WHAT IS NEXT? THE THIRD PLACE Melbourne School of Design Master of Architecture Studio 6 Studio Title: “What is Next?”, Semester 1, 2021 Studio Leaders: Jim Stewart, Katie Skillington, Adam Murray Zhuoqing LI (Eve) 886823 Studio E
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO COUNTRY. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present.
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CONTENTS. 01 research and site analysis
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the evolution of detail
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the problem
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date night
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the concept
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date night reflection
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the site
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complementary research
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02 the manifesto
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06 final design
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03 the interim crits
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concept & return brief
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site analysis
the return brief
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massing process
preliminary Massing
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journey
submitted interim
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final design reflection
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interim reflection
04 design progress
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08 reflection on sustainability 164
preliminary diagrammatic design
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09 reflection on studio 6
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the evolution of podium
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the evolution of typical clusters
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10 reference
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the evolution of crown
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07 reflection on Mega Hybrid 162
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Zhuoqing LI (Eve) This is Zhuoqing Li, a level E student at Melbourne School of Design. I came from Yantai, a coastal city on the eastern side of China. Before I moved to Melbourne, I spent one year (2015-2016) studying landscape architecture at Nanjing Agricultural University. The extensive learning experience at landscape architecture and architecture helped me develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between humans and environment. Therefore, I have always had a passion of delivering innovative and sustainable design outcomes. I am currently living in one of the CBD residential towers. The brief of Studio 6 provided an inspiring frame for me to rethink the urban tower typology, not only as a resident, but also as a designer, to reshape the tower. During the design process, I cannot stop imagining my own life in the proposal. The design outcome is also a reflection of my 5-year living experience in Melbourne residential towers.
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RESEARCH AND SITE ANALYSIS. Week 1 - Week 12 (On-going Process)
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CHALLENGE IN BIG PICTURE: URBAN MONOTONY.
“Could you remember what happened two days before?” In modern society, urban dwellers are set into an autopilot mode with the same routine and manners of life every day and lost track of the immediate moments in their lives. Routine is not always bad. It normalizes our life and saves time dealing with uncertainty and the unknown. However, the monotony reduces life to “a long series of dreary and dull moments”, making life less adventurous, less exciting and even depressing.” (Jayaram,2020). Monotony reduces your zest for life and kills the opportunity for creative self-expression. We are no longer considering what we are doing but just doing it. Current residential towers in Melbourne are mostly designed to intensify the monotony instead of offering opportunities to rejuvenate it. “In high-rise living, analogous corridors and lobbies, stacked floor after floor, make the environment monotonous and boring. (Modi,2014)” When people are stuck in a rut but do not have opportunities to break the monotony, they will feel even more depressed.”
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“I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.” - Charlotte Bronte
Fig. 1 Co l l i ns S t, 5p .m . J oh n BR A C K ( 1 9 5 5 )
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“They are no longer thinking about what they are doing. They are just doing…” - Jayaram, 2020
Home
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Work
TWO-STOP MONOTONY
EVERYDAY MONOTONY
Two points: home, work, home, work….
Dulls creativity and thinking
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LOCAL CHALLENGE: MONOTONOUS TOWERS.
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“Density has to be likable. (Hodyl, 2019)” Since the pre-2017 boom, high-rise towers “continue to dramatically reshape the city’s skyline, just as they are doing in other major capitals”. Like the Terrace house Boom, the tower is another version of capitalistic implementation. During the last 13 years, around 30,000 more people have moved into Melbourne CBD to enjoy the adjacent city amenities. Due to lack of performance-based guideline and desire of quick delivery, most of tower are constructed with unsatisfied environmental performance. In addition, the life in a tower almost terminated the idea of community. The over-enhanced privacy contributes to high risk or depression and loneliness. Current residential towers in Melbourne are mostly designed to intensify the monotony instead of offering opportunities to rejuvenate it. “In high-rise living, analogous corridors and lobbies, stacked floor after floor, make the environment monotonous and boring. (Modi,2014)” When people are stuck in a rut but do not have opportunities to break the monotony, they will feel even more depressed.”
VER T I C A L ST A CKIN G
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Destination
L I N EA R C I R C U LA TION
Lobby
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F ig . 2 M e lbo u r n e CB D T owers.
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THE OPPORTUNITY: THE THIRD PLACE.
NEUTRAL GROUND
LEVELING PLACE
CONVERSATION
ACCESSIBILITY & ACCOMMODATION
THE REGULARS
LOW PROFILE
PLAYFUL
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
The Third Place is designed to enhance the lifestyle experience throughout a community, fostering social connections (Goosen, Z. et al., 2018).
The “Third place” is a term proposed by sociologist Ray Oldenburg in 1982 (Oldenburg,1982). If the home is considered the first place and the workplace is second, new social experience and encounters inserted between these two spaces are defined as the “third place.” The proposed building should offer opportunities to encounter the “Third Place”. The “Third Place” is not a tangible building outcome, but it is an experience. In my proposal, it is defined as the communal space encountering temporary or permanent maker activities. Most urban dwellers are not “paid to think but paid to produce without thinking” (Tom, 2019). Our brain is a muscle that needs to be trained and activated. If we could not control our routine, our routine will control us. Architecture should offer urban dwellers opportunities to snap out the auto-pilot mode and allow brains to learn new things and making new neural connections.
Ch a r a c t e r is t ic o f T h ir d P la c e . (Oldenburg,1982)
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SCALE
MOVEMENT
EVENT
THIRD PLACE FIRST PLACE
HOME
SECOND PLACE
WORKPLACE
Foster the opportunities for current urban dwellers to encounter with “Third Place” (Oldenburg, 1982) and transmute the monotonous “Two-Stop Model” between home and workplace.
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SITE ANALYSIS.
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THE SITE: 130 LITTLE COLLINS ST, MELBOURNE. The site is located at 130 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, a one-way Lane within the CBD Hoddle Grid along its long axis between Collin Street and Bourke Street. The site is within walking distances to many laneways with access to a range of boutique shops, galleries, and bars. The site is also adjacent to tram routes 86, 96, 11, 12, 48, 109, a convenient spot to be accessed by walking or public transport. The adjacent Collin St is Melbourne’s financial, shopping and business heart with the most prestigious office blocks. Therefore, a mega hybrid building (living + working + playing) will be proposed on 130 Little Collins St to provide habitat for the urban dwellers and define a new CBD life mode.
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THE SITE: SITE VISITING NOTES.
Site Boundary and Location
Noise and Pollution
Edge Condition & Permeability
Solar Path & Overshadowing
Building Height
Vegetation and Laneway
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Collin St
Melbourne Pl
Coromandel Pl
WORKING
CHINA TOWN
LIVING
FOOD
PLAYING
BOURKE ST
BOURKE ST
FOOD NATURE
SHOPS
ART
ART
BAR
SHOP
OFFICES
SHOP
ART
FOOD
SHOP
COLLINS ST
COLLINS ST
SHOP
SHOP
EXHIBITION ST
CAFE
ART
BAR BAR
BAR LUXURY RETAILS +SHOP
BAR
CATERINGS
RUSSELL ST
FOOD HOTEL
EXHIBITION ST
CAFE
SHOP
RUSSELL ST
EVENTS
BAR
BAR
ART
LEGAL &
Bourke St
Hoddle Grids
SHOP
Public Places
Site Boundary
Laneway
5min Walk Radius (400m)
Unexpected Interaction High Emotional Intensity
Program
Emitional Intensity Low Emotional Intensity
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SITE OPPORTUNITIES: MELBOURNE LANEWAYS. The 30.2m wide “Hoddle Grids” began to take shape in 1837. The subdivision of allotments resulted in increasing the number of smaller laneways, which provides access to the property’s back entrance. The laneways provide different experiences than the sense of order imposed by Hoddle’s grid, winding in all the directions through the city blocks. During the early years, most of them are occupied by small businesses “providing rear service access for servants and carts carrying goods”. Nowadays, these laneways become the city’s icon and still play an essential role in carrying Melbourne’s rich culture and history (Public Record Office Victoria,2020).
Homogeneous, Urban-Scale, Open, Obvious.
Fig. 3 The Hoddle Grid.
Diversified, Human-Scale, Explorable, Mysterious.
Fig. 4 Victoria Laneways.
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BOURKE ST TRAM ROUTE 86,96 1min Walk to Bourke St Stop
SITE ACCESS EXHIBITION ST
RUSSELL ST
LEGEND Site Main Road
Tram Route Tram Stops Potential Access Traffic Direction
2min Walk to Collins St Stop TRAM ROUTE 11,12,48,109
COLLINS ST TRAM ROUTE 11,12,48,109
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BOURKE ST 15:00
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BUILDING HEIGHT
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THIRD PLACES
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MAKER CATEGORY
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THE MANIFESTO. Assignment 1 (Week 3)
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THE CHALLENGE: URBAN MONOTONY.
