AD5
We have reach our final Studio before we move to ADP in the last semester. This time we learn about placemaking and urban designs. Tutored by Ar Nani.
Architectural Design Studio V
PROJECT 1A
Preliminary studies
We were introduced to Medan Pasar, an old market square in the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur. During the site visit we walked around the 2 given sites to study its context and the community behavior. Our target is to design a Creative Community center based on our case studies. Finally our documentations of the site visit and compilation of analysis will help us brainstorm our own sense of place. I have chosen Site A for my Community Center to have a strong sense of connection to Medan Pasar. In this assignment our Analysis should help us determine design strategies and position taking for the following design phase.
PROJECT 1B
Architectural Design Strategy
Followed by our precedent studies, we made massing models influences by my sense of place. During the process I proposed a few ideas and concept of how my building should look by expressing with a general spatial planning: use of spaces and the solid and voids to show where my service, public and private space will be in correspondence to the site context as well as exploring multiple potential openings. While playing with design elements and arranging the activities, I was able to come out with an ideal floor plan of my intended design by Interim 2 although the tutors help me understand my design is lacking in terms of opportunities and design flaws especially the services, car park and staircase which are the most important in a multi-storey building. All this to be amended in the final outcome.
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PROJECT 1C
Architecture for Place-making
Finally, the outcome of my final project is the proposed Arcadia Center of Digital Arts. This is a place for interconnection for the community. My strategy is to introduce Digital Art Programs into the community to give a sense of new found interested and talent of the locals. As the Center aims to promote local artist work in its gallery. My target is to urge the community to interact with nature to get inspiration to express their untapped talent to product creative art. We want the community to take part in creating art so the activities introduce them to digital software and art work such as photo art collage and photography printing all to be display at the center's gallery so everyone's art work may be seen at the community center. I also made the architecture slight more interesting by playing with the continuity of the pathway and arches and also a led façade that is able to play interesting moving images and art work to attract more people to visit the digital art center.
REFLECTION
Overall I truly enjoyed the process of this project because I spent longer hours in studio with my friends and had learned plenty from them. Also, I personally think that I have improved from my poor learning progress last semester. This project have certainly prepared me for my Final semester next year. I am very grateful to Ar. Nani for guiding me and giving me wonderful advices to improve my design. I felt like this semester I've definitely pulled through although it was quite the struggle to juggle 4 subjects at once.