PORTFOLIODESIGN Don't Get Lost in the Maze “Gaining knowledge while experiencing adventure between round walls and arches. ” BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design DITS6214 Transforming Space 2 (3) DITS6224 Transforming Space 2Year(4) 2 Semester 4 KHOR QIU MEI (20175903/1)
CONTENT 02 Site Phenomenology 01 Site and Building 04 Design Development 05 Technical Communication o First impression o Hand-crafted mixed media drawing o Physical model 03 Research and Analysis o Clients and target users o Case Studies 06 Atmospheric Communication o Rendered 3D visualisation o Site location o Historical timeline o Site photographs o View and vista o One Sentence Exercise o Storyboard o Concept statement o Concept sketches o Bubble diagram o Space relationship analysis o Photographed development models o Floor Plan Development o Rendered layout plans o Atmospheric sections o Axonometric drawings
Site Location : Sentul
Located in Jalan Strachan, the 11000sqm Sentul Works is in close proximity to the beautiful 35-acre Sentul Park dotted with perches with exquisite views, the lush outdoors. Neighbouring the old railway lines to the East, currently stations of Mass Rapit Transport (MRT) and KTM, Sentul Works conveniently linked Klang Valley destinations (15 mins to KLCC).
01 Site and Building
2002, YTL Land has been gradually developing the parcels of the Workshops into “lifestyle destination of Kuala Lumpur”. The rejuvenation of Sentul West includes The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac), the Sentul Depot and the Sentul Works - which is our building site, within the 294-acre Sentul Development.
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Railway Workshops was the home and workplace of thousands of railway workers. It was once of the biggest industrial undertakings in Malaya, employing 5000 people in its heyday. In the early 2000s, part of the Workshops was still used by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) and housed many decommissioned locomotives, up until a new central workshop in Batu Gajah, Perak replaced the Workshops in
The building site is a piece 120-year-old colonial architecture in Sentul West. Formerly a British railway headquarters, once housed the railway offices. It was part of an integrated engineering railway workshop complex known as the Central Railway Workshops that was established in The1905.Central
Site Photographs
Historical Timeline
01 Site and Building
View and Vista
01 Site and Building
First Impression
02 Site Phenomenology
Sentul is the home and workplace of thousands of railway workers once upon a time. Central Railway Workshops, also known as Sentul Work is a 110-year-old colonial masterpiece and formerly a British railway headquarters, once housed the railway offices. Sentul Work is the indispensable parts of the history which can reveal the historical mysterious and witness the development of history. Besides, Sentul Work reflects British unique culture, Sentul history and community that lasting decades or centuries. It gives me overall experience of the past and reminds me the beauty and resilience of the past in the building. I can feel the place is very dignified and I can feel the sound of train passed by in the past and imagine there are many workers worked at there.
When I first saw Sentul Work, I think it is a clone of Kellie's Castle in Perak. Sentul Work is a rich historical heritage. It is something of value to someone back then are now considered junk to us. I hope it can turn into something of value. The entire building is built in English bond masonry with mortar floor. It strives the elements of simplicity, symmetry, and solidity. It has exposed brick, large windows beaming in natural light and concrete beams that hark back to its industrial past. On top of that, it looks quite quaint and dramatic too. Sets in a pristine and lush, sprawling private park in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. However, for my first sight, the atmosphere of Sentul Work is dark, hulking, scary, creepy, lonely and conventual. It seems like a maze in a huge and hidden abandoned castle surrounded with lushes, rusted metal scraps and breathe-taking landscape.
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Hand-crafted Mix-media Drawing
becomes more creepy, scary and dramatic.
02 Site Phenomenology
body senses. Slowly the
train histories flooded
newspaper symbolizes many arches and old faded walls
The centre part indicates Sentul Work. There are trees for hidden purpose and thread for creating an adventurous maze. Overlapping with to in atmosphere
Stage 1 Stage 2
moss to form a depth into Sentul Work. Stepping inside, dignified, loneliness, flashed back
02 Site Phenomenology Stage 3
02 Site Phenomenology BackFront RightLeft
Physical Model
Physical Model Narrative
02 Site Phenomenology
Shanghai Museum of Glass Park / Coordination Asia
To study the symphony of artistic presentation and interactive displays and a matrix of glowing red LED lines that captures the radiating light installation surrounding the elevated seats fully expresses the heat, passion and excitement on the stage.
To study using aluminium tubing and polyester fabric constructed walls provided a cost effective alternative while creating a high-impact, and highly dramatic design and the fabric that have the ability to reflect the space’s LED lighting system.
03 Research and Analysis Clien
BIG Maze Opens at NationalMuseumBuilding
Sent ul wor kSentul Works
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To study the entire layout of labyrinth of how to get back out.
