In this final project, students are required to design a structure that will allow user to “DISCOVER” about the people, place, activities, culture, history etc. associated to Kampung Janda Baik. It will function as a visitor center that could display interpretive exhibits, include a walk-through historical or cultural journey museum-like exhibition, as well as an interactive and engaging “edutainment” program and areas or spaces to connect with the local people and the natural environments of the place. It could be a center to learn about the locals and early settlers that called the location as home or to reveal the significance of the rainforest, rivers, mountains and even the “kampung” activities. All these information shall be transformed into spaces that requires a poetic touch architecturally. 

 

Project 2B is a continuation from Project 1 and Project 2A. Project 1 was aimed to introduce and explore the formal and poetic articulation of architecture in a site-less or hypothetical site condition. Project 2a was about the historical research and site analysis as a driver for architectural development for the Discovery Center. Finally, in Project 2b, the design brief calls for an architectural response to design A DISCOVERY CENTER (Visitor Center) emphasizing a strong engagement and relationship to the site, people, culture, history, spatial experiences, and programmatic requirements.   

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Task & Requirements

SITE & CONTEXT

The program of the Discovery Center should be specifically about the place, people, culture, and history of the site. Students are required to extract and decide on the significant value/essence and the distinctive or interesting characteristic of the place that would be best to represent and express the spirit of the place (genius loci). This will then be translated into a narrative that would aid the design and journey of the Discovery Center.

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DESIGN

The design should be a standalone building (one building only) and it must be two (2) storey above ground (a sub-basement is allowed) and the total floor area of the design scheme must be between 300sqm to 450sqm (referring to the covered internal spaces). Students may decide on the floor to ceiling “height” as long as it is two (2) storey. The design should consider universal design as it should be accessible to all. It is important for students to identify, explore and emphasize the implementation of two (2) “modifying elements of architecture” as part of the design.