studio IV

PROJECT 1 : TAYLOR'S GATEAWAY

TASK
Pre-Design (Design Analysis)

• Understanding the site: In groups of 2 students, investigate the given site. Record and analyse the site context and the natural environment through photographs and diagrams.
• Understanding the brief: Identify and research the user needs
• Based on the site and user needs, brainstorm ideas for exploration of the shed

Schematic Design (Problem Solving)

• Develop sketch plan and section to respond to environmental and user needs

Design Development (Resolving Design)

• Develop interior poetics (inside/outside relationship) by taking into account interaction between environment and architectural space/form

LEARNING OUTCOME

• Identify and analyze environmental qualities and contextual needs of a site
• Apply ideas of environmental sustainability (gained from precedent studies, ESD and Building Science 1) in architectural design
• Employ particular material and construction technique

PRESENTATION BOARD

MODEL

Project 2 : NATURE APPRECIATION CENTRE

TASK

This project requires students to propose a facility accommodating several related functions such as exhibition, learning and recreation in a suburban context. Students are to develop their own concept for the design based on their research of the area and environment. This working method is intended to have the student design in near full-freedom; however they will be required to make an informed response firstly to the surrounding context. Their capacity to respond architecturally and contextually to this task will form part of the basis upon which they will be marked.

The site is located in Pulau Banding, Gerik, Perak. Pulau Banding is a 243-hectare man-made island located within the majestic Temenggor Lake. The Island sits amidst the 130 million year-old Royal Belum Rainforest, known for nature based activities such as fishing, bird watching, camping and visiting orang asli settlements.

LEARNING OUTCOME

• Apply ideas of environmental sustainability in design
• Design and create architectural spaces with consideration of environmental poetics in relation to the basic natural context and existing built context which impact on users’ experiences
• Combine the environmental needs, the site (site topography, history and socio-cultural events), and the users’ experiences within simple building design in the open landscape/suburban context.
• Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), modelling and verbal presentation to communicate and visualize architectural design and ideas based on clustered spatial typology.

SITE ANALYSIS BOARD

FINAL PRESENTATION

MODEL

REFLECTION

For me, I can say this is something different from the previous sem 1 to 3, a new kind of design, a new kind of education, a new kind of technique to finish up the work and new lecturers. We are require to design cluster building for this final project to fuse with the context and enhance nature appreciation in the particular site. Although it does bring me some difficulties while doing this project but then the end the result is satisfied. Overall it is amazing to me and taught me many kind of unfamiliar stuffs, appreciated and thanks to lecturers.