Circular BXL_Kybernetic Circles

ECONOMICAL CIRCLES Cybernetic Links between Sustainability and Industry

LUCIANA CANDIDO, YESIM DESTICIOGLU, SAJJAD MANSOURNIA, THOMAS SIMON ROHRER

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CIRCULAR BRUSSELS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL MASTER IN ARCHITECTURE KU LEUVEN, CAMPUS SINT-LUCAS BRUSSELS

MAB 14 Guided by Catherine Mengé & Laurents Bekemans

CIRCULAR BXL

by Laurens Bekemans, Catherine MengĂŠ

URBAN PROJECTS, URBAN CULTURES: EXPLORING THE CITY 1.

The program of the design studio focuses on designing architecture in an existing urban context, taking into account the changing social, spatial and economic conditions. The transformation and refocusing of the economic activity due to globalization, knowledge economy, aging society, growth of the non-active population, tourism, the multicultural society ... forces us to develop new working methods for the built environment. Within the design studio students are trained to design architecture based on their understanding of the urban culture in those new conditions. The program emphasizes the specific combination of design and research, by exploring the impact of the complex urban processes on architectural design. Design is seen as a creative way to explore and look into those new societal and cultural challenges.

Students start the design studio with the development of a vision on the design location, TIR building C and it’s neighborhood. An important key issue is the relation of the future project with the urban environment and its socio-cultural dimension. The student investigates the impact of, and the potential within, the different urban contexts. In his/her design activity, the student concentrates on the development of design strategies and design-methodology.

Students are trained to read, analyze and formulate their personal interpretation on basis of a project-based potential. Students are initiated to process objective and subjective information, statistical, historic and social data, maps and urban strategies, and as such can confront and control the acquired information into a coherent vison and individual interpretation.

CIRCULARITY Circular economy is necessary and promising. Due to the energy, materials and climate transition, our environmental laws will soon become stricter. Long transport chains will push up the price of products. Residuals and waste will need to become the resources for tomorrow’s economy. This offers opportunities for shorter and closed production chains. These circular chains are most promising in places where many people live: in and around the city.

We need to close the gap between thinkers and creators. The gap between the knowledge and manufacturing economy is also reflected in the space. In and around Brussels, the highly educated live in the South-east, while the workers live in the North-west. As one of the richest regions of Europe, Brussels still has one of the lowest average incomes. Investing on an urban industry combines both brains and hands and helps to bridge the gap.

Local quality and craft are once again in demand. More and more people recognize the value and quality of locally produced crafts and food. As a counterpart to the automation of labour, we see a revaluation of handicrafts, metier and trade. From re-use to recycle. 2

SITE: TIR, BUILDING C A different city is being built now, in and around Brussels. The industrial activities and infrastructure that are still prominent, are a unique asset for the future. The city and its outskirts are being revived by making room for innovative manufacturing activities, low-skilled jobs and a circular economy. Building new homes for a growing population is linked to the preservation and enhancement of the urban economy and industry. Brussels and Flanders are pioneers of a turnaround in the European urban development and planning: from the post-industrial city to the productive city.” 3

ASSIGNMENT ‘Circular BXL’ is a complex and challenging architectural studio assignment, in which architecture students 1) research the architectural and urban identity of a very large existing logistic building (TIR building C - 150 m long - 70 m wide - 4 floors) 2) choose and define a personal vision within the broader theme of circularity 3) translate this vision into a masterplan/strategy/program for a circular Hub for Brussels 4) materialize this masterplan/strategy/program in an architectural design for the TIR building C. During this process, the students could profile not only themselves, but also their social and spatial engagement within their architectural thinking.

A sensible reading of the site can in this way lead towards answers which are circular and sustainable in an inclusive way. In this case it’s not only about the social, ecological or spatial aspects of the location, but also, about a ‘total’ solution which is closely connected to the ‘place’ and offers a solution for as much needs as possible. The fact is that the solution is often already present on site - le déjà là - and that only a small effort is enough to bring forward a useful way of re-using the place as it is. This is an important insight that this exercise can give to the students. They can practice the ability to see the different structural and functional layers of the building/site and learn to understand its specific character. Through research by design, step by step the essence of the place is exposed. By doing this, coming to a sensitive and context-bound design becomes possible. Nonetheless, a modest, pragmatic and empathetic approach is necessary to come to this kind of spatial solutions.

