Louise Leung - Shillington Scholarship Design Submission

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Shillington Scholarship Application Submission

IN TRO D U C TI O N When I decided to apply for the half - scholarship, I wanted to use a project-based approach to craft my design submission. I want my submisison to showcase design in all forms and hence, I decided to design a Headquarter for Shillington , the S Quarter.

I challenge myself to complete my submisison project within 25 days, on top of my 8-6 full time job. This is an important self-check exercise for me to demonstrate my ability and commitment to the Shillington design course.

From brief brainstorming, concept design, digital modeling, rendering, photoshopping to presentation, I have carefully considered the design intents and consistently question myself what the client ‘Shillington’ wants, how can I visually reveal the design intents through a 2 dimensional medium.

I would like to thank Shillington for the opportunity to develop my submission project. I have definitely enjoyed taking time out from daily schedule to work on something creative, it has been a joyful process.

D ESI GN I NSP I RATION The building is circular. I was inspired by the iconic logo of Shillington - a cicle framing the essence of the message - Shillington. Not only that, I like the perfection of the shape of a circle and attention usually draws to the centre of the circle. In this design, the centres of the circular floor plans are the amplitheatre and internal courtyard, which symbolises the two key design themes:

Collaborative Learning Drawing inspiration from the Shillington teaching and learning approach - an interactive and collaborative learning. The design focuses on creating spaces that promote gathering, encounter to cultivate the human interactive moments within the building.

DES I GN BR I E F

Nature

S Quarter is a 2-storey headquarter building of Shillington. She is the ‘home’ for both full time and part time design students, professional teachers and administrative staff. S Quarter is also designed to host design exhibition, information sessions and design conferences for visitors.

Natural colour palette is used as the base scheme for the exterior and interior design with a pop of the playful colour to draw focus to the key feature of the building - the S which represents Shillington of course and as a wayfinding indicator directing students and visitors to the spiral staircase.

The Function Spaces include:

Nature relaxes mind and soul. Shillington students who are using their brain 8-5 to learn and unleash their creativity, will require breaks from time to time. The introduction of vegetation surroud and within the building creates moment of calmn and serenity which is important for students to rewind then restart their learning journeys.

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Exhibition/Gallery Space Staff Room Classroom x 3 Circular Amplitheatre Internal Courtyard Breakout Spaces Cafe

The design of S Quarter aims to create a stimulating and collaborative environment for students to unleash their creavitity and promote a healthy and productive learning environment.

B reakou t Sp ac e

C afe

Meet ing Room s

Am plit heat re

Ex hi b i ti on / G a l l e r y

St u dent s’ Work Walkt hroug h G aller y

Staff Room

Foye r Rec ept ion Area

F LO O R P L AN

G RO U ND FLO O R

S tu de nt Wor k A re a

C lassroom A

C onfe re n ce Room

O pera b l e Wa l l - Cl a s s ro o m A & B ca n be j o i n ed fo r s em i n a r/ i nfo rm ati o n s es s i o n.

C lassroom B

C lassroom C B re a kou t S p a ce

F LO O R P L AN

FIRST FLO O R

Exhibition and Galler y Space Fe atur i n g th e i co ni c S st r uc t ure w i t hi n a d ou bl e c e i l i ng s pa c e e m pha s i ng ope n e ss a n d co nne c t i ng to t he ex te rna l sp a ce . T hi s a re a i s f ul l y g l aze d to a l l ow ex te r na l pat ro ns to a dm i re t he a m a z i n g stude nt s ’ wo r k o n di s pl ay.

Internal Courtyard The i nte r na l cou r tya rd br i ngs i n n atural l i ght throu gh the roof ope n i ng , enco ura ge s photosy nthe si s wi thi n our soul a n d mi n d. The cou r ya rd i s the ce ntre of th e f i rst f l oor, cre ati ng a me eti ng a nd re sti ng poi nt whe re a l l the l e a r ni ng a cti vi ti e s a re l ocate d.