ARCHITECTURE DESIGN II
FALL SEMESTER 2010/11Department of Architecture
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA /
T h e P l a c e
“A vernacular interpretation”Lecturers
Dr Noor Hanita Abdul MajidCourse brief
This course is a transition from the abstractive state to the architectural values; assimilate and realize the human scale and its application in different building types. A study of small building spaces and their functional and spatial requirements, with the application of design principles and elements, and the use of furniture in small projects should be done. The design concepts should be generated and developed by students taking in to account building materials and structure.The emphasis in this course is on developing an understanding of the relationship between function, in terms of use and comfort, and architectural spaces and its three-dimensional form. This will be achieved by design exercises that involving 4-8 people or small scale- multifunctional spaces up to two (2) storeys e.g. a dwelling, a small office and shops.
Course Objectives
- To familiarize students with the functional aspect of the architectural design.
- To encourage students to learn to develop their ideas within anthropometrics, environmental and functional constraints. The students will be further encouraged to understand the relationship between these factors and architectural form.
- To familiarize students with regard to the relationship between interior environment and exterior environment in architecture.
‘There no place like home’
The “PLACE” should not be designed as standardized or conventional dwellings. The design task should be experimental in a sense that the design is not based on a certain prototype, or in some cases may break the commonly accepted norm.The lifestyle of the clients should become the source of inspiration behind a personalized scheme.
Introduction
The term ‘place’ can be defined, interpreted and described in many different ways. Involvement of human beings inhabiting spaces may transform spaces into places. The term place has been defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as:a: physical environment : SPACEb: a way for admission or transit c: physical surroundings
b: a building or locality used for a special purpose <a place of learning> <a fine eating place> c archaic : the three-dimensional compass of a material object
c: a building, part of a building, or a a boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction
d: physical space independent of what occupies it -- called also absolute space area occupied as a home <our summer place>
The ‘place’ should be catering for selected professional/individual and his/her family. The students are required to work within the client profile and preferences in order to design unique spaces. Students are encouraged to experiment with geometry in designing the forms and spaces. The total occupants for the ‘place’ should ideally be up to eight (8) persons.
The students should research and consequently design at the interior and coastal area of Oman. The class will be subdivided into 2 groups for the background studies. The site should represent site
- Interior-flat and mountain (Nizwa-BiladSeet)
- Coastal-flat and mountain (Sur-Ras al Had)
Students are required to start thinking about designing the ‘place’ from the beginning of the studio while executing the modules, which are part of the main design task. The introduction of modules that are inserted in the program throughout the semester will be in form of specific assignments or design charettes. /
Required Spaces
Residence
Majlis (max 30sqm)
Living (max 30sqm)
- Family (max 30sqm)
- Dining (max 25sqm)
- Kitchen/ Pantry (max 30sqm)
- Bedrooms (min 3)(max 25 sqm)
- Bathrooms (max 3 sqm)
- Storage/ Utility (3 sqm)
- total built-up area 200-300 sqm
- up to 2 storeys height
- application of building by law
Modules
The Place
Module 1 A & B
Background/Precedent Studies/vernacular
Module 2
Site Analysis
Crit 1
Crit 2
Crit 3
Pre-final (Internal)
Final Crit (External)
Charette 1
Charette 2
Total
Percentage distribution
Individual 90%
Group10%
/ %
90%
5%(G)
5% (G)
5% (I)
5%( I)
10%( I)
20%(I)
40% (I)
5%( I)
5% (I)
100% / Submission requirements
- drawings
- Site plan
- Floor plans
- Elevations (4nos)
- Sections (2nos)
- Internal and external perspectives (min 1nos each)
- model (detail model)
- documented design process
- A3 size butter paper, nicely formatted and bound showing the entire process of designing including all modules
- All students are required to follow all studio rules
- Latecomers will be considered as late or absent. Barring will be issued if students missed more than 25% of the studio.
- All students should be present during studio time
- No late submissions will be entertained and marks will be deducted accordingly
Schedule
DATES / ACTIVITIES / REMARKSWeek 1
28/1/12
31/1/12 / Introduction to the brief
Assignment of Module 1a: Background/Precedent Studies/Vernacular
Assignment of Module 1b: The Client Profile / Lecture Input: Site Analysis
Lecture Input: How to draw proper architectural sketches
Week 2
4/2/12
7/2/12 / Tutorials
Assignment of Module 2: Site Analysis
Site Visit
Week 3
11/2/12
14/2/12 / Tutorial
Presentation of Module 1 (Seminar) / Lecture Input: Spatial Studies
Week 4
18/2/12
21/2/12 / Tutorials
Tutorials
Week 5
25/2/12
28/2/12 / Presentation of Module 2 (Crit 2)
Concept and Ideas / Lecture Input: Concept and Ideas
Week 6
3/3/12
6/3/12 / Tutorials
Presentation of concept Boards
Week 7
10/3/12
13/3/ 12 / Tutorials
Tutorials / Plans
Week 8
17/3/12
20/3/12 / Presentation/ Crit 1
Charette 1:(in studio)-‘From Idea to Space”
Week 9
24-28/3/12 / SEMESTER BREAK
Week 10
31/3/12
3/4/12 / Presentation Charette 1
Section
Week 11
7/4/12
10/4/12 / Tutorials
Charette 2:(in studio)-Facade Studies / Lecture Input: Building Facades and Context
Week 12
14/4/12
17/4/12 / Tutorial
Presentation/ Crit 2
Week 13
21/4/12
24/4/12 / Tutorial
Presentation/ Crit 3
Week 14
28/4/12
1/5/12 / Tutorial
Pre-final/ Internal Review
Week 15
5/5/12
8/5/12 / Preparation for Final Review
Preparation for Final Review
Week 16
12-15/5/12 / Portfolio
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN II
FALL SEMESTER 2010/11Department of Architecture
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA /
Module 1A & BSEMINAR
Background/Precedent Studies
The Client Profile
Lecturer
Dr Noor Hanita Abdul Majid/
Brief
It is required of an architect to understand the building type, needs, culture and context before embarking on any design process. This understanding will provide a solid foundation for the design proposal made for the client. In this module, students are required to conduct precedent studies on the building type and related contextual factors i.e. social and cultural needs. Creating a client profile with needs should then further enhance the research.Students are also urged to study and comprehend the Islamic principles and values related to residence design and apply the understanding in the design. A thorough research is required for students to be able to integrate the learnt values in the design.
