Living in isolation during this pandemic has led to many to rethink the notion of communal spaces and importance of self cleansing spaces. In a residential setting, communal amenities such as multi-function activity rooms, gym, swimming pools, etc. will be closed off to stop the spread of the virus. Hence, what are the alternatives for inhabitants to live to the fullest during this isolation period? What is the hierarchy of cleansing spaces such as toilets in the apartments?

We introduced an open living concept where all unit types have full exposure to nature, creating a sense of respite from the introverted living space typical in small apartments. The act of cleansing will be an important ritual during this pandemic. Therefore, the morphology of the building is manifested in which the spaces for cleansing (toilets and wash basins) are positioned in the building core. All living spaces revolves around the cleansing core.

TOWER AGGREGATION

With a tower footprint of 16meters x 16meters, 7 towers of 14-15 stories (density for 400 occupants) can be arrayed across the site in linear fashion with 7 meters gap between the towers. The gaps between towers are keys to introducing infill of greeneries.

Maintaining the principle of having a series of isolated towers with full exposure to nature, all towers rotate in oblique angles to create differentiated degree of privacy between towers. Consequentially, this allows for the corners of tower to be social points where residences could socialize on their balcony without coming into close contact of less than 3 meters.

THE RITUAL OF CLEANSING

BIG FAMILY UNIT

COUPLE TO SMALL FAMILY UNIT

SINGLE TO COUPLE UNITENTIRE SITE INTERMEDIATE FLOOR PLANSITE PLAN TOWER CONFIGURATION

5m

5m

5m30m60m NN

0m

0m

0m0m0m

1m

1m

1m3m 6m15m

2m

2m

2m15m30m

Dispersed collection for goods delivery

Rooftop Bath

Big Family Unit(entire floor)

Peripheral Service Ducts core

Couple to Small Family Unit(half of floor)

360 degree Operable Shelf (to enhance flexible space use)

360 degree Operable Shelf (to enhance flexible space use)

Rooftop Outdoor Bath

Cleansing Core

Between Towers

Single to Couple Unit(quarter of floor)

1 // LINEAR CONFIGURATION5 towers of 14 stories & 2 towers of 15 stories accommodates 400 occupants

2 // OBLIQUE CONFIGURATIONAllows for corners of tower to be social point between residences

3 // VARYING NATURE ZONEAllows for varying sizes of nature to infill tower interstitial spaces, introducing different degree of privacy

Cleansing Core (also function as vertical circulation & service core)

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// CLEANSING

// DESIGN CONCEPT

// OPEN LIVING

Wash Basin

360 degree Balconies

Cleansing

Toilets

4 living quarters per floor

Open Living

Circulation Core

Storage space as rooms divider

Cleansing as core and ritual of living

1 occupant42 sqm