Project 1- Preliminary Studies
8:58 PMThe preliminary studies is a preparatory assignment focuses on investigating the basic notions of the city and learning from real world examples of urban infill community libraries. Students are introduced to the basics in urban design and its relation with architecture.
There are 3 components in this study: site documentation, site analysis and precedent studies of urban infill and community libraries. We are to make a comprehensive study on the urban form, activity and movement-pattern of the given site - Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR). Exploration are done with the method by Kevin's Lynch's Elements of Legibility.
Objectives:
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
The site context is Jalan TAR, KL. There is a real life scenario to establish the possibilities for a Community Library to connect to the urban community, the young adults as being the user-group. The studio project is collaborative with POW Ideas on one such scenarios on Jalan TAR. The major issue being the fading of cultural heritage that engages the local communities. The contemporary trend is to fade this rich cultural heritage rather than amplifying it. The solution is in design employing critical approach to the notion of ‘content’ as a purposeful narrative to powerful questions relevant to the context (Low, 2010).
To begin with, the question is: What are the possibilities for the community library to connect to the young urban community at the street scale?
Objectives:
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
The site context is Jalan TAR, KL. There is a real life scenario to establish the possibilities for a Community Library to connect to the urban community, the young adults as being the user-group. The studio project is collaborative with POW Ideas on one such scenarios on Jalan TAR. The major issue being the fading of cultural heritage that engages the local communities. The contemporary trend is to fade this rich cultural heritage rather than amplifying it. The solution is in design employing critical approach to the notion of ‘content’ as a purposeful narrative to powerful questions relevant to the context (Low, 2010).
To begin with, the question is: What are the possibilities for the community library to connect to the young urban community at the street scale?
20 x A3 Presentation Boards on Site Analysis
Jalan TAR site model
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