Mahmud Kamil B A K Architecture & Design Portfolio
HI MY NAME IS KAMIL
AND THE CITY, IS MY CANVAS.
As an Architecture student, I have had the opportunity to be trained by my professors and tutors to view our urban landscapes as a white canvas where our buildings and design would paint a picture in which every detail supports each other to create something beautiful – causing an effect to the end users where they could feel something emotionally.
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M.Arch “Temples of Sustainability” Tutor: Dr. C J Lim (Bartlett Unit 10) NUS Year 4 Semester 2 Page 5 - 30
“Balmoral Residences” 3
Tutor: Giovanni Corbelleni & Luca Caneparo Politecnico Di Torino (Winter Exchange 2019/2020) Page 31 - 46
B.Arch “Wheelers Atoll” Tutor: Hans Brower NUS Year 3 Semester 2 Page 32 - 58
“Black Market” Tutor: Dr. Zdravko Trivic NUS Year 3 Semester 1 Page 59 - 68
“Kallang Promenade” Tutor: Melanie Francis NUS Year 2 Semester 2 Page 69 - 82
“Wallace Habitat” Tutor: Fung John Chye NUS Year 2 Semester 1 Page 83 - 94
Dip. “Lion City Underground” Lecturer: Thomas Tow Temasek Polytechnic Final Year Project Page 95 - 112
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“Sempiternal Hotel” Lecturer: Simon Yap Temasek Polytechnic AY2013/2014 Page 113 - 124
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“POD” NUS Year 3 Semester 1 Introduction to Urbanism Assignment page 125 - 132
“Epidermis” NUS Year 2 Semester 1 Architecture Construction & Systems Page 133 - 136
M.Arch – Year 4 Semester 2
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Temples of Sustainability
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What if: Singapore is Reborn? Critical Thinking: By re-evaluating everyday necessities to forgo consumerism, the city is reborn. The act of repentance challenges existing public urban and architectural typologies focusing on sustainability that births new social and environmental responsibilities, and a new faith. Synopsis: Through eradicating all shopping malls in Singapore, this project acts as an antithesis of the urban planning condition of mass consumerism – the cause of death of the city. Existing palaces of consumerism are transformed into a network of temples to confrontation against Climate Change. This new Typology shall act as a new form of faith, uniting and encouraging Singaporeans into achieving sustainability. By growing and consuming alternative sources of protein such as soya and beans, sustainability is achieved by promoting adoption of non-meat based diets over beef and pork, a category that generates high concentrations of CO2. Having solar panels and wind farming facilities advocate the use of clean energy for everyday activities. Rain water is channelled into reservoirs providing a sufficient supply without the dependency on buying water from neighbouring countries. With innovative alternatives to food, energy and water, this projects aims to reduce man-made CO2 and nurture and assimilate sustainable living practices into the lives of Singaporeans.
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Location: All shopping malls in Singapore. Focused on Clementi Mall, Clementi, Singapore. Who & How? Since Singapore’s agreement on the Kyoto Protocol in 2006 to reduce man- made CO2 emissions, Ministers and officials decided to implement drastic measures to be self-sustaining and limit the amount of CO2 produced through consumerism. Thus a bill has been passed, allowing the state to fund the project.
This project is inspired by the narrative of the album The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. From this album, I have chosen 4 songs with specific lyrics which summarises the whole story of a dying patient going through his final journey of cancer and eventually accepting it and his death.
Agnes Dene’s artwork, Wheatfield inspires the project to confront consumerism in the same manner, however due to Singapore’s context of having limited land, the project shall confront consumerism vertically instead of spreading horizontally. This inspiration follows to draw references to the story of the Tower of Babel, where it is the opposite. This project intends to ascend higher not to reach the heavens but to achieve sustainability and unite Singaporean’s together through cultivation of food, water and energy.
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Wheatfield – A Confrontation by Agnes Denes (1982)
Tower of Babel
In an act of protest against climate change and economic inequality, Denes planted a massive wheatfield in a landfill in downtown Manhattan.
According to the story, a united human race in the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating westward, comes to the land of Shina. There they agree to build a city and a tower tall enough to reach heaven. God, observing their city and tower, confounds their speech so that they can no longer understand each other, and scatters them around the world.
What is the replacement of consumer culture?
