Learning Content
Introduction to an urban context; programs that concern larger contexts: a medium scale mixed use project combining living and working environments. Project requires more comprehensive organizational strategies, scalar relationships, reciprocity between form and function, public and private, adjacencies.
Students will develop an understanding for representation and communication at various scales within an urban context, using analytical diagramming, both descriptive and prescriptive; advanced mapping techniques.
Overview of Project
Program: Mixed Use Building for Creative Studio and Collective Housing
Site: Petchburi Road @ Asok
Creative City- In 2009, Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) was asked by the government to promote Bangkok as a Creative City. One of the immediate plans is to provide local creative enterprises engaging in fashion, films, crafts, design, etc with support in terms of finance, business know-how and working studio space. Creative Studio program requirements include working and display space such as marketspace, 40 individual workplace units (25-40 sq. meters each), Interaction/Communal Flex Space, Learning Auditorium, Exhibition Space, Small library.The mixing of different industries and programs such as fashion designers and filmmakers, enable people to network and encourage social, cultural and knowledge exchanges. The marketplace helps support the operational cost by selling locally produced goods and foster both local and international exchanges. In return for incubation space, participating artist/designers provide educational information for the general public and public displays that are updated every three months.
Housing- Housing design sits within the overlapping realms of architecture and urban design. Today’s housing options in Bangkok, which basically consist of expensive single family houses, obsolete shophouses, unattractive and poorly located townhouses and the ubiquitous Bangkok condominiums. The biggest problem is that the street that shop houses and their pattern of sleeping and living above one’s small family-owned were originally conceived for have now changed drastically. For example, Petchburi Road which was once a trendy pedestrian-friendly street dotted with nightclubs in the 1970’s has now transformed into a car-oriented arterial road. The multiunit housing proposed for the intersection of Petchburi Road and Asok is a new type of urban living that takes advantage of Bangkok’s mass transit networks and creates an active 24-hour community.
During the design process, students should consider the following factors.
Circulation: Design proposals should incorporate flows from various forms of public transportation.
Integration of Different Programs: In order to promote different forms of creativity, diversity and social interaction between different people is important. Aggregation 1: a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals 2 a : the collecting of units or parts into a mass or whole b : the condition of being so collected (Merriam-Webster dictionary)
Diversity: Accommodate a range of housing types and clientele while providing access to shared resources, interior and exterior spaces.
Sustainability: Building systems should include passive and active techniques for sustainable design.
Building Systems: drawings and models should demonstrate a general understanding of building materials, techniques, structural and environmental systems.
Urban Context: spatial and non-spatial relationships between surrounding buildings, roads, infrastructure and sidewalks
Part One: Site Analysis, Case studies and Programming, Diagramming Urban Programs (4 weeks)
Readings and References: Slash City and Work AC Program Primer, Creative Thailand
Part Two: Schematic Design-Unit Design and, Building Type Aggregation (4 weeks)
Readings and References: minimum requirements for light, ventilation, means of egress
Domestic Typology/Prototypes: Density a+t series, Housing Prototypes website
Part Three: Design Development (4 weeks including Design Experimentation Workshop and Holidays)
Generate complete set of final representations as architectural drawings and models
January 10, 2011
Part One: Site Analysis
A student in each group can research one of the following topics in a shared A3 booklet summarizing visual and written information for each topic. Site research and creating digital models, plans and sections, diagrams covering topics related in site interest including but not limited to:
1 Building Typologies
Typologies (building types) Definitions: 1. a systematic classification or study of types. 2. characteristic of or accustomed to cities;
Site Items: Usage and Adjacencies, non-residential vs. residential, Physical Characteristics, material, heights
2 Stat & Demographic Information
Demographics Definitions: 1. the statistical data of a population, esp. those showing average age, income, education, etc. 2. vital or social statistics of a human population, as the number of births or deaths.
Site Items: Legal Information (zoning, setbacks), Demographics: Population, Income, Gender ratio, Family units & households, Age
3 Economic Networks
Economic Networks Definitions: 1. pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities. 2. pertaining to an economy, or system of organization or operation, esp. of the process of production. Site Items: industrial vs creative economy, creative clusters, production and distribution of goods
4 Urban Flux and Flows
flux & flows Definitions: 1. dealing with the cyclical and time-based phenomena that influence relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms. 2. continuous change, passage, or movement
Site Items: congestion, pressures, time cycles: daily, weekly, annual,etc
5 Vista and Site Sections
Vistas and Site Sections Definitions: a view or prospect, esp. from different vantage points
Site items: index of images, inside looking out versus outside looking in, position statement or conclusion regarding site relationships
6 Site History and Culture
History and Culture Definitions:
1. a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country,period, person, etc., the record of past events and times, esp. in connection with the human race. 2. the quality in a society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
Site Items: Religion, Food & Entertainment, Festivals & Events, Political Regimes
7 Infrastructure
Infrastructure Definitions: 1. the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. 2. the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as
Site Items: transportation and communication systems, power plants, waste management and schools.
8 Circulation and Transportation
Transportation Definitions: 1. the business of conveying people, goods, etc. 2. the means of transport or conveyance. Site Items: Waterways & piers, Sois, roads and highways, walkways and pedestrian, railroad and mass transit
9 Environmental Factors
Environmental Factors Definitions: the conditions that we live example : The land , air and water, in which people ,animals and plants live. Site Items: Solar patterns, Climate: air quality, temperature, rain and wind direction
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