Introduction to the Project:
Spatial organisation is a key consideration for architects in architectural design. The study and
exploration of different spatial organization methods is important in design because it informs
human occupation, behavior, and experience within architectural spaces. Writers such as
Francis D.K. Ching labeled this as architectural ‘order’ whilst Alexander Purves called this ‘the
formal patterns’.
Project 1 is an introductory project by which you are required to explore issues of spatial
typologies and poetics through simple design exercises. Working in groups of 3-4 students, you
are to propose 2 schemes for a ‘walk’ themed ‘journey for the 5 senses’. You are required to
design the walk in the form of a semi-open architecture by using two contrasting spatial types of
your choice. There is no specific site for this design work. The story of your walk should translate
a poetry given by your tutor, and it should be informed by precedents studies.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify and explain different spatial types in architecture, and how they inform spatial use and experience
2. Identify and analyze case studies to inform the design project
3. Create tectonic expressions of different spatial typologies which impact on the uses and experiential conditions of space
4. Generate design through conscious consideration of section-plan relationship with considerations of human scale, natural light, materiality and textures
5. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), modelling and verbal presentation to communicate and visualize architectural design and ideas.
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