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s c h r รถ d e r m a i s o n t h e

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“The Parthenon is a peripteral octastyle Doric temple with Ionic architectural features. It stands on a platform or stylobate of three steps. Above the architrave of the entablature is a frieze of carved pictorial panels, separated by formal architectural triglyphs, typical of the Doric order.�

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0 1 t h e

p a r t h e n o n

{the study of representation of order and geometry.}

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“The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was commissioned by Ms Truus SchröderSchräder, designed by the architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and built in 1924. This small family house, with its flexible spatial arrangement, and the visual and formal qualities, was a manifesto of the ideals of the De Stijl group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, and has since been considered one of the icons of the Modern Movement in architecture.”

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0 2 a s c h r รถ d e r

h o u s e

{the study of representation of parti and space.}

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i s o m e t r i c d r a w i n g

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a n a l y s i s o f s y s t e m s

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Maison Cook is recognized as one of Le Corbusier’s first works which is designed according to the “five points� of the architecture: piles, roof garden, open plan, free facade and the side sliding window, as well as employment of the layout control (device used to control the proportions of the facade and the windows as the golden section).

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0 2 b m a i s o n

c o o k

{the study of representation of order and geometry.}

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a x o n o m e t r i c d r a w i n g

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a n a l y s i s o f s y s t e m s

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“A prototypical module from an idealistic architectural vision of ‘The Golden Mile’, Golden Mile Complex could have been replicated along the entire coast line to form a theoretically rigorous ‘linear city’, a self-sufficient megastructure serviced by efficient transport links. However, this vision went unfulfilled and today, the singular Golden Mile Complex has become a popular haunt for the Thai community.”

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0 3 t h e

g o l d e n

m i l e

{the study of representation of interiority and exteriority}

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The 16-storey Golden Mile Complex provides offices, shopping, entertainment services and apartment living within its podium and stepped terrace structure. Golden Mile Complex is an early manifestation of integrating multiple operations into one mixed-used complex.

Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of ‘megastructure’, as described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham. It is one of the few that have actually been realised in the world and it has successfully propagated high-density living and diversity. This ‘vertical city’ stands in contrast to homogenised cities where functional zoning restrains all signs of the latters vitality.

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v i s i o n Golden Mile Complex was designed by Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon of the Singapore Architect firm DP Architects. William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon were two of the key pioneers of the Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group (SPUR), which was formed by emerging local architects and planners in 1965.

SPUR embraced a utopian imagination and wanted to create an asian city of tomorrow.

In their vision, which advocated frictionless expansion of the city through linear urban development, they imagined creating a city corridor named ‘The Golden Mile Stretch’. This ‘Golden Mile’ was proposed to have 8 Golden Mile Complexes (4 on each side of the road), which were to be interconnected by a thoroughfare.

i n f l u e n c e s SPUR’s vision was heavily influenced by the Japanese metabolist movement in the 60s. Metabolism, taken from the biological concept, came from an image of architecture and cities that shared the ability of living organisms to keep growing, reproducing and transforming in response to their environments. A key work which embodies the concept of metabolism would be the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo by Kisho Kurokawa.

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c o n t e x t

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Concerning the flows within context, the strip of land of the Golden Mile stretch is located at the center of Singapore. the Golden Mile is a one mile long strip of land situated between two parallel roads, Nicoll Highway and the Beach Road, facing the beautiful waterfronts at Marina Bay and Kallang Basin. Nicoll Highway is a heavily travel arterial road connecting kallang to the cty centre, while the Beach Road has both vehicular and pedestrian passengers leading to the Golden Mile Complex. furthermore the population in the area is the dnesest within Singapore. Hence, the stretch of land is a perfect testing ground for the linear megastructure urban development SPUR envisioned because of its elongated shape and unusally high population density, depsite the fact that the traffic at Nicoll Highway cannot be directed to the underground.

c i r c u l a t i o n

Situated at just 1 degree off the equator, sunlight is almost overwhelming for architecture in Singapore. Instead of introducing sunlight, the challenge was to provide enough shading (to cool down the interior temperature) while preserving illumination.

The atrium was initially open to the exterior through a slit at the roof. However, due to fire safety regulations later on, it was closed with a lightweight roof, cutting off natural lighting to the atrium.

Regarding the orientation of the building, building services are located at the north-west side of the building, so that the residential units can evade the hot evening sun. Meanwhile, at the south-east side, the apartment balconies face beautiful sceneries of the Kallang basin river.

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“Structure can be used to define space, create units, articulate circulation, suggest movement, or develop composition and modulations. In this way, it becomes inextricably linked to the very elements which create architecture, its quality and excitement.�

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0 4 b r i d g e

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d o m e

{the study of structure and forces.}

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t e n s e g r i t y

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“Computational design is a cyclical process based on a simple abstracted idea, which is applied to a rule or algorithm. It then translates into a source code, which produces serial output via a computer. The outputs return through a feedback loop, enabling the designer to reinform the algorithm and the source code. It is an iterative operation, relying on the feedback exchange between the designer and the design system.�

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0 5 c o m p u t a t i o n a l d e s i g n t h i n k i n g part 1:{the study of representation of complex informational systems in infographics,

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a f t e r w o r d This compilation is a documentation of my work for Year 1 Semester 1. It has truly been a fulfilling initiation process. For the first 3 assignments, I was exposed to different ways of presenting my work, through plan, section, elevation, isometric, axonometric and perspective drawings. The different presentations representated the respective buildings through different lenses, offering different views and analysis. For assignment 1, I explored axis, rhythm, symmetry. hierarchy, repetition and proportion of a classicism work, the Parthenon. For assignment 2, I compared movement, structure, sequence as well as private and public spaces between two iconic modern works, Schroder House and Maison Cook. For assignment 3, I discovered context, site, interior spaces, exterior cities and structure through early independence Singaporean architectural work the Golden Mile Complex and the visionary Golden Mile. The 4th assignment was a shift away from drawings and instead allowed hands-on exploration of construction skills, structure and forces with the building of a tensegrity bridge and a tensegrity dome. Last but not the least, the 5th and final assignment was about self-generative design, where the code we created, combined with our chosen material and actions, will generate a specific design. The outcome of our iterations can be said to be derived with no preconceived ideas. At the same time, we were given the chance to explore different materials and recognize their different properties and limitations. It was an interesting assignment, where the architect’s hands were tied, forcing us to work from the first principles of design.

All in all, it has been an eye-opening semester and I am very much anticipating the next semester.

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