INACTION
Portfolio of Chen Xiwen
Politecnico di Milano
Architecture_Built Environment Interiors
Selected Works: 2018-2023
Person code: 10814254
By this very inactivity, every thing can be activated.
——Laozi, Tao Te Ching
"Inaction" is an important thought in ancient Chinese culture. It does not mean doing nothing at all, but rather emphasises the development of nature by following it and not interfering with it by subjective will or desire.
As a designer, I believe that the vitality and diversity of design comes from life itself, and that architecture grows with designers, builders, users, and various factors in the social environment. Just like the concept of "inaction", When we reduce the control of space and provide more possibilities, the seeming "inaction" can actually perform unexpected or surpass functions.
This portfolio is a collection of work from different periods of my exploration of architecture, showing my response to real life. And often there is not a definitive outcome to these works, because for me there is no end to design when life keeps going on.
Evolution of Rural Children's Playground
Design of Student Hotel and its Urban Space
From Unconventional Households to Unconventional Affordable Housing
Design of Olympic Stadium and Social Housing
Academic, Group Work | March 2019 - June2019 Academic, Group Work | February 2022 - July 2022 Academic, Group Work | September 2021 - February 2022 Academic, Group Work | February 2022 - July 2022 01 13 23 35 45 01/ SCHOOL ROAD - HOME ROAD 03/WHAT IF NOT THE FAMILY 02/ URBAN GRAFTING 04/ ADAPTIVE REUSE W/ OLYMPIC 05/ OTHER WORKS
CONTENT PROLOGUE
01/ SCHOOL ROAD - HOME ROAD
Evolution of Rural Children's Playground
Type : Professors
Site: Co-worker
Date :
Academic, Group Work
Liu
Li
Hanzhong, Shanxi, China Qi
Dongchen
March 2019 - June 2019
Two totally different changes are now happening in China: accelerating development of urban areas and yet stifling depression of rural areas and small towns. The loss of essential productive factors has led to an aging population and a hollowed countryside, where public services like culture and education are especially falling apart. It has become a new normal to see young adults migrating to urban areas for work leading to children being left behind in rural areas. In some provinces where an extremely high population of rural young adults have gone to cities for work, left-behind children account for as high as 18% to 22% of the total number of children. This project is exactly aimed at improving the life of left-behind children after analysing the characteristics of their daily lives and activities.
The project is located in Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shanxi Province. The design object is the road leading from the village to the elementary school and a playground for rural children. The project aims to provide a place for children’s activities at a time when rural games are gradually disappearing. The design will be a road to school for the left-behind children which features happiness in the old days and also a road to home for young adults working in cities which makes them nostalgic.
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THE EVALUATION OF CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
Early childhood activities were creative and interactive in a natural environment; with the advent of the information age, more and more electronic products have emerged and a wide variety of traditional play activities have been replaced by electronic games, lacking the right guidance children can easily become addicted to the internet.
LOCATION & CONCEPT
This project is located on the road to Huanggang Elementary School in Huangni Village, Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shanxi Province. This is the only road for children to go to school but is blocked by a river. Children may cross the river through a dangerous temporary bridge.
RESEARCH DIRECTION
Information
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Explosion
Huanggang Primary School
Huanggang Town
Temporary Bridge
The invasion of modern technology Lack of proper guidance Lack of infrastructure Restore the past happiness and vitality Characteristics of children's activities Existing behavior patterns + + Modern construction Close to nature Proportion of left behind children in China loneliness loneliness Interaction Interaction Activity Activity Proportion of left behind children in rural area Proportion of left behind children under 14 Dynamic game Appliance originality Static game Cheap toys Far away from nature Early Childhood Activities Children's Activities Now 22% 38% 86%
City Hometown School Returners Design Site Schoo Road - Home Road
Huang Ni Village The Only Way to School
Left-behind children
BASIC SPATIAL GENERATION SPATIAL COMBINATION & LAYOUT
The prototypes of rural children’s activities are discovered, children’s behaviours and psychology and the spaces needed are analysed, their memories of fun in the old days are evoked through original games. In addition, the discovered spaces for play are analysed and translated, and are reconstructed using architectural techniques. Hence, local materials and architectural means are combined with the translation results to generate the spaces that are then distributed along the road to school.
