Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Project 2 focuses on the society, culture, history, memory, and the landscape of the place that brings out the meaning of the Genius Loci to design a Discovery Centre for Kampung Sungai Haji Dorani in Sungai Besi, Selangor. It is a study of a response to the site context by analyzing and suggesting architectural solutions that contribute to its context. The site is measured in quantitative where it focuses on the meaning of the place and the qualitative, measuring the technicality of the site
Project Task & Overview
A set of task were distributed among the students in the group to conduct a site analysis of the given site where the aim was to study the intangible and tangible elements as it will help to guide students to develop a designing process for the final project.
Task 1 - Historical Research
Task2 - Site Condition & Data Collection of Macro & Micro Site
Task 3 - Site Analysis of Macro & Micro Site
Task 4A - Exploration Workshop
Task 4B - Personal Interpretation
Task 5 - Site Response & Concept Development
Introduction video about the Kampung Sungai Haji
For Task 1, we were tasked to produce a video and PowerPoint slides about the people, culture, and history of Kampung Sungai Haji Dorani.
Task 4 requires to produce 2A2 visceral boards of a digital photomontage that relates the tangible elements of the people, culture, and history. We were given a workshop to produce our draft visceral board
Task 2 requires collect and record the data from the site and producing visual diagrams, drawings, sketches, and photography into A2 boards
Task 4b is an individual task where students need to produce 3 abstract artwork of their own interpretation and perception of the site and 3 drawings of the plan, section, and perspective compiling them into an A2 board. Furthermore, draw a design approach of the Discovery Center.
Task 3 requires students to do a site analysis and site response of the physical site of the macro and micro sites and produce visual diagrams, sketches, and drawings
Task 5 is to present the conclusion, significant issues, the genius loci of the place, and what were the important information that needed attention relating to designing the discovery center, compiling them into an A2 board. Furthermore, producing a 1:500 scale model of the site.
Images of the Site Model
Reflection
Conducting this project was fun and had a great learning experience about the site as this was my first time visiting a paddy field. The Kampung Sungai Haji Dorani has an interesting history from the migration of the Javenese people to how they got their name till this day. Moreover, learning about their cultures and origins were a surprise as I never thought that a lot of the culture were influenced by the Javanese people. The mirco and macro site are mostly cover with rolls of paddy field, and different plantation that are owned by the famers. This gave us an opportunity to develop different design process of the Discovery Center. Furthermore, what our group learned after compiling our findings on the intangible aspect of the Kampung Sungai Kaji Dorani was how the village is united and friendly they were when we interact with them. In the end, it was an experience that I would never forget.