When I started thinking about bringing people into the city to live, it reminded me of my experience with New York. New York is a city where everyone lives & works essentially. One thing that stuck in my mind about this particular city was the effect of such dense living on the surrounding environment. Because each building is shoulder to shoulder, each street is like a wind tunnel. It has no where to go apart from straight down the street.
In addition to this, the sheer height of the buildings and lack of separation also provide an issue with regards to natural light and the sun movement.
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| A very shaded city outside of the hours of 10am-2pm |
With this in mind, I began thinking about spatial planning of the site. Do I do one big building? Do I split it into different elements? Can I spread the elements out over the site? I started sketching possible solutions which involved RETAIL, COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL and trying to see how they fit together. I believe that the commercial and residential element should not directly connect with each other.
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| Commercial and Residential should not have a direct relationship. However they could be joined by retail and hospitality. |
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| An idea of letting retail be the connecting link between residential and commercial. However as one building I am struggling to allow for the sun and keeping each of the spaces bright with natural light as well as limit the effect of the surrounding buildings. |
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