The road to school is divided into three parts: At the village entrance: a waiting area can be designed for children to wait here together. On the road: spaces for children to chase one another can be designed considering that children like to chase each other for fun. Beside the school: a space for people who return to rest and some functions that are missing in the elementary school can be designed that is used as the gathering place of all activity spaces in this design to meet the need of children’s activities.
05 06 Play with Nature Play with the Body Play with Appliances Interact with Adults
School Road Beside the School Village Entrance Huangni Village Chenggu Town Primary School Bamboo Forest Chase Waste Equipment Observation Hillside Gather and Watch Short Wall Conversation Under the Tree Play House "Driving a Train" Create Together Flowing Water Ascend Height Tunnel Drilling Plant Together Play House Tree Short Wall Gather and Watch Gather and Watch Bamboo Forest "Driving a Train" Short Wall Ascend Height Tunnel Drilling Plant Create Together Bamboo Forest Short Wall Ascend Height Observation Play House Plant Chase Chase Chase Handmade Conversation Ascend Height
SCENCE RENDERING
What a nice straw hat you made!
After a year's hard work,Finally back home!
The Way to Home
Why hasn't Doudou come yet?
We race who runs fast!
School is over. Let's go to the hut and do our homework!!
Climb up and have a look!
The Way to School
Mom, what kind of flower is this?
Gathering place of all activity spaces in this design: Free and open flow lines are used considering that children’s activities are unorderly.
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EXPLODED VIEW
Hillside Stargazing Swing Bamboo House Bamboo Climbing Qu Shui Create Togethe Short Wall Ascend Height Village Rest Sand Theater Plant
PERSPERTIVE OF RETURNEES PERSPECTIVE DURING THE SPRING FESTIVAL
Self-construction Instructions
The main materials are wire meshes and steel frames that are common in the countryside, and the steel frame connection method is simple welding to facilitate the villagers' construction.
Tools you will need
In the Building
A rest area is placed for people who return and villagers to rest considering the size of the luggage of the former and the characteristics
A load-bearing wall is complete!!!
More possibilities are waiting for you to explore!
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Translucent Partition
On the Village Road
A device that villagers can construct through simple processing: This will enhance the sense of belonging and accomplishment of migrant workers, and also provide more possibilities.
Basic frame Basic frame
Planting and Playing
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Choose the moso bamboo that is abundant in Huangni Village as the building facade material.
of farming tools of the latter.
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In Front of the Building
gravel
Rendering
ENCOUNTERS AND INTERWEAVING
The “School Road” and the “Home Road” overlap in this place. It tells the nostalgia of several generations of people in their childhood. It also changes children’s behaviours and the vision of people who return, both of which are overlapped on this road across time and space.
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of
Children's Activities
Interior Rendering of the Main Building
02/ URBAN GRAFTING
Design of Student Hotel and its Urban Space
Type : Professors :
Site:
Co-worker :
Date :
Academic, Group Work
Cino Zucchi
Milan, Italy
Wu Bing
September 2021 - February 2022
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, close to the historic center and the Navigli system, close to the theatre, at the neighborhood level, temporary parking on the site, the legacy of the historic walls, the abandoned park, the scattered shops around makes it look incomplete.
Faced with such a complex urban environment, we take "relationship and "experience" as the keywords of design. Focusing on the relationship between the building and the territory it connects, the building and the neighborhood, and the building and the existing urban landscape elements, we pay attention to the real path of users in this area and the sequence of spatial experiences it links. Through the study of both urban and neighborhood levels, design strategies are proposed to create new relationships and experiences through a dynamic line that redefines this fragmented and fragmented space as part of the urban fabric and neighborhood structure.
