ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 EDWIN HO KHAI VUN PORTFOLIO
(ARC3117 / ARC 3118 / ARC 60306)
PROJECT ONE: PRELIMINARY STUDIES The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of community library around the world. This assignment aims to firstly introduce students to the basic in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial role and spatial layout of a community library and architectural responses for urban infills. The preliminary studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Community Library. The site documentation and site analysis will equip with a firm understanding of the site. The precedent studies will provide an insight into architectural responses for designing an urban infill community library. The objective of this project is to conduct case studies and site analysis to generate an understanding of the physical and cultural context and development of urban environments. Next is to determine and describe the role of a community library in a contemporary urban setting. Examine and establish appropriate architectural responses and strategies for designing within an urban infill.
PROJECT TWO: URBAN INFILL COMMUNITY LIBRARY The project will be concentrate on designing a community library 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 behavioral 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 a community library. The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restriction that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the facade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project. The objective of this project is to take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture. Next is to develop an awareness and basic compliance to design codes and statutory requirements. Besides, it is to emphasize the importance of elevational context and composotion in developing architectural design. Lastly, is to implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an architectural design project.