ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 (ARC 3118)

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 (REPEAT)

For the rest of the semester, students will concentrate on designing a contemporary market-place

within an urban infill site. The design of the building is to consist of appropriate architectural

responses that address the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioural patterns as discerned and analysed in the Preliminary Studies.

Apart from developing an appropriate formal and elevational strategy in response to the character of the street, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial,

functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for an urban market-place. The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project. 

Objectives of Project

1. To take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture
2. To develop an awareness and basic compliance to Design Codes and Statutory Requirements
3. To emphasize the importance of elevational context and composition in developing architectural
design
4. To implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an
architectural design project

Learning Outcomes

1. Produce a design outcome for an urban contemporary market-place is site-specific through its

formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design responses

2. Apply basic knowledge of urban architectural typologies, infill design strategies and market-place

programming

3. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and awareness of design codes and regulations

4. Design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to basic design codes and statutory

requirements

5. Utilise study models, diagramming, mapping, orthographic plan-section and elevational studies to

explore and resolve relevant spatial, structural, functional and environmental issues in the design

development phase

6. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), models and presentations to verbally and visually

communicate architectural ideas and scheme.