ULI Design Principle Training: The Value of Building Remodeling

ULI Design Principle Training: The Value of Building Remodeling

April 24, 2020

On 3rd April, 2020, ULI China Mainland invited Ms. WANG Fang Co-Founder of logon design, and Mr. Frank Krueger, Co-Founder of logon design to share how to achieve asset appreciation and smart & healthy building renovation by strategically applying asset enhancement initiative and smart technology. Ms. Qiao Yu, General Manager of Pamfleet Shanghai, hosted the webinar as the moderator and well organized the Q & A session.

Highlights of this seminar:

The integrated solution

Positioning & Feasibility StudyingIt is significant to analyze the project’s location, positioning, market, function, branding and tenants & user, so that to generate the strategy of vision & goal, branding, target users, function & program, design direction, intervention & cost.Projects：F659, Ascendas Innovation Plaza, Shanghai Glass Museum.

Building

Using image & branding, window & wall, decoration & signage, lighting, materials to achieve the aesthetics & identity, branding/LOGO, urban integration, energy efficient, cost control of the healthy building.

Projects：F659, Shanghai Glass Museum.

Interior

Though strategically design the lobby, washroom, tenant space, lift lobby, pantry, underground, corridor, facilities, the building will get its own branding, function, wayfinding efficiency, comfort for customers, and achieve high floor efficiency & cost control.

Projects：Central Plaza, A hotel from Rujia Group.

Site & Landscape

Using site accessibility, soft scape & paving, signage logo, site layout, feature, lighting to deliver the convenient & safe space, identity, branding, and function.

Projects：800Show, Surpass court, Central Plaza.

MEP

Through delicate design of the cooling & heating, ventilation & air quality, energy efficiency, fire emergency, acoustic control, we can achieve the efficiency, comfort, healthy environment of the building. While designing MEP system, we also need to consider the the outside impact, building impact, and people impact to the building.

The innovation of healthy and intelligent MEP system is that it can automatically collect indoor environment data through sensors buried in the space, and automatically analyze the data to get the best scheme of equipment control. By adopting the best equipment operation scheme at any time, the indoor environment can be kept in a comfortable and healthy state. In addition, the system can adjust itself to make preparation for the next day’s equipment operation after forecasting of tomorrow’s weather.

Sign focus

On the one hand, it is necessary to focus on the positioning of the project, because the positioning lay the base of the basic ideas of the scale, spatial organization, and format ratio of the project;

On the other hand, the main behavioral characteristics of the main service groups need to be analyzed and basic functions for the project will be generated.

The relationship between design and the business

The outdoor space:The architect needs to analyze the location and surrounding environmental conditions of the project, and estimate the main direction of the flow, the commercial display value of each facade of the project, pedestrians, travel intersections, etc.;

The indoor space: The general principle of internal circulation planning is to make it as simple and clear as possible, avoiding unnecessary tracks, and any dead-end. Additionally, a good circulation allows customers to discover the tenants’ front shops as much as possible by only walking once along the moving line.

Some people worry that the air conditioning system in the office would help spreading the virus. Is this concern necessary?
The type and management of air conditioning systems are different, which need to be analyzed in detail. For example, we have increased the air volume of the air conditioning fresh air system and enhanced its air filtering function for the Ascendas Innovation Plaza. An air conditioning system like this helps to provide a healthier air environment.
Q
For some buildings that cannot be transformed into Grade A office buildings under their own conditions, can we add health, green and other highlights to them through technical methods?
We suggest that a detailed study of the building should be carried out first, and then the renovation and upgrading should be carried out according to the specific part with problems. And through the intelligent MEP controlling system, we could automatic control the MEP equipment’ s operation.
Q
For shopping mall building, is it more difficult to achieve intelligent control of fresh air and ventilation?
It is technically feasible. The energy demand of shopping malls is very large, and the energy saving potential is also greater compared with other types of commercial buildings.
Q
Whether to recycle the existing MEP equipment, is there a professional evaluation agency? How to evaluate?
There are some professional institutions. And our general practice is to do the site studying first, doing operation monitoring and equipment evaluation of the air conditioning system, then analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the project renewal cost and transformation effect, and finally decide whether to retain the original equipment.Because of the different conditions of each project, the recycling solution will be different. For example, in Ascendas Innovation Plaza, we have kept the vertical pipelines, updated the systems and pipelines in each floor, and eventually achieved at least 1 / 3 of the cost saving.The most important practice of the whole MEP system efficiency improvement and cost optimization is to install the central monitoring system and the central management system.

Q
Can green plants perform air filtration, humidity regulation and other functions are similar to that of air conditioning system?
Green plants can help purify CO2 air, adjust air humidity, and bring users psychological comfort, but green plants can not filter the COVID-19 virus.

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