Project 1 : Disability Experience Pavilion
For Project 1, students will undertake small design task. The duration of the task is kept to a minimum and is to train students to synthesize simple and quick design solutions as a result of a study on precedents. The task is a general term to refer to simple structure such as pavilion, folly, playscape, relief, or an architectural installation. For this semester, a Disabilities Experience Pavilion will be the subject of exploration for Project 1. The exploration of themes centred around the notion of addressing universal accessibility as well as the spatial experience of disabled groups in this project will relate to the programmatic requirements in Project 2.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this project are as follows:
1. To develop awareness of environmental sustainability in architectural design.
2. To develop the student’s ability to meet the imperative and inter-related environmental and social needs, as well as make poetry with materials and spaces.
3. To develop understandings on human scale, proportion, ergonomics, and materiality
TASK
1. In this introductory exercise, students shall design a Disabilities Experience Pavilion that is meant to serve as a small recreational space in a hypothetical park for people with disabilities.
2. Each student group must choose the type of disability that they are designing for and demonstrate some investigation into the spatial needs of the chosen group of users.
3. The pavilion should be designed to allow this user group to participate in a set of recreational activities.
4. The pavilion should be designed within an area of 8m (w) x 8m (l) x 4m (ht). This structure should be assumed to be sitting on flat ground.
5. 50% of the above area should be left open to allow the pavilion to take advantage of the environmental qualities of a park. 6. The pavilion should be constructed using weather-proof materials and should be outdoor worthy.
7. Material should also be chosen based on their tactile quality which will enrich the experience of the user.
8. Students are to demonstrate some basic ideas on the quality of chosen materials in relation to user experience and construction (how things are put together, joints, details). These are to be demonstrated through sketches and drawings.
Presentation Board of Disability experience pavilion
For our group, we chose deaf as our disability and some of the considerations to the design are:
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Circular or curvilinear layout approach.
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Use of glass for easier of communication from different spaces.
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Wider walkway/pathway as deaf people requires more space to communicate through hand gestures.
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Spaces cannot be too dark or too bright for a clear conversation.
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The colour cannot be in earthy tone or any colour that depict the colour of human skin.