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2008. MArch. Columbia University

critic: Michael Bell and Brian Laughlin

partner:John Becker

studio title: economic reevaluations

site: Journal Square, Jersey City

program: housing, public trasportation, park space

quick project description: With the economic crisis fresh in our minds, we approached

the challenge of housing with a search into self sustaining systems. Gondola Housing

is an independent spatial economy that supports a public system of exchange. Alter-

nating between transportation and inhabitation, the system evades the line between

architecture and infrastructure in an effort to reconnect the city to itself. The premise

is that for the sake of economic efficiency and the optimization of the public realm,

space is only private when it needs to be.

Closet

W.I.C.

Bathroom

Kitchen

$4/night $67/month

$5/night $87/month

$10/night $125/month


Office/Nook

Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Dining/Living Room

$2/hr $5/night $77/month




$433/month

bachelor studioPackage 1

$1,133/month

Package 5single mom and two children

shelving, dining table and chairs

appliances and cupboards

toilet, sink and shower

bed and dresser

kitchen/dining roombedroom/bathroom

Closet

W.I.C.

Bathroom

Kitchen

$4/night $67/month

$5/night $87/month



Office/Nook

Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Dining/Living Room





$433/month


$1,133/month





bed and dresser


Closet

W.I.C.

Bathroom

Kitchen

$4/night $67/month

$5/night $87/month



Office/Nook

Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Dining/Living Room





$433/month


$1,133/month





bed and dresser


$1,533/month

Package 7grandmother, parents and 2 children

GONDOLA HOUSING: FLEXIBLE DWELLING

Successful infrastructure must align itself with and take part in every aspect of the city, and most importantly, at the scale of the urban do-mestic space. A signi cant amount of space is wasted over time while waiting to be used for its singular purpose. Gondola Housing is rooted in the appropriate combination of space and utilities to produce activity speci c to its time of need. The model is a consolidation of economic and spatial ef ciencies and speci cities of the Zip Car and Self-Storage. These services give users the choice of the size of container/car they need, where they need it and for a particular time frame. Customization is the key to the success of these systems, and Gondola Housing takes their merits into the urban dwellers daily life. In order to give people the option to pay for space only when they use it, Gondola Housing isolates space from the utilities that activate it, allowing for a constantly changing formula:

space + container (with shower, appliances and/or furniture) = activity (sleeping, eat-ing, working, etc.)

The containers are semi-permanent, as they are leased for longer periods of time and are never shared between households (self-storage). Gon-dolas are constantly exchanged, both within the household to accomodate as many uses with as few space modules as possible and between households (Zip Car). Essentially, people only own shares in urban space that they constantly exchange in order to be more in control of their private nances, as well as to increase the fre-quency of space being public.

flexible dwelling

gondola housing

space-and-container module applied to different households

Gondola Housing is rooted in the appropriate combination of space and utilities to produce activity specific to its time of need. The model combines the economic and spatial efficiencies of the Zip Car and Self-Storage. These services give users the choice of the size of container/car they need, where they need it and for a particular time frame. Customization is the key to the success of these systems, and Gondola Hous-ing takes these lessons into the urban dwellers daily life. In order to give people the option to pay for space only when they use it, Gondola Housing isolates space from the utilities that activate it, allowing for a constantly changing formula:

space + container (shower, appliances and/or furniture) = activity (sleeping, eating, working, etc.)

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TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY

The structure is modular and expandable. Its geometry is derived from the movement of the gondola up, down and across the facade. The tracking system is exible, allowing for various lengths of per-sonal tracks, and thus different unit sizes, to be located virtually any-where along the main distribution track. Cable derailment stations are integral to the structure.

Storage Container Stowed Position

Receiving Position

Container Type: Single 3'-0"x3'-6" Double 3'-0"x7'-0" Container Parts:

Tracking Arm Flexible/Extendable Utilities Pipe Gondola Fixing Clasps Sliding Panel

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Activation Type: Public Transport

Domestic Space

Gondola Parts: Cable Grip Tracking Arm Tracking Hook Storage Track Step Rail Sliding Stackable Doors - Public Entry and Storage Access Sliding Doors - Backyard and Tram-to-Tram Access

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Pedestrian Path

Railing: Glass Panels with Steel Edge

Hinged Railing

Structural Framework

Back Yard/Public Park/Arable Land

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Conveyor Tracking

Distribution Track Bridging Track Parking Track Engaged Storage Track Stowed Storage Track

Station

Bull Wheel Derail Stabilizing Guides

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Tower Tower Types: Cable Carrier

Track Carrier Derailment Assembly

Tower Parts: Cross Arm Sheave Train Track Support Fastening Plate Bumper

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PULL WHEEL STATION

DERAILMENT TOWER ASSEMBLY

EXPLODED GONDOLA

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TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY

The structure is modular and expandable. Its geometry is derived from the movement of the gondola up, down and across the facade. The tracking system is exible, allowing for various lengths of per-sonal tracks, and thus different unit sizes, to be located virtually any-where along the main distribution track. Cable derailment stations are integral to the structure.

