Module: BUILDING SCIENCE 1 (BLD60803) 

Instructor: 

 Prince Favis Isip (princefavis.isip@taylors.edu.my) 

 Sujatavani Gunasagaran (sujatavani.g@taylors.edu.my) 

 Tamil Salvi (TamilSalvi.Mari@taylors.edu.my) 

 Lee Xia Sheng (603-56295624; XiaSheng.Lee@taylors.edu.my)

Project 1: Case Study- Identifying innovative Passive Design Strategies

This is the only project that we had for this module. This is a group project of 5 members. This project encourages us to understand the importance of passive designs in buildings. Passive design is the design that does not requires mechanical heating or cooling. Building that are passively designed take advantage of natural climate to maintain thermal comfort. In this project, we need to choose two buildings which one is from Kuala Lumpur and another building is in Singapore that best features a passive design strategy for tropical climate and they must be recognized as a Green Building. In the end, we had chosen G-Tower in Kuala Lumpur and Nanyang Technology University of Art, Design and Media in Singapore. 

Here are the reports we've done for this project.

http://www.slideshare.net/hiewyennee/building-science-1-project-1-g

http://www.slideshare.net/hiewyennee/building-science-1-project-1-nanyang

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 2 [ARC 2513] 

Project 1: Understanding Forces in Skeletal Structure

This project is a group project of six members. The tasks that we had to do for this project are to construct a model of a tower by using popsicle stick, toothpick, thread, pins and a base of A5 size. The requirement of this project are we are not allow to use glue and the height of the tower must not be higher than 30cm and must not exceed 100 pieces of popsicle stick. The purpose of doing this project is to show how loads are applied to a structure and also how the joints of the structure members are connected.

Firstly, we worked on the two methods which is by interlocking the popsicle stick and another is using toothpick as a joint to penetrate it through the popsicle stick and then reinforced it by tying with thread. After completed the model, we began to test it with some loads, in the end, it can only withstand 35kg. After some discussion with my beloved team, we found the problem which is connecting the upper component will cause the loads transfer to sideways. Since load is transferred vertically downward, so we decided to connect the vertical member end to end to each other and used toothpick and thread to strengthen it, as well as added the diagonal bracing to it which purpose was to overcome its shear force.

These are my teammates.

This is how our final model looks like.

Here is our model withstanding 137.5kg.

After finished testing the tower, we need to do a report regarding the progress. We went through some discussion with our tutor, she suggested that we can test our model again until it breaks, which is because the tower didn't actually broke at the previous test. So, we went though another test. At the end, we found that our model can actually withstand 176.5kg.

Here is one of our member applying loads onto our tower carefully.

Our model after it collapsed.

Here is the report. Enjoy.

http://www.slideshare.net/hiewyennee/final-37113620#

Project 2: Understanding Forces in Solid Structure and Surface Structure

This project is also a group project of seven persons and also consists of an individual part. The tasks that we had to do for this project is to proposed a building either solid construction or surface construction and  then to identify the different types of structural systems used during the construction of the building. In the final submission, we had to produce a model showing the different structural system used in the building with a suitable scale and materials. After a series of discussions with my teammates, we had chosen St. Paulo Church by Fuksas as our solid construction building.

Below are photos of our final solid construction model.

This is our booklet.

http://www.slideshare.net/hiewyennee/building-construction-2-project-2-fuksas-booklet

This is what I've produced for the individual part project. I've chosen the detail drawing of the external wall of this building.

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 3 [ARC 2118]

Prroject 1a - PRECEDENT STUDIES: Analysing spatial poetics & spatial typologies in architecture.

This is the first project in semester 3 which requires a team of 5 peoples. We were required to select 2 precedent studies for analysis which one of it have to be a pre-modern building and another is a contemporary building. Also, one of the precedents must be in linear form and another must be in concentric form. For concentric, we had chosen NEW CHURCH IN FOLIGNO, SAN PAOLO PARISH COMPLEX BY FUKSAS ARCHITECTS as our contemporary building precedent study; for linear, we had chosen CHAITYA HALL OF KARLE CAVE, INDIA
(100-25 A.D) as our pre-modern building precedent study. Below are our presentation board of these two precedent studies.

Project 1b: The Journey of the 5 Senses

The next project, we had to use the design strategies we've learnt based on Project 1a to design a journey themed 'journey for the five senses'. We had to read on the given poetry and visualize it from an architectural viewport and translated the poetry into a journey by using 2 contrasting spatial typologies. The poem that we had chosen is ON DEATH by Kahlil Gibran.

These are the designs made by our team.

Concentric

Linear

Below are the presentation boards.

Project 2 - GENIUS LOCI: Sire Analysis & Concept Development

This project is an individual project. To do this project, we were required to visit the Labrador Park in Singapore. The purpose is to do an analysis regarding to the site and required to design a visitor interpretive centre at the site as our next project which is Project 3. At the site, we were asked to take some pictures and after the trip, we had to do an interpretation hand-sketches which bring inspirations to our design project. Besides, we also have to understand and record the historical background of this park such as its significant characteristics, sounds, texture, human features. The pictures below are the sketches that I've drawn and also presentation boards.

Project 3 - GENIUS LOCI: Visitor Interpretive Centre (VIC)

In this last project, we were required to design a 450m2 visitor interpretive centre at the site to provide a physical point of reference with visual significance that keeps alive the culture/history/memory/essence of the site and to provide accommodation to house and display relevant material and interpretive material for public access and information. 

Here is my presentation boards.