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Architecture Portfolio
Overview Final year project by | Nor Farhana binti Ghazi Ahmad
Overview Master of Architecture portfolio Farhana Ghazi Universiti Teknologi Mara( UiTM) Faculty of Architecture,Planning & Surveying Puncak Alam, Selangor.
T ropical Rainforest Discovery Center Year Semester Area Client Location
: 2021 : 3/4 : 8000 sqm : FRIM : FRIM, Kepong
This discovery center at FRIM KEPONG is as a center of tropical rainforest to create awareness and educate people on our valuable tropical rainforest . Not just only to create awareness for public,the main idea of this discovery center also to help designer to explore, innovate and enhance the biodiversity of local timber material through sustainable advanced technologies ( robotic fabrication) and understanding of craft techniques and deep understanding of natural material in both of industry and manufacturing.
This creative tropical rainforest’s timber discovery center is designed to provide a creative and innovative center that focusing on education to serve for industry & manufacturing including of using new technologies such as robotic technologies and their application in timber product & construction in Malaysia. The design approach is to utilize the natural surroundings as inspiration and a base to innovate a totally different tropical rainforest museum typology. the design concept of the spinal is divided into 4 interesting layers of tropical rainforest trees.
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What is the
Issues
Malaysia is one of only 17 countries around the world that is considered “megadiverse” .It is also ranked 12th in the world, according to the National Biodiversity Index, which is based on estimates of country richness and endemism i. However, our country has failed to keep our valuable forest made during Earth Summit, Rio de Janerio in 1992 to keep at least 50% of the land as forest. Adding salt to the wound, our nation has suffered the world’s highest rate of forest loss.Malaysia used to have the highest rate of deforestation in the world. Malaysia nowadays is the one of the countries with higher rates of illegal logging . All these happens due to : +Lack of aweareness on the importance of forestry . + There is no specific that give awareness of forestry, development & new technologies of timber to feed the sustainable built environment. THUS, There is no giving back to nature and society while development & deforestration happening to meet the demand of built environment.
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A return to
Nature The layers + spinal approaches
The design approach is to utilize the natural surroundings as inspiration and a base to innovate a totally different tropical rainforest museum typology. the design concept of the spinal is divided into 4 interesting layers of tropical rainforest trees. Having a spinal in linear flow or programmes or path of programmmes spaces allows better engagement of users as more senserial experience.Allowing the people ability to fully emrace the inclusivity of the programme
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A return to
Nature
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Structure Material
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Floor joist Waffle timber structure, composite timber flooring Dimnesion 500 mmx 150mm
Structural Material Malaysian hardwood : Glulam timber structure Glued laminated timber, or glulam, is a highly innovative construction material.Glulam is a stress-rated engineered wood beam composed of wood laminations, or “lams”, that are bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant adhesives. The grain of the laminations runs parallel with the length of the member
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Glulam structure with Sustainable Bamboo sheets panel
Tree X
Tree x wall system
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Floor Plan
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GF floor plan scale n.t.s
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FOREST TRAIL
SHOP SHOP
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F OF OP DR
LOBBY SKY FOREST
INFORMATION CENTER
SHOP SHOP FOREST TRAIL SHOP SHOP
SURAU
01 LG FLOOR LEVEL ( LAYER) 1 FOREST 1 : 500
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G floor plan scale n.t.s
2 05
TRDC ADVENTURE ZONE
MAKER STUDIO 179 m²
(T)OKU 4 m²
MAKER STUDIO 2 186 m²
3D PRINTING ROOM 95 m²
105 ---
COMMUNAL AREA CONTROL ROOM 11 m²
STORE ROOM 35 m²
Room 2 m²
STORAGE 29 m² RWH 16 m²
TRDC DISCOVERY ZONE
WATER TANK 19 m²
SPRINKLER 18 m²
PABX 12 m² TIMBER ROBOTIC LAB 426 m²
MDF 13 m²
MSB 11 m²
GENSET 11 m²
LOADING BAY
REFUSE CHAMBER 28 m²
TNB SUBSTATION 39 m²
Room 2 m²
LIFT Not Enclosed
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1st floor plan scale n.t.s
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ADVENTURE PARK
LOUNGE AREA OPEN SPACE AREA
Void SHOW ROOM 240 m²
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WOOD CAFE Void
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HALL 290 m²
VOID ing fom per stage art
WOOD LIBRARY
Void
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GREEN IN THE SKY HAMMOCK OPEN SPACE
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2nd floor plan scale n.t.s
2 05
ADVENTURE PARK
4 ROBOTIC LAB
Room 3 m²
Utitlity 2 m² TOILET 9 m²
MINI SHOW
WATER TANK 19 m²
PANTRY 31 m²
1MEETING ROOM 41 m²
3 WOOD VALLEY
05 --utility 3 m²
VOID
MINI SHOW
VOID
Room 1 m² RECEPTION AREA 28 m²
Room 15 m²
OPEN OFFICE 68 m² L1 14 m² L2 14 m²
VOID
FILING 16 m²
L3 15 m² Room 16 m²
L4 13 m² Room 18 m²
2 TIMBER FUTURE
MINI SHOW
1 HYGRCOPIC
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TREE TOP WALK
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Fire Requirement
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Mechanical Technical
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