Storage Container Stowed Position

Receiving Position

Container Type: Single 3'-0"x3'-6" Double 3'-0"x7'-0" Container Parts:

Tracking Arm Flexible/Extendable Utilities Pipe Gondola Fixing Clasps Sliding Panel

2

AB

C

D

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Receiver

Unit Ty Single Double

Loft En

Sig Gre Re

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ABC

DE

Gondola

Activation Type: Public Transport

Domestic Space

Gondola Parts: Cable Grip Tracking Arm Tracking Hook Storage Track Step Rail Sliding Stackable Doors - Public Entry and Storage Access Sliding Doors - Backyard and Tram-to-Tram Access

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LEGEND

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EXPLODED GONDOLA

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EXPLODED GONDOLA

technical assemblyThe structure is modular and expandable. Its geometry is derived from the movement of the gondola up, down, and across the faade. The tracking system is flexible, allow-ing for various lengths of personal tracks, and thus different unit sizes, to be located virtually anywhere along the main distribution track. Cable derailment stations are integral to the structure.

open source urban space

gondola housing

housing block when occupied housing block when open to public

tracking system on facade

The main exporter of space is the housing block, which would either be a free-standing structure or a parasitic one on top of an existing structure, such as a parking lot. Rentals of gondolas into the transportation system would help finance the housing project as part of the greater infrastructural intervention in the city. In this way, the connection between domestic life and urban transpor-tation are linked both mechanically and economically.

gondola housing

tracking along facade

funnel and front porch

docked and connected to containers

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urban adaptation

gondola housing

double tower installation for derailment

gondola used for transportation

parking lot adaptation

Contemplating the need for the exchange of space in the different urban archetypes of the city, we tested the infrastructure on existing buildings in the Jersey City topol-ogy. The merits of each intervention are evaluated by its satisfaction of the following criteria:

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URBAN

ECONOMICAL

TECHNICAL

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addressing office space needsThe office extension creates direct access to work for both employees and services. Furthermore, case-by-case modifi cations to offi ce space eliminates the need for additional structures.

Businesses can save on rented square footage costs by leasing space for special occasions such as meetings and events. This way, more busi-nesses can afford office space.

Platforms and tracks are cantilev-ered off the structure. Gondola derailment is facilitated by adding a second tower to the existing street one.

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gondola housing

recovering excess parking lot spaceParasitic structure is inserted into underused parking lots. The location is strategic for businesses in the area and the intervention creates an open park for commercial and residential uses alike.

The location saves in property costs for the housing project and optimiz-es distribution throughout the city.

A derailment assembly of towers and stabilizing rails are installed on the existing structure. For housing, some of the floor area is cleared out and replaced with the track and platform structure.

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panoramic view of Jersey City Gondola Housing system

derailed off street line and tracked up to offices housing, park and parking functions can all be accomodated in same structure

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alleviating private home financesWith the recent mortgage market crash, it became evident this arche-type is a financially fragile one. But a house facing foreclosure could use the gondola system to help pay the mortgage at the end of the month.

This intervention also provides a public station for use by all residents in the region.

A slight modification to the house and the installation of a two-tower mid-street derailment assembly facilitate the continual use of the actual space as before, only now with the possibility of renting out the space.

U E T

gondola housing

With the recent mortgage market crash, it became evident this archetype is a nancially fragile one. But a house facing foreclosure could use the gon-dola system to help pay the mortgage at the end of the month.

A slight modi cation to the house and the installa-tion of a two-tower mid-street derailment assembly facilitate the continual use of the actual space as before, only now with the possibility of renting out the space.

This intervention also provides a public station for use by all residents in the region.

ALLEVIATING PRIVATE HOME FINANCES:

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space hollowed out for station is still functional as a room have your house work for you

private property, public service

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