Link to Syllabus
Introduction Slideshow
An Inconvenient Truth: visit http://www.climatecrisis.net/ for more information about climate change and tips on how to take action.
Powers of Ten by Ray and Charles Eames
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Links for Project I
article about Bang Kra Jao from Geographic Magazine
autocad basemap including waterways, road and some nearby buildings. Urban Typologies group consider adding more buildings to the base file. (reference images: bing map, test1-1 aerial)
Recommended book on Chao Phya available at TCDC: http://books.google.com/books/
Beyound Tourism in Bangkrachao (read-only pdf): www.nef.nenv.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
take a screen shot to save any information
PDF online (thai only) The Potential Development of Orchard Area for Conservation Tourism: A Case Study of Bang Kachao
Building regulations-link to pdf
aerial image
Project 1 Brief
Site:
Bang Kra Jao will serve as the site of investigation for two design projects in studio as well as environmental and social research and analysis in Architecture, Community and Ecology. Looking at the city of Bangkok in aerial images, this large path of greenery are clearly visible along the bend in the Chao Phraya river. At a human scale, one arriving to Bang Kra Jao experiences a remarkable change between the speed and sensory perception of Bangkok and Bang Kra Jao. In 1977, the government designated the area as an agricultural and environmental preservation zone for the metropolitan region. Its protection as an environmental zone does not mean that it is free of human habitation. Tens of thousands of residents live in the area; some of them farm and maintain the orchards but many of them now hold office or service jobs in Bangkok. This shift in employment leaves many of the orchard land area abandoned and unmaintained. Academics and policy makers are starting to study and consider strategies for sustainable land use with eco-tourism that facilitates visitors in the area as well as involve the local populations.
Project 1 Ferry Crossing & Interpretation Center:
The site for the first studio project is the current ferry crossing between Wat Khlong Toei Nok and Bang Kra Jao. With limited road access, by boat is the easiest way to access the site from central Bangkok. Students are asked to redevelop a point of arrival and departure by boat as well as new services for visitors and local residents. The defined site is just a reference point, design interventions may extend beyond this boundary or have a smaller footprint preserving part of the existing landscape.
interpretation [ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən] n
1. the act or process of interpreting or explaining; elucidation
2. the result of interpreting; an explanation
3. a particular view of an artistic work, esp as expressed by stylistic individuality in its performance
4. explanation, as of the environment, a historical site, etc., provided by the use of original objects, personal experience, visual display, etc.
Program Requirements:
Boat pier
Exhibition for visitor orientation, environmental awareness
Bike rental/storage
Small Administrative OfficeToilet Facilities
Additional programs to be selected by either the instructor or student in reaction to site conditions. Examples might include multipurpose/community space (daytime activities plus nighttime use by community) or supporting programs (bookstore, food/café, or educational uses). Maximum enclosed area should be limited to 1000 sq meters
Regulations: While new development in Bang Kra Jao is limited and regulated, programs that serve the public while protecting the local environment can be permitted. Certain building restrictions must be followed: buildings can not covers more than 75% of its land, must be less than 15 meters tall and no industrial land uses allowed.
An interpretation center requires the designer to make a series of decisions and generate their own personal point of view that combines site and program.
What is significant or unique about the site and larger context, what should change and what should remain? How do you want people, individual or collective, visitor and local to engage with the place? What activities should be promoted at the site? What is the spatial sequence that you hope to create?
Site Analysis
Site analysis is a predesign research activity that focuses on the existing, pending and possible conditions on and around a site area. Contextual analysis functions as an inventory of the demands, forces, and conditions and the interactions of these factors. The data collected may be quantitative or qualitative. The main function of site analysis in the design process is to inform the designer about the context early in the process so that design concepts and methodology can have a meaningful response to external factors.
Interpreting the Diagrams (from Edward T. White’s book Site Analysis)
There are at least three levels at which interpretation of the diagrams may occur. The first is the overall pattern and density of the diagrams, as we perceive them as a total on the sheet. The second is the potential meaning of sets of diagrams that deal with a particular issue category (sensor, neighborhood) or that comprise a network of issues (tree patterns in relation to the framing of views into the site). The third is the interpretation of each individual diagram or site fact.
Interpretation of the diagrams is our attempt to assign meaning to what we have found out about our site. We are trying to convert data into information. As we were gathering the data and diagram it, we probably thought of possible design concepts dealing with the various site conditions.
