Architecture as

Production from Culture

Ideas on Place Making in

High Density Multi Level Housing Design

Prepared by

Lim Gim Huang

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Structure of the presentation

Issuean important topic or problem for debate

or discussion

(Oxford dictionaries)

Theory“theory is a discourse that

describe the practice and

production of architecture…”

(Kate Nesbitt, 1996, )

Philosophy Case Study

Theory Building &Summary

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High Density Housinga group of people living in the same place or

having a particular characteristic in common.

(Oxford dictionary)

High DensityMass per unit

volume

HousingHouses

Dwelling units

Definition

What is High Density Housing?

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High Density (multi level) HousingNo absolute definition on high density housing but

there might have some common in place.

An apartment, or flat, is a self-contained housing

unit that occupies only part of a building. Such a

building may be called an apartment building,

especially if it consists of many apartments for

rent. Apartments may be owned by an owner/occupier

or rented by tenants.

Definition

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_density_housing

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High Density (multi level) Housing

Mathematical definition (Quantitative)Compact living within one plot of land.

(Conceptual)Condition of living when you have many neighbors.

Definition

In a more humane and concrete sense

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History

Pruitt-Igoe Urban Housing Project,

U.S. city of St. Louis, Missouri

1954

Architect Minoru Yamasaki’s Vision

1960 Poverty, crime, decay…

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1972 14 years later…

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High density Housing, Hong Kong

We are being

treated as

one same

group

They disregard

our culture,

belief, way of

living

We are being

treated as one

same group

How do we get sun light?

Who’s our neighbor?

This tower

own by no one

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Sports

CommunityHousing

Community

World

Community

Definition

What is Community?

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Communitya group of people living in the same place or

having a particular characteristic in common.

(Oxford dictionary)

Definition

CultureOrigin:

Middle English (denoting a cultivated piece of

land): the noun from French culture or directly

from Latin cultura 'growing, cultivation

(Oxford dictionary)

A way of living within limitation of

climate, topography, geography,

context etc.

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Definition

Equal but Different

Individuality

IndividualityIndividuality

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Question

How does architecture response to heterogeneity

and idiosyncratic of individual in mass housing

design?

To what extend can architecture provides

framework for individual to express their own

culture and creativity in dealing with their

environment?

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Case Study

Location:Calle de los Morales 25,, Madrid, Spain

Size: 21,999 gross sq m

Program: Public housing with 141 two-, three- and

four-bedroom units Design: 2002 - 2006

Construction: 2006

Type: Residential

Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

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Sense of Place 1

Dwelling UnitOwnership

Territorial Claim

- Oscar Newman. 1996. Creating Defensible Space.

Residential AreaNeighborhood

Importance of face to face meeting

- Herman Hertzberger. 2005. Lessons for Students of Architecture.

TownCharacteristic of place

Landscape

- Christian Norberg-Schulz. 1980. Genius Loci.

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Scale of Project respectful of traditional dwelling

customs, and flexible enough to be

updated and altered as needed or

desired. Changing the typology of

housing is a slow process; however, it

is faster and more effective than

changing an entire New Town

configuration.

Same language

Scale

Small openings

Ventilation shafts

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Basement Parking

Dwelling units

high-riseLow-rise

Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

Floor Plan

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Circulation

Territorial Claim

Defensible Space

Ownership

Program

Mixed social group

Pergola

Microclimate

Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

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Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

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Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

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Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

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Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis

“Complex urban forces shaping its context, and

reciprocally shaping its content.”

Thom Mayne

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Medical Faculty Housing, University of Louvain, Belgium,

from 1970-76 by Lucien Kroll

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Sense of Place 2

Dwelling UnitVisualization, Complementation, Symbolization

- Christian Norberg-Schulz. 1980. Genius Loci.

Participation

Diversity

Adaptability

Flexibility

- Lucien Kroll. 1986. An Architecture of Complexity.

Residential AreaTerritorial Claim

- Oscar Newman. 1996. Creating Defensible Space.

TownDifference

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Case Study

Medical Faculty Housing, by Lucien Kroll

1 Design Process

Community Participation

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Medical Faculty Housing, by Lucien Kroll

2 Grid

3 Wandering Columns

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Medical Faculty Housing, by Lucien Kroll

Flexibility

4 Complicated Spaces

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Medical Faculty Housing, by Lucien Kroll

5 Modular

7 Diversity6 Traditional

“Industrial architecture

without industrialist.”

Lucien Kroll

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Summary

Theory Building

Dwelling UnitOwnership

Territorial Claim

Participation

Diversity

Adaptability

Flexibility

Residential AreaTerritorial Claim

Neighborhood

Importance of face to face meeting

TownDifference

Characteristic of place

Landscape

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Architecture as

Production from Culture

Ideas on Place Making in

High Density Multi Level Housing Design

Climate, Topography, Geography, Context

Social spaces

Culture

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