PROJECT o1.A >> ONLINE GROUP FORUM
Online group forum is a platform where student work together to explore and understand the precedent studies of a chosen building with cultural, historical and architectural significances. Students would be able to exchange views and share knowledge online. A good practice for students to critic each others work and improve together, knowing where the problem came from. This online forum required student to gather architectural information, and appreciate the essence of the building while having in-dept understanding of the building systems ar work. Students would also recognize the series of imortant elements that realize design aspects of the building.
On-line Group Forum Task:
Each group is required to collectively address the questions below via TIMES WikiSpace discussion forum. As such each student in the group needs to only select just one set of questions.
All discussion must be posted in TIMES Wiki Space in the form of:
a. clear and legible photographs and scanned sketches
b. short brief /write-up.
Brief General/Background Questions:
1. i. Who was the architect or founder of the building? ii. What was the concept or philosophy of the architect or founder that makes the building historically significant / meaningful?
2. i. Where and when was the building built? ii. How the context, building period and evolution makes the building historically significant and meaningful?
3. i. What is the form, or shape of the building? ii. How the form or shape of the building contributes in making the building historically significant and meaningful?
4. i. What is the function or purpose of the building? ii. How the function or purpose of the building makes the building historically significant and meaningful?
5. i. What were the materials and construction technology or method used? ii. How the materials and construction technology or method help making the building historically significant and meaningful?
Question Chosen : 3
PROJECT o1.B >> PRECEDENT STUDY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS JOURNAL & COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS REPORT
The precedent study and analysis sketches consist of illustrative and abstractive diagrams, annotations, sketches, diagrams to express teh clarity and in-dept investigation of the precedent studies. describing the essence.
Precedent study and analysis sketches are to be drawn on A4 drawing papers binded together of a journal. Students were to collect information on the assigned building as much as possible. The assignment is to provide an in-depth analysis of the building and provide thorough reflections of the questions listed in the subsequent section.
Using the information gathered in Part A: On-line Forum provides precedent study and comprehensive comparative sketch analyses of the case study. You are required to generate in-depth precedent analyses that include the accounts listed below:
1. Related illustrative Architectural Historical Timeline in chronology order that highlights and explains the standing of the case study in Architecture History.
2. With reference to the timeline generates comparative analyses of the case study with the before and after architectural style.
3. With reference to the timeline explain the technology development and advancement related to the case study.
PROJECT o1.C >> ANALYSIS PRESENTATION BOARD
The precedent study and analysis sketches, and analysis presentation board consist of illustrative and abstractive diagrams, drawings and text. The drawings should include actual and conceptual design ideas of floor plans, building sections, analysis diagrams and sketches expressing clarity and in-depth investigation of the precedent studies. The analysis presentation board should be on an A2 board only and strictly hand-drawn and hand-written.
Student are required to collect information on the assigned building as much as possible on the specific question chosen. The assignment purpose is to provide an in-depth analysis of the building and provide thorough reflections of the questions listed in the subsequent section.
Analysis should include:
A. Answers to the Precedent Study Analysis questions below:
1. How does the building reflect the spirit of the time and place for which it was built?
2. What are the initial ideas and the design concept? 3. How the initial ideas and the design concept affecting the architecture?
B. Illustration of Precedent Study Analysis in relation to the series of building conceptual elements listed below – each student is to select and conduct analysis of one element from # 1 to 5 and to synthesize the design concept Partà of # 6.
1. Concept and Architecture analysis (i. Architect and/or Building concepts, ii. Architecture/Style/Identification of Place, iii. Person-Container-Social relationship)
2. Building massing analysis (i. Material and Structure- geometry of making, ii. Geometry alignment/anthropometry/social geometry/ideal geometry)
3. Circulation Analysis (i. Circulation to Use-Space, ii. Natural ventilation)
4. Spatial Organization analysis (i. Spatial planning & Landscape/Site Siting, ii. Building sequence and process, iii. Public vs. private, iv. Axis, v. Symmetry/Asymmetry & balance, vii. Repetitive to unique, viii. Additive and subtractive, ix. Hierarchy)
5. Building plan-section/elevation analysis (i. Plan to Section or Elevation, ii. Natural light penetration, iii. Significant architectural element)
6. Partà - Culminates and Summarizes (i. gesture, ii. essence, iii, dominant idea, iv salient characteristic of the building)
Question Chosen : 3
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
LIFELONG LEARNING
INTRAPERSONAL SKILL
Through this assignment, I am able to understand and gain knowledge about the difference essence of building in different era of building and how the building changes over time. This assignment give me a different kind of view when I overcome with any historical buiding and may may more attention on observing the essence of it other than judge judging the aesthetic value of the building only. I get to appreciate more of the historical building now thanks to the assignment given.