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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

AR3101 | AR3102 LEVEL 3 DESIGNBACHELOR OF ARTS (ARCHITECTURE)

AY 201213 STUDENTS HANDBOOK


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CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

Knowledge, Cricality, Integraon, Expression and Intuion

Technology, Urban and Environment Professionalism

The 4year BA (Arch) Degree Program Graduang Requirements

2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

3 STUDIO PROGRAMMES

AR3101 (Design 5) Semester I

Tropical Architecture Workshop

P1 TechnologyEnvironment Project

P2 UrbanEnvironment Project

AR3102 (Design 6) Semester II

P3 Comprehensive Project UrbanEnvironment Core

TechnologyEnvironment Core

Emphasis on Environmental Study for both Urban and Technology Core Groups

Independent Programmes

Short Lectures

4 PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE

5 PORTFOLIO AND ARCHIVING

6 STUDIO GROUPS

7 OVERNIGHT STAY

8 INSURANCE WELFARE SCHEME9 STUDENTS WELFARE

10 STUDIO TUTORS AND PART TIME TUTORS (Semester 1)

11 LEVEL 3 ESSENTIAL MODULES

Assessment Procedure (AR3101 & AR3102)


P1 TechnologyEnvironment Project

P2 UrbanEnvironment Project

P3 Comprehensive Project

External Examinaons

APPENDIX A: Selecve Reading list

APPENDIX B: Required Informaon on Drawings

APPENDIX C: CADWorkstaon Allocaon

APPENDIX D: Digital Archiving

APPENDIX E: Studio Layout

APPENDIX F: Semester 1 Schedule

APPENDIX G: General Conduct

APPENDIX H: Department of Architectures Rules and Regulaons on Use of Facilies

AR3101 | AR3102 LEVEL 3 DESIGN: AY201213 STUDENTS HANDBOOK

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COURSE: AR3101 (Design 5) & AR3102 (Design 6)

1 INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Level 3 or Year 3 of the BA (Arch) course!

All the tutors are very glad to have you as a part of our community that sincerely and passionately

pursues excellence in architecture. We trust that having successfully completed the Year 1 and 2

curriculum in NUS you are equipped with basic skills in architectural design and presentaon. Our task in

Year 3 Design is to develop and refine such skills in order for you to achieve an even higher level of all

round competence.

The emphasis in Year 3 Design is the thorough understanding of architecture by synthesising all the

factors affecng a design into a resolved whole. In the studio, students are required not only to generate

an idea and translate it into a form, but also to think crically and examine how to make the idea andform possible programmacally, socially, technically, environmentally and aesthecally. A ground

breaking idea and/or form would not be sufficient if it lacks the programmac resoluon, technical

feasibility, appropriate spaal configuraon or aesthec expression. The uncrical applicaon of a

convenonal technique without a specific idea behind it would not be sufficient either. In other words,

the Year 3 Design demands a project that is thoroughly and comprehensively resolved at all levels.

A. Knowledge, Cricality, Integraon, Expression and Intuion

To achieve such a design, you must culvate your ability and sensibility in the following five areas;

knowledge, cri,cality, integra,on expression and intui,on. The basic knowledge in site planning,

funconal planning, structural design, services design and detail design are inevitable for you to pursue

any architectural design. These so called vocaonal knowledge should be mastered in an earlier stage of

your educaon so that you can fluently apply it to the actual design that you will be working on.

Cri,cality is always necessary to generate new ideas and forms that are appropriate for a parcular

context. The integra,on of various kinds of knowledge related to the project is crucial for architectural

design. Structure, services and systems must be integrated with architectural spaces, and a building form

should be understood in relaon to the urban context or surrounding environment. Mastering

expression, parcularly by drawings and models are also important. You must refine your skills not only

in the atmospheric drawings such as perspecve renderings but also in the orthogonal drawings (plans,

elevaons and secons) and diagrams. Students should indicate all the necessary elements clearly so

that their drawings communicate their architecture properly. Lastly, intui,on is the invisible guiding hand

that feeds on imaginave insights to engender coherent soluons. This aspect is difficult to teach but

absolutely crucial to the making of a good designer. Pracce with an open mind is the best way toacquire this invaluable skillset.

