Li Shaokang, XJTLU, ARC305, semester 1, 2016-17

NEW SPIECES INVASION
PARASITE
—— By Li Shaokang

ARC305
Small and Medium
Scale Buildings
BEng Architecture Level 3
2016/2017 1st Semeste
Building Creative Cities
Li Shaokang
ID: 1301846
Tutor: Li-An Tsien
1

CONTENT
1. Introduction
3
2. Site Analysis
4 - 8
3. Design Concept
9 - 11
4. Design Development
12 - 13
5. Final Proposal
14 - 22
6. Archtecture Renderings
23 - 28
7. Construction Details
29 - 31
8. Photo of models
32 - 35
2

To Begin with...
1. Introduction
Building creative cites
Having been through the decades of urban development,
Chinese cities are facing new period of city transition.
At present, cities need to deal with a number of important
urban challenges, including rising inequality, migratory
pressure, population aging, environmental problems and et. al.
In the city transition, if we see the city in perspective of art,
to consider or focus on innovation, creativity, society and
culture, the result might achieve ideal city image. In the context
of this studio, the aim is to explore the new type or relationship
between built urban spaces and creative societies.
What is creative city?
Creative city may represent an other world,
which is perhaps Utopia or ideal and it also
lives in each people’s mind. In the other
world, life becomes full of variety, people
might alter their cognition towards society,
culture and urban space.
How the city could be more creative?
My answer is : Parasite (Parasitic buildings).
In perspective of architecture, it means new buildings will be built
on the basement of original one. They attach the old one while adapt
themsevles and change the original buildings at the same time. These
parasitic buildings are equipped with two essential characters:
1. All parasitic buildings could grouped to form a system that exist in
the city. They link with each other and become another transportation
system or “another world”.
2. The parastic buildings increase the potential of the exsiting building,
while they redefine the original building and add additional meaning of
the building itself.
3

Jing’An Villa, Shanghai, China...
2. Site Analysis
In this project, we started from neighbor scale to present how the idea of creative city works
in specific area. Then, this idea could be expanded through the whole city or another city,
which is based on the context of the site. Finally, this project has potential to be adapted in
city scale or bigger pictures.
The selected site is named Jin’An Villa, Shanghai, China. It is a relatively closed neighbor,
located in the busiest area in Shanghai —— West Nanjing Road, while near Metro line No.2.
The surroundings are mostly business zone —— Meilongzhen Shopping mall. However, this
neighbor does not been disturbed by surroundings. As a closed neighbor and typical Lilong
House, the Jing’An Villa has large potential to form “another world”.
4

GENERAL INFORMATION
Jing’An Villa is located in PuXi Area and situated right on West Nanjing Road.
It faces to Meilongzhen Shopping zone and next to Meilongzhen Hotel, while
the front street is quite busy with a number of watch shops and cloths shops.
The north entrance of Jing’An Villa is unimpressive on Nanjing road,
while the whole residential area is isolated by walls. So that, the life of
MEILONGZHEN SHOPPING MALL
MEILONGZHEN HOTEL
WEST NANJING ROAD
JING‘AN VILLA
SITE MAP
neighbor is not disturbed by the outside business district completely.
0 40 80 120m
West Nanjing Road
WEST NANJING ROAD
MAP of
WEST NANJING ROAD
Wall
Residential Blocks
5
WEST NANJING ROAD
MAP of SHANGHAI

Before 1930
As the Racecourse
in French Concession
HISTORY BACKGROUND
of
JING’AN VILLA
West NanJing Road
In 1928
Jin’an Villa
It was bought by Zhang Jingjiang,
who is the teacher of Jiang jieshi.
Jing’An Villa is protective historical building group nowadays.
Although it not has very long history, it was still in important position
in Morden times of Shanghai.
In 1932
Jingan villa was established.
As a Private Villa for
high-class people.
The Old Map of Shanghai 1928
In the World War II, Shanghai was a colony. The site was the
racecourse for French Concession. It was owned by colonists
before Zhang Jingjiang bought this area in 1928. This man was
a powerful man in KMT, while he used to be teacher of Chiang
Kai-shek. In 1932, he established Jing’an Villa as a private villa for
high- class people only. In 1942, Kong Xiangxi bought the villa
In 1942
Kong Xiangxi bought it
who is belong to one of the
Family of the Republic of China.
and it belonged to the Family of KMT. After Great Cultural Revolution
in 1966, the Villa was belong to nation and it was opened to the
public. Then a wide range of people come into this place to live.
Recent years, a large number of commerial programs entered in
Jiang’an Villa, which broke neighbor’s original Lilong life. To protect
traditional Lilong House in Shanghai, Jiang’An Villa was forbidden to
After 1966
The Great Cultural Revolution
A wide range of people come into
the Villa.
operate business programs 3 years ago. Now, it is a relatively closed place.
TIME LINE
The Modern times of Shanghai 1945
6

