Architecture Design Studio 3

I am now in the 3rd stage of my Architecture Design studio class, and in the module we are studying, learning and mostly understanding the poetics of place and the experiential qualities of space in architecture.
To achieve this we went through a number of projects and lectures to help us understand what brings out the poetic of a place and how this poetic of space is important to the user to feel what the designer is trying to achieve.

Firstly, we were introduced to an exploration of spatial typologies and poetics in architecture; and secondly, the concept of neighborhood and community. In their preliminary design work, students engage with studies and design of different spatial typologies (i.e. linear, spiral, spine, centric, etc) for a simple dwelling space which explores the idea of architectural tectonics and experiences. Subsequently, the major project involves the design of a small scale community building (typically a Visitor Interpretive Centre) in the open landscape/suburban condition which engages with the spirit of place inherent within the site, the site topography, history and socio-cultural events. The design work explores the plan-section integration to achieve architectural form that is tectonically expressive, functional and responsive to its site. 

Below are work in each project tasks I went through, in this module.

Project 1:

Journey for the 5 senses.
This was a group project of 4. We were to explore issues of spatial typologies and poetics through simple design exercises we are to propose 2 schemes for a ‘walk’ themed ‘journey for the 5 senses’.

We are required to design the walk in the form of a semi-open architecture by using two contrasting spatial types of our choice, therefor my group mates and I chose to work with concentric and linear spacial type.

However to achieve the project learning outcomes, we first had to research on precedent study, which will help us design our walk through.

below are the presentation boards and of our project and the precedent study of both linear and concentric.

Linear

Precedent study

Walk through

Concentric

precedent study

Walk through

Project 2:

GENIUS LOCI: Site Analysis & Concept Development

We visited a site in singapore in pasir panjang, it is a nature reserve on the coastal areas of singapore, it is also a park. We had to explore the nature reserve deeply to understand the sense of that place, its genius loci.
the first task is to produce a site analysis, in a group.

To achieve this we have to explore deeply the entire park, we then successfully understood the genius loci of this place.

individually we had to do on site sketching of this area showing our understanding of the genius loci.

the last task which is also individual, we were to pick a key characteristic of this site, our key understanding of the genius loci of this site.

Project 3:

Visitor's interpretive center.

This project is an architectural response to design AN INTERPRETIVE CENTRE emphasising a strong engagement and relationship to the site, spatial experiences and programmatic requirements.
we were to design an interpretive center based on the site we chose individually in this park, and for the final presentation we had to produce minimum 4 A1 presentation board showing all the drawings of my design i.e floorplans, elevations, sections and 3D rendered model.