My area of intervention is the Imperial city wall relics park, A very particular green area, first of all because it’s a space very related to the history of the city, the park is indeed situated where once, from the Ming dynasty, there was the eastern edge of the Imperial city wall. Secondly for its shape, very long, almost 3 km, and very narrow, only 30 mt. Inside the park, today, there are two important relics, at the beginning, near Pingan Avenue, only a little section (o about 20 mt long) of the wall. The second relic is the Donganmen gate remais, almost at the end of the park. The level in this area is lower of 2, 3 m, the floor is indeed on the originally ground surface of the Ming dynasty. As regards the analysis of the site area, I found a lot of important city’s landmarks all around the park, That could be consider inside the future development of the project. The park is today located in a mainly residential area in which all the commercial functions are more related to the needs of the residents It’s indeed evident observe how the park is almost entirely frequented by those who lived closely. It’s clear that the park is very far from being a touristic place, in fact I believe that its own peculiarities is the extreme liveliness of the people who frequent it. One aspect that, in my opinion should be completely maintained in the future project of requalification The area around the park is very interesting also because full of hutongs. Streets in which the border between public/private and open/close became more blurred. This is in my opinion a very interesting thing because the park could be interpreted like a sort projection of the hutongs themselves. My intention is to link as much as possible the park to the history, translating the idea of the past using the vertical axes, and avoiding any possible reinterpretation of the Chinese traditional architecture. Another thing is carry on and follow with a unique path the axes that underline the shape of the wall relic. This strategy totally changes the meaning of the area and in particular the wall perception, from a real border, crossable only in one point, to longitudinal unique path that link instead to divide. As regards the project concept my idea was to underline completely the shape of the park, that could be compared to a sort of time line and try to tell a story but not in a chronological order but in a way more similar to the logic used in the movies. The intention is to translate the idea of the flashback in a formal way creating a vertical structure. The idea is also to connect the park not only with the predictable past but also to the predictable future, and in this way like sort of flash forward. Creating in this way, some depressions related to the past, and some projections related to the future. In this sense, the materials have become a way to convey the message. The intention was indeed to tackle the issue by treating in a very different the UP (relative to an unknown future, unpredictable) and DOWN (relative to the known past, predictable). In this sense, I reasoned on the idea of predictability and unpredictability of the materials, on their possibilities of transformation in time and on the agents that generate these changes. I thought that could be also interesting think about the formal aspects and the perception of two completely different materials and other two equally possible foundation systems.
L’ area di intervento del progetto è l’ Imperial City Wall Relics Park, nel cuore di Beijing. E’ un area verde molto particolare, per prima cosa, in quanto luogo strettamente connesso alla storia della città: il parco è situato infatti dove una volta, dalla nascita della dinastia Ming, sorgeva il lato più a est della fortificazione Imperiale. In secondo luogo proprio pe la sua forma, molto molto lunga, quasi 3 km, e molto stretta, meno di 30 m. All’interno del parco, oggi, ci sono due importanti reperti: All’ inizio del parco, vicino Pingan Avenue, una piccola sezione del muro (lunga soltanto 25 m) in mattoni rossi. Quasi alla fine del parco invece, i resti della porta est di Donganmen. Il livello di quest’area è più basso di circa 2, 3 m, la pavimentazione infatti è al livello originale durante la dinastia Ming. E’ inoltre importante sottolineare come l’ intera l’area intorno al parco risulti piena di importanti luoghi storici che hanno caratterizzato la storia più o meno recente della città. Il parco oggi si trova in una zona prevalentemente residenziale in cui tutte le funzioni commerciali sono legate quasi totalmente alle esigenze dei residenti. E’ infatti evidente osservare come sia quasi esclusivamente frequentato da chi vive nei paraggi. L’area intorno al parco è molto interessante in quanto piena di hutongs. Strade in cui il confine tra pubblico/privato e aperto/chiuso diventano sempre più labile. Aspetto molto interessante e in quanto il parco può essere interpretato come una vera e propria proiezione e