PROJECT 1: PRELIMINARY STUDIES

 

Task One: The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of Learning Centre around the world. This assignment aims to firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a Learning Centre and architectural responses for urban infills.

 

The Preliminary Studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Learning Centre. The Site Documentation and Site Analysis will equip students with a firm understanding of the site they will be working with this semester, while the Precedent Studies will provide an insight into architectural responses for designing an urban infill Learning Centre.

 

The outcome of the Preliminary Studies will include the production of site documentation materials (drawings and models in both digital and physical copy for further use), a comprehensive analysis of the site, and a detailed case study of a relevant urban infill and Learning Centre.