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Network of Shopping Malls in Singapore – Overall Masterplan
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Location Plan of Temples of Sustainability at Clementi Mall Site
Basement Floor Plan
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Water Mist & Food Distribution Key Plan
Vertical Farming Key Plan
Water Storage Tank Key Plan
Water Storage Pump Key Plan
Temples of Sustainability – Master Plan of Network of Shopping malls
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Temples of Sustainability – Arrival View
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Small Spires Tectonic Details
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Modular Assembly of Main Tower Construction
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Architectural Tectonics & Location
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Bird Cages Vertical Farming with Soy Beans being harvested
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Research – Reasons for Soy Plants as main source of Vertical Farming
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Bird Cages Tectonic
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Water Storage Tank Tectonic
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Temples of Sustainability – Clementi Site
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Early Drawings Study and Illustration
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Aerial View of Vertical Farming Cages
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HDB Housing Celebrating Soy Farming Overlooking the Temples of Sustainability
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M.Arch – Year 4 Semester 1 (Winter Exchange)
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Balmoral Residences
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Rethinking Urban Housing in Turin Synopsis: According to Hashim Sarkis, curator of the next Venice Biennale, architecture should answer this question: ‘How will we live together?’ The exhibition launch focuses, among various issues, on ‘new households, looking for more diverse and dignified spaces for inhabitation.’ This topic appears as urgent today as it was one century ago, when housing became the privileged experimental field for modern architecture. Sustainability, better affordability and social integration, concentration and sharing of space, adaptive processes and variability of structures for greater flexibility over time are among the goals the design field is dealing with in collective housing. Located at the intersection of the rail roads, Balmoral Residences providesc commuters with a convenient stopover as well as options for a long term stay. The different housing typologies come to a harmonious mergence in these two parallel blocks set atop a lustrous urban garden. 33
Location: Via Agostino. Turin, Italy Who & How? Since Italy’s implementation of the dollar homes in rural towns along Southern Italy, many visitors and investors have flocked to those towns inviting a new influx of tourism and visitors. In order to keep tourism a-flow in Turin, Gruppo Torinese Transporti (GTT) has partnered with URBACT and land investors to create a new housing typology that through revitalising the abandoned railyway factories.
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Conceptual Collage of Potential Possibilities of Urban Housing
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Site Uses/ Programs
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Site Changes Over Time
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Private Residential Garden Atrium View
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External Perspective Overlooking Outdoor Patio
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Design Strategy & Concept
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Overall Floor Plan and Detailed Floor Plan Typologies
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Exploded View Showcasing the different Typologies of Rooms
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Bitumen-based sheet Mineral Wool Insulation 80mm Vapour Barrier Plywood Sheet 20mm Softwood Joists 38mm thickness Plaster 12.5mm and Interior Finishing Metal Flashing Rainwater Outlet
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Wooden Flooring Self-leveling Screed Protective Sheet Sound Insulation Panel 40mm Lightened Screed for Systems 60mm Multilayer Load Bearing Panel 90mm Insulating Ceiling Panel with Wooden Beams 60mm Ceiling Panel Interior Finishing
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Siberian Larch Cladding 73 x 28mm Treated Timber Batten (Horizontal) 25 x 50mm Treated Timber Counter Batten (Vertical) 38 x 50mm Sheathing Membrane Mineral Wool Insulation 72.5mm Multilayer Load Bearing Panel 90mm Insulated Cavity for Systems 60mm Plaster 12.5mm and Interior Finishing
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B.Arch – Year 3 Semester 2
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The Wheelers Atoll
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Rethinking Materiality and Construction Synopsis: In Singapore, most buildings are constructed out through the use of precast concrete, timber and steel. Could materiality for architecture be explored further using uncommon materials for architectural construction? Through the urban cyclists and their leg paddled vehicles as the protagonists. Bicycles are broken down to their nuts and bolts to study their construction and joining methods, and possibilities of using new materials such as Carbon Fibre.
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As the architecture replicates the concepts underlaying the modern bicycle, it becomes a home for both the still used and retired bicyles. The project features modular units which allows for storage and display of bicycles. It is also a home to used bicycles to be displayed permanently as part of the modular structures. The spaces in between the modules houses activites for the cyclists as they end or begin their journey. Location: Buona Vista, Singapore Who & How? As the use of Bicycle Sharing are starting to bloom in Singapore, so does the need for parking spaces. Companies such as ofo and oBike joins venture with URA to create a spot for bicycles to be kept neatly in urban spaces – creating a pitstop for cyclist to meet up or rest.