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URBAN GRAFTING
SITE BOUNDARIES & SPATIAL SCALE ANALYSIS
CONTEXT_Boundary CONTEXT_Spatial Scale
URBAN GRAFT
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it is close to the historic center and the Navigli system, close to the theatre, at the neighborhood level, temporary parking in the site, the legacy of the historic walls, the abandoned park, the scattered shops around makes it look incomplete.
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it is close to the historic center and the Navigli system, close to the theatre, at the neighborhood level, temporary parking in the site, the legacy of the historic walls, the abandoned park, the scattered shops around makes it look incomplete. s, we propose basic strategies, combined with the design of moving lines.
MASTERPLAN
MASTER PLAN
Faced with such a complex urban environment, we take "relationship" and "experience" as the key words of design. Focusing on the relationship between the building and the territory it connects, the building and the neighborhood, and the building and the existing urban landscape elements, we pay attention to the real path of users in this area and the sequence of spatial experiences it links. Through the study of both urban and neighborhood levels, design strategies are proposed that utilize the creation of new relationships and experiences through a dynamic line that redefines this fragmented and fragmented space as part of the urban fabric and neighborhood structure.
By researching the base from the two levels of neighborhood and city, we discover and summarize the characteristics and problems of this area, and on this
SITE ANALYSIS
GENERATION
Urban System Neighborhood System Part of the System
SITE ANALYSIS & DESIGN STRATEGY
DESIGN STRATEGY
Urban System
Urban system
current situation is kind of chaotic, with a lot of parking, green space and fragmented urban space.
Neighborhood System
Neighborhood System
AnalysisTransport
Green Space
STEP1: The current situation is kind of chaotic, with a lot of parking, abandoned green space and fragmented urban space.
Re-plan the plot, design parking, bicycle parking, bicycle lanes, and retain the original green space, making the vicinity of the intersection an active
Strategy
Bike Tower Active Space Open Air Theatre
STEP1: Re-plan the plot, design parking, bicycle parking, bicycle lanes, and retain the original green space, making the vicinity of the intersection an active open space
design bike routes to increase accessibility
Preserve the properties of the original site open green space
design bike routes toincrease accessibility Preserve the properties ofthe original site open greenspace
Transport Activities Analysis
Use existing resources to attract different people
Use existing resources toattract different people
Boundary
Spatial Scale
STEP3: Generate the initial volume of the building according to the overall plan, and adjust the volume to face the two courtyards.
Adjust the height of the building to continue the change in the height of the surrounding buildings to form a residential tower
the initial volume of the building according to the overall the volume to face the two courtyards.
STEP4: Adjust the height of the building to continue the change in the height of the surrounding buildings to form a residential tower
Responding to negative bounddries and enhancing interaction
Strategy
Responding to negative boundaries and enhancing interaction
Use building height andopen space to create aspatial experience
Use building height and open space to create a spatial experience
Introduce original activitiesto the venue: moviescreenings, dog walks, etc.
Introduce original activities to the venue: movie screenings, dog walks, etc.
STEP5: The position facing the two courtyards is recessed, emphasizing the entrance while blurring the environment and interior; cutting the roof terrace to continue the surrounding courtyard texture.
The ground floor of the building is open to the surrounding landscape, forming an active line with the environment and providing a range of spatial experiences.
