STUDIO II
diagrammatic abstraction
FAMOUS ARCHITECTS, FABULOUS HOUSES
The task for assignment 1 was to study a house by a famous architect, discover it's thought process in retrospect and produce abstract models + diagrams. The house assigned to us was Villa Noi by known Thai Architect, Duangrit Bunnag.
Through research, we were able to learn how he has come up with the design based on the client and site; arranging spaces and creating voids to best suit the site.
The creation of models and diagrams to communicate the intent of the design has developed my understanding of using graphic language. Not to mention the importance of reasoning behind every decision of a design
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TEA PAVILION
Project 2 was to design a tea pavilion located at Cameron Highlands Tea Valley. It included a site visit where we had to conduct a site analysis.
I learned alot from this project as it was an introduction to site responsive design. I got to experience my first site visit where we gathered important information such as climate, topology, existing structures etc; anything that will impact the outcome of our design. With this, my groupmate and I took everything into consideration during the design process to produce a tea pavilion that will best suit the conditions of the site.
As a result, I've worked on my architectural conceptualisation whilst still considering site factors as it is a very important aspect of design.
TROPICAL ZEN
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WEEKEND LODGING
RETREAT FOR THE TRAVELLER
Project 3 requires us to design a weekend lodging at the same site, Cameron Highlands Tea Valley.
Much like what I've learned from the first assignment, the design revolves around the user and it's site; it determines the program and its arrangement, the design vocabulary and it's materials.
Because it is much bigger in size compared to the tea pavilion, I learned how to arrange spaces and consider anthropometric as well as ergonomic considerations. And again, instilling the importance of site conditions.
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