Tina's Term 2 Process Work

LINKS

 continuously updated.....

http://www.uli.org/~/media/Documents/ResearchAndPublications/Reports/Ten-Principles-forA-Sustainable-Approach-to-New-Development.ashx

http://www.house-design-coffee.com/human-scale.html 

http://urban-age.net/media/objects/articles/living-at-density/

Principles of True Urbanism

http://www.livablecities.org/articles/principles-true-urbanism

Asia Today: Hong Kong's Housing Problem; Myanmar

http://online.wsj.com/video/92DCD134-99AF-4804-8EF2-0B6638F52EDB.html

Polikatoikea, by the designers Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares

http://www.architecturelover.com/2012/03/polikatoikea-origami-ideas-competition/

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/18853/polikatoikea-by-filipe-magalhaes-and-ana-luisa-soares.html 

http://www.archdaily.com/202283/polikatoikea-filipe-magalhaes-and-ana-luisa-soares/


http://umfilipequalquer.com/polikatoikea

prefab blox home by M3house + UAO creations

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/19660/prefab-blox-home-by-m3house-uao-creations.html 

piet hein eek: the roof - minerva harbor, amsterdam

 

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/19718/piet-hein-eek-the-roof-minerva-harbor-amsterdam.html  

 

'pile up' house concept by hans zwimpfer

 

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1eW9nR/www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/4290/pile-up-house-concept-by-hans-zwimpfer.html/ 

 

 

Folding Concrete?! Flat-Pack Building Blocks of the Future

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2dxEZt/dornob.com/folding-concrete-flat-pack-building-blocks-of-the-future/

 

Flight Assembled Architecture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnkMyfQ5YfY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

EMERGENT-TECHNOLOGIES from aa

http://pr2011.aaschool.ac.uk/units/EMERGENT-TECHNOLOGIES 

 

Sun Shelter Pavilion, Frank Rice Safehaven

http://www.designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com_content_custom&view=article&id=786:zip-shelter&catid=46:finalists-2005&Itemid=18&Itemid=18

 

Zip-Shelter

http://www.designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com_content_custom&view=article&id=786:zip-shelter&catid=46:finalists-2005&Itemid=18&Itemid=18

 

Stigmergy Simulation

 http://yangchenghan.com/applet/stigsim.html

 

Exploration-architecture

 

  

http://www.exploration-architecture.com/

Inhabitat

http://inhabitat.com/architecture/

 

Bio-Mimicry

http://biomimicry.net/

Term two Inbetween Crits

Term Two Midterm Crits

Emergent Architecture

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

http://www.essential-architecture.com/STYLE/STY-072.htm

The Nakagin Capsule Tower by Kisho Kurokawa

http://www.kirainet.com/english/nakagin-capsule-tower/

Pros

     High-density structure.

     Landmark

Cons

     Only single use

     No interaction with other residents

Cannot develop

     Not flexible 

Habitat 67 by Moshe Safdie

http://www.habitat67.com/origine_en_.html

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

http://www.megastructure-reloaded.org/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

Dense living...

Human Pod Dorms to Help Ease Hong Kong Room Shortage A Hong Kong company is bringing wifi-enabled capsule rooms to travellers and university students in a space-starved city paying high rents and even higher hotel rates. Styled after low-cost Japanese capsule guesthouses, the enclosed pods with areas slightly larger than a twin bed are stacked in cupboard formation, complete with air conditioning, light switches, computer tables, and power outlets. Eric Wong, managing director of capsule bed manufacturer Galaxy Stars HK, explained that their glowing space-themed showroom can be pieced together in a matter of a few days. Wong said he designed the pods himself to fit Hong Kong specifications and expects his main customers to be guest houses and tourists visiting the city short term, which had an average hotel room rate of HK$1165 ($150 U.S. dollars) a night in 2010, according to the city's Tourism Commission. He said about a dozen local students had expressed interest in a capsule college dormitory near campus, offering pods for HK$3,500 ($450 U.S. dollars) a month. Hong Kong's university students are affected by a severe lack of space in university housing, but some students say the "coffin-like" feel of the capsules may not be practical as long-term homes for students. Zhao Liu is a masters student living in a campus dormitory, which are nearly unobtainable in Hong Kong due to long waiting lists and tough entrance requirements. "Besides, the most important thing is that the rent is not too high because we only need to pay about HK$1,300 ($167 U.S. dollars) approximately per month. But you know then the accommodation for applications into this hall is very competitive. So you really have to work hard, just like the application to the Hong Kong University. Even more competitive than the U. (university)" said Liu. Liu said some of his peers could share more spacious apartments off campus with room mates for HK$3,000 (USD 386) a month. Hong Kong's average living space per person for residents in 2011 was 12.8 square metres at an average monthly rate of roughly $6 USD (HK$46) per square metre for Hong Kong Island, according to Hong Kong housing authority figures. Prices for Hong Kong apartments, the most expensive in the world, have risen more than 12 percent in 2011.

LINK: http://tv.ibtimes.com/human-pod-dorms-to-help-ease-hong-kong-room-shortage/3041.html

Term 1 Crits: Supersocieties - Lasse