DESIGN STUDIO 5

Architecture Design Studio 5 focuses on the theme of place-making for the urban street. It aims to explore and provide appropriate architectural solutions in designing a community library for the city’s inhabitants. We began by conducting preliminary studies in which introduced us to the studies and context of urbanity through the analysis and documentation of the current urban condition of Petaling Street. This was done in concurrence with the research of urban infill and community library precedents, and our architectural responses.

The objectives of the module are:

To introduce aspects of the city and urbanity in relation to architectural design.
To develop an awareness and application of legislative requirements and socio-behavioural patterns of urban environments and communities in architectural design.
To explore key stages involved in architectural design development.

PROJECT 1 : Preliminary Studies

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This project is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of community library around the world. The aim is to focus on urban study in order to find opportunities to promote a community library in the given context. This assignment 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 community library and architectural responses for urban infills.

It comprises of two components: urban study through site documentation and analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Community Library. The urban study 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.

The objectives of this assignment are as follows:

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 community libraries in traditional and contemporary urban societies 4. To examine various examples and architectural responses for urban infills.

PROJECT 2 : THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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In Project 2, we were to design a community library 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 a narrative on architectural strategy in response to the relevant questions pertaining to community and its context, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for a community library. 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.

The objectives of this assignment are as follows:

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.

DESIGN STUDIO 5

PROJECT 1 : Preliminary Studies

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The objectives of this assignment are as follows:

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 community libraries in traditional and contemporary urban societies 4. To examine various examples and architectural responses for urban infills.

PROJECT 2 : THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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The objectives of this assignment are as follows:

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.