ASYLYSIUM- Honorable Mention, Ryterna Modul Architectural Challenge 2015. (3D Model-Sketchup, 3D Interaction-Sketchfab)

Architect: Preyan Mehta
Competition: Ryterna Modul Architectural Competition 2015
Challenge: To design and provide social housing for asylum seekers based on modular construction as the key element of the housing.
Results: Honourable Mention
Site Area: 3900sqm
Location of Site: Akfrikanische Straza, Wedding, Berlin, Germany.

The program was very specific.
-Competitor has to select one of the offered regions to design a social housing
-Social housing should be constructed as apartment building complex consisting of no more than 6 flats in each building
-Social housing has to provide a living space for around of 200 asylum seekers, ~10% of asylum seekers consist of families of 2 (20 people), ~60% consist of families of 4 (120 people) and ~30% consist of families of 5 persons (60 people).
-It is necessary to design 3 different flat sizes and layouts that are fully furnished (for family of 2; 4 and 5 persons)
-Social housing should be a two-story building
-Dimensions of one modular unit for transportation might vary from 9000mm to 3000mm(L) x2990mm(W)x3100mm(H)
-Each module has to be transportable
to name the few.

Architect's Solution:
Selecting the site in itself was a huge challenge before jumping onto the Design Solution. It becomes more tricky especially when you know nothing about any of the countries specified. The site was selected, Wedding, Berlin, Germany. The local site in Wedding was selected based on following criteria:
-The Site has to be an Urban Space
-It needs to have a full connectivity with the city
-It must have eyes on by the fellow citizens of Wedding
-The interaction between Asylees and Citizens should become a compulsion
-It needs to have a certain kind of potential to cater the needs of the Architect's Design Concept.

Idea: Taking the Housing Underground and Utilising the Roof/Terrace as an Urban space for the Citizens as well as Asylees.

I've Attached the Project below, in which you can walk and observe the Project Details. I hope you like it, and if so I shall upload more projects soon.!