Design Studio V (ARC3138)

 

Project 1 - Preliminary studies

 

INTRODUCTION

 

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 basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a community library and architectural responses for urban infills.

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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 students with a firm understanding of the site they will be working with this semester, while the Precedent Studies will provide an insight into architectural responses for designing an urban infill community library.

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The outcome of the Preliminary Studies will include the production of site documentation materials (drawings and models in both digital and physical copy for further use), a comprehensive analysis of the site, and a detailed case study of a relevant urban infill and community library.

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OBJECTIVES

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1. To have an overview of the formation of cities and introduce basic concepts of urban design in relation to architectural design

2. To introduce and implement basic methodologies of urban studies

3. To investigate the role of community libraries in traditional and contemporary urban societies

4. To examine various examples and architectural responses for urban infills

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

 

1. Conduct case studies and site analysis to generate an understanding of the physical and cultural context and development of urban environments

2. Determine and describe the role of a community library in a contemporary urban setting

3. Examine and establish appropriate architectural responses and strategies for designing within an

   urban infill site

4. Produce necessary documentation (diagrams, mappings, photographic images, orthographic

   drawings and models) to record and communicate site analysis findings, and for further use in the coming design stages

 

 

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

 

• Site Documentation

• Soft Copy (Submitted in CD)

• Digital site model .skp common shared file

• Plans and elevations of site .dwg common shared file

• Hard Copy

• Physical site model sizes to fit the Micro Site at 1:200

• Plans and elevations of site printed out from .dwg file & scaled to fit A3/A4 paper size

• Site Analysis

• Minimum 8 A3 panels in both hard and soft copy (PDF) format portrait layout Precedent Studies

• Minimum 4 A3 panels in both hard and soft copy (PDF) format portrait layout Peer Evaluation Form

• Hard copy to be provided by Module Coordinator

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PROJECT ONE - "SITE ANALYSIS"

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Project 2 - Urban Infill - Community Library

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INTRODUCTION

 

For the rest of the semester, students will 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 behavioural 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 restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project.

 

 

OBJECTIVES

 

• To take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture

• To develop an awareness and basic compliance to Design Codes and Statutory Requirements

• To emphasize the importance of elevational context and composition in developing architectural design

• To implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an architectural design project

 

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

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1. Produce a design outcome for a community library that is site-specific through its formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design responses.

2. Apply basic knowledge of urban architectural typologies, infill design strategies, and community library  programming

3. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and awareness of local design codes and regulations

4. Design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to basic design codes and statutory requirements

5. Utilise study models, diagramming, mapping, orthographic plan-section and elevational studies to explore and resolve relevant spatial, structural, functional and environmental issues in the design development phase

6. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), models and presentations to verbally and visually communicate architectural ideas and scheme.

 

 

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

 

PRESENTATION PANELS 

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• 8x A1 panels in standardized layouts and portrait orientation

• Further details to be provided by Module Coordinator in Week 7

• Sectional Perspective

• Floor plans 1:100

• Sections 1:100 to include site boundaries and description of lighting and acoustic integration

• Site plan 1:200

• Diagrams, sketches and additional images i.e. 3D renders, diagrams of schematic design and design development strategies and responses

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FINAL MODEL

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• To sit within micro-site model scale tbc

• To include working/study models

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