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Assignment 1: Preliminary Studies - ‘Townscape Appraisal’
Character, identity, and distinctiveness of a town or urban area and identifying its strengths, weaknesses, and potential for improvement

Architecture Studio V

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the character, identity, and uniqueness of a town and urban region in order to identify opportunities for producing responsive architecture design within urban context and place-making led urban space in the given site. Thus, the project introduces students to the fundamentals of urban design by assessing the ‘content’ of the urban context within the proposed site.
Assignment 1b : Architectural Design Strategy

To individually interpret the idea of ‘Community Centre for the Cultural and Creative City’ and come up with an architectural design strategy for the same. This will be in-reflection to the issues and inspirations they found in Project 1a in order to offer to character, continuity and enclose, quality of public realm, ease of movement, legibility, adaptability, and diversity in the city

Assignment 1c : Architecture for place-making

To develop an architectural narration for place making in the city and to perform an integrated design. Architectural strategy should be resolved for form, activity and circulation, through technical integration. They will have to develop architecture FORM, SPACE and FACADES 

Architectural design strategy should be further resolved a) by design through form, activity and circulation and b) for technical and services integration through concepts and components. Apart from developing a narrative on architectural strategy in response to the relevant questions pertaining to community and its context, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, technical, environmental, services, and legislative requirements to address the user needs for an urban Community Centre. This will include a focus on tropical design, lighting as well as the design of the façade and building envelope that is of a coherent language to the overall design scheme.

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