Monday 22 July 2013

My BA(Hons)InteriorArchitecture&Design final year work

Its been awhile from this blog. Currently, done with final year and this is my lastest work then house. Emphasizing on the inter-relationship between people and spaces, which had been neglected by today's design that has overwhelmed itself with technology and appearance.

“IF FASHION IS RELIGION, INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SHALL BE THE SOUL OF A BUILDING.” Often has been told, interior design performs an act in spatial planning, architectural skinning, visual presentation and interior comfortability. In short, telling end users a conceptual story through the flow. Providing experience and interaction through 5 different senses, namely sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. However, “THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN INFORMING AND DRONING”. Similarly, interior design should make moderation.
In this project, a dining clubhouse was programed. Introducing a different perception towards interior architecture and design by studying the existing architectural alignment of the existing building, sculpting spatial flow architecturally and structural enhancement that make correction to spaces respectively.

Site: -
As compared Brickfield, Bangsar owns a rather soothing lifestyle. People tend to travel to this area for food and chill-out, which best fit this project.
Existing Building: St. Peter Cathedral, Bangsar.
Surrounding: Residential
The Church was built on 4 floors with its unique architectural mounting on the existing site contour. Resulting in entrance accessible through second floor and ground floor. Beneficially, the site has its own parking area.
Site Issues: The church building has an interesting shape and spatial. However, it was rather enclosed by the alignment of gateway, façade and structural skinning, which result to be uninviting.
Potential: Placing its existing architectural alignment as prior, splurging the architecture outwards and making invitation through design.

Client: -
Client: Chef and Wife
Background: A passionate ex-chef of a renowned luxury hotel who get tired of hectic and busy lifestyle at the age of forty-five. Married to a wife, a beauty specialist with three grownup children.
Building ownership: The church had moved to a better place and chef happens to buy over the piece of land and building.

Plans: To start up a dining house that provides delightful experience for customer. Incorporating a set of lifestyle, a relaxing escapade place for people to enjoy food, relaxation or even workspace. Somewhere for a person to be, no matter alone or with a group of friends.
Activity: Dining, Meeting, Massage and Saloon, Individual Workspace.

Aim and Objective: -
Issue:
Social relationship among people in Malaysia had gradually decreased and inactivated as compared to western countries. Within a series of observation and experience, feeling insecurity is one of the main reason people prefer to live in their own comfort or safety zones. Insecurities are such as repel by other community, communication fear, social lackage and safety concern.
In general, Malaysian spends most of their free time at home. Mainly, the rise of technology and multiple access of communication form had also allowed individuals to stay connected without meeting up. On the other hand, people tend to create their own comfort group, which limits themselves from meeting new people. Vice versa, people are vulnerable to join a group feeling uninvited. Situations are such due to the current cultural ethics practiced by today’s Malaysia.
Designer’s Responsibilities:
Interior Design is the messenger between client and customer.
Often, the interacting relationship between people and spaces are rather neglected, which resulted in people attending the place for royalty but not loyalty.
Aim:
To improve the social values between individuals, by studying the relationship between people and spaces.
Objectives:
1.     To create spaces that increases the social interaction between individuals.
2.     To study the interrelation between spaces and people, both physically and mentally.
3.     To apply design that best fit the current Malaysian’s lifestyle.
4.     To explore alternative direction towards interior architecture and design.
5.     Innovating Malaysian lifestyle from existing ones.
6.     To improve the senses from the existing building.
CHOOSEN BUILDING:
Parish of St. Peter, Bangsar.
BUILDING PROGRAM: Food, Relaxation and Gathering Clubhouse.
To tailor a Malaysian style country clubhouse to attract people to come out of their comfort zone, experiencing new subject matter. Creating bonds between individuals. Hence, spaces arrangement and impression that results in direct impact to users.

CONCEPT: Sleek Liberation
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH:
Liberation, in term of a tension release, creating spaces that provides a sense of relief through sleek and clean form.

EXECUTION:
Relating back to aim, people’s comfortability performs as a prior in writing this building program. Often interior design was boxed in a different façade, where suction occurs at the building entrance.
Within a series of analysis, could be seen that the balance between exterior and interior in design will provide maximum comfortability towards people walking into a spaces. Not separately working on the two different sectors, the design was pushed outwards from the interior spaces.
In this case, the building was sculpted into an ideal shape according to architectural alignment and assigned spaces (beige color). Followed by intricacy that makes correction and enhancement towards every single spaces (tinge of turquoise).