Architecture Design Studio 1：Dreamscape for the Self

Project brief 3 architecture studio 1. march 2014 from Teck Wei

Part A
In Studio Assignment
The purpose of In-Studio Assignment is to allow us to explore about architectural design principle and elements through the exercises.

Requirement:
 Students are required to create sequence of spaces to create a composition including ‘Threshold’, ‘Path’, and ‘Focal Point’

- Students must think three dimensionally about their design. They are required to draw a series of four perspective sketches that represent the sequence of movement and quality of requested spaces. All four sketches will present on one A2.
- There is no limit to the number of pieces used. 
- Model Scale is 1:100

Final Product

Presentation Board

In this project I tried on exploring in different design element and principle, how it affects the space and shape of a certain building or installation.

 


Part B

Summary:

In this project we are required to design and create 2-3 space for a celebrity or VIP that is chosen by us as our client. The space has to design based on its characteristic, personality or other factors of the client using architecture principle and elements. The use of space can be multi-functional but it must not be a house.

For this project, the client that i had chosen is Jay Chou which is a famous Taiwanese singer that I admired the most.

Objectives of Project:

1. To understand and apply basic design principles and terminologies

2. Develop design skills through analysis and ‘reading’ existing buildings

3. To further the student’s ability to create and develop a conceptual narrative

4. To be able to consider objective and subjective parameters in the design process to create a space

which is practical yet poetic

5. To be able to select and make different study models (sketch, concept, diagram, section and

development models)

Learning Outcomes:

1. Design a space that embodies and expresses an idea or conceptual narrative

2. Be able to identify, articulate and apply basic design principles in spatial organization and

relationships

3. Be able to create, articulate and illustrate the poetics of spatial quality

4. Be able to produce and choose wisely among variety type of models with the aim of generating and

developing design as well as better presentation of idea

5. Advance communication skills through sketching internal expression of space, diagrams and variety type of models

Submission Requirement

 Presentation Panels - A2 Boards (2 or 3 pieces)
 Final Model Scale 1:50
 Verbal Presentation 5 minutes
 Sketch Journal inclusive of additional sketches on butter paper if applicable
 Evidence of design process and thoughts through study models to be displayed alongside final model

Final Model

Presentation Board

Reflection
In this project, I had researched and studied about the client that I had chosen and thus mind-mapping the information I had from him. From the data, I had chosen to start with Jay Chou's personality as my design concept, thus creating spaces for him as a workshop.
Throughout the project I had learnt to express my idea and concept through designing a space with design principles and elements applied on it and how they affect the spatial organization of the space. Besides, I had also improved in visualizing what I am creating through pictures and diagrams such as producing an Axonometric Diagram which I had learnt in Design Communication class of my model and other orthographic drawings. It might not be a very good one but practice makes perfect.
Lastly, I found that critical thinking is very important in catching a certain importance in all of these information and thus extracting out the one that I can explore in, or with the most potential of exploration because that I had a really hard time choosing which characteristic of Jay Chou to explore on and design my model through it thus delaying the whole progress of the project. I would try my best not to be in the same situation like this in my future projects.