Dwelling. Family. Community.

We can see different families have different lifestyles. Also, our residential buildings need flexible plans that can be changed according to the families' structure changes.

Final Graduate Master Studio Booklet Name: Shanshan Luo Instructor: Jörg Rügemer Date: May 1st, 2009 College of Architecture + Planning University of Utah Dwelling . Family . Community Content Table 1 Site Documentation and Analysis 2 Urban Design 3 Concept 4 Project 5 Precedences Dwelling . Family . Community Shanshan Luo Site Documentation and Analysis Shanshan Luo Central Community Zoning Map The Site Central Community Zoning Map Map Legend D HistOfic Preservation Overlay District • PL-2 ,Public lands D Transitional Overlay District R-1-5000, Single Family Residential D South Stale Street Corridor Overlay District . R-2, Single and Two-Family Residential D F.O. Field Sign Overlay District • R-MU, ResidentiaVMixed Use D Delta Center Sign Overlay District D RB, ResidentiaV8usiness D Downtown Main Core Overlay District • RMF-30, low Density Multifamily Residential • BP, Business Park • RMF-35, Moderate Density Multifamily Residential • ca, Community Business • ee, Commercial Corridor • eG, General Commercial • eN, Neighborhood COllYTlercial • es, Community Shopping D 0-1, Central Business District I!!!!!!I 0.2, Downtown Support District • 0-3, Downtown WarehousefResidential • 0-4, Secondary Central Business District .. GMU, Gateway Mixed Use • I, Instilutiooal • OS, Open Space • PL, Public l ands , • RMF-45, ModeratefHigh Density Multifamily Residential • RMF-75, High Density Multifamily Residential D RO, ResidentiaVOffice • SR-1 , Special Development Pattern Residential • SR·3, Special Development Pattern Residential • TC·75, Transit COfridor .. UI, Urban Institutional Site Documentation and Analysis Shanshan Luo Gateway and Downtown District Map Gateway District Downtown District Pioneer Park The Intersection of 200S and 400W 200S (From S.Rio. Grande St. to 400W) 400W(From 200S to Pierpont Ave.) Site Documentation and Analysis Shanshan Luo Demography Analysis Gateway District Downtown District Households' Condition Education Marriage Status Income Criminal Risk Compared to Downtown District, Gateway District has the following characters: 1 More households without children 2 Education condition is not good 3 Low Income 4 High Criminal Risks Attracting more people, especially families from downtown area will help improve conditions of this area. National Average Criminal Risk Site Documentation and Analysis Shanshan Luo Lifestyle Analysis Singles Mingles Single Parents Families without Children Families with Children From the diagrams on the right, we can see different families have different lifestyles. Also, our residential buildings need fl exible plans that can be changed according to the families' structure changes. Site Documentation and Analysis Shanshan Luo Site Analysis Function Analysis Traffi c Analysis This is an multi-function area There is a lot of surface parkings near or on the site. Trax and several bus routes are also near the site - S'IO - Commum'y [)uildmp - OrT>« I Mi.w1 Usc: lIull .... "S' - Cul'ural Building. - Urhon Rocro .. "", - ncoel , 50.11' '''''00 Lofts - Am<nlli« I C"",rn;:n"al - Hi"orX.1 lluildinS' - Part~ llulldlll~ - ,- - Mom Rooods - l'cdo:;In., - I'"rl:m~ I",," - I·.r\;in~ Iluihl"1r' Site Documentation and Analysis Shanshan Luo Site Analysis Green Analysis The green space is not enough ,and not organized either. The Site Currently, there is a homeless shelter in the same block of the site. As a result, a lot of homeless people wondering around this area. Urban Design Outer Activity enveloping Inner Community David Edwards, April Tritchler, Shanshan Luo Concept Basic Concept Diagram Urban Design David Edwards, April Tritchler, Shanshan Luo Demolition and Edges Our initial goals for this project included issues eco-nomical, environmental and aesthetic. We started with the objective of keeping and rescuing as many of the existing buildings in our target area as pos-sible. We instead focused on trying to acheive our goals through adding, rather than subtracting, struc-tures. This helped to decrease the potential cost as well as keeping usable building materials from the landfi lls. Our next objective was to increase the walkability of the area by creating street facades that were more engaging as well as inner public plazas to retreat from the traffi c. We added buildings in the larger fa-cade gaps and fi lled in some of the spaces between the set-back buildings and the block edges. In this way we strengthened the border between the inner and outer portions of the block while heightening the enjoyment found when walking along those edges by providing a more attractive visage. New Buildings Existing Buildings Public Plazas Demolished Buildings Remaining Buildings Reference Image (Inside the residential