A few points from last studio meeting:
Stage I Research
1. Hikoko mentioned there was a big hole missing and what I interpreted the hole was the development of changing values
2. We should define what and where exactly is the core (could be different in different cases). We could do so by 'stripping' the core - is the lift lobby a core? is the staircase a core? is the building material core? We should be able to give explanation on why the core is a core.
3. We should keep researching while we are on Stage II so that at the end we could have enough information for the book-making
4. *cough cough* line weight.
Stage II
1. Five groups were formed - Lawson, Lanz and Abby (Shanghai), Kay and Bill (Bangkok), Michael and Carol (Singapore), Der and Choi (Tokyo), Jacqui and Tracy (Seoul)
2. Things listed on Stage II should be finished except the last two items
3. Typical Core for five types of buildings in Hong Kong: Commercial, Industrial, Public Housing, Private Housing and Institutional should be studied, especially how Hong Kong's regulations shape the core.
Anything missing?
Enjoy your holiday.
Friday, 12 February 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010
First Week
There are 4 areas that Hikoko suggested us to look into:
1. History of core - 'when did people start to consider "core" as a core?'
2. Program of a core - 'what is included?' 'identification of core'
3. Prison - 'is there a core?' 'how people access to the upper floors?'
4. Residential high-rise buildings
Besides that, we have to look into our personal favorite/interested core, and bring the core we worked during our year out.
1. History of core - 'when did people start to consider "core" as a core?'
2. Program of a core - 'what is included?' 'identification of core'
3. Prison - 'is there a core?' 'how people access to the upper floors?'
4. Residential high-rise buildings
Besides that, we have to look into our personal favorite/interested core, and bring the core we worked during our year out.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Resourceful Website
A super resourceful website with loads of information, research regarding tall buildings:
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat studies and reports on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings. Also of a major concern is the role and impact of tall buildings on the urban environment.The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat studies and reports on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings. Also of a major concern is the role and impact of tall buildings on the urban environment.
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat studies and reports on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings. Also of a major concern is the role and impact of tall buildings on the urban environment.The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat studies and reports on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings. Also of a major concern is the role and impact of tall buildings on the urban environment.
online forum: SKYSCRAPERCITY
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/index.php
A forum with lots of update on high rise under construction around the world.
It is set up on 11 September, 2002.
A forum with lots of update on high rise under construction around the world.
It is set up on 11 September, 2002.
Introduction
CORE DEFINITIONS (dictionary):
“The central innermost or most essential part of anything”
“The central and often foundational part usually distinct from the enveloping part”
“Basic essential or enduring part of an individual, a class, or an entity”
The studio will focus on CORES - and CORE VALUES.
In a world where architecture can no longer afford to be idealistic (in the best case) or wasteful (in the worst case), but is essentially imprisoned by a combination of hermetic building codes and the insatiable greed of developers to maximize profits and squeeze the last square inch of sellable area out of a fixed plot ratio, the CORE becomes literally the central issue in the design of a building, as codes and efficiencies culminate here.
It cannot be sold or rented (or even occupied), and therefore determines a building’s gross floor area efficiency. At the same time, the CORE manifests most aspects and requirements of the building codes: access, exiting and services – the life-support systems of a building.
Instead of envelopes, surfaces and superficialities we want to get to the CORE – and look at ways in which the invisible part of architecture determines typology, uniformity, and the architectural landscape of our cities.
Hong Kong is the CORE CAPITAL of the world… its entire existence is dependent on – or made possible by – the existence of the BUILDING CORE. Its extreme density of physical structures and human population would be unthinkable without the invisible magic of the building’s vertical distribution system, which, however, remains completely invisible to the human eye. We want to strip buildings and look at their bones, their spine.
Our studio will focus on identifying, understanding and analyzing different types of building cores. We will look at what cores are made of, and what governs the core’s parameters – technically, legally, functionally. We will investigate the relationship of cores to the actual building massing, usage and efficiency. But we will also look at the impact the core has socially – what it defines as communities, in ways in which it connects but also separates people.
We will look at CORE VALUES.
This studio is not a lesson on how to design a ‘technically efficient’ core – it is not about ‘professionalism’ in that sense - but it is about understanding the important role a building’s ‘dirty inner secret’ has on the condition of architecture.
“The central innermost or most essential part of anything”
“The central and often foundational part usually distinct from the enveloping part”
“Basic essential or enduring part of an individual, a class, or an entity”
The studio will focus on CORES - and CORE VALUES.
In a world where architecture can no longer afford to be idealistic (in the best case) or wasteful (in the worst case), but is essentially imprisoned by a combination of hermetic building codes and the insatiable greed of developers to maximize profits and squeeze the last square inch of sellable area out of a fixed plot ratio, the CORE becomes literally the central issue in the design of a building, as codes and efficiencies culminate here.
It cannot be sold or rented (or even occupied), and therefore determines a building’s gross floor area efficiency. At the same time, the CORE manifests most aspects and requirements of the building codes: access, exiting and services – the life-support systems of a building.
Instead of envelopes, surfaces and superficialities we want to get to the CORE – and look at ways in which the invisible part of architecture determines typology, uniformity, and the architectural landscape of our cities.
Hong Kong is the CORE CAPITAL of the world… its entire existence is dependent on – or made possible by – the existence of the BUILDING CORE. Its extreme density of physical structures and human population would be unthinkable without the invisible magic of the building’s vertical distribution system, which, however, remains completely invisible to the human eye. We want to strip buildings and look at their bones, their spine.
Our studio will focus on identifying, understanding and analyzing different types of building cores. We will look at what cores are made of, and what governs the core’s parameters – technically, legally, functionally. We will investigate the relationship of cores to the actual building massing, usage and efficiency. But we will also look at the impact the core has socially – what it defines as communities, in ways in which it connects but also separates people.
We will look at CORE VALUES.
This studio is not a lesson on how to design a ‘technically efficient’ core – it is not about ‘professionalism’ in that sense - but it is about understanding the important role a building’s ‘dirty inner secret’ has on the condition of architecture.
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