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Urban System
Neighborhood System Part of the System
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it is close to
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it is close to
Bike Tower 10min 5min 3min 10min 5min Bus Route Train Route Tramcar Route 7min Navigli system Teatro Mahler Active Space Open Air Theatre
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it is close to
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it
The project is located in a complex urban area, at the city level, it
Urban System Neighborhood System Strategy Strategy 5F Transport Analysis AnalysisBoundary Green Space History 1.1 0.81 Bike Tower 10min 5min 3min 10min 5min Bus Route Train Route Tramcar Route 7min Navigli system Teatro Mahler Boundary 0.6 0.88 0.66 0.87 1.5 0.73 1.1 0.81 1.9
& DESIGN STRATEGY VOLUME GENERATION
URBAN GRAFTING Politecnico di Milano _ Architecture Built Environment Interiors D/H=14.6/21=0.66 D/H=14.6/16=0.87 D/H=30/20=1.5 D/H=9/12=0.75 D/H=15/17.7=0.88 D/H=9/15=0.6 D/H=30/6=5 D/H=12/16=0.72
CONTEXT_Boundary CONTEXT_Spatial Scale
Transport Transport
Analysis Analysis Strategy Strategy Green area Green area History History [mt] 0 5 15 25 N PUBLIC SRACE 1. Open Square 2. Bike Parking 3. Car Parking Building Entrance Residential Entrance
D/H=14.6/21=0.66 D/H=14.6/16=0.87 D/H=30/20=1.5 D/H=9/12=0.75 D/H=15/17.7=0.88 D/H=9/15=0.6 D/H=30/6=5 D/H=12/16=0.72
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VIEW
PLAN
AXONOMETRIC [mt] 0 2 6 10 N HOSTEL
Hall
Reception
Stairs
Storage
Activity
7. Reception
9. Toilet
Kitchen 11. Restaurant 12. Store PUBLIC SRACE 13. Open Square 14. Bike Parking 15. Cycle Workshop 16. Car Parking Free study Co-working Reading room Gymnasium Leisure area Kitchen Restaurant
AERIAL
GROUND FLOOR
EXPLODED
1.
2.
3. Open
4. Lugguage Starage 5.
6.
Area
8. Coworking Space
10.
MEANINGFUL PLAN & SECTION
DAILY ACTIVITIES RENDERING
MEANINGFUL PLAN 1:00
Function Conversion
This area is located at end of the "line" and open and free place. changing the moving different activities can place at different times. daily state can be combined with the surrounding functions to become a mobile leisure place; on weekends holidays it can be transformed into an enclosed space people to gather.
Space
MEANINGFUL PLAN 1:20
FUNCTIONALITY OVER TIME
This area is located at the end of the "line" and is an open and free place. By changing the moving wall, different activities can take place at different times. The daily state can be combined with the surrounding functions to become a mobile leisure place; on weekends or holidays it can be transformed into an enclosed space for people to gather.
Daily Weekend/Activity Day
SECTION 1:20
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Dispersion Flow Concentrated Flow Exhibition Flow
[mt] 0 0.5 3 5 N
1 11 1 1
1. Coworking
2. Toilet 3. Kitchen 4. Restaurant 5. Store Concentrated Flow Exhibition Flow Dispersion Flow
SECTION
11 43 * 80 * 5 channel steel 12 50 *50*5 angle steel 13 T-shaped stainless steel pendant 14 M10 * 30 stainless steel bolt 15 80mm stone slab veneer 16 Parapet flashing 17 Tapered rigid insulation 18 Perimeter of roof insulation wrappedin air control membrane to block airflow from roof to parapet 19 Lime mortar leveling
20 High polymer waterproof membrane
21 Polystyrene foam insulation
22 PVC waterproof membrane 23 Lime mortar leveling 24 Reinforced concrete floor 25 Insulated construction for windowsupport 26 Triple glazed glass 27 Acoustic false ceiling 28 Backer rod to fill deflection jointand debond water and air barrier
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10 50
ELEVATION &
DETAIL 01 Resin-coated concrete flooring 02 Pipeline system decking 03 Lime mortar leveling 04 PVC waterproof membrane 05 Polystyrene foam insulation 06 Reinforced concrete floor 07 Antiradon membrane 08 Ground floor loose stone foundationwith hollow space 09 M12 * 110 galvanized bolt
*50 *5 corner member
03/ WHAT IF NOT THE FAMILY
From Unconventional Households to Unconventional Affordable Housing
Type :
Professors
Co-worker
Site:
Date :
Academic, Group Work
Gennaro Postiglione, Paola Briata
Lionetto Giula, Hosseini Maryam A
Milan, Italy
February 2022 - July 2022
The profound socio-demographic shifts that have taken place in Europe and Italy over the last few decades have led to major changes in the composition and make-up of the family typically known as the 'family'. These transformations have led to an increasing number of single people, divorced couples with children, single parents and elderly people, as well as to the spread of cohabitation not only among students but also among young couples and adult workers. New lifestyles have emerged (e.g. couples living separately together - LAT - long-distance relationships). These phenomena challenge the meaning of 'home' and the concept of homelessness.
