Design Studio 06

OxfordDS6 explores speculative futures of urban networks whether for people, information or matter; creating projects that augment, mutate or rethink existing urban conditions. The studio employs the use of novel technologies and innovative framework of operative and design strategies described as: Sense-Map-Analyse-Formulate. With the core philosophy of starting from the understanding of the individual as a way to analyse and respond to context and scenarios. “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung. Provides basis of archetypes outlining neurodiverse society

Staff:

Karl Kjelstrup-Johnson (Design), Nick McGough (Design), Denis Vlieghe ( Tech), Pete Winslow (Structures), Dagmar Binsted (MPL)

Students:

Adam Richard, Ackroyd Stefan, Alistair James, Haest Ana Maria Diaconu, Fareed Faisal Fareed, Louis Dominic Hardy, Aniket Padwal, Richard James Frank, Srividya Muralidhar, Deepthibye Balloo, Jihane Ryadi, Marie-Christine Dupuis, Luisa Pereira Pires, Hilary Uagbale Ehimuan, Makarand Shrirang Sathaye, Anu Fagbemi

The Source

Ana Maria Diaconu

In a not too distant future, Tokyo's media integrity is being compromised by a fake news environment. Now, in 2050, all news manipulate and create political propaganda. Tokyo is an illusion.

The Source, an NGO headquarters for restoring the press credibility in Japan, becomes a beacon building in the middle of popular Shibuya Ward, creating a safe environment of research and news for the visitors and participants of the building.

It is now Toyko 2060. The fake news index has decreased significantly. Congratulations.

Final View In Context - The Source - Ana Diaconu

Structural Details - The Source - Ana Diaconu

Key Moments Through Revit Model - The Source - Ana Diaconu

Shinjuku Transit Hub: Weaved by People, Infused in Nature

Aniket Padwal

This Project is to visualise and integrate future mobility solutions in a transit place, were people inherit natural bliss in their daily commute. This project is driven by data, simulations, and speculations to deliver a people-centric design which also has the potential to shape an urban fabric of Tokyo until 2050.

Functions - Shinjuku Transit Hub - Aniket Padwal

Tokyo Aquatic Urbanism

Fareed Fareed

By 2050, 90% of the world’s largest cities will be exposed to rising seas. The project addresses this issue by reviving Tokyo’s historical relationship with water. Following a theoretical approach, the proposal presents a floating network of mixed-use nodes by implementing Hall’s theory of Proxemics to mimic the Japanese use of space.

The Ghibli Experience

Louis Hardy

Project Description: This MArchD project speculates on the hypothetical birth of a new type of immersive cinema experience that can be packaged and deployed to aid in the fight against urban decay and contribute the successful ageing of the Japanese society.

Sea shot - The Ghibli Experience - Louis Hardy

Ma

Marie-Christine Dupuis

The project explores the importance of Ma, or in-between space, and giving opportunities for light, community cohesion and space ownership. It aims to recreate the spatial qualities of shitamachis, the traditional neighbourhoods of Tokyo that are likely to be replaced by 2050 in order to create a greener and safer city.

Neurodivergent Narratives

Luisa Pereira Pires

The project concerns Neurodiversity: Environments are looked at from the point of triggering and soothing, individual and collective, inputs and outputs. Through this dictomnomy we aim to create a smooth transition from human to spatial interaction and spatial control.

Controlled Enviroment Working Pod - Neurodivergent Narratives - Luisa Pereira Pires

Aquaponics Spa - Neurodivergent Narratives - Luisa Pereira Pires

Theatre of Love

Rich Frank

Composed as a set of engineered experiences, the Theatre of Love aims at providing users with a sequential exposure to the emotional states in which they have ‘disconnected’ with. The aim is to bring people closer together and form stimulating and ‘genuine’ human connections.

Tower of Solitude

Srividya Muralidhar

With ‘Hikikomori’ being the favoured lifestyle of the Japanese in 2050, this proposal addresses the evolution of housing in Tokyo into self-sustained nests for long-term living.

Detail views - Tower of Solitude - Srividya Muralidhar

Section views - Tower of Solitude - Srividya Muralidhar

Life on Track Project

Stefan Haest

The proposal addresses the future of land ownership uncertainty by using rail infrastructure to unlock property value. Using a system of modular pods, this proposal presents an alternative way of living utilising rail networks as a means of improving people’s experience of owning property in Tokyo 2050.