architecture culture and history 2
project : heritage building analysis
In the same group of 5, we were required to conduct an architectural analysis on a heritage building. We've chosen Ampang Park Shopping Complex, which was the first shopping complex ever built in Malaysia. We were first required to document our findings about the building. Since there wasn't much information regarding APSC online, we headed down to Badan Warisan and furthered our research there. We then visited APSC to experience the place ourselves and also for photo taking to support the information that we had gathered.
The individual part that i was assigned to was the elements and component section. Through the analysis, I found out that APSC had been incorporated with several Art Deco elements during its construction such as the use of geometrical shapes, ziggurats, the use of threes and subdue shades.
After the analysis, we had to compile the infos and use them to create an online web book.
Through this project, I learned how to extract important information and present them in my own style. Although it was very complicated, I managed to pick up the skill of designing with In Design software and was happy to see the outcome of our web book. I learned that in any long-term project, it is very important to have teamwork and time management to achieve the best results.