B. Technology, Urban and Environment

Pedagogically, the focus of Year 3 Design is organised in three areas; technology urban and environment.

Students will be introduced to the fundamental and realisc architectural technology and construcon

techniques. Students are also expected to master basic structural, mechanical and computer

technologies, and apply them to the actual design that they are working on. The Project 1 (P1) will

concentrate on the technology and construcon aspects of the design, while the Project 3 (P3 in

Semester 2) requires students to propose a specific technological strategy for the construcon of the

scheme.


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The Project 2 (P2) will require students to design a building based on their urban analysis. The reading of

an exisng urban context and the response(s) to it are crucial for architectural design, especially when

designing in a dense city. Students are expected to respond to the surrounding urban environment in a

specific way; the height, density and form of a building, approach to the site, programmac responses

and architectural language are all a part of the consideraon. Students are also encouraged toinvesgate the history of site and its surroundings to understand the social and polical factors at play.

Given our current global consciousness on issues of climate change and global warming, the

environmental response has become an extremely important factor for architectural design. Conserving

natural resources and reducing carbon emission are the global agenda for people from all walks of life.

Based on this noon, Year 3 Design requires students to acvely respond to the issue in their proposed

design in all projects. It is an overarching agenda for all the projects conducted in the Year 3 Design.

C. Professionalism

In the long history of their profession, architects developed their own professional ethics and morals.

The submission of a proper set of documents, the integrity of authorship and the adherence to the rulesand deadlines are the very basics of such ethics and morals. The Year 3 Design will emphasise these

aspects of professionalism by enforcing submission rules and strict compliance to these rules. Any

inconsistency in submission (forgery, plagiarism and others) will be subjected to severe repercussions.

For cases of late submission, the Year 3 Design follows the Department Rule including any spulated

penales.

Apart from the acquision of design skills, we will be looking to help you develop your own

professionalism through a healthy and rigourous studio culture. We shall therefore not only be

considering your design porolio but assessing you as a person and your potenal as a future

professional in the way you manage your me, your atudes towards learning and your fellow students,

and how you present yourself and your work.

D. The 4year BA (Arch) Degree Program Graduang Requirements

Please refer to the Departmental Website which explains the streaming criteria in detail:

(Note: this is important because there is a minimum grade criteria for AR 3101 and AR 3102). A briefing

on the streaming and qualifying requirements will be held in Semester 2 and all students are encouraged

to aend this to clarify any doubts pertaining to this maer.

2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The main design projects will encompass large and small spaces of medium complexity. Throughout the

year students are encouraged:

a) To develop skills, judgement and control in design.

b) To build up basic knowledge on various aspects of design

c) To familiarise with architectural technology and its appropriate applicaon

d) To take into account the tropical climate and specific contexts related to the site

e) To sensise on issues pertaining to the environment and sustainability

f) To integrate structure, services and systems with the design of form and space

Projects are intended for students to demonstrate the acquired skills. Each project would emphasisesome, if not all, of the following aspects:


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a) Design intenons/concepts

b) Brief and site analysis

c) Research and applicaon of appropriate knowledge (site planning, funconal planning,

structural design, services & systems design, detail design)d) Response to natural environment

e) Response to urban context

f) Integrated architectural technology

g) Funconal response

h) Response to cultural needs

i) Statutory requirements including Universal Design Guidelines

Knowledge acquired from all the lecture courses relevant to design are to be integrated into the design

programs as far as possible. They form part of the design consideraons and their submissions are

graded together with the design proposal wherever relevant. All students will be asked to compile and

document the design process in an A3 size Process Folio and have them available alongside the design

submissions during all crique sessions. A complete A1 size Porolio of the Year 1 to 3 design works willbe required from the student as part of the overall internal and external design examinaons at the end

of Semester 2.

3 STUDIO PROGRAMMES

The focus of the Year 3 Design is in three areas; technology, urban and environment. All students in

Semester 1 will undertake common programmes with the above specific focus namely, Project 1 on

technology and Project 2 on urban. For the comprehensive Project 3 in Semester 2 students are given an

opportunity to opt for either a technology or an urban focus through the Core Group system. TheDepartment will endeavour to assign you to your preferred core focus as far as possible depending on

the number of studios offering these core focus. The common focus, environment, is an overarching

pursuit for all the projects in both Semesters.

