ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5: PLACE MAKING OF AN URBAN STREET

Module Synopsis:

Architecture Design Studio 5 [ARC 3118] focuses on the theme of place-making for the urban street. It aims to explore and provide appropriate architectural solutions in designing a market-place for the city’s inhabitants. Students will begin by conducting preliminary studies in that introduces them to the studies and context of urbanity through the analysis and documentation of the current urban condition of a selected inner-city site. This will be done in concurrence with the research of urban infill and market-place precedents, and their architectural responses. By the end of the module, students will have developed an appropriate scheme for an urban contemporary market-place within a dense inner-city street environment that takes into consideration an understanding of applicable current legislation, building technologies and cultural imperatives of the site and its surroundings.

Module Learning Outcomes:

1. Analyze the site character and identify conditions of the urban streetscape and urban behavioural patterns.
2. Analyze case studies to gain understanding of architectural response for urban infill sites to inform the design project.
3. Analyze case studies to gain understanding of the role and spatial programming of a market-place in an urban setting.
4. Demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of Design Codes and Regulations. 
5. Design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to design codes and statutory requirements. 
6. Produce plan-section and elevational studies to explore and resolve relevant aesthetic, construction and environmental issues in the design development phase.
7. Produce a design outcome for an urban contemporary market-place that encompasses the appropriate site-specific architectural responses through its formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design solutions.
8. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), models and presentations to verbally and visually communicate architectural ideas and scheme.

PROJECT 1 : PRELIMINARY STUDIES

Learning Outcomes:

1. Conduct case studies and site analysis to generate an understanding of the physical and cultural context and development of urban environments 
2. Determine and describe the role of a market-place in a contemporary urban setting 
3. Examine and establish appropriate architectural responses and strategies for designing within an urban infill site 
4. 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 

Site Model

Site Analysis

Site Analysis

Site Analysis

Site Analysis

Site Analysis

Site Analysis

Precedent Studies

Precedent Studies

PROJECT 2 : DESIGNING A CONTEMPORARY MARKET                            PLACE

Learning Outcomes:

1. To take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture 
2. To develop an awareness and basic compliance to Design Codes and Statutory Requirements 
3. To emphasize the importance of elevational context and composition in developing architectural design 
4. To implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an architectural design project

Presentation Board 

Presentation Board

Physical Model

Physical Model

Physical Model

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1

Module Synopsis:

In this module students will be exposed to a more extensive study of building construction by investigating the latest and more advanced technology and practice of the industry; from site analysis to all the advanced 

construction systems, energy efficiency, waste management, embodied energy as well as the latest construction methods. In addition it also intends to expose students to the study of construction through case studies of existing buildings and applying the construction methods and systems of the building into their own design while addressing the issues pertaining to ecological impact.

Module Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and collect relevant research data.
2. Explain a set of architectural and structural documentation.
3. Relate basic structural elements and structural principles in construction.
4. Analyse and document construction methods and materials
5. Evaluate existing construction system and detailing of the selected project.
6. Critique issues pertaining to construction principles, materials, techniques, codes of practice, process of assembly, and detailing.
7. Critique issues pertaining to energy efficiency, embodied energy as well as ecological impact.
8. Generate alternative construction solutions by means of sketches and drawings. 

PROJECT 1 : DESIGN MODIFICATION &                                                          DOCUMENTATION

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and collect relevant research data. 
2. Explain a set of architectural and structural documentation. 
3. Relate basic structural elements and structural principles in construction. 
4. Analyse and document construction methods and materials 

Project 1 : Design Modification & Documentation

PROJECT 2: INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEM

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and collect relevant research data. 
2. Evaluate existing construction system and detailing of the selected project. 
3. Critique issues pertaining to construction principles, materials, techniques, process of assembly and detailing. 
4. Critique issues pertaining to energy efficiency, embodied energy as well as ecological impact. 

Project 2 : IBS

IN ADAPTATION

THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

Module Synopsis 
The subject offers a thematic inquiry into architectural theory in the broader context of philosophical schools of thought and cultural and social conditions, which include modernism, postmodernism, phenomenology,
semiotics, post-structuralism, and deconstruction. These themes will guide the organization of weekly lecture and discussions, which will proceed from the establishment of a basic theoretical apparatus to the examination of specific cases. These will supply us with tools for the analysis of specific architectural situations. Students will develop a written synopsis of a designated reading, and an in-depth and analytical research paper on the designated topic.

