Design Studio 4 Design Process Journal

Final Year Project Design Journal

CHRISTOPHER CHONG Diploma in Sustainable Urban Design & Engineering (Specialising in Architecture) Ngee Ann Polytechnic | 2018 - 2021

The Intergenerational Village

The importance of intergenerational interaction...

Wherever there are begin

young, there is some kind of l

of teaching. We are all pup

- Gilbert

nners and experts, old and

learning going on, some kind

pils and we are all teachers.

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Special thanks to...

Ms. Alexis Chua Mr. Sng Puay Koon Mr. Raja M. Fairuz Mr. Cheo Kaejer Ms. Trecia Lim for their guidance the past three years.

Contents 01 | Design Pedagogy & Brief 02 | Site Analysis Findings : Rochor Planning Area 03 | The Big Question 04 | Design Statement 05 | Clients & Target Audiences 06 | Modular Design 07 | Design Studio 3 : FYP Phase One 08 | Design Studio 4 : FYP Phase Two 09 | Precedent Study / Changes made in Phase 2

01 | Design Pedagogy & Brief

Design Pedagogy

An institutional building design is challenged to transcend from its

and rituals into assemblies for shared experiences of a commu

encapsulate the imaginative and unexpected spatial and exper

The final project provides the o

the societal life. Specifically, u

cooperate, collaborate and c

proposal for culturing A Symbi

and participation with the af

identifying, learning, and crea

sustainable and spatial design s

building’s programmes, the build

s utilitarian space

unity that can

riential forms.

Design Brief

opportunity to explore architectural spaces and experience(s) instilled in

under the initiatives, specific selected Agency/Agencies to co-perform,

co-function with Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), the

iotic Experience aims to inspire inclusive and active social engagement

ftermath of a pandemic 2019. This new placemaking is for partaking,

ating social space typologies that offers “innovative, socially conscious,

solutions.” The architectural design must take into considerations of the

ding’s formal expression and spaces that involve and revolve meaningful aspects of a community.

02 | Site Analysis Findings : Rochor Planni

1

2

ing Area

1 : Waterloo Centre & Residential Estate More elderly / senior citizens was found to have been mingling in this area 2 : Cathay / Plaza Singapura / School of the Arts More youth / middle-aged persons were found to have been mingling in this area There is an obvious segregation of the age groups. This subdivision has a good deal of commercial buildings, schools and religious & history filled buildings. However, these buildings are not seen to provide activities to encourage intergenerational interactions as much. Technology and the world is ever improving so quickly. New found knowledge are taught to the next generation however, do we just forget about the grey population and their traditions?

03 | The Big Question

How do I merge the two age group interaction thro

Empowering the elderly by passing interests and traditions to the ne advancing wi

ps, encouraging intergenerational ough my design?

whilst

g down knowledge of their talents, next generation while continuing ith the world.

04 | Design Statement

A village with different clusters, repres

taken care and run by elderlies with d

down knowledge to the next generatio

ways, ‘Learning w

senting a ‘kampong‘ with each cluster

different talents and interests, passing

on, a place where education goes both

while Learning’.

05 | Clients & Target Audiences

Clients

Target Audience

Elderly (above 65 years of age)

The Next Generation

06 | Modular Design

My apporach for this project was using modular design. Why, you may ask. Simply for one factor, it is very adaptable. Aside from being adaptable, modules could be stacked in any direction and still give the user an interesting yet simple facade to lay our eyes upon.

In the initial design stage, modules were stacked and arranged in such a way that it envoloped a public plaza where most of the interactions were expected to happen.

However, I wanted to integrate the public plaza into the architecture. I started to increase the number of public plazas as well as position it in such a way that it was spread across the length of the many modules. By doing that, I increased the number of public plazas which would result in the increase in interaction between generations.

With the increased number of public plaza, I decided to change these plazas into small courtyards which would later on act as a directional factor in the circulation.

The massing on the left shows the final form that was achieved after the steps done above. The edges of the circle that met with the sides of the straight modules were carved out forming a curved surface which envoloped the courtyard. This allowed the courtyard to have a enclosure and yet feel open and airy at the same time.

07 | Design Studio 3 : FYP Phase One

Floor Plans:

Basement Plan

First Level Plan

Second Level Plan

Third Floor Plan

Renders:

The material change was to accentuate the ever changing character of the architecture. However, due to the material, the architecture appeared to be very massive and heavy, which defeated the purpose of the modular design approach.

The comments given after the final presentation was that this design looked a lot like a office building due to the mullions on the glass panes.

After hearing the comments, I decided to change the material which will be depicted in the following pages.

08 | Design Studio 4 : FYP Phase Two

Floor Plans:

2

Basement Plan

1

Legend: 1. Lift Lobby 2. M & E Rooms

First Level Plan 1 2

3 6

5

Legend: 1. Lift Lobby 2. Arrival Courtyard 3. Main Courtyard 4. Art Gallery

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7

5

Second Level Plan Legend: 1. Art Classroom 2. Sewing Classroom 3. Computer Classroom 4. Common Corridor

4 1

5. Linkway to Fort Canning

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3

Third Level Plan 2

Legend: 1. Outdoor Marriage Counselling 2. Common Corridor 3. Planter Railings

3

1 1

5. Cooking Class 6. Cafe 7. Community Garden

1

Renders:

Arrival courtyard

Main courtyard

Gallery Balcony

Lift Lobby

Cafe

Outdoor Marriage Counselling

Computer Class

Gallery

Art Class

Sewing Class

09 | Precedent Study / Changes made in P

Courtyards Circulation Path

Phase 2 The pictures on the left is The Urban Village Project. The use of wood and glass allowed the architecture to feel airy and light and yet still serving its purpose. As the architecture progresses up, the amount of glass used also decreased, indicating a hierarchy of privacy.

I used this method for my design, keeping the material to two instead of three. Instead of accentuating the ever changing character, I allowed the decreasing amount of glass panes describe that. The design in phase 2 allowed the architecture to feel airy and light by allowing the hierarchy of private spaces do its job.

As it reaches the top, subtraction is done to the modules and is replaced by greenery and outdoor trellises. Although the dimensions are exactly the same as the design in phase 1, it felt a lot less massive and heavy.

From the renders in page 29, it shows how one is immediately greeted with a arrival courtyard at the drop off point. They are then led to a bigger courtyyard, the Main Courtyard. If one enters from the community garden at the front of the architecture, they are also led to the Main Courtyard once they reach the top of the stairs. This courtyards give the circulation a directional factor as it leads an indicidual from one courtyard to another.

The End.