We experimented with Casa Stellare as a case study, starting with an architectural ethnography, looking at social practices in space. Then defining the potential family of the project, developing the space (interior, exterior and the relationship between interior and exterior, also considering the urban context) with the current state of the building, and making it Unconventional Affordable Housing.
Xiao Min's Home Unconventional households within my network
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THE IDEA OF DWELLING
The process through the practices and the case studies helped us to define a strategy useable for designing the apartment for shared living. The new typologies wilt depend from the space and the number of people in the entire apartment, we do not create apartment typologies but different aggregations.
Nucleu: nuclear no longer simply means numbers, it is a group of people bound together by blood or family relationship, they are the core of the unit. each of them defines a family and each of them needs a specific space for the private and collective activities.
Unit: in a shared apartment rooms became units; each unitis the personal private space of the nucleus members; every unit must have a social space and a bathroom.
Cluster: the units all together define a cluster, they con-tain all the rooms for the nucleus.
Aggregation: a group of clusters define an aggregation; thisconstellation of clusters is composed by a tissue of collective facilities thatconnected the clusters all together.
25 26 M M B B B B B B B B B Monte Stella Sports center Parco Portello Church LIDO Milano Ippodromo Primary School adult parent+ dependent grandparent large families senior young 1 child families 2 childs families couple without children senior+student widower and many more! divorced single person parents +adult child basic room typology constellation of units constellation of clusters commuter active person stepfamilies home working dependent senior+caregiver flat-sharing by young people children 45households 160 inhabitants
HOUSEHOLDS
CONTEXT Metro Station Bus Stop Casa Stellare Public Green Sports Area M B
CURRENT HOUSEHOLDS NEW
URBAN
Unit Aggregation Cluster The Single Elements Social space R R R R R R R R Bt Bt Bt Bt Bt Bt Bt Bt Lv Lv Lv Dn Dn Dn K K K Bd Bd Bd Bd Bd Bd Bd Bd Bathroom Bedroom
PROJECT PROPOSAL FOOTPRINT
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No walls, the space is divided with different elements
Block: can be used as a physical separation between rooms.
Equipped wall type 1: separate semicollective space and shared space
Equipped wall type 2: separate shared space and social space
Equipped wall type 3: separate two different social space
Block
It contains the most private functions, can be used as a physical separation between rooms.
EW
Add wardrobe or staircase to the existing wall, combine the wall and wardrobe with openings to enhance the interactivity of the two spaces.
The wardrobe is combined with the entrance into the room, the entrance has two layers(folding door +glass sliding door), people can decide how open the room by changing these two layers.
EW
The wardrobe is combined with the access of two rooms, the door is a sliding door combined with the wardrobe, which does not affect the interface inside the room when it is closed.
27 28 The Existing Structure
Type 1
EW Type 2
Type 3
The Private - Public Level Semi-collective space Shared space Social space Private space The Clusters The Units 1 3 2 U1 U4 U1 U1 U2 U5 U2 U2 U3 U6 U3 + + + + +
PROJECT PLAN WITH UNCONVENTIONAL HOUSEHOLDS
Different types of units can be combined to create more possibilities!
