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.

THEORY OF URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE

THEORY OF URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE

PROJECT 1 PART 1 : LIFE BETWEEN BUILDING , USING PUBLIC SPACE

In part 1, we are required to group of 7 members which selected by our own tutor, to analysis one of the urban street in western country. Our site is located at the Western Avenue, Seattle, USA. We have to analysis the urban street base on the Theory of Jahn Gehl, and analysis the contact along the street.

PROJECT 1 PART 2 : COMPARATIVE ANALYTIC ESSAY

In part 2, we are required to write an essay to compare our site that is chosen in our Design Studio project which is Jalan Sultan. We have to compare it with Theory of Jahn Gehl and contact point either in similarity or contrast between each street.

Theory of urbanism and architecture from Alfred Tan

PROJECT 2 : SYSNOSIS ESSAY

In project 2 , we are require to write 4 sysnosis essay due to the selected article. We have to come out with our own feedback whether to agree the content of article and write an sysnosis essay of it.

Sysnosis 1 - In Cause of Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright from Alfred Tan

Sysnosis 2 - Architecture Where Desire Can Live by Jacques Derrida from Alfred Tan

Sysnosis 3 - The Eye Of The Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa from Alfred Tan

Sysnosis 4 - From ”Towards A Critical Regionlism” by Kenneth Frampton from Alfred Tan

REFLECTION:

Through this project, I am able to get the basic knowledge of the theoretical issues related to my design. Through the study of architecture and urbanism and its related studies, I have learned about the importance of theory in architecture and urbanism. In addition, I had learnt how to relate architectural and urban by theoretical information to my design strategies and concept.

B SCIENCES II

B SCIENCES II

PROJECT 1 : 

LIGHTING & ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DESIGN

In this project, we are required to group of 6 members and visit a cafe. We are there to calculate the acoustic and lighting effect of the surrounding. Then we have to do two A2 boards and a report of what we have analysis about the cafe.

For Lighting:
- The site conditions (sky condition, building orientation, etc.).
- Take readings of daylight level, lighting level and photos (digital images) in the chosen case study at different times of day (peak and non-peak time).
- Quantitative analysis is required in order to present your findings in conclusions.
- Daylighting and lighting condition (identify the problems).
- Present a lighting contour diagram.
- Present all your findings graphically as much as possible.
- Provide the calculation for the existing design.

For Acoustic:
- The general site conditions (e.g. highway, main roads adjacent to your case study).
- Take readings of sound level indoor and outdoor and photos (digital images) in the chosen case study at different times of day (peak and non-peak time).
- Quantitative analysis is required in order to present your findings in conclusions.
- Indoor and outdoor noise (identify the problems)
- Present noise contour diagram.
- Present all your findings graphically as much as possible
- Provide the calculation for the existing design.

Board 1 : Acoustic

Board 2 : Lighting

PROJECT II: INTEGRATION PROJECT

We are requried to identify two significant spaces in their final design for implementing the artificial and the daylighting strategies (PSALI). We are to produce to followings throughout this project:

1. A brief site analysis
2. Overall floor plan (appropriate scale)
3. Floor plans of ‘Space A’ and ‘Space B’
4. Sections of ‘Space A’ and ‘Space B’
5. Reflected ceiling plans
6. Lighting contours
7. Types of lamps to be used
8. To determine reflectance on walls, ceilings, floors
9. Daylighting calculation
10. Lumen method calculation
11. Lighting design proposal

Within our building design, we are required to identify spaces which require artificial lighting and daylighting. Integration must be solution based and you are advised to incorporate visuals, and related diagrams. Calculations to resolve your design integrations solutions must be attached in A4 and submitted together. 

Board 1

Board 2

Building science 2 final report from Alfred Tan

Reflection :In this project, we understand that the spaces of our community library that we are designing in studio module, integrating lighting in two spaces chosen would actually help to develop our lighting design for the interior spaces, in these two project, we understand how to utilize the natural lighting and using sufficient artificial lighting in assisting to illuminate the spaces. It is very useful as we can address how to ambience should be in the internal spaces to achieve lighting comfort for the users for our designated spaces.

Architecture v Comics - The Visual Narrative

Architecture v Comics - The Visual Narrative

Project 1 -Building Narrative 

In this project, we are required to make a 2 pieces of A3 size comics panel board. This is individual project,we have to find a building and give a story on it. Then we have to give a comics style of narrative on that story.

Project 2 - Architecture of Comics

Project 2 is a group project, we are group of 3 member to make 8 pieces of A3 board but convert it into A5 size presentation. The project is about using comics style to talk about Architecture no matter master architect or popular building. Our project story is about a comics character from 2 dimensional world jump out to 3 dimensional world and then evacuate to our real world.

COVER

Reflection:

 In this module subject, I realized Architecture presentation actually can be more interesting and fun by using comics style. It will help client or people to understand your design better. 

Building Service

Building Service

Project 1 - Application of Building Service

In Project 1, we are introduced four types of important building services that are provided in residential building. Those four types of services are water supply, drainage and storm water, sewerage and eletrical supply.  those are basic requirement that must be arrange carefully in each housing. All the regularion for each services are followed by the Uniform Building By Law （UBBL)in malaysia .

We use our sem 2 design studio project which is the retreat house as our case study.We are required to present our understanding by coming out 2 A2 size of presentation board.

i) electrical supply system

ii) cold water and hot water supply system

iii) sewerage and sanitary system

iv) drainage system

Project 2 - Case Study and Documentation of Case Study

In Project 2, we are form a group of 6 ~ 7 members and find a commercial building as our case study. we are required to document the buildings service which are Fire Protection System, Mechanical Ventilation and Air- Conditioning System and Mechanical Transportation system. 

Hence, we document IOI boulevard as our case study. It is located at Bandar Puchong Jaya. It is a seventh Storey commerical building. In the documentation, we analysis the basic requirement of the building and give conclusion of good pratices or bad pratices of each services.

Reflection:

In this module, I have learned about the basic requirement and also the regulation for each services. It is very important to learn Building services because each services serve people who are living or using the certain space in the building and avoid accident or mechanical loss that occured in each buildings.

Asian Architecture

Asian Architecture

Project 1 : Contextual Architecture Study

In project 1, we are required to identify one of the popular buildings in Asia and case study on the selected building by doing research, analysis, observation,compare it  and contrast it to the comtemporary architecture.

We are required to design a presentation board to show our understanding on our own case study.

The case study building is yusuhara wooden bridge musuem in Japan. It's is a museum constructed by chinese traditional construction method "dougong" as a bridge to link two of the public buildings together. The architect is kengo kuma, one of the famous architect in Japan.

Project 2 Case Study Paper

In project 2, we are required to identify an issue or topic to a building in asia to study it. Firstly, we have to create a mind map for our case study to focus on a specific topic and give 4~5 questions on itself and answer it through our final report.

The building I have chosen is one of the great architecture in Malaysia which is Telegraph Poles House by WHBC in Langkawi.

Before we gone through the final report session, we have a presentation session as our report brief to show our understanding of the report.

Final Submission Report:

Reflection: 
In this subject, I have learned about the contextual architecture and also vernucular architecture in Malaysia. Designing a building is not just looking at its form but also the passive design on it. How to comfort the user and design the building to adapt the local climate and weather by design passively is very important nowadays. This is what we as an architecture student and become future architect should learn and use it in the future.