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GER PLUG-IN | A Customization of Mongolian Ger

Architecture Design | June 2018- August 2018

Instructor: Joshua Bolchover

Team: Yiding Adam Liu, Timothy Chum-hin Wong, Jessie Alison Chui, Cathy On Yee Li, Thomas Bim Him Lee

Skill: Field research and analysis, design, model making, hand sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Rhinoceros, Auto CAD

Background

Bayankhoshur is one of the districts in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. There are over 700,000 migrants from the countryside, most of whom live in a traditional Mongolian ger, a movable structure made from timber, canvas, and felt. The community is faced with a series of problems with no running water supply, no sewage system and extreme coldness reaching -40 degree Celsius in winter. The current efforts on infrastructure services and apartments have not reached the ger district on the fringes yet. While many residents move to this district closes to Ulaanbaatar and long for an advanced modern life, they can not afford building an apartment on their plots. The traditional ger provides a living space with inconvenient water and electric supply, a mixture of various functions as well as poor condition of privacy and safety.

Research

Background Survey

Ger Khashaa (Plot) Survey & Interview

Persona

Ideation

Massing & Sketch Proposal

Internal System Proposal

Structure Proposal

Prototype

Structure Construction

Living Unit System Design

Improvement

Brick Layout for More Emitted Heat

Impact

Ger District Urban Renewal