PROJECT 2B
Discovery Centre (Genius Loci)
In this final project, students are required to design a structure that will allow user to “DISCOVER” about the people, place, activities, culture, history etc. associated to Kampung Janda Baik. It will function as a visitor center that could display interpretive exhibits, include a walk-through historical or cultural journey museum-like exhibition, as well as an interactive and engaging “edutainment” program and areas or spaces to connect with the local people and the natural environments of the place. It could be a center to learn about the locals and early settlers that called the location as home or to reveal the significance of the rainforest, rivers, mountains and even the “kampung” activities. All these information shall be transformed into spaces that requires a poetic touch architecturally.
Project Brief
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REFLECTION for p2
By connecting with both the people and the environment in this project, I am able to investigate further into the unique history of Janda Baik. Passive design techniques were used to provide sustainability, and spaces were designed expressly for particular purposes. Geometry and the modifying elements of light and shadow, time, materiality and texture were used to produce poetic experiences. Giving a maximum built-up area of 450sqm with the addition of natural landscaping and facilities for the disabled, it gives me the opportunity to improve my space planning strategies and helps me understand more about the universal designs.