PROJECT 1: RESEARCH PROPOSAL
The following are some possible themes which you may select:
Urban veranda: interaction between streets, pedestrian walkways and the shop-fronts (veranda as a place for people to mingle, rest)
Urban streetscapes: back lanes, signage, pedestrian network, courtyards, permeable/impermeable surroundings
Ripples of life: Religious/Spiritual, Political, Social, Cultural aspects of the city and rural areas, identity
Hybrid morphology: transition or overlapping between old and new architecture and culture, new interventions
Architectural and urban language: facades, style, massing, scale, technology, colour, texture, materials, ornamentation, nodes, grids, courtyards etc
Constructed landscapes
PROJECT 2: ANALYSIS
The
aim of our research proposal is to come up with design solutions that will help
to improve the conditions of our chosen site, as well as to show how these
improvements can increase the interaction between the people and the
environment.
Our
secondary aims are to address certain issues and weaknesses of the site, such
as safety issues at night and others, which will be further discussed at the
final part of this research.
The
objectives of this research proposal are as follows:
1.
To
create and interaction between people and the urban setting
This
is the general idea of an urban veranda. We would like to design something that
will enable people to interact with their surrounding environment; in our case
it is the empty space beneath the flyover, as well as the adjacent street.
2.
To
make the site more feasible to the passers-by and the general public.
Currently,
the site is not being fully utilized. People generally use the shady site as a
walkway, to get from one place to another. The site is situated in a busy area
of KL and we would like to propose a design idea that will enable the current
users of the site, as well as to attract more people to use the site for
various functions, for resting and mingling.
3.
To
upgrade the conditions of the site, to have a positive impact on the
surrounding built environment.
As
aforementioned, issues such as safety (due to homeless and beggars occupying
the street at night) as well as rubbish must be tackled in order for the urban
veranda to be a success and to have a positive impact on the environment.
site plan
site permeability
site movement
usage of site
future site usage
suggestions what to design
empty space underneath the LRT flyover
As
a conclusion, we feel that we have come up with a good research study that is
able to help us to come up with our own various design strategies for the urban
veranda. The interviews we conducted helped us get a clearer picture on the
public’s opinion of an ideal urban veranda setting, which will help us to
achieve Objective 2, ‘to make the site
more feasible to the passers-by and the general public’. Our observations
and site studies helped us to know the site better and to make decisions that
are wary of current site conditions and issues, which will help us to fulfill
Objective 3, ‘to upgrade the conditions
of the site, to have a positive impact on the surrounding built environment’. The various precedent
studies we did further helped us get more ideas on how the urban veranda is
being implemented overseas.
