Shoichi Sado
MA work
MA work
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view over the whole ecovillage community
Mixed Media - Photoshop. Hand Drawing. Rhino 3D
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designed framework occupied and cultivated by individuals
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Environmental / Spatial Studies for housing framework
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the saved grade 2 listed derelict school + the web of permaculture allotments
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inserted mobile homes or cladding over the frame
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The community starts from a critical mass so that the project has a significance in its sustainability + its environmental impact on a wider London community, which attracts more support from the city, the residents and investors.
master plan for the community growth, 2014 - 64, phase 1
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master plan for the community growth, phase 2
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master plan for the community growth, phase 3
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work in progress drawing - Interior View of a housing cluster
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A section from a drawing of an atomic world of a growing crystal
An Eco-Village in a City
This year I have worked on a particular eco community called an eco-village. It is an 'intentionally' formed small community aiming to live in more socially, and environmentally sustainable ways; its lifestyle is about enjoying collaborations between the people as an engine to improve daily lives and also to work together for the nature. Â The problem remains that these communities always occupy fertile lands wastefully with its exceptionally low density, which is a critical ignorance. My thesis challenges to take essences of one particular eco-village and densify it into a piece of urban post-industrial land. How can their settlement transform? How can they be integrated into an urban life network?Â
 Joseph Rykwert says about  development of a city:
'What sometimes looks like an impersonal force is often a vector – resulting from all our decisions, whose exact angle or direction as well as impact we inevitably modify by our everyday activities, however subtly.'  - The seduction of place
Perhaps a city should start to support emerging generations of people who would like to live in such communities aspiring to reconfigure their daily lives, rather than just giving off all lands to capitalist uses, and see how it, however subtly, affects urban residents’ every day.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Architecture
Programme
MA Architecture, 2014
Specialism
ADS7
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Contact
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This year I have worked on a particular eco community called an eco-village. It is an 'intentionally' formed small community aiming to live in more socially, and environmentally sustainable ways; its lifestyle is about enjoying collaborations between the people as an engine to improve daily lives and also to work together for the nature. Â The problem remains that these communities always occupy fertile lands wastefully with its exceptionally low density, which is a critical ignorance. My thesis challenges to take essences of one particular eco-village and densify it into a piece of urban post-industrial land. How can their settlement transform? How can they be integrated into an urban life network?Â
 Joseph Rykwert says about  development of a city:
'What sometimes looks like an impersonal force is often a vector – resulting from all our decisions, whose exact angle or direction as well as impact we inevitably modify by our everyday activities, however subtly.'  - The seduction of place
Perhaps a city should start to support emerging generations of people who would like to live in such communities aspiring to reconfigure their daily lives, rather than just giving off all lands to capitalist uses, and see how it, however subtly, affects urban residents’ every day.
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Degrees
- BArch Architecture (Hons), University of Cambridge, 2012
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Experience
- Internship, Tezuka Architects, Tokyo, 2010; Design Team of the Pop Down Square, Wembley, 2012–13
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Awards
- The Hawkes Travel Scholarship, 2011 ; Jack Vettriano Travel Scholarship, 2010
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Publications
- University of Cambridge Year Book 2011–12