PROJECT 1 | architecture-1

PRELIMINARY STUDIES

LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT

• CONDUCT CASE STUDIES AND SITE ANALYSIS TO GENERATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.

• DETERMINE AND DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF A COMMUNITY LIBRARY IN A CONTEMPORARY URBAN SETTING.

• EXAMINE AND ESTABLISH APPROPRIATE ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSES AND STRATEGIES FOR DESIGNING WITHIN AN URBAN INFILL SITE .

• PRODUCE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION (DIAGRAMS, MAPPINGS, PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES, ORTHOGRAPHIC
DRAWINGS AND MODELS) TO RECORD AND COMMUNICATE SITE ANALYSIS FINDINGS, AND FOR FURTHER USE IN THE COMING DESIGN STAGES.

GROUP WORK:

LEE JO YEE
LIM CHOON WAH

LIM LI ERN
TAN JOU WEN
TAN KAI CHONG

JULIA SHENJAYA

LEONG HUIYI
CHEAH EUGENE

TING PENG HANG

YANG GE SHEN

NICOLE LIM XU TENG

TAN SHING YEOU

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 US 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.

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.

THE OUTCOME OF THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES WILL INCLUDE THE PRODUCTION OF SITE DOCUMENTATION MATERIALS (DRAWINGS AND MODELS IN BOTH DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL COPY FOR FURTHER USE), A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SITE, AND A DETAILED CASE STUDY OF A RELEVANT URBAN INFILL AND COMMUNITY LIBRARY.

INTRODUCTION

OUR TASK IS TO PREPARE A SITE ANALYSIS WHICH WE NEED TO OBSERVE AND RECORD THE SITE’S CURRENT CONDITION, AND TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE USED IN THE INITIAL DESIGN CONCEPTUALISATION AND STRATEGY PHASE. AND OUR SITE IS LOCATED AT JALAN IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO STUDY AND ANALYSE ONE EXAMPLE OF AN URBAN INFILL THAT IS A COMMUNITY LIBRARY. IN ANALYSING THIS EXAMPLE, WE SHOULD DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF WHAT IS AN URBAN INFILL AND WHAT IS A COMMUNITY LIBRARY.

WE NEED TO PREPARE MINIMUM 8 A3 PANELS IN BOTH HARD AND SOFT COPY (PDF) FORMAT PORTRAIT LAYOUT PRECEDENT STUDIES AND MINIMUM 4 A3 PANELS IN BOTH HARD AND SOFT COPY (PDF) FORMAT PORTRAIT LAYOUT.

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