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Welll done on the space analysis.

Improvement : How to improve in the future - you need to relate to the user experience in this context - how the user use the library for it's purpose and the space functions as how it is design.

Missing - Project 2 : Progress!

Truly,
Ms.Normah

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Class Activity : Well Done! I think your group have captured both Q1 and Q2 very well and how you use the visual to support you explanation.

Congratulations!

For Project 2 - Progress

@KLPAC - Building is interesting just like the building materials, but its not easy for you to access this building and photography in the building can cost up to 5K. You might want to try @DPAC at Empire Damansara if you still want to go under this category. Or else i will suggest - RUANG by Thinkcity in KL or Balai Seni Lukis Negara.

@Mesiniaga  is an old building for green technology or green building - I will suggest you to study the NEW PAM BUILDING at Jalan Tandok - next to APW Bangsar for a better access and information.

Good Luck !

Truly,
Ms.Normah

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I can't seem to load the photo, i think the photo size is too large for padlet to allow it.

You need to upload it so i can understand the space analysis.

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2nd floor of the library

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5th floor of the library.

- Question 1
Answer: The glass provides a natural lighting to the space without shining directly into the building. Sunlight also maintains the temperature inside the building. Plants are grown so that it has a relaxing feel in the space. Partial portion of green colour carpet is used to blend in with the plants.

- Question 2
The long building design allows lots of room to place windows. It is the most practical place since it's has a large area of space and it is not directly facing the Sun's direction. It's long building design allows the amount of light to be consistent around the space.

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2nd floor of the library

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2nd floor of the library:

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4th floor of the Library

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Material

Glass

Aluminium

Carpet

Rubber strip

Cushion

Plastic

Plaster

Concrete

Wooden door

Sound- insulator

(Q1)

1. float glass

- simple design and plain colour to encourage visual interaction with the outer surrounding. More spacious to prevent compact feeling to the users.

1. carpet and sound insulator

- create a formal and strict ambience towards the users. Create a softer and comfortable feeling compare with the tiles floor.

1. cushion

- soft and comfortable seat for a long lasting siting. Create a feeling that welcomes audience into the lecture hall.

1.  Plaster

- white plaster enhances visual smoothening, looks clean and provide more spatial illusion, lower down the contrast visual effect.

(Q2)

What makes a lecture hall environment suitable for the users?

Design concept - Emphasise on learning efficiency. Simple yet formal.

1. glass

- enhances learning efficiency by interacting with nature environment to relieve stress before lecture. Provides a calm impression to study for efficient knowledge absorption. Laminated glass is to provide people looking in the lecture from outside and private space to the users. Laminated glass also can control light amount that enters the space to create a darker environment.

1. Carpet

- sound absorption while walking to lessen the disturbance to the class. Prevent sound echo so that the students can have a more clearer sound effect for better learning purpose.

1.  Cushion

- user comfort for maximum efficiency of studying, good eye-catching

1. Plaster

- white smooth plastering stick to the design concept as providing comfort feeling as low visual impact. Let users relax and focus on the lecture studying.

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4th floor of the library

Q1: The two surrounding bookshelves provides a intimate feeling which the user is able to feel 'trapped' within the isolated space of the area. The material, being books made out of paper is a comfortable feeling which relates to how students feel at times, to feel at home with the surrounding. The lighting emitting from the end of the path, symbolises the end journey which every student will experience when they have reach the end of their university life.

Q2: The lighting on the ceiling allows the user to experience a sort of 'minimal' feeling, as the light is shone at a moderate amount just enough for the books to be seen by any passers by. It contrast well with the natural lighting from the window, as it is the main source of light which sort of illuminate the place. The plain and boring yet seemingly effective materials, which from the bookshelves are derive from give emphasis on the books. It lets the reading becomes the primarily function of that space, rather than admiring the bookshelves. The carpet gives off a 'roomy' experience as it makes the user feel as in stepping into the pages of the books they read.

