INTRODUCTION TO

STUDIO 1B SEM JUNE 2023

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO’S)

DISTRIBUTION OF ASSESSMENT MARKS

Project 1 - PERSONAL POD

P1-A (individual) - Personal Pod (10%) CLO1:PLO1

P1-B (group) - Site Study (10%) CLO3:PLO4

Project 2 - THE RETREAT HOUSE

P2-A - Initial Planning & Concept (10%) CLO1:PLO1

P2-B - Schematic Design - space planning (20%) CLO2:PLO2

P2-C - Design Development - form making (20%) CLO2:PLO2

P2-D - Final Presentation - design detail & technical (20%) CLO4:PLO5

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Portfolio - COMPILATION OF WORKS

(10%) CLO1:PLO1

PERSONAL PODS

PROJECT 1

PHASE 1

INTRODUCTION TO SITE

PROJECT 1 : Personal Pods

DURATION : 4 weeks

Project 1a- Personal Pods (Individual work)

Project 1b- Site Study (Group work)

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Important dates:

PRESENTATION Personal Pods(10%) : Week 4 (04 August 2023)

PRESENTATION Site Study (10%) : Week 4 (01 August 2023)

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The objectives of this project are as follow:

1. To develop understanding of site contextual issues in order to inform design.
2. To identify the principles and elements of design to be used into the design
3. To develop understanding on scale and proportion

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At the end of the project, student would be able to:

CLO1: Generate design ideas by integrating concepts, contextual issues, visual principles and techniques (CLO1:PLO1)

CLO3: Discover the analysis & synthesis of design project with the skill of collaboration, communication and good teamwork (CLO3:PLO4)

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OBJECTIVES

LEARNING

OUTCOMES

You will be given a task, to design a Personal Pod (P1a) which will be affected with consideration of the surrounding site context. The aim is to create a structure that is inventive and can be used by the user without any singularly functioning elements. The structure design must establish a connection or harmony with the natural surrounding it is placed in.

Site Study

You are required to identify and analyze the site factors of the given area. By understanding the studies from P1b, you are required to craft your ideas of design into 3D form in Project 1a: Personal Pod. Focusing on the exploration of ideas with considerations on the human scale ; playing with light & shadow, solid & void, materials & texture etc.

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Precedent Study

Referenced Precedent study as inspiration to generate ideas. You might want to refer to the ideas formation and design principles applied in their project.

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User study

As the user of the pods, you are required to decide the activities that can be done in the pods. The pods must be designed according to self ergonomic study, response to the site elements and response to the human sensories.

CONTENT

TOOLS

P1b - SITE STUDY

In 4 groups, students will be assigned to find information about the site that can done from an intensive study conducted during the site visit. The analysis/synthesis gained from the site study will provide you with insights into the design that you will be producing later.

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The site studies should cover, but not limited to the following aspects:

1. Site Inventory- Data collection and identify the site factors (natural setting, sensory & climatic) and analyse how it will influence the design of your Project
2. Site Analysis- Evaluation of data collection through SWOT analysis
3. Site Synthesis- Design solutions from the issues/site matters that have been identified from the site analysis

TASK

Putrajaya Wetlands Park as your context, you will commence the project with an extensive site study, focusing on the essence of place and defining the surrounding elements that will soon drive your design.

PROPOSED SITE

Site: PUTRAJAYA WETLANDS PARK

https://goo.gl/maps/qAkmT7dYedy44VRU7

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P1b- Submission Output

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1. A1 portrait format board
2. Use diagrams, photos and avoid lengthy words to illustrate the site data, analysis and synthesis.
3. Manual hand-drawing and hand drawn sketches
4. Presentation method - rendering technique, colour scheme, drawing composition.

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You will be credited for:

•Ability to translate information/ideas into graphical representation

•Clear understanding of the site study purpose. Identify the site issues/problems and its component with appropriate rationale

•Rigors of study on the data collection and analysis

•Respond to the site issues/subject matters and come out with the design solutions

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TASK

P1a - PERSONAL PODs

Base on the data collected from the site studies, you are required to design a personal pods within the area of the proposed site.

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1. Identify the site factors (natural setting, sensory & climatic) and analyse how it will influence the design of your personal pod.
2. The personal pods consists of two or more pods, which are linked together. The location at site depends on the user needs. It can be located on land, on the water, elevated on a structure, attached to the trees and so on.
3. The spaces is specifically to reflect the user behaviour towards the surrounding and encourage engagement with the human 5 senses. The spaces can be designed for viewing, seating, standing, reading, relaxing, chatting, etc.
4. Space Built Up Area = min 10m2 to 20m2 (max).
5. Height = shall not exceed 6 meters.
6. The pattern of circulation/movement can be designed within the linear organization or continuous within the centralized organization
7. Material can be from timber, bamboo, brick or any lightweight material
8. Establish 5 points of experiential value (physical vs emotional) of the spaces created.

