Project 1- Sketchbook and Journal
Objectives of Project
- To train students to be observant to their surrounding
- To instill the culture of documenting as part of the learning process in architectural education
- To enhance students’ graphic communication skills in capturing important details and the spirit of the place
Gallery
Learning Outcome
- Identifying architectural historic structure
- Able to capture the tangible and intangible essence that is contained within the architecture realm
- Using tools to get a better and different perspective
Project 2 - Building Report and Video
Objectives of Project
- To document the significance of the building to accompany the measured drawings
- To enable students to analyze the relationship between architecture and the significance of the building as well as its inhabitation
Video
Report
Photobook
Learning Outcome
- Able to explain the application of architectural historic documents
- Able to describe architectural cultural heritage
- Able to elaborate the relationship between architecture and the significance of the building as well as its inhabitation
- Improving rendering skills
- Improving video taking skills
- Improving video editing skills
- Learning to fly a quadcopter drone
- Learning to work with multiple ideas and people
Project 3 - Measured Drawings & Model
Objectives of Project
Aims to produce a set of measure drawings of a historical and/or architecturally significant building or structure in a specific location. A report containing important and historical information of the building will complement the drawings. It is an on-site exercise where students are required to execute fieldwork and hands-on measuring exercise
Drawings
Model
Learning Outcome
- Able to use appropriate method or architectural historic documentation
- Able to recognize and recall techniques of measured drawing and documentation
- Able to explain the as-built building constructions, architectural details and elements
- Able to interpret historic architectural element, structure and building
- Able to execute fieldwork and hands-on measurement exercise
- Able to translate measure data into scaled drawings
- Able to produce a report on the building highlighting its importance and historical significance
- Improving in software such as Autocad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop.