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DESIGN  STUDIO 5  [ARC 3118]

Students will undertake a studio-based exercise which deals with urban infill within a dense urban street environment. The first project requires students to identify a dormant infill area within an existing street and to propose a new program to re-activate the site. The small scale of the project allows students to focus and explore the urban street character and the development of elevation as part of the design process. Subsequently, the second project engages with issues of living and working in the city. Students are required to present a formal architectural design strategy developed from the urban response. The design work explores the plan-section-facade integration to achieve architectural form that acts as a vibrant infill exploring the maximum potential of the urban space. The intentional complexity of the design studio will enable students to begin to explore their own architectural position. This course is integrated with Building Science 2 where students are required to consider lighting in their design.

Project 1
 
PRELIMINARY STUDIES


The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of urban infill market-places around the world. This assignment aims to firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a market-place and architectural responses for urban infills.

Project 2
 
URBAN INFILL 
MARKET (Antique Market)

This project calls for a design of a simple public building with some complexity that includes the complexity of site topography and vegetation, socio-cultural events, and variety of strategies for sustainable design. It explores design solution that harness environmental qualities and conditions for human and environment sustainability through a project with a specific community of users. Students explore design solutions that reduce environmental impact utilizing clustered spatial typology and fossil fuel related energy. The design work should contribute to and merge harmoniously with nature and the site, and provide the best of experiences for the users

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