Observations on Transitional Space in Berlin and Shanghai Adam Odgers Winter 2011 Tongji University

Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 25 years

A Tale of Two 3 Cities

Berlin, Germany - 5 years

Shanghai, China, 3 months...

the semiprivate the private

The Suburbs Phoenix, Arizona, USA

the public!

the private
the sem priva ite

Friedrichshain Berlin, Germany

the semipublic? the private

Student Housing Yangpu, Shanghai, PRC

What do I mean by Transitional Space?

the space we inhabit as we move between the various compartments of living: work home leisure consumption

Transitional Space
good Transitional Space provides: permeabilitypedestrian-friendly streetscape (roads & sidewalks)well-utilized bridges & waterfrontsincremental mobility systems & spaces-

BERLIN-KREUZBERG PERMEABILITY

SHANGHAI GATED COMMUNITIES FRAGMENTS

PROXIMITY DEFINES SPACE

BERLIN STREETSCAPE: INCREMENTAL STREET SECTION

TOO WIDE TO DEFINE SPACE

SHANGHAI STREETSCAPE: LARGE-SCALE TRAFFIC CORRIDOR

1 BRIDGE / 4 USES BIKES CARS TRAINS PEDSTRIANS

BADESCHIFF

BERLIN WATERFRONT: MULTI-USE BRIDGE SMALL PROJECTS UNDEFINED FREE SPACE

SHANGHAI WATERFRONT: DETACHED PROMENADE (BUND) DEFINED HARD EDGES

WHERE IS THE BRIDGE??

BERLIN: INTEGRATED & INCREMENTAL TRANSPORT ELEVATED METRO STREECARS/LIGHTRAIL

SHANGHAI: ELEVATED HIGHWAYS UNDERGROUND METRO BUSES

WHAT TO DO? A FEW PROPOSITIONS FOR SHANGHAI

OPEN IT UP A LITTLE!

CASE STUDY: LAOXIMEN MEMORY CENTER OLD SHANGHAI

AN URBAN DESIGN PROJECT FOR REHABILITATING TRANSITIONAL SPACE

SUN JUNHUA ADAM ODGERS

Traffic Presence Reduction: street sinks -3.0m 1

Urban Fabric Repair: groundplane reconnects across street 2

Groundplane Reorganization: excavated to -1.5m & reformed 3

FORM SEQUENCE

CIRCULATION