A. AR3101 (Design 5) Semester I

There are 3 projects for Semester 1; namely Tropical Architecture Workshop (1 week team project),

Project 1 (5week individual project) and Project 2 (6week individual project). The submissions for all

the projects are subjected to evaluaon and assessment of grade.

i) Tropical Architecture Workshop (1 week group work):

This workshop will emphasise the producon of radical and bold ideas. Taking architecture as a human

environment in a broad sense, it will encourage students to generate an intriguing and intellectually

smulus works in a short period of me. It will focus mainly on the climate response, cultural heritage,

materiality and natural and manmade environment.

This project will be led by a Workshop Leader prominent architect(s) invited from within or outside of

Singapore. A briefing will be provided by the Workshop Leader on the first day of the workshop and

students will start working immediately aer. This is a connuous project assessment and students are

expected to be present in studio throughout the duraon of the workshop except for aending

scheduled external modules or lectures. Interim and final crits will be conducted in various forms

including PUNT (pinup no talk) and regular presentaon.


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The Workshop Leader would normally be invited to deliver a lecture open to the enre school and allied

instuons. The Year 3 students are strongly recommended to aend this lecture by the Workshop

Leader.

ii) P1 TechnologyEnvironment Project (5week individual work)

The Project 1 (P1) focuses on the technological and construconal aspects of design.

The project encourages students to invesgate the site condions and programmac requirements to

derive an appropriate technology to achieve the required funcons, spaal quality and integraon of

services and systems. Students should research on anthropometric and human factors and apply their

understanding of these studies in their design. Students are expected to generate an idea for the use of

space, users experiences and a coherent aesthecs. Furthermore, students are also required to propose

specific methods for realising such a design the construcon method and composion of materials.

Students will be required to produce a detailed secon of the envelope from foundaon to roof at an

appropriate scale.

iii) P2 UrbanEnvironment Project (6week individual work)

The Project 2 (P2) focuses on creang innovave response(s) to the site and urban context. Students are

expected to respond to the surrounding urban environment in a specific way; the height, density and

form of a building, approach to the site, programmac responses and architectural language are a part

of the consideraon. Located in the urban area, the site will provide an opportunity for the student to

respond to specific cultures and subcultures: acvity, atmosphere and imaginaon. Students will

conduct a close invesgaon of such cultures, and propose a strategy to respond to it through

architecture.

B. AR3102 (Design 6) Semester II

i) P3 Comprehensive Project (12week individual work)

The objecve of Project 3 (P3) is to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of architecture by

integrang appropriate responses to various influencing factors in a resolved design. Based on the

crical analysis of the site context and programmes, students should propose how their architecture

contributes to enhancing the life of users, local communies and society at large. Students should

demonstrate insighul understanding of the complexies that allow a building to be physically realised

in the site; and should also achieve coherence in the aesthecs of form and materiality of the building.

In the P3, the thorough understanding of the various systems is required. Composion of various sizes of

space, overall structural system, mechanical and electrical systems and circulaon system are the major

concern. Students should not only develop these systems individually, but also should integrate them

seamlessly to make it a cohesive whole.

For the P3, individual studios will be allocated to two Core Groups. The distribuon of studios depends

on the speciality of the tutors and the number of students who opt to parcipate in each of the Core

Groups. Therefore, each student will be asked to indicate their preference for either of the Core Groups

before Semester II begins via email. Students should check their official NUS email regularly during the

preceding vacaon period and look out for this ballong exercise as the window period will be limited to

a week or so. Focus of the two core groups are as follows:


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a) Urban Core Group

The focus of Urban Core studio is the relaonship between individual buildings and their larger

urban context that is referred to as the art of urban infill. It emphasizes the importance of a

thorough understanding of the complex urban environment and the appreciaon of genius locibefore any intervenon. Therefore the studio will address the issues of respect and response to the

characterisc of the exisng built environment as well as to meet the needs of the community.