KU Leuven, Master of architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas Brussels, ECTS A Good City Has Industry, booklet for the exposition in Bozar in the winter of 2017, written by AWB 3 A Good City Has Industry, booklet for the exposition in Bozar in the winter of 2017, written by AWB 1 2

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 10 From Context to Concept

ECONOMICAL CIRCLES ........................................................................... 14 Cybernetic Links between Sustainability and Industry

ANALYSIS OF CIRCULARITY .................................................................... 18 Categorical Links Inbetween

CIRCLE FORMATION ............................................................................... 30 Circles No 1 - 7

MANUFACTURING .................................................................................... 38 Fablab / Recycling Spaces / Repairshop / Quality Check

RETAIL ....................................................................................................... 54 Kiosk / Playground / Kitchen

SERVICE .................................................................................................... 66 Office

SPATIAL SOLUTIONS ............................................................................... 78 Design Translation

MODEL ...................................................................................................... 92 Spatial Simulation

REFERENCES .......................................................................................... 104 Conceptual Inspiration 9

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INTRODUCTION From Context to Concept

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INTRODUCTION

More than 100 years ago, centred around a large railway freight depot the Tour & Taxis district was build, as one big logistics centre with mainly warehouse and office use. Ever since it has been an important staging post for goods distributed all over the country, with direct links to the canal and rail network. Situated along Avenue du Port, it conceals a large part of the rest of the site behind it, covering a total area of 30 hectares. After the Tour & Taxi district was abandoned at the end of the last century, SNCB Belgian National Railways and the Port of Brussels sold the site to private companies that developed new activities such as mobility, housing, economcal use and infrastructure in addtion to greater visualizations and integrations with the city.

TIR, which stands for International Road Transport, is a Logistics Center and a storage complex located inside the Tour & Taxi district with a total of 160,000 m² of area serving mainly for distributing goods aswell as providing storage and logistics. Through this the TIR building provides space for companies aiming on development and groth increase that do not have an adequate warehouse or storage area yet within short disance reach inside Brussels. Currently the site is now connected to the waterway via a platform in the Vergote Basin, allowing the transfer of goods from the water to the road. With a large number of companies, the warehouse has the capacity to adapt to the needs of customers with spaces ranging from 75 to 10 000 m². This numeric image of flexibility in squaremeters though is beeing created through a complex arangement of interlocked spaces that lead to constrains in logistic effectivness.

Additional security, logistic and facility uses add to this complexity. They form various small dead spaces that are beeing scatterd on the building’s inside forming further vacuums inside an already perforated cheese of companies.

The goal of this work is to rehabilitate the TIR building in such a way that it reaches its maximum potential. TIRs industrial related strongly identity creates the potential to reflect on economy in general. An increase in use density frees former occupied spaces making it possible to offer more than just a logistics and storage center, but a new concept that invites different types of interests, such as everyday people, workers, companies, and investors. Thereby this large built area has the potential to become a catalyst it’s neighborhood. The buildings proposal meets and heals the needs of a new circular economy system through conscious consumption and manufacturing.

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INTRODUCTION

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ECONOMICAL CIRCLES Cybernetic Links between Sustainability and Industry

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ECONOMICAL CIRCLES Cybernetic Links between Sustainability and Industry Luciana Candido, Yesim Desticioglu, Sajjad Mansournia, Thomas Simon Rohrer

In its combination of two terms, Circular Economy f luctuates between economical and sustainable groups of interest. Our research found the fullest potential of Circular Economy in a transformative recalibration of our current status, where waste from one company turns into resources for another company. In the aim of uncovering f lows and links between products to be further connected in form of a circle, an analysis of economical branches turned out to be essential. The concept thereby recognizes the importance of economy functioning at any scale, for large and small businesses, for organizations and individuals, globally and locally. Through this broad scope of application, endless opportunities to rethink and redesign the way we produce today, occur.

In the beginning of the concept phase the area around our building of study had to be limited in a way to achieve a more precise focus on the surrounding, considering the companies and establishments of the neighborhood as well as those that are installed within. Since the reduction of transportation time is crucial to the establishment to sustainability a method of space and time synchronization was created. By delimiting a pocket of interest, according to different ways of transportation, by foot, by bike, by car/truck and public transportation, the connectivity of those ways with our building is taken into account. This left us with an amorphous circumference of constant connectivity. In addition, it is also emphasizing products from the region, facilitating transportation in general. In the next step a localization and categorization of companies and establishments within and around the building was performed. After all this information was collected, examples of existing and circular economies, which earlier had been determined as promising, were used to link it.

