Vikkie's Portfolio
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture Culture and History I
Introdution
This project focuses on investigating historical works to enrich architectural design and ideas. Through the study of existing buildings, students are able to communicate and expand their own architectural vocabulary and develop design concepts. In a group of 5, students are required to conduct precedent study analysis on specific building through on-line forum discussion, analysis drawings, verbal and board presentations. This precedent study analysis should help clarify the research question of “why” that specific building is historically, culturally and architecturally importance; and “how” the design concepts derived from that particular building can be developed and expanded to be creatively and innovatively integrated into their Studio 1 design project.
Objectives
1. To introduce basic architectural theory through a consideration of intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships.
2. To creatively and innovatively develop and expand the design concept derived from the precedent study analysis.
Learning Outcome
1. To produce building analysis which document intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships.
2. To produce graphical development, expansion and elaboration of intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships as integration to design project
Background
A precedent study is one of an effective approach in learning architectural history as well as an essential research stage to any architectural design project. To be a good architect it is crucial that one thoroughly understand what came before a success architectural creation. Precedent studies provide understanding of these contributing factors. The information learned from this process will give architects wisdom to create architecture that is at par or even better than what have been created before. In addition, precedent studies might also reveal reasons for a design failure and thus gives designer the understanding so as not to repeat the same mistakes.
Project 1a : Online Discussion Forum
5. i. What were the materials and construction technology or method used?
ii. How the materials and construction technology or method help making the building historically significant and meaningful?
A. On-line Group Forum (10% - Individual-80% and Group-20% Assessment)
On-line group forum is used in this exercise as an effective virtual learning discussion platform for students to work as a team to help each other in exploring the precedent studies of a chosen building with cultural, historical and architectural significances. Through the active on-line discussion forum, students even outside class session will be able to exchange views, share and debate the knowledge derived from the precedent studies to best grasp as well as to encourage a comprehensive analysis of the underlying conceptual ideas of the building. This on-line forum discussion will also prepare them for their verbal presentation during Studio critic session. The study of precedent required students to gather architectural information, so that they truly appreciate the essence of the building; have in-depth understanding of the building systems at work, as well as recognize the series of important elements that realize design aspects of the building.
On-line Group Forum Task: Each group is required to collectively address the questions below via TIMES WikiSpace discussion forum. As such each student in the group needs to only select just one set of questions. All discussion must be posted in TIMES Wiki Space in the form of:
a. clear and legible photographs and scanned sketches
b. short brief /write-up.
Project 1b :Precedent Study & Analysis Sketches Presentation
2. Building massing analysis (i. Material and Structure- geometry of making, ii. Geometry - alignment/anthropometry/social geometry/ideal geometry)
6. Partí - Culminates and Summarizes (i. gesture, ii. essence, iii, dominant idea, iv salient characteristic of the building)
The precedent study and analysis sketches, and analysis presentation board consist of illustrative and abstractive diagrams, drawings and text. The drawings should include actual and conceptual design ideas of floor plans, building sections, analysis diagrams and sketches expressing clarity and in-depth investigation of the precedent studies.
Precedent study and analysis sketches are to be drawn on A4 drawing papers whereas the analysis presentation board should be on an A2 board only and strictly hand-drawn and hand-written. You should find as much information on your assigned building as possible. Some projects have more information available than others. Your assignment is to provide an in-depth analysis of the building and provide thorough reflections of the questions listed in the subsequent section.
Analysis should include:
A. Answers to the Precedent Study Analysis questions below: 1. How does the building reflect the spirit of the time and place for which it was built? 2. What are the initial ideas and the design concept? 3. How the initial ideas and the design concept affecting the architecture?
B. Illustration of Precedent Study Analysis in relation to the series of building conceptual elements listed below – each student is to select and conduct analysis of one element from # 1 to 5 and to synthesize the design concept Partí of # 6.
Project 1c:Final Presentation Board Submission
2. Building massing analysis (i. Material and Structure- geometry of making, ii. Geometry - alignment/anthropometry/social geometry/ideal geometry)
Sypnosis
This assignment has been divided into three parts which are project 1a,1b and 1c.
Throughout this assignment i have broaden my knowledge about the history of San Vitale. Morever, online discussion forum enable us to compile overall group members' analysis in order for us to work as a team to help each other in exploring the precedent studies of a chosen building with cultural, historical and architectural significances.
In project 1b which is sketch book. We are required to summarize and sketch relevent images regarding to our selected question. Every member has different question. Therefore, my task is to do research on Building Massing. In building massing there are social gemetry,geometry alignment,gemetry of making and anthropometry.
Last but not least, the presentation board which concludes the overall reaserch on building massing. we have to summarize everthing again and using diagrams to explain eveyrthing.