Architectural Design Project

Architectural Design Project

Project 1 - Site Analysis

In project 1, we are allowed to choose our own tutor for the rest of the whole semester. Those who are in the same tutor's group are required to work together at the Project 1 - Site Analysis. 

The site is located at Jalan Hang Kasturi, in front of the Central Market. It is located at the very strategic  position which connect to several key spot. However, our site is a network without  a core. Central Market stand as a very critical landmark spot, however when years passed, it lose it idently and also reputation no matter locally or international. Central Market also used to become a gathering spot for artist. After economic crisis, , Central Market was renovated and become a commercial block. Those artist are hidden are the back alley and some has left.

Learning Outcome:

1. Formulate a simple brief that include appropriate architectural programme and planning

within a selected architectural context

2. Analyse case studies to gain understanding of architectural responses and strategies of an

intentional design strategy to inform the design project

3. Conduct contextual and user analysis in the pre-design phase.

Sem 6 site analysis from Alfred Tan

Final Project - Creativity Hub

In Final Project, we are required to come out a programme for our project due to the issue of the site. It is not matter encounter or address the issue, we have to create the programme to the community.

Learning Outcome:

4. Produce design development drawings for a selected portion of design with a suitable level of complexity 

5. Design with considerations of building performance (thermal comfort, acoustic and lighting), regulatory frameworks, and health and safety considerations. 
6. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), modelling, verbal presentation and a design report to communicate and visualize architectural design and ideas.

In conclusion, this is our final project of the whole degree course. I have fully completed my Bachelor of Science In Honor (Architecture) and I have learned a lot of Architectural knowledge from this 3 years. I have learned software skill, presentation skill, architectural design idea and the most importance - Time Management. What I have learned in this 4 years will be effectively helping me in the future. Architecture is full of inspiration and exploration, it related to human and environement. Building is a relationship and balance between humanity and environment.

Internship Training and Report

Internship Training and Report

This module aims to introduce students to the requirements, activities and operations involved in an architectural and construction practice. The objective of the module is to facilitate the involvement of students in professional attachments to architectural practices to help us develop an understanding of the general nature, principles and procedure of law and legislation as applied to architectural drawings, especially the building by-laws. In the process of the internship, I am exposed to the submission process and the range of contract documentation besides the usual design stages.

For this module, I was interned at Clement Wong Architecture. The training period commenced at 3^rd January to 10^th March (9 weeks). During this intensive 9 weeks, I was assigned to attend to different tasks from design stage to contract documentation with several meetings and site visits along the way. 

To sum up, I have learnt two different knowledges during this 2 months internship. Firstly, Architecturally I improve my software skill which is Autocad to draw technical detail drawings. On the other hand, I have learnt more knowledges from Project Management about the contractual, legal documents by architects, and construction site. I appreciate that I have an opportunity to learn some of the construction knowledges. It is important to gain some information from the construction site. In university, we will learn about SPACE AND TIME, when we come to real industrial world, we learn one more which is COST. I have to thank to my boss and colleague that give me so much pleasure chance to learn that I am not be able to learn in university. Lastly, after internship we will be able to find our own direction or decision of our path in our future.

Internship report from Alfred Tan

Building Technology

Building Technology

Project 1 - IBS

In project 1, we are required to group of 6 members and produce a video by introducing the latest and more advanced technology and pratice of the industry.For the advanced construction systems, enegry efficiency, waste management, embodied energy as well as the latest construction methods, IBS system is now most of the popular system to use in construction career. 

Learning Outcome:

1. Identify and collect relevant research date.

2. Explain a set of architectural and structural documentation.

3. Relate basic structural elements and structural principles in construction.Analyse and document construction methods and materials.

4. Analyse and document construction methods and materials.

5. Evaluate existing construction system and detailing of the selected project

6. Critique issues pertaining to construction principles, materialism techniques, codes of practice process of assembly and detailing.

7. Critique issues pertaining to energy efficiency, embodied energy as well as ecological impact.

8. Generate alternative construction solutions by means of sketches and drawings.

Project 2 - Construction Solutions

In project 2, it is link with the our design studio project which is community library. We are required to produce 2 A3 as sectional perspective into detail of the construction method that implement with our design. It aims to facilitate and help with us with the technical studies and development in our design. It ensure our design by proving the possibility of our design and can be built with proper construction method in the logical way. It also encourage us to think into detail of each construction detail as integral part of the design.This assignment was designed to guide us with the intention to tackle this issue and to increase our's technical competency.

Building Technology - Construction Solutions from Alfred Tan

Community Service Intiative

Community Service Intiative

The community-based services in the CSI module for SABD are to expose students to the real-community living in real-life situation. We are required to work together as a team for architectural, culture, and environmental enhancing activities in the communities of different socio-economic status and social groups. There several themes to be chosen to serve the community, ours  are to serve the homeless in the selected site. Our site is located at Jalan Petaling which mean after we design, it have to placed at the site in real. Our design idea basically is a hammock, because we think that homeless most importantly is finding a place to sleep. However, hammock is too expensive in market price, then we use simple and recycled materials that can be found easily in site so that the homeless can learn by themself to make themself as their own property.