In the last concept phase new circles of economy, based on both these examples and the categorization of local companies, were created.

The design phase is built on the foundation of research done previously.

After different companies for potential economic circles had been selected, the missing links were identified. A blank canvas approach enabled us to integrate those missing links in an adaptable way for future change inside the building of interest. Taking into account the present organization of the building, a vertical division into two parts was performed: Upper Part - An improved and automatized warehouse-system on f loor two and three, for a continuous use of the viaduct on the street side, secures the economical profit of the existing companies inside the building.

Lower Part - A free placement of small scale buildings on f loor one, each defined by a single use, that connect circular, for an inauguration of circular economy to public consciousness, breaks the grid of the building.

By these changes we aim for an economical and sustainable balance of interests to take appropriate justice towards the term Circular Economy.

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ANALYSIS OF CIRCULARITY Cybernetic Links between Sustainability and Industry

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COMPANY No

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IN 117

CLOTHING / WASTE

RE- / UPCYCLING 24 CLOTHING / WASTE SPARE PARTS 111 WASTE

97 WASTE SERVICE 102 OLD FURNITURE SPARE PARTS 96 WASTE

SPARE PARTS

RE- / UPCYCLING RAW MARERIAL

106 CLOTHING / WASTE 88 WASTE 109

SPARE PARTS RE- / UPCYCLING SPARE PARTS

85 84 83

WASTE CLOTHING / WASTE WASTE 103

108

89

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107

87

105

86

49 102

88

PEOPLE / RENT

8 5 6 8

SPARE PARTS

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3D DATA

64

60

78

8

79

1

OFFICE SPACE

80

3D DATA

77

14

76

8

SPARE PARTS

75

OLD FURNITURE

211

62 61

96

95

72 71

SERVICE OFFICE SPACE

94

92

69

OLD FURNITURE

93

70

WASTE

63

84

74

CLOTHING / WASTE OLD FURNITURE

SERVICE

81

48

73

68

211 47 SPARE PARTS 46 SERVICE

85

82

OLD FURNITURE WASTE

209 PEOPLE / RENT 68 CLOTHING / WASTE 69 F URNITURE / WASTE 70 F URNITURE / WASTE

RE- / UPCYCLING

106

91

83

OFFICE SPACE RE- / UPCYCLING RECYCLING RECYCLING

73 80

51

5 7 1 344 3 5 7 5

SERVICE SPARE PARTS

104

90

3 37 75736 737

RE- / UPCYCLING

209

67

63

46 25

47

PEOPLE / RENT 62

61

66 65

56 57 38

212

33

14

32

55

12

13

54 26

27

52

15

53 51

30

206

207

28 21

WASTE

SPARE PARTS

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3D DATA

3

RE- / UPCYCLING

15

CLOTHING / WASTE

7

SPARE PARTS

19

WASTE

2754 6

SPACE / PROFIT

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OLD FURNITURE

26

19

52

205

SERVICE RAW MARERIAL

208 18

203 196

204 197

202 201

RAW MARERIAL

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WASTE

198

199

200

20 FOOD / BAVERAGE SPARE PARTS 18 WASTE SERVICE 202 OLD FURNITURE RECYCLING 200 F URNITURE / WASTE

CIRCLE No

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IN

OLD FURNITURE WASTE

121

WASTE WASTE

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139 138 SPARE PARTS 137 SPARE PARTS 35 SERVICE SPARE PARTS

122

120

124

119

118

4

RECYCLING

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F URNITURE / WASTE

4

SPARE PARTS

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WASTE

7

SPACE / PROFIT

22

FOOD / BAVERAGE

2

RE- / UPCYCLING

190

CLOTHING / WASTE

SERVICE

154

OLD FURNITURE

OFFICE SPACE

183

PEOPLE / RENT

SPACE / PROFIT

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3 5 1 2

125

123

210 F URNITURE / WASTE

RECYCLING 130

121

117

110

116

112

129

128 126

132

115 131

133

134

111

127

135

136

113

114

97

101

137

138

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98 99 139

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142 144

141

140

143

24 152

43

44

42 148

151

147

41 145

146

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210

150

35 34 149

37 40

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16 192