Graphical Analysis of Buona Vista Site
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Entrance view approaching The Wheelers Atoll
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Detailing and Construction Systems
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Early Study Interior Perspective Illustrations
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Sectional Perspective A - A
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Interior Perspective Overlooking Cafe
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B.Arch – Year 3 Semester 1
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Black Market
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A New Kind of Urban Market Synopsis: Black Market is a proposed market place within Jalan Besar – along the empty field which once housed the former Sungei Road Thieves Market. The name of the project was to reflect on the roots of the Sungei Road market where merchants used to sell stolen items at the venue. Through intensive research and interviews conducted amongst the residents, it concludes that there was a demand for a formal venue where the former Sungei Road merchants could sell their goods without having to go against authorities. By proposing the idea of a second-hand market place at the former venue, it not only tackles the issue of the buy-and-throw-away culture that has been inculcated into Singaporeans, while also diving into the nostalgic memories of the older generations to be familiar with the concept of the market place. 61
With the proposed market, it allows for social integration between all Singaporean locals regardless of social classes, and the Indian migrant workers who would visit the market to look for cheap or vintage items. With such social opportunities, this project aims to facilitate stronger social bonds through common interests. The design language of the spaces mainly focuses on open-air naturally ventilated spaces with a lack of walls where merchants could easily set up their stalls. What defines the spaces for the stalls are through the vertical columns where one could hang banners to promote their stores (both for second-hand goods and for informal food markets). The enclosed spaces are dedicated to repair workshops (on the ground level), and social spaces such as games rooms. These enclosed spaces are covered by automated louvers which could be adjusted to allow natural ventilation to circulate within the spaces. Having a large canopy as a roof protects the main market spaces as a shading device. As the architectural language of the tropics is being implemented into the design, the spaces do not require a need for excessive airconditioning. Materials proposed onto the design are mainly through using pre-cast painted concrete slabs, having composite metal cladding on certain areas of the facades, steel beams, and stainless steel louvers and mechanisms. These proposed materials invoke a sustainable and affordable strategy onto the design. The key component to future proof designs is their ability to adapt to the urban and social environment, and not to wholesomely dictate the end-users functions which were the intention of this project proposal. Location: Former Sungei Road Theives Market, Singapore Who & How? Urban Redevelopment Authority(URA) Singapore and National Heritage Board
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Site Plan
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Interior Perspective Main Circulation Spine
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Ground Floor Plan
First Level Floor Plan
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Second Level Floor Plan
B.Arch – Year 2 Semester 2
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Kallang Promenade
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A Centre for Climate Change
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Synopsis: Kallang Promenade is a building design proposal with a purpose for educating and advocating active steps to combat climate change. Located along Kallang River, the building’s programmes and purpose bridge the residential and industrial estates together in an effort to spread awareness towards the effects of climate change and its main causes. The building is designed to allow users to be educated in the possible steps they can take towards a greener approach to slow down the effects of climate change as well as to be further exposed to urgent climate change issues through education and participation. This proposal is not only an effort made to tackle the issues of dealing with excessive wastes produced and power consumed through the demands of urbanisation. It also aims to redirect and address the environmental concerns surrounding the immediate site vicinity where waste is improperly disposed of and where a high demand of power is experienced to meet the needs of the residential and industrial estates. The Kallang Promenade is designed to be a user-friendly and welcoming platform of opportunities that consistently engages users in activities to enhance their own lifestyles instead of being merely just a passive and Imposing recycling center. The proposed design adopts a net-zero approach and the grid-tied system, resulting in the use of solar panels for solar farming. This project has successfully endeavoured to integrate solar panels to be part of the building’s design aesthetic instead of the traditional approach to having the panels only on the roof of buildings. The grid-tied system approach of utilising harnessed energy from the solar panels allows the building to be semi-independent as the power supply of the building effectively links itself to the main grid, allowing excess electricity to be fed back into it. The advantage of this is that in the event where insufficient electricity is harnessed, electricity can be drawn from the main grid to resolve the deficit. This results in better reliability and confidence in smooth operations of the building, as possibilities of a total shutdown is minimal with the system allowing the building to continue to remain functioning in such deficit scenarios. Location: Kallang River, Singapore Who & How? Urban Redevelopment Authority(URA) and PUB
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Interior Perspective Urban Farming & Fountain Play Area
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Interior Perspective Recycling Area
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Interior Perspective Rooftop Bridge Seating Area
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B.Arch – Year 2 Semester 1
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Wallace Habitat
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Glamping The New Camping? Synopsis: Glamping a portmanteau of glamorous and camping, is described as camping with amenities where there may be resort style of services not usually associated with traditional camping. Glamping has slowly become an ideal type of getaway especially for Singaporeans who wants to camp out and relax. It has become a trend for Singaporeans to go glamping over long weekends on Indonesian islands such as Bintan or Bali. This project aims to look into architectural design and possibilities for a glamping in Singapore whilst enganging with the surrounding natural environment.