Screenshots from the Manifesto Video 0:00 - 0:26
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Screenshots from the Manifesto Video 0:26 - 0:48
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THE OPPORTUNITY: THE MILIEU OF MELBOURNE.
Screenshots from the Manifesto Video 0:48 - 1:00
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THE PRINCIPLES: SCALE, EVENT, MOVEMENT.
Screenshots from the Manifesto Video 1:00 - 1:30
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THE SUMMARY: CONCEPT PARTI DIAGRAM.
Work
Home
‘PRESENT’
Work
Home
‘NEXT’
‘Scale’
‘Event’
‘Movement’
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REFLECTION: THE MANIFESTO. The process of creating the manifesto video is constructed in three parts: ‘Poison’, ‘Opportunity’, and ‘Principles’. Based on the feedback, the principles are supported mainly by site research and context research. However, the question is, “Are laneways enough of an antidote? Are there more universal - or more specific - urban experiences or conditions you can draw on to help enrich this idea?”. Inspired by the feedback, the Laneway experiences could work as the starting point. However, when moving forward, the essence should be summarized and further defined. The key of the proposal is not about copy-paste Melbourne laneways into the tower but to provide unexpected interactions for the occupants to break the monotony. This process needs to be achieved by a proposed architectural journey. Further analysis will be done to understand what might be relevant to the occupants and sustainability.
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INTERIM CRIT. Assignment 2 (Week 6)
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THE RETURN BRIEF
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THE OCCUPANTS: MAKERS & YOUNG URBAN DWELLERS. “Bring two issues together and let one solves the other.” Based on the “Make Art Work” research, that income of creative professionals from creative work in their chosen profession is far below that earned by similarly qualified practitioners in other professions”. Most creative professionals are struggling to maintain a living wage by doing multiple jobs. However, they are priced out from living in the city due to the gentrification process. Therefore, they must travel between suburban area and city to struggle between life and work. The Urban Antidote is proposed to provide affordable places for makers to live in Melbourne CBD, close to job opportunities and inspirations. In return, the makers could offer the existing urban dwellers opportunities to engage in creative makers’ experiences and run a community Makerspace as part of rental agreement, which could be a perfect antidote for everyday monotony. The Makerspace could support creative self-expression and snapping out the auto-pilot mode to allow brains to learn new things and make new neural connections.
Fig. 5 Websites About Creative Professionals
Fig. 6 FAB9 Makerspace
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Suffering from the monotonous “Two-Stop Model”
Lack stability to make living wage in CBD
YOUNG URBAN DWELLERS (AGE: 20-39)
FUNDED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
MAKERS
LOCAL
THE THIRD PLACE “Bring two issues together and let one solves the other.”
VISITING FINANCIAL SUPPORT &
BRING MAKER EXPERIENCES
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
INTO THE “THE THIRD PLACE”
NEW ENCOUNTER. CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION.
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CREATIVE CBD HOME. AFFORDABLE CBD HOME.
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Site Address : 130 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Clients:
Concept
Research:
Permanent Residents: (Duration: More than 1 year)
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Urban Monotony: Urban dwellers are set to everyday monotony in an autopilot mode from two points: home, work, home, work…., keep repeating. The monochromatic drabness leading to lose touch with immediate experience—both environmental (sensory) and social (Emotional). (John, B. ,1955)
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Group A: Young Urban dwellers (Age: 20-39) who are working and studying in Melbourne CBD.
Inspired by the iconic laneway network in Melbourne CBD, the concept is bringing the Laneway Characteristics × Maker Experience from this creative capital to urban towers, providing opportunities to break urban monotony.
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Group B: Local makers who are working in Melbourne CBD.
Current Tower Issues: Current towers in Melbourne are mostly designed to intensify the monotony instead of offering opportunities to rejuvenate it, including social suitabilities, mental health and life satisfaction issues. (Larcombe,2019 + Personal Experience+Interview to 5 urban dwellers)
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Melbourne Laneway Experience: Melbourne’s laneways are world-renowned with an enviable mix of caterings, bars, and small boutiques, which challenges Melbourne CBD’s homogeneity and introduces Melbourne’s vibrancy culture and history. Program Mix: Located in Little Collins street, the site is surrounded by caterings, luxury retails, hotels, and office towers. The primary reason for people to visit this area is working, shopping, dining, and accommodating. Site Access: The site is located at a oneway lane within the CBD Hoddle Grid along its long axis between Collin Street and Bourke Street. The site is also adjacent to tram routes 86, 96, 11, 12, 48, 109, a convenient spot to be accessed by walking or public transport.
Temporary Residents: (Duration: Up to1 year) Group C: Visiting makers who are traveling in Melbourne.
Functions: • • • •
Spaces Spaces Spaces Spaces
for for for for
living working playing service
LIVING PROGRAM PERMANENT LIVING
3750
TEMPORARY LIVING
1250
COMMUNAL LIVING
1000
OTHER SPACES
1200
TOTAL:
7200
WORKING + PLAYING
Defining the Unknowns Spaces for Living • • • •
Permanent living for people working and studying in CBD (workers and students). Permanent living for local Makers. Temporary living for visiting makers. (Shared Living with permanent residents or Capsule Hotels) Communal Living (kitchen, shared laundry, community garden)
Spaces for Working + Playing • • •
Private Maker Studios Co-Working/Making Spaces (Makers’ Workshop, Immersive Gallery, Library) Commercial Maker Shops (Pop-Up Makers Market, Maker shops)
Spaces for service • Vertical Services, Individual Services
AREA (m2)
PROGRAM LOCAL MAKER STUDIO VISITING MAKER STUDIO CO-WORKING MAKING SPACE
AREA (m2) 1000 500 3300
LIBRARY
300
WORKSHOP
1000
MARKER MARKET
1500
IMMERSIVE GALLERY
500
MAKER SHOPS
700
OTHER SPACES
1375
TOTAL:
6875
TOTAL GFA (m2)
14075
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PRELIMINARY MASSING
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REFLECTION: MASSING EXERCISE. The model-making exercise in week 4 Monday is a reasonable attempt at “ How big is my building, “ which helps me understand the proposal’s area and program size. By playing with the massing, I have tried four options based on the relationship between living, working, and playing, which works as a solid foundation of the interim’s massing iterations. I tried three different colours to test the relationship between living, working, and playing programs. Although testing in physical massing is different from my usual working methods (hand sketches or digital modelling), it offers new design perspectives. It inspires me to shift thinking from concept to design. After testing on physical massing, I moved the options into Rhino modelling to further explore the potentials. However, some physical massing becomes too complex when it moved to the digital platforms and need to be simplified in a rational approach for future development.
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‘Base Case’
‘Screen’
‘Surrounding’
‘Side’
The existing building on site is an 8-storey double brick building, occupying the whole site. The base case is put 7200 sqm living program on the top of the existing building with 5m set back on south and west.
Further set back is applied with an external screen. The in-between space between the screen and inner part is populated with circulation.
Compared to the ‘SCREEN’, this option is removing the screen but only keep the circulation.
The “living” and “Working + Playing” are separated on two sides. The advantage will be the working space facing Little Collins Street to provide a more engaging street interface.
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MASSING EXERCISE: INSPIRATIONS.
Fig. 7 Antilia by Perkins and Will
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Fig. 8 Arakawa Building by Nikken Sekkei.
Fig. 9 Torre Cuajimalpa by Meir Lobaton Corona + Kristjan Donaldson
Fig. 10 HA Tower by Frontoffice + François Blanciak Architect
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MASSING EXERCISE: FROM PHYSICAL TO DIGITAL.
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MASSING PROGRESS: REFINED ITERATIONS. Characteristics: The “living” and “Working + Playing” are separated on two sides. Pros: • More engaging street interface • Better natural light access by terraces • Offer occupants choices for interactions
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ITERATION A- SIDE Living Working + Playing
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Characteristics: The “Working + Playing” are inserted in the middle of “living” and attached to vertical circulation. Pros: • Better natural light access for ‘Living’ part • More opportunities for interactions
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Cons: • Less engaging street interface • Maker spaces only have access to western sunlight • May fall into a pitfall of forcing people to interaction
ITERATION B- IN-BETWEEN
Living
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Working + Playing
Working + Playing
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Characteristics: The “Working + Playing” are flowing into the ‘Living’ part from side to middle. Pros: • More engaging street interface • Better natural light access by terraces • Offer occupants choices for interactions
ITERATION A- SIDE
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Cons: • Less efficient floor plates • More stairs are required for circulation
ITERATION C- COMBINATION
Living
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Working + Playing
Working + Playing
Working + Playing
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SUBMITTED INTERIM.
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INTERIM CRIT: CONTENT STRUCTURE.
