Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Reading02 - Steel Building in europe, architect guide

Reading01 - High rise design

Hopefully thess links could be really helpful to give a basic knowledge about:

[1] multi-storey structural design principle and its construction.





[2] vertical housing

Intermezzo01

[1] sustainability in design - ken yeang



[2] Tours PB22 - La defense

[3] the rotterdam - oma



[4] museum plaza proposal - oma



[5] escher tower - big



[6] high rise design - michael rojkind



[7] future architecture - philip beesley

Monday, January 24, 2011

Understanding the context

For week03 progress, the students are expected to manage further analysis about the context of the selected site for the high rise building. Including the following concerns:

Role and relationships of the site area to its strategic context

  • Position in Jakarta region
  • Land use of area
  • Linkages to wider area
  • Local Character
  • Natural Features

Urban structure of the site area
  • Movement framework (walking, cycling, public transport)
  • Urban space and massing
  • Facilities/Type of Buildings
  • Building Parcel and plot of the area
  • Open space and Landscape (type of open space: greenway, waterway, meadow, playing fields, churchyard/cemetery, allotments, park, plaza, communal gardern, private garden, playground, courtyard, atrium)
  • Green Networks
  • Landmarks, vistas and focal points
  • Skylines
output of the task: 2d mapping (on A3 format), 2d diagramming (on A3 format), analogue 3d modeling