SAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK
WALK THROUGH A BUILDING
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The Muhaisnah Residence Building 1 is often misunderstood as two buildings instead of one by anyone other than its residents. The main reason for this is the unique triangular shape of the building and the presence of two lobbies. The main entrance door of the building is a swing glass door facing the main road, and it takes us to a lobby. In the lobby, the space on the left is occupied by a small couch and a security desk. Several residents wait for their transport to school or work in this lobby every morning. Moreover, this lobby would perhaps have been the first interior part of the building seen by most of the residents as it serves as an information desk for the newcomers. Therefore, it is commonly referred to as the main lobby. Directly opposite the main entrance door, another glass swing door can be seen. This door takes us to the topmost parking level out of the three levels of the parking garage (two of which are underground). Walking across the parking garage, we reach the second lobby located almost opposite the main lobby. It is mostly used by the residents as a shortcut to the mosque behind the building, and by those whose apartments are accessible faster via the two elevators in the same lobby. This lobby is not as adorned as the main lobby as its entrance cannot be seen from the main road and hence, is not used to attract new tenants. The lack of furnishing therein results in the space only being used as a path to the outside of the building and not as a place to relax and is, therefore, referred to as a secondary lobby. It consists of two elevators and has three glass swing doors, two of which open to the ground floor parking lot, and the third which opens to the outside. The building consists of a total of eleven floors (excluding the parking garage) - the ground floor, nine residential floors, and the tenth floor devoted to recreational amenities, such as the gym, and is denoted by “HC”, which is short for “Health Club”. To the right of the main entrance door in the main lobby, two elevators, highly similar to the elevators in the secondary lobby, can be seen and are the main mode of transport to the different levels of residential apartments, as well as to the two underground parking levels. These elevators only provide access up to the highest residential floor or the ninth floor. The topmost level cannot be accessed by using 87