area) Reference Image (Pedestrian) Public Space Analysis Demolished Buildings Analysis Urban Design Green Space and Walkability David Edwards, April Tritchler, Shanshan Luo Our other objectives included a desire to connect the downtown area to the intermodal hub, just two blocks west of our site. To do this we created a "green-belt" that would stretch from downtown, through our site block and then on to the intermod-al hub. We also created on running north and south just on the other side of the Rio Grande to mitigate the negative effects of the overly-wide street on this connection. The inclusion of this green belt also allows for greater walkability in the area. With this device as well as the strengthened edges and inner plazas the pedestrian traffi c in the area is allowed to expand from nearly non-existent to extensive and prolifi c. Green Space Buildings Bicycle & Pedestrian Traffi c Buildings Reference Image (Big green belt) Reference Image (Walkability) Green Space Analysis Bicycle & Pedestrian Traffi c Analysis Urban Design Walkability (Con.) Another means of increasing the walkability of our area is to limit the accesibility and dominance of motor vehicles. We achieved this by reducing the amount of surface parking as well as creating mid-road plazas and narrower streets. Parking Buildings Vehicle Traffi c Trax Line Remaining Buildings David Edwards, April Tritchler, Shanshan Luo Parking Analysis Vehicle Traffi c Analysis Reference Image (Road side parking) Reference Image (Main Road) Urban Design Building Heights Our fi nal objective was to assist in the progression of Salt Lake City to a city of greater urban density by raising the average skyline. Most of the existing buildings in our area were far less than the coded maximum height of 75 feet and few were above 50 feet. Bearing this in mind we mandated that our buildings should be no shorter than two stories and that, where appropri-ate we should approach the maximum height. This transformation serves to allow for a heigher density in the area as well as creating a more enclosed and intimate feel both within the blocks as well as along the street facades. David Edwards, April Tritchler, Shanshan Luo Reference Image 1 (Skyline) Reference Image 2 (Skyline) City Facade Analysis 1 South Elevation 2 East Elevation 3 West Elevation 4 North Elevation 1 3 2 4 Urban Design Urban Design Model Photos David Edwards, April Tritchler, Shanshan Luo Urban Design Model Photo1 Urban Design Model Photo2 Urban Design Model Photo3 Concept Hierarchy of Spaces Hierarchy of Spaces Diagram I started with my most familiar buildings--- Chinese traditional residential buildings. As I analyzed many examples, I found that hierarchy of communication spaces is one of the most important elements in resi-dential designs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Community Space 2 Public Traffi c Space 3 Communication Space among adjacent units 4 Communication Space in an extended family unit 5 Communication Space in a common unit 6 Private Space in an unit Shanshan Luo Concept Shanshan Luo Facade Extention Facade Extention Diagram Most Building appearances in this area are less open. Extract the idea---bor-rowing views from outside landscape--- out of Chinese traditional garden and apply it to my building. The facade will have some project elements to interact actively with outside spaces. Concept Shanshan Luo Sustaintability Terrace Mass and South Facing Diagram Green Roof Diagram The Building has three volumes. Two of them are residential units and the middle one is the community spaces. All the residential units are facing south. The building itself also use a terraced shape to ensure enough sunlight for each unit. It will have green roof with drought resistant plants. Concept Shanshan Luo Sustaintability Reference Picture (External shading) Cross Ventilation Diagram On the west and south side of the building, it will have operable external shading system. All the units will allow natural cross ventilation. Section Model Photo (External Shading) Project Shanshan Luo Site Plan Site Plan Residents'Entrance Parking Entrance Public Entrance Based on our group work, I extended gateway business district to Rio Grande Ave. This avenue will have a lot of clubs and international restau-rants to attract more people here. Project Shanshan Luo Plans First Floor Plan Underground Floor Plan Mass Model " T __ L -< J ' r--'- r' /:::;.,- I 1" ,-, I ~._··~~-_ · i Project Shanshan Luo Plans Second and Third Floor Plan Forth and Fifth Floor Plan J ":,, L ,I ' L[ --- _.- '-- ,I-- , ' l- . ~ , , , , , L ...; , ', 1 1 , := _.