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a series of mobile dwelling units for traditional/transtional nomad in Malaysia 2050 by Akmal Afandi Azhar
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The house of the future in Malaysia 2050 will integrate multi ethnic community with a mixture of different culture.
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The designs cross the disciplines of ‘culture’ and ‘architecture’ in Malaysia. Cultural values play a significant role in everyday life for Malaysian community, reflecting a distinctive identity while promoting diversity. The proposals focus on core multicultural populations; Malay, Chinese, Indian, Bornean tribe and the indigenous. The main objective is to utilise architecture as a medium to promote interaction and connect different cultures in an active and conscious design attitude that physically and visually portrays integration.
Bicycle House
Floating House
A series of mobile dwelling units empower this new way of living; ‘Floating House’, ‘Flying House’, ‘Suitcase House’, ‘Bicycle House’ and ‘Train House’. Each deals with a different transportation type and cultural issue faced by the specific community such as performance, healthcare, gastronomy, and sanitation. Presented as an assemblage, the house experiments with interaction and communication across different cultures. The design research concludes that specialised study into each culture produced a segregated architecture, opposed to the integration objectives.
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The project uses social research to understand the different daily practices of each cultural group as the design methodology. The original hypothesis is that trends for nomadic living will continue to increase, based on observations from past and current events such as industrialisation and globalisation forcing people to become more mobile. The Malay people can be traced to the Austronesian region; Chinese and Indian populations were introduced during the colonial era, whilst the Bornean tribe and indigenous people are constantly moving through remote places in a similar nomadic pattern to contemporary mobile lifestyle.
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Floating House
bathing - washing - clean water
Floating House
Design Background
Bathing, washing and clean water
Cultural reference; traditional hand washing using corrugated surface and clay container.
Cultural reference; traditional hand washing using corrugated surface and clay container.
Cultural reference; hand made traditional fabric.
Cultural reference; hand made traditional fabric.
Facade experiments; the clear beaded facade will turned colourful when exposed to sunlight creating a protected bathing enclosure.
Facade experiments; the clear beaded facade will turned colourful when exposed to sunlight creating a protected bathing enclosure.
Cultural reference; house steps are carved out of single tree trunk.
Cultural reference; house steps are carved out of single tree trunk.
Cultural reference; beads are used as clothing and jewelleries material.
Cultural reference; beads are used as clothing and jewelleries material.
User experiences:
Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Bathing configuration; the draw bridge will be opened to provide space for washing and allowing people to enter the bath house. User 1: User 2: User 3:
Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Washing clothes using the corrugated surface on the bridge Bathing inside the enclosed showering area Using the composed toilet
Travelling configuration; the tension cables that hold the draw bridge will be released to form a ladder.
User experiences:
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Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Travelling configuration; the draw bridge will be closed to break the connection to the ground and to minimise the volume of the house.
Details and jointings;
Chapter 2; Origin and Culture
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Light hollow bamboo flooring
Bridge hinge 4.
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Floating system
Traditional fabric to divide the spaces Traditional fabric to divide the spaces
Floating system
Piping system
Floating system
Piping system
Floating system
Composed toilet
Composed toilet
Toilet/changing area
Toilet/changing area
Ladder/bridge
Ladder/bridge
The
Train House
Shadow theatre street performance
User experien
Design Background
Traditional Malay wood carving panels as one of the facades. The permeable facade will allow the audience to see the Traditional Malay wood carving panels as one of the facades. behind the scene process of the show. The permeable facade will allow the audience to see the behind the scene process of the show.
User experien
Traditional Malay wood carving panels as one of the facades. The permeable facade will allow the audience to see the behind the scene process of the show.
Cultural reference; the Malay traditional shadow puppet performance.
Cultural reference; the Malay traditional shadow puppet performance.
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Cultural reference; the Malay traditional shadow puppet performance.
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User experiences:
Performance configuration; the front facade will be opened to start the show. User 1: User 2: User 3:
User experiences:
Performance configuration; the front facade will be opened to start the show. User 1: User 2: User 3:
Elevation
Mechanism
The puppet master controlling the puppet The musician playing music behind the natural amplifier The audiences watching the street performance
The puppet master controlling the puppet The musician playing music behind the natural amplifier The audiences watching the street performance
Scale 1: 250
The shadow screen opening mechanism:
The shadow screen opening mechanism:
Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Train House Shadow theatre street performance
The house is proposed to be connected to the train as a method of movement to deccrease transportation carbon footprint.
