Friday 29 November 2013

Project 6: DESIGN & BUILD ‘AN AMPHITHEATRE STAGE’

What is an Amphitheater?
(esp. in Greek and Roman architecture) a round or oval building, typically unroofed, with a central space for the presentation of dramatic or sporting events. Tiers of seats for spectators surround the central space.

Objectives:
  •    To enhance students’ skills in applying suitable elements and principles of design in producing a small building with specific function and context.
  •    To improve students’ skills in conducting and documenting site analysis, designing objects and producing complete presentation drawings.
  •   To enhance students’ creativity in designing a unique yet practical one-space building with the understanding of human physiology, ergonomic and comfort factors based on basic technical knowledge.
  •    To increase students’ creativity in producing a remarkable stage design in the real climate and site context and explaining it with a clear design statement.
  •   To introduce students to the skills of applying suitable structural design, materials and basic services.
  •    To expose students to the basic costing analysis.
  •    To introduce students to the report writing requirements and skills.
  •    To expose students to the knowledge of basic construction process and management.
  •    To allow students to construct a relatively large scale of physical model with appropriate construction techniques.
  •  To encourage teamwork and nourish leadership skills among students.
In this project, we are grouped into 17 people from different courses.
So we are working as a team a.k.a a design and building consultancy company.

This Project into 3 sections :
1) Project 6a: Amphitheatre Stage Design
We needed come out with the best idea for an amphitheater design.
Due to our country environmental factor (hot-humid).,
so the OPEN SPACED amphitheater can only be used during the night.
The aspects that we have to take into account is that how to maximize the vision for the audiences and the best sound transmission to them.
Did I mention we need to use TIMBER as the main construction materials as well?

Nevertheless,
 the site location has a magnificent view,
 especially during the night.
It is located on top of the hill (right beside my school buildings).
You can immerse in the sparkle of lights shining from the houses down the hill and from the Penang bridge!!


As the background is the sea, 
we decided to use the theme 'The Wave' for our stage design.
The stage acts as a wave,
to transmit what the ideas from the performers to the audiences.
Meanwhile, 
the seating areas for the audiences are the water ripple.

Due to the wood pattern antithetical value, 
we decided to preserve the original colour.
To make it interesting, we decided to play with the lighting effect.

Well, this is our visual presentation:



Project 6b: Project Report
i)                     Progress Report

§  As the project runs for 6 weeks, each group is required to produce a progress report for the project on weekly basis. The report should consist the following component:
1)       discussion on the progress of that week;
2)       discussion of the problem that have arisen;
3)       discussion of work lies ahead, photos of current progress;
4)       Schedule of work and cost involved.

i)                     Design Proposal Report (final report)

§  The proposal should consist of the following elements/components:
i)                     Purpose, goal and objective
ii)                   Background study and site analysis
iii)                  Proposed design development
iv)                  Construction method, material selection & basic building services
v)                   Elemental Cost Analysis (ECA)
vi)                  Model Cost Estimate
vii)                Project Scheduling


Project 6c: Physical Scale Model

-IN THE PROCESS-

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