Project 3

Designing with Architectural Principles + Materiality + Context + User: Tropical Solitary Haven

Site : Subang Ria Recreational Park

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Project 3 requires students to design a solitary haven focused on access to nature to boost the immune system and improve psychological wellbeing at Subang Ria Recreational Park. The structure should be a within the built-up space of maximum 100sqm and be able to accommodate ourselves and a partner of our choice, comfortably. The Solitary Haven must correspond to the immediate site context. The design of the structure must demonstrate design intentions through the application of architectural principles, materiality and constructability in creating a memorable spatial experience for the user(s) with a list of space requirements.

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Throughout this project and workshops I have learned to analyse simple site context and a users’ characters and needs to design a meaningful structure. I am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to design a structure just for me and my partner. I am also very grateful for the module coordinator, Mr. Shawn, to have conducted workshops for students from studios ahead of us to guide us in our project. Although, it is quite unfortunate that we could not go to the site ourselves, but at least we have information given to us from seniors and some online resources (albeit limited).