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MAH MERI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT CENTRE

PROJECT 2: PROPOSE A DESIGN OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT CENTRE FOR MAH MERI COMMUNITY WHO LIVES IN PULAU CAREY. MAH MERI CULTURAL VILLAGE WAS THE CHOSEN SITE. WE ARE REQUIRED TO DESIGN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF SITE TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION, SOCIAL-CULTURAL EVENTS, AND VARIETY OF STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN. BESIDES, WE SHOULD EXPLORE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT UTILISING CLUSTERED SPATIAL TYPOLOGY AND PASSIVE DESIGN APPROACH. THE DESIGN WORK SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO AND MERGE HARMONIOUSLY WITH NATURE AND THE SITE, AND PROVIDE THE BEST OF EXPERIENCES FOR THE USERS. 

SITE ANALYSIS

SITE MODEL

INTERIM

DESCRIPTION

A SPACE FREE FROM LAVISHESS AND EXTRA FINISHES PROVIDED FOR MAH MERI COMMUNITY TO BE MORE FOCUS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF WOOD CARVING AND WEAVING. NATURAL VENTILATED THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF BAMBOO WALL THAT LET THE AIR TO FLOW THROUGH INTO THE BUILDING AND THE HOT AIR COULD FLOW OUT FROM THE OPEN SPACE BELOW THE ROOF. A SENSE OF REALIZING THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MAH MERI TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE TOWARDS MODERNITY BY FOLLOWING THE CIRCULATION PATH PASSING THROUGH A BUILDING TO ANOTHER. FIRST, GET THE VISITOR TO KNOW THE CULTURAL AND HISTORY OF MAH MERI AT THE MUSEUM. THEN, ENGAGE WITH THE MAH MERI PEOPLE BY UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING THE TRADITIONAL SKILL OF WOOD CARVING AND WEAVING.

 

A COMBINATION OF CONCRETE WITHOUT EXTRA FINISHES AND BROWN-YELLOWISH BAMBOO PROMOTE A PURE, CLEAN AND NATURAL ATMOSPHERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. CONCRETE, WIDELY USED IN THE CENTRE TO PROVIDE A BASIC, STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SPACE FOR THE PROGRAMME OF THE CENTRE. BAMBOO, PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL FACTOR AND MATERIALS, IT ALSO SYMBOLLISE A RAPID GROWTH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAH MERI COMMUNITY.

FINAL PRESENTATION BOARD & MODEL

REFLECTION

THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT, I HAVE LEARNED TO BE MORE FOCUS ON THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND BRING OUT MY OWN CONCEPT, AND YET NOT ALWAYS GET RESTRICTED BY THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONCEPT OF A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY. BESIDES, I SHOULD HAVE LEARN MORE ABOUT SITE PERCEPTION AND POETIC FEELS THAT HELP TO ENHANCE THE DESIGN. AN EYE-OPEN LEARNING IN THIS STUDIO LEARNED FROM MY TUTOR, WHICH REALLY HELP ME TO DISCOVER ANOTHER METHOD TO DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE. APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.

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