Sem3 Design

Design

Project 01: EXPLORING ABSTRACTION (20%)       2 WEEKS

Students are required to design a piece of artwork that expresses the understanding and developing the idea through concept and experiment. The artwork which using 100% recycle materials and plywood as the based should be in 3 dimensional as the final result. The inclusion of one (1) local sense in the concept is a must to become the main subject.

A concept is an abstraction or generalization from experience or the result of a transformation of existing concepts. From the concept, students have to experiment the understanding then throw the idea to become a concepts. From the concept, students have to experiment the understanding then throw the idea to become a concept. Concepts are treated in many if not most disciplines both openly, such as in psychology , philosophy, things in the real world or the ideas.

 Project 02: RESEARCH: [Site inventory] group work + [Design & Subject] individual- window display (30%) 3 weeks

Description:

The understanding of the site, location, context, circulation, surroundings etc, needs to be look into (SWOT). Furthermore, substantial information and knowledge about the subject itself needs to be considered.

Introduction regarding the brand and organization begin this stage, students required to choose 1 brand and understand the process of the product and also the corporate identity. After all, students have to design a window display to attract customers and at the same time to dressing the façade of the retail shop to make a better impression to the customers.

Window display, also known as shop window and store window is a window in a shop displaying items for sale and the designed to attract customers to the store. Usually, the term refers to the huge windows in the front façade of the shop.

Project 03: LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT +RETAIL+FAÇADE (50%)

9 weeks

Description

You are required to look into the primary functions the exploration and industrial product retail shop; the activities, the relationship between human factors and spaces; design approach, conceptual and design thinking on how the product and facility should operate, way findings, graphic identification etc. Find good design strategies and possibilities to develop ‘intelligent’ design solutions.

sem 3 visual communication

Introduction of myself! Im kah wen, 20, an interior architecture student who came from Sabah.  Im a simple people who likes paint, eat delicious food and make alot of friends. I always wish to be a brave and strong, positive person with creative ideas and cool living style!

A quick visualization of our design lecture. Its actually about the local sense which i was doing research in design subject--coconut. 

Favourite festival. Of course it is going to Chinese New Year.

An unforgettable journey. I have visualized one of my best experience in my life, mount kinabalu climbing.  

Food preparation. Burger is always something easy to get XD

Favourite movie. Titanic is the most touching movie which i have ever watched!

Visualization about Technology 3, so i decided to visualize out basic introduction to building services

Ipoh trip journey. It was absolutely the best trip in 2015, I think its because of great people in this course. Lovely coursemates and great lecturers. 

Review: Place vs Space

Review: Place vs Space

We all are human. Human have sense. Human body moves, sees, smells, touches, hears and even tastes within a space, then architecture comes to life. Prominent neuroscientists across the global have actually proved that images of the brain in action and emotion are placed in the main place, asserting that thinking is emotion-base intuitive and fast. In this review, based on the topic, Space, I actually stand to my point: understand how does a space work and then applied it in community life which giving benefit.

The readers I have chosen are “Come to your senses”, by Catherine Warren LeoneIe and “Traveling, Inhabiting, & Experiencing,  A phenomenology for public transit”， by Lena Hopsch, Marco Cesario, and Rachel McCann. In usual life, architecture design only rely more on primary sense—visual.  However, this is very unfortunate as senses do really enhance the emotions. From my review, there is also saying that addressing historic , traditional or present-day cultural patterns can make a work of architecture a success when the senses are transmitted and conveyed effectively. In directly, emotion then affect the interaction between space and after that goes to memory.  Just exactly fit to what my reader says, “the architect must act as a compressor that orchestrates space into a synchronization for function and beauty through the senses--and how the human body engages space is of prime importance.

Other than that, my reader takes bus terminal as example. In public transit, efficient movement and way finding are often at odds with human identify and environmental presence. In the reader it is mentioned that bus terminal is considered as a space for travellers and travelling but also offering affordances to the activities of that area. Considered as an Agora which with so much movement and also interaction, for example ticket area, shoplots, waiting area ,etc..  Besides,  bus terminal is a kind of crowded space ,the ambience and architecture  qualities inside actually bring the effect that encourage users to engage fully with the space. So, it is then let people feel like more willing to join in interaction, participation and exchange with others.

Bus terminal proved to me that spaces bring ambience and sense. So, how about we apply this knowledge on somewhere meaningful?  The area I chose is art street. In my research, I found that art street always lead to two opinions, either in term of vandalism or appreciating art. Then why don’t we just apply the theory of sense and change the typical bad to a good one. My reader says “Emotions affects awareness, consideration, persuasion, recall and loyalty. “Sometimes, architecture is not only about function and beauty, it can be more than that. We can take good use of it in order to contribute in community rather than just leave it as a useless space. For example, there is a famous street art artist ROA he has drawn a lot of animal street art in order to raise up awareness about endangered animal. As the result of a survey, people feel good to see these kind of fun interact space and they also raised up their awareness effectively.

