SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia (MASSA)

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Architecture

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECT [ARC60108]

Cultural Experience Centre: Final Design Presentation & Report

Assessments Type Learning Outcomes Due Submission/Presentation Assess. Wt.
Project 1c Individual 4, 5 & 6 Wks. 12, Pre-Final and Final Design (10+50+10)
15 & 16 Presentation+ Report 70%

Image: Performing Arts and Cultural Facilities by CRAB Studio

Project Brief

Subsequent to Project 1b Schematic Design phase, students are required to further develop and finalize
the scheme for the Cultural Experience Centre project. A fully resolved and develop design scheme
with the incorporation of environmental strategies and technological resolutions, tectonic and poetic
exploration. In this phase, students will be guided with workshops and a series of lectures focusing on
poetics, tectonics, and sustainability and building safety compliance. The workshops will be on
Environmental & Technology (E&T) to further enhance the passive cooling strategies and Structural
Concepts and Design (SCD) to realize the effect of structure and materiality in enhancing the user
experiential qualities of a building besides its aesthetic and structural purposes.

This phase also is integrated with the module Building Technology 2. The co-requisite module will look
into how to improve the structural aspect and buildability of the project.

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As a final year student, the work is expected to demonstrate critical thinking skills, structural sense
sensitivity to key issues of the environment, compliance with law & regulations, explorative and
workability. Students are expected to come up with a comprehensive and clear final design
presentation aligning to the objectives of the project and studio direction.

Objectives of Project

 To consolidate an understanding of the holistic nature of the architectural design process, to a

given degree of detail, with emphasis on design as an integrative process, drawing as
appropriate on previous subjects of the program.

Learning Outcomes of this Project

MLO 4- Produce design development drawings for a selected portion of design with a suitable level
of complexity.
MLO 5-Design with considerations of building performance (thermal comfort, acoustic & lighting),
regulatory frameworks and health and safety considerations.
MLO 6- Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), modelling, verbal presentation and a design report

to communicate and visualize architectural design and ideas.

Tasks - Methodology

1. Based on your project 1b presentation, design scheme, consider and include expanded aspects
of design development in tandem with the design of spaces, e.g. regulatory requirements, fire
safety, materials, structural concept, sustainability, feasibility, and other relevant considerations,
wherever possible, integrating their development to produce a richer and multi-layered design.
2. Integrate environmental strategies into your design. May look into current sustainable trends
and design features.
3. An exploration of the tectonic and poetic qualities of the design through materiality and design
elements such as light, texture, and others.
4. Develop a selected portion of your building for technological development and resolution for
architectural details.
5. To present work in a most comprehensive, systematic, creative and comprehendible manner in
the form of creative and effective architectural visualization, modelling and report.

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Deliverables for Final Design Presentation-Review

1) Final Design Panel/Boards

i. Maximum (2) A0 Panels
ii. Creative & well organized

(10) Design panel will include the following:

1.1 Concept/Exploration
1.2 Project Profile & Description
a. Project title and site description
b. Design Narrative
c. Design Strategies (diagrams)

1.3 2-D Drawings/Orthogonal

a. Site Plan
b. Floor Plans
c. Elevations use same and appropriate scale
d. Sections

1.4 3-D Project Images/ Representation

a. Exterior View in relation to site (aerial/bird’s view)
b. Exterior view in relation to people (street/normal view)
c. Walk through the spaces (outside-inside)
d. Sectional Perspective or Exploded Axon.

2) Architectural Detailing ( blow up scale)

a. Full detailed wall section showing the

most important and interesting feature
b. Design features and innovations (2D/3D)
(Blow-up details)
c. Show understanding in materiality and
technology / construction design

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3) Final Design Report in A3 (landscape format)

Design Report Guidelines

a. Project Background
Title of your project
Project Brief
b. Site Investigation & Contextual Studies
Macro site analysis
c. Design Strategy & Exploration
Micro site analysis
Precedent studies
Design Narrative
Site Planning Strategies
Spatial Programming & Organization
Form studies (concept and massing strategies)
d. Environmental and Technological strategies
Sustainability concepts
Energy conservation features
Material and Resources
Acoustical Consideration
Innovations (rainwater harvesting, solar panels, etc.)
Structural concept (buildability, structural logic, etc.)
Building System & Services
e. Final Design Portfolio (A3 version of Final Boards)
Complete boards
f. Reflective Journal
Summary of learnings (weekly and overall)
e. References (APA style)

4) 15-20 minutes slide presentation

a. PowerPoint, Keynote and similar presentation.
b. To present complete presentation for site studies
and analysis, design strategy proposal, exploration and final design.
c. 3D Animation or walk thru (optional)
d. Pre-recorded or presented live

Images:
sample of final design presentation
https://www.rjmodels.com.hk/architecturhttp://www.firstinarchitecture.co.uk/archit
ecture-presentation-board-tips/ al-models-guide/

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Timeline and Schedule

Week 8: Tutorial on feedback form Proj 1b presentation.