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0 1 2 5 Typopogy A Units Typopogy B Typopogy C SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated NUCLEUS Elderly Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated NUCLEUS Elderly Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Elderly Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated TOGETHER COUPLES OTHER NUCLEUS Relative OR Elderly Elderly couple + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated LIVING TOGETHER COUPLES / OTHER NUCLEUS + Relative OR Elderly Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult PERSON Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated TOGETHER OTHER NUCLEUS Relative OR Elderly Elderly couple + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated OR Caregiver Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple Typology A Typology B Typology C
single adult single adult couple couple student student single adult couple L AT couple home worker single adult child R R R R + + Bt Bt Bt Bd Bd Bd SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult PERSON LIVING TOGETHER COUPLES / OTHER NUCLEUS L AT couple OR + Relative OR Elderly Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple + or SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated ADULT LIVING TOGETHER Elderly disable and a caregiver + WITH COUPLES / OTHER NUCLEUS Couple + Relative OR Elderly Couple with a member disable Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON WITH HOST Adult Child COUPLE L AT couple SINGLE ADULT LIVING TOGETHER Single parent with one or more child Single parent with one or more adult son Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple [mt] N
ZOOM-IN CLUSTER
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SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated NUCLEUS Elderly Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated NUCLEUS Elderly Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Elderly Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated SINGLE ADULT LIVING TOGETHER Elderly disable and a caregiver + COUPLE WITH COUPLES / OTHER NUCLEUS Couple + Relative OR Elderly Couple with a member disable Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON COUPLE Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated ADULT LIVING TOGETHER Elderly disable and a caregiver + WITH COUPLES OTHER NUCLEUS Couple + Relative OR Elderly Couple with a member disable Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated OR Caregiver Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple PERSON Elderly COUPLE Couple Room In Case it is Separated COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple Typology A Typology B Typology A+B single adult single adult couple elderly relative caregiver couple student student single adult couple student child R R R R + + + Bt Bt Bt Bt Bd Bd Bd Bd + + or or 2806 SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated LIVING TOGETHER disable caregiver COUPLES OTHER NUCLEUS + Relative OR Elderly Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult Elderly COUPLE Couple Second Scenario For The Room In Case it is Separated SINGLE ADULT LIVING TOGETHER Elderly / disable and a caregiver + COUPLE WITH COUPLES / OTHER NUCLEUS Couple + Relative OR Elderly Couple with a member disable Elderly couple OR + Relative OR Caregiver COUPLE Couple Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple COUPLE Couple SINGLE PERSON WITH HOST Adult Child COUPLE AT couple SINGLE ADULT LIVING TOGETHER Single parent with one or more child Single parent with one or more adult son Worker SINGLE PERSON SINGLE PERSON Student Adult COUPLE Couple 0 1 2 [mt] Typopogy A Units Typopogy B Typopogy A+B
PICTURES OF THE MAQUETTE ADAPTABILITY SCENARIOS
Two
Two
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Pictures of the Maquette After Renovation
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Pictures of the Maquette After Renovation
Pictures of the Maquette After Renovation
Two rooms combined
separate 13
Two rooms
student dependent elderly couple without children single mother son divorced
Adaptability Scenarios caregiver
rooms combined
Single parent with one or more child caregiver dependent elderly student dependent elderly couple without children
rooms separate
separate student couple without children
Two rooms
04/ ADAPTIVE REUSE W/ OLYMPIC
Design of Olympic Stadium and Social Housing
Type : Professors :
Co-worker : Site: Date
Academic, Group Work
Alessandra Zanelli, Giorgio NovatiTianjin
Emre Sonmez, Zuchen Yu, Yanzhı Yang Milan, Italy
February 2022 - July 2022
The project focus comes from the two necessities of the project area. The first one are the Olympic games in the proximity of the site, while the second one is the social integration problem of this area's inhabitants. The main concept is to integrate the community through sporting functions while considering the transformation of stadiums and residences before and after the Olympic Games.
In the first period, during the Olympics, the sport structure will be used in the supportive role of the San Giulia arena, which will be built nearby. The supportive role will include trainings and warming up before the main event in the Arena. At the same time with this, a residential part of the site will be developed for accommodation of the Olympics support staff (not athletes). After the Olympics, the area will be transferred to the neighbourhood management and use. This means that the sport hall will be open to a public use and the accommodation will become social residences. With this change, the whole surrounding will get a focal point dedicated to sport.
