Angaben zur Professur

Lehrstuhl 

Gastprofessur D. Liu

Typ 

Gastprofessur Entwurf

Standort 

ONA J 30

Webseite 

www.doz.arch.ethz.ch/gastprof/liu.html

Assistierende 

César Besada, Mulan Sun Buschor

Kontakt E-Mail 

besada@arch.ethz.ch

Angaben zur Entwurfsklasse

Typ 

Entwurf V-IX

Thema 

Spatial Transformation in the Age of Obsolescence

Beschreibung
des Entwurfs-programmes 

INTRODUCTION Never before the world has seen such levels of connectivity and interaction between people as it is happening in the beginning of the XXI century. Urbanization, democratization of air travelling and widespread access to telecommunications make us global citizens. Cultural exchange happens everywhere at any time. Post-colonial, post-industrial times require parallel, alternative ways of thinking to deal with the legacy of all kinds of built structures. Reuse, refurbishment, transformation, demolition, substitution… What is our attitude as architects? What is the role of architecture in such a fast-changing world? Welcome to the age of obsolescence! THE STUDIO This studio takes the opportunity to explore the same issue of obsolescence in two
different urban and cultural contexts, through the means of research& design. It is the second studio led by Guest Professor Doreen Heng LIU at ETH Zürich, both of them on the same subject: 051-1103-15L Case 1 (Fall Semester 2015): Zürich, Switzerland – Papierwerd-Areal (completed course) 051-1104-16L Case 2 (Spring Semester 2016): Guangzhou, China – Zi Ni Tang abandoned cement factory The Spring Semester 2016 course is organised as a joint studio, in collaboration the CUHK (Chinese University of Hong Kong). Both ETH and CUHK studios focus on the re-development of Guandong’s abandoned industrial structures. Students will work on the so-called Zi Ni Tang cement factory that was once a sugar refinery (Panyu, Guangzhou area, Pearl River Delta). The 7700 sqm building was finally abandoned in the 1990s, in the context of the rapid economic changes that happened in the area. The factory will be refurbished and its floor area expanded, to host new functions in unexpected ways. Is architecture able to adopt the role of catalyst at the service of regional redevelopment? How could it foster culture, diversity and multi-functionality? FIELD TRIP A seminar week in China is scheduled by Professor Liu’s chair. This field trip is related to this course, and participation is highly recommended (not compulsory). It will take place between the 11th and the 20th of March (exact dates will be announced). It will include visits to Hong Kong, Panyu/Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou. Joint workshop, visit to the site and project reviews will take place with CUHK students.

Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte 

Entwurf, Konstruktion, Staedtebau

Lernziele 

RESEARCH AND DESIGN Theory The first weeks of the course will be dedicated to research about: - History of socialist commune in ideology and its spatial transformation. - Urban planning & spatial transformation of Panyu industrial areas. - Architectural typologies (in particular: communes and mixed-use projects). - Case Studies dealing with it obsolete architectural legacy. Students are encouraged to gather and to share knowledge, in order to obtain a good understanding of the subject (site, precedents, etc). It is expected that this process will contribute to construct individual ideological positions about the issue.   Project As a practical work for this semester, students will develop a project for the future of Ni Zi Tang old factory. The existing building will be re-used and extended to host an ambitious large-scale program (12,000 sqm) to transform the factory into a mixed-use cultural complex. The complex aims to become an international meeting place to cultural exchange. It will include workshops, art studios, lecture halls, conference rooms, exhibition spaces, performance areas, residential units… A sort of prototype of global cultural commune for the 21st century globalized world. It is encouraged to explore and propose innovative solutions and to pay attention to: - Coherence of the insertion of the building in the in the existing factory compound and its larger urban context. - Programmatic and strategic features of the proposal. - Spatial qualities of the architectural design, and relationship between the existing and the new. - Construction techniques, with adequate tectonic expression. POST-INDUSTRIAL, GLOBAL COMMUNE No matter whether we talk about the Amazonian shabonos, Soviet industrial communes, or highly designed multifunctional neighbourhoods in Zurich or Copenhagen, humans live in groups. As architects, we must accept the challenge of reconsidering the spatial potentials of existing structures, to accommodate urban life and culture in creative, original ways. How could they be reused? Could they accommodate housing, spaces to work, learn, or exchange ideas…? Would these constructions have the potential to adapt to the 21st century? What would a commune look like in the times of globalization? We aim to exchange the thoughts of the difference and sameness and to ultimately develop new prototypes of multifunctional architecture, considering urbanism, form and tectonics.

LV-Nr. des Entwurfs 

051-1104-16

Zusätzliche integrierte Disziplin(en) 

Additional Integrated Disciplines

Unterrichts-sprache 

English

Arbeitsweise 

Individual / Group

Daten Zwischenkritiken 

Datum Schlusskritik 

31 May 2016

Einführungs-veranstaltung 

23 Feb 2016, 10:00 AM, HIL E67

Zusätzliche Kosten 

CHF 0 (Schätzung, ohne allfällige Seminarwochenkosten)

Verfügbare Plätze 

24

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