PROJECT 2
SKETCHING ANALYSIS
This research project adopts document analysis methodology that involves documenting, analyzing, producing, and a critical chronological and diagrammatical interpretation of Modern Malaysian architectural history. This project emphasizes critical analysis of the post Merdeka/Independence of Malaysian architecture in the effort to understand the influences of post-modernism to architectural design and construction, building science and technology, and urban design. The project is to distinguish the way in which many diverse factors contribute to the development of Modern Malaysian architecture. The development of the project will involve active discussion, analysis interpretation and consultation with the tutor.
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THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT:
To allow students to undertake a research comparative analysis process on Modern Malaysian architecture practices throughout history through literature review and document analysis and present an appropriate chronological account of the Malaysian architecture based on the understanding gained through the analysis procedure.
To familiarize students with the activities of culmination and production of a research analysis through assemblage, chronological indices and evaluation of information; composing and organization of study; assembly of illustration and text; design layout composition.
To introduce visual and critical thinking through learning from precedents with diagramming, and to introduce the basic principles of form, space and order in the architectural design of Modern Malaysian architecture. The analysis is based on, but not limited to, the following:
a) Organization of form
b) Organization of space
c) Circulation and paths-space relationship
d) Axis and relations of axes
e) Massing
f) Symmetry and balance
g) Rhythm and repetition
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In this project, we are required to do research and architectural analysis on historical buildings. We are given a list of options and need to select a total of five buildings each from every topic. The topics are Pre Historic, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greece and Rome, Middle Ages and Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment. We are required to sketch and colour the buildings and fill in the information of the buildings in A4 sketches booklet.