ANLYSIS OF LILONG FABRIC
LIFE & PROBLEMS
of
JING’AN VILLA
Purposes of Lilong :
1. construction efficiency
2. high level density
Jing’an Villa
Traditional Typical Lilong
Jing’An Villa is typical Lilong House in Shanghai, while compare with other
Lilong Fabric
Lilong patterns in Shanghai, it is simplified and not work very well.
Lilong is the product in last century, which may not work so well in the new
period.
The residence in Jiang’An Villa could be simply divided into two
circulation
gourps of people. One is Shanghai natives whoes ancestors live in
this area since last century; the other is the migrants or new Shanghai
people who are mostly office workers. They have different life patterns
relation between
neighbors
in neighbors, while they all meet different problems in Lilong life.
In my vision, I intend to create a neighbor that full of freedom,
public space
interaction, activated and creative life in Jing’An Villa.
LIFE PATTERNS BETWEEN MIGRANT & NATIVE
small garden in ground floor
houses for residents
Second &
Third Floor
Migrants
First Floor
Native
secondary lanes are
occupied by cars
Upstairs rooms for rent
are so narrow and crowded
7

PROBLEMS IN JING’AN VILLA
1. the courtyards in each house
are face to the backside of the
buildings. It reduces the
connections between neighbors.
2. Each side lanes used to be
public living space, but taken
by cars.
3. The central lane is for creating interaction
of people, and increase the chance for meeting.
However, the space lack of variety, which can
not be a space for staying. It is only for circulation.
4. Simplex circulation, that the
car and pedestrian share the
central lane.
VISION OF THE NEIGHBORS
8

New spieces invation, Parasite....
3. Design Concept
The idea of building creative city in this project is called —— Parasite.
The concept is to trigger new spieces invation in city of Shanghai. The new buildings
are like parasites, they attache and adapt old buildings and changing them at the
same time. The new blocks bring new life and energy to the old one, while they
attache the old buildings in various ways and they are linked with each other
to form a group. It could also been called as a new system or “ the other world”.
When several parasitic buildings are connceted togethter, people could go through
the sky bridges to another block. That will create another transportation system in the city.
To sum up, these parasitic buildings has two characters. One is highly adapted to the old
ones; another is they interact with each other and create a growing system.
9

FIRST CONCEPTUAL DRAWING
IDEA of GRID
The first attempt of the parasite idea was using grid as the media to
First Attempt (Idea of Grid)
develop a system adapted to the original Lilong blocks while could grow
and extend. If using a spacial grid box as a basic elements of design,
it has large potential leading to various results. The simple grid could
be anything conceptially. So that the first idea is focus on the spread
of parasitic buildings: the grid as element that start to grow and extend
through the whole neighbors, then bestrew the whole city.
The idea of grid became the first generation of parasite building,
which was the conceptial and abstract idea of a real buildings.
Then, these grids need to be transform into something else and
not just as the structure system of the buildings.
FUNCTIONAL SPACE
FURNITURE
FIRST CONCEPTIAL VISION
SEAT
PLAY SPACE
TEA TABLE
TEA HOUSE
COMMODITY SHELF
10

CONCEPTIAL MODELS THE DECLARATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE
After the experiment of abstrcting grid idea, several models had been done to develop the idea of parasite.The models are in different
scale, which present different vision of the project. The parasitic buildings could break the original buildings, attach on the facade of
Final Outcome of The Concept
buildings, stay in the central area of buildings or stay on top of buildings. The models present various potential of parasite blocks
adapted to old buildings.
Besides, the models also indicate different organizations of parasite groups and how they connected with each others in three-dimension.
While considered of the contexts of different site, the quantity, scale and form of parasite will be various.
11

Noise, smell, voice....
4. Design Development
To create an activated neighbor life and provide more creative space for residents, this project
came up with six different programs. They are all basic functional elements. When combine
them with residential houses (like parasite), it will generate creative urban space in neighbors.
Meanwhile, the perception of people was considered during the design of these programs,
when you are strolling in the parasitic blocks, the perception or senses will lead you to
the next station.
12

PERCEPTIONS
FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS
(Noise)
(Birds Singing)
Temporary shed Dwelling Flea Market
Nest Dwelling Public Terrace
(Smell)
(The crowd)
Chimney Dwelling Resteraurant
Tearooms Dwelling Tea House
(View)
(Light and Music)
Tree Dwelling Vertical Garden
Stage Dwelling Performing Space
13

Perform Stage, Tea House, Vertical Garden....
5. Final Proposal
In the project, I choosed the north part of Jing’An Villa as the experimental location
of my parasites, which is near West Nanjing Road. There are six different parasite
blocks exsit in the Lilong House. While they are in different functions including:
a performing stage in the middle of the original building, tea houses plug into the
house, a public terrace replaced part of the top floor, a vertical garden linked with
dwellings, a kitchen in the middle of houses and a flea market on the top of building.
These six parasites workings together as a system, there are sky bridges linking each
of them. They are sometime independent and sometime need to depended by others.
With these parasitic buildings, they create the “Other” World in the neighbor.
14

