MA ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM THESIS FOXCONN DREAM TOWN
Student Name: WEI GAI MMU ID Number: 18033301 Location of the Project: Foxconn, Longhua Science and Technology Park, Shenzhen, China
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my lead supervisors: Prof. David Chandler Prof. James Dyson and Prof. Eamonn Canniffe for their able guidance and support in completing my study. I would also like to extend my gratitude to friends in Superscape2020 group. My parents and all my MA A+U classmates.
CONTENT
Site information
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Research
12-16
Design strategy
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Plan & Vision
25-33
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Location
Guangdong Province
Site Map
CHAPTER 1 SITE INFORMATION
Dormitory
Assembly Warehouse
Transport Warehouse
Management Building Water
Green Space
Urban Village
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Shenzhen
Longhua District
Site Observe & Model
Foxconn on the surface provides workers with "convenience" such as accommodation, services and entertainment facilities, but in fact, workers' rest time and living space are all incorporated into factory management, serving the "just in time production" global Production strategy. To a large extent, workers' living space is just a continuation
Province daily livesShenzhen Longhua District of Guangdong the workshop.The of workers such as eating, sleeping, Factory Accommodation and washing are also arranged like an assembly line.The purpose is
Factory
Dining Hall
Accommodation
Dining Hall
not to meet the comprehensive needs of workers as human beings, but to minimize Cost, to regenerate the physical strength of workers in the shortest time, to meet the needs of factory production. Specifically, the meal you eat "you have to forget its taste", living in the dormitory "as if you were in jail", and even "doing volunteer work in exchange for the right of residence", and "one day off a week" makes workers "very There is little time for entertainment. " At the same time, due to the lack of public services, the market-oriented communities outside the factory have no living space for workers.Many places not only have poor public security and are vulnerable to robbery, but as long as the news raises wages, rents and daily consumption around the factory will all rise. . Therefore, the social space of workers inside and outside the factory is facing a double squeeze, so that in fact the space for social life is deprived of them, as if imprisoned in this foundry empire.
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Shenzhen emotion map construction based on semantic analysis through Weibo
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Negative emotional stress distribution
Population of non-household registration living in workplace
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Population of non-household registration distribution
Conclusion Negative emotional stress is most pronounced in Longhua District. It is also the most densely populated region. Most employees graduate with a high school education. Most of them are teenagers.
Industrial population density distribution
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Timeline of Foxconn factory and employees
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Employee day work and life
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Employee work and living environment 75% of the workers have "average rest days per week" of 1 days, and 8% of workers have "average rest days per month" of less than 4 days. In addition, 73.3% of workers have "average working hours per day" of 10 hours or more. The average monthly overtime hours for workers is 83.2 hours.
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CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH
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Research: How to treat psychological problems by improving the work and life status of sweatshop employees? Factors affecting mental health
Case Study
Avoid deep plans Consider shadows Orient buildings sensitively Be selective about window sizes Use rooflights shrewdly Use high-level windows to combine light and privacy
LIGHT
Don't overlook artificial light Consider the temperature of artificial light Use artificial light to create pockets of calm Ensure a good supply of fresh air Use tactile materials Consider comfort as well as aesthetics Think about the temperature of buildings
COMFORT
Keep the noise out Go open plan Create an atmosphere
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental illnesses are serious disorders which can affect your thinking, mood, and behavior.
Don't overlook spaces for inactivity Provide high ceilings where possible Bigger isn't always better Consider prospect and refuge theory
PSYCHOLOGY
Celebrate the entrance Don't overlook the importance of storage Give people better control over their environment Give people better control over their diets Give building users privacy
CONTROL
Provide people with a range of environments
Apple campus 2
Allow for the personalisation of spaces Design adaptable spaces Make buildings and their parts legible Use colour wisely (and sparingly)
AESTHETICS
Celebrate the simple Create moments of joy Avoid visual monotony Get the proportions right Design wider streets Encourage activity Design-in spaces for exercise
ACTIVITY
Design for the bicycle Connect to nearby facilities Use nature to educate, engage and involve Bring nature in Provide views of nature Integrate or give views of water
NATURE
Improve ecology and biodiversity Design gardens and parks as an escape from the urban
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Put gardens on the roof
VPRO
Research: Possible solution? Urban self design feedback system The urban self design feedback system is start with user in the workplace. It’s a human centred system. The system will collect users’ feedback of the space in the backstage of artificial intelligence(AI). The filtered data is re-ranked according to the weight of feedback. The feedback with the largest weight ratio will be extracted as the basis for a space change and submitted to the architect for review. After the review, it will be implemented and the workspace will gradually evolve into employees Expected built environment. Through constant remodelling and reprogramming, buildings could be tailored to their users’ needs, comfort, and expectations.
