CROSS HATCHING
Yukun Fang
Kay Blair Hospice
Type: Hospitality
Individual Work
Time: 2022
Location: Toronto, Canada
Role: All Aspects
Overview
The loss of a significant family member usually signals an important turning point for a family. In this design project, I try to explore what the architect, as a strange third party, can do for those people whom I have never met in the future in the last moments of their lives. The design aims to break the identity of the building as a mere functional facility, and tries to incorporate a story line and timeline into the building itself, as a spiritual medium to reintegrate the past memories of the residents and their family members, and at the same time to provide an opportunity for the surviving family members to look forward to the future.
In this project, I focus on exploring the narrative and humanistic spirit of architecture, how to create an active immersion experience for its users through the exploration of architectural language, the organization of architectural space, and the integration of sociological theories, and how to be inspired and find their own inner answers in the process.
Hospice
Analysis
Technical
Drawings
Residents
Line
The design of the residents' living spaces revolves around the theme of how to create a small, warm community that creates a calm, dignified environment for the residents' final days. At the same time the blocks leading to the second floor flow are inserted in a surrealistic style and guide the user.
Living Suits
The main design idea for the residents' space was to create a living space that is free of preferences, shows enough respect for all kinds of people, and feels like a home atmosphere rather than a hospital. At the same time, these living spaces needed to be flexible enough to be a place for families to gather.
Administration
Hub
The three functional spaces were designed with the intention of being able to clearly differentiate themselves from the residents' community spaces, and are embedded in a surreal way in the residents' community through bright colors and rich geometric forms. The aim is to give users a respite from the heavy and sad atmosphere of hospice.
Spiritual
Hub
The mental space contains two parts, the lower funeral, and the upper meditative space. This section is designed to respond to the complex cultural context of Toronto, providing an unbiased and humanistic place for spiritual ceremonies for people of different backgrounds, religions, and ethnicities.
Family Hub
This space hosts the needs of a wide variety of resident family members, including a transient living space, a place for family members to meet, a place for small children to play, and a separate kitchen for family members. This space serves as an extension of the roof of the main house on the first floor, combining a variety of family elements and spatial language into a single experience.