Contents
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‘POISON’ & RESPONSE
‘ANTIDOTE’- INGREDIENTS
URBAN RESPONSE
Challenges, Conceptual Response
The Return Brief
Site Analysis to Massing
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SHAPE OF ‘ANTIDOTE’
SUSTAINABLE ‘ANTIDOTE’
WAY FORWARD
Massing Iterations & Process
Triple Bottom Line
Next Steps: Zoom-in MICROS
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INTERIM CRIT: THE CHALLENGE. URBAN MONOTONY “They are no longer thinking about what they are doing. They are just doing…(Jayaram,2020)”
The ‘Poison’
URBAN MONOTONY = ‘POISON’
Big-Picture & Local Challenge
Auto-pilot Mode from two points: home, work, home, work….
Everyday Monotony dulls creativity and thinking Collins St, 5p.m. John BRACK (1955) John, B. (1955). Collins St, 5p.m., [Oil on Canvas]. NGV. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3161/.
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“In high-rise living, analogous corridors and lobbies, stacked floor after floor, make the environment monotonous and boring. (Modi,2014)”
“Current towers in Melbourne are mostly designed to intensify the monotony instead of offering opportunities to rejuvenate it.”
“I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.” - Charlotte Bronte VERTICAL STACKING
LINEAR CIRCULATION
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INTERIM CRIT: THE CONCEPT.
Strategies from ‘Laneways’
Bring the “Melbourne Laneway Characteristics × Maker Experience” to urban towers, activating interactions and providing opportunities to break the Urban Monotony. Contents from Interim Submission Page 11-12
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INTERIM CRIT: THE OCCUPANTS. “Bring two issues together and let one solves the other.”
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Suffering from Monotony
Financial Support & Temporary Accommodation
Trade of Makers’ Skills & Experience
Lack stability to make living wage in CBD
Urban Antidote Maker Experience
Urban Dwellers Opportunities for breaking Monotony and creative self-expression
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CBD Home Creative Home – Make + Inspire Physical Home – Job Opportunity + Affordable Living
Makers (Visiting + Local)
Clients Analysis
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INTERIM CRIT: PROGRAM MIX. ‘Creatively Compacted Living’
25 sqm
Living
Per person
7200 sqm
5000 sqm
Permanent Living: 150 people 50 workers +50 students + 50 Local Makers
150 people Permanent Living + 50 people Temporary Living
Temperary Living: 50 people 50 Visiting Makers (share dwelling with permenant residents)
Living
70%
Floor Plate Efficiency Cairo Flat Renovation by Architecture Architecture (2012)
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‘Maker experience breaks monotony’
10/16 sqm
Working + Playing
Co-Working /Makerspace
6875 sqm
2600 sqm + 2900 sqm
Maker Studios/Shops: 100 people 50 Local Makers + 50 Visiting Makers
Makerspace + Podium
Co-Working/Making Space: 100 people 50 Students + 50 Workers
Working + Playing
80%
Floor Plate Efficiency
Maker’s Studio (2020)
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7200m2
LIVING
Public 500 m2
Dwelling (Temporary + Permanent)
Communal Living
500 m2
Communal Living
2000 m2
Communal Living
Makers’ Pop-up Market, Gallery
Temporary
350 m2
350 m2
Pop-up Makers’ Shop
Makers’ Shop
1250 m2 Temporary Living
3750 m2 Permanent Living
6875m2
WORKING + PLAYING
Outdoor Space
Maker Studio
1200 m2 Outdoor Space
Co-Working/ Making Space
500 m2
1300 m2 CoWorking/ Making Space
1000 m2
Permanent
Local Maker Studios
Visiting Maker Studios
Commercial Shops
1000 m2 Outdoor Space
Outdoor Space
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OUTDOOR SPACE LEVEL 30 ROOF TERRACE
CORE COMMUNAL LIVING
DWELLING
LEVEL 5,10,15,20 LIVING
MAKER STUDIO
CO-WORKING /MAKING SPACE COMMERCIAL SHOPS
Little Collins St
LEVEL 3,8,13,18,23 MAKER PLAZA
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INTERIM CRIT: URBAN RESPONSE.
Program Mix: Informed the program mix of Urban Antidote
Interaction Level: Informed the program distribution
Laneway Program Mix
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Laneway programs will be analyzed to inform the programmatic mix.
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The traffic and access points of the site will inform the potential entrances of the building. The surrounding building height will influence the volume of the building and natural light access.
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Program Mix
Interactions
• Building Height: Informed the volume and sunlight access
Access: Informed the potential access points of the building.
Building Height
Access
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Building Height
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INTERIM CRIT: MASSING ITERATIONS. Iteration A – ‘SIDE’
Iteration B – ‘IN-BETWEEN’
Characteristics: The “living” and “Working + Playing” are separated on two sides.
Characteristics: The “Working + Playing” are inserted in the middle of “living” and attached to vertical circulation.
Pros: ● More engaging street interface ● Better natural light access by terraces ● Offer occupants choices for interactions
Pros: ● Better natural light access for ‘Living’ part ● More opportunities for interactions Cons: ● Less engaging street interface ● Maker spaces only have access to western sunlight ● May fall into a pitfall of forcing people to interaction
Cons: ● Limited interaction between “living” and “Working + Playing”. ● Maker spaces only have access to western or southern light 37
Iteration A
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Iteration B
Iteration C – ‘SIDE’ + ‘IN-BETWEEN’
Iterations
Characteristics: The “Working + Playing” are flowing into the ‘Living’ part from side to middle. Pros: ● More engaging street interface ● Better natural light access by terraces ● Offer occupants choices for interactions Cons: ● Less efficient floor plates ● More stairs are required for circulation
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Iteration C
Selection
Contents from Interim Submission Page 37-40
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INTERIM CRIT: SUSTAINABLE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE.
Level 1-30: Prefab CLT + Fly Ash Concrete Hybrid Structural System
Podium: Prefab CLT + Recycled Brick Veneer & Timber Frame
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SUSTAINABLE ‘ANTIDOTE’ Triple Bottom Line From Existing Building MAS Museum in Antwerp by Neutelings riedijk Wood Innovation Design Centre / Michael Green Architecture
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Energy: Passive Design + Production
Community Cohesion: Share + Support
Job Opportunities: Proximity + New Skills
Water: Rainwater + Grey Water Recycling
Affordability: Creative + Physical CBD home
Maker Movement: Supporting Creative Industry
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Economical
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INTERIM CRIT: WAY FORWARD.
Moving Forward
Roof terrace
Typical Dwelling Cluster (5 storeys)
Selected ‘MICROS’
STEP 1
STEP 3
STEP 5
REFLECTION ON THE MACRO
REFLECTION ON THE MICRO
BENEFITS EVALUATION
Podium / Urban Plaza
STEP 2
STEP 4
PICK THE MICRO AND DEVELOP
COMBINE THE MACRO AND MICRO
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REFLECTION: INTERIM CRIT. As an urban dweller living in one of the CBD towers, I am a monotonous person with an everyday routine, as I mentioned in the week 1 ‘Poison’ section. Living with everyday monotony, I always lose track of daily interactions and memories. Every day for me is just another same day. The starting point of the concept is empathy. Life is too long to be monotonous, so I want to bring opportunities for people suffering from the monotony with opportunities to break the routine at some points. During the design process, the biggest challenge I was facing was balancing “creating surprise” and ‘rationality’. I was confused that “creating surprises to break monotony” must equal a super complex building. At week 4, my Massing was totally out of control. At that point, based on tutors’ feedback and precedent research, I realized that architects are not here to create ‘chaos’ but to create a controlled frame for ‘chaos’. Therefore, I shifted my design direction to a more rational, modular approach to bring the 3D Massing back to control. When working on a comfortable scale, I feel more connected with the concept and start to have ideas for the MICRO architectural moments.
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PRELIMINARY DIAGRAMMATIC DESIGN.
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PRELIMINARY DIAGRAMMATIC PLANS: GROUND FLOOR.
The diagrammatic plans set up a foundation for program distribution. In GF, the two entrances are defined (main entrance & Resi-bike entry). The arrangement of permanent makers shops and pop-up maker market space are prepared to incorporate with “Yatai” (Japanese food cart).
BACK OF HOUSE STORAGE
LOADING DOCK
LOADING DOCK
BIKE REPAIR STORE
RESI BIKE ENTRY
WASTE CHUTE?
