DelaneyTANG
Project 1: Preliminary Studies
Site: Jalan Gereja, Kuala Lumpur
PRELIMINARY
STUDIES
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 [ARC3117/3118]
The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of urban infill market-places 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 market-place and architectural responses for urban infills.
The Preliminary Studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Market-Places. 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 contemporary market-place.
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 market-place.
OBJECTIVE
• To have an overview of the formation of cities and introduce basic concepts of urban design in relation
to architectural design
• To introduce and implement basic methodologies of urban studies
• To investigate the role of market-places in traditional and contemporary urban societies
• To examine various examples and architectural responses for urban infills
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• 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 market-place 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
MACRO SITE ANALYSIS
MICRO SITE ANALYSIS
CASE STUDY
Students will concentrate on designing a contemporary market-place 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 an urban market-place.
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.
OBJECTIVE
• To take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture
• To develop an awareness and basic compliance to Design Codes and Statutory Requirements
• To emphasize the importance of elevational context and composition in developing architectural
design
• To implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an
architectural design project
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Produce a design outcome for an urban contemporary market-place is site-specific through its
formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design responses
• Apply basic knowledge of urban architectural typologies, infill design strategies and market-place
programming
• Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and awareness of design codes and regulations
• Design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to basic design codes and statutory
requirements
• Utilise study models, diagramming, mapping, orthographic plan-section and elevational studies to
explore and resolve relevant spatial, structural, functional and environmental issues in the design
development phase
• Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), models and presentations to verbally and visually
communicate architectural ideas and scheme.
URBAN
STREET
Final Project: Urban Infill Market
Site: Jalan Gereja, Kuala Lumpur
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