Designing with Architectural Principles and Materiality
task requirement
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define and further explore the architectural principle(s) from previous Project 1 whilst determining the of tropical rainforest setting.
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communicate your ideas, thoughts and design development through diagramming, drawings and model making
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generate and craft an architectural platform that has spatial experience, with a maximum volume of 125 m3 .
Submission :
Monday, 3 October 2022
progress
After forming a group of 3 with:
-Jong Joe Yee
-Rayan
We discussed about which tropical rainforest setting for our architectural platform
We then decided to use hierarchy and rhythm as our design principles to start off with our initial model making
Initial mock-up models
My initial mock-up model
Joe Yee's initial mock-up model
Rayan's initial mock-up model
From the initial mock-up models, we decided to further explore my initial mock-up model
We then continue making mock-up models and also coming up with sketches
We also seek tutorial advice from our tutor and improve based on the feedback given
Sketches
Mock-up models
Final model
Front view
Right view
Back view
Left view
Perspective view
Close-up view
Close-up view
Orthographic drawings
reflection
From this assignment, I'm able to encourage your thinking and discussion about space(s) and its qualities through architectural conceptualisation, and show the importance of using the art of crafting and making: drawing(s) and model(s) as a critical design tool in the design process
In this assignment, I learnt about how to connect our architectural platform to the tropical forest setting we chose. Besides that, I learnt about how to use suitable construction material for the architectural platform built.
This is a group assignment and I was in a group of 3. As I was the leader for this assignment, I learnt how to guide my members towards our goal. Throughout the assignment, I ensured each of my members communicated well and this prevented many unnecessary arguments when having different opinions.
Although this is a 4 weeks duration assignment, I had to make sure everything was well planned to avoid any time wasting. My group members and I stayed back in the studio to complete our assignment. Eventually, we managed to complete our model and drawings on time.