Monday, 2 December 2013

Environmental Sustainable Design ARC1413

This module aims to let us be able to :
1.Recognize the effects of growth on the environment.
2.Identify local climatic and environmental concerns;utilizing strategies which will encourage effective local sustainable design principles and building practices.
3.Exemplify creativity in attempting to explore the current environmental circumstances.
4.Exemplify environmental strategies already adopted in the vernacular architectural language of Malaysia.
5.Exemplify and explain the concept of sustainability including environmental and ecological sustainability.
6.Recognize role and responsibility of an architect towards environment and society.




Project 1:Green-Go 2013 International Short Film Contest

The main idea of this project is to increase our awareness of current environmental issues locally and globally. 

Hence,we are required to do our part by producing short films that reflects our concern and to part of the change for a better world.This time,I chose to produce a campaign film which themed "LIFE IN PLASTICS,IT'S FANTASTIC?" as my film topic.

Feel free to watch my video here,Plastic Awareness 

Throughout this project,I was able to improve my ability to control time management as producing a short film,balancing time in gathering data and producing video were needed.Any delaying in both aspects will affects the end product of this campaign film.Besides that,I also got to know how serious plastics actually brings harm to the society nowadays.Lastly,my documentation and presentation skills were improved,too.This is because based on the information that I have gathered,I need to plan and edit them into a satisfactory one so that I can bring the plastic awareness message well to everyone.

Learning Outcomes of this project:
1.Recognize the effect of growth on the natural environment.
2.Explore the concept of environmental and ecological sustainability.
3.Exemplify creativity in attempting to explore the current environmental circumstances.
4.Recognize role and responsibility of an architect towards environment and society.



Project 2:Appreciating Environment[NOTHING IS CONSIDERED WASTE]

This is an assignment where we were exposed to general construction material wastage and it aims to introduce basic awareness of waste and environmental stress and to create the awareness relating environmental issues relating to construction issues towards us.

So,in a group of four,we have chosen two construction sites around Kelana Jaya which allow us to explore more on how and why waste is produced on the site that help in our documentation part.We were then required to produce a research poster of our studies and findings.While for the individual part,we were to produce a beautiful object which made only from construction waste(that we collected from our site visit).



The following are my final works for this project:
Group Presentation Board(Research and documentation made on the site)
My Individual Object(In Process Stage 1)
My Individual Object(In Process Stage 2)
So,here comes my final product-MINI WATERFALL.It was made by the broken tiles which were collected from the site visit.All of the tiles were then stick together using cements.Image above shows the side elevation of the mini waterfall.
Front View of the mini waterfall


Throughout this project,I have learned the methods that waste can be avoided or reduced,reused or recycled in the construction industry.At the same time,by composing life cycle analysis for our studied materials,I got to know more about how those materials are currently being recycled and how it could be creatively recycled in a proper ways.Last but not least,when producing my individual object,I realized that construction waste is not just a waste,it might helps us in increasing our creativity to produce something which is more creative and useful as nothing should considered as waste. 


Learning Outcomes of this project:

1.Produce a complete documentation and analysis of waste on construction sites.
2.Analyse and explain the reason why waste is produced on site.

3.Explain innovative and creative method that can be adopted in reducing and recycling wastes.

4.Create a creative and meaningful object from construction waste to demonstrate their awareness and appreciation of environment.

5.Recognize role and responsibility of an architect towards environment and society.


No comments:

Post a Comment