For this module, we were assigned with only one project which was precedent studies. This project was to based on the findings and information we gathered for Design Studio project 1 and we were required to include more research into our precedent studies such as the architect name, building concept and ideas, history, spatial organization, structure and more then explain them with the use of sketches, plans and annotation onto an A2 board.
Part A
We had chosen Mies's project Barcelona Pavilion and in a group of 5 we went to research more on the historical background of the building and also the impacts it caused to the social and economic in that time when it was built. We had then expressed our ideas in the form of sketches, drawings and also descriptions.
Part B
There was a second part for this project as we were required to further elaborate our findings into essay form and also compare the previously selected building to another building by other architect. It was an individual project and I had chosen Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House to make the comparison.
Through this project, I was able to know more about the historical background of my selected buildings besides understanding the architectural elements in it. Moreover, this project had also got me exposed to more elements and consideration in the construction of a particular building as it takes a great effort to develop from an fundamental idea to a complete thing, things like the massing and form, materials, structure and the construction methods need to be carefully measured and considered as well. Besides, through this precedent idea I got to know more about the concepts behind these two buildings I had selected and exactly what they have that make them so unique and worth looking at.
