This Mongolian yurt is in Hooke Park! It was a second hand purchase from a man who used it to travel around Mongolia for 15 years. It takes 2 people to put up the structure in 1 hour, and another 1-2 hours for the canvas cover.
In a similar context to my site, though in Cordoba, Argentina, this project is situated in a residential plot between party walls and houses. It uses the concept of a party wall – seen in the local vernacular of the Georgian Terrace house in combination with the Courtyard. My site is now in a garden and following one of the previous lectures in an Urban Contemporary Torre David where a microeconomy is introduced, I will propose a small flower shop/garden/playground to replace the existing structures present on my site which will introduce a stronger sense of community. (Which seems to be currently lacking)
In the plan seen in EX01 – the playground for children is very isolated from the covered area – I will unite these two functions.
Still WIP of detailed axo of terrace house structure but moving forward will continue the use of more creative bricklaying and stacking through contemporary case studies. (Sorry I’m behind my tasks but I decided to change site/objective slightly and altering my tasks to do so).
Notes:
Proposed architectural intervention will convert/preserve/rebuild an old family home that has been abandoned for several years and is located in the village’s main residential area. Exact program to be determined.
There were little to none record of Sungai Ruan when it was first established. The project starts by mapping out places of importance to the community. Conversations with family members who lived there and contributed to it being built provided information from which a map of the village and a storyboard that revealed slices of their way of life could be constructed. These fragmented stories provide some insight into the arrangement of space and everyday objects that make different encounters possible, their rituals, habits, gender roles and social and family structures.