SITE PLAN
0 20 40 60m
WEST NANJING ROAD
15

ROOF PLAN
0 5 10 15m
16

PLAN 1:200
LEVEL 6.5m
1. Performing Stage
2. Tea House
3. Vertical Garden
4. Kitchen&Restaurant
4
1
2
3
17
0 5 10 15m

PLAN 1:200
LEVEL 9.5m
1. Performing Stage
2. Tea House
3. Vertical Garden
4. Kitchen&Restaurant
5. Public Terrace
4
1
3
2
5
0 5 10 15m
18

SECTION AA (Kitchen & Flea Market)
A
0 5 10 15m
A
19

SECTION BB (Vertical Garden & Performing Stage)
B B
0 5 10 15m
20

ELEVATION (Tea House & Public Terrace)
0 5 10 15m
21

AXONOMETRIC VIEW
22

I Woke up in The “Other” World....
6. Archtecture Renderings
The following narrtive is inspired from my dream visions.
In the dream, it was the “Other” parallel world exists,
while this new world overturn the cognize of the real world.
In the dream, everything seems to be hazy, but the senses
and feelings seem to be real.
In the dream, the parasitc buildings bring me the “Other”
potential of a neighbor.
23

One day, I was in the sleep. Some noise disturbed me, then I woke up and find myself in a strange room.
I did not know where I am, but I was just curious about the noise, which seemed come from the ceiling.
Then I followed the noise and came to the roof top, it was a flea market. There are some shops and also temporary shelts,
which are assmbled by steel frame and dyeing cloth. Lots of people are strolling in the flea market.
24

Suddenly, I smelt something good and felt hungry. Then I following the smell and find out a big chimney in the middle of residential blocks.
I passed the sky bridge and went downstairs. It is a public kitchen and restaurant, mostly for family meetings. I perfor eating alone, so
I had a seat and orderd food for myself. After lunch, a resident told me there is a garden towards chimney. I really need a walk after
25
eating. I saw ring forms plates surrounding a big tree. Kids were playing here, old men were reading under the shade.

When I was wandering in the garden, a leaf fall down my head. It was autumn? Oh, no, it was a bird. Its wings were flaping leaves
and it was going to fly to somewhere. My sight is focusing on that bird and it landed on a top of roof. It seemed to be a nest.
“No, it is a public terrace with a nest-like roof, birds like to gather there.”
26

Suddenly, the day became dark, my view became unclear. Then I saw several light in the darkness,
while residents were moving towards light. I did not know what happened, so just followed the crowd.
The light is from a group of tea house, people are gather there, some people were sitting on the tatami,
27
some are standing on the corridor. They are waiting for something...

The music came out, there is a frame box shinning between dwellings.The crowd was applauding
and cheering. The show is begin.
“The show is begin?”
28

Steel, brick, steel again.....
7. Construction Details
All the parasitic buildings conform to several rules of construction.
The material need to be light and easy to transport, while it need to
be easy to assemble. All the components are fabricated in the factory.
These parasitic buildings could applied to various material, which
need to be environmental- friendly, energy-efficient, hight-intensity
and non-corrosible new material. So the ideal material is steel.
29

1:50 Detail Section
(Performing Space)
Section & Axonometric Drawing
1: 100
(Performing Space)
1
1 gravel layer
cenment
cavity
thermal insulation
sealing belt
steel I beam
2
2 sheet aluminium power coated
ventilation layer
aluminium component
cavity
insulation blanket
water barrier
reinforced concrete
coating
3 brick block
metal tie
insulation blanket
water barrier
reinforced concrete
coating
outside
inside
4 parquet
underfloor heating screed
impack sound insulation
reinforced concrete
half-finished slab
3
4
30

1:50 Detail Section
(Vertical Garden)
Section & Axonometric Drawing
1: 100
(Vertical Garden)
Welded Joint
1
2
3
1 steel panel
steel beam (secondary)
cavity
steel beam (first)
2 steel decking
stair structure
welded connection
to beam
metal beam
3 steel stick connection
31

Finally.....
8. Photo of models
To sum up, the project is assimilated to parasite, it is about
new small buildings integrated with the original neighbors.
I call it as new- species invasion that my project intrude
into the old ones, adapted to them as well as changing them.
The purpose of my project is to create freedom, intersection
and activited life for the neighbors. While the parasite
could grow and extend through thewhole neighbors and
even city of Shanghai.
32

33
PHOTO OF THE CONCEPTIAL MODELS & CONSTRUCTION MODEL

PHOTO OF THE FINAL MODEL
34

35