ARCHISTUDENT
AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT'S PORTFOLIO SHOWCASING HER WORK AND THE LEARNING PROCESS
Introduction of the history, theory and current issues of conservation practice in Malaysia and beyond, and an exploration of theories of what, how and why we conserve will be emphasize in order to understand current conservation practise and issues.
ARC 2333 - Architectural Conservation (elective)
Project 1 Preliminary Investigation of Heritage Building
Project Duration: 4 weeks
Students are required to study and produce a Preliminary Investigation report for the Heritage Building chosen, Pejabat Agama Islam, Klang . The report comprises of information on the owner, historical and social background, and objective for conservation, financial Implication and implementation agency. The report is to be accompanied with a set of measured drawings. This project will expose students to first stage of building conservation framework. Architecture Investigation is the critical first step in planning an appropriate treatment for buidling conservation. It involves historical research and documentation.
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Project 2 Dilapidation Survey
Project Duration: 4 weeks
Students are to produce a Dilapidation Survey of a specific building. The purpose of the Survey is to state level of building defects. Based on observation, students to produce annotated photographic study diagnosing building defects.
Every student is assigned to one part of the external facade to perform the dilapidation survey.
Project 3 Proposal for Adaptive Reuse
Project Duration: 4 weeks
This project will require students to propose for potential new usage for building conservation. It will require students to investigate and observe practices and approaches on architecture conservation in Malaysia. Students are to organize trips to several sites in order to explore, comprehend and form opinion which subsequently captured in a proposal statement and illustrated diagrams.
This project is to allow students to gain exposure to a wide and diverse range of practice and debate in the field of conservation. From this project, students should be able to develop understanding and appreciation through the undertaking of case studies of buildings and sites in Malaysia , and , beyond, about the importance of historical and heritage buildings.
The final report for this project should include site study to prove suitability of proposal and a precedent study of the same adaptive reuse to allow students to understand the requirements for adaptive reuse.
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