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DE´WEB PLANE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2030 - TRADITION KEPT ALIVE

By Yew Wooi Seng, Nur Adlina Binti Fawzi, Asmah Binti Basherudin, Chairul Anam Bin Muquimun and Muhd Mustakim Kadi Bin Kahmat
Tutor: Wan Mohd Zakri Wan Abdullah
University of Technology, Johor, Malaysia



The focus is on shrinking or slowly growing cities in the regional edges far from the exploding metropolis – in this case Singapore. The site is a fisherman village and local centre with estimated 50.000 people in 2030. The architectural heritage of the city and functional complexity is threatened by the creation of new mono functional mega structures.

The problems and alternative possibilities are carefully analysed in the project and a plan is developed integrating existing cultural buildings and service with housing and workshops. The pressure of the private traffic is reduced by a public transportation network. The development is realistic phased and looks economically feasible.

The buildings fit to the river landscape and opens for views and access to the coast line. Finally the small scale and structural openness of the traditional building culture is reinvented into a modern building form suited for prefabrication. The project is the result of a very coherent design process, and is very clear presented.

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RELOAD THE FLOATING CITY

By Campos Alvarado José Leandro, Dominguez Joselyn Alicia, Lozano Carbajal José Salvador, Monroy Torres Israel and Tous Pavon Erika
Tutor: Jose Angel Campos Salgado
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico



The growing population followed by densification, streamlining of urban space and use of ‘left-over’ spaces in the metropolis is a relevant answer to the need for a more sustainable city. But it is also stressing the city, a threat to cultural values and identity - and becomes often points of conflicts between groups and interests.

In this project a site of major cultural importance in the Mexico City region is pointed out - Xochimilco, and a restructuring process is presented. Here remain only smaller parts of the old ‘chinampas’, a sown field edged with trees on a piece of land - floating on water. In between the floating pieces of land are canals used for transportation. The project is recovering the old lake and forms a new floating environment of urban public spaces and buildings dedicated to music and performing arts. An urban landscape, the water and lines of public transportation is linking up the islands.

The architecture reinvents the poetry and recreational values of the ‘chinampas’, the horizontality of the cityscape and the light, transparent, colourful and flexible building structures.

The project is a fine expression for the sense of the environment and is clearly visualized in the impressive poster image and model.

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PARIS TOUT A TOUR

By Lovisa Ohlsson, Tashy Endres and Ida Sandström
Lunds Tekniska Högskola/ Erasmus at TU-Berlin Fakultät VI Architektur, Lund/Berlin. Sweden/Germany


The growing pressure of private transport on the metropolitan city infrastructure is resulting in segregation of the public space, boarders in the physical texture, breakdowns of the public transport system and a loss of meaning. The Peripherique of Paris is one of these mega structures, we all remember and refer to.

‘Paris tout a tour’ is proposing a restructuring of this ring road no. 1 of the world, transforming it into a new Boulevard Central. With broader streets, a sky rail and a public ‘strip’, defined in content and form in dialog with the different local contexts. The boulevard is still a boarder, but extended into an area of contact, densification and liveability day and night. Les Banlieues will turn their face towards the inner city, and the network of old boulevards regains the position as integrator.

The project is impressing in scale, width and coherence in investigations and analyses, and almost obvious in conceptual strength. It seems to be realistic due to the raise of land values and building possibilities along the corridor, around the new hubs and in the adjacent suburban environment - although the need for massive public investments in new public transport and cultural functions. The presentation is clear and informative, but the images in eye level rather schematic.