term 4- a busy term

after 3 weeks of hols in msia...finally it's the start of final term. after that i'll be going year 2 (hopefully)

during the hols, we're asked to figure out the design of our shophouse based on our designer in art love design in TOD. my designer is Ken Yeang.

Ken Yeang is a malaysian architect. he's famously known for his bioclimatic high rise design (ecodesign) for high rise in the tropical country mostly in malaysia. therefore the 3 principles that i've chosen for designing his shophouse are:
1. controlled ventilation
2. natural lighting
3. bringing landscape into the interior

mood box:
1st mood box


the trees- bringing natural element into the interior
the opening on the front & back- controlled ventilation
windows- natural lighting

2nd mood box

sketches of my concept

for my 2nd mood box, i translate the concept portrays in the 1st mood box into a more abstract way.

different gradient of triangles- circulating the wind that come down from the top
only a small portion of the top part are opened- controlled ventilation. i wanted the wind to come in only from the top part
carpet grass- natural element
acrylic sheet on the left & right- openess

then translating the concept into the shophouse:
sketches:
1st sketch

2nd sketch


3rd sketch

final sketch/ final design

i create 2 opening at the roof area. 1 in front and 1 at the airwell. the different gradient of triangles from my mood box from the walls of my shophouse. the walls are created by rows n rows of louvered window so that the wind can circulate around the whole house. there's two pond at the 1st storey to collect rain water coming down from the opening.

from these i then proceed to my mock up
overview of the mock up

view from airwell downwards

view from mezz storey bedroom

i've spend lots time on the mock up and those before mock up causing me to have no time to finish things up for my final submission. haih...so....just have to rush....
things for final submission 6th feb:
final model
A1 board
construction drawing
3D viz
art love design process journal
intech wall detailing

luckily they've extend the submission date of intech wall and the A1 board/ final model. if not i dont think i can even submit anything on time.

view of my final shophouse:

view of the 1st storey towards rearcourt

view of the 1st storey from rearcourt
view from the mezz storey bedroom
view from airwell in the front area downwards

overview of my shophouse

basically the design of my final shophouse is the same as my mock up. i've changed a bit here and there towards the whole process to make it better. overview, it's a shophouse that is naturally ventilated, naturally lit and you can feel the nature when you're inside. it seems as if you are outside the house. the interesting part is from every room, you can look down towards the 1st storey and also direct view towards the sky. when it rains, the triangular wall that partially covered up the void will create some kind of waterfall like water feeature inside. from outside, you can see the reflective pool as the center of attraction.i also create vertical planting on the bare walls as from my research, i come to know that plants can cool down the environment. since that's the case, why don't i just plant some grass on the walls instead of the grown to make things more interesting and at the same time i can save some space. =)