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Research: How to let employees work without stress? Workflow pain point analysis Smartphone Industry Chain
RAM
Display screen
RF/antenna
The smartphone production process and the production links undertaken by different companies according to their own technological level, the smartphone industry chain can be divided into three major parts: U p s t re a m : M a i n l y i n c l u d e s operating system developers, chip developers and component
chip
camera
suppliers.
Foxconn participates
Midstream: mainly includes mobile phone design companies, smart phone manufacturers. Foxconn is one of them. Downstream: Brands dominated by mobile phones, mainly Apple. The shapes of mobile phone c o m p o n e n t s a re d i f f e re n t , which leads to complicated and
battery
Shell/mechanical parts Foxconn participates
error-prone manual assembly processes.
Mobile phone assembly Foxconn participates
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FPC/PCB
Case study: How to let employees work without stress? Workflow pain point analysis compared with LEGO LEGO Factory Workflow Design
Model
Package
Model Checking
Sample Checking
Assembly
Package
Storage
Source
Employee
Manufacture
User
Plastic
Design Product
Component
Create Product
Foxconn Workflow Components
Storage
The final step product of the LEGO factory is not an assembled complete product but a package composed of multiple components. This approach avoids the massive labor cost caused by assembly, and can also completely save the steps that the final
Source
Main production route Production secondary route
Product Checking
Components
Employee
Manufacture
Assembly Product
User
Product
product needs to test one by one.
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Case study: How to let employees work without stress? Foxconn new workflow Many components developed in the early stages of LEGO factories are also being used in new LEGO products: "It's a good thing to get rid of elements that we really don't use, because it makes room for new pieces, but it's also that chance to say, 'No, this is a classic LEGO element that we should keep, Let's use it." Jamie Berard, LEGO Design Manager Specialist Follow the LEGO's product concept. Foxconn new workflow would turn into modular smartphone production. Pack mobile phone parts into simple modules. Users can choose modules freely. At the same time, the hardware provides developers with editing opportunities. Form a circular system.
Package components
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Employee edit package upgrade module
Users order modules and give feedback
CHAPTER 3 DESIGN STRATEGY
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Design Strategy Exist
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Future
Canned space
Flexible space
Hierarchy
Flat
Closed
Open-air
Unidirectional
Multi-directional
Less sunlight
More sunlight
Step 1: Environment
Open river
Set up lanes and sidewalks
Trees (Broccoli)
FloorLotus ( root )
Garden buildings
Stairs (Pasta)
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Step 1: Environment
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Current plan
Ongoing: Introduce water and green space
Step 2: Road network and function Combine water and green space
Road network
Sidewalk
Function
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3 1
6
5
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Step 3: Floorplan
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Step 3: Floorplan
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CHAPTER 4 PLAN & VISION
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Master Plan
Node 1 Enterence 2 Rooftop balcony 3 Wetland 4 Playground
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2 3 3 4 1 1
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Comfortable resting space
Future view
Previous
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Unobstructed road
Beautiful view
Quality walking path
Quality walking path
Quality walking path
Unobstructed road
Beautiful view
Comfortable resting space
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Current
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Future
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Aerial View (From playground)
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House Unit Working Space
Living Space
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Living space The employee dormitory will be opened to the surrounding environment on the basis of the original building. That is to remove the original external wall, so that the light can fully enter the interior of the building. The location of the rooms can be adjusted according to the preferences of the residents.
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Workspace The workplace will be a circular hollow space. Users can move their working area.
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Student Name: WEI GAI MMU ID Number: 18033301 Location of the Project: Foxconn, Longhua Science and Technology Park, Shenzhen, China