IM-Archi
PROJECT 3: REPORT & VIDEO ON MEASURED BUILDING
The report is a set of information that accompanies the set of drawings for the building that is measured during the semester. Basically, the report will elaborate on the significance of the building being measured from various aspects such as architectural, historical and cultural. In this report, students are required to relate the architecture of the building to its significance, highlighting how the two support the inhabitation of the building. A video analysing the building is produced to provide 3D experience of the vicinity.
The report was to either focus on the history and architecture or the culture and architecture.
The report was made following the plan ahead:
i. The link between structures and the architecture of the building
ii. The house structure and its relationship with all the spaces within
- The design and planning of spaces such as bedrooms, prayer rooms, function area, working area, storage area, bathrooms, kitchen and main entrance
- The use of furniture
- The use of site, design and layout of other amenities such as well, gazebo, lawn, fencing etc.
- Orientation and location in relation to the site
iii. The relationship between everyday living and the architecture of the building
- The daily activities of its occupants
The role of the housewife and the head of the family
- The child-rearing techniques
- The family activities relating to entertainment, religious belief, culture
- Culture of inheritance
- The way each family members (the elderly, the adult, the children) and guests are entertained
iv. The architecture and its material
- The building material
- The use of material in relation to the climate
- Material handling techniques
- Decorative elements on the building, fences, gates
- Measuring and dimensioning techniques
- The custom of building a house
- The taboo, superstitions and beliefs that dictate the house design