project 1 spatial design and costing

Students select an area of study and prepare of study and prepare a site analysis of the area. Based on the site analysis, students propose a concept plan and a layout plan of a community interactive space, which includes elements of design, landscape and costing.
1.1 Element of spatial design
about design
Design is the imaginative creation of possible forms and arrangements, together with the means of achieving them, which might be useful for human purpose. There are four stage of design:

• object design--of a single object or a standardized series of them (a building, a chair, a bridge)
• project design--of a defined geographic area, however large, in while there is a definite client, a concrete program, a foreseeable time of completion and effective control over the significant aspects of form ( a housing project, a new campus)
• system design--of a functionally connected set of objects, which may extend over large areas but do not make a complete environment (a arterial system, a lighting system)
• city or environmental design--of the general spatial arrangement of activities and objects over an extended area, where the client is multiple, the program indeterminate, control partial and there is no state of completion.

source: Willian I Goodman (1968) principles and practice of urban planning 4th.ed.
Auckland University of Technology says, “Spatial Design involves the study and research of relationships between people and their environments to enable the design and manipulation of spaces that respond in a progressive manner to the nature of these relationships.” Design and environments all connect together is the primary idea behind spatial design. It denotes an active response toward the creation of efficiently operating environments that serve the purposes and needs of people.

site analysis
Site analysis is an inventory completed as a preparatory step to site planning , a form of urban planning which involves research, analysis, and synthesis.(Wikipedia)
The purpose of the site analysis is to record and evaluate information on the site and its surroundings, and to use this evaluation in the design response. Site analysis is more than just collecting information about the site. The site analysis should identify issues that will influence the design of a development in order to make a considered response to both site opportunities and constraints, to provide a good quality living environment, and respect, acknowledge and improve the character of the area.

location

KAMPUNG SUNGAI UDANG BESAR, MUKIM 10, BLOK PERANCANGAN 6- SRI AMPANGAN-KG SUNGAI ACHCH, DAERAH SEBERANG PERAI SELATAN, PULAU PINANG, MALAYSIA

Concept plan