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The Architecture’s form is designed through observing how nature and the environment adapts to one another through its porousity and curvature. The triangular overlapping forms pays homage to how leaves ovelap on top of each other as it allows natural lighting to pass through. Taking inspiration from Japanese Zen architecture and design influences were key to creating a comfortable and relaxing spaces. Location: Wallacer Trail – Diary Farm Park, Singapore Who & How? Urban Redevelopment Authority(URA) and NParks
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Ground Floor Plan
Roof Floor Plan
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Overall Site Plan
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Overall Site Elevation
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Perspective overlooking glamping spaces
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Perspective inside glamping spaces overlooking Dairy Farm
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Dip. Retail & Hospitality Design – Year 3 Final Year Project
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Lion City Underground
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Could Singapore’s local music scene be celebrated through interior spaces? Synopsis: Up till today Singapore has not been recognised as a music destination. This pushes the local music scene to be an underground movement. Local bands in Singapore are giving their best in order to achieve internation recognition by performing through major music festivals and platforms such as AudioTree’s live music channel on YouTube. Despite struggles to achieving a local audience, musicians of heavier music genres are often placed on a negative light –streotyping them as drug addicts, anti-religious or underachievers. Due to a lack of platform for our local musicians to reach out to a potential fanbase, a permanent space for the music scene is required. 97
This project taps on creating interior spaces for Singapore’s music scene to perform, reach out audiences through selling of their merchandise and having jamming studios for practice and recording. The design language of the project finds the common ground for the different genres of music through theorical knowledge and image – translating them into tangible characteristics. Location: Jalan Ampas, Singapore Who & How? Singapore Arts Council
Concept & Ideation Diagram
Ground Floor Plan 1. Outdoor Lounge & Stage 2. Main Entrance & Staircase to 1st Level 3. Gallery 4. Retail 5. Bar 6. Equipment Area 7. Main Stage 8. Indoor Lounge 9. Waiting Area 10. Kitchen
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Mood Board
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View of Mosh - Out Lounge from performance stage
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Detailing – Stage Backdrop Lighting & Feature Ceiling
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View of Interactive Gallery
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Detailing – Interactive Gallery Structure & Rehearsal Studio Rooms
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View of Rehearsal Studios
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Perspective views of Bar, Retail, Equipment Renatal & Outdoor Seating
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Dip. Retail & Hospitality Design – Year 2 Project
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Sempiternal Hotel
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Revitalising Queenstowns Heritage Synopsis: As Singapore develops through the 2010’s, pre-colonial buildings and landmarks are slowly removed from the city’s landscape. In return, Singapore’s colonial heritage prior to its independance will slowly disappear both physically and mentally. Queenstown was one of the first few estates in Singapore that not only has precolonial roots but due to its rich heritage as a satelite town. However with recent developments landmarks such as the KTM railway, Princess House and Brewery are slowly forgotten.
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This project not only intends to touch on the pre-colonial richness of the estate. The towns memory are retained through a series of galleries and having luxurious party rooms reflecting celebrating the colonial era of Singapore. Location: SIT Blocks – Queenstown, Singapore Who & How? National Heritage Board
Concept & Ideation Diagram
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First Level Floor Plan
Second Level Floor Plan
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Site Plan
Mood Board
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Perspective views of Lobby Bar Lounge & Gallery
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Perspective view of Luxury Rooms
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Perspective view of Luxury Room Living & Toilet
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Miscellaneous works – NUS Year 3 Urbanism Assignment
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PODS
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AN URBAN RESPONSE TO THE EXISTING STREET CONDITIONS ALONG THE INDIA HERITAGE CENTRE Synopsis:
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the pods were designed with the intention of introducing and facilitating engagements not only between passersby and the heritage centre, but to provide chances for interactions between locals and tourists to mediate the segregations between them. its design responds sensitively to that of the india heritage centre, with its form inspired by the geometric shapes on that of the facade of the centre that is tied back to the indian stepwell. this was important as it had to be seen as a supplement to the programmes of the centre and not overshadow it. the pods direct users towards the various visual galleries in the facade through its movable sloping envelope that frames the individual hexagons and this interacts with the hexagons on the facade of the centre that will light up, mimicking the colour of the pod that is pointed towards it. similarly, an interactive panel located inside the pod will provide users with information about the visual gallery they are pointed towards and also allows users to interact digitally with these galleries within the heritage centre without breaking away from their journey. the more humanistic scale of the pods also mediate the intimidating scale of the centre, bringing it closer to the pedestrians. the pods could then be seen as an extension of the programs into the centre, mimicking the condition of the spill over activities that occur throughout the streets of little india that contribute to its vibrant, organic nature. close partnerships with the indian heritage centre and the national heritage board and malay heritage centre that oversee it will allow for well curated programmes within the facade and pods that will allow these pods to not only better facilitate engagements between the passersby and the centre but will also allow the pods to stay constantly valid and up to date, changing as the galleries and installations within the centre change. Location: Little India – Indian Heritage Centre, SIngapore
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Site Plan
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Perspective view of PODS on Street Level
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PODS Construction and Details
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Miscellaneous works – NUS Year 2 Architecture Construction
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EPIDERMIS
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