Desgin Studio II
Themed “User and Context”, :
- investigates the relationship of user to the natural environment. It aims to inculcate awareness of architectural solution in relation to context and time (basic construction and technology). Students will undertake a series of studio-based exercises, beginning from a simple shelter to a small free-standing building. Emphasis is given to the elements of architecture and architectonics that generate architectural form and space, produced by drawing and making. Subsequently, students are required to translate it into a simple shelter for individual habitation within the natural landscapes. Subsequently in the final project, through vigorous prototyping from Project 1, students are required to design a small free standing dwelling (which has one significant room) for a particular user in a simple context. Emphasis is given to the interpretation and synthesis of the user, simple site and function in architectural design. This is the first attempt where students tackle a complete building, a proper architecture.
Module Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Generate design possibilities through the use of architectonics in a simple architectural form space and function
2. Translate design ideas into habitable architectural spaces through drawing and making
3. Explore architectural design through the abstraction of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional compositions of space
4. Interpret and analyze simple site context
5. Interpret and analyze client’s character and needs in relation to the design of a small building
6. Design a simple building type that meets user requirements and respects site context that balances both internal (architectural spaces/layout/circulation) and external (aesthetics and forms) design values.
