TOAA
Theories of Asian Architecture
We had online classes as well for toaa with Mr Koh. This is the outcome of my study in this module. In this subject we have to investigate the relationship between Culture, History, Architecture Design, Construction and What makes their distinctive identity etc. In this module, we studied the Historical development of Architecture in Asia.
PROJECT 1
Reading the context of Traditional Street
In this assignment we have to produce a sketch journal of the context we analyze from a given street in Kuala Lumpur. I choose Petaling Street as my site because I've been there before multiple times both with family and in Foundation for an assignment. In this project, we are required to obverse its qualities and its evolution in Architecture styles. It helps us understand more on the place identity of Petaling Street.
PROJECT 2
Infographic
In project 2, we have to choose between 4 types of traditional architecture to research on and summarize them on an A3 board. I choose to research Traditional Chinese Architecture because of my love for Traditional Themed Chinese Drama. What I find Interesting was the spatial layout conception of a Chinese courtyard where the arrangement of the rooms are based on gender and status. The purpose of this assignment is to help us understand the development through cultural context.
Our Final Assignment is a group project. My group decided to research on the issue revolving around the issue faced by Petaling street from Globalization. This assignment requires us to go in depth to analyze some defects of the heritages such as the lost of place identity. We have to summarize our observations and research into an Abstract. After thorough investigation, we found that there are many factors that cause the defamation of Petaling street. The famous China town in Kuala Lumpur is losing its appeal due to the lack of care and appreciation from the public. We also concluded that globalization is the cause of change in it originality and Architectural context. This is a Poster of the summary of our research (image on the left) as well us our presentation slides (below).
Research on Asian Architecture
PROJECT 3
TOAA Presentation Video
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REFLECTION
Overall I think I learnt plenty about Malaysia's Architecture especially the evolution in shophouses but I don't find the theory subjects interesting especially online but the online quiz were fun. I realized culture influence also play an important part in Architecture development, for example Asian countries often adopts Westerns concepts because of the edgy looks and modernity. Thus, preservation on heritages should be important. I lost quite a lot of mark in my first assignment and tried harder for the rest but i certainly don't want to betaking this subject again.