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Architectural Design Studio II

Project 1 – Famous people familiar faces diagrammatic abstraction

TO INVESTIGATE AND TO EXPLORE HOW SPACES ARE CREATED FROM THE MAKING OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS: ARCHITECTONICS.- SOLID, PLANES, LINES AND FRAMES.  THE IDEA OF USING PURE AND DIAGRAMMATIC MODELS TO EXPRESS THE ARCHITECTURAL IDEA WOULD ALSO BE IN COOPERATED INTO THIS ASSIGNMENT.
 
WE ARE REQUIRED TO INVESTIGATE AND FORMULATE YOUR FINDINGS INTO A SET OF 10 ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS (ON A3 SIZE PAPER) AND 10 DIAGRAMMATIC MODELS (8 X 8 X 8 CM). THE MODELS SHOULD BE PRECISE AND INFORMATIVE TO EXPRESS THE ANALYSIS OF THE IDEAS HIDDEN IN THE PROJECT ASSIGNED. THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
–  ORGANIZATION OF FORM
–  ORGANIZATION OF SPACE
–  CIRCULATION AND PATHS-SPACE RELATIONSHIP
–  SPATIAL HIERARCHIES
–  CONTEXT
–  ELEMENTS
 
 

Project 2A : Observation Deck

 Introduction to Site Analysis + Observation Deck @ Cape Rachado

THE AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO GENERATE STRUCTURE, FORM AND SPACE THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTUALISATION (WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO CHOOSE 2 ‘KEYWORDS’ FROM PROJECT 1), WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE USER REQUIREMENT, ERGONOMICS AND SITE RESPONDING TO DEVELOP AN ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSITION. WE HAVE TO SHOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF USING THE ART OF CRAFTING AND MAKING: DRAWING(S) AND MODEL(S) AS A CRITICAL DESIGN TOOL AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.
THE FINAL SUBMISSION FOR THIS PROJECT SHALL INCLUDE:
  • SITE ANALYSIS – OF THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT EG SITE PLAN, SITE SECTION, SITE ELEVATION ON 1 PIECE OF A3.
  • A SERIES OF 2D DIAGRAMS (1 PIECE OF A3.) – DIAGRAMMATIC EXPLANATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF SPACE AND FORM (WHICH
    EXPLAINS HOW THE DESIGN IS RESPONDING TO THE USER AND CONTEXT),
  • A SERIES OF DETAIL DRAWINGS (1:50 SCALE) – AS A SET OF A SERIES OF FLOOR PLANS, SECTIONS, ELEVATIONS, AXON AND PERSPECTIVES, WHICH MUST BE DONE FREEHAND AND BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED. THE DRAWINGS MUST DEMONSTRATE THE CONCEPT THAT HAS INFORMED THE DESIGN ON 4 PIECES OF A3 OR 2 PIECES OF A2.
  • A SERIES OF MODELS (1:50 SCALE) A MINIMUM OF 4 WHICH INCLUDES: 3 PROCESS MODELS AND A FINAL MODEL. THE FINAL MODEL MUST BE BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED WITH BALSA OR MODEL BOARD OR PERSPEX OR BROWN BOARD, ETC TO BE LEFT IN THEIR NATURAL COLOUR AND TO BE MOUNTED ON AN A3 MDF BOARD.

Project 2b – Retreat House @ Cape Rachado, Port Dickson

AS A GROUP WE HAD VISITED THE SITE, CAPE RACHADO, PORT DICKSON AND FINISHED THE SITE INVESTIGATION & ‘NATURE SCANNING’ TO INITIATE THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL APPROACH OF THE OBSERVATION DECK. WE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE A SITE VISIT TO RECORD IMPORTANT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO OUR PROJECT. A COMPLETED SITE ANALYSIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN OUR DESIGN STUDIO AT ALL TIME FOR REFERENCES DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS. NOW IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR WORK TO REFLECT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ARCHITECTURE IS CREATED BY APPLYING THE BASIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION SKILLS. OUR WORK MUST ALSO ILLUSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A BUILDING IS CONCEPTUALIZED AND TRANSFORMED INTO REALITY.
PROJECT 2B EXTENDS THE UNDERSTANDING OF DESIGN CONCEPT AND PROCESS. IT INTRODUCES THE NOTION OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACE MAKING THROUGH THE DESIGN OF A USER SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL SCHEME. THIS PROJECT EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL TECTONICS, FUNCTION AND SPACE IN ARCHITECTURE.
THE FINAL SUBMISSION FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDES
  • FIVE (5) A5 SKETCHES
  • SKETCHES + WORK IN PROGRESS MODELS
  • DIAGRAMMATIC EXPLANATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF SPACE AND FORM (WHICH EXPLAINS HOW THE DESIGN IS
    RESPONDING TO THE CHARACTER AND CONTEXT),
  • SITE ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT (SITE PLAN, SITE SECTION, SITE ELEVATION – SCALE OF 1:500)
  • A FULL SET OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS (FLOOR PLANS, SECTIONS, ELEVATIONS, AXON AND PERSPECTIVES) BEAUTIFULLY HAND DRAWN ONTO 2 A1 SIZE TRACING/CARTRIDGE PAPER AND A MODEL. THE SIZE FOR THE DRAWING MUST BE IN THE SCALE OF 1:100 HAND DRAWN AND THE MODEL SHOULD BE MADE OF WHITE BOARD AND/OR BALSA WOOD OF THE SAME SCALE, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED ON MDF BOARD.
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