RESI BIKE ENTRY
BIKE REPAIR STORE
BIKE PARKING
VISITOR BIKE PARKING
SERVICE & STORAGE
RECYCLE & VERMI COMPOST
COROMANDEL PL
LOBBY
POP-UP MARKET/EXHIBITION
Terrace to B1 Gallery
MAKER SHOP 2
POP-UP MARKET/EXHIBITION
MAKER SHOP 1
Coromandel Pl
MAKER SHOP 5 TO B1 STORAGE
MAKER SHOP 4 POP-UP MARKET
MAKER SHOP 3
STORAGE RECEPTION & CAFE
MAKER SHOP 4
MAKER SHOP 1 MAIN ENTRANCE
OUTDOOR SPACE
INSTALLATION GARDEN
TO PODIUM TOP PLAZA
POP-UP MARKET/EXHIBITION
MAKER SHOP 3
MAKER SHOP 2
TO PODIUM PLAZA
MAKER STUDIO CORE
POP-UP MARKET UNDERCOVER
MAKER MARKET
POP-UP STRUCTURE
COMMERCIAL SHOPS
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LITTLE COLLINS ST
Final Plan
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In the final plan, the orientation of stairs is changed based on Adam’s feedback to expand two one-room dwelling into twobed room dwellings to achieve a more diversified dwelling mix and a cluster lobby with natural sunlight.
PRELIMINARY DIAGRAMMATIC PLANS: TYPICAL CLUSTER. SECTION A-A
SLEEPING
LIVING
MAKER PLAZA
SHARED TERRACE 2-BED
“ART WALL”
“ART WALL”
MAKER STUDIO 1
LIVING
SLEEPING
1-BED
1-BED
‘CLUSTER’ STAIRS
‘CLUSTER’ STAIRS
CLUSTER LIBRARY
SECTION B-B
SECTION B-B
CLUSTER LIBRARY
MAKER STUDIO 3
SLEEPING
1-BED
LIVING
SLEEPING
LIVING
MAKER STUDIO 4
CO-WORKING WORKSHOP
OUTDOOR SPACE CORE
2-BED
2-BED PRIVATE MAKER STUDIO MAKER TERRACE
DWELLING
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MAKER STUDIO 5
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SHARED TERRACE
MAKER TERRACE
MAKER STUDIO PRIVATE MAKER STUDIO
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PRELIMINARY DIAGRAMMATIC PLANS: COMMUNAL ROOF TERRACE.
At the diagrammatic stage, the programs of the roof terrace are too complex. The final version of crown part is simplified to be a rooftop bar and a growing urban farm to celebrate the verticality.
ROOF TERRACE
URBAN FARM
COMMUNAL KITCHEN
‘CLUSTER’ STAIRS
“ART WALL”
COMMUNAL DINNING
COMMUNUAL GARDEN
OUT DOOR BAR TERRACE
COMMNUAL MAKER STUDIO
ROOF TOP BAR & RESTAURANT
ROOFTOP BAR
OUTDOOR SPACE CORE COMMUNAL LIVING CO-WORKING /MAKING SPACE
COMMERCIAL SHOPS
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PRELIMINARY DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION: TYPICAL CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT.
NORTH
URBAN DWELLER LIVING + TERRACES
URBAN DWELLER LIVING + TERRACES
“SOCIAL CONDENSER”
“LIGHT WELL”
URBAN DWELLER LIVING + TERRACES
MAKER LIVING + STUDIOS
“THRESHOLD”
URBAN DWELLER LIVING + TERRACES
“COMMUNITY LIBRARY”
LIFT LOBBY
MAKER LIVING + STUDIOS
TYPICAL DWELLING
TYPICAL DWELLING SOUTH CLUSTER MAKER PLAZA
MAKER LIVING + STUDIOS
MAKER LIVING + STUDIOS
TYPICAL DWELLING
TYPICAL DWELLING
The makers’ dwellings are located on the southern side of the building to have filtered southern light flowing into their private working studios. The urban dwellers are located on the northern side of the building with a north-facing terrace. A maker plaza is included within each cluster with public access, including threshold layers to direct the encounter with the “Third Place”.
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THE EVOLUTION OF PODIUM.
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PRELIMINARY STORYBOARDS AND PRECEDENTS: A WELCOMING PODIUM.
Fig. 11 Nightingale Village by Kennedy Nolan Architects Materiality: Red Bricks with Arches, Fabrics (shopfronts), Vegetations.
Scale: Introducing range of edge conditions with interactive human scale. Access: A Combination of Shop Front/ Arcade/ Display
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PODIUM FORM EXPLORATION MATERIALITY & GEOMETRY.
BRICK
WHITE CONCRETE
GREY TEXTURED CONCRETE (GEO-POLYMER)
In the first version, red bricks from the current building are reused for the podium to form the arches, making the building too flat. It conflicts with the complex forms and makes the podium unreadable. In the second version, I took a step back to render it as pure white concrete, making the building readable but lost the touch of craft. In the end, I applied the grey textured geo-polymer concrete, which is not only a good solution for sustainability but also brings a touch of crafting into the building. The bricks recycled from the existing buildings are applied to the ground paving.
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PODIUM ACTIVITY EXPLORATION POP-UP MAKER MARKET & “YATAI”.
Fig. 12 Yatai By Note Architects.
Final Render of Yatai
Yatai is small-scale, mobile food carts in Japan typically selling food. Based on Katie’s suggestion, I introduced Yatai to the podium as a device for visiting makers to form pop-up shops. The Yatai scattered in the entry garden invites the public into the journey of “Third Place” and set up an energetic atmosphere.
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PODIUM FORM EXPLORATION INTERFACE TO COROMANDEL PLACE.
ARCH
FABRIC
PLATFORM+ TRELLIS (Selected)
The interface to Coromandel Pl is tested in different geometrical forms to achieve a journey for residents to interact with the shops on their way home. The arches are designed in response to the current shop front in Coromandel Pl. The fabric and the platform versions are designed in response to the program of the building (textile & fashion). The “Platform and Trellis” is selected to activate the laneway without affecting the amenity of adjacent buildings.
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PRELIMINARY STORYBOARDS AND PRECEDENTS: TYPICAL CLUSTERS.
Fig. 13 Miguel Quismondo pavilion
Fig. 14 OMGEVING CVBA CENTR’AL by B-ARCHITECTEN
Materiality: Charred Wood, Polycarbonate, Glass.
Scale & Spatial: The display through transparent material and the shadow behind translucent material contribute to different human scale experience.
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TYPICAL CLUSTER EXPRESSION EXPLORATION PRELIMINARY RENDER TESTS.
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TYPICAL CLUSTER FORM EXPLORATION LIGHT & VOLUME.
“SHARED TERRACE” “URBAN DWELLER”
“CLUSTER LOBBY”
“MAKER”
“MAKER STUDIO + TERRACE”
“MAKER PLAZA”
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TYPICAL CLUSTER FORM EXPLORATION GEOMETRY & MATERIALITY.
A
2-BED
2-BED
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN COMMUNAL DECK
SHARED TERRACE WINTER DECK
KITCHEN WORKSHOP 1-BED
CLUSTER WASTE & COMPOST
COMMUNAL LAUNDRY
CLUSTER LIBRARY SHOWCASE GALLERY
SECTION B-B
CO-WORKING WORKSHOP
MAKER TERRACE 2-BED
2-BED
VISITING MAKER STUDIO
MAKER TERRACE
IVATE MAKER STUDIO
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Curved terraces, metal screens and polycarbonate… too many architectural languages make this building too complex for readers. They will not be able to see the critical part of the design.
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TYPICAL CLUSTER FORM EXPLORATION GEOMETRY & MATERIALITY.
2-BED
SHARED TERRACE
PRODUCTIVE GARDEN COMMUNAL DECK
WINTER DECK KITCHEN WORKSHOP
CLUSTER WASTE & COMPOST
1-BED
COMMUNAL LAUNDRY
CLUSTER LIBRARY SHOWCASE GALLERY
SECTION B-B
CO-WORKING WORKSHOP MAKER TERRACE
2-BED
VISITING MAKER STUDIO MAKER TERRACE
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Materiality and geometry are simplified, and the highlight parts are lit up with polycarbonate. These changes make the building form more ordered, and the highlight program makes it easy to convey the concept.
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DWELLING LAYOUT EXPLORATION PRELIMINARY MODULES.
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+ 0.00
“ SHARED BOUNDARY”
“ FEEDING & LANDING” “ THRESHOLD”
“ THRESHOLD”
+ 200.00 + 0.00
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“ FEEDING & LANDING”
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DWELLING LAYOUT EXPLORATION LEVEL-CHANGE PRECEDENT.
FIFGURE 15. Yojigen Poketto / elii Micro apartments are introduced to provoke a creative lifestyle (when the space is limited, you need to be creative in using the space wisely). The fundamental concept of the dwelling layout is to use level-change to divide spaces instead of hard partitions, which is for a more flexible interior flow and saving materials of construction (sustainability).
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INTERIOR EXPERIENCE EXPLORATION ENTRY & THRESHOLD.
Fig. 16 Thom Mayne by Peter Zumthor
Prelieminary Interior Render
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INTERIOR EXPERIENCE EXPLORATION SLEEPING/LIVING.
Fig. 17 Darlinghurst Apartment by Brad Swartz
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WORKING LAYOUT EXPLORATION SMALL-SCALE MAKERS.
