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Granpa's balcony at dawn

Vertical Neighbourhood: A Kindergarten for Empty Nesters 


This project dedicates to the lonely Chinese baby boomer generation of empty nesters who are the wanderers and inhabitants of the old neighbourhood streets; and the screaming kids who are occupiers of the playgrounds and with endless energy and vibrancy. A vertical neighbourhood designed for the elderly and the kids in Hangzhou manifests itself in an encapsulation of retirement home facilities and day care centres for kindergarten children.


Concept Model 1/20
Intertwining vertical spaces

The design intiates with an exploration of intertwining vertical spaces. Conversations between floors conducted through an interplay of double height spaces, form the spatial language of the building. A spatial discourse between the elderly balconies and the ramps, the retirement home and kindergarten spaces, that are constantly varying in scale from private to public. It is almost rotational and chaotic, yet composes an acoustic ensemble and visual affiliation, with a constant awareness of each other.

The building consists of a ramp around the perimeter, enclosing and connecting layers of interlocking floor plates that form a spatial module with variations articulated across three floors for residential and kindergarten purposes. The triangular geometry becomes a grid, a primary medium which allows for the generosity to divide spaces according to efficiency, while also allowing for irregular moments of excess.


Elevation


Special thanks to Max Kahlen and Christopher Dyvik from Dyvik Kahlen Architects for their guidance and support at the Royal College of Art in London. Project part of 'Camping in Highrise', RCA ADS5 Research Studio project. RCA2020, Royal College of Art publications, https://2020.rca.ac.uk/students/mohan-ni. 

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