Project 1 is a group task where we were required to form a group of 3 people. My group members are Tan Wei How and Cheah Hoong Fei. Each group were required to find one natural or man- made element from actual observations, books or internet which is believed to have certain underlying design principles. Besides, this could be identified especially if the element has some repetitive components, gradual enlargement or reduction in scale, gradual rotation, or other predictable modifying principles. Moreover, we can choose to use part of the element or the whole natural or man-made element. Then, each group should analyze and explain the underlying design principles in terms of shapes and forms. For instance, we can make prediction of how the forms or shapes in the natural or man-made element were formed and translate them into shape rules. For this project, there is no limitation on the number of shape rules that can be created and we need to produce five pavilion designs using the shape rules derived from the element. Lastly, we were required to choose only one pavilion out of the five and show the development process of creating and include 3D renderings of the final design. 

 

The submission requirement for this project is that we were required to produced two A2- size presentation boards. The first board should include the background of the chosen element, analysis of the underlying shapes and forms that created the element and the shape rules created based on the design principles wheres for the second board we have to include the 5 design alternatives for the pavilion, the one choosen design, design development as well as the three renderings of the final design.

 

Through this project, I am able to identify and describe the process to analyse existing designs using shape grammar method.