23 156

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189

7

153

188

5

157

154

190

TIR

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182 187

181

183

158

4 180

155

162

6

161

179

159

FOOD / BAVERAGE

186

184

160

9

160

WASTE

7

SERVICE

170

OLD FURNITURE

5

RE- / UPCYCLING

166

CLOTHING / WASTE

3

RAW MARERIAL WASTE

67

CLOTHING / WASTE

3

177

SPARE PARTS

185

175

164

4

178

172

171 176

170

163

10

186 F URNITURE / WASTE

RECYCLING

174

173

169 165 166 167 168

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50

195 193

WASTE SPARE PARTS

45 50

194 192

RE- / UPCYCLING

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BUISNESS CATEGORISATION

POCKET FORMATION II. TRAVEL TIME ON GRID MAP

II. ADDAPTION TO TIME SPACE SEPERATION

III. MORPHING OF SITEMAP

IV. REMORPHING FOR POCKE BORDER

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CIRCLE OF CONNECTIVITY

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MANUFACTURING

A1 AGRICULTURE AND MINING A2 FOOD A1 AGRICULTURE AND MINING A2 FOOD PRODUCTION A3 CONSTRUCTION A4 TEXTILE AND CLOTHES A5 PRINTING A6 CHEMICAL A7 RAW MATERIAL A8 COMPUTER, TECHNOLOGY AND MACHINES A9 MISCILLANIUS (OTHER) A10 RECYCLED MATERIAL AND WASTE A11 VEHICLES

RETAIL

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10

SERVICE

ECONOMICAL CATEGORIES

C1 WAREHOUSE, STORAGE AND LOGISTICS C2 IT C3 INFORMATION C4 UTILITIES C5 FINANCIAL ACTIVITY C6 REAL STATE AND RENTAL C7 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES C8 HEALTH SERVICES C9 ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE C10 EDUCATION C11 ACCOMMODATION C12 REPAIR AND MAINTENCE C13 MANAGEMENT C14 FOOD

FOOD AND BEVARAGE STORES FURNITURE STORES BUILDING MATERIAL AND GARDEN CLOTHING AND ACESSORIES STORE ELETRONIC AND APPLIENCE STORE MOTOR AND VEHICLE GASOLINE STATIONS HEALTH AND PERSONAL STORES SPORTS, HOBBY, MUSIC AND BOOK STORES GENERAL MERCHANDISE, KIOSK

In this Circle Figure, data elements are composed in a circular arrangement. The connection lines on the inside symbolize links between elements that are related. Through these connections different ecconomical branches are highleighted in there potential in forming a circular economy relationship with each other. With different types of bussines branches that have the potential to form a circular economy relationship. The table‘s visual representation can be simplified by using a ribbon to encode two branches. Creating one ribbon for (A,B) and (B,A), to show the relation with both. A gap betwen the ribbon and the letter idicates an unidirectional relationship, if there is no gap, it’s a two way relationship.

The percentages on the outside show the diversity of each categor y. That means that the percentages are highest for the categor ys that could potentialy form the most connections.

In this way the visualization was decisive in the choice of categories we would dictate as new uses getting introduced insite the building.

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CIRCLE FORMATION Circles No 1 - 7

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CIRCLE FORMATION

CIRCLE 1 / CIRCLE 2 1/ 2 32

CIRCLE 1 / 2

CIRCLE FORMATION

CIRCLE 3

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CIRCLE FORMATION

CIRCLE 4 / 5

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CIRCLE FORMATION

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CIRCLE 7 CIRCLE 7

CIRCLE 7

RULES OF DESIGN

EXPLAIN THE CONTENT Giving a strong identity to the depicted functions in terms of form language highlights their uniqueness as an important part of a greater machine. It also a contrary approach to the former elements or repetition. This creates points of orientation within the dissolved floorplan, contrary to the former approach of repeated elements. [ ICONOGRAFIE + EXTROVERSION + CHARACTER ]

REUSE THE OLD By following the concept of cirular economy the topic of sustainability reaches a high importance on our general approach of design. Applying transformation instead of change allows us to percieve TIR Building as a material bank. A closed microcosmos which changes itself from the inside. [ % REUSED MATERIAL ]