User experiences:
Performance configuration; the front facade will be opene Elevation
Scale 1: 250
User 1: User 2: User 3:
The puppet master controlling the puppet The musician playing music behind the natural The audiences watching the street performanc
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Changing room configuration; the front facade will be closed to provide enclosure and privacy for the puppet master and the musicians during the non performing time.
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User experiences:
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Scale 1: 250
Scale 1: 250
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Top hinge to connect the opening facade
Bamboo rods
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The puppet master will open the show screen and close the front facade after the show The musician will rearrange the bamboo amplifier to create an enclosure
Non-performance configuration; the front facade will be close to indicate to the public that the show is over. User 1: User 2:
The puppet master will open the show screen and close the front facade after the show The musician will rearrange the bamboo amplifier to create an enclosure
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Natural acoustic made of paddy husk
Sound insulations are utilizing the paddy husk found Natural acoustic made of paddy husk within the context
Sound insulations are utilizing the paddy husk found within the context
Chapter 2; Origin and Culture
Non-performance configuration; the front facade will be close to indicate to the public that the show is over.
Mechanism
Facade opening mechanism
The
Bicycle House
Organic alternative medicine
Design Background Bicycle House
Organic alternative medicine
Cultural reference; the tour tricycle for the tuorist to explore the city in Beijing, China.
Inside the kitchen to prepare the herbs
Contextual reference; the bicycle house is corresponding in parallel to the new typology of students housing in Hutong, Beijing 2050 (proposal developed by Jennifer, Unit 22 Year 4).
Alternative medicine prescription for the customer to buy the herbs and cook it at home
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User experiences:
Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Travelling configuration; the rear triangle is tilted at 120 degrees angle to form a carriage User 1: User 2:
Elevation
The alternative medicine practitioner working inside the carriage The assistant controlling the bike to destination
Scale 1: 250
User experiences:
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Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Non-travelling configuration; the rear triangle is released to the ground form a seating/resting area User 1: User 2:
The alternative medicine practitioner inside the rear triangle The assistant inside the front triangle
Chapter 2; Origin and Culture
Details Detailings and jointings:
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Metal chain to control the angle orientation of the rear triangle 5.
Connection of the front triangle to the bicycle 6.
Window hinge
Window hinge
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Lock placed in between the triangles to hold the rear triangle in standing position
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Window hinge
Travelling configuration
Chapter 2; Origin and Culture The windows are opened as indication to the customer that the herbs are ready.
The windows are closed to allow the practitioner to prepare the herbs.
The
Flying House
Rural secondary school
User experiences:
User experiences:
School configuration; the canopies will be opened to provide a shaded outdoor area. User 1: configuration; The teacher outdoor School theduring canopies will belesson opened to provide a shaded outdoor User 2: area. The children learning in a more natural environment User 1: User 2:
The teacher during outdoor lesson The children learning in a more natural environment
Elevation
FlyingHouse House Flying
Design Background
Rural secondary school
Rural secondary school
Context reference; the flying seeds in the tropical rainforest.
Context reference; the flying seeds in the tropical rainforest.
Scale 1: 250 Elevation
Chapter 2; Origin and Culture
Scale 1: 250
Elevation
Scale 1: 250
Technical reference: wind gliding.
Technical reference: wind gliding.
User experiences:
Elevation
Design Inspiration
Cultural reference; clothing made from tree leaves will be used as the cladding panels.
Elevatio
Scale 1: 250
Limited enclosed formal class space
After school configuration; the canopies will be released to form double facades for the house.
The canopies to provide extended space for bigger class
Cultural reference; clothing made from tree leaves will be used as the cladding panels.
User experiences: User experiences:
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Suspension system Suspension system
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Suspension system Suspension system
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Travelling configuration; the canopies will be closed to form double facades and to minimise the exposed area. Travelling configuration; the canopies will be closed to form double facades and to minimise the exposed area.
Scale 1: 250 Scale 1: 250
locking configuration
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Connection between canopies Connection between canopies
Tension cables connected to the internal space Tension cables connected to the internal space