BTAR2016 Design Studio III Year 2021/2022 Rar 02 Sem 01

Ms Haslina Salam
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 Be comfortable, use any, yes any way find
best to express what you are thinking of.

 Understand the nature and context of the

project you are working on (journeyman
domicile)

 Brainstorm, don’t be afraid to experiment!

 Empty all your thoughts, the relevant and

irrelevant on butter paper, Doodles are not only
fun, but they usually also carry massage!

 Settle on the concept, and idea you personally

feel attracted to

 Remember; great concepts have a humble

beginning. Concept evolve

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1. Site analysis
2. Program (functional
requirement)
3. Place/ culture/society
4. Technology/ material/method
5. Personal architecture
influences
6. Movement
7. Space/emotions
8. Speed/technology
9. Memory/place
10. Precedent research

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Architectural concepts should primarily
be generated from three key areas;

1. The Site - climate, orientation,

views, access, context, history, use
...site analyse
2. Design brief - client and building
requirements, accommodation, and
construction budget
3. Building typology - Building type
and use
…But can also be generated in full or in
part by building program, culture, society,
technology, emotion, and sense.

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and so site analysis plays a huge role in
architectural concept generation and
development.

Just look at “Le Corbusier’s, an analysis

of form” for examples of how this is
achieved.

This can then backed and supported by

the design brief and building typology.

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Design concepts will and should influence
the whole project, and include the:
1. Exterior and interior - orientation,
massing, form, apertures, height, light
2. The landscape - hard and soft
surfaces, types of planting, scale of
painting, arrangement of planting
3. Finishes - colours, styles, textures,
materials
4. Fixtures and fittings - genre, style,
scale, amount, material
5. Structure - light, heavy, traditional,
modern, vernacular
6. Materials - colours, hard or soft,
weathering, types, styles, locally
sourced, vernaculars
Each aspect of a project should be derived
from and be driven by a concept; this could
be a singular global conceptual approach
for the whole project, or individual
conceptual approaches applied to each
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You have a concept but
don’t know how to
communicate it?

-Multiple tools can be used to express your

idea

 Drawing, all sort of drawings are

applicable even if a section
 Conceptual models
 Use little text!

 Using different material, colour and

methods might help you both
understand better what you are doing
and hence express your concept

 Sometimes you need multiple tools to

express your idea
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How can I express
a concept?

1. Diagram: Drawings of
geometric shapes to show
different relationships
within any given space

1. Parti: A type of diagram

that serves as a general
idea to figure out a building
program or layout. They
usually in the form of quick
sketches or even 3d models

1. Morphology: The study of

the form of thing, in
particular

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Concept Diagram
A conceptual diagram is
essentially an illustration
depicting the arrangement and
relationships of key attributes
within a system by using a variety
of appropriate symbols that are
easily understood.

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Parti Concept

A parti diagram is a rough drawing, doodle, or diagram used early in

the schematic design process to represent a design concept.
The classic “napkin sketch”. ​Note that a design parti, is not
necessarily a diagram.
The word is from the French phrase parti pris, meaning to make a
decision.

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Morphology
concept
Morphology in architecture is
the study of the evolution of form
within the built environment.
Often used in reference to a
particular vernacular language of
building

This concept describes changes

in the formal syntax of
buildings and cities as their
relationship to people evolves
and changes.

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 Ms Haslina Salam

 0109508495

 nurhaslina@tarc.edu.my