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INTRODUCTION
GENERAL INFORMATION
BUILDING DESIGN
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LITTLE INDIA
Kingdom is the redesigning of a shophouse that aims to gain more customers by projecting itself onto them..
KINGDOM OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
ANATOMY OF ARCHITECTURE Kingdom of Alexander the Great aims to conquer Little India Arcade, by projecting itself on customers
S HOPHOU SE DWE LLING
The main concept of my proposed dwelling is based on my villager’s “customer detection” skills, which creates lines of projection. These projection lines represent the extent of my villager’s vision, also known as space which has been conquered. These lines also signify the boundaries in which the customers had been ensnared in, and thus acts as a form of his marking of territory, causing an expansion of land which can be used.
The form is to resemble the desired projection of the villager’s vision.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, PROJECTING STRATEGIC WARFARE TO CONQUER NATIONS,AND UNIFY THE WORLD UNDER ONE RULE. The aim of my villager is to be able to project his vision This form also enabled the possibility of 360 degrees as far as possible and in all directions while staying projection, also known as blooming, and also allows my hidden, similar to a strategic warfare. villager to stay hidden from the eyes of the public.
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The three umbrella projections in this architecture represents the different levels of privacy; the largest at the front being the store and storefront (public), the middle being the living space (family & friends), and the smallest and innermost being the bedroom and toilets (personal)
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DESIGN MODELS
ANATOMY OF ARCHITECTURE
STUDY VARIATIONS
MODELS
To begin with, I explored the possibilities associated with the verb “project”. The first few models made use of vertical projection, wherein the form had wide openings to allow more light to pass through. The openings were inspired by the shape of the human eye and acted as an extension of my villager’s eyes. However, this was not enough as it was only making use of one aspect of the architecture instead of the form as a whole. Thus, I decided to explore a different set of options, this time making use of verbs synonymous with “project”. By doing so, I had come up with a wide variety of options, ranging from drawer-like structures to waves, and to umbrellas and fan like forms.
These depicted the verb as a whole and in many aspects, and therefore had higher room for possibilities than my first exploration. After that, I then had to shortlist the theme which I would further explore the possibility of space planning with. Out of the many outcomes that I had, I was in favor of the umbrella structure. This form enabled the possibility of 360 degrees projection, also known as blooming, and also allows my villager to stay hidden from the eyes of the public.
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LITTLE INDIA URBAN DESIGN
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FINAL DRAWINGS
P L A NS EL EV A T I O NS S ECT I ON S
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Natural air ventilation occurs due to its open and wide form. Air flows from the front to the back via openings located along the path of wind.
DWELLING
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FINAL DRAWINGS
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KINGDOM OF ALEXANDER
PASSIVE DESIGN
ANATOMY OF ARCHITECTURE
The natural curve which occurs at the roof of the building acts as a sun shading device, along with the umbrella like nature of the entire form itself.
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