The studio aims to develop students sensivity towards the urban environment and to design

buildings to enhance its environment. The understanding of urban paerns, texture and grain, the

typology of built form and urban spaces will form the basis for the new inserons. The new

development will also have to relate closely to the history and social background of the area.

The programme(s) of this studio will begin with a diagnosc study of the selected urban area that

will be followed by an architectural design programme illustrang your response to the context.

Whilst you are to design in response to the urban context, your design process should not neglectthe architectural design aspect such as funconal, spaal, environmental and technological

consideraons. It is also expected that the design include an invesgaon of micro design and

materials used, taking into consideraon the characterisc of the place.

b) Technology Core Group

Technology is an inherent part of architecture whether or not this aspect of design features

prominently in the architectural language or expression. It is important that all students should

understand what the technologies entail and how they play a part in shaping the overall design.

Technology in the context of Level 3 Design deals with the following aspects:

The consideraon of Structure, Construcon and Materials are to be taken into the design

intent right from the beginning and eventually developed to some depth. The architectural

form, quality of space, choice of materials as well as tectonic arculaon in texture, lighng and

detailing are all very important consideraons to be embraced.

The integraon of sustainable features such as the use of natural resources, energyefficient

envelope, environmentally sensive materials and alternave energy systems (e.g.

photovoltaic, wind microturbine, biogas, etc.), or related technologies.

Students are expected to begin their studio projects through research and precedents studies

relevant to the issues of the projects. This is a very important learning phase as it very oen shapes

the design intent and approaches. This together with the subsequent sketches, study models, the

integraon of structure, space, skin as well as detailing and materials will all lead to a greater

understanding of the complexity of architecture. Architectural expressions should derive from such

exploraons.

C. Emphasis on Environmental Study for both Urban and Technology Core Groups

Environmental studies will focus on the natural environment as opposed to urban or manmade

environment. This will include nature, natural resources, topography, climate, ecosystems, biodiversity

and passive low energy studies. A focus on these elements does not mean there is no consideraon forculture, urban planning factors, and technology. On the contrary, it is the interacon around this focus


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that makes design interesng and more holisc. Below is a mixed and overlapping set of criteria (not

exhausve) surrounding the environment as a common focus.

D. Independent Programmes

Students may also choose to substute any of the major programs with suitable compeon brief

subject to the prior approval of the supervising tutor and Year leader. The students will, under the

guidance of the supervising tutor, develop the project during the period allocated.

E. Short Lectures

A series of short lectures will be conducted before some studio sessions to equip and refresh students

with basic knowledge in various design aspects of architecture. These short lectures will provide

students an opportunity to learn basic knowledge related to various design procedures. Five lectures

cover the following areas by discussing rules of thumb, how to find out the informaon, and basicunderstanding of the subjects.

Site Planning & Strategies

Architectural Planning

Structural Design

Mechanical Design

Detail design

4 PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE

As a student of the third year of the B.A.(Arch) Program, you will naturally be expected to demonstrate a

professional atude towards your educaon. Punctuality at submission mes and full aendance at

tutorials, Studio lectures and 'crits' are compulsory. Disciplinary acons will be taken against poor

aendance.

Studio hours for design are scheduled on Mondays and Thursdays (2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.). Students are

expected to be present in Studio for the enre me during Studio hours. If you are medically indisposed,

please inform your tutor and submit the medical cerficate for your absence to the Department. To

ensure that quality design responses and interacve learning can come about, you are expected to

prepare and put in independent and crical design thinking and development outside the formal

scheduled Studio periods.

Culture Social Philosophy Spiritual Psychology Body

Urban

environment N

Plants, lands

Enviro

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cape, natural m

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sources, Clima

terials, water,

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Technology

Transport

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diversity, eco

temperature,

ystems, etcMachines

Community Educaon Identy Art Material Building mode


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In order for Studio to funcon smoothly, please be punctual for all tutorials and 'crits' and, in parcular,

the submission of design works. All deadlines should be strictly respected and late submissions will be

penalised according to Departmental Policy on late submission:

The Department views late submissions seriously. Other than proof of the inability to submit onmedical grounds with a valid medical cerficate, students would be penalised on late submissions.

