PROJECT 1:"Gateway"
INTRODUCTION:
Within two weeks, in a group of three we are required to design a gateway for the students. Our site is located next to the tennis court of Taylor's University, prior to designing we were to find a sport to focus on. The project requirements are as below.
1) Volume: 300 m³ (min 2 storey)
2) To serve TWO main purposes:
a) Students’ activities areas
i) Indoor games room
ii) social space
b) Security surveillance
i) Security Station
ii) Watch Tower
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Identify and analyze environmental qualities and contextual needs of a site
2. Apply ideas of environmental sustainability (gained from precedent studies, ESD and Building Science 1) in architectural design
3. Employ particular material and construction technique
PROJECT 2: Nature Appreciation Centre: Gateway to Royal Belum
INTRODUCTION:
Site : Pulau Banding, Gerik, Perak
Brief : Nature Appreciation Centre
Building Siting : Setbacks as per authority requirements (where applicable)
Building Height : 2 - 3 Storeys.
Approximate Floor Area : 800 sq m. (with the possibility to expand)
Facilities : To provide a Mixed-Use
Facility to accommodate:
A. Nature Gallery
B. Video / Auditorium Space
C. Visitor / Info & Administrative Area
D. Reading & Documentation Room (Archive)
E. Observation Deck / Area
F. Café + Kitchen + Services
G. Children Explorative Area
Vehicle : Access and Parking
Occupants : Consideration for disabled (wheelchair) access
Public Access : Consideration to the Public/Private accesses and separation Pedestrian Circulation : Consideration of the pedestrian accesses into and around the Site
OBJECTIVES:
1.To develop awareness of environmental sustainability in architectural design.
2.To develop the student’s ability to meet the imperative and inter-related environmental and social needs, as well as make poetry with the buildings.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Apply ideas of environmental sustainability in design
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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 (GROUP)
FINAL (INDIVIDUAL)