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The category chosen is self-sustaining community.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

1.Develop relevant communication skills for collaborative work with community/society.and/or to work in a career that will make contributions to society.2.Develop a holistic awareness of the variety of problems (e.g. the environment, poverty, social discrimination) that call for action; critically analyze how such problems should be approached and how to solve them scientifically.3.Apply information management skills and strengthen their lifelong academic learning.4.Develop in themselves a strong sense of social responsibility and be able to portray leadership qualities and being able to work effectively as a team.

 Proposal 1

Final Proposal

Reflection:

Through this project, we have learnt to exposed to the real world installation and have to think a lot more critically to solve an issue. We have solve the placement of our design to everywhere if possible to fit our concept and idea. I find that this assignments is quite related to the architecture world as architect's main job is to solve issue. It is good to know about how to serve the community with our architectural skill.

Food and Culture

Food and Culture

Project 1: Writing Short Research Proposal

In project 1, we are required to research what kind of proposal we gonna do to suit any site that to be chosen, we are not allowed to selected some of the specific topic because it will retrict in just several conditions. After we comfirm what we gonna research, it will link to our project 2 and also final project, so project 1 is the first and also the most important stage to begin and continue to the following projects.

Before going to site, students were to have a imagination site and base on that site, develop a proposal according to the following theme: 

A) Food ingredients: Architectural space and place for the act of gathering ingredient for food preparation (wet market, farmers market, supermarkets ,mobile markets) 

B) Food preparation: Architectural space and place making that provided the act of preparing food; washing, cutting and cooking (kitchen, back lane open space)

C) Food consummation: Architectural space and place for the act of eating food (indoor dining, alfresco dining, formal and informal dining, religious dining/food offering) 

I choose Food Ingredients as my topic which is the method of storage to each type of ingredients. I think is quite interesting because to know how people store different kind of ingredients before the food preparation is very important, it affect the taste of the complete food dishes if the ingredients are not stored properly.

Project 2 : Experience & Capture 

After project 1, our tutor have selected the site for us and it is located in Pudu - Kuala Lumpur. In Project 2, we are require to group of 4 membersstudy the chosen site and produce a video about it. Before visiting the site - Pudu. During the site visit, our tutor had briefed us about the zones that we should study and what we should do. We went back to site several times after the first visit to get more informations and picture & videos about the site. After that, we divide each task to each of our member, which are video editing, photoshop, narration and storyline and concept.

Project 3: Interpretation & Analysis

In final project, we are required to conclude what we have done in project 1 and project 2. This is individual project same as project 1. We have to produce one A2 board that what we have research so far. The A2 board can be formed in any kind of format such as photobook or magazine. For mine, I design it as newspaper format.

Reflection:

During Food and Culture, I have learnt about how the culture affect the surrounding such as food, environment and architecture. I also realized that each things are linked together with reason, there are not individual. The important of the space can affect the function of the facility and the quality. It is very important to concern each space with its functionality.

Design Studio 5 Final Project : Community library

Design Studio 5  

Final Project: Community library

In final project, we are required to choose a site from what we have analysised in the first project. I choose site B which located at the street of Jalan Petaling. Students will concentrate on designing a community library within an urban infill site. The design of the building is to consist of appropriate architectural responses that address the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioural 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.

Reflection:

After the final project, I have learnt the importance of urban context in relation to building design and the application of legislative elements in building. Besides, the importance of the law and regulation in designing a building such as community library can affect the design the form and also the accessibility of the building. The beauty of design is not just based on the form our front and back elevation, but the workable and the function of each space itself.

Design Studio 5 - Project1 ：Preliminary Studies

Design Studio 5

Project1 ：Preliminary Studies

For this project, we are required to do site analysis and produce tangible and intangible data into presentation within our own tutorial group. We have to site visit and site study at our selected sites located at one of the main road which is Jalan sultan between two selected site. The two selected are located in two street, there are Site A in Jalan H.S. Lee and Site B in Jalan Petaling. Besides, we are also required to do precedent studies based on the community libraries around the world. The aim of this project is to focus on urban study in order to find opportunities to promote the presence of community library in relevent context. Our site study would basically need to focus on the urban form, urban context and also the existing communities surrounding our site because we will have to design our final project which is community library to fit in to the site context.

The objectives of the project are as follow :

1. To have an overview on the formation of cities and introduce basic concepts of urban design in relation to architectural design.
2. To introduce and implement basic methodologies of urban studies.
3. To investigate the role of community libraries in traditional and contemporary urban societies.
4. To examine various examples and architectural responses for urban infills.

Design Studio 5 Project1 ：Preliminary Studies from Alfred Tan

Reflection:

In this project, we are able to analysis the urban site base on the evidences and studies on the selected site so that the data will help us in developing the programs for our community library. Through this study, we exposed to the importance of urban context and the relationship between each building and architecture style. Besides, the precedent studies is so important that it will guide us to some law and regulation of service such as fire staircase to help us in designing our community library.