Interpretation is where we read the diagrams and let them impart to use something about what we may anticipate when we actually embark on design conceptualization. This anticipation is very much a design act since it results in a set of attitudes or postures about dealing with the site and helps us to formulate our strategy for coping with the site conditions in design.
Site Analysis Topics:
Instructors will select the format that they would like students to document and present their site analysis. This may include but not limited to diagrams, plans, sections, photographs, scale comparisons, physical or digital models, movies or animations. The categories listed below are merely a point of departure. Students are encouraged to seek relationships between the different topics or identify their own area of interest not covered in the initial list.
1. Infrastructure 2. Community Resources 3. Transportation 4. Urban Typologies 5. Landscape Typologies 6. Economic Networks 7. History & Culture 8. Ecological Structures 9. Ecological Flux & Flows 10. Sensory
Infrastructure
Definitions: 1. the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
2. the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools.
Site Items: a. Drinking Water (distribution well / water tower) b. Flood Control and water-gates c. Irrigation d. Sewerage e. Power (electric, gas, hydro)
Community Resources
Definitions:
1. uses and activities that service the individuals living or working in an area. 2. social service, health and disability agencies
Site Items: a. Health (hospitals, clinics) b. Education (schools, libraries) c. Security (police/military) d. Other
Urban Typologies (building types)
Definitions: 1. a systematic classification or study of types of man made features.
2. characteristic of or accustomed to cities; 3. may include characteristics of surrounding developments such as scale, roof forms, fenestration patterns, setbacks, materials, colors, open spaces, visual axes, etc
Site Items: a. non-residential vs. residential b. material c. relationship to the ground d. height and massing d. detail e. Other
Landscape Typologies (earthen types)
Definitions: 1. a systematic classification or study of types of natural physical features.
2. the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment
Site Items: a. ponds b. fields c. berms d. trees e. gardens f. other
Transportation
Definitions: 1. Circulation 2. the means of transport or conveyance.
3. Vehicular and pedestrian movement patterns
Site Items: a. Waterways & piers b. Sois & roads c. Bridges d. Walkways
Economic Networks
Definitions: 1. pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
2. pertaining to an economy, or system of organization or operation, esp. of the process of production.
Site Items: a. Agriculture b. Fishing and aquaculture c. Markets & Retail d. service e. other
History and Culture
Definitions:
1. a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., the record of past events and times, esp. in connection with the human race.
2. the quality in a society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
Site Items: a. Religion b. Food & Entertainment c. Festivals & Events d. Demographics e. Laws and Regulations
Demographic Definitions: 1. the statistical data of a population, esp. those showing average age, income, education, etc.
Ecological System (structures)
Definitions: 1. dealing with the NATURAL PHYSICAL FORMS that influence relations and interactions
between organisms and their environment, including other organisms. 2. anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; an organization
Site Items: a. Watershed Hydrology b. Water Quality c. Landform topography d. Geology (soil composition)
Ecological System (flux & flows)
Definitions: 1. dealing with the cyclical and time-based phenomena that influence relations and
interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms. 2. continuous change, passage, or movement
Site Items: a. Climate (air quality, temperature, and wind direction) b. Tidal flows c. Rainfall d. Fauna (migrations) e. Flora (seasonal variances)
Sensory
Definitions: 1. Documents the visual, audible, tactile and olfactory aspects of the site
1. a view or prospect, esp. one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between
rows of trees or houses. 3. It is of value to record the type, duration, intensity and quality (positive or negative) of the issues connected to sensory conditions
a. views into the site b. views from the site c. diagramming different approaches to the site in plan, section and perspective d. creating a personal reading, opinion or concept statement relating to the views and site vistas
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Syllabus
1. Course Number 2541312
2. Course Credits 6
3. Course Title Architectural Design II (ARCH DSGN II)
4. Department Architecture (International Program)
Faculty Architecture
5. Semester Second
6. Academic Year 2011
7. Instructors Kerrie Butts (Course Coordinator)
Prisdha Jumsai
Prisdha Jumsai
Antoine Lassus
Narin Paranulaksa
Narin Paranulaksa
Jessica Schmidt
Ekapob Suksudpaisarn
Komthat Syamananda
Kesate Tadesse
8. Condition
8.1 Prerequisite 25411311 Architectural Design I (ARCH DSGN I)
9. Course Status Studio
10. Curriculum Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design
11. Degree Undergraduate Student
12. Number of class hour / week (2 x 3.5 hours) Monday/Wednesday 13:00-16:30
12A. Location Room 705 Faculty of Architecture
13. Course Description
Investigation of ideologies of architects and theories of modern and contemporary architecture; their applications to architectural design in tropical contexts.
