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PROJECT 1: CONTEXTUAL ARCHITECTURE STUDY & CASE STUDY PAPER

This project is divided into two part: contextual architecture study and case study paper. This project is driven by Architectural Design Studio 4, to support students' design through extensive research within the framework of Asia's Contextual Architecture, which focuses on students' selection of building, with research objective defined through in-depth literature review,guiding to a well-established case study paper structure and writing.

Part A: Contectual Architecture Study

In this project, we were required to identify a contemporary architecture in Asia and investigate through observation and readings on the chosen contemporary contexttual architecture issues in Asia. The building that I chose was Anjalendran Home in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. Based on the selected building, we had to conduct literature review on its vernacular architecture reference attributues such as culture, construction methods, materials structure, spatial layout and etc. Through the literature review, The Triangle House is an adapted Thai Vernacular Architecture house and having strong contextual relations. Through some findings, I need to understand the Thai Vernacular Architecture and relate it back with the chosen contemporary house in the case study paper. All findings about the case study were summarized into an A2 presentation board.

Part B: Case Study Paper

By using the chosen building, Anjalendran Home,  I identified the issue or the significant of study and define specific scope of study. Then, a good research title will be generated to reflect the research intention and specific scope of study, within the framework of Contextual Architecture and significance of study.In this project, I had proposed a case study focusing on Application of Sri Lankan vernacular architecture feature in contemporary housing to acheive thermal comfort. In addition, we were required to write the final research paper in A4 form paper with 2000 - 3000 words. Attached is the concept mapping, abstract paper, powerpoint presentation paper.

Paper Presentation

Case Study:

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