MICHELLE NGUYEN ARCH1101: EXP 2: The Architecture

THE ARCHITECTURE

Chinese hutongs are described as an alley formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard houses commonly associated. Many neighborhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong. Inspired by this, my design concept follows the notion of separating spaces using accessible and functional garden spaces. By doing so, all users have the ability to immerse themselves within the indoor and outdoor spaces. Rather than simply following regular architectural design elements, I have employed both garden spaces and functional learning areas and united the disparate spaces in a single building. The verandahs and pathways function as a circulation route, reshapes the spatial pattern and layers, and provides a playful walking experience and well as aesthetic views. The combination of both old traditional Chinese architecture elements and modern contemporary elements significantly increases the beauty of the space

FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

THE FINAL ARCHITECTURE

Unfortunately, I was not able to import my file into Lumion as it came up with an error. Additionally, I made an attempt to use Podium but as the renders were developing, I realized that the finished project was not what I had initially wanted. Therefore, a solution that I found was to alter the style of the model within SketchUp, by removing the profile and edges and I found that the images turned out alright.

Aerial View