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SITE ANALYSIS & STRATRGY
Sport Module Accomodation winter Winter Olympic 2026 Ice Training for athlets Conferences Ice rink Concerts Ice Training for athlets Event Staff Accommodation Social Housing
MASTER PLAN
During the Olympic
Olympic
1. Indoor training center 2. Outdoor training area 3. Car parking 4. Tennis courts 5. Service building 6. Sport Square 7. Residentical for olympic stuff 1. Indoor sport facility 2. Outdoor public area 3. Car parking 4. Tennis courts 5. Comercial & service building 6. Sport square 7. Comercial kiosk 8. Small common space 9. Social housing 0 10 5 20 0 10 5 20 [mt] [mt]
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STORY TIMELINE summer
Olympic 2026 shops school factory bus route Transport Function subway route train route main road subway/railway station axe from context connection noise vegetation boundaries private area semi public area public area residence hill greenary parks office school shops city green belts sports turfs factory station Green space 3.0m 6.0m
After the
After
during professional training during staff accommodation after public activities after social housing
STRATEGY OF REUSE
After the Olympic Games, part of the stadium structure was demolished and applied to the residences, and the stadium became more open, with the central area becoming an open sports area, connected to the residential part. Using the demolished structure, the residential section was added to increase the size of the common area.
SPORT FACILITY SCHEMES
blue parts are represented panels that are changing after olympics
RESIDENCE SCHEMES
blue parts are represented panels that are changing after olympics
Phase The gymnasium is more professional for the warmup and training for the Olympic Games. Residence for the staff, the entire site is not open to the public
CONVERTABLE UNIT(S) GROUP 11
Phase The gymnasium is more professional for the warmup and training for the Olympic Games. Residence for the staff, the entire site is not open to the public
Phase II Removal of part of the gymnasium structure to be applied to the residential part, with the size of the removed structure matching the modules of the residential and easily transportable.
during_staff accommodatio
Phase III
Phase II
Removal of part of the gymnasium structure to be applied to the residential part, with the size of the removed structure matching the modules of the residential and easily transportable.
Removal of part of the structure makes the gym more open to the public; the residence becomes a social residence, using the removed structure of the gym to increase the public space.
Phase III
Removal of part of the structure makes the gym more open to the public; the residence becomes a social residence, using the removed structure of the gym to increase the public space.
39 40 goup Professors: Alessandra Zanelli Giorgio Novati Tutors: Amirhossein Ahmadnia Santiago De Francesco Maria Giovavanna Di Bitonto Milan Dragoljevic Alara Kutlu Students: x y z w
Numer and
of the goup Professors: Alessandra Zanelli Giorgio Novati Tutors: Amirhossein Ahmadnia Santiago De Francesco Maria Giovavanna Di Bitonto Milan Dragoljevic Alara Kutlu Students: x y z w
Students: Emre Sonmez Zuchen Yu TITLE Numer and name of the goup Professors: Alessandra Giorgio Tutors: Amirhossein Ahmadnia Santiago De Francesco Maria Giovavanna Di Bitonto Milan Dragoljevic Alara Kutlu Students: x y z w 1 ADAPTIVE REUSE
OLIMPIC B C D E F 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 A G 3 19.0 12.0 54.0 13.0 27.0 13.0 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 30.0 B +3.00 +0.00 Floor Floor +9.00 Floor Floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 30.0 +3.00 Floor Floor +6.00 Floor +9.00 Floor +12.00 Floor Floor Sport Facility Section C-C' Sport Facility Ground floor Social house Section A-A' Sport Facility Typical floor plan Sport Facility Ground floor plan Scale 1:200 Scale 1:200 Sport Facility South facade GaggiaPietroPrivataiaV ViaVincenzoToffetti GaggiaPietroPrivataiaV ViaVincenzoToffetti Via incenzoToffetti Via incenzoToffetti 3.0m 6.0m Strategy for Reuse during_professional during_staff accommodatio
TITLE
name
GROUP 11
W/
1:10
after_social housing 1:10
after_public
Tutors: Alara Kutlu Students: Emre Sonmez Zuchen Yu 3.0m 6.0m
Professors:
