YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1 A R 2101 D E S IG N 3: A G G R E G AT IO N, S T R U C T U R E, S PA C E
D E SIG N S T U DIO
YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2 A R 2102 D E S IG N 4: E N V I R O N M E N T, C L I M AT E, E N V E L O P E
D E SIG N S T U DIO
Modular credits: 8
Modular credits: 8
This module investigates the architectural potentials of structure and space through the operation of aggregation—
This module examines the boundaries of environment, climate, and architecture through the specifics of the
that is, the combination of architectural spaces, functions, and connective circulation systems. Students will propose
envelope. Students will understand the gradient of atmospheric conditions between the interior and exterior, forms
architectural forms through the aggregation of volumetric programme components, creating a balance between repetition
of atmospheric conditioning, and the design of climate in an expanse encompassing air, breeze, rain, dust, smells, and
and singularity. They will grapple with the complexities of function and organisation in a variety of scaled spaces. They
other contaminants. The contextual implications of hot and wet equatorial environments will be explored, and the value
will also gain an understanding of material, gravity, and structure as foundational components and ordering systems of
systems of environmental and sustainable designs examined within their long discursive histories. Students will expand
architecture and explore the interdigitation of these approaches in space-making.
their understanding of the site as a set of dynamic factors and processes that influence, or are influenced, by the act of architecture.
Students will expand their representational techniques to include 3D projections and begin to incorporate the element of time. Colour, collage, and an expansive repertoire of representational approaches will be introduced along with digital
Students will understand and deploy advanced digital simulations alongside analogue testing and projecting. They will
fabrication methods. These digital tools will be employed alongside and within advanced analogue techniques of model
expand representational methodologies and design processes to incorporate the invisible conditions of the atmosphere
making.
as a design medium that impacts the architecture of the built environment.
Learning Objectives:
Learning objectives:
1.
To understand and deploy the principles of structure (material, gravity, tectonics) as ordering elements in architecture
1.
To understand and critically deploy conditions of environment as a fundamental component of architecture
2.
To understand, design and deploy aggregation of volumetric elements as an ordering component of architecture, with
2.
To understand that environment extends the understanding of the site to include dynamic processes and systems
scalar relationships of parts to the whole
both natural and constructed, and that these impact design processes and outcomes and vice versa
3.
To understand and design spaces through the use of mass, form, voids and volumes
3.
To understand climate as a complex and variable set of mediums that influence design
4.
To understand and deploy a design within a site that exerts its own influence on the massing and distribution of the
4.
To understand the envelope, as a site of exchange, in a range of positions from human to territorial scales, and to
architectural project 5.
understand filtering as a component of architecture
To understand that design is a process, and the best outcomes are achieved through clear thinking and rigorous
5.
iteration 6.
process
To begin to understand the semester’s themes as values in architecture, and to formulate and articulate a position with
6.
To apply conceptual tools in design, making value and ethical judgments as to the material and resource
To develop and deploy advanced projective drawing and model making to communicate process, intentionality and
7.
To utilise advanced projective drawing and model making to communicate process and architectural iteration
research findings
8.
To utilise digital drawing, simulations and model making alongside advanced analogue tools and testing
respect to these values 7.
To develop collaborative skills and to critically engage with contradictory information and data in the design
consequences of decisions in the design process, relative to a larger understanding of climate and the environment
8.
To utilise digital drawing and making in a hybrid relationship with advanced analogue tools
9.
To incorporate research methodologies and critical thinking as part of the design process
10. To articulate and present architectural ideas in concise and considered verbal, written, and performative presentations, and to engage critically in studio and review discussions
methodologies 9.
To organise and properly present research for design, and understand what constitutes design research
10. To present architectural ideas in concise and considered verbal, written and performative presentations, utilising a wide range of mediums, and to engage critically in studio and review discussions
AR2221
AR2327
AR2524
AR2723
HISTORY & THEORY OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN
ARCHITECTURAL TECTONICS
SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
Modular credits: 4
Modular credits: 4
Modular credits: 4
Architectural form is a result of construction, structure
Spatial computational thinking is increasingly being
This class will delve into topics related to ecological and
This class will provide an overview of various topics
and materiality. Construction and architectural
recognised as fundamental to various
sustainable architecture, focusing on environmental
connected with the history and theory of Southeast Asian
engineering also operate symbiotically with developments
spatial disciplines. It involves idea formulation, algorithm
issues as they apply to design. Basic technical knowledge
architecture and urbanism. Students will explore these
in structural theory. This module will examine
development and solution exploration, with a focus
of energy, water and materials will be covered in the
topics, examining them through the frames of history
materials and construction techniques within different
on manipulating geometric and semantic datasets.
context of how buildings operate. Students will also learn
and geography. They will be introduced to the idea that
environmental and climatic conditions, and apply rules
Students will learn to use parametric modelling tools
to incorporate practical consideration of these factors in
history is as much about the present and the future as it
of structural engineering in explaining architectural
to generate and analyse building elements at varying
generating design solutions.
is about the past, for the present is but a sedimentation
forms. Different construction principles will be
scales, applying visual programming interfaces to
of the past—or multiple pasts—and the future will be
explained and the possibilities for sustainable solutions
allow complex algorithms to be developed and tested.
shaped by the present. Secondly, that geography or place
explored. Lectures will be accompanied by hands-on
They will learn to structure their ideas as algorithmic
matters. While history provides the temporal context
assignments on structural and design logic, delving into
procedures that integrate data structures, functions, and
for understanding ourselves and the worlds around us,
important aspects of architectural construction and
control flow. They will also gain familiarity with higher
geography situates our understanding in place. Also, a
building structures, and providing a basic understanding
level computational concepts, such as decomposition,
place should not be seen as an insular space, but rather
of construction and structural systems needed in
encapsulation and abstraction.
one that is connected to, and constituted of, various
architectural design.
Modular credits: 4
threads that link it to other places and their histories.
Yuan Chao
Patrick Janssen Shin Yokoo
14
Chang Jiat Hwee
15
