Design Studio 5 / Portfolio
Architectural Design Studio 5 focuses on the theme of place-making for the urban community. It aims to explore urban conditions pertaining to movement, events and spaces within urban street context and to provide appropriate architectural solutions in designing a community library for the city's inhabitants. This module aims to introduce students aspects of the city and urbanity in relation to architectural design. Besides, we students are to develop awareness and application of legislative requirements and socio-behavioral patterns of urban environments and communities in architectural design.
Preliminary Studies / 01​
The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of community library around the world. This assignment aims to firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a community library and architectural responses for urban infills.
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The Preliminary Studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Community Library. The Site Documentation and Site Analysis will equip students with a firm understanding of the site they will be working with this semester, while the Precedent Studies will provide an insight into architectural responses for designing an urban infill community library.
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In Design Studio 5, we are assigned to design a library along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (TAR) without neglecting design consideration with the existing site and structure. The community library is a platform that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources. The Precedent Study entails an investigation into a relevant example of a community library and inquiry into establishing its role within its specific context and community.
Objectives:​
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To have an overview of the formation of cities and introduce basic concepts of urban design in relation to architectural design.
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To introduce and implement basic methodologies of urban studies.
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To investigate the role of community libraries in traditional and contemporary urban societies.
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To examine various examples and architectural responses for urban infills.
Community Library / 02
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In project 2, we students are to 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 an appropriate formal and elevational strategy in response to the character of the street, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for a community library.
The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project.
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Objectives:​
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To take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture.
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To develop an awareness and basic compliance to Design Codes and Statutory Requirements.
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To emphasize the importance of elevational context and composition in developing architectural design.
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To implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an architectural design project.
Learning Outcomes:
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Demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of Design Codes and Regulations
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Explore plan-section and elevational studies to resolve relevant aesthetic, construction, and environmental issues in the design development phase.
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Produce a design outcome that encompasses the appropriate site-specific architectural responses through its formal, cultural, legislative, structural, and environmental design solutions for specific urban issues.