after_social housing 1:10 after_public GROUP 11 Professors: Tutors: Alara Kutlu Students: Emre Sonmez Zuchen Yu B C D E F 1 A G H J K L M N O 75.0 19.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 19.0 C’ ABCDEFGHIG KL M 36.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.0 1 3.0 +3.00 Floor Floor Floor Floor +12.00 Floor +3.00 Floor +0.00 Floor +6.00 +9.00 +12.00 Blue parts of the drawings are represented panels that are changing after olimpics Sport Facility Section C-C' Sport Facility Ground floor Social house WS facade Social house Section A-A' Sport Facility Typical floor plan
for Reuse Legend: 1. Indoor İcehockey training center 5.Comercial&service Buildings 2.Outdoor controlled training area 6.Sport square 3.Car Parking 7.Temporary housings for olimpic stuffs 4.Tennis courts Legend 1. Indoor voleyball Sport facility 5. Comercial& service building 8. Small common space 2. Outdoor public basketball area 6. Sport Square 9. Social housing complex 3. Car parking 7. Comercial kiosk 4. Tennis courts 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 1 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 8 Scale 1:1000 Scale 1:1000
Strategy
South facade
Ground floor Plan 0 5 10
Ground floor plan WS facade 0 5 10 A B C D E F G H I G K L M 36.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.03.03.03.03.03.03.03.0 1 2 3 A A’ 4 5 6 7 8 9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 24.0 A B C D E F G H I G K L M 36.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 30.0 B B’ +3.00 Floor 1 +0.00 Floor 0 +6.00 Floor 2 +9.00 Floor 3 +12.00 Floor 4 +3.00 Floor 1 +0.00 Floor 0 +6.00 Floor 2 +9.00 Floor 3 +12.00 Floor 4 A A' [mt] [mt]
DETAILED DESIGN
DETAILED CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
Detail section A-A'
Detail Section 1
1. Steel connecter of removable column and permenant one.
2. Aliminium Frame holding ETFE with rainwater drainage:Cap Seal, Lid Profle, Base Seal, Composite sheet metal, insulated rainwater guterthermal insulation, Steel section profile. Steel Profile, Inflation Tube, CLT structure
Detail Section 2
1.Aliminium Frame holding ETFE: Cap Seal, Lid Profle, Base Seal, Joist, Condesation Gutter, Steel Profle, lnflation Tube, CLT structure2. Pipes transfering air to ETFE cusions
Detail plan
connections of removable panels with permenant structure
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1 2
0 2 1 0 1 0.5 [mt] [mt]
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1. Connection of removable part to permenant beams
3. Three coulmns connectionto foundation with joint
1 2 3
2. Node for connection ofcolumns&steel beamsand foundation
TRANSITION
An Exploration on Commons
Type : Professors :
Co-worker
Date :
Academic, Group Work
Ivica Ivo Covic
Xinlong Shen
September 2022 - January 2023
The street commons refers to the complex, dynamic and very plastic social relations that arise around the street, it is a relationship in formation that takes place in the transitional area between private and public space.
As a result of this transitional character, the street commons open up to spaces with different attributes on either side, people’s identities are transformed in the street commons by creating intermediate crossover areas that clearly symbolise the potential for sharing. They gather together, redefine themselves as a common subject, experience the potential for change. When ‘newcomers’ need to be included, they are not forced into pre-existing role categories but can reposition themselves according to their habits, needs and abilities. Any form of activity is an implicit or explicit act of collective self-regulation and self-management, always maintaining a resilient and temporal relationship.
Due to urbanization, these street commons are being and have been taken by fast roads, a typical example being the urban villages of Shenzhen, China. It is cluttered, but full of diversity and life. The case in the axonometric drawing is in the urban village of Shenzhen, which has opened up its boundaries by restoring spaces that were previously occupied by walls and unauthorized buildings into street activity spaces. Within the homogeneous and densely packed complex of buildings in the village, this transitional space becomes a most precious space for communication with its potential complexity and porosity.
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