14. Course Outline
14.1. Practical Objectives: Students should demonstrate the following skills and knowledge:
Critical Thinking Skills: Ability to raise clear and precise questions, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions, and test them against relevant criteria and standards
Graphic Skills: Ability to use appropriate representational media, including freehand drawing and computer technology, to convey essential formal elements at each stage of the programming and design process
Fundamental Skills: Ability to use basic architectural principles in the design of buildings, interior spaces, and sites
National and Regional Traditions: Understanding of national traditions and the local regional heritage in architecture, landscape design and urban design, including the vernacular tradition
Sustainable Design: Understanding of the principles of sustainability in making architecture and urban design decisions that conserve natural and built resources, including culturally important buildings and sites, and in the creation of healthful buildings and communities
Site Conditions: Ability to respond to natural and built site characteristics in the development of a program and the design of a project
14.2. Learning Content
Students are encouraged to develop an understanding of architecture in relation to sustainable/ecology implications based on a ‘critical’ consideration/interpretation of issues such as: - local traditions, situations & cultures; - territorial and urban quality of the place/site of the project; - climatic & geographic factors of the environment of the project. In a design studio setting, students should tackle problems from multiple perspectives – culture, society, politics, building technologies, etc. through the process of self-inquiry, research and experimentation.
14.3. Class activities / Method The studio is an important place to your design/architectural education. It promotes a culture of sharing ideas, skills, viewpoints and experiences. As an anomaly within the university environment, design studio is known for its intense focus on learning by doing as a collective of individuals. See attached studio manual for rules and class policies.
Students are expected to attend all INDA public lectures. Lectures are typically held on Wednesdays from 1700-1800 hours (unless otherwise noted) at room 329 Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University
Students are expected to check the course blog on a regular basis for updates, announcements and background files. http://indaarchdesigniifall2011.blogspot.com/
14.4. Communication Tools
General requirements for assignments are as follow:
a. drawings: hand drawn sketches, plans, sections, and elevations
b. physical models: existing site precise description / working models / presentation models
c. Computer drawings and digital models
d. online publishing of process work via blog. Students will be required to set up and update on a regular basis a personal blog containing INDA studio design work. See www.blogger.com for how to set up an account.
14.5 Evaluation/Grading Breakdown
Process 24%
Effort 5%
Attendance 5%
Midterm Review 33%
Final Review 33%
Grading Criteria throughout Semester:
Process (evaluated weekly) methodology, development throughout semester, testing of ideas, rigorous approach to design
Effort- attitude, self-motivation, attentiveness in class discussions and desk crits, being on time and prepared
Attendance- Number of Unexcused Absences
0 = A(100) , 1= B+ (88), 2= B(83), 3= C+(78), 4= C (73), 5= D+(68), 6= D (63), 7+=F (58-0)
Students missing more than 20% of attendance will not be entitled for the final exam/ presentation. This 20% is translated to roughly six absences. Student may not miss more than four sessions prior to the Midterm review.
Grading Criteria for Reviews:
Concept- Analysis, Research, Program Development, Argument, Position Statement
Design Execution- Design proposal related/implementing stated concept, physical intervention resolved with aesthetic, structural and contextual considerations
Drawing- Orthographic, Axonometric and Perspectives. Graphic Clarity, Relationship to Design Concept
Model-Final Physical Model, Process Models, Craft, Relationship to Design Concept
Verbal- Public Speaking, Clarity of Argument
15. Schedule
STUDENT MANUAL
Academic Dishonesty:
Student is expected to produce work on his/her own. Outside help or assistance from senior or friends from different year or program is prohibited. Depending on the extent of the help, student may receive no grade for the involved exercise or project. Using other people’s work (research or analysis) as yours is not dissimilar to copying during examination, student will receive an “F” for the course.
Attendance:
Attendance in class is mandatory. Essential course materials, discussions and assistance will be delivered during class/studio sessions. Excused absences are generally granted for documented personal medical reasons (obtain verification from student health center or on a physician's letterhead) or an extreme crisis in the immediate family (death or extreme illness - verify by means of death notice or physician's letterhead). A physician’s letter must always be accompanied by receipt from a hospital or clinic. Persons granted an excused absence will be granted one class day for each day excused to make up work. Regardless, it is the responsibility of the individual student to notify the Course Coordinating Instructor.
