E-PORTFOLIO
Architectural Design V
REFLECTION
Thinking & problem solving skills - Solve and minimize the issues, and think to enhance it to be better for every projects.
Intrapersonal skills - Better time management and ensure sufficient of rest everyday. Release stress by watching movies and listening to music.
Lifelong learning - Study and research the assignment and seek for advise from lecturer. Communication is vital especially in group projects.
PROJECT PHASE 1
Preliminary studies – Townscape Appraisal & Mini Urban Intervention
The first project, Preliminary Studies, is a preparatory task that investigates the character of a place (town or city) and architecture for place-making through the ‘Townscape Assessment’ (see Appendix 1) exercise. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the character, identity, and uniqueness of a town and urban region in order to identify opportunities for producing responsive architecture design within urban context and place-making led urban space in the given site. Thus, the project introduces students to the fundamentals of urban design by assessing the ‘content’ of the urban context within the proposed site.
PROJECT PHASE 2
Architectural Design Strategy
Aim: to deduct a position for finding architecture and producing architectural design strategy.
By this time of the semester, the students should be able to find their positions to develop the Learning centre for the community. The students are to individually interpret the idea of Learning centre for the community in Brickfield and come up with an architectural design strategy for the same. This will be in-reflection to the issues and inspirations they found in Project Phase 1 in order to offer character, continuity and enclose - quality of public realm, ease of movement, legibility, adaptability, and diversity in the city. Architecture is about form finding and making, exploration with 1:200 models on form-typologies such as linear, perimeter and diffused in terms of layering, subtraction, over-lapping etc is compulsory at this phase.
PROJECT PHASE 3
Design Development-Architecture for place-making
Aim: to develop an architectural narration for place making in the city and to perform an integrated design.
Architectural design strategy should be further resolved a) by design through form, activity and circulation and b) for technical and services integration through concepts and components. The proposed building should be of an area of minimum 1200 m2 and a maximum of 1300 m2 and 3-5 storeys high in the given block boundaries. Apart from developing a narrative on architectural strategy in response to the relevant questions pertaining to community and its context, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, technical, environmental, services, and legislative requirements to address the user needs for a Learning centre. This will include a focus on tropical design, lighting as well as the design of the façade and building envelope that is of a coherent language to the overall design scheme. The design outcome has to exhibit strong integration in construction and theory, within the Studio, whilst concurrently integrating with Modules on Building Services and Green Strategies for Building Design through concepts and components.