Architectural Design Studio 5 (ARC3117/ ARC3118/ ARC60306)

Architectural Design Studio 5 (ARC3117/ ARC3118/ ARC60306)

Name : Teo Kean Hui

Student ID : 0310165

Course : Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Architecture) March Intake 2013

Lecturer : Ar. Anand

Content

Project 1: Preliminary Studies

Project 2: Contemporary Market-Place, An Urban Infill Project

Project 1 : Preliminary Studies

In trhis project, we are required to focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from exampes of urban design and its relation to architecture. Then, 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.

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

Project 2 : Contemporary Market-Place, An Urban Infill Project

In the project, we are to 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.

Learning Outcomes

1. Produce a design outcome for an urban contemporary market-place is site-specific through its formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design responses

2. Apply basic knowledge of urban architectural typologies, infill design strategies and market-place programming

3. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and awareness of design codes and regulations

4. Design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to basic design codes and statutory requirements

5. 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 

6. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), models and presentations to verbally and visually communicate architectural ideas and scheme.