ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III
The module emphasizes on ‘experiencing space and place’ in architecture. In the subject, students are introduced to, firstly, an exploration of spatial typologies and poetics in architecture; and secondly, the concept of neighborhood and community. In their preliminary design work, students engage with studies and design of different spatial typologies (i.e. linear, spiral, spine, centric, etc.) for a simple dwelling space which explores the idea of architectural tectonics and experiences.
PROJECT 1
POETIC JOURNEY STRUCTURE - Spatial Translation
Project 1 is a group project with an individual component. In groups of eight 8 students, we were tasked to romanticize a rainforest and translate it into an intriguing narrative that will then be transformed it into two (2) individual standalone Poetic Journey Structures.
Students are required to come up with one narrative which will then transform one as a concentric journey structure and one as a linear journey structure hence the two (2) Poetic Journey Structure As part of the learning and design process, students are required to do some research on the main subject matter which is "the rainforest", conduct two (2) poetic architecture precedence studies do a site visit and analysis of a poetic building, identify the different types of poetic spaces, recognize the "modifying elements", understand the characteristic o f a concentric and linear layout and under stand what makes a good poetic spatial architecture For submission and presentation students are required to present all the information and proposal as one cohesive presentation.
PROJECT 2A
The Discovery Center (Genius Loci) - Site Analysis, Site Response and Design Concept
Society, culture, history, memory and the landscape of a particular place echoes the meaning of that ‘place’, or its ‘genius loci’. These qualities are crucial in informing the architectural concept and generators for a design. Therefore, for the whole of Project 2 - as the aim of the project is to design a Discovery Center (aka visitor center) for Kampung Janda Baik, Janda Baik, Pahang. This is because the project design calls for an architectural response toward the sense of place with a strong engagement and relationship to the site and programmatic requirements. Project 2a requires an analysis of the site context as a starting point. It is a fundamental need for any design project as it will suggest a series of parameters to suggest architectural solution, one that will be appropriate to the place and its meaning, and contributes to its context. The site needs to be understood, in both intuitive and personal ways, as well as quantitative and measured means. Techniques to record and understand the site are varied, from physical surveys to qualitative aspects of experience and personal interpretation of the place.
PROJECT 2B
The Discovery Center (Genius Loci) - Site Analysis, Site Response and Design Concept
The Discovery Center (Genius Loci)
