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Your proposed community programmes -
cafe
newspaper vendor
green space
social node
recycle station
bicycle rental etc

are all well intended and have potential of regenerating this dormant end of Petaling Street.

The concern here is how to organise these spaces within that basic square plan with the large central courtyard.

Be rigourous in exploring MASSING and DESIGN STRATEGIES that respond to context, environment and programme.

Consider the following;
-What are you trying to connect to?
-What is your inspiration?
-What of the existing urban fabric and 'sense of place' that you can identify with?
-How does the layout (size and volume of spaces) manage the various activities and programme needs?
-How can you incorporate passive design?

Explore this in the study models. We can discuss further on Tuesday.
(Note: a black model makes it very difficult to see the differentiated volumes and spaces)

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all up here^

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I hope there is a lot more work going on that is not being posted here!

DESIGN NARRATIVE DIAGRAMS
Your sketches/diagrams must clearly identify;
1. ISSUES or concerns you wish to address.
2. Proposed USER GROUP and PROGRAMME that will contribute positively to the site.
3. MASSING and DESIGN STRATEGIES that attempts to resolve the issues you have identified.

Please get started with your massing study models!
Take time to review,(analyse and apply) your preliminary analysis including the precedent studies that you have presented (including those by other groups).

HAVE A GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE WEEKEND.

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Where are the other diagrams??
Ok I see it now...

MASSING MODEL
The study model you have is very interesting as a form.
There are a few concerns:
1. Scale as in the continuous block.
2. The relationship as an infill in particular to the endlot shop.

DESIGN STRATEGY
1. Good strategy to explore the visual linkages within the void space and between the floors.
2. Explore in the section diagrams to express this strategy.
3. The 'twist' is rather interesting. However study how it sits on the lower component.
4. The lower component could be sympathetic to the value and scale of the urban block. The new structure could be the dynamic intervention with new spatial qualities.
5. The differentiated form needs a convincing structural concept.

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Miss, the sectional diagrams are both mine :o

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We have discussed your ideas on Tuesday.

Please proceed with the sketch assignment that was issued in the prescribed format.
Identify your issues, user group/s, massing strategies and proposed programme clearly via a set of
DESIGN NARRATIVE DIAGRAMS.

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What happenned to the Second Block?

ISSUES?
CONCEPT?
STRATEGIES?
Please document the above in a series of clear and strong Design Narrative Diagrams.

Yes I remember the idea you had to retain the parti wall and connect the spaces across via linkways (as shown in the sketch up example).

I would suggest you look at the idea as a concept or strategy and not address it  as an adaptive reuse /conservation project.

1.  Identity the zoning for the various spaces and programme.
2. Consider what are the spaces you are linking.
3. How does the vertical and horizontal circulation work through the levels and between the lots.

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Clear notes on the issues and programme.
GOOD START!
but where are the exploration diagrams and sketches?

Are the 2 section diagrams here yours?

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USER GROUP OK

ISSUES?
Lack of landscape cannot be an issue.
Having greeneries as facade will not solve your issue.

You seem to be only looking at the parts and not the whole: address the site as an infill and explore what massing and design strategies can help you solve your concerns for the site and proposed user groups.

IDENTIFY YOUR ISSUES!
Please refer to your group preliminary analysis.

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WHOSE IS THIS? Please put your names to your diagrams

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Yes one pdf is good! Im just looking through it now.

POSITION
1. Good clear identification of the issues.
2. Convincing programme proposal.

STRATEGY?
I dont understand the massing proposal here: how are you relating the quality of asian urban streets/public realm space to your strategies in the last 2 slides?

What are the qualities of Asian cities that you are trying to capture?

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Form is derived from "urban cages" (grilled balconies, windows, doors)

Inspiration also comes from patching up of broken things like leaking roofs, blistered paints

Concept is capturing change, change in value, change in sense of place, to capture the humanity value that still presents on site, to capture the dancing shadows of the tree, to frame the view of the temple, to capture the rain, the soul and the activities that breath life into China Town

Capturing intangible objects that we pass by and miss in daily life, library is to amplify it and acknowledge us of the unseen, to appreciate with the play of space

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Massing model

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First Block

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Still thinking..

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- provide space to breathe from the tight 5 ft way / allow spacious passageway
- target group : students, local community,
- temporary target group : office workers, homeless

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Pat : A catalyst and a new 'node' onsite

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Pat : A catalyst and a new 'node' onsite

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sorry will fix the scanner issue soon

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- issue : Poor socio - economic

- Open design : To reduce the negative activities at the site

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miss fadzwin, i've compiled it into one pdf

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Great confident hand sketches!
Work on the study massing models and I will give some feedback later.

MASSING
1. Terracing as exterior form may be out of place on this site.
2. Be senstive to the massing of the continuous block.
3. You can manipulate the terracing as an interior experience (as how you have shown in the section sketch).
4. Good exploration of the internal spaces/volumes!
5. Interesting contrast in spatial quality of entrance vs back lane.

PROGRAMME and SPACES
1. Interesting that the cafe is the central public space.
2. Pay attention to the core programme of the Library where you will need quiet reading spaces.