Eldult-garten is a future projection on how a bridge between 3 generations can be constructed in the coming ten year. It is a collaboration between elderly home and orphanage home in where caters the underprivileged people under current society. The vision is to provide a either home-like or education space for the targets to understand the importance of family education and relationship building which are rather lacking among traditional family structure in Hong Kong.
COLOUR STUDY | HUMAN ERGONOMICS | CIRCULATION
YEAR TWO STUDIO PROJECT
Date: January - March 2014
Location: Pao Siu Leong Care and Attention Unit
Collaborated with Lai So Man Bethany
- PUBLIC SPACE -
Programme in the Edult-garten:
Elderly are responsible in teaching the traditional five elements of education to the orphan while the orphan would take part of the role in comforting the boredomen of elderly through having leisure activities with the elderly. The center would also provide opportunities for the kids to find their future family.
- WORKPLACE DESIGN : EDULT-GARTEN -
The Programme and the Respective Roles of the Target Users at the Site
The relationship of the elderly and kids is manifested in forms of the circulation. The above sketches is the collection of brainstorm about the possibilities of interlocking/infinite circulation which could be adopted into the site
Brainstorming of the interlocking circulation and space division
Axonometric Drawing showing the Expected activities could be happened in the Site
Models demonstrating the Spatial Qualities within the Site
The Suite Design
- SUITE SPACE -
This second floor of the Eldult-Garten consists of ten designed suites for the target users.. The proposed capacity is 2 elderly, 1 caretaker and i child per suite. Belows are the Suite Dimensions and the Furniture Layout of the Suite.
Models demonstrating the Spatial Qualities and Lighting Qualities of the Suite