End of Year 1

So below are the pictures of the 10th project I had done in my year 1.

We were assigned to design a cafe near Queensbay Mall.

The site is a newly developed area which is located near to a river.

I have decided to infuse Baba Nyonya concept into my design because I was assuming my client were to build a cafe with Baba Nyonya theme.

(Good imagination aight?Hehe) =3

Nevertheless, my design is still pretty minimalist and I'm applying simple geometrical and contemporary element onto it.

Firstly, the design is inspired by the shape of Phoenix ( to symbolize Chinese culture in Baba Nyonya background) and traditional Malay House ( (to symbolize Malay culture ).

As we know, 

1. Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of the 15th through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay archipelago and British Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore).

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Following pictures are the boards I did (yes by manual again) for the last project for my Year 1.

We have to design a retreat house for our my family and the proposed site is located at Malacca.

Thus far, we had a studio trip to Malacca before kicking start the design.

Sorry guys, I left my poor baby camera at home and therefore limited pictures are available .:(

 The view of our resort.Very comforting place with cute chalets.

 Part of our visit at the Malay traditional house village.

Last but not least, the view of the Malacca river.

However, I can say that Malacca is still pretty amazing even though I have been there for tonnes of times,

In fact, it is getting better with lots of great development and also preservation of the old historical town.

For my design, I decided to use pigeon as my inspiration.

As you can see it has a big asphalt roof and the columns are extended to the ground.

The main reason is  that  I want to make the occupants to feel sense of belong and ground to earth.

With that, I believe it makes them feel relax since it's supposed to be their retreat house?

Well, it has car porch, nice breathe taking sea view (our site is located right across the beach) , swimming pool, living room, family room, kitchen , toilet, storeroom and 3 bedrooms.

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Hi.I'm doing good.:)

Woah,

it's been a year since my last log in!

The last post was about the end of my Sem 1.

Time flies man!

 I'm starting to feel guilty for neglecting this poor 'virtual portfolio' already. ><

So guys,thank you for reading it again.

How do you do?

Just so you know,

 I just completed my Sem 3 and having my short semester break now.

I guess the emptiness of it drives me to writing again.

Well, 

for this post,

 I'm going to sum up the projects that I have done for the last semester of my 

Year 1 

( Sem 2)

PROJECT 1 : POSTER

For this project, 

we were required to tour around heritage site (together the core and buffer zones) of Penang, Georgetown  to produce a poster from the heritage buildings that we selected.

Info times....

As far as I know,

George Town were fêted as Malaysia's newest UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

It represents exceptional examples of multi-cultural trading towns in East and Southeast Asia. 

They were established by trading activities that result in the blending of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures with three successive European colonial powers, over a period of 500 years. 

This creates a lasting imprint on their architecture and urban form.

YADDAA YADAA YADAAA....

GOOGLE it if you wanna know more .:p

I have been touring Georgetown for my entire life but its beauty still give me goosebumps .
The sparks and stories behinds these buildings are amazing and I guess this is why I love my hometown so much.

So these are the selected buildings....

Kapitan Keling Mosque

Left: E&O Hotel   ;  Right: Armenian Street

Left :Cheah Kongsi  ;  Right: Chew Jetty

Left: St. George Church  ;  Right : Fort Cornwallis

END PRODUCT:

A1 size

In case if you're confused,

the middle man is a Mamak selling Nasi Kandar at an old-fashioned way.

They used to carry Curry around the town on their shoulders you know.

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PROJECT 2 : RECEPTION TABLE

In this semester,

 there were compiled of students from design courses such as architecture, interior design and urban planning.

Therefore,

 our projects were not mainly focus on architecture but also to other fields' design concept too.

For instance,

 we have to design furniture in this project.

To be clear, we were designing a reception table for any company that we fancy.

For me,I have selected Blunnis, a beauty center based in Malaysia.

And this is the product:

HIGHLIGHT:: TIFANNY BLUEEEEEEEEEEE yo <3 <3 <3

My model .