- Project Shanshan Luo Plans and Sections Sixth and Seventh Floor Plan 2-2 Section The underground fl oor and fi rst fl oor will be public spaces: including res-taurant, crafts club, pub, salon, spa, and a sunken garden with bamboo, etc. All the residential units and commu-nity spaces are placed on the second fl oor to the seventh fl oor. This kind of arrangement will enable the separation of public spaces and private spaces. Project Shanshan Luo Sections and Models 1-1Section 3-3 Section Detail of Section Model 1 Detail of Section Model 2 Project Shanshan Luo Elevations and Models West Elevation North Elevation Communication Spaces in Section Mode 2 East Side of Section Model North Side of Section Model Communication Spaces in Section Model 1 Project Shanshan Luo Perspectives Perspective1 Perspective2 Project Shanshan Luo Typical Unit Plans Typical Unit Plan A Typical Unit Plan B Typical Units in this building will have two--story height living room spaces, Load bearing wall will locate east and west sides to allow fl exilbe arrange-ment. Concrete will be a main material for the building to storage energy as thermal mass material. To arract more families here, I designed an extended family units for old parents with grown-up children. Parents live in one unit, and grown-up children live in another unit next to it. They will share the atrium and the balcony spaces. Both the parents and grown-up children will have privacy, and at the same time can take care of each other. Unit Model Photo 1 (Northeast side of the Family Unit) Unit Model Photo 2 (South side of the Family Unit) Unit Model Photo 3 (Interior of the Family Unit) Precedences Shanshan Luo Project Information Architect: Patkau Architects Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Completed: 2004 Category: Student Residence Perspective1 Perspective2 New College House Student Residence Shanshan Luo Site Description The site--- Hill Square is located on the northeastern boundary of the Univeristy of Pennsylvania campus. The Square is an important gateway to the university and the only undeveloped green space within the historic campus. Woodland walk, a diagonal cross-campus pedestrian route, cuts through the square and through neighboring Drexel University and continues to the city and be-yond via Amtrak's Thirtieth Street Station. The building context around Hill Square is extremely heterogeneous, including an im-portant modern building, a surface parking lot and multistory parking structure; a con-temporary midrise mixed-use commerical building; and a valued historic building. Precedences Site Plan Site Mass Analysis Precedences Shanshan Luo Design Development This design is intent to create a social structure to support the individual under-graduate student, who is often living away from his or her family for the fi rst time. The spatial structure of the residential facili-ties results in a hierarchy of spaces. Major urban spaces such as Hill Square collect the university the surrounding population; ground-level social and service spaces gather the College House community as a whole; lounges within clusters focus an intermediate scale of group; suites iden-tify the basic social units, which includes the individual student room. This hierar-chy both constructs a fi nely grained and scaled community and supports privacy, promoting group defi nitions as well as personal needs. Plan Analysis Concept Development Shanshan Luo Design Development This design aimed to solve the common problem of student housing--- repetition. Spaces are assembled so that readily dis-cernable variation can occur. The basis for this strategy lies at the scale of the cluster. Four variations of this cluster arrangement are possible, each with the double-height spaces in a different quad-rant. Removing the end of the internal corridor creates a shaft which provides natural light and cross-ventilation. Precedences Typical Plan Section Floor Plans Precedences Shanshan Luo Project Information Architect: HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg& Partner Location: Leipzig, Germany Completed: 2000 Category: Starter homes for young families Perspective1 Perspective2 Dwellings for Young People Shanshan Luo Site Description The site is located at a corner of Pfeffi n-gerstrasse and Biedermannstrasse in city of Leipzig. The plan continues the line of buildings along the main Pfeffi ngerstrasse and around the corner to Biedermannstrasse, enclosing the courtyard. Precedences Site Plan Elevation Precedences Shanshan Luo Design Development The architect interpret urban living with a design for individual units that offers the op-portunity for differentiation. The accomodation is organized into six separate blocks with gaps between that allows direct access from the street into the courtyard.The blocks are arranged in pairs that share a vertical circulation tower set back from the street front-age. The blocks are designed as simple rectilinear forms with structural concrete fl ank walls and fl oors. The front and back facades are fully glazed, divided into 12 full-height panels. In front are sliding timber slatted screens for use as brises soleil. Fibre-cement panels are used