Studio 4: Project 2b: Nature Appreciation Centre

AIM

To develop awareness of environmental sustainability in architectural design.
To develop the student’s ability to meet the imperative and inter-related environmental and social needs, as well as make poetry with the buildings.

OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the subject, students will be able to:

1. Apply ideas of environmental sustainability in design
2. Design and create  architectural spaces with consideration of environmental poetics in relation to the basic natural context and existing built context which impact on users’ experiences
 3. Combine the environmental needs, the site (site topography, history and socio-cultural events), and the users’ experiences within simple building design in the open landscape/suburban context.
 4. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), modelling and verbal presentation to communicate and visualize architectural design and ideas based on clustered spatial typology.

Studio 4: Project 2: Nature Appreciation Centre [Site Analysis]

AIM
1.To identify and analyse environmental and social needs of a site
2. To propose for Nature Appreciation Center

LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Identify site condition, topography, vegetation and socio- cultural events
2. Identify environmental features that influence architectural design
3. Identify and analyse environment and social needs of a site as basis for design proposal

TGC FORM STUDIO 4

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia (MASSA)

Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Architecture)

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Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities (TGC) Reflection Form

Name and Student ID: Yuvita Raj 1102P77164

Module and Code: Design Studio 4     

Please fill in the individual tasks undertaken of each module to measure the achievement of the Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities (TGC). The contents in this form will be used for Portfolio Assessment. Failure to submit this form to the Module Coordinator with your Portfolio is deemed as an INCOMPLETE submission for the module which can result in a Fail (F) grade.

Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities (TGC)		State the projects and tasks you have undertaken to achieve the specified TGC. Note ‘NA’ for non-applicable TGCs.
Discipline Specific Knowledge
1.0	TGC: Discipline Specific Knowledge
1.1	Able to put theory into practice	Project 1: We needed to enhance the poetics in spaces.
1.2	Understand ethical issues in the context of the field of study	Project 1: Picking a site with poetic meanings
1.3	Understand professional practice within the field of study	Project 1: Analysing the site chosen and researching about its ideas
Cognitive Capabilities
2.0	TGC: Lifelong Learning
2.1	Learn independently	Project 2: Coming up with an allocation of areas with programs
2.2	Locate, extract, synthesise and utilise information effectively	n/a
2.3	Be intellectually engaged	Project 2
3.0	TGC: Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
3.1	Think critically and creatively	Project  2: Coming up with programs and a design to fit it.
3.2	Define and analyse problems to arrive at effective solutions	Project 1 and 2
Soft Skills
4.0	TGC: Communication Skills
4.1	Communicate appropriately in various   settings and modes	Project 1 and 2: Presentation skills were being put to the test
5.0	TGC: Interpersonal Skills
5.1	Understand team dynamics and mobilise the power of teams	Project 1 as it was a team work
5.2	Understand and assume leadership	n/a
6.0	TGC: Intrapersonal Skills
6.1	Manage one-self and be self-reliant	Project 2 as it was individual work
6.2	Reflect on one’s actions and learning	Project 1 as we could compare ideas in a group
6.3	Embody Taylor's core values
7.0	TGC: Citizenship and Global Perspectives
7.1	Be aware and form opinions from diverse perspectives	Project 2: Getting opinions from external critics
7.2	Understand the value of civic responsibility and community engagement	Project 1: Understanding the laws of photo journalism in a public area.
8.0	TGC: Digital Literacy
8.1	Effective use of information communication and related technologies (ICT)	Project 1 and 2: Using the skills or Autocad and 3D max

Studio 4: Project 1b: Precedent Study B [Belum Rainforest]

OBJECTIVE
The visit is to seek and investigate existing knowledge on sustainable architecture that respond to the basic natural context such as the sun, wind, heat, cold, energy issue, and context. The main aim is to analyse architectural precedents for poetic relationship between the built and natural setting.

AIM
TO SEEK AND INVESTIGATE POETIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUILT AND NATURAL SETTING
 1. What is the design strategies employed to celebrate the relationship?
 2. How are the spaces articulated in terms of the poetics, sensuality and tactility of architectural spaces?
 • Spatial types (how did the spatial typology used influenced the way spaces were experienced?)
• Flow of experience (identify key circulation/journey, and select at least 5 experiential spaces to study). For each space, study the following: Engagement with senses; Manipulation of light and its effects on space (natural & artificial); Texture and materiality; Scale and proportion of spaces (in relation to human)
 • Co-relate the plan to one of the most interesting section of the building. Study the section and analyse how it is designed. Comment on the relationship between inside/outside, volumes and scale of space, variation and hierarchy of spaces

Studio 4 Project 1: Precedent Study A

AIM

Stage 1 is to seek and investigate existing knowledge on similar scheme and sustainable architecture that respond to the basic natural context such as the sun, wind, heat, cold, energy issue, and context. The main aim is to analyse architectural precedents for:

1. Spatial typology

2. Spatial programming

3. Poetic relationship between the built and natural setting.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the project, student should be able to:

1.    Utilize precedent study as research technique

2.    Reflect precedent and techniques of analysis in the critique and development of projects

3.    Demonstrate the ability to execute a design integrating the analysis of precedent and context within the process of design

4.    Respond to environmental concerns in the development and realization of design projects through the study of precedent.