This assignment is aligned with the Studio Design Project (semester 4 and 5) and aims to facilitate students in the
technical studies and development of their design. It deals with the analysis and establishment of the structural and
the envelope systems of the student’s design to ensure that the design has logical and workable construction
systems. It also encourages students to think about construction as integral part of the design and not just an
afterthought. Most of the times amateur designers tend to design their spaces without thinking about the construction
aspects and later on have to change and redesign their schemes due to the designs were unbuildable. This
assignment was design with the intention to tackle this issue and to increase the technical competency of students.
Task 1: Alternative Design Schemes
1. Conduct some precedent studies of recent, complex
or unique construction systems that could be applied
in the design. They should include the following:
A) The roof system (reinforced concrete flat roof,
green roof and the common roof trusses are
prohibited)
B) TWO (2) facade systems (the common glass
curtain wall systems are prohibited)
C) The structural system including the floor
system (the common reinforced concrete postand-beam
system is prohibited)
2. Next, conduct a thorough study on all the systems to
answer the following questions:
i) What is the type of construction system used?
ii) What is/are the material(s) used in the system?
iii) How is the system constructed? (i.e. detailing)
iv) What is/are the advantage(s) of the system?
v) What is/are the disadvantage(s) of the system?
vi) Why did you choose the system considering the
advantages and disadvantages of it?
Your answers to the questions should be in the form of writing and sketches and accompanied by images from
the precedent studies.
3. Then, using the similar systems as the ones in the case studies, produce TWO (2) alternatives of façade
design schemes for the current studio design project. Each design scheme should include only the front and
the rear façades (in scale 1:100) together with the neighbouring buildings. The drawings can be created based
on the students’ current progress in the studio
Task 2: Sectional Perspectives
Task 2 on the other hand is intended to facilitate students to develop practical construction solutions and detailing for
their own design through the production of sectional perspective drawings of spaces. Students are required to
produce detail sectional perspective drawing of TWO interesting spaces (as shown in Figure 1) in their design;
which consists of a room on the ground floor and a room on the top floor.
The sectional perspective of the room on the ground floor should show the connections between the foundations,
ground floor slab, façade, structures and the upper floor slab. On the top floor the sectional perspective should
highlight the connections between the floor slab, structures, façade, and the roof. The drawings should be produced
in appropriate scale (between 1:50 to 1:30), clearly annotated and accompanied by dimensions.
Report
Reflection:
The integration project of Studio V (Interim) brings a whole new level of in-depth understanding and consideration during design phase. From how the site itself suggests the type of construction methods to avoid public interference, to the types of facades which aids the library both functionality and aesthetically.