Target
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Moodboard Inspiration
Clients and Target Users Case Studies ts
BIG Maze Opens at NationalMuseumBuilding
StudentsFamiliesTourists
"The concept is simple: as you travel deeper into a maze, your path typically becomes more convoluted.
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Local Residents
Royal Selangor Pewter gallery Pewter retail Pewter workshop Maze museum work histories Pewter es users
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To have a clear concept at every approaches towards the project.
One Sentence Exercise Storyboard
04 Design Development
To have an interesting building narrative and give a new life to the old building.
Maze ideas, Forms of spaces, Programmes
Concept Statement Concept Sketches
Therefore, I wish to derive from the site phenomenology to give a new life to Sentul Works. There are three programmes being carried out which are Royal Selangor pewter activities, maze museums and casual theatre cafe. They will interacted at certain time. Using ETFE foil to create a contrast material with the existing building and neon color to highlight the dignified and adventurous atmosphere in the maze museums and express the heat which is a contrast of pewter room temperature as well as the passion on the performing stage.
The first impression for me towards Sentul Work is a hidden castle in a hustle and bustle city with dignified feeling. However, it must be have some exciting inside it. Many arches form depth might be giving some hints to unlock some challenges like a maze.
04 Design Development
Bubble Diagram
04 Design Development
Space Relationship Analysis
04 Design Development
04 Design Development Too linear Experiment
digital model Circular is suitable Experiment in site model
Photographed Development Model in
Montage user activities and programmes in the model to have clear space relationship.
04 Design Development
Model Montage
Apply sketches in site model to investigate the form possibility.
Floor Plan Development
05 Technical Communication
Initial form Experiment circulation of the two maze museums
ConnectDevelopmenttheformstotheexistingbuilding
05 Technical Communication
Floor Plan
so that according the colums for stability and the form becomes less circular and rigid.
First floor form is less tally to the ground floor.
05 Technical Communication
DevelopmentFirstfloorformismoretallytothe ground floor and less detail of ETFE foil at ground floor.
05 Technical Communication
Floor Plan
05 Technical Communication
05 Technical Communication
05 Technical Communication Atmospheric Section
05 Technical Communication
Ground Floor
Existing Building
First Floor Roof
06 Atmospheric Communication
Reception
When entering the building, the woman who wear a Rococo costume will in-charge at the reception that brings the visitors to a quaint building. Behind the reception is the intersection between two museums. Besides, there is a spiral staircase to go upstairs. The centrecourt has glass ceiling so that sunlight can penetrate in to reflect the exiting colors at here. On top of that, there are emergency exits from both maze museums, these enables visitors to escape from urgency or fire, and have a peep what is going on.
The maze museum with ETFE foil wall enables transparency within layers by layers. Metal poles are supporting the ETFE foil and display the histories board. The neon light on the floor and green color arches will give the hints to go to the next stages to unlock the knowledge. Train hologram with train sound is displaying on the ceiling to let the people experience the past Sentul Works scene.
Maze
ETFEMuseumFoil 06 Atmospheric Communication
06 Atmospheric Communication
This is a transition towards the way of intersection between another museum. Also the last stage of the museum. Visitors can have a seat or enjoy documentation which are being projected. Meanwhile, there are some holes that enable to peep to the intersection areas. At t exit, the staff who wears a railway worker costume will give some rewards to the visitors due to challege successful in the maze museum such as certificate.
Maze TransitionMuseum
Pewter Retail
Solid Pewter Tiles
From the maze museum of pewter histories, they can go through the pewter retail to encourage pewter business indirectly. The flooring is using the solid pewter tiles manufactured by Royal Selangor. The pewter retail is much more brighter than maze museum in order to display the pewter clearer.
06 Atmospheric Communication
06 Atmospheric Communication
WorkshopPewter
There are two kinds of pewter workshop carried out which are School of Hard Knocks and The Foundry. Visitors from the museum can peep inside the workshop too so that they can get attracted by the new “workand-sing” culture of the norm of pewter workshop.
06 Atmospheric Communication
andTheatrecafe
This theatre is a casual one which combined with an interactive cafe. The performers are wearing Rococo costumes to bring back the vintage dramatic memories time in Sentul Works. At the first floor, there are a dancing area for the audiences to dance together too. Behind the stage, there is a stage that can let other performers to dance too.
First Floor
06 Atmospheric Communication
Interactive activities are having at the first floor. There are dancing area for the audiences who are keen to dance together with the performers at ground floor. Besides, for those who do not want to dance, they can get some drinks at the bar to chill out enjoying the performances or have an entire layout of the maze museum on how to get to the correct path and arches. At the museums, the ceiling roof is a dome shape to indicate the exciting points in the building.
