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Assignment 2a : Journal and diary
Introduction
The students are required to document the spatial form of the city to note the key attributes that drive the urban form.
The objectives are:
a) to characterize the urban forms through Serial Vision;
b) to establish the relationships and roles of the three urban design elements and
c) to identify DISTINCTIVE aspects or patterns in in their layout. The students will be given with basic urban study techniques such as figure/ground, serial vision, collage city, space syntax, etc. Therefore the students are required to analyze and apply those techniques in order to evaluate the spatial (tangible) and/or social (intangible) patterns in the city.
You are required to
a) illustrate the urban distinctive character,
b) present the tales of your wishes and
c) evaluate through the comparison of three cities. The submission format will be online and digital reports.
The objectives of the project are as follows:
a) To experience the urban space and take part in urban life
b) To allow the students to explore the potentiality of space, form and their relationship to aspects of use and cultural meaning
Objectives of Project
Assignment 1: Ideas and theories in urbanism
Introduction
In the first Assignment the students are to acquire prior knowledge, from the literature on urbanism, before the case study visit. The theme of the Semester is ‘Tropical Cities’ and the course work focuses on the cities in Malaysia such as Kuala Lumpur, George Town (Penang) and Kuching as the case studies. The students are to explore the various ideas/theories/social situations prevailed in the historical and contemporary times. Later in the Semester, the students are to explore the case study towns through visits.
Objectives & Learning Outcomes
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To explore various urban theories and ideas in the Eastern World
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To know how various social situations responded to spatial forms
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To acquire an holistic understanding about various historical phases of the case study cities
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Develop formal attributes of a number of key examples on the design of the cities in the East, during the historical and contemporary times.
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Identify, discuss and critique various urban design theories and ideas.
Assignment 2b : Mapping the townscape
The study areas for the Assignment are the significant cores of KL. The aim is to coin your own theory for the city. The objectives are to: a) characterize the urban forms; b) establish the significance in the layout and design; and c) illustrate the urban distinctive character.
a) To characterize the urban forms Preparation of figure/ground diagram Study on urban elements using ‘Collage city’s layering concept
b) To establish the significance of serial vision Study on visual cues in urban design Significance on views and vistas: Cullen’s serial visions
c) Illustrate the urban distinctive character 3
Coin your own theory for the city following significant patterns between the typologies of form (a) and the visual qualities (b) above
THREE CITIES: TALES OF WISH You will also a) present the tales of your wishes and b) evaluate through the comparison of three cities. This part comes from virtual exploration of the local power groups (Eg. Tweet and follow the local projects/groups). You will need to use the twitter to follow and find the local community engagement with and perception on the city. This knowledge will offer you the ability to make comparisons on the three cities.
Task
Reflection
Throughout these assignments, they have given us an opportunity to explore the significant cores of Kuala Lumpur.
Upon accomplishing the assignments, I have gained some understanding on the potentiality of space, form and their relationship to aspects of use and cultural meaning. Furthermore, i have learnt different methodologies and techniques such as figure ground diagram, serial vision, collage cities etc on representing the idea and concept relevant to urban scale.i truly believe this would help in the coming semester when we explore more about urban-ism.Lastly, this module is far more than useful for us in the future when we develop our ideas and concepts on designing a space.