Activated Ground Floor
Inclusive Urbanism
MAS in Urban Design 2016/2017, ETH Zurich, Chair of Marc Angélil
Exhibition “Building for the Unestablishment” at German Architecture Museum (DAM), Frankfurt, August-September 2017
Research and design developed by Pacharapan Ratananakorn and Hsuan-Tung Lin
Advised by Something Fantastic and Guilliaume Dopchie
The livelihood of a neighborhood is closely related to the juxtaposition of different programs on the ground floors of its buildings. This housing project expresses its embrace of vibrant city life in its spatial model by incorporating a sequence of courts that connects the activated ground floor with the street. To ensure a beneficial relationship between the activated ground floor and the residential spaces above it, the project applies a flexible system consisting of different permeability levels at the block perimeter to periodically regulate the degree of occupancy.