Conclusion, in my opinion I think that architecture is not only about function and aesthetic, it should works closer to our daily life and as human we should use our knowledge in this area and building its advantage to contribute to community. By engaging all of the sense, form and function may be more fully expressed so occupants can have deeper and more meaningful spaces.

Visual Presentation Board Futuristic

Visual Communication Presentation Board 

In this assignment, we were assigned to compose a Futuristic theme presentation board using a project from internet and here is the project that i have chosen---Lilypad. In this board, i have tried a new attempt on combination of straight lines and curvy lines. Besides, I also removed background of all the drawings in order to create a clean and neat composition. Other that, i also arranged all the interior perspectives in curvy lines, as from my previous research i actually found that curvy lines , round edges and circle, each of them plays a important role in futuristic,they are characteristics in futuristic theme.  Perspectives in curvy lines spreading from soft edges of the building is actually brings the meaning of information all are about a awesome building, Last but not least, i also combined two exterior perspective and used them as a killer view with appearing title. 

My board

My board (Upgraded)
I have used a hairline texture metal futuristic background instead of the previous normal colour gradient background.

Review: Old vs New

Reader Review: Old and new

Recycling building- Adaptive Reuse 

             Should old buildings be preserved? Or it should be demolished, just like the classic saying” if the old doesn’t go, the new will not come”? In this century, every country is competing to show their advancing, and architecture do shows technology of a country. However space is a critical problem in this kind of issue. So when this becomes a problem, people will start to have thought that “old building doesn’t exist in advance country, and they should be demolished”. So in order to get balancing between old buildings and city development, recycling old buildings is the greenest thing that u can do. 

            The reader I have chosen is “Trenton architect says recycling old structures is the ultimate example of thinking green” by Wendy Plump which used to publish on the Times. The reader written that  for Architect Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner, founder of her personal firm, Historic Building Architects, those neglected ,abandoned, glorious buildings have given testimony to her passionate belief in architectural restoration and also preserving the beauty of these old construction. Besides, she also expresses that she feel terrible for tearing down those old building today.

            Although we acknowledge international progress however we always hate to see buildings get demolished due to some safety problem, beyond financial economical or they couldn’t fulfill their original role in 21^st century. Adaptive reuse then is the best solution, by providing new uses for old buildings. There are all these great buildings around in need of rehabilitation. So why break them down? Why tear them down? Old buildings reveal original characteristic of the area and this allow us to study and learn from the history in order to make a better future. Besides, my reader tells that not to get too precious in restoration work. Old buildings are best pleasured when public gets good and king-term use out of them, rather than turning them into boring house museum or gallery that people never visit. We can make it fabulous!

            Furthermore, recycling makes the old building better! Disadvantages are found and improved with the new renovation and maintenance. Undoubtedly, this just indirectly makes the society better! From another reader which I have chosen, there are few inspiring example for adaptive reuse. One of them which impressed me much is going to the 700 year old church which located in Netherland. It was left to fall into disrepair for two hundred year and successfully converted into world’s most beautiful bookshop through adaptive reuse effort. Besides, this topic actually reminded me of Sekeping Kong Heng which located in Ipoh Malaysia (which I have visited last month). It is now recognized as Malaysia best famous guest house design in Malaysia and surprisingly before that it was just an abandoned building. The architect of Kong Heng, Seksan remained a lot of its original characteristic, example the walls that not even plastered and painted but revealed as the original form. This building then answer most of my question, recycling building does work well, and most of the community can fully accept them.

            Don’t easily give a full-stop to old buildings, there is so much stories behind them, it just feel so right and meaningful to continue the story with adapting different time era.” Recycling building --- adaptive reuse” is an essential combination of case histories and an important reference in the fast-paced design and city development now.     

            

VISUAL COMMUNICATION PRESENTATION BOARD

In this assignment, I have changed my layout because i think the sample is too dark, lack of information and also boring. So, i rearranged the whole thing with all the new drawings. However, i still remained the dark background and used it as an advantage with showing the contrast by enhancing the colour so that it is more visually attractive! Another thing, i actually noticed that the site analysis has few spreading lines so i decided to play with the connection between site analysis and perspective views so that the whole board shows the "shenmi" style. 

BEFORE(SAMPLE)

AFTER(MY BOARD)

VISUAL COMMUNICATION PRESENTATION BOARD

This is another new assignment after rapid visualization and relief model. We were actually assigned to find a presentation layout as our reference and do another new presentation board according to the reference layout with another building that we found in internet)Photoshop was quite easy to use, however it did not treat me well on the assignment day(the day sem3 borrowed comp lab for visual comm.), photoshop suddenly not responding!!! And the thing is, i didnt save my file yet! That feeling was like: OMG, WHY ITS ME AGAIN!!!(As it was my second time in this sem).Lastly, im glad that i could manage to submit my sketches.  I am actually not really good in computer software, so in this assignment, i really feel thankful towards Ms Aida and Mr Kamal as I usually always pulling them for their tutor during lesson and even threw out a lot of silly questionsXD!

SAMPLE(BEFORE)

MY BOARD(AFTER)