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PROJECT: PRECEDENT STUDY

​​This project focuses on investigating historical works to enrich architectural design and ideas. Through the study of existing buildings, we have been able to inform and expand our own architectural vocabulary and develop design concepts. I have been in a group of 3 students and we were required to conduct analysis on specific building through drawing, model-making, written and verbal presentations.

ARCHITECTURE CULTURE AND HISTORY 1

Objectives
1. To introduce basic architectural theory through a consideration of intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships.
2. To examine architecture history through a chronological survey, looking at the intellectual, aesthetic, technological, political and economic factors which have influenced architectural design.
Learning outcomes
1. Recognize and recall appropriate verbal architectural vocabulary when referring to building types, styles and periods.
2. Exemplify the sequence of historical periods and how they are represented architecturally.
3. Classify the sequence of historical periods and how they are represented architecturally.
4. Produce building analysis which document intentions, concepts, patterns, disciplines, architectural language and contextual relationships.

ESSAY WRITING (GROUP)

​​After choosing our building, we started with the research on the history of the building. We were given some questions on which to focus for the research such as:

 

Who is the architect?
Where and when was the building built?
What is the form, or shape of the building?
What is the function or purpose of the building?
What materials / methods are used for construction?
What makes your building historically significant / meaningful?
How does the building reflect the spirit of the time and place for which it was built?

 

So the submission requirement was a 500-word essay, including images, sketches or diagrams to fit maximum 5 A4-size papers of the chosen building on its design ideas and significant contribution to its culture. (Including references)

ANALYSIS PRESENTATION BOARD 
(INDIVIDUAL)

​​For the second part of this project, each student had to do an individual analysis presentation board on which drawings should include floor plans, building sections, analysis diagrams and sketches. Most importantly, our drawings should communicate the depth of your analysis of the building. Drawings should be composed on one A2 board and strictly hand-drawn and hand-written.

We had to find as much information on our assigned building as possible. Then I had to provide an in-depth analysis of the project from the information I was able to obtain.

Analysis should include:
􀂙 Concept analysis (building concept and/or architect concepts)
􀂙 Building massing analysis (structure, geometry)
􀂙 Circulation Analysis
􀂙 Spatial Organization analysis (public vs. private, symmetry & balance, Unit to whole, Repetitive to unique, Additive and subtractive, Hierarchy)
􀂙 Building section analysis

MODEL MAKING (GROUP)

We had to create a model to communicate our analysis. Our model could be of the entire structure, or of a portion of the project that is of high significance. Models had to communicate the important structure, components, ideas and concepts of our precedent.
The model had to be 30 cm x 30 cm in dimension with 10 cm depth and the material used had to be Balsa timber. But for my group, part of the entire structure was out of the box, because 

 

We chose to show half of the building, so we had a cross-sectional view of the building, showing the interior and the circular courtyard. The reason for this is to define the architecture style of our building, which is symmetry and balance.

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