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Tony's farm
Shanghai, China
Firm
YEAR
2011
Context
Tony’s Farm is the biggest organic food farm in Shanghai,
which produces OFDC certified (member of IFOAM) vegetables and fruits. But
Tony's Farm is meant to be more than just a place for vegetable production. The
vision is to integrate the consumer and therefore promote a natural lifestyle.
To link the activities of the working people with the
visitors of the farm, playze developed a building complex, which combines the
main reception, a lobby, (working also for the future hotel rooms) and a vip
area, with the new offices and an existing warehouse, where the fruits and
vegetables are being packed. The building provides transparency within the
manufacturing process. Thus it supports the vision of integrating the visitor
and helps to reinforce the consumer confidence in the products of the farm. At
the same time the building design is driven by the concept of sustainability,
combined with it's iconic qualities, it communicates and promotes the core
concept of Tony's Farm.
Spatial
concept
The building has been
designed as a continuous
spatial sequence in order to physically and visually connect various interior
and exterior programs. The whole structure demands an exploration by the
visitors. It is not obvious, how the spatial sequence will develop, while
crossing the building and the site. A system of terraces functions not only as
transitory space but also as extension of the interior work and leisure areas.
Outdoor meetings and other activities support the aspiration of the client to literally
work surrounded by nature and same time reduce the use of conditioned space.
Throughout the project the immediate spatial relationship
between the building and the environment is meant to create a virtual dialogue
between the industrial aspects of food production and the surrounding farmland.
The massing strategy supports this ambiguity by creating various types of
visual relations.
The systemic nature of the containers is countered with
the adaptation to the specific situations, like entrance, courtyard, office
wing, terraces, etc. The different orientations towards the landscape of the
farm, the functional requirements and the spatial sequence are defining each
situation of the layout in a specific way, although the spatial framework is
the container with its standardized dimensions.
The cubing of the containers follows spatial and climatic
demands. The cantilevering gesture marks the main entrance of the site. This is
where the visitors enter the structure and find the reception desk. After the lobby,
which is accentuated by a 3 stories high volume, they step out to an inner
courtyard, where they are picked up by electric cars to be brought to their
hotel rooms, distributed throughout the farm.
The second level allows a connection to the office wing
of the building via 2 bridges. This part of the building complex is covered by
the existing warehouse. The east facade has been sliced, so that the new
container offices could find shelter underneath the existing roof and form an
new inner facade towards the production hall.
Construction
Since the climatic exigence asked for impermeability and
insulation, numerous specific details had to be developed to maintain the
stringent appearance of the containers. The elaborate details, for example the
still visible steel beams of the containers in the interior, stand in contrast
to the rather rough and crude tectonic details of the freight container.
Further, the modular system was challenged by the individual joints, resulting
from the irregular distribution of the containers.
The structural logic of the container is the framed box,
which can be opened or left closed towards the 6 orientations. These
characteristics were amplified in different spatial situations, integrated
within the whole structure. At the entrance situation for instance, the additional supporting structure is
reduced to a minimum to underline the „floating“ moment of the containers.
The 3 stories high vertical space is opened to 3 sides to dissolve the box. In
the courtyard, the terraces form a roof to the underneath and quote the chinese
courtyard typology, whereas the office part is developed in the style of a slab
and pillar constellation.
Sustainability
In order to cope with the high aspirations of the client
regarding the protection of the environment, several strategies have been used
to reduce the energy consumption of the building. The entire structure is well
insulated, even though the containers appear in it's raw form. The original
container doors have been perforated and serve as external shading blinds at
the sun exposed facades to minimize solar heat gain. A geothermal heat pump
delivers energy for the air conditioning and floor heating systems. Controlled
ventilation helps to optimize air exchange rates and therefore to minimize the
energy loss through
uncontrolled aeration. The use of LED lighting reduces the general electricity
consumption.
Another ambition of the project is to reduce the energy
hidden in construction materials, the so called grey energy. Therefore recycled,
ecologically sustainable, fast growing or at least recyclable materials have
been used. The re-use of freight containers seemed adequate, first for its
inherent structural autarky and second for being a common metaphor for „recycled
space“. Further, the minimal weight of the container structure
allowed to re-use the existing foundation plate. The use of local bamboo
products for indoor and outdoor flooring, as well as all the built-in furniture
additionally supports the ambition of constructing a truly sustainable
building.