“SHOWCASE”
“STORAGE” “MAKE”
“HANGING CLOTHES”
“DESIGN”
“STORAGE” “MAKE”
“SHOWCASE” “DESIGN”
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WORKFLOW EXPLORATION FABRIC/YARN & TAPESTRY.
F ABR I C / Y A R N MA KER
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MAKER SPACE VOLUME EXPLORATION IMMERSIVE MAKER WORKSHOP.
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THE EVOLUTION OF CROWN.
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PRELIMINARY STORYBOARDS AND PRECEDENTS COMMUNAL ROOF TERRACE.
Fig. 18 PONT KADE by NDSM Materiality: Timber, Vegetations. (Create more open, natural environment.)
Light: The volume is subtracted to create series of open terraces with light. Event: Rooftop Bar/ Community Garden
Terrace
Roof-top Bar
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CROWN FORM EXPLORATION MATERIALITY & GEOMETRY.
WEEK 8
WEEK 9
WEEK 12
The crown is designed signage of the building to celebrate the verticality of the tower. However, in week 8, when I just extended every element from the tower body, the roof became a real mess. The week 9 and 12 version still follow the same idea of “extension”, but I also played with materiality by applying photovoltaic (became white when exposed to sunlight) into the crown part. When the crown is lit up at night, it could work as signage of the tower.
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THE EVOLUTION OF DETAIL.
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CONSTRUCTION DETAIL DEVELOPMENT
RL +159.2 LEVEL 34
MARK-UP PROCESS.
15MM CEMENT SHEET EXTRUDED ALUMINUM ANGLE TRIM
REMOVABLE TIMBER JOIST FLOOR PANEL FOR FUTURE ADAPTABILITY
PRIVATE MAKER STUDIO
“ I LIKE THE SOUTHERN LIGHT FLOWED INTO MY STUDIO.”
ARGON GAS FILLED LOW-E COATING DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW
EXTRUDED ALUMINUM ANGLE TRIM
CONCRETE SCREED (THERMAL MASS + EXPOSED CEILING)
TIMBER JOIST FLOOR
IN-SITU SCREED WITH INLAID UNDERFLOOR HEATING PIPES (1MM THICK WATERPROOF MEMBRANE ABOVE SCREED)
RL +155.6 LEVEL 33
ARGON GAS FILLED LOW-E COATING DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW)
CLT FLOORING (200MM)
RIGID INSULATION
IN-SITU SCREED WITH INLAID UNDERFLOOR HEATING PIPES 1MM THICK WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 1MM THICK WATERPROOF MEMBRANE ABOVE SCREED
3 DEGREE FALL
CLT FLOORING (200MM) RL +152.0 LEVEL 32
RIGID INSULATION
15MM CEMENT SHEET
1MM THICK WATERPROOF MEMBRANE
PLYWOOD PLANTER BOX
WINTER GARDEN / MAKER TERRACE
WINTER GARDEN ENVELOPE: 4MM TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE PANEL
200*200MM GLULAM COLUMNS
“ YAAAAAAY”
SLIDING PANEL: 4MM TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE PANEL
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PROJECT NAME CHANGE FROM “URBAN ANTIDOTE” TO “ THE THIRD PLACE”. URBAN ANTIDOTE: Suggesting a tangible outcome THE THIRD PLACE: More about the experience of space
“The third place in community building is the social surroundings, which are distinct from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and workplace (“second place”). Environments such as churches, cafes, clubs, public libraries, bookstores, and parks are examples of third places. “(Oldenburg, 1982). When preparing the date night package, I tried my “elevator pitch” with a couple of friends. I received feedback that the name “Urban Antidote” suggests a physical, tangible outcome and raises people’s expectations. Considering the intention of the design is to break the monotony of life (which is an experience in itself), I am proposing Maker activities & communal living as an alternative experience. These experiences could be well represented by the term “Third Place”.
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DATE NIGHT FEEDBACK PART A. Nayan and C l a r e: •
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The bal con y m a yb e t oo w i n d y a f t e r t h e hei gh t pass t h e sur r oun d i n g b ui l d i n g – urban wi n d i n f l ue n c e – m a yb e st a r t s t o create gl azi n g a f t e r c e r t a i n l e v e l s? The heatin g a n d c ool i n g syst e m c ou ld b e i ntro duce d b y t h e sc a l e of c l ust e r t o s e e k hi gh er ef f i c i e n c y, n e e d t o f i n d p l a c e f o r cl uster pl an t r oom s. Put fo o d m a k e r i n t o l ow e r l e v e l , b e t t e r co n n ecti on t o g r oun d , p od i um t op pla z a restauran t . Precedent s: T h e G r e e n Sp i n e b y C ox S t u dio – Mi x used/A r t p r e c i n c t
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P in k Lig h t S o la r G r e e n H o u s e a t t h e c r o wn, ma y b e s c a t t e r e d a r o u n d t h e t e r r aces a s we ll. + M a ke t h e Cr o wn a s a s ig n age, ma ke it t a lle r . Co n s ide r in g Food Waste and W ater R e c y c lin g P r e c e de n t s : 2 - 5 F iv e S t a r H o t e l a t J a p an ( S a u n a & S le e p, Ca ps u le H o t e l)
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S ma ll- s c a le M a ke r ma r ke t c o u ld be in t r o du c e d t o c lu s t e r lo b by , a lig n e d wit h t h e g r o u n d f lo o r ma ke r ma r ke t . P r e c e de n t s : Co - o p K y o s a i – M e t a l S t ring wit h V in e s .
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DATE NIGHT FEEDBACK PART B. J e ss ica & Sarah K:
Sa r a h S & Y i :
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S ho wi n g spac e f l e xi b i l i t y c oul d usi n g bubbl e di agr a m w i t h r e n d e r t o sh ow h o w th e space wi l l b e oc c up i e d i n d i f f e r e nt ti me. – eg: i f your a p a r t m e n t i n t e r i or h a v i ng di fferen t l ev e l s, you c oul d i n c or p or a t e l evel change i n b ub b l e d i a gr a m a s w e l l . Detai l ed sec t i on i s n e e d e d f or i n t e r n al l evel change a n d t h e t r a n si t i on of sp a c e . Co l o urful l i ght of f a ç a d e c oul d b e d e r i v e d fro m the co l our f ul sp i n d l e s. Preceden ts: T a p e st r y St ud i o a t Sout h Mel bo urne. C ol l i n w ood Y a r d .
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M is s in g D e mo g r a ph ic in t r o du c t io n and ma ke r c a t e g o r y s it e a n a ly s is G F : M o r e A c t iv e La n e wa y F a ç a de c u r r e n t ly like do me s t ic r e s ide ntial bu ildin g , n e e d t o s h o w t h e t h ir d p la c e in t he f a ç a de . U n de r s t a n d wh a t is in t h e a p a r t me nts. M is s in g t h e lin k t o t h ir d p la c e a n d v o lu m e, s h o w a s e c t io n wit h dia g r a m a n d more in t e r io r r e n de r s .
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DATE NIGHT FEEDBACK REFLECTION. Nayan and C lare: • • •
Co n si deri n g w i n d p r ot e c t i on a f t e r p a ssin g t h e hei gh t o f surr oun d i n g b ui l d i n g . Fi n d po tenti a l l oc a t i on f or c l ust e r -sc a l e pla n t ro o m. Put F o o d Mak e r i n t o l ow e r l e v e l a n d i n t r o du c e wi th po di um t op r e st a ur a n t .
J e s s i c a & Sa r a h K : • • • •
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Exten d th e c r ow n a n d a d d e d p i n k l i g h t ( s o la r green h o use) , w h i c h c oul d a l so b e sc at t e r e d aro un d no rthe r n t e r r a c e s. Add verti cal m e t a l st r i n g t o t h e w e r st f a ç a de . Lo o k at J apa n 2 -5 St a r H ot e l .
B u bble dia g r a m to e x p la in the M icro e x p e r ie n c e a n d f le x ib le u s e . Cr e a t e de t a il s e c t io n f o r in t e r n a l s pa ce. G o t o v is it Co llin g wo o d y a r d. F in d t h e c o lo u r p a le t t e o f b u ildin g f r om the c o lo u r f u l s p in dle s ( n a t u r a l in g r e die n t s grown in t h e g a r de n ? )
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COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH.
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MATERIALITY CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER.
“Sustainable Alternative to Concrete” Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is an engineered material consist of several timber layers stacked at right angles. The benefit of CLT is summarized from ‘THE CLT Handbook’ by Borgström et al. (2019) and Embodied Carbon Primer by London Energy Transformation Initiative (2020). The standardized nature allows CLT to be prefabricated, reducing construction time, on-site pollution, air pollution, and noise pollution. The high durability and low carbon footprint determine it is a sustainable alternative to the Portland cement concrete. As LETI (2020) stated in the publication, timber construction stores carbon that mature trees are already removed from the air and a carbon-negative material. When the CLT is left exposed, it could improve interior spaces’ air quality and indoor humanity. Furthermore, the natural texture and thermal resistivity determine its warmth and softness (LETI,2020). At the end of its life cycle, CLT also has high salvageability to be recycled. Therefore, CLT could be an excellent restorative material to work as an “environmental antidote”.