BREAK THE FORMER Out approach of introducing a new concept of function requires a certain distance towards the current state of organisation. This conceptual distance needs to be manifested in spacial distance towards the existing structure. [ INDEPENDENT OF EXISTING STRUCTURE ]

ALTERNATE THE NORM Introducing a new concept through the renoucment of the former spatial organization.By making the changes that occur both on the buildings inside and outside visibil of we highlight a new resignification of use. [ INDEPENDENT OF EXISTING ORGANIZATION ]

DICECT THE CIRCLE The alteration of general public perception takes part in dissecting the otherwise hidden flows of production in a percievable notion. Simplifieing the circles into their main function increases their educational potential. [ DEPICT A SPECIFIC USE ]

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RULES OF DESIGN

MACRE THE MICRO Make the scale and use of the building compatible to the sustainability pocket’s size.Through this we achieve a multidimensional compatibility with the proposed circularity on the levels neighborhood, context, and size that forms a homogeneus conntection through it’s surrounding. [ FIT TO SIZE OF THE POCKET ]

SHARE THE COMMON Share the same technical system, set of pipes, cables and devices for the transportation of water, gas, electricity and communications. The goal is to simplify and create a standard without the possibility of more than one solution for different uses. Flexibility through standartizations. [ APPLY TO GERNERAL TECHNICAL SYSTEM ]

DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE Reactivate the curiosity of the spectators when entering the space. Make highlight and create a identity for each use. Present the space in an understandable and educational way, to increase its potential of influencing a public perception on cicularity. [ MARK YOUR ZONE ]

FUCK THE RULES If and only if, the quality of concept and idea overweights the general reqirnment of rules, you may overturn them. A set of rules can never be defined preciesly enough, to take justice to every facet of complexity. [ DO NOT BLOCK EMERGANCY EXITS ]

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CIRCLE FORMATION Fablab / Recycling Spaces / Repairshop / Quality Check

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MANUFACTURING Fablab / Recycling Spaces / Repair Shop / Quality Check

Represent a high occurrence in the circularity pocket with the potential to create multiple links for the circular economy. The spacial separating of different uses enables other companies in sharing them. The latest technological achievements in terms of prototype fabrication like 3D printing and Lasercutting open up design freedom for a wider range of people. The current limitation on plastic materials for affordable machines keeps this potential freedom practically at in a frozen state. Through the introduction of a 3D Printing space, we open up this freedom to a wider range of people. A positive side-effect is also the newly gained possibility to replace complex shapes which makes repair more convincing instead then replacement.

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FABLAB Sajjad Mansournia

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CIRCLE No 4 / 5 / 7 8 1 2 3

LASER AREA MOLDING AND CASTING SHOPBOT SPACE

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FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

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2 3 1

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1 MOLDING AND CASTING 2 3D 7 SHOPBOT SPACE 3 1 SPACE 4 CONFERENCE / WORKING 8 STORAG CENTRAL WORKING SPACE 5 MOL 2 ELECTRONICS AREA 6 7 8

S 3 4 CONFERE STORAGE / EXHIBITION SPACE CENTR 5 EL 6 3D PRINTING SPACE

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LASER AREA

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RAL WORKING SPACE

ECTRONICS AREA PRINTING SPACE

GE / EXHIBITION SPACE

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COLLECTING SPACE

SORTING / WASHING SPACE

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

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COLLECTING SPACE 1 COLLECTING SPACE COLLECTING SPACESPA 12 SORTING / WASHING SORTING / WASHING SPACE / WASHING SPAC 2 3 SORTING RECYCLING MACHINE RECYCLING MACHINES RECYCLING MACHINES 3 4 PRODUCT STORAGE / DISP PRODUCT STORAGE / DISPLAY 4 PRODUCT STORAGE / DISPL

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RECYCLING SPACE_SAJJAD S 1:100 S 1:100 RECYCLING SPACE_SAJJAD

REPAIR SHOP Yesim Desticioglu

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3 4

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

PIMPING REPAIR

3

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3

4

3 4

CIRCLE No 3

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REPAIR SHOP_YESIM S 1:100

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QUALITY CHECK Yesim Desticioglu