Tony’s Farm is the biggest organic food farm in Shanghai,
which produces OFDC certified (member of IFOAM) vegetables and fruits. But
Tony's Farm is meant to be more than just a place for vegetable production. The
vision is to integrate the consumer and therefore promote a natural lifestyle.
To link the activities of the working people with the
visitors of the farm, playze developed a building complex, which combines the
main reception, a lobby, (working also for the future hotel rooms) and a vip
area, with the new offices and an existing warehouse, where the fruits and
vegetables are being packed. The building provides transparency within the
manufacturing process. Thus it supports the vision of integrating the visitor
and helps to reinforce the consumer confidence in the products of the farm. At
the same time the building design is driven by the concept of sustainability,
combined with it's iconic qualities, it communicates and promotes the core
concept of Tony's Farm.
Spatial
concept
The building has been
designed as a continuous
spatial sequence in order to physically and visually connect various interior
and exterior programs. The whole structure demands an exploration by the
visitors. It is not obvious, how the spatial sequence will develop, while
crossing the building and the site. A system of terraces functions not only as
transitory space but also as extension of the interior work and leisure areas.
Outdoor meetings and other activities support the aspiration of the client to literally
work surrounded by nature and same time reduce the use of conditioned space.
Throughout the project the immediate spatial relationship
between the building and the environment is meant to create a virtual dialogue
between the industrial aspects of food production and the surrounding farmland.
The massing strategy supports this ambiguity by creating various types of
visual relations.
The systemic nature of the containers is countered with
the adaptation to the specific situations, like entrance, courtyard, office
wing, terraces, etc. The different orientations towards the landscape of the
farm, the functional requirements and the spatial sequence are defining each
situation of the layout in a specific way, although the spatial framework is
the container with its standardized dimensions.
The cubing of the containers follows spatial and climatic
demands. The cantilevering gesture marks the main entrance of the site. This is
where the visitors enter the structure and find the reception desk. After the lobby,
which is accentuated by a 3 stories high volume, they step out to an inner
courtyard, where they are picked up by electric cars to be brought to their
hotel rooms, distributed throughout the farm.
The second level allows a connection to the office wing
of the building via 2 bridges. This part of the building complex is covered by
the existing warehouse. The east facade has been sliced, so that the new
container offices could find shelter underneath the existing roof and form an
new inner facade towards the production hall.
Construction
Since the climatic exigence asked for impermeability and
insulation, numerous specific details had to be developed to maintain the
stringent appearance of the containers. The elaborate details, for example the
still visible steel beams of the containers in the interior, stand in contrast
to the rather rough and crude tectonic details of the freight container.
Further, the modular system was challenged by the individual joints, resulting
from the irregular distribution of the containers.
The structural logic of the container is the framed box,
which can be opened or left closed towards the 6 orientations. These
characteristics were amplified in different spatial situations, integrated
within the whole structure. At the entrance situation for instance, the additional supporting structure is
reduced to a minimum to underline the „floating“ moment of the containers.
The 3 stories high vertical space is opened to 3 sides to dissolve the box. In
the courtyard, the terraces form a roof to the underneath and quote the chinese
courtyard typology, whereas the office part is developed in the style of a slab
and pillar constellation.
Sustainability
In order to cope with the high aspirations of the client
regarding the protection of the environment, several strategies have been used
to reduce the energy consumption of the building. The entire structure is well
insulated, even though the containers appear in it's raw form. The original
container doors have been perforated and serve as external shading blinds at
the sun exposed facades to minimize solar heat gain. A geothermal heat pump
delivers energy for the air conditioning and floor heating systems. Controlled
ventilation helps to optimize air exchange rates and therefore to minimize the
energy loss through
uncontrolled aeration. The use of LED lighting reduces the general electricity
consumption.
Another ambition of the project is to reduce the energy
hidden in construction materials, the so called grey energy. Therefore recycled,
ecologically sustainable, fast growing or at least recyclable materials have
been used. The re-use of freight containers seemed adequate, first for its
inherent structural autarky and second for being a common metaphor for „recycled
space“. Further, the minimal weight of the container structure
allowed to re-use the existing foundation plate. The use of local bamboo
products for indoor and outdoor flooring, as well as all the built-in furniture
additionally supports the ambition of constructing a truly sustainable
building.
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