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Lower Carbon Footprint
Low-Waste /Quick Construction
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Modular/ Flexible Components
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MATERIALITY CHARRED WOOD. “Shou Sugi Ban” Charred wood (Shou Sugi Ban) is produced by a traditional Japanese technique consisting of burning the surface of the timber to create a charred appearance as adequate protection. This protective layer (3-5 mm thick) prevents the timber from insects, UV rays and moisture. It also improves the fire resistance ability of this material (Ebner et al., 2019). The current Australia National Construction Code (NCC) allows timber construction to reach a 25-meter height regarding fire regulations. As we are designed for What is NEXT?”, the scenario of higher timber construction is expected.
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Lower Carbon Footprint
Resistant to UV, moisture and insect
Fire Retardant
High Salvageability & Durability
Figure 20. Charred timber lake house.
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MATERIALITY GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE.
“Sustainable Alternative to Portland Cement Concrete” Aluminate and silicate bearing materials are combined with a caustic activator to create geopolymer concrete. Waste materials from iron and metal processing, such as fly ash or slag, are commonly used, resulting in a cleaner atmosphere. The waste material is encapsulated inside the concrete and does not need to be disposed of (Jaclyn, 2018). Geopolymer concrete is more corrosion and fire-resistant, has high compressive and tensile qualities, and quickly reaches maximum strength (cures entirely faster). It also has a lower shrinkage rate than standard concrete (Hardjito et al., 2004). Its low carbon footprint and higher durability determine the success of working as an “environmental antidote”.
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Lower Carbon Footprint
Improved Workability
Figure 21. Economics and Business Faculty.
Cost Effective
Increased Durability
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MATERIALITY PHOTOVOLTAIC GLASS.
“Glass that produces energy” Since solar cells must absorb sunlight (photons) and turn them into electricity, a transparent solar panel is a counterintuitive concept (electrons). The solar glass that is translucent allows sunlight to pass through, defeating the intent of using sunlight. However, solar cells absorb light is evolving because of this emerging solar panel technology (Solar Mag., 2020). As the tower has a limited roof area to place the traditional photovoltaic panels, the photovoltaic glasses will be installed for the northern and western façade to achieve on-site energy production.
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Easy Installation
Figure 22. The Dawn of Solar Windows.
On-site Energy Production
High Durability & Salvageability
High Thermal Performance
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MATERIALITY RECYCLED POLYCARBONATE.
“The Second Life of Polycarbonate” Over the last ten years, polycarbonate (PC) has grown in popularity and applications. Manufacturers may use it in various applications due to its solid, rigid, and translucent properties (Plastic Experts,2020). Polycarbonate is so heavy that it is less impact resistant; but, since it is made from a renewable resource (oil), it is entirely recyclable and offers excellent yields for plastic recycling plants. Polycarbonate is usually recycled by sorting, shredding, and washing it before granulating it for reuse by manufacturers (Balart, 2006).
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Low Carbon Footprint
Translucent Quality
Figure 23. CONTROLITE INTELLIGENT DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM.
High Durability & Salvageability
High Thermal Performance
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MATERIALITY UP-CYCLED FIBRE CEMENT SHEET.
“An Alternative For Asbestos-Based Construction” James Hardie invented fiber cement construction materials in the early 1980s as an alternative for asbestos-based construction materials. Fiber cement is a composite material comprised of sand, cement, and cellulose fibers. Fiber cement cladding comes in various shapes, though it is most typically seen in sheet form and horizontal boards. It is generally used for the exterior cladding of the building for fire resistance. It requires low maintenance once installed and painted. At the end of the life cycle, fiber cement sheet could be crushed and up-cycled for future reuse to achieve sustainability.
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Figure 24. Fiber Cement Cladding.
Fire Resistance
High Durability
Low Maintenance
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THE THIRD PLACE PRECEDENTS.
Collingwood Yards, 35 Johnston St, Collingwood VIC 3066 Based on Jessica’s suggestion on Date Night, Sandra, Carla, and I visited Collingwood Yards to experience the maker space. Collingwood Yards encompasses about 6500 square meters and is located on the old Collingwood Technical School site. Collingwood Yards provides a new, permanent, and affordable home for diverse artists and independent arts organizations in music, visual arts, performance, digital media, creative industries, and beyond. Collingwood Yards turns these areas into small to medium artist clusters, contributing to Collingwood Arts Precinct and providing a creative destination for the public. (Collingwood Yards, 2021). The central courtyard is surrounded by art shops and café, providing the “Third Place” experience for the users.
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THE THIRD PLACE PRECEDENTS.
Arup Melbourne Office. Sky Park, 1 Melbourne Quarter, 699 Collins St, Docklands VIC 3008. Arup Melbourne office is a three-level workplace designed by HASSELL in collaboration with Arup, which embraces the ideals of sustainability, health, connectedness, and flexibility. Arup provided design and engineering services for One Melbourne Quarter across 12 disciplines. The 13-story structure aims for a 6-star Green Star certification and a 5-star NABERS Energy rating. It also has an airtight building envelope and a 200 kW PV roof array (Jennifer, 2018). The internal partitions of the space almost dissolve to allow flexible use of the workplace. The use of indoor plants improves the indoor environment quality. The central gathering place and the surrounding thresholds provide different ways of involvement.
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SPACE & FORM INSPIRATIONS.
These are the imaginary inspirations inspiring me in the design process, linked with the following topics. Hybrid
Translucent Transparency
Threshold
Modular
Facade
Green Shading Makers
Display Flexibility
Activity
Timber
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CONCEPT & RETURN BRIEF.
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THE THIRD PLACE CONCEPT.
“I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.” As an urban dweller living five years in Melbourne CBD, I am trapped into this two-stop model, home, work, home, work… and repeating. This monotonous two-stop model dulls creativity and thinking. Every day for me is just another same day.
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CHALLENGE
Urban Monotony Two-Stop Monotony
Collins St, 5p.m. John BRACK (1955) John, B. (1955).
Dulls Creativity & Thinking
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THE THIRD PLACE DESIGN PRINCIPLES.
So, what is next? The Third Place. The proposal is incorporating three design principles. • •
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These points foster current urban dwellers’ opportunities to encounter “Third Place” and transmute the monotonous “Two-Stop Model” between home and workplace.
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CONCEPT SCALE
MOVEMENT
EVENT
THIRD PLACE FIRST PLACE
HOME
SECOND PLACE
WORKPLACE
Foster the opportunities for current urban dwellers to encounter with “Third Place” (Oldenburg, 1982) and transmute the monotonous “Two-Stop Model” between home and workplace.
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THE THIRD PLACE OCCUPANTS.
“Bring two issues together and let one solves the other.” Current urban dwellers are suffering from monotony while makers are priced out from City. “THE THIRD PLACE” brings two issues together and let one solve the other. Urban dwellers will provide financial support for the maker community and temporary accommodation for the visiting makers, and makers will bring making experience into the tower as part of the rental agreement. Together, urban dwellers have new encounters with creative self-expression. Makers are provided with a home in the City, both a creative home where they can continue making and inspiring and a physical home where they can access job opportunities and affordable accommodation.
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OCCUPANTS
Suffering from the monotonous “Two-Stop Model”
Lack stability to make living wage in CBD
YOUNG URBAN DWELLERS (AGE: 20-39)
FUNDED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
MAKERS
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THE THIRD PLACE “Bring two issues together and let one solves the other.”
VISITING
FINANCIAL SUPPORT &
BRING MAKER EXPERIENCES
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
INTO THE “THE THIRD PLACE”
NEW ENCOUNTER. CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION.
CREATIVE CBD HOME. AFFORDABLE CBD HOME.
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SITE ANALYSIS.
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THE SITE 130 LITTLE COLLINS ST, MELBOURNE. The site is located at 130 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, a one-way Lane within the CBD Hoddle Grid along its long axis between Collin Street and Bourke Street. The site is within walking distances to many laneways with access to a range of boutique shops, galleries, and bars. The site is also adjacent to tram routes 86, 96, 11, 12, 48, 109, a convenient spot to be accessed by walking or public transport. The primary access is from little Collins St. The current “Third Place” experience with 5-min walking is analyzed to bring the city’s milieu into the tower. Based on the data from Makers Melbourne, the tower will accommodate small-scale makers working within the urban environment.
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SUMMARY
A PLACE FOR NEW ENCOUNTER. A PLACE FOR 200 PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. (7200 SQM FOR LIVING, 6875 SQM FOR WORKING & PLAYING) A PLACE TO ENHANCE SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
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JOURNEY.
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THE THIRD PLACE A WELCOMING PODIUM.
