PROJECT 2
ARCHITECTURAL FOLLY
BRIEF
In groups of 3, we were tasked with creating a timber folly based on architectonics and materiality of timber studies. Extended from the project 1 Rumah Fajar's distinctive characteristics, architectural principles are to be extracted and then incorporated to develop the design of the folly in an imaginary site.
OUTCOME
In 1:50 scale, a 125m architectural folly structure made of brown board and balsa wood to represent materiality of timber along with a compilation of orthographic drawings and diagrams, showcasing the design set on a lake in a tropical rainforest.
FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM
CONCEPT
The folly incorporates the concept of grids framing views and thereby framing perspectives, while also allowing the user(s) to be guided through the structure within the frames, emphasizing on the different views around and across the lake.
INTENTION
With the intention of creating a design that engages the user with the site context through modular perspectives, the enclosed spaces of the folly slowly open up to more independent and free spaces as the user is guided through the structure. From framed views surrounding the structure to framed views of the sky to finally, allowing the user to interact with the lake as he/she completes their journey.
SELF REFLECTION
A six week assignment tasked equally among the 3 of us, was definitely challenging. Managing time and delegating tasks among our busy schedule as well as compiling our processes together to create one final design was definitely challenging. The assignment was an extension of project 1, followed by the introduction to site context in architecture. The design process helped me understand incorporating a series of functional spaces in the context of a site as well as materiality of design, buildability of design and finally creating something which was functional in terms of construction and architectonics. Overall the project gave me an insight on the user's movement within functional spaces for a site context.