ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO V
PROJECT 1: SITE ANALYSIS
The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of community library around the world. This assignment aims to firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a community library and architectural responses for urban infills. The Preliminary Studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Community Library. The Site Documentation and Site Analysis will equip students with a firm understanding of the site they will be working with this semester, while the Precedent Studies will provide an insight into architectural responses for designing an urban infill community library. The outcome of the Preliminary Studies will include the production of site documentation materials (drawings and models in both digital and physical copy for further use), a comprehensive analysis of the site, and a detailed case study of a relevant urban infill and community library.
We were assigned into a group of 11 students assisted by one tutor to conduct a thorough site analysis at the site given; Medan Pasar Kuala Lumpur. We were to produced a maximum of 20 A3 boards (12 site analysis boards and 8 precedence studies boards) and a site model with the scale of 1:200. Having the privilege of a big group, after collecting the datas together, we were then divided into three teams; boards team, precedent team and modelling team. I was assigned into the modelling team.
PROJECT 2: Urban Infill: Community Library
After finishing the first project, we moved on to designing a community library within an urban infill site. We were giving an option of two different sites. The design of the building is to consist of appropriate architectural responses that address the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioral patterns as discerned and analysed in the Preliminary Studies. 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, functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for a community library. The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project.
We were to produced a maximum of 10 A1 boards consisting the narrative of our concept, drawings and perspectives.