Student missing more than 20% of attendance will not be entitled for the final exam/ presentation. This 20% is translated to roughly six absences. Student may not miss more than four sessions prior to the Midterm review.
All students are required to be at the studio by 1300 hours. If a student is more than 15 minutes late, leaves more than 15 minutes early or is missing from class more than 15 minutes for unexcused reasons, it will be considered a ‘strike’. Two ‘strikes’ constitutes one un-excused absence. Do not ask to be excused from class for any personal activities like family vacation, modeling contest, singing event or etc. You will not be excused.
Cell Phones:
Usage of cell phones is prohibited during class time. If your phone rings during class or you are seen using it, you will be ask to leave and marked as absent for that class.
Class Participation:
Students are expected to participate in all class exercises and activities. Failure to properly participate or slacking off will result in a deduction of your daily class participation or weekly process grade.
Email:
Students are required to regularly check their email account, which some class materials/ information/schedules will be sent to. Please provide your course coordinator with your preferred email address. You will be responsible for all information and updates pertaining to the class sent to you via email.
Desk-crits:
During the studio hours, students must be at the desk and work while waiting to speak to the instructor. Do not waste time while waiting for your turn. The more work you present to your instructor, the more constructive input you will get in return. The use of computer during the studio hours, other than for studio work, is prohibited. If it is apparent to the instructor that the student is not working during the studio time, the instructor will make a note and marks will be taken off the final grade.
Grading Assessment:
A Excellent 4
B+ Very Good 3.5
B Good 3
C+ Fairly Good 2.5
C Fair 2
D+ Poor 1.5
D Very Poor 1
F Fail 0
Materials/Supplies: (Design Tools and Skills)
• Supply list for each assignment will be handed out at the end of each class that is prior to the start of a new assignment.
• All efforts will be made to assign materials that are available at ‘Thong Eiang’, which is the local supplies shop at our faculty. However, Thong Eiang not having certain supplies or being out specific items serves as no excuses. Not having proper supplies equals to reduced class participation grade.
• Failure to bring correct supplies would affects your final grade.
• Ask questions in advance if a supply listed is confusing or unclear.
Reviews: Midterm and Final review
Student is expected to have the work pin-up in the assigned room or area prior to the review time. For example, if the review time is at 10:00 am, this means that the presentation is ready to start by 10:00 am. Failing to present your project at the assigned time slot will result in an “F” for that project.
If you fail to show up for the review without notifying your instructor or your absence is unaccompanied by a physician’s letter, your grade for that particular review would be “F”. Minor illness such as headache or migraine doesn’t count. A physician’s letter must be of severe case – I.C.U. or operating room that requires several days of resting and recovering period. Furthermore, physician’s letter must be accommodated by a receipt (payment for the doctor visit) failure to produce the receipt will nullify the physician’s letter.
Studio Guidelines:
o Food and drinks are not allowed in the studio space. All open beverages must be left outside of the class.
o Inform your instructor the first day of class if you have personal issues that might affect your performance.
o All persons and properties will be respected. This includes but is not limited to peers, student materials, classroom materials, teacher and teacher’s materials, etc. Respect the studio space and the space of others; clean up after yourself & leave the studio in good working order at all times. Persons found disrespecting/vandalizing any persons or anything will have a minimum 10 points removed from there university record per incident.
Studio Safety:
With all the tools and equipments you have, many of them are sharp objects that can easily inflict injury upon you when you don’t exercise precautionary measure. Used blades must be discarded at a designated area. Shoes must be worn at all time.
Submission:
Late work will not be accepted unless it qualifies as Excused (See: guidelines provided in Attendance). All assignments are due at the date and time indicated. Late assignments will be downgraded one letter grade per day/time late. Incomplete work is generally discouraged. Severe incompleteness will result in
the down-grading of individual assignments based upon the degree of incompleteness. All assignments are due in completed form at the date and time indicated. (See also: Excused Absences)
Uniform:
Students are required to observe the proper university attire when showing up for class. T-shirt and/or sandals are not allowed. Violator will be dismissed from the class and will be marked as absent.
University Rules and Regulation:
Students are expected to follow all university requirements outlined in Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Architecture Rules and Regulations guide book. Paying special attention to the following sections:
o Chulalongkorn University’s Principles of the Standard for the Polite Attire of Male and Female Students
o Chulalongkorn University’s Principles of the Standard on the Attire of Male and Female Students
o Chulalongkorn University’s Announcement on the Guidelines for the Conduct and Activity of the Students
o Chulalongkorn University’s Principles on Student’s Discipline
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