Other projects with same "assembly kit" philosophy. All done in different approach and design which solve different problems.
Only two of the
projects are built and both seem not to function as indented. The habitat
project have become a high-end residential and The Nakagin Capsule Tower is
highly debated if it should be demolished due to the condition of it.
The goal for
Habitat 67 was to apply affordable housing with the suburban benefits like
gardens and privacy etc. but failed in terms of the affordability – the demand
got to high.
The Nakagin
Capsules was designed to last only 25 years and then being replaced with new up
to date (technology, design etc). Each
capsule contains kitchen, toilet, shower bed etc. and are designed for single
person use with only a minimum space. But the capsules been there for over 35
year and its not likely that they will be replaced in the near future.
Unit Fusion Housing Project by Y Design Office
http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/unit_fusion_housing_project_by_y_design_office/
Plug-In city by Archigram
The Nakagin Capsule
Tower by Kisho Kurokawa
Pros
High-density structure.
Landmark
Cons
Only single use
No interaction with other residents
Cannot develop
Not flexible
Habitat 67 by Moshe Safdie
Pros
Good idea – suburban housing in multiple levels.
Landmark
Interaction with other residents
Cons
The project cannot develop and grow larger.
The project is single use – residential.
Not flexible
Space city and suspended city by Yona Friedman
My capsule project
Narrative
Every city
should aim to be the ideal city and whatever challenges they faces. The city is
made by people and should therefor be for people. The ideal city should
encourage the citizens to interact with the city as well as the people in it.
It should be dynamic and adaptable to new challenges.
Hong Kong has
developed into a place where the citizens are struggling to maintain an
acceptable living standard. The living costs is constantly increasing which
gives only little time and space for leisure and social interaction for the
normal citizen. People are being forced to live in expensive small and rundown
flats.
It is expected that Hong Kong will increase its population by
approximately 2 million people over the next 20 years. This requires a massive
investment in new residential blocks.
Until now the answer to this expansion has been a mass-construction of
high-rises, which seems to continue.
The high-rises are the most effective way of building in term of solving
the density issue. But high-rises are missing the link to the ground and human
scale.
When entering the high-rises the only option one has is to take the lift
up, completely disconnected from the outside world and thereby also new input.
By reinterpret the concept of the most efficient way of housing, it is possible to
reintroduce the interaction between people. But other challenges can also be
addressed.
The dynamic and
adaptability of the city often take place where people are. By building in a
new approach, we can meet the future challenges and reintroduce the city to the
people in it.
The capsule
structure can meet the density challenge of Hong Kong while still maintaining
the human scale without going as high as previously and make meeting plateaus vertically.
It can develop
over time and grow in the pace, as the demand requires. It is flexible in term
of size – several capsules can be connected and thereby create larger spaces
and can therefor house single persons as well as families.
The structure
provides possibility for multiple functions and ensures life throughout the day
and on multiple levels.
Social life and
informal meetings will take place on all levels due to the vertical spread of
functions. Where daily life and errands will be both horizontal and vertical,
and will encourage meetings in the corridor and inside the common rooms.
As the
structure develops it will become more and more attractive as the activity and
life will increase on each level.
Lasse Ryberg
Urban design unit 4
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