for external cladding and simple steelwork balustrades cross the fa-cades and continue across the bridges. The absence of any internal structural elements, and the modular arrangement of the facade, is part of the strategy to allow for differ-ent internal partition confi gurations. The glazed facades, the bridges between the blocks and the direct views into the courtyard suggest that the inhabitants will be highly visible. Perspective3 Shanshan Luo Sustaintability The full-height openable windows at both ends of the plan allow cross ventilation through the 39-foot depth from front to back. In addition, confi guration of several smaller blocks allows for windows on the fl ank elevations that bring natural light and ventilation to all the bathrooms, reducing the need for mechanical ventilation. Solar panels are incoporated to boost the hot-water supply, and there is a rain water collection and recirculation system for fl ushing and for watering the garden. Precedences Plan Section Precedences Shanshan Luo Project Information Architect: Dellekamp Arquitectos Location: Mexico City, Mexico Completed: 2003 Category: Apartments Elevation Detail Perspective Alfonso Reyes 58 Apartments Shanshan Luo Site Description The site, on the end of a city block, is exposed to high levels of noise from busy streets on three sides and a nearby road junction. Precedences Site Plan Precedences Shanshan Luo Design Development The project engages with two important issues for housing design---the need for an expression of individuality and potential of variations in design and the open spaces at high level within the curtilage of the building. The architects create an open space on the north-facing, quieter side of the plot. The apartments are interlocked like so many pieces of a three dimensional puzzle to form a whole. The exterior spaces are either the cantilevered balconies or recessed loggias of modern architecture, a series of open spaces that penetrate the form of the build-ing. The delineation between the different apartments is enhanced by the use of clear glass to form ballustrades where these voids or ‘terraces'reach the facade, and by the use of different colours and textures on the cladding panels of adja-cent apartments. Plans Sections Shanshan Luo Design Development The interiors are spacious with very large living rooms and either one or two bedrooms, each with a bathroom or shower room per suite. Kitchens are open-plan within the living area. Clerestory glazing is continuous around all the external walls, drawing the eye above the enclosing walls to the sky and letting in daylight. Precedences Interior1 Interior2 Interior3 Interior4 Precedences Shanshan Luo Project Information Architect: Steven Holl Architrects Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Completed: 2002 Category: Student Residence Elevation Perspective Simmons Hall, MIT Shanshan Luo Site Description The site is located near Charles River and Briggs Field on MIT campus. Precedences Site Plan Section1 -'. J : -I I , : f I : . - I C . : - r : ,:. J' ,Gj. -- Precedences Shanshan Luo Design Development The project is an reinterpretation of Le Corbusier's Unite concept. From the outside, the building has an unusual and distinctive form among the other campus buildings. Its rec-tilinear purity is cut into at the upper levels by external terraces, and the regular, square grid of windows that covers the entire facades is invaded, apparently at random, by large, irregularly shaped windows. In the plan, the individual rooms divided by a centural cor-ridor is dramatic. The internal ‘street" is much wider than a corridor could be a device for encouraging casual encounters in a building specifi cally designed for students for whom social interaction is part of the programme. While the Unite included shops and cafes, the MIT programme goes further, also providing restaurant facilities and a theatre. Plans Shanshan Luo Design Development In section the light wells carved through the structure appear to crash through at random. They serve to light the shared meeting spaces where their curves stands out in contrast to rectilinear arrangement of rooms and corridors. Their free-fl owing curves signal spaces for more relaxed activities. Precedences Section2 Interior1 Interior2 Interior3 Precedences Shanshan Luo Davis, S. Designing for the Homeless: Architecture that Works University of California Press, Berkeley 2004 Dimister, F. The New Austrian Architecture Rizzoli International Publications, New York 1995 French, H. New Urban Housing Yale University Press 2006 Frampton, K. Patkau Architects The Monacelli Press, New York 2006 Knapp, R. Asia's Old Dwellings: Tradtion, Resilience, and Change Oxford University Press 2003 Kowk, Alison G., Frondzik, Walter T. The Green Studio Handbook Elsevier Architectural Press San Diego 2007 Salt Lake City Central Community Master Plan 2005 Bibliography