PRECEDENT STUDY B
PRECEDENT STUDY B
PRECEDENT STUDY A
Precedent study is to seek and investigate existing knowledge on similar scheme and sustainable architecture that respond to the basic natural context such as the sun, wind, heat, cold, energy issue, and context. The main aim is to analyse architectural precedents for spatial typology, spatial programming, poetic relationship between the built and natural setting.
An EIC located at Sepang with an empty space beside is the site we are assigned to propose a design of Natural Aprreciation Centre. Before taking into design process, site analysis is done which is said to seek and investigate existing knowledge on similar scheme and sustainable architecture that respond to the basic natural context such as the sun, wind, heat, cold, energy issue, and context. The main aim is to analyse architectural precedents for spatial typology, spatial programming, poetic relationship between the built and natural setting.
SITE ANALYSIS
The site of the project is within the area of the Malaysian Nature Society Environmental Interpretive Centre in Sepang, Selangor. Located approximately 75 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, the Environmental Interpretive Centre (EIC) is dominated by landscape of mangroves and rivers. It also acts as a sanctuary to many species of flora and fauna such as the endangered smooth otter, which has been adopted by the EIC as its logo.
EIC was established on 9th April 2009 and trained its focus on the conservation of mangroves and the Sepang Rivers. This centre also plays an important role in promoting eco-tourism. Eco-tourism is defined as minimizing impact on environmental interaction with nature, community involvement, environmental activity and economics sustainability. In this respect, EIC acts as the centre point in promoting the entire existing eco-tourism products in Sepang.
This project calls for a design of a simple public building with some complexity that includes the complexity of site topography and vegetation, socio-cultural events, and variety of strategies for sustainable design.
It explores design solutions that harness environmental qualities and conditions for human and environment sustainability through a project with a specific community of users. Students explore design solutions that reduce environmental impact utilising clustered spatial typology and passive design approach. The design work should contribute to and merge harmoniously with nature and the site, and provide the best of experiences for the users.