SOLAR | FIT FOR THE NEW CITY - PLAY

Young Hun Kim

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
What: There are three sides to the rebuild of the Christchurch CBD: the Government, Business owners, and Landowners. The latter has the least impact or influence on the CCDU plan, but it is what makes Christchurch, what it is today. After the initial release of the new city plan from a 3 minute video clip, the citizens were joyous of the fact that a city will be built at world class standards. With little to no actions over the 2 year period, people have become desperate to receive any kind of solution and it seems like the citizens have just gotten that. That was just the problem, the main issue was being sugar coated and the plan just became a contribution to the bigger issue. Situation: The demolition of the city created a perfect opportunity to design a city that could address problems all cities are facing; however with closer look at the nature of zoning, connecting people to the city and city to the people was inherently irrelevant in the proposal. It is arguable that a more compact center would create more vibrant and richer city, but capitalizing just on that fact with our back towards the numerous issues that comes along with it is too much a risk for the city. For example, insurance payout on damaged property is substantially lower than the land price in the new compacted core. This being said, there is a market just for the sake of being in the core, where small or local businesses are inevitably shut down; becoming detrimental to the social welfare of Christchurch, and consequently making the plan market-driven. Our/Alternate proposal: Green belt being the choker of CCDU plan, created a perfect opportunity for our stand in the argument where our proposal could be situated to accommodate both inner and outer core. Group Solar takes a more discreet approach and address the main issues of the current state of Christchurch as a typological composition Live, Work, and Play.
STAFF OFFICE

FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH
COURSE THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ADVISORS
C H R IS TC H

V2

2nd Semester 2012 Design 6 School of Architecture and Planning Camia Young & Jordon Saunders

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RICHFIELD ST

GREEN BELT

MANCHESTER ST

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INNOVATION PRECINCT

CCDU PLAN

SITE PLAN

MADRAS ST
50M 25M

The Rec Centre is divided into two volumes, the northern part being the aquatic centre, and southern being the sports hall. Two volumes are bridged by a running track

COURTyARD

Live: Temporary and Permanent housing for workers around the site. Work: Office that attract business opportunities. Play: Revitalizing the well-being of future Christchurch. Our view of an alternate solution centres on Christchurch and its people. Not so much of a long term plan that may become obsolete, like fixation of the central city through zoning, but to bring everything in closer proximity, because it is too risky to leave all up for chance when there are so many options to consider.

STAFF OFFICE

BOxING

URBAN CONTEXT

Persepective that looks down the alleyway between Work and Play

TABLE TENNIS

boxing running track gym courtyard staff office stretch room gym changing room pool changing room basketball squash meeting rooms sick bay service spa pool movement

WARm UP / STRETCHING ROOM

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PRE/POST QUAKE
demolished partial demolished fixed chosen site

GRID STRATEGY

On top of our groups chosen site, weve overlaid 3 context specific grid structures: Radial Grid - Harmonizes the zoning system of green belt to the heart of innovation precinct by introducing alleyways that connects the 2 sides. Solar Axis - 45 tilt of the CBD grid which allows optimum solar access to the streetscape. Old CBD Grid - Bringing the traditional grid structure used in Christchurch.

INTERSECTION POINTS | GH SCRIPTING

From the Overlays, points of intersection are extracted. Curves are then created between 2 points to be arranged into closed geometries. These are then put through Rhinos script logic called GECO and Galopagos The function of the script is to extrude the ground plan of the buildings to a set maximum height (21m) and letting the volume to be morphed according to incident solar access.

The final form that we received from this approach is divided according to the colour above. Magenta being the area that the group will divide and further develop. Grey being the potential volumes for post developments or extensions.

RESULTANT FORM

VOLUME ARRANGEMENT / PATHWAY

From the initial volume extracted from the Rhino script, along the radial grid Weve developed cuts into the site. These cuts affected the placements of mixed use spaces, which were points of interest other than our primary functions. The pathways are designed to open up towards the northern eastern side to have a welcoming impression. Embracing the public from the Green belt and guiding them inwards to the inner complex.

CHOSEN SITE DIVISION

To rationalise the site division and assign a building block to a specific program, weve chosen according to the required area / volume. Refer to the North elevation: Rec centre - Takes the orange volume for its low and wide properties. Swimming pool, Bball courts, etc. becomes well suited. Office - Squashed in the middle, the office has the work that mediates between live and play Residential - Tall and decent volume to accommodate workers both in and out of the precinct. Orientated towards the CBD for the increased visual stance.

PRE-QUAKE PROGRAMS
accomodation commercial car park religious food+beverage retail council educational bank/post office petrol/car repair

CAFE

ENTRY / RECEPTION

BASKETBALL

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MEETING ROOMS SQUASH SERVICE

DESIGN INVESTIGATION
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SICK BAY

Hole Diametre No. of holes Openness

3mm 421 37.89%

5mm 177 44.24%

9mm 52 42.12%

13mm 21 35.49%

20mm 9 35.99%

Material Investigation
[Record - Photographs] Behaviour of light through layers of filters. Observation of filtration with similar openness via arrangement variations.

10M 5M

PROGRAM & CIRCULATION

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Zigzag (2)

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Zigzag (3)

LIGHT FILTRATION TEST

Testing the behaviour of light going through layers of perforation. The variables are the density, openness per sheet, height between layers, and radius of circles. Exploiting possible language / occurances that can be formulated for the generation of design concept.

MATERIAL RESEARCH
ELEVATION & SECTION AA
10M 5M

Sunlight
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7:00 AM

Pre-stimulus

Stimulus

Post-stimulus

9am
Epidermis

11am

Cortex

4:00 PM
1pm

Vein

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Extensor

Flexor

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Dumping of potassium & Movement of water

SECTION AA

Potassium diffusion & Uptake of water

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- Turgid Cell (High Pressure)

Growth

5pm

5:00 PM
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- Flaccid Cell (Low Pressure) - Potassium ions

definition

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MOVEMENT

Heliotropism: (n) The directional

growth of a plant in response to sunlight.

Diaheliotropism: (n) A tendency of

leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.

Apparent movement of the leaf detected during the day when the sun moves from east to west.

CELLULAR STRUCTURE

Mechanism that allows movement is called Pulvinus and is plants equivalent to muscle. The structure consists of Epidermis, Cortex, and Vein. Cortex is broken down to two sides. Flexor and Extensor, each at left to right respectively.

ABSTRACTION / SECTION

Leaves that fold upwards when closing at night has the extensor cells in the uppermost part of the pulvinus. Leaves that fold downwards when closing has the extensor cells in the lower part of the pulvinus.

PULVINUS EXPLAINED

Definition: Botany. A cushion like swelling at the base of a leaf or leaflet, at the point of junction with the axis. This swelling or shrinkage is caused by movement of water from flexor cells to extensor cells, and vice versa. This process is called osmosis, where the water always travels from an area of high pressure to area of low pressure. But because of potential difference, one can guess that pressure of water would come to a halt if both sides reached 50/50. Another factor that influences water movement is potassium ions. From stimulus, potassium is pumped out from flexor and by osmosis; extensors water potential becomes lower. Because water travels from high to low, flexor becomes flaccid and extensor turgid causing force to be exerted. Once finished, the potassium diffuses into the stems to activate other pulvinus to release their potassium.

MICRO SCALE - RESEARCH ON HELIOTROPISM: EFFECT SUNLIGHT HAS ON GROWTH OF PLANTS

[Records at random intervals]

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INTERIOR VIEWS

View inside Rec Center.