prolungamento degli hutong stessi, risultando uno spazio senza imposizioni formali, molto libero e aperto alla comunità La mia intenzione è stata infatti collegare il più possibile il parco alla sua storia, cercando di tradurre l’ idea del passato usando assi verticali ed evitando ogni possibile reinterpretazione dell’architettura tradizionale cinese. L’altra idea è quella di creare un percorso unico lungo tutto il parco che segua e sottolinei la forma del muro. Questa strategia cambia totalmente il significato dell’area ed in particolare la percezione del muro, da un vero e proprio confine, attraversabile solo in un punto, ad un unico percorso longitudinale, che unisce invece che dividere. Per quanto riguarda il concept del progetto la mia idea è stata quella di sottolineare completamente la forma del parco, che può essere infatti comparata i ad una sorta di time-line, cercando di raccontare la storia del luogo ma non in modo cronologico, ma in un modo molto più simile alla logica usata nei film, traducendo l’idea dei flashback in maniera formale creando una struttura verticale. L’intenzione è stata anche quella di connettere il parco non soltanto con un passato prevedibile, ma anche con un futuro imprevedibile. Creando così alcune depressioni relative al passato, e alcune proiezioni relative al futuro.
Timeline, vertical past horizontal daily. Imperial city wall, relics park in Beijing
MAFFI, ALICE
2014/2015
Abstract
My area of intervention is the Imperial city wall relics park, A very particular green area, first of all because it’s a space very related to the history of the city, the park is indeed situated where once, from the Ming dynasty, there was the eastern edge of the Imperial city wall. Secondly for its shape, very long, almost 3 km, and very narrow, only 30 mt. Inside the park, today, there are two important relics, at the beginning, near Pingan Avenue, only a little section (o about 20 mt long) of the wall. The second relic is the Donganmen gate remais, almost at the end of the park. The level in this area is lower of 2, 3 m, the floor is indeed on the originally ground surface of the Ming dynasty. As regards the analysis of the site area, I found a lot of important city’s landmarks all around the park, That could be consider inside the future development of the project. The park is today located in a mainly residential area in which all the commercial functions are more related to the needs of the residents It’s indeed evident observe how the park is almost entirely frequented by those who lived closely. It’s clear that the park is very far from being a touristic place, in fact I believe that its own peculiarities is the extreme liveliness of the people who frequent it. One aspect that, in my opinion should be completely maintained in the future project of requalification The area around the park is very interesting also because full of hutongs. Streets in which the border between public/private and open/close became more blurred. This is in my opinion a very interesting thing because the park could be interpreted like a sort projection of the hutongs themselves. My intention is to link as much as possible the park to the history, translating the idea of the past using the vertical axes, and avoiding any possible reinterpretation of the Chinese traditional architecture. Another thing is carry on and follow with a unique path the axes that underline the shape of the wall relic. This strategy totally changes the meaning of the area and in particular the wall perception, from a real border, crossable only in one point, to longitudinal unique path that link instead to divide. As regards the project concept my idea was to underline completely the shape of the park, that could be compared to a sort of time line and try to tell a story but not in a chronological order but in a way more similar to the logic used in the movies. The intention is to translate the idea of the flashback in a formal way creating a vertical structure. The idea is also to connect the park not only with the predictable past but also to the predictable future, and in this way like sort of flash forward. Creating in this way, some depressions related to the past, and some projections related to the future. In this sense, the materials have become a way to convey the message. The intention was indeed to tackle the issue by treating in a very different the UP (relative to an unknown future, unpredictable) and DOWN (relative to the known past, predictable). In this sense, I reasoned on the idea of predictability and unpredictability of the materials, on their possibilities of transformation in time and on the agents that generate these changes. I thought that could be also interesting think about the formal aspects and the perception of two completely different materials and other two equally possible foundation systems.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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