2 1

CIRCLE No 3 49

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

2 1 2 1

2

1

1 2 1 2

CIRCLE No 3

WASHING / DRYING SORTING / SEPERATING AREA WASHING / DRYING

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CIRCLE No 3

SORTING / SEPERATING AREA

SORTING / SEPERATING AREA WASHING / DRYING

QUALITY CHECK_YESIM S 1:100

QUALITY CHECK_YESIM S 1:100

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RECYCLING Yesim Desticioglu

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RECYCLING

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CIRCLE No 3 51

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Represents a strong example in the retail category with the potential to reconnect the building with the neighbourhood and people. They introduce new types of use and have a high potential for multiple connections and f lexibility, which is fundamental for a circular economy and future reuse.

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KIOSK Luciana Candido

CIRCLE No 2 59

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

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PLAYGROUND Luciana Candido

CIRCLE No 2 61

TITEL FLOOR OFPLAN THE /TOPIC SECTION

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KITCHEN Luciana Candido

CIRCLE No 2 63

FLOORPLAN / SECTION

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SERVICE OFFICES

Three different office types are being arranged to represent answers to contemporary office demands, with the goal of transforming a former harsh industrial environment into healthy working places.

Shared coworking spaces support a greater interaction between people. Isolated incubators form a potential breeding ground for startups and small groups starting a business.

Informal offices deliver a f lexible buffer space for companies only temporary in need for space due to project base work

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STARTUP INCUBATOR Thomas Simon Rohrer

CIRCLE No 1 71

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

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COWORKING SPACE Thomas Simon Rohrer

CIRCLE No 1 73

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

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OFFICE BUFFER Thomas Simon Rohrer

CIRCLE No 1 75

FLOOR PLAN / SECTION

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SPATIAL SOLUTIONS Design Translation

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SOLUTION ABOVE

The arrangement of uses in the ground f loor is beeing dictated through sunlight, temperature, noice and ventilation. Considering the necessity of each use zone the result are f luent environments, inside an open f loorplan, which may or may not overlap eachother to establish, aiming for a conteneus spacial experience.

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SOLUTION BELOW

The fully automated warehouse system is arranged on the second f loor with the goal of optimazing and maximizing space use as much as possible. This leads to a formalized conventional form language. A positive sustainable sideeffect is being created through energ y saving and security system grouping.

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GROUNDFLOOR

3 X 1067 X 1067 MM 3 X 1067 X 1067 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

3 X 1067 X 1067 MM 3 X 1067 X 1067 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM LIGHT

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

GROUNDFLOOR S 1:250

LIGHT

3 X 1067 X 1067 MM 3 X 1067 X 1067 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

1 X 1000 X 1200 MM 5 X 0800 X 1200 MM

SECOND FLOOR

SOUTHERN FASSADE

SECTION LONGITUDINAL

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CROSS SECTION

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TITEL CAFEOF ARRANGEMENT THE TOPIC

MARKET TITEL ARRANGEMENT OF THE TOPIC

TITEL CINEMA OFARRANGEMENT THE TOPIC

CORE MULTIPLICITY

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MODEL Spatial Simulation

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TITEL OF THE TOPIC

SECTION TITELMODEL OF THE1:50 TOPIC

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TITEL OF THE TOPIC

LIGHT TITELSTUDIES OF THE TOPIC

TITEL OF THE TOPIC

MARKET TITEL ARRANGEMENT OF THE TOPIC

TITEL OF THE TOPIC

CORETITEL CONFIGURATION OF THE TOPIC

TITEL OF THE TOPIC

TITEL OF THE TOPIC

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REFERENCES Conceptual Inspiration

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Left or right? the blue or the red pill?

I would have seen you on the other side, but I left my iron on

Fig. 1: Chile House, Hamburg, DE, Fritz Hรถger 1924 Fig. 2: Markuskyrkan, Stockholm, SWE, Sigurd Lewerentz, 1960

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This block could be a figure from a chess set

My favourite hobbies ?

Sudoku Jenga and Tetris

Fig. 1: Baksteenbeeld, Otterlo, NLD, Per Kirkeby, 1988 Fig. 2: Turm, Insel Hombroich, DE, Erwin Heerich, 1989

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It wants you to visit its inside, be careful though not to cut yourself

Fig. 2: Schnecke, Insel Hombroich, DE, Erwin Heerich, 1993

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The Building Centipide

Is this a wall or a building ?

Is it blocking or connecting?

This building knows what it want, it remembers its ancestors and parents but is still confident enough to mark its own territory

Fig. 1: Tadeusz Pavillon, Insel Hombroich, DE, Erwin Heerich, 1993 Fig. 2: Brick Sculpture, HumlebĂŚk, Per Kirkeby, DNK, 1994 Fig. 3: Kolumba, KĂśln, DE, Peter Zumthor, 2007

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Just woke up like this, no make-up #allnatural

My daddy is called Sediment, my mum Patina

Fig. 2: Ningbo Museum, Ningbo, CHN, Wang Shu, 2008

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This safe loves talking

What happened to the ornament?

Fig. 1: Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, DE, LRO, 2014 Fig. 2: Casa della Memoria, Milan, IT, Baukuh, 2015

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Oh look its a boy!

I don‘t like my neigbors they always look down on me

Fig. 1: Domus Pavillion, Milan, IT, David Chipperfield, 2016 Fig. 2: Untitled, Palais des Beaux Arts, FRA, Per Kikeby, 2017

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Figure 1 Fritz Höger [1924]: “Chile House” - Hamburg DE DESIGN IS FINE HISTORY IS MINE “http://www.design-is-fine.org/post/87527011234/fritzhöger-chilehaus-1922-24-hamburg” [21.01.2019] Figure 2 Sigurd Lewerentz [1960]: “Markuskyrkan” - Stockholm SWE PINTEREST: “https://www.pinterest.com/pin/505810601871063865/?lp=true“ [21.01.2019] Figure 3 Per Kirkeby [1988]: “Baksteenbeeld” - Otterlo NLD KRÖLLER MÜLLER: “https://krollermuller.nl/per-kirkeby-baksteensculptuur“ [21.01.2019] Figure 4 Erwin Heerich [1989]: “Turm“ - Insel Hombroich DE MUSEUMS INSEL HOMBROICH: “https://www.inselhombroich.de/de/museum/bauten“ [21.01.2019] Figure 5 Erwin Heerich [1993]: “Schnecke“ - Insel Hombroich DE MUSEUMS INSEL HOMBROICH: “https://www.inselhombroich.de/de/museum/bauten“ [21.01.2019] Figure 6 Erwin Heerich [1993]: “Tadeusz Pavillon“ - Insel Hombroich DE MUSEUMS INSEL HOMBROICH: “https://i.pinimg.com/736x/74/ab/90/74ab909c0fbf11e5b6680b2541d5fadb--brick-cladding-brick-works.jpg“ [21.01.2019] Figure 7 Per Kirkeby [1994]: “Brick Sculpture“ - Humlebæk DNK ART SITES – LOUSIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: “http://www.kunsteder.dk/en/cases/ when-art-mimics-a-place” [21.01.2019] Figure 8 Peter Zumthor [2007]: “Kolumba“ - Köln DE ARCHUTE: “https://www.archute.com/2017/08/28/kolumba-museum-peter-zumthor-message-majestically-moving/“ [21.01.2019] Figure 9 Wang Shu [2008]: “Ningbo Museum“ - Ningbo CHN THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW: “https://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/ningbomuseum-by-pritzker-prize-winner-wang-shu/5218020.article“ [21.01.2019] 114

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Figure 10 LRO [2014]: “Hospitalhof“ - Stuttgart DE BAUNETZ: “https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Eroeffnungswoche_fuer_Hospitalhof_Stuttgart_3537625.html“ [21.01.2019] Figure 11 Baukuh [2015]: “Casa della Memoria“ - Milan IT ARCHI EXPO: “http://projects.archiexpo.it/project-25042.html” [21.01.2019] Figure 12 David Chipperfield [2016]: “Domus Pavillion“ - Milan IT PINTEREST: “https://www.pinterest.com/pin/325314773064824818/?lp=true” [21.01.2019] Figure 13 Per Kikeby [2017]: “Untitled” - Palais des Beaux Arts FRA OPUS64: “http://www.opus64.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Per-Kirkeby_45A2155.jpg” [21.01.2019]

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MAB 14 Guided by Catherine Mengé & Laurents Bekemans Formed by Luciana Candido, Yesim Desticioglu, Sajjad Mansournia, Thomas Simon Rohrer

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