Architecture Culture & History 1 (ARC1313)

Name : Teo Kean Hui
Student ID : 0310165
Course : Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Architecture) March Intake 2013
Lecturer : Koh Jing Hao, Nurul Anida Mohamad, Shahrianne Mohd Shah, Sarly Adre Sarkum and Norhayati Ramli

History Project, Precedent Study

1. Essay (Group work)
2. Analysis Presentation Board (Individual work)
3. Model (Group work)
4. Verbal Presentation (Group work + Individual work) 

Essay (Group work)

We in group of 4 are required to produce an essay of 500-words include images, sketches and diagram that with depth and the effectiveness to communicate information that is relevant to the precedent study. The submission of work are maximum 5 A4-size papers of the chosen building which is the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain which belong to Baroque period architecture on its design ideas and significant contribution to its culture including the references.
The essay produced are based on these question.
      Who is the architect?
      Where and when was the building built?
      What is the form, or shape of the building?
      What is the function or purpose of the building?
      What materials / methods are used for construction?
      What makes your building historically significant / meaningful?
      How does the building reflect the spirit of the time and place for which it was built?

The questions above are solved in this essay, essay about Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

Essay Page 1

Essay Page 2

Essay Page 3

Essay Page 4

Essay Page 5 (Final)

Analysis Presentation Board (Individual work)

We are required to include floor plans, building sections, analysis diagrams and sketches about the historical building that we are research on which is the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and the drawings that have been produced so that able to communicate the depth of analysis towards this building. The drawings are required to be hand-drawn or hand-written on only one A2 board. I've find tons of information of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela on books and online.
The analysis include:
 Concept analysis (building concept and/or architect concepts)
 Building massing analysis (structure, geometry)
 Circulation Analysis
 Spatial Organization analysis (public vs. private, symmetry & balance, Unit to whole, Repetitive to unique, Additive and subtractive, Hierarchy)
 Building section analysis.

The A2 board

Details 1 Plans

Details 2 Statue of Saint James

Details 3 Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela Front Elevation

Model (Group work) 

We are required to create a model to communicate your analysis by using Balsa wood as material of model. The model meant to communicate the important structure, components, ideas and concepts of precedent. The model is 30 cm x 30 cm in dimension with 10 cm depth.

Details of model 1

Detail of model 2

Detail of model 3

Detail of model 4

The final product of model Santiago de Compostela

Verbal Presentation (Group work + Individual work) 

We are required to present our model by 5 minutes of verbal presentation.

During presentation of model

My fellow group mates and I

Learning outcomes

• Recognize and recall appropriate verbal architectural vocabulary when referring to building types, styles and periods. 

• Exemplify the sequence of historical periods and how they are represented architecturally. 

• Classify the sequence of historical periods and how they are represented architecturally. 

• Produce building analysis which document intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships.

Through this assignment, I was able to communicate and have a good team work with my fellow team members. I also get to know and understand deeper about the architecture style during the Baroque period through research online and books on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Along the process of doing all the task of this assignment, I've learn the way to write an essay with minimum number of words but with tons of information and sketching to show more understanding about the research that have been done. Moreover, I've also learnt to cut Balsa wood in the proper way to protect the quality of wood that been cut out. Besides, I've also discovered basic architectural theory through a consideration of intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships. Then able to examine architecture history through a chronological survey, looking at the intellectual, aesthetic, technological, political and economic factors which have influenced architectural design.