Project 1: Disability Experience Pavilion

This project deals with the understanding of material poetics in relation to user experience. It is to showcase architectural design informed by material use, environmental sustainability awareness in relation to user needs and the activities involved. It is also to inculcate understanding of basic building construction; from how structural design is a construct of architectural spatial design, to the tactile quality of materials and how they are put together to achieve spatial and formal quality.

 

For Project 1, sudents were required to undertake a small design task, with the duration of the task kept to a minimum to train students to synthesize simple and quick design solutions as a result of a study on precedents. The task is a general term to refer to simple structure such as pavilion, folly, playscape, relief, or an architectural installation. For this semester, a Disabilities Experience Pavilion will be the subject of exploration for Project 1. The exploration of themes centred around the notion of addressing universal accessibility as well as the spatial experience of physically disabled users in this project will relate to the programmatic requirements in Project 2.

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