architecture as production from culture

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



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

HousingHousesDwelling units

Definition

What is High Density Housing?



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



High Density (multi level) HousingMathematical 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



History

Pruitt-Igoe Urban Housing Project, U.S. city of St. Louis, Missouri

1954

Architect Minoru Yamasaki’s Vision

1960 Poverty, crime, decay…



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 Community

Housing Community

World Community

Definition

What is Community?



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.



Definition

Equal but Different

Individuality

IndividualityIndividuality



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?



Case Study

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



Sense of Place 1

Dwelling UnitOwnershipTerritorial Claim - Oscar Newman. 1996. Creating Defensible Space.

Residential AreaNeighborhoodImportance of face to face meeting- Herman Hertzberger. 2005. Lessons for Students of Architecture.

TownCharacteristic of placeLandscape- 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 languageScaleSmall openingsVentilation shafts

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Case Study

Basement Parking

Dwelling units

high-rise Low-rise


Floor Plan



Case Study

CirculationTerritorial ClaimDefensible SpaceOwnership

ProgramMixed social group

Pergola

Microclimate




Case Study




Case Study

Social Housing, Madrid by Morphosis“Complex urban forces shaping its context, and

reciprocally shaping its content.”Thom Mayne



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.

ParticipationDiversityAdaptabilityFlexibility- 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 ProcessCommunity Participation



Case Study


2 Grid

3 Wandering Columns



Case Study


Flexibility

4 Complicated Spaces



Case Study


5 Modular

7 Diversity6 Traditional

“Industrial architecture without industrialist.”

Lucien Kroll



Summary

Theory Building

Dwelling UnitOwnershipTerritorial ClaimParticipationDiversityAdaptabilityFlexibility

Residential AreaTerritorial ClaimNeighborhoodImportance of face to face meeting

TownDifferenceCharacteristic of placeLandscape



Architecture as Production from Culture

Ideas on Place Making in High Density Multi Level Housing Design

Climate, Topography, Geography, Context

Social spaces

Culture



Thank YouPrepared by Lim Gim Huang



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