Project 1 : Site analysis at PJ Old Town
Based on the site visit to the PJ Oldtown market, and in class discussions around the topic of ‘Culture and Community in the City’, this component will form the foundation for this semester’s inquiry into the theme of TROPICAL HIGH-RISE DWELLING. In this component students will investigate the site from the perspective of ‘Culture and Community’ while at the same time building up a class database of architectural precedents to inform their architectural exploration in Component 2.
Component 1 is a class and individual component to prepare:
i. Mapping and analysis of the area surrounding the PJ Oldtown market, focusing on ‘Culture and Community’ (group) Site info and background + thematic inquiries on: - Existing forms of dwelling - Institutional, Cultural and Trade Activities and Spaces - Open spaces and thresholds - Permanent and temporal communities: spaces and places These will be further developed during the course of site investigation
ii. A database compiling historical and contemporary precedents of ground-breaking examples of housing projects from around the world, with focus on the tropics. (group)
iii. Individual Positions in approaching Component 2 based on the findings of Component 1. (individual)
Site analysis boards
Individual position
Reflection
By summarising the urban contextual analysis, site history, activities, climatic conditions, demographics and other salient contextual information, to be processed together with examples of urban design projects and precedent studies that we explored. The goal of this project was to explore design possibilities for the upcoming project, in which we were able to design a Tropical high rise dwelling at Pj Old Town.