportation System

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Furniture Design: Reclaimed Wood Chair