LOADING DOCK
BIKE REPAIR STORE
RESI BIKE ENTRY
VISITOR BIKE PARKING
SERVICE & STORAGE
RECYCLE & VERMI COMPOST
MAKER SHOP 5
COROMANDEL PL
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MAKER SHOP 4 POP-UP MARKET
MAKER SHOP 3
STORAGE RECEPTION & CAFE
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POP-UP MARKET UNDERCOVER POP-UP STRUCTURE
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A WELCOMING PODIUM The edge of the building is speaking to the surrounding public. The shops and pop-up market are celebrating the rhythm of regular and temporary, attracting residents and newcomers.
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THE THIRD PLACE TYPICAL CLUSTERS. SECTION A-A
SECTION A-A
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SHARED TERRACE 2-BED
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SHARED TERRACE
2-BED
SHARED TERRACE
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WINTER DECK KITCHEN WORKSHOP 1-BED
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CLUSTER WASTE & COMPOST
1-BED COMMUNAL LAUNDRY
CLUSTER LIBRARY
CLUSTER LIBRARY SHOWCASE GALLERY
CLUSTER LIBRARY
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PRIVATE MAKER STUDIO
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TYPICAL DWELLING LEVEL
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FABRIC/YARN CLUSTER
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AN IMMERSIVE WORKSHOP This place is neutral ground, accepting all types of individuals from various walks of life. In this place, the only thing matters is [Making].
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A HOME AWAY FROM HOME The communal place is designed to fulfill the needs of its occupants, provoking a feeling of warmth, possession, and belonging.
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COMMUNAL GARDEN
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THE THIRD PLACE A GROWING ROOF TERRACE.
ROOF TERRACE
URBAN FARM
OUT DOOR BAR TERRACE ROOFTOP BAR
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A GROWING TERRACE The top edge of the building is extended by the power of life. The physical parapet stops in its position, but life in the urban farm will keep growing.
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A MICRO-HOME FOR LIVING CREATIVELY.
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FACADE DETAIL.
15MM CEMENT SHEET EXTRUDED ALUMINUM ANGLE TRIM
REMOVABLE TIMBER JOIST FLOOR PANEL FOR FUTURE ADAPTABILITY
PRIVATE MAKER STUDIO
“ I LIKE THE SOUTHERN LIGHT FLOWED INTO MY STUDIO.”
ARGON GAS FILLED LOW-E COATING DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW
IN-SITU SCREED WITH INLAID UNDERFLOOR HEATING PIPES (1MM THICK WATERPROOF MEMBRANE ABOVE SCREED)
RL +155.6 LEVEL 33
CLT FLOORING (200MM)
RIGID INSULATION
1MM THICK WATERPROOF MEMBRANE
RL +152.0 LEVEL 32
PLYWOOD PLANTER BOX
WINTER GARDEN / MAKER TERRACE
WINTER GARDEN ENVELOPE: 4MM TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE PANEL
200*200MM GLULAM COLUMNS
“ YAAAAAAY”
SLIDING PANEL: 4MM TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE PANEL
MAKERS’ HOME
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ARRIVE Taking off the shoes is the moment provoking a sense of arrival. Step up, and here is home.
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THRESHOLD The functions are overlapped, and the edge is blurred. Light is on the other end.
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LIVING OR SLEEPING? The internal partitions dissolve. The level changes and curtains act as transient boundaries to allow program-restructuring.
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LIVING OR SLEEPING? The internal partitions dissolve. The level changes and curtains act as transient boundaries to allow program-restructuring.
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SHARED TERRACE The edge of this space is determined by the negotiation between users and experience. This is more than a balcony. This is “the third place” within “the first place”.
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PRIVATE MAKER STUDIO Volume is reframed to accommodate the maker program. This is a stage of making. It is all about making.
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REFLECTION FINAL DESIGN. At the beginning of the final design, I was lost in the overcomplex form. Although the concept was clear in my head, it was not readable in architecture. After the feedback session, I decided to take a step back by pulling the design back to the massing stage (It was a hard decision I made at 2 am). By reviewing the white card model in the massing stage, I found out ways of simplifying it. During this stage, I always thought about Katie’s feedback “what do you want people to see from the façade?”. In my opinion, the simplified version is way more potent in speaking concept language than the old version. I have learned from the process is that designing is a dynamic process of adding and subtracting things. Suppose I keep adding without reflecting on “Do I need this?”. In that case, it will quickly lose track of the initial design intention. I always had a passion for playing with narrative and thresholds, which is intentionally added to the final design and created the architecture layers. My building tells a story, and I could feel connected to the story, which is the best part of the design.
“I am pretending to be a maker”
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REFLECTION THE MEGA HYBRID. When the city is looking for density, they divided the lot into a smaller version (terrace house) (Howard,2018) or kept stacking blocks into the sky (the tower). The boundaries are solid, and the interactions are minimum. Does the city need interaction? Why the city need interaction? If the city needs interaction, what should we do to offer the opportunities? It is the Mega-Hybrid. Mega Hybrid is about the intensity of programs and the chemical effect and journey between those programs to break entrenched paradigms. Mega Hybrid is not a tangible building outcome. It is a new way of inhabiting and experiencing. By integrating different programs, the mega-hybrid building could fulfill the needs of inhabitants in one stop to save time and energy for traveling between different locations. In addition, it also could provide the potential to reuse and recycle the resources between different programs.
In terms of future livability, the concept of mega Hybrid could inspire the architects to integrate the resources to create an environmentally sustainable building and provide opportunities to enhance social and economic sustainability. The occupants of the megahybrid building are provided more opportunities for social interactions, bringing economic prosperity, and enhancing the idea of communal living. For example, in my proposal, the mega-hybrid incorporates makers group to bring the makers back to the city, contributing to the public realm and creative economy. Architecture cannot resolve everything, but it could provide opportunities for a more enjoyable living environment. That is why we go Mega-hybrid.
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REFLECTION SUSTAINABILITY. “As ‘a loss’ in one place cannot be compensated by ‘a gain’ in somewhere else, it means a mind shift from ‘doing less bad’ to ‘doing more good’ is required.” (Hes. et al., 2014). Over the past few decades, sustainable design in the built environment has focused chiefly on the technocratic approaches, including low energy construction, water harvesting and so on. Current rating tools emphasize the quantifiable aspects, enhancing the idea that sustainable design is like a tangible building outcome that ticks all the boxes. However, sustainable development is a holistic system including social, environmental, and economic sustainability, which should be measured quantitatively and qualitatively. Firstly, it is essential to consider the living experience within the building. We are not only designing for saving more energy, but also for a more enjoyable inhabiting experience. The well-being of occupants is an integrated system that is unquantifiable. For example, we could integrate passive designs strategies to introduce natural shading, light, and ventilation to save energy and contribute to the comfort and well-being of occupants.
Moreover, living experience also emphasizes a broader picture of social sustainability. In future development, we should reinforce community in the built environment, encouraging sharing resources and achieving positive development. For example, the Venny is an excellent example of applying positive development environmentally and socially. Located in Kensington of Melbourne, The Venny is a staffed communal backyard and adventure playground facility built to support the “local high-density, low socioeconomic neighborhood” (Hes. et al., 2014). It achieves high performance in both environmental and social sustainability by collaborating with the community. Secondly, it is critical to raise environmental awareness of the public to inspire more people to act for sustainability. Sustainability is not a short-term investment to get quick profit but a long-term beneficial consideration. More educational events need to be held to suggest a better understanding of current challenges and future opportunities. A single group of people cannot achieve sustainability. Sustainability needs attention from every single inhabitant on this planet.
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SUSTAINABILITY LECTURE SUSTAINABLE ISSUES. E NVI RONMENTAL
Population Growth
Urban Growth
Low/ Unsustainable Performance
Loneliness and Depression
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REFLECTION STUDIO 6 WHAT’S NEXT? In the first year of my MArch Program, I did series of research about sustainable design and one technical ESD studio. I chose Studio 6 because the brief of this studio set up a goof frame for me used what I have learned to develop the mega hybrid building (which is a typology that has not been covered in my portfolio). The new experience for me in this studio is that we have three tutors from different backgrounds to provide feedback from different aspects. In all the hot desk sessions, I appreciate that tutors provided us with opportunities for discussions instead of only instructions, which helps me a lot during the design process. By looking through the previous studios designing towers, I was thinking Studio 6 is also doing “Crazy Towers” (like highly conceptual, forgetting about gravity). However, I found that Studio 6 makes a perfect balance between the conceptual and practical. We are still designing architecture that is buildable with an emphasis on conceptual thinking as well. As I am a studio level-e student, studio 6 (even the structure of this journal) is beneficial for me to be prepared for my thesis.