Module Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the theoretical issues related to design through study of architecture and urbanism and its
   related studies 
2. Identify the different architectural theories which inform the development of architecture and urban forms 
3. Analyze and critique the relationship between architecture and its social, cultural, and intellectual context 
4. Analyze architecture and urban forms in relation to relevant architectural theories 
5. Produce, orally and in writing, a critical interpretation of architecture and urbanism in relation to relevant theories within the contemporary discourse of architecture

1. Analyse and critique the relationship between architecture and its social, cultural and intellectual context 
2. Produce, orally and in writing, a critical interpretation of architecture and urbanism in relation to relevant theories within the contemporary discourse of architecture
3. Analyse architecture and urban forms in relation to relevant architectural theories 

PROJECT : THEORIZING ARCHITECTURE
PART 1: ARCHITECT'S BIODATA

Part 1: List of Projects

Part 1 : Cv of Architect

PART 2 (A): SELF_ WORKING EXPERIENCE

Working Experience

PART 2(B): EXTERNAL FACTORS

Climatic Aspect

External Factor: User

Architecture Theories: Form follows function

Report: Theorizing Architecture

SYNOPSIS:

Synopsis: Towards a New Horizon in Architecture Tadao Ando

Synopsis: An Architecture of the Seven Senses

Synopsis: Towards a New Horizon in Architecture Tadao Ando

BUILDING SCIENCE 2

Module Synopsis:
Students are provided an understanding of building acoustics in relation to building design and construction.
They are introduced to the field through acoustic history, practical measurements, sound insulation,
reverberation, and noise, internal and external to the building. Students are also given the opportunity to use lux meter and sound pressure level meters to experience illuminance and sound level. Students are exposed to day lighting strategies, permanent and supplementary artificial lighting of interior, various types of artificial light sources, the importance of Colour Rendering Index (CRI) and simple calculation to determine uniform lighting for interiors. This module is also integrated to architecture design studio 5 (ARC3117) to enable students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through application.

Module Learning Outcomes 

1. Recognize the relevance of design implications on the acoustic and lighting environments. 
2. Explain the terminologies used in architectural acoustics and lighting. 
3. Describe design of spaces free from glare, lit with proper selection of light sources, including day lighting strategies that can be applied to designs to create more sustainable designs. 
4. Exemplify suitable light sources to create intended or desired ambiance. 
5. Calculate the required amounts of external opening required to provide adequate internal illumination levels for simple designs and apply knowledge to creatively introduce daylight into interior spaces without bringing in heat. 
6. Design simple acoustically-compatible spaces that enhance sound qualities in spaces while exploring noise reduction method to achieve required reverberation time. 

PROJECT 1: LIGHTING AND ACOUSTICS PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION DESIGN

Learning Outcomes:

1. Able to produce a complete documentation on analysis of space in relation to lighting requirement eg. natural and artificial lighting. (Pictures, sketches and drawing) and analysis of factors which effects the lighting design of a space. 
2. Explore and apply understanding of building physic eg. Lighting towards building / construction technology and building materials on existing building projects. 
3. Able to evaluate and explore the improvisation by using current material and technology in relevance to present construction industry 
4. Basic understanding and analysis of lighting layout and arrangements by using certain methods or calculations eg. Lumen method and PSALI. 
5. Basic understanding and analysis of acoustic design layout and arrangements by using certain methods or calculations eg. Reverberation time and sound transmission coefficient.

PROJECT 1 : LIGHTING AND ACOUSTICS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DESIGN

PROJECT 2: INTEGRATION WITH DESIGN STUDIO 5 

Learning Outcomes:

1. Produce site analysis which document, interpret and analyze the site context in relation to lighting and acoustics. 
2. Identify and analyze functional needs through case studies to inform of lighting and acoustics.

PROJECT 2 : INTEGRATION WITH DESIGN STUDIO 5

Acoustic 

Lighting