Project 1A was a group project which initiating the engagement of the 'Environment and Community', its about placing the environment and people at the center of our awareness of how architecture can foster a sense of community for the present as well as its sustainable future.
Our site is located at Court 9 park, USJ 14.
We divided into 5 groups among all the tutorial groups (The whole class). Task 1, task 2, task 3 and so on, collect different data from the site. Below are the tasks that we assigned to:
Site drawing - measurements, drawings, digital modeling.
Social content - neighborhood characteristics, user demographics, community profile, activities, and user experience.
Natural features & man-made features - vegetation, slopes, structures, infrastructure, drainage etc.
Circulation & access - pedestrian and vehicular access, paths, parking
site atmosphere & character - sound, visual, sensorial, textural
After all that, we need to create our own park with unique layout with our own tutorial group members using the data that we collected.
Project 1B was a group project but smaller and is to let us deal with the understanding of materiality in relation to use and experience. Materiality is seen as a setting for communal activities to convey meaning and associations as well as a function of structure and construction. Students will be required to design a Learning Pod, which is intended to showcase the architectural form and materiality of a proposed set of activities. The exploration of themes centered around the notion of learning as well as the spatial experience of users in this project will relate to the programmatic requirements in Project 1C.
We divided into smaller groups among our own tutorial groups, forming a 4 person group.
3m x 6m x 3m structure, sitting on a flat ground, themed learning through Plants, People, Play. Construct using one of the three structural systems, Frame, solid, shell.
Project 1C was an individual project and we are required to provide full design proposals incorporating findings from site analysis and precedent studies. Students will generate narratives that respond to the environment and community within the given context and explore the environmental poetics of building enclosure design solutions that reduce environmental impact utilizing various complex typologies of spati l organisotions and a variety of passive strategies for sustainable design. The design was contribute to and merge harmoniously with the environmetn and site and provide the beset spatil experience in fostering a sense of community.
900sqm, 2-3 floors community center.