hengjie li project two booklet

The GenericHengjie Li

Project One

Through Project One, a massing strategy is developed. Inspired by an excercise in which we were asked to build architectural models using mass-produced products from a box store. I came up with an idea to utilize off-the shelf generic architectural designs as tools to explore new designs for the next project. The generic architectural elements in Los Angeles, such as sloped roof for single family houses, roof overhang for multifamily buildings, typi-cal facade for different types of buildings, are inherited with its own cultural, functional, economic and even, aesthetic values that were tested through their freqent reproduction. In Project Two where we are asked to densify historic housing projects in LA to accommo-date increasing population, this idea is fur-ther explored by looking at different ways to organize, hybrid, modify these generic designs to accommodate emerging function, aesthetic, social and spacial needs. Moreover, through which, the continuity between the past and present are maintained and emphasized .

Project Two-The Generic Blend

The site of the Chaseknolls Apartment is in between the major commercial of the area and the low density residential of the rest of the area which is predominated by single family houses. The site stretched about 4 blocks long horizontally blocking pedestrians from accessing the commecial. Therefore 3 roads are proposed to cut through the site which are extension of the existing that are adjacent. Units being cut and the original carports are subtracted. The previously backyard spaces become ,now, main courtyard space and new surface parking is added to east/west side of the new blocks. New commercial/amenity units are added to replace the original carports in the form of single family houses that has open space for public access on 3 sides of it. These units also functions as major structural support for added resi-dential units that are stacked above. As continuation of Project One, the generic de-signs-single family house and multifamily units with cloisters are used to explore the massing relationship between the existing and the proposed at the current statege.

Part One

Foundfootagestreet & commercial

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Part Two

Housing Wanted

Housing Wanted Survey Data

Housing Wanted Survey Data 2

Unit Data

Types

Price Range

Bedroom

Bathroom

Apartment40%

Studio20%

2 bedrroms30%

2 bedrroms30%

2 bedrroms30%

1 bedroom50%

2 Bathrooms50%

5 bedrroms10%

3 bedrooms10%

3500-400020%

1000-150020%

500-100010%

2000-250010%

0-50010%

1000-150010%

3000-350020%

House20%

Loft10%

Guesthouse10%

Shared/Private

Household Size

Parking

Pets

Collective Data

Private90%

Required30%

Required20%

Not Specified80%

Not Sepcified70%

250%

410%

510%

130%

Shared10%

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Extra Medium Site

Chaseknolls Apartment

Zoning Information

CarportsCirculationCourtyards

Massing Strategy Analysis

Building Elevations

Entrance Condition

Part Four

Video Village

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Part Five

Versions

Òriginal Site

Manipulation Strategy

Site TransformationExtension of major streets cutting through site

Site TransformationRemove Carports and add surface parking

Site TransformationAdd Houses for commercial and amenity use

Part Six

Order Unordered

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan_Selected Portion

Plan at 16’_Selected Portion

Sections

Elevations

Existing Unit Plans

One-story Units Grouping

Two-story Units Grouping

Grouping into Bar

Added Comercial

Added Residential

Axonometric View

Circulation Strategy

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