Work in progress

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S2 Week 13

Work in progress

Working on:

-Presentation boards

-1:300 scale model

-1:100 sectional model

-Video presentation

-Folio (compilation of semester 1 & 2)

Production

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S2 Week 12

Presentation Production

It is a another week of production for me (and design too). I am trying to find the best way of presenting my work graphically (drawings, renders and compositions).

Updates on my request for early submission: I was also told that I will not be given a chance to present my work early, instead I will have to pre-record my presentation and present it on week 15 with my absence. I was clarified by the school authority that presentation (verbal) is a privilege not a right.

Therefore I need to work twice as hard to produce great presentation.

Exiting yet exhausting (not too bad)

ArchNet

I posted my project in a discussion forum on ArchNet a while ago and received 2 responses. Click here to view the page.

Presentation

I will not post my presentation material due to time limitation. However I will post the final presentation when I am finished.

Design and Production mode

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S2 Week 11

2 more weeks to my final submission *Arrrh!*.

Computer spatial visualization

I am currently working on AutoCAD drawings and Sketchup modeling.

Here are some of the Sketchup model images:

Birds eye view of the roof/public park (landscape yet to be designed)

Main public courtyard space with ramp coming down from the roof park and ramp going down into basement courtyard/carpark/auditorium/prayer hall

Bookshop with reception and staircase to the office

Lobby looking through a reflective pool courtyard into cafe

Office space looking into main entrance

AutoCAD

Drawing of a lower ground floor plan (lightly photoshopped to add shadows and wall color)

Physical Model

I am also making a 1:300 scale model to fit into the main site model.

Process pictures

Half completed model on light-box

I need to make the central ramp in the courtyard and the roof park on top.

CADing and Design

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S2 Week 10

Design struggles

I have been struggling with making design decisions that articulate the architectural spaces, the overall architectural language and the structural concept. At the moment, the design has too many segments of different spaces with complicated (/messy) spatial quality and structural systems. There is a severe lack of clarity (I felt!).

The whole building design is driven by a strong geometrical rational (which is the radiating Islamic-inspired pattern), therefore there is a need to simplify the structural system and a clear overall design language. I need to find a design vocabulary that can be use to articulate all the different spaces in the building.

This week:

I spent most of my time translating my hand sketch plans into CAD drawings.

While CADing, I have also work with sketchup model hand in hand to make sure the structure works 3-dimensionally.

Besides computer, I also work with hand sketches and cardboard (study) models.

Next week:

Continue working on CAD drawings, 3d computer model and physical model.

Also, I have to work of design details simultaneously.

Yet another busy week!

Screen Design

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S2 Week 9 & 10

Jali screen

Traditionally screens are use in Mosques to separate:

-male and female area

-religious and secular area

Besides visual separation, the perforation allows gentle light to filter through and encourage natural ventilation.

Making jali screen, Agra

tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti - 30mm thick marble jali screen

Contemporary Inspiration

I am also inspired by contemporary work by Kengo kuma's Chokkura Plaza & Shelter. The austere stone work is cleverly designed with perforation which allows a gradual change in sizes of perforation.

The stones are stacked with a custom designed steel plate sandwiched in between each layer.

The primitive material-stones is poetically cut and assemble. The result possesses both traditional and contemporary quality.

Exploration:

In my design, I will be exploration means of creating a modular system (possibly concrete block casted into custom shape) to fill in the wall opening. In filling the wall, the modules will also determine the openings in the wall (its profile and sizes).

Initial hand sketches of ideas

CAD pattern exploration on different modules and configurations

Composition of modules on building elevation - aligning with floor and ceiling height

designing the modular steel fixing members

Possible wall opening configurations:

elevation 1

elevation 2

elevation 3

elevation 4

elevation 5

Application:

The holes would also be used as storage space.

Sketchup model of modules placed to fill the wall opening