I have learnt how to conduct proper research from the concept development to the final design. Moreover, thank Katie for showing us excellent examples of doing a digital presentation clearly and creatively. My PowerPoint skill is improved a lot during this semester. I have also learned how to keep being passionate about design when you feel lost. Adam inspired me to use “Massing” as an effective tool when you get stuck, and he showed us how to be a passionate designer. The mark-up process with Jim helped me understand that structure is a practical aspect and could be linked with façade expression and the concept. Finally, I would take the opportunities to thank you all for keeping the studio well-organized even in this challenging time. As we are a smaller group this semester, all of us are working closely to support each other, and we had an incredible journey this semester. If someone asked me about Studio 6 in future, I would like to say, “I highly recommend”.
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ABIS. (2021). Fibre Cement. Retrieved 4 June 2021, from https://www.abis.com.au/fibre-cement. Artscape. (2010). Trails of the City: Melbourne Laneways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xVe8GgxRc&feature=youtu. be Balart, R., Sánchez, L., López, J., & Jiménez, A. (2006). Kinetic analysis of thermal degradation of recycled polycarbonate/ acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene mixtures from waste electric and electronic equipment. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 91(3), 527-534. Charlotte Bronte Quotes. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021, from BrainyQuote.com https://www.brainyquote. com/quotes/charlotte_bronte_378058 Collinwood Yards. (2021). What is Collingwood Yards. Retrieved 4 June 2021, from https://collingwoodyards.org/about/. Drawn to Cities. (2019) Revitalizing Melbourne’s Laneways. Retrieved from http://www.drawntocities.com/melbourneedition-1/2015/revitalizing-melbournes-laneways. Ebner, D., STELZER, R., & BARBU, M. C. (2019). Study of wooden surface carbonization using the traditional japanese Yakisugi technique. Pro Ligno, 15(4), 278-283. Goosen, Z., & CILLEIRS, E. (2018). Third places for social sustainability: A planning framework based on local and international comparisons. International Journal of Urban and Civil Engineering, 12(3), 260-264.
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Hes, D., & Du Plessis, C. (2014). Designing for hope: pathways to regenerative sustainability. Routledge. Hodyl, L. (2019). “Density has to be likeable”. Retrieved from https://insidestory.org.au/density-has-to-be-likeable/. Howard, M. (2018). A history lesson on Australian terrace houses. Domain. Retrieved from https://www.domain.com.au/living/ahistory-lesson-on-australian-terrace-houses-20180208-h0ujmi/. Incomes of Artists. From MAKING ART WORK: AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IN AUSTRALIA. http://www. australiacouncil.gov.au/research/making-art-work/, Copyright 2017 by making art work.
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Jaclyn, F. (2018). What is Geopolymer Concrete? https://hipages.com.au/article/geopolymer_ concrete#:~:text=Geopolymer%20concrete%20is%20a%20type,lead%20to%20a%20cleaner%20environment. Jayaram, V. (2020) Are you Bored with Your Life? HindoWebsite. Retrieved from https://www.hinduwebsite.com/selfdevt/ mental/monotony.asp. Jennifer, S. (2018). Arup’s new Melbourne office puts quality and sustainability on show. Retrieved 4 June 2021, from https:// www.arup.com/news-and-events/arups-new-melbourne-office-puts-quality-and-sustainability-on-show. Larcombe, D. L., van Etten, E., Logan, A., Prescott, S. L., & Horwitz, P. (2019). High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health— Historical and Contemporary Views. Challenges, 10(2), 34. Modi, S. (2014). Improving the Social Sustainability of High-Rises. CTBUH Journal, (1). Murray, Clare et al, ‘LETI Embodied carbon premier: Supplementary Guidance to the Climate Emergency Design Guide’. https://www.leti.london/ecp. Oldenburg, R., & Brissett, D. (1982). The third place. Qualitative sociology, 5(4), 265-284. Plastic Experts. (2020) How is polycarbonate recycled? https://www.plasticexpert.co.uk/plastic-recycling/polycarbonaterecycling/. Public Record Office Victoria. (2020 March 26). Little Latrobe Street and the Historical Significance of Melbourne’s Laneways. Retrieved from https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2011/little-latrobe-street-andhistorical. Solar Mag. (2020) Transparent Solar Panels: Reforming Future Energy Supply. https://solarmagazine.com/solar-panels/ transparent-solar-panels/#:~:text=Photovoltaic%20glass%20is%20probably%20the,car’s%20sunroof%2C%20or%20even%20 smartphones. The Venny. (2019). The Venny Communal Backyard & Play Space. Retrieved from https://www.weekendnotes.com/vennycommunal-backyard/. Tom, S. (2019) Monotony Will Kill Your Creativity. Tom Stevenson. Retrieved from https://tom-stevenson.medium.com/monotonywill-kill-your-creativity-1c7834ac466a.
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Figure 1. John, B. (1955). Collins St, 5p.m. [Oil on Canvas]. NGV. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3161/. Figure 2. Melbourne CBD Towers. https://twitter.com/mahsiewlee/status/991493642547183616. Figure 3. James K. (1855). Melbourne and its suburbs [Printing on cartographic material]. https://theurbananalyst.wordpress. com/2014/10/17/the-hoddle-grid-as-the-emergence-of-modernity-in-melbourne/. Figure 4. Robert, B. (2019). Victoria Laneways [Photograph]. https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/things-to-do/the-bestlaneways-and-arcades-in-melbourne. Figure 5. Websites About Creative Professionals. https://www.abc.net.au/ news/2019-09-07/australian-artists-on-making-a-living-wage-inmusicfilm-theatre/11482260. https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/making-art-work/. Figure 6. Unknown. (2021). [Website]. FAB9. https://www.fab9.com.au/tour/learn-more?utm_source=google&utm_ medium=ad&utm_campaign=google-ad-learn-more&utm_content=melbourne-best-makerspace. Figure 7. MakerCity. (2019). 3D Printed Antilia. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4pCkh106gc&t=15s. Figure 8. Arakawa Building by Nikken Sekkei. (2018). [Photograph]. ArchDaily. https://www.archdaily.com/957254/arakawabuilding-nikken-sekkei. Figure 9. Torre Cuajimalpa by Meir Lobaton Corona + Kristjan Donaldson. (2019). [Photograph]. ArchDaily. https://www. plataformaarquitectura.cl/cl/02-21034/torre-cuajimalpa-meir-lobaton-corona-kristjan-donaldson. Figure 10. HA Tower by Frontoffice + François Blanciak Architect. (2011). [Photograph]. ArchDaily. https://www.archdaily. com/173031/ha-tower-frontoffice-francois-blanciak-architect?ad_medium=gallery. Figure 11. Nightingale Village by Kennedy Nolan Architects. http://www.kennedynolan.com.au/nightingale-village. Figure 12. Maki H. (2019) bonnie coffee stand. [Photograph]. Note architects. https://www.ndsm.nl/en/location/pontkade/.
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FIGURES PART C. Figure 23. Unknown. (2019). CONTROLITE INTELLIGENT DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM. [Photograph]. DANPAL. https://danpal.com/ applications/facade-solutions/?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pinterest-001&utm_term=pinterest001&utm_content=pinterest-001. Figure 24. Unknown. (2020). How to Specify: Fiber Cement Cladding. [Photograph]. Architizer. https://architizer.com/blog/practice/ details/how-to-specify-fiber-cement-cladding/. Figure 25. Collingwood Yards Photo took by Zhuoqing LI during site visiting. Figure 26. Collingwood Yards Photo took by Zhuoqing LI during site visiting. Figure 27. Arup Melbourne Office photo took by Zhuoqing LI during site visiting. Figure 28. Arup Melbourne Office photo took by Zhuoqing LI during site visiting. Figure 29. Jessica, M. (2016). Joanne Chen designs factory for London artisans based on the teachings of William Morris. [Photograph]. Dezeen. https://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/27/joanne-chen-reimagined-factory-graduate-architecture-bartlettlondon-william-morris-socialism/. Figure 30. Iwan, B. (2020). Office, SANAA, Japan and Tokyo. [Photograph]. Iwan Baan. https://iwan.com/portfolio/shibaura-tokyokazuyo-sejima-sanaa/#8187. Figure 31. Dan, H. (2014). SANAA’s Dior Omotesando store receives Peter Marino refit. [Photograph]. Dezeen. https://www.dezeen. com/2014/11/16/sanaa-dior-omotesando-store-peter-marino-interior-refit/. Figure 32. Peter, M. (2017). Co-op Kyosai Plaza – Tokyo. [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/64210496@ N02/49358078597. Figure 33. Unknown. (2011). Nolitan Hotel. [Photograph]. Grzywinsky+Pons. http://gp-arch.com/blog/2016/3/17/ nnrs1u8xgj7iorlxbyyp0gi90578pu. Figure 34. Shinkenchiku, S. (2014). Nest We Grow / Kengo Kuma & Associates + College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley. [Photograph]. https://www.archdaily.com/592660/nest-we-grow-college-of-environmental-design-uc-berkeley-kengo-kuma-andassociates.
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