Research Note
What specifications does a good building have?
- What do I need to know
1. Place:
- Placing the building considering the right or fit environment.
- Adapt to the building around and environment (any common features to the area)
2. Structure
- What kind of material use to hold the building
- The structure to support the building should be able to hold all the load inside the building including heavy loads (swimming pool, garden, etc) and can withstand environment issues or disaster (earthquake, hurricane/storm, climate change, etc)
3. Function and Flexibility
- A single detail of building should serve its function
- Materials, design, and detailing of a building should be weatherproof
- The building should meets the future
4. Comfort
- Windows are major for user’s comfort
- Temperature of a room should be balance which includes air movement
- The building should be suitable comfort for the disabled-body and elders as well
5. Sustainability
- Buildings are better if it produce less carbon dioxide
- Buildings are better if its reduce its energy consumption and produce more energy
- Be environment friendly such as having green roof
6. Legibility
- Entrance of building should be very easy to find
- Placing of reception desk should be in the right position
- User shouldn’t get lost easily inside the building (give signs, signage, or codes)
7. Light
- Use natural light which brings daylight to a room (sun) but consider the difference between northern and southern skies which effect the direction of light
- Use light creatively (artificial light)
- In particular room there is a certain level of lightning use of different purpose
8. Sound
- Building can have different types surface which can reflect, absorb, or diffuse sound depends in situation
- Sound can define quality of building
9. Surface
- Surface are materials that can look attractive from the outside
- Types of surface should relate with the purpose and function of buildings
10. Detail
- Details is what user interact with, it should be functional and satisfy users
- Details is what user sees, it should be neat and in a right position that it is attractive or not interfering.
Primary source:
Book
Slavid, Ruth. 10 Architecture Principles.Vivays Publishing, 2012. Printed
How to design a 2d and 3d building?
- What architecture software to use?
- What are the requirements to create a good quality design
- Duration of designing the building
Interview:
Questions:
1. What is the suitable software to design building both 2d and 3d design?
2. What is a good quality design?
3. Is it better to sketch manually or through software?
4. How long does it take to design?
5. How long does it take to master the software?
6. Other than taking course what can I do to learn using the software?
Response:
1. There are many software for architects, but autocad suits the best for student to develop
2. A good quality design consist of the use of the scale, the scale should be precise, neat, and can be imagine easily or memorable
3. As a student like you its better to do through software, when you’re a professional maybe you should sketch
4. Depends on your effort, if designing both 2d and 3d design every day, you can finish in 1 month and couple of week with normal effort.
5. In course it takes 16 hours
6. You can find youtube tutorials or books, a book would be better.
Primary source:
Interview
Leony, Adi. "Architecture Software and design." Personal Interview. 10 August 2013.
Inspiration
- What are samples of good buildings
- sources
- Professional
- Green Architecture
- What do I need to know
1. Place:
- Placing the building considering the right or fit environment.
- Adapt to the building around and environment (any common features to the area)
2. Structure
- What kind of material use to hold the building
- The structure to support the building should be able to hold all the load inside the building including heavy loads (swimming pool, garden, etc) and can withstand environment issues or disaster (earthquake, hurricane/storm, climate change, etc)
3. Function and Flexibility
- A single detail of building should serve its function
- Materials, design, and detailing of a building should be weatherproof
- The building should meets the future
4. Comfort
- Windows are major for user’s comfort
- Temperature of a room should be balance which includes air movement
- The building should be suitable comfort for the disabled-body and elders as well
5. Sustainability
- Buildings are better if it produce less carbon dioxide
- Buildings are better if its reduce its energy consumption and produce more energy
- Be environment friendly such as having green roof
6. Legibility
- Entrance of building should be very easy to find
- Placing of reception desk should be in the right position
- User shouldn’t get lost easily inside the building (give signs, signage, or codes)
7. Light
- Use natural light which brings daylight to a room (sun) but consider the difference between northern and southern skies which effect the direction of light
- Use light creatively (artificial light)
- In particular room there is a certain level of lightning use of different purpose
8. Sound
- Building can have different types surface which can reflect, absorb, or diffuse sound depends in situation
- Sound can define quality of building
9. Surface
- Surface are materials that can look attractive from the outside
- Types of surface should relate with the purpose and function of buildings
10. Detail
- Details is what user interact with, it should be functional and satisfy users
- Details is what user sees, it should be neat and in a right position that it is attractive or not interfering.
Primary source:
Book
Slavid, Ruth. 10 Architecture Principles.Vivays Publishing, 2012. Printed
How to design a 2d and 3d building?
- What architecture software to use?
- What are the requirements to create a good quality design
- Duration of designing the building
Interview:
Questions:
1. What is the suitable software to design building both 2d and 3d design?
2. What is a good quality design?
3. Is it better to sketch manually or through software?
4. How long does it take to design?
5. How long does it take to master the software?
6. Other than taking course what can I do to learn using the software?
Response:
1. There are many software for architects, but autocad suits the best for student to develop
2. A good quality design consist of the use of the scale, the scale should be precise, neat, and can be imagine easily or memorable
3. As a student like you its better to do through software, when you’re a professional maybe you should sketch
4. Depends on your effort, if designing both 2d and 3d design every day, you can finish in 1 month and couple of week with normal effort.
