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Interactions

Styling

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Rejuvenative Sandwich

authors:Ken Chen; Shu Xia

Summary

The RDM School is in its rapid development. Meanwhile, currently the region nearby could not provide enough supplement programme for this amount of activities. Not only the daily programmes such as shops, restaurants and museums, but also night active places are necessary, thus bringing attraction with endurance. That is to say, the programmes needed here is actually new public realm, including inner space and outdoor landscape.

Our proposal deals with this necessity of commercial and cultural function, as well as interactive public space. Aiming at developing an exceptional culture park for RDM, the upper and lower surfaces together cover the current pier for loading goods, supported by a row of arches. The inner space could act as an interactive container for different programmes along with sculpturing flowing public space for truly creative activities. At the same time, the roof, which is relatively deserted at day, will become landscape at night as open public space.

Connections are made with the context by adjusting the styling. The roof goes down onto the bank to form an access for pedestrians and goes upwards at the end facing water to provide excellent view of the city. The fluctuating shape actually brings possibility for a changeable landscape mode, in which the raise part of the roof could be flattened or inflated to make this open space more vivid. As this part of the roof will be made of half-transparent material, the sunlight coming into the building could also have a flexible effect on inner space.

The transportation, otherwise know as connection system is made by two openings through the main volume and several extended path way from the main walking system to certain places, such as water, the pier and bank, thus making the project engaged in the whole traffic flow of RDM area. The two big openings also give direct sunlight to the pier, providing better environmental condition for activities below.