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3rd floor of the library

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3rd floor of the Library.

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Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre

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Class Activity Progress
[Space analysis: Experience within the space]

Water refilling Area, Sofa resting area x2, Discussion Area, Beanbag area.

[Materials used]

Steel rod, cement, aluminium, brick, plaster

[How does the material affect users experience?]

Steel: a sense of openness but separating spaces into different parts, promote air ventilation within the space, cast interesting shadow on walls

Cement: Painted flooring feels clean and glossy, painted walls contrast with furniture to allow users interaction, painted ceiling harmonize floor and walls

Aluminium: Control amount of sunlight and allow air ventilation in space, provide privacy and focus during study

Plaster: Block the unwanted pipes which destroy the aesthetic of space

[How the space design and concept influence selection of materials]

Transition of hard to soft materials, metal grids which is hard situated beside soft sofa and bean bags which allow different feels toward the space

Paintings on wall is black and white with void which harmonize with the furniture and metal grids with hollow squares

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Shadow casting

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Mesiniaga Tower

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Space

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Assignment 2 Progress
Selected 2 buildings which are:
1. Kuala Lumpur Perfroming Arts Centre (KLPAC)

The impressive KLpac building has a long history. The railway warehouse was in Sentul Park, a piece of land which came under YTL ownership with the acquisition of another company. The remodel features glass windows along the front of the building, as well as a walkway leading up to the building.
In the 1800s, the building was a wood-crafting workshop and sawmill. In 1906, it became part of Sentul Works becoming the region’s most important railway depot & workshop. It then was bombed during tail end of WWII but was soon rebuilt. It was converted into a makeshift golf clubhouse in the late 1960s, but became abandoned in the early 1990s. In 1995, Faridah Merican and Joe Hasham created the first privately owned and operated theatre in Malaysia below Datarn Merdeka, called The Actor's Studio at PlazaPutra (now known as Dataran Underground). In 2003, flash floods in Kuala Lumpur destroyed the underground complex. In May 2004, Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia, YTL Corporation Berhad and The Actors Studio Malaysia created a new jointly-owned platform to develop the performing arts, which became the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac). KLPac opened its doors in May 2005.

The 4 main spaces in KLPAC:

Pentas 1 (a Proscenium Theater): 504 seats

Pentas 2 (a Black Box Theater): 192 seats depending on configuration

Indicine (A film screening room): 100 seats

Academy: 9 Studios for rehearsals and training

Supporting Facilities
-Holding Room, Resource Centre, Box Office, Pentas 1 Foyer Bar, Pentas 2 Foyer Art Gallery, Surau, Merchandise Counters, Workshop, Green Room for Artistes, Wardrobe & Laundry Room, Costume & Props Store, Technical, Training Studio, Security Office, Conference Room, Administration Office & Production Offices

2. Menara Mesiniaga, Subang Jaya
Architect: Ken Yeang (T.R. Hamzah and Yeang Sdn. Bhd.)

Mesiniaga Tower is the IBM headquarters in Subang Jaya. Architect Kenneth Yeang's ten-year research into bio-climatic principles for building design has created this office building. It is a high-tech, 15-storey which consists of a green base, 10 circular floors of office space with terraced garden balconies and external louvers for shade, and is crowned by a spectacular sun-roof, arching across the top-floor pool.

Yeang's ecologically and environmentally design strategies reduce long-term maintenance costs by lowering energy use. Importantly, designing with the climate in mind brings an aesthetic dimension to his work that is not to be found in typical glass-enclosed air-conditioned medium-to-high rise buildings. The tower has become a landmark, and increased the value of the land around it. The jury found it to be a successful and promising approach to the design of many-storied structures in a tropical climate.

We think that both the building has their own potential. Hope to get suggestion form Ms Norma.

Thank you.

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Block E, Level 6

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Study/Discussion Area

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Cement Flooring

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Plaster Wall

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Aluminium Panel

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- Class activity progress
- Assignment 2 progress