5. In course it takes 16 hours
6. You can find youtube tutorials or books, a book would be better.
Primary source:
Interview
Leony, Adi. "Architecture Software and design." Personal Interview. 10 August 2013.
Inspiration
- What are samples of good buildings
- sources
- Professional
- Green Architecture
nikken.jp is a professional website as it stand first in top 100 architects; "nikken.jp is a comprehensive professional consultancy group providing one-stop service for a large variety of planning, design and management. The group consists of the following companies."
Primary source:
Internet (professional website)
Niken Sekkei. Nikenjp. Web. 2011. <http://www.nikken.co.jp/en/projects/>
Internet (professional website)
Niken Sekkei. Nikenjp. Web. 2011. <http://www.nikken.co.jp/en/projects/>
What qualifications do I need to be an architect?
Required skills?
The role of an architect is quite diverse, and so are the skills and personal qualities required:
http://www.architecture.com.au/architecture/national/becoming-an-architect
Secondary source
Internet
Becoming an Architect. Australian Institute of Architects. Web. 12 September 2011. http://www.architecture.com.au/architecture/national/becoming-an-architect
Required skills?
The role of an architect is quite diverse, and so are the skills and personal qualities required:
- imaginative and creative thinking skills
- ability to analyse and critically assess problems
- ability to see the big picture as well as giving attention to the smallest detail
- ability to communicate effectively
- understanding of history, and cultural and environmental concerns
- practical and technical understanding of building materials and elements, structures, construction and services
- coordination and interpersonal skills to manage a complex project team of consultants
- negotiation skills to resolve complex building issues
- lateral thinking skills to solve complex problems
- ability to mediate and administer a building contract fairly
http://www.architecture.com.au/architecture/national/becoming-an-architect
Secondary source
Internet
Becoming an Architect. Australian Institute of Architects. Web. 12 September 2011. http://www.architecture.com.au/architecture/national/becoming-an-architect
What are the client needs?
- meeting with the user needs
- what do they want
- improvement
Questions:
1. Is it better to renovate or rebuild the office?
2. Is there any limit of budget in my project?
3. What can I design to improve the office?
4. Are you satisfied with the current office?
5. Rate 1-10 of your current office
6. Why didn’t you renovate, rebuild, or make any change in past years to the office
7. What are the expectations?
Response:
1. Rebuilding the office would be easier, because this is such a cramped place and there’s not many space to renovate
2. You don’t need to worry about the budget, use as much money you want for the design building
3. Larger office, with a better environment
4. I am satisfied enough but probably giving some improvement would be better
5. 7/10
6. Because we are satisfy enough, and doesn’t seems we’re interested to have new office, but we would accept offers.
7. The building should be functional meets the client needs, and it should be better than the old office
Primary source:
Interview
Pantouw, John. "Preference of building." Personal interview. 31 July 2013
- meeting with the user needs
- what do they want
- improvement
Questions:
1. Is it better to renovate or rebuild the office?
2. Is there any limit of budget in my project?
3. What can I design to improve the office?
4. Are you satisfied with the current office?
5. Rate 1-10 of your current office
6. Why didn’t you renovate, rebuild, or make any change in past years to the office
7. What are the expectations?
Response:
1. Rebuilding the office would be easier, because this is such a cramped place and there’s not many space to renovate
2. You don’t need to worry about the budget, use as much money you want for the design building
3. Larger office, with a better environment
4. I am satisfied enough but probably giving some improvement would be better
5. 7/10
6. Because we are satisfy enough, and doesn’t seems we’re interested to have new office, but we would accept offers.
7. The building should be functional meets the client needs, and it should be better than the old office
Primary source:
Interview
Pantouw, John. "Preference of building." Personal interview. 31 July 2013
Primary source:
Survey
Pantouw, Jakobus. "client preferance survey." Survey.
Survey
Pantouw, Jakobus. "client preferance survey." Survey.
AutoCAD tutorial
Secondary source:
youtube video
AutoCAD 2014 [Video]. (2013). Retrieved May 25 2013,
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JbXqesOUyM&list=SPXP4h6BgzlN3gvoAvdZhrR16qdwNLKwBx>
Book
Platenberg, Kristie. Engineering Graphics Essentials with Autocad 2013. SDC. 2012. Printed
youtube video
AutoCAD 2014 [Video]. (2013). Retrieved May 25 2013,
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JbXqesOUyM&list=SPXP4h6BgzlN3gvoAvdZhrR16qdwNLKwBx>
Book
Platenberg, Kristie. Engineering Graphics Essentials with Autocad 2013. SDC. 2012. Printed