The Day..

20 May, M.Arch year1 student presentation Day. Here is my corner for my whole year exhibition.
start from last year September until this year May. All the works need pin-up and have 3 day presentation and marking progress..

Project detail:
designer : dracel cheah
project brief : mixed use housing
project idea : recentralise city centre
duration design : 7 months idea develop

my presentation corner
the main angle for my panels

another corner

finally site model done

1:100 section model

abstract models

idea models

my four lovely booklets- design strategy, technical strategy, urban strategy, sketchbook and drawings. ( spend almost 3 month to complete)

The Boards

Finally, the final 5 A0 boards produced. The first board urban strategy is more about analysis the urban context and issues. The others are the building and idea presentation board. urban strategy- re centralising Plymouth city centre
board 1: idea board - re centralise the city centre
board 2: celebration and social in public space
board 3: building plan and construction drawing
bard 4: 1: 25 section detail and perspectives

Before the day...

As usual, before the final submission, sure must be the busy week. In my studio, here i produced my site model, section model, abstract model, and my final presentation baord.
a messy desk, but i like this environment with everything spread on the table including my meal.. ( sorry for using my neighbour desk as well, seem they not in the studio) i used almost 4 desks to put my stuffs...
hmmm...

messy desk

models corner

incomplete section model

Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent in Bath city.
Design by the architect John Wood the younger, and built between 1767 and 1772, is among the greatest example of Georgian architecture.
The houses have been home to various notable people over 200 years. Change have been made to the interior;however the facade remain mush as it was when It was built.

panoramic view

the garden infront of Crescent

the main facade of crescent

Bath Abbey 1

Bath Abbey founded in 1499, it stands on the site of earlier Norman Cathedral and the original Abbey Church built in the 8th century.
length : 67m; with 22m ( including the aisles); height 49m
Bath Abbey is a parish church which was once the great church of a monastery.

the main facade

the side view

the main door, it was massive

Is Me

references : information get from the abbey booklet.

Bath Abbey 2

here are the interior of the abbey., so majestic it was!

Tablet to Isaac Pitman :printer, spelling reformer and inventor of Pitman Shorthand.

Choir

the ceiling

overview of the abbey interior

the high altar and above it the great East window with 56 scenes from the life of Lord