Site Analysis

For Next Tuesday Feb 15: Site and Program
Site Selection and Documentation
-Context Map
-Site Plan to Scale with dimensions (please use meters instead of rai, 1 rai=1600 sq meters)
-Site Sections (2 minimum)
-Photographs
-Land use/ Program of Surrounding Buildings
-Circulation/Transportation Diagrams
-Relevant Site History

If unsure or considering multiple sites, email me by Saturday for feedback or guidance. From Thursday-Sunday afternoon, my cell phone will be out of service but I will have internet access. Reference reading: Site Analysis book reproduction available in Chula Architecture library.

Program Development:
From research and case studies, generate a list of buildings/site programs.
-Consider the number of people building would serve, mix of users
Assign descriptive terms to spaces and estimate area. Maximum enclosed area: 5000 sq meters. Reference reading: Neufert pdf
-Generate Diagrams incorporating
scale of spaces in relation to each other
connections (physical, visual, entrances and barriers),
users (opposites: male/female or both, categories/gradient: income, age, other categories)

Spell check In Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop
Top Menu Bar- Edit
Check Spelling (about 1/2 way down the list)
or
command+I (mac)

Class Eight:  Feb 11 Friday
NO CLASS, rescheduled as a Pinup with Guest Critic Aj. Nilay Mistry Thursday Feb 17th.
Please use this time to survey and document potential sites

Class Nine: Feb 15 Tuesday
Discussion of Site Selection and Program Development

Class Ten: Feb 17 Thursday 10 am Makeup class
Pinup with Guest Critic Aj. Nilay Mistry
If you work on Thursdays and need to schedule an evening meeting (with myself and Aj. Nilay) at TCDC, let me know.

Feb 18 Friday
NO CLASS Makha Bucha Day

Class Eleven: Feb 22 Tuesday
Site Selection and Program Development

Class Twelve: Feb 25 Friday
Site Selection and Program Development

Class Thirteen: March 1 Tuesday
Canstruction
All four years of INDA will be participating in Canstruction Project, stacking 200,000 cans over three days from February 28-March 2nd 8 am-Midnight at Impact Arena.  More information on student work schedule to follow.  I will also be available for individual desk crits by appointment during the event.

Class Fourteen: March 4 Friday (either morning or afternoon)
Midterm Review: Students are expected to present their research, site selection and program development.

Class Fifteen+ March 8-April 22
Design Development of Architectural scale design proposal (minimum: must contain a bathroom, maximum 5,000 sq meters of enclosed space). Students are expected to to produce a complete set of final representations for his/her project; for the final presentation, each student shall be required to produce architectural plan, section, and elevation drawings at 1:200 (or at larger scales) + architectural model(s).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

-Aj. Kerrie