Ernest Portfolio
Project 1
The 1st project (group project), Preliminary Studies, is a preparatory task that investigates the character of a place (town or city) and architecture for place-making through the 'Townscape Assessment' exercise. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the character, identity, and uniqueness of a town and urban region in order to identify opportunities for producing responsive architecture design within urban context and place-making led urban space in the given site. Thus, the project introduces students to the fundamentals of urban design by assessing the 'content' of the urban context within the proposed site.
Project 1B
Project 1 (B) was an individual project where the aim is to deduct a position for finding architecture and producing architectural design strategy.
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Students are to individually interpret the idea of Community Center for the community in Brickfields and come up with an architectural design strategy for the same. This will be in-reflection to the issues and inspirations that were found in Project 1 (A) in order to offer to character, continuity and enclose, quality of public realm, ease of movement, legibility, adaptability, and diversity in the city.
Project 1(C)
Project 1 (C) was an individual work where the aim is to develop an architectural narration for place making in the city and to perform an integrated design. Architectural design strategy should be further resolved by a) designing through form, activity and circulation and b) technical and services integration through concepts and components to address the user needs for an urban Community Center.
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The needs of the community should be responded to by design by exploring various possibilities of relevant sub-questions that suit our interests and exploration from Project 1(A). The Community Center could cater to multi-user groups and will be a focus for a diverse variety of cultural, learning, and recreational opportunities.
