Project 2: Materiality of Space - An Experiential Exploration

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In a group of 5, select a commercial / residential building (a fun, creative space) which allow you to experience and explore most of the building materials covered in the module.
You are required to produce: 

(A) TASK A: GROUP
1. Brief introduction of the selected building & Reason for selecting the space
2. Mood Board

Your mood boards should include color, pattern, photographs, sketches and informative design elements to reflect the material used and ambience of the space of your choice.(without using any words or description) 

3. Identification of Materials

• Draw out plans, sections and elevations to indicate the materials.
• Explain briefly the types of material that are used in a specific area/space,

4. Application of Materials

• The physical and chemical properties of these materials
• Explain the suitability of material used in context to concept, occupancy and climate.
• Explain and illustrate the findings in detail in term of suitability of the materials type, application, aesthetic, maintenance, etc.  

(B) TASK B: INDIVIDUAL

1. Experiential analysis of the Material & Space

• Design intention & concept: How that has influenced selection of materials?
  
• Space Analysis: Experience within the space. How the material selection and its application within the space
  affect user experience? (Scale, proportion, installation)
  
• Include diagrams to support your analysis (sketches, photographs..etc)
  

TASK B: Intent & Direction
The primary focus is centered on the silent dialogue between the body and material reality, to explore the design efforts where quotidian experiences are heightened and made extraordinary.
Materials are investigated
How their innate materiality are amplified, overlaid and combined to provoke desired ambience and atmosphere. Explore the use of light and shadows, the aural, tactile and visual qualities of materials and how their juxtapositions can draw out emotional responses that engender a multi-sensory poetic experience.


(For example, the sense of mystery and depth evoked by the withholding and concealing nature of shadows, or one of intensity and focus by combining light with strong colours)
• Thresholds – transition between public walkway to private interior: experiential threshold between the exterior and the interior of the house
• Materiality of Light & Shadow: explore how the manipulation of natural and artificial light has effects on material’s surface and transforms our perception of materiality and spaces
• Tactility of Materials: texture, colour, installation 

Reflection:

The enthusiasm towards finding every single detail of the site and also analyze information keep us going. This assignment developed my skills in analyzing the site because we need to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the site instead of simply taking pictures, acknowledge every single detail of the space, we need to experience it instead.

For the individual part, the site actually attracts me because it is like a street square, it is an open space, it gives a different experience, its all rigid and solid, unlike the other space which has plants and different materials to enhance the design, it is all grey and black, so I need to further discover the materials and interpret the space.