MEASURED DRAWING AND DOCUMENTATION

For our first project, we were fortunate to have a site visit to the Sungai Buloh Valley of Hope Leprosarium. During the visit, we were required to take in the tangible and intangible elements of the site and produce a series of ten annotated sketches onsite.

It was a unique experience to witness the other side of normalcy that was the daily lives of the residents of the Valley of Hope. Throughout the project, there was a growing awareness within myself regarding the importance of preserving and conserving this remarkable experience.

Collectively as a group, we were required to investigate the historical, architectural and cultural contexts of the Sungai Buloh Valley of Hope site. As such, we were to produce a report compiling the research that we had done on the settlement.

Through this project, the importance of conserving and preserving the settlement became more apparent; enriched with the further knowledge of its dark past of segregation and ostracization, now being slowly abandoned and fading into irrelevance.

During the site visit, we were to collect data of the chalets, such as measurements, spatial layouts and the overall architecture. Subsequently, the data were processed to produce a 3D model of the settlement via computer.

A great deal of software experience was obtained via this project. Besides that, I also learned the structure and construction of the chalets as well as the thoughtful planning that was put into making the settlement efficient yet hospitable.