Objectives
- to create awareness on the importance of research in the design process; using resources i.e. internet, literature, interviews
- to develop understanding on the cultural, climatic and geographical considerations in design project
- to familiarise students to clients requirements and needs in reflecting their image and identity
- to introduce students on concepts and vocabulary related to residential and workplace design
Module 1: Background/Precedent Studies /Vernacular Architecture
Students are divided into two groups- Interior-flat and mountain (Nizwa and BiladSeet)
- Coastal-flat and mountain (Sur and Ras al Had)
Module 2: The Client Profile
Subdivision of sub-groups according to selected professions. The groups are supposed to arrive with a common need of the client. The requirement will be unique to the group members depending on the personalities that they have chosen.Client requirements
Client requirements
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A family of up to eight (8) persons (Husband, wife and children or husband, wife and 2 children with grandparents)
Profession should be any of the combination from belowHusband / Wife
Artist / Interior Designer
Architect / Painter/ Artist
Medical Consultant / Musician
Contractor / Architect
Writer/Journalist / Homemaker
Submission requirements
Module 1: multimedia presentationModule 2:A2 board (maximum 2)
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN II
FALL SEMESTER 2010/11Department of Architecture
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA /
Module 2
Site AnalysisLecturer
Dr Noor Hanita Abdul Majid/ The sites for these projects should be selected due to their merits of having geographical and climatic context. These contexts will require for different vernacular solutions and architectural interpretation.
Site analysis is required for students to understand the physical, social and cultural conditions and needs of the site. The assigned site has different contextual and historical values to be explored an understood in order for students to come up with a meaningful architectural solutions.
Submission Requirements
Presentation on 6-8 A1 boards
Multimedia presentation (optional to support drawings)
Objectives
- to familiarize students to the stages of design
- to inculcate the importance the sensitivity to the context
- to train students on critical thinking
- to expose students to the essential factors involved in in site analysis
Task
Students are required to study the site before embarking on the design. Factors that needs to be considered are as follows:- Sizes/Set backs
- Immediate historical and social context
- Climatic factors-sun and wind directions, precipitations
- Physical context-adjacent buildings, landmarks, existing vegetations etc.
- Traffic/circulation-entrance/exits etc.
Documentations are needed in form of drawings, sketches, note taking, interviews and photographs
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN II
FALL SEMESTER 2010/11Department of Architecture
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA /
Charette 1
“From Idea to Space”
Lecturers
Asst Prof Dr Noor Hanita Abdul MajidOBJECTIVES
- The purpose of the project is increasing students understanding of architecture as complex spatial systems in three dimensions, how the relations between the different spaces, and not the material boundaries of single spaces, affects movement patterns and spatial use and, in the long run, the relation between architectural form and human behaviour.
- As a second purpose, the intention is to study the use of and relation to architecture based on how familiar we are with it. As a preliminary assumption, movement patterns and methods for orientation ought to be affected by how familiar we are with it.
- To study the relationship between ergonomics, activity & spatial relationship to produce habitable space.
- To develop the ability of creativity & perception through a simple architectural design exercise.
- To design a personal living space based on personal requirements & precedent studies.
(KungligaTekniskaHogskolan, Stockholm The Royal Institute of Technology 1997).
There are many ways in which to understand, describe, explain or create architecture, and architectural problems can be seen from a great many viewpoints - one of which address the relation between architectural form and spatial behavior. This again is a complex and extensive field, with different focuses and sets of questions in different periods of time and in different theoretical movements.
'Theoretical Framework' developed at Bartlett University College in London, centered on a theoretical approach to architecture illustrated by the following quote:
'However much we like to discuss architecture in terms of visual styles, its most far-reaching practical effects are not at the level of appearances at all, but at the level of space. By giving shape and form to our material world, architecture structures the system of space in which we live and move. In that it does so, it has a direct relation - rather than a symbolic one - to social life, since it provides the material preconditions for the patterns of movement, encounter and avoidance which are the material realization - as well as sometimes generator - of social relations.'
Requirements
1.Layout of furniture & fitting as it deem fit to the working space.
2. The size of furniture, fitting & circulation spaces must be according to your own anthropometrics proportioning systems.
Submission:
Students are to work in the studio
Submission is at the beginning of the next studio session
Students are expected to keep a “sketch book” of their sketch analysis, through which they are to develop their concept. The book will be presented at tutorial and will be the part of the portfolio.
Final Scheme:
1/50 Plan
1/50 Sectional Elevation
2 no of Perspectives / Design Task:
Students are required to conduct detail study on space requirements and anthropometrics at the workspace in their individual design schemes. The space design should be tailored to the clients brief and profession. Design the workspace to be functionally as well as aesthetically satisfying your client’s peculiar needs. The workspace must be unique, interesting & exciting. Remember the workroom is part of ‘the place’ that you are designing; therefore the space design should take into consideration of the surrounding spaces.