Sunday, 30 October 2011

Assessment 02: The Place To Be - Architectural Proposal

Project 2 Assessment Criteria
You will be assessed through your blog documenting your ideas and design development, and communication of the outcome in your final presentation and submission, on criteria listed below.

Infrastructure
Strategy (12.5%): Has the infrastructural strategy been developed and communicated well in the blog and final presentation/submission?
Description: What is your strategy for utilising an existing or newly proposed infrastructure? 
I will be proposed new infrastructure (meeting point) regarding the current infrastructure doesn't work (community halls - a lot of community halls spread all over the Australia's states, but they don't provide enough facilities to have an engaging activities between community and government. Instead, government takes those spaces as a business opportunity and benefit for themselves). However, it is not approaching to a building, yet the space still has value all the key aspects architectural entity.
How does it influence the way you design an architectural entity and how it improves the way politicians, governmental institutions and others offer and people access parliamentary and/or governmental services?
Because current design doesn't work, therefore another approach is taken. This space allows few bits of Canberra experiences by inviting.engaging.and educating people with current information (not necessarily has to be a political information). All the relevant information that can improve how the city thinks and shapes.

Logistics (12.5%): Has the logistics been considered and well incorporated in the design? Has the development been well documented and communicated well in the blog and final presentation / submission?
Description: Your design is required to respond to changing needs. Whether it is an instantaneous, temporary or long-term change, it is needed to be a part of your design consideration. How is your architectural entity designed to change, move, shift, transform, adapt, interact, etc.?

The design will change, move, shift and transform based on the needs of activities, both in physical shapes and experience phases. It can be a meeting point of:
- Participation space: two-way communication between citizen and government
- Educational space: absorb information in wide-range of opportunities
- Recreational space: gathering space, allow people spend some of their leisure time in the space.
these activities don't require any knowledge, but give knowledge..

In addition, the space will adapt with the relationship of political issue being part of the society daily life. In implementation, the design will gradually give different impression of current political activities (today most of them are negative). thus, it will improved the communication (society and government). In order to achieve it, there is should no limitation of users range, everybody is welcomed to experience the space.
Where do components and/or information stored? Where are they generated or manufactured and delivered?

All the components will be stored near the site, where all of them are made from light materials, that easily to carry, transport, and build on site. The materials consideration will be on locally availability as more sustain transport cost and wiser energy waste. 

Tectonic Resolution

Purpose and Function (12.5%): Has the purpose and function of the architectural entity be chosen in response to (latent) needs? Is the design response appropriate? Has the development been well documented and communicated well in the blog and final presentation / submission?
Description: It is imperative that your design effectively provides parliamentary and/or governmental services in response to needs. You are to creatively investigate the (latent) needs, and it is essential that your proposed architectural entity provide solutions or opportunities for people to resolve issues.

issue - lack of opportunities to contribute with Government decision.
solution - provide a space, a basic embryo where people safe to express their thoughts, opinions, etc and as a gathering space, for voting and transparency of decision making progress.

Circulation and Access (12.5%): Has the use of architectural entity been studied and the circulation within and/or access to it been studied? Is it evident in the design? Has the development been well documented and communicated well in the blog and final presentation / submission?
Description: No matter what you design, it will fail if people are not given appropriate access to, within and/or between your proposed spaces. It is very important that you provide enough evidence in your development stages and final outcome that your architectural entity has good circulation and access.
The locations are taken at public spaces, providing strategic access people to encounter and experience the space then it leads to main space at Botanical Gardens City. Preserve the part of Brisbane's history and culture, activate the current abandoned space, give more vibrant environment at near Parliament House in Brisbane, thus people will more aware with their existence and roles.
Structural and/or Operational Integrity (12.5%): Has the structural and/or operational integrity been studied and made evident in design? Has the development been well documented and communicated well in the blog and final presentation / submission?
Description: How believable is your proposition? It is very important that the proposal demonstrates your design decisions are informed by clear understanding of physical and practical limitations. You are required to demonstrate structural integrity of your design proposal, and/or in some cases, operational integrity to show how the distributed or virtual artefacts work as an architectural entity.
The distributed modules will be in mobile shape, easily add and eliminate responding with the site needs and current development. without any heavy/ solid structure. it is all independent per module, makes easier to construct on site without need to wait in certain situation/ etc.

Poetic Resolution
Presence and Identity (12.5%): Has the impact of the proposed entity's presence been considered and its identity been chosen with strong understanding of what it needs to represent and signify?
Description: It is vital that the presence of your proposed entity is appropriate for the context and signifies the services it offers. It therefore is very important to give specific consideration to how people identify and recognise your proposed architectural entity as a whole and/or a part.

User Experience (12.5%): Has the experience of users been considered and effectively presented from the perspectives of users?
Description: It is imperative that you made your design decisions based on the requirements of people who will experience and use (a part of) the proposed entity. You need to demonstrate not only generic appearances of spaces with people, but also construct scenarios to orchestrate how specific people in specific need experiences and utilise services offered by the proposed entity or parts.
Aesthetic Rigor (12.5%): Has the effort been made to pay attention to detail in your communication?
Description: This criterion is to reward your attitude towards preparing successful architectural communication. As architects, you will spend majority of time communicating ideas to your peers, bosses, clients, engineers, contractors and/or other stakeholders. What and how you prepare and present directly influence how others evaluate the credibility of your claim. Your commitment towards visual communication during development stages (through blog entries), final presentation and in your final submission is to be assessed.




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