PROJECT 1
FAMOUS ARCHITECT'S BUILDING
For our first assignment, students are required to choose a famous architect and identify five architectural building materials and two structural building materials based on the case study. The architect that I have chosen is Antoni Gaudi and selected his building Casa Vicens as my case study. Other than that, students are also required to study the ideas and concepts behind the selection of the material of the building and to describe the installation of one material applied on the selected building.
Final Outcome -
Project Reflection -
For the first assignment, I was able to distinguish between architectural and structural materials in Antoni Gaudi’s building of Casa Vicens by doing intense research through various resources such as the web and also some books on the building. Other than that, this assignment also allowed me to do more research on the different installation methods of different building materials.
PROJECT 2
CONSTRUCTION DETAILING OF BUILDING ELEMENTS
For our second assignment, students are to work in a group to produce a construction drawing set that consists of building elements on superstructure which include floor, wall, door, window, staircase and roof. The set of drawings to be produced is based on our previous assignment for Architectural Design II, Introspective Architectural Pavillion. My group decided to produce the orthographic drawings based on my ADII group’s pavilion.
Final Outcome -
Project Reflection -
Being in a group for this assignment allowed us to divide our task evenly among ourselves and did the drawings according to our strengths. Not only that, this assignment also allowed me to gain awareness of how buildings are developed in response to practical considerations and also helped me improve my manual drawing skills.
REFLECTION
digital literacy-
At the end of this module, I had the opportunity to use 3D modelling programmes such as SketchUp to come up with new designs for the pavilion and also to help me produce the axonometric drawing. Other than that, I watched a lot of guides on the internet to help me produce harder and detailed drawings.
communication skills -
As we had physical classes this semester, I was able to actually meet and form relationship with my group members. Most group I was formed with this semesters are new friends that I have never grouped with before. Not only that being the group representative for our first project also helped to improve my communication skills.
interpersonal skills -
Our final assignment, made me realise how important teamwork is to a group. I find that each one of us did their very best in their parts that they are assigned with. Not only that, time management in our group was also great as we keep tracks of the requirements we had to do for the project by making lists to remind each other. We also tried our best help each other to produce the drawings when there is one of us having troubles.