Week 9: Making amendments and finalizing schemes (online)

Session 1: Public Holiday. (Replacement): Tutorial & Task on improvements on scheme.

Session 2: Task & tutorial on improvements on scheme
Week 10: Workshop Week- incorporating E&T strategies in design (online)
Session 1: Introduction to E & T Workshop. Tutorial & Task on finalizing scheme.
Session 2: E & T Workshop, Tutorial & Task on incorporating E&T in scheme.
Week 11: Workshop Week- incorporating structural concept & buildability in design (online)
Session 1: Introduction to Structural Concept. Tutorial & Task on finalizing scheme.
Session 2: Structural Workshop. Tutorial & Task on incorporating structural concepts.

Week 12: Finalizing and Design (online)

Session 1: Submission & Presentation of Pre-Final Review Interim (10%)
Session 2: Tutorial & Task on improvements for finalizing design.
Week 13: Finalizing Design and Drawings (online)
Session 1 Briefing: Final Design Review Presentation Guidelines
Session 2 Finalizing Drawings, presentation boards and model(s).
Week 14: Finalizing Presentation Board and Scale Model (online)
Session 1 & 2 Final Checking, production and post-production week.

Week 15: Final Design Presentation (online)

Session 1 Submission of Proj 1c: Final submission
Session 2 Presentation of Proj 1c: Final Design Review (50%)
Week 16: Final Design Report (online)
Submission of Final Report Submission (10%) online

Submission Date & Guidelines

a. Pre-Final Design Review : Monday, 29 June 2020 (Week 12)

b. Final Design Presentation-Review
Final Design submission : Wednesday, 22 July 2020 (Week 15)
Final Design Presentation : Thursday, 23 July 2020 (Week 15)
c. Final Design Report : Wednesday, 29 July 2020 (Week 16)
d. TGC portfolio : Wednesday, 29 July 2020 (Week 16)

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 Final Interim: Pre-Final Design Presentation- Review
1. Student required to upload work to the google drive before 2:00pm.
2. 15 minutes presentation time. (pre-recorded narration or live narration)
Final Design Submission and Presentation (Refer to deliverables pg. 3-4)
1. Final Submission- to upload work to google drive link on 22 Jul 2020
2. Final Presentation and review- Morning and afternoon session. 23 Jul 2020
3. Each presenter is given 15-20 minutes present design work and 10-15 minutes for
Q & A and feedback session.
Final Design Report & TGCP (refer to report deliverables pg. 4)
1. To submit online in PDF format in google drive.
2. To share e-portfolio link google drive.
Note:
1. Submit work in PDF format
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18Ok5mNaT3ZwBaFnkeDf5EOKSu6DyTl4K?usp=sharing
2. Mode of delivery, submission and presentation are all online.

Suggested References

1. Bauer, M., Mosle, P. and Schwarz, M., Green Building: Guidebook for Sustainable Architecture;
2010, Springer
2. Neufert, E., Architect’s Data, 4th Edition, 2012, Wiley Blackwell
3. Allen, E. and Rand, P., Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructability-Aesthetics 3rd Edition,
2016, Wiley & Sons
4. Charleson, A., Structure in Architecture: A Sourcebook for Architects and Structural Engineers
2nd Edition, 2014, Routledge
5. Frampton, K., Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and
Twentieth Century Architecture, 1995, Graham Foundation for Advance Studies in Fine Arts
6. Hurol, Y., The Tectonics of Structural Systems: An Architectural Approach, 2016, Routledge, 1 st
Edition
7. Yee, R, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium (4th Ed.), 2003, Wiley

8. Lewis, P., Tsurumaki, M. and Lewis, D., Manual of Section

Note: references provided in the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U_3ta2nbWdQ1zKxL0wIsyaanwRS6kTu9?usp=sharing

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There will be three (3) Assessments for Project 1c. (Pre-final, Final and Report)

1.0 Pre-Final Design Presentation (10%)

Marking Criteria OUTSTANDING GOOD SATISFACTORY POOR FAILED

The project will be assessed based

80-100 65-79 50-64 40-49 0-39
on the following:

1.0 Design Resolution (20%)

Completeness and well resolved spatial
planning and overall design. Workable
and established scheme.

