A new innovative landmark

Radical Erasure

A Dichotomy Between Block and Speculation

Introduction

Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen is a developed city block. It has been known as The silicon valley of hardwares where gigantic electronics markets are located consists of retails and wholesale stores. They are placed throughout buildings along Huaqiang road.The stores can be found in every shopping centres or malls along the district. It is a place for retail and trading where retailer or innovators can rent the space for selling and services. Buildings in Huaqiangbei are mostly gigantic commercials for technology and innovation. From small component shops to a new innovative products. Huaqiangbei is now considered as one of the manufacturing district which is the main income that run the economy in Shenzhen. However, if we consider in Huaqiangbei nowadays where all copy products have produced and widely sold in many places but by the people who have good skill in a assembly and technology. There are potential that could be developed further to change the image of the district from manufacturing to  the leader of innovation and design. Moreover, to gain the benefits to huaqiangbei in term of economic growth where it would attract new inventors to invest in the new invention products and also ordinary people and tourist as well.

Starting with the design concept and aim of the design in order to develop living quality and provide proper spaces for retailers including to change the commercial to be more pleasant and attractive. 

First is to re-organise the space in the building, a new building consist of 8 floors, 

From the highest floor to lower floor :

• 5th floor : Small component shops are located and the components will be send to another floor in order to assemble new products.
• 4th and 3rd floor : Assemble and modification space with groups of experiment spaces.
• 2nd floor : New invention products
• 1st floor where the lobby, Ordering machine and waiting areas are located and.
• G floor : Entrance from Huaqiang Road
• B1 is provided for the facilities and collective spaces such as learning room, relaxing spaces, cafe and restaurant. 
• B2 is connected to the metro with the elevators provided to for access to the building.

Here is the video present 3 characters, customers, owner / retailers, workshop participant who use spaces in different purpose.

Typologies

1. The merge between single unit for retailer and machine system : A single unit is consisted of 3 parts which are working space for managing products with providing of a monitor to accept customer’s order from ordering machine at ground floor (Ordering machine is more convenient for retailers by telling order’s queue, time to receive the products including appointment to meet the retailers at their shops) , individual storage on the upper of the unit where allow the products from rail can be kept and send to customer at the back and private resting area where prepared for owner and their child in case if they have. Another on is Testing or experiment area where before products are released they have to pass this area to check or test the quality that it is usable and ready to transfer in the next step. 
2. Logistic system : In order to transfer products or components, the rails are installed connected to the shops and testing spaces which are linked to main storage at the back to store the products before release to other zones.
3. Atrium : An adaptable space at the centre of the building which is adaptable in many events such as an expo, exhibition, auditorium or workshop space. There are steel columns with connected rail of structure above allow more facilitate for install and construct new structure when the event is changed. It can be an exposed space or conceal by using folding partition.  

Conclusion

                  This new design of the building is to organise and recombine elements when the interior become more fundamental than exterior. Being more than just a commercial building but become a new trend of a new spaces where all the activities and process are the variable to run and also increase the economic growth in the district. In the same time, life quality will be improved in the better way and also skill of people and are developed and used in the right direction.

Huaqiangbei

Huaqiangbei

Space and Organisation

The invert of communities : From city blocks to commercial buildings 

         Huaqiangbei is a developed city block in Shenzhen known as an innovative hub of technology hardwares including electronics manufacturing and wholesale within commercial buildings which are thoroughly located along Huaqiang Road. Inside the building, the hierarchy of space is applied to organise space and location of shops. According to the photograph, It can be used as a comparison between the shops that are located on the ground floor. To the right side of the image, there are small-single shops which much more smaller compare to the middle and the left where the area of the shops are wider. However, these kind of space represent the idea of working and living in a gigantic collective space.

Product and Development

Representation of working life 

          This photograph represent working life of a seller who was making her product which a single piece of components are assembled to a product. She spent long time within one day to finish waiting for customers coming.

Logistic and Distribution

Contradiction of working life

              The owner in the photograph was putting her product into a paper box preparing for shipping to the customers however, she is be able to hire helper, she has one helper who helped her pack and check the products moreover, there is no machine in her shop which mean that she doesn’t sitting all day produce her own product but receive from other company. This can be seen that her life would be different from the woman in the second photograph, her life would be more comfortable and more free time than another one.

Routine and Boundaries

To live in a collective space

             The mother was carrying her son while another arm scoop the rice for him surround with small packaging and a few amount of products at the back including fan and milk bottle for her son. This image describe the combination of living and working that are occurred in the same time including shows the boundaries between her shop and the shop next to her that the boundary have to be shared also it shows that she doesn't have a good life quality as well.

Routine and Boundaries

Same routine but different quality

               It is the same activity and routine but there are many differences and contradiction in this image compare to the forth image above. Starting from the daughter, she has her own proper seat while the boy doesn’t have, the mother in this image can eating together with her daughter while in photograph4 can’t. The shop in this image is more wider and more space for three people to provide eating space that separate from selling counter. They have their own define boundary with decoration on the partition, at the back even light in the counter, also the formal logo with LCD tv for advertising are installed. By looking at the cleaner who swept the floor, it shows that cleanliness on this floor are concerned which money is counted as a main issue, more money they have the more space they get.