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TASK

P1a- Submission Output

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1. A1 size portrait board in poster format
2. Content of your poster board shall include:
1. Design ideas explanation (Use diagrams & sketches to express ideas/intention. Avoid lengthy words to illustrate the storyline)
2. Site Plan scale 1:100
3. Floor Plan scale 1:20
4. Section x-x scale 1:20
5. Section y-y scale 1:20
6. Axonometric scale 1:50
7. Series of photos showing journey of the 5 points of experiential spaces

3. Mock-up models 1:50 scale (minimum 3).

4. Final model - Physical model 1:20 (TBC)

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You will be credited for:

•Ability to translate information/ideas into graphical representation

•composition of information

•transformation of ideas

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TASK

Tutorial expectations P1-A Personal Pod

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1. W1 14/7/2023

-Overview of the site (get from google earth, google maps, relevant website)

-Precedent study as reference or any relevant architect’s work (identify the design principles and the movement pattern in linear or centric)

-Design ideas explanation (activities to be applied, experiential journey, design principles, material chosen)

-Factors to be considered- sensories, user behaviour, site elements

1. W2 21/7/2023

Updated design ideas explanation

Bubble diagram- spaces

1. W3 25/7/2023

-Updated design ideas explanation

-Plan, sections

-Mock up model - Form of the personal pod, with considerations of site elements

1. W3 28/7/2023

-Plan, section, revised mock up model

1. W4 04/8/2023

-Final Presentation of P1-A

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Tutorial expectations P1-B site study

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1. W3 25/7/2023

Site inventory information in a proper formats & graphical composition (micro & macro study)

-S.W.O.T analysis draftly

1. W3 28/7/2023

Updated Site inventory & S.W.O.T analysis

Synthesis draftly

1. W4 01/8/2023

Final Presentation of P1-B

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TASK

EXAMPLES OF PODS ARCHITECTURE

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion- a wall of translucent blocks that has been "unzipped" to create a curving, cavernous interior.

Viewed side-on, the pavilion is rectangular. But when seen from the front or at an angle, its curving silhouette is revealed. It also changes from opaque to see-through, depending on the viewing angle

EXAMPLES OF PRECEDENT STUDY

• Design principles
• Materiality
• Spatial experiences
• Response to site
• Response to sensories

• shelving system with these extruded fibreglass elements
• both transparent and opaque, both solid box and blob

wooden flooring forms a pathway through the building, and also forms seating elements with the same dimensions as the fibreglass blocks

• The hollow blocks are gradually shifted forwards and backwards to create two layers of undulating surfaces, which divide to create curved entrances at both ends of the pavilion
• Pavilion challenge by Bjarke Ingels

https://youtu.be/PY691w-dXdQ

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Final Wooden house..

Sou Fujimoto’s concept of bringing architecture closer to nature. I thought of making an ultimate wooden architecture by using lumber. It was conceived by just mindlessly stacking 350mm square.

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EXAMPLES OF PRECEDENT STUDY

• User behaviour/activity
• Materiality
• Spatial experiences
• Response to site
• Response to sensories

There are no separations of floor, wall, and ceiling here. A place that one thought was a floor becomes a chair, a ceiling, a wall from various positions. The floor levels are relative and spatiality is perceived differently according to one's position. Here, people are distributed three-dimensionally in the space. This is a place like an amorphous landscape with a new experience of various senses of distances. Inhabitants discover, rather than being prescribed, various functionalities in these convolutions.

Pods Architecture design

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410531322263579940/

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Response to wave to enhance hearing sensory https://youtu.be/n86pF-wQKrw

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Response to wind to enhance hearing Sensory

https://youtu.be/9_2Fkqkiuj0

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Response to light & shadow to enhance seeing Sensory

https://www.archdaily.com/790032/serpentine-summer-house-barkow-leibinger

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POSTER PRESENTATION - (A1 size - portrait orientation)

Contents of the poster depends on your own creativity, but it shall show:

• a design statement/concept,
• graphic design explanation (bubbles diagrams, sketches on ideas, diagrams of form generation etc)
• Basic site plan
• Main drawings- plan, section & axonometric
• Series of photos showing the spatial experiences/ journey to the FIVE senses (application of light & shadow, solid & void, volume, materiality, etc)
• Mock-up Model of form development
• Final model

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COMPOSING OF A1 POSTER PRESENTATION

• Compose the A1 Portrait Orientation using a grid as guideline

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1. Placement & zoning - Organize the information. For example, you may start by brief site analysis, then move to the concept statement and its illustrative sketches & diagrams.
2. Layout Essentials - Establish the grid. A grid helps you organize visual elements on the page. These elements may be drawings, diagrams, or text.
3. Layout Essentials - Understand the Visual Hierarchy. Certain drawings or images should receive more (or less) visual attention. Arrange your drawings, images, and text in order of importance.

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INFORMATION IN SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS

INFORMATION IN PLAN

INFORMATION IN SECTION

INFORMATION IN SECTION

INFORMATION IN SECTION

5 POINTS OF EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY