Site Analysis River system analysis City features around the site

The community around the site is relatively dense, but there are few markets and the market exsist now is not in good quality.

Proportion of people in different periods

Surroundings around the site

River Activity area

Dwellings and canals

The site is located in Suzhou osmanthus Park, surrounded by a large number of plants, so it is necessary to combine greening with architecture.

Initial Ideas

River is an important element near the site, so it is necessary to integrate this element into the site.

Site

Greening Local people around Target users

1. Find the connect between river and the site

1. Clean market space will facilitate the life of surrounding residents and attract more people.

1. Clean market space will facilitate the life of surrounding residents and attract more people.

2. Shared courtyard provides multi-functional activity space use

Through the analysis of urban structure, courtyard and canal are the two most important elements in residential buildings. There are large and small courtyards in the middle of the houses, and most of them are built near the water. This layout is obvious in the center of the city, and the area near the moat is more modern.

Activities related to courtyards

Activities related to canals

2. Muti-level activity space

3. The roof garden is connected with the surrounding greening.

Lifestyle comparison

Traditional Lifestyle in Suzhou

Morden Life

Close Neighborhood

In Suzhou's traditional houses, people live by the river. Several families share the kitchen and cook together. The neighborhood relationship is close.

Design Strategy

Indifference relationship

People's lives are more fragmented and there is often a lack of communication between neighbors. Maybe for a long time, the two families as neighbors will not know each other.

Bring river into the site

Using the space near the water to build shops and creating special space experience. It echoes the life in the old city.

Combining dwellings and markets

The upper floor can be used as the residential area, and the lower floor as the activity area and market area.The market can serve as a place for different residents to communicate with each other, so it is a important part of the project.

Courtyard

Courtyards are rarely used in modern communities. Now we will re apply the courtyard elements to set up two types of courtyards, public and private.

Centralized Market

The commercial area is usually outside the residential area, and the residential area and commercial area are relatively independent. Sometimes residents need to drive to these areas, which is not very convenient for them.

Water Market

People can buy what they want directly near their homes. The business areas is closely connected by rivers.

Shared Courtyard

People can chat and communicate in the courtyard, which is a prominent feature of Suzhou traditional residence. Courtyards of different sizes and functions can make residential areas very interesting.

Public activity area

Add some public activity areas in the residential area to facilitate the life of residents.

Private Balconies

In modern residential buildings, most families have private balconies and no courtyard that can be shared with neighbors. The housing type is relatively independent.

Users and living units

By analyzing the needs of different target groups,we can get the needs of residential areas and the activity routes of target groups, and then make different combinations of their living units through these needs.

The combination of spaces is more intensive and does not require large communal spaces.

The rotating combination space is used so that each unit is relatively more independent and has a more spacious shared space.

The combination of spaces is relatively compact, while providing some shared courtyards to increase activity space.