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Building Material

    Building Material is a module that carry 3 credit hours. This module is the study of materials in all aspect including characteristic, shape, color, texture and etc.

Content:

• Space Out- the material Cube
• “ Materiality of SPACE: An experiential exploration ”

Project 1a : Space Out - the material Cube

This project is an ice breaking project to this module. We was assigned to built a space in a cube with certain material (wood/paper).

Objective:

• The task of this project is to design and build two separate paper and wood cube to define a volume of

12”x12”x12” inch space

Progression:

Tutor's Guide:

Submission:
(paper cube)

elevation 1

elevation 2

elevation 3

elevation 4

plan

(wooden cube)

elevation 1

elevation 2

elevation 3

side view

plan

(presentation board)

Learning Outcomes:

•Recognize how intrinsic forms, limitations and boundaries of a material factor in a design
process.
• Effectively work with a material in line with design requirements
• Be able to express a material within its contextual application

Reflection:

By using different kind of material, we need to explore the properties of them before turning them into cubes. I think i didn't do well on the exploration. But I've realised an important thing that is a cube doesn't need to look like a cube , it should be feel like a cube. This is what about space I've learned through this exercise.
I have gained some experience of working with certatin materials , it is not just about how to make a three dimensional square,how to turn a corner , how to join materials together are also considered. Most of the materials have their intrinsic form, limitations and boundaries , so we have to work with them , solve them or play with them .  This is my first B.mat. project and I enjoyed the process so well.

Project 2: “ Materiality of SPACE: An experiential exploration ”

This assignment is designed to introduce building materials that are commonly used in the local construction industry.

Objective of this assignment 

• To introduce various types of building materials that are being used in the construction practice.
• To create an understanding of the choices designers makes in choosing the building materials based on the
properties.
• To further understand the physical and chemical properties of the building materials being used in existing
buildings or spaces.
• To expose students to standard construction names/terminologies for materials in a space/ building.

Progression:

Submission (Boards) :