RACHEL PHAIKLIN'S
SEMESTER 5 ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO
Project 1 : IDEAS AND THEORIES IN URBANISM
In the first Assignment the students are to acquire prior knowledge, from the literature on Eastern urbanism, before the case study visit.
The students are to explore the various ideas/theories/social situations prevailed in the historical and contemporary times. Later in the Semester, the students are to explore the case study towns through visits.
Project 2(a) : JOURNAL ON URBAN SKETCHES & PHOTOGRAPHS
Journal on sketches and photographs (on-line)
This Assignment relates to the Assignment 1 in the way that the students are expected to document the city spaces. This is a location based study to establish the relationships and roles of the three urban design elements, especially focusing on the urban structuring principles.
Students are expected to capture interesting and meaningful photographs related to tangible or spatial (nodes etc.) intangible or social (urban life) contexts of these locations. It is important that the sketches/images are supported by one or more sentences on explaining why you felt that space is ‘interesting and meaningful’. A sense of urban-design vocabulary is expected out of the Assignment.
Online Research: We will also dedicate one session to find online photos and images of the other two cities, for the tangible and intangible aspects.
Diary of visit (Y/N)
The students will be taking rather a poetic stand. The Diary is a collection of thoughts, experiences and evidences (not photographs) to support them. In the end the students will be able to narrate their ‘being’ in the city. It could also include the collection of info pamphlets, tickets or any such valuable objects that could offer them the ‘memory’ of the place.
Project 2(b) : MAPPING THE TOWNSCAPE
The study areas for the Assignment are the historic cores of Singapore. The aim is to coin your own theory for the city.
The objectives are to:
a) characterize the urban forms; b) establish the significance of axiality in the layout and design; and c) illustrate the urban distinctive character.
a) To characterize the urban forms
Preparation of figure/ground diagram
Study on urban elements using ‘Collage city’s layering concept
b) To establish the significance of serial vision
Study on axiality in urban design
Significance on views and vistas: Cullen’s serial visions
c) Illustrate the urban distinctive character
Coin your own theory for the city following significant patterns between the typologies of form (a) and the visual qualities (b) above
THREE CITIES: TALES OF WISH
You will also a) present the tales of your wishes and b) evaluate through the comparison of three cities. This part comes from virtual exploration of the local power groups (Eg. Tweet and follow the local projects/groups).
You will need to use the twitter to follow and find the local community engagement with and perception on the city. This knowledge will offer you the ability to make comparisons on the three cities.