 A1 size.Sorry for the quality.I couldn't find any back up:(

As you see, this table is inspired by the posture of the two ladies that I found Internet.

*TeeHee* 

I have this weird obsession towards the curvy lines of women.

Uhm, at least it fits to my concept for the beauty center right?

I mean don't these 2 links?

 Women and maybe some men go to beauty center to get better curve don't they?

*Grin*

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PROJECT 3: PORTABLE STUDIO

I personally enjoy this one quite a lot because our task is quite fun yet unique ,

 that was to design a PORTABLE STUDIO in group of 3.

So my group decided to design a studio for a local painter.

First of all, 

we were inspired by cocoon in order to produce a warmth interior with very limited spaces.

To consider the about portability,

 we input the aerodynamic shape of the cocoon to allow it travel faster and also,to create interesting outlook.

Then,after some hard works,

Ta-daa!!

The final products:

Left view

Right view.

Plan view.

Perspective view.

Window louvers for natural ventilation.

The interior.

WITH LIGHT ON YO!

Interior from top.

You may find the working space is on the left .Beside the working desk is a kitchen.

Opposite  kitchen is where the toilet located.

In between them is the storage for motor (to generate electricity).

Oh ,

it's self-powered and it has rain water harvesting capability,

thus it is very eco-friendly. :)

Well,the top plastic is for viewing purpose.In fact,it's actually fully covered.

Come closer and you could see a folding bed/sofa.

Rack on top for greenery and storage for painting  or for display.

The kitchen (left) and toilet (right).

The 2 A1 sizes boards:

Just my imagination for this LOL;p

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There are two more assignments before the end of year one.

So stay tune k?..:D

TO BE CONTINUE...

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Project 8 - Awards Night

Time flies eh?

My first semester is coming to the end.

Before that, we had an Award Night as our last project.

The purpose of this event is to award those who has done well in the projects for semester 1 and also most importantly, to let the hair of the fellow zombies down.

It was rather an amazing and exciting night.The theme itself was very fun.So guess what is it?

Drum trembling....

It's 'THE LOST KINGDOM'.

Everyone, yes everyone is required to dress up according to their kingdoms.

The list of kingdom was..

1. Langkasuka - Urban Planner

*Photos are shown below*

2. Sivijaya - Architecture

*The one on the left*

3. Majapahit - Quantity Surveyor

4. Singhasari - Interior Design

5. Riau Lingga - Construction Management

6. Mataram - Building Technology

7. Kerajaan Pagar Riung - Building Surveyor

The Award Night was to be held 4 days after the open ceremony of exhibition day.

Again, we were occupied for the week.

However, I'm really glad to have my fellow course mates around.

Some of us really contributed a lot and make this event a really successful one.

It was indeed impressive by seeing everyone worked so hard (while enjoying the process) to fulfill the theme requirement.

For instance, a lot of us had made our own costumes. I want to highlight, it was PURELY HANDMADE.

Even though we were not-so-good at performing on stage, yet everyone paid their best efforts to make their items entertaining.

In short, we enjoyed the night!

There, the handmade costume.Credits to my course mates, this was done by them.*Applause*

The grand opening by my course.*Wave*

As a reminder, ITEMS ABOVE ARE ALL HANDMADE.*GRIN*

One of the performance.

Very happy receiving our award for our previous project (The chair , click on the link if you want to know more about the chair.) in RED CARPET walk in style.

Yeah,that were me, Raymond and Jun Le.

Our award and our hand paint banner .

Group pictures with my course mates and studio masters.

Some views of the entrance.

Lastly, EVERYONE!

That's it's the end of RUS104.

I want to show my greatest gratitude for those who has visited this blog.

It means a lot to me as it acts as a source of motivation to continue my journey in this course.

Thank you.

Photos are accredited to:

Amirul

Jun Le

Risa

Ling Ling

Carmen

Yours truly,

OH JINYI a.k.a Mandy.

Till then.

XX