2.0 Poetics & Tectonics Quality

(20%) Evidence of how structure
defines and form quality of the space.
Exploration of light, material and
texture to capture sense of space and

architecture.

3.0 Building Performance (20%)

Incorporation of passive cooling
strategies, daylighting and other green
design strategies to

4.0 Structural Concept and

Buildability (20%) Incorporation of
structural components and systems
required for the design.

5.0 Quality of Visuals and

Over-All Presentation. (15%)
Clarity of scheme through an effective
graphical and visual presentation.

(drawings, models and diagrams ).

6.0 Verbal communication (5%)

Assessment Weight: 10% Total (Over-all) ____/100

Grading A- 75-79 B- 60-64 D+47-49

A 80-100 B+ 70-74 C+55-59 D 44-46 F 30-39

B 65-69 C 50-54 D- 40-43

Note:
Refer to the Pre-final Design Assessment Sheet for the Marking Rubrics.

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2.0 Final Design Presentation - Assessment Scheme (50%)
Marking Criteria OUTSTANDING GOOD SATISFACTORY POOR FAILED

The project will be assessed based

80-100 65-79 50-64 40-49 0-39
on the following:
1.0 Design Narrative (10%)
1.1 Clarity and richness of architectural
position/exploration, project objectives
evident in the design work. (5%)
1.2 Relevance of narrative (5%)
2.0 Design References (10%)
2.1 Use of precedent studies in the
generation of programme & design
strategies. (5%)
2.2 Adhere to relevant guidelines and
design theme (brief, UBBL, etc.) (5%)

3.0 Design Translation (30%)

3.1 Clarity, appropriateness and rigor of
design proposition/ strategy in
response to the contextual conditions
(synthesis on programme and context
in deriving design. (15%)
3.2 Detailed design that meets
functional requirements (planning) of
the proposed design and contextual
conditions. (15%)
4.0 Design Exploration (20%)
Students’ design exploration on user
experience and structure to inform and
form spatial quality and aesthetic value.

5.0 Building Performance and

Innovations (10%)
5.1 Building performance: thermal
comfort, acoustic and lighting. (5%)
5.2 Adapting regulatory framework that
guide building design (5%)

6.0 Overall presentation and

design communications (15%)
7.0 Verbal communication (5%)

Assessment Weight: 50% Total (Over-all) ____/100

Grading A- 75-79 B- 60-64 D+ 47-49
A 80-100 B+ 70-74 C+ 55-59 D 44-46 F 30-39
B 65-69 C 50-54 D- 40-43

Note:
Refer to the Project 1c Assessment Sheet for the Marking Rubrics.

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3.0 Final Design Report Assessment Sheet (10%)
Marking Criteria OUTSTANDING GOOD SATISFACTORY POOR FAIL

will be assessed based on the following: 80-100 65-74 50-64 40-49 0-39

1.0 Project Background (10%)

2.0 Site/Urban Analysis (15%)

3.0 Design Strategies (15%)

4.0 Design Programming &

References (10%)
4.0 Environmental & Technology
Strategies (15%)
5.0 Tectonic and poetic
exploration (15%)
6.0 Drawing compilation (10%)

7.0 Reflective Journal (5%)

8.0 Referencing (5%)

Assessment Weight: 10% Total (Over-all)____/100%
Grading A- 75-79 B- 60-64 D+ 47-49
A 80-100 B+ 70-74 C+ 55-59 D 44-46 F 30-39
B 65-69 C 50-54 D- 40-43

Note:
Refer to the Final Design Report Assessment Sheet for the Marking Rubrics.

Prepared by: Approved by:

Prince Favis Isip Mohd Adib Ramli

…………………………. …………………………….
Date: 06/04/2020 Date: 09/04/2020
Stream Coordinator Programme Director
(Design & Design Studies)
Email: princefavis.isip@taylors.edu.my
Office Location: C9 Academic Suites

Remarks:
1. The Project Brief is to be distributed to the students in the first week of the semester.
2. Any changes to the Project Brief shall be communicated (in writing) to the Programme Director and
the approved revised version must be communicated to the students.

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