Should there be reasons other than those on medical grounds, students are expected to show proof and

such situaons will be reviewed on a case by case basis. The student will not be allowed to cite technical

difficules (in prinng, for example) as a valid reason. Late submissions within 1 calendar day would be

marked down by grades. Submission thereaer would be graded within a range of D+ and F.

5 PORTFOLIO AND ARCHIVING

Porolios should include not only the design submissions but also the following items:

design process porolio (sketches, sketch book, photos, others)

project brief (to be placed together with drawing submissions)

documentaon (photographs) of site studies, mock up models and final model

creave works outside of course works (e.g. design compeon, photography, graphic design, etc.)

content list, tles and other informaon that facilitate browsing through the porolio

It is also important that all students should arrange their porolios in reverse chronological order (with

level I 1st project at the boom of the porolio when opened).

Please note: Porolio preview will be held in the third week of Semester 2. This review is to assist the

student in preparing for the final submission of porolio for the external examinaon.

Please remember that all student porolios submied together with the P3 comprehensive project must

remain in the School unl the design examinaons are over. Students should note that, pursuant to the

NUS Statutes AR1 and AR9, any work prescribed to be done by a candidate in the course of his study for

the degree of BA(Arch) may be deemed as the property of the University. The School may be required to

retain selected student works for exhibion, archiving and other reasons. Selected works (models and

drawings) will be returned to the students, unless otherwise indicated. The Department will not be

responsible for any damages made to drawings/models that are returned to the students.

Hence students are reminded that they should make their own copies or records of their work for job

interviews, compeon entries and other purposes in the first instance. It makes sense, therefore, to

make copies (prints, photographs, colour slides, and so copies etc.) of your major projects for Level 1 to

Level 3 in good me before the examinaon period.

Group Work and Assignments

During the year, the nature of some projects will be designed for group work and presentaon. These

have clear educaonal objecves and all the members of the group should share in the task. In the past

some students appear to have 'traded' their assignment commitments with each other to alleviate their

workload at mes of pressure. This defeats the purpose of the exercise and works against you in the long

run. Tutors can usually tell when some of the group members have not prepared the work presented,

but more importantly, those involved may find difficules in future design works or examinaons. The

informaon gleaned in the group assignments could prove to be essenal.


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6 STUDIO GROUPS

Students will be divided into 11 Studio Groups each anchored by a Studio Master. We will also have the

benefit of partme tutor, each aached to one of the Studio Groups.

For Semester 2 you will be given the opportunity to bid for your design core aer having the exposure of

both types of projects: technology/environment and urban/environment. Whilst all aempts will be

made to assign you your choice, it is also important that a balanced academic profile of students within

each group is achieved. Therefore, it is possible that some of you may not be assigned to your preferred

choice. The list of the groups will be displayed on the first day of the Academic Year and mounted on

IVLE together with other relevant documents.

One of the experienced Studio Master will take the role of Year Leader. Each Studio will propose a

representave (Group Rep) and the Year 3, as a whole, will propose two representaves: a Year Rep and

his/her deputy. In order to expedite communicaon and administraon, it will be necessary for the Year

to propose Year Rep and Group Reps at the very beginning of week 1 of Sem 1. The appointment of

Group Reps and Year Reps will be confirmed by Year Leader by the end of week 1 in Semester 1.

The Group Reps must immediately collect a recent photograph from each of the students in the group,

together with the name list (both so and hard copy), and submit them to the Year Rep, to the

respecve Studio Master, and to the Year Leader.

If you have any suggesons, problems or grievances, whether individually or as a group and as a maer

of respect and protocol please discuss these in the first instance with your Group or Year Rep (if

appropriate), or else with your own tutor or Year Leader.

Students may also bring such maers to the Department through TAS at meengs, which may be held

from me to me. Students should avoid wring directly to the Head or the Dean of the School onmaers without going through the procedures outlined above.

7 OVERNIGHT STAY

All Students have to complete a leer of undertaking to abide by the rules governing weekend/public

holiday/overnight stay in the Studio. This form is to be completed once in the course of study in the B.A.

(Arch) program and to be submied to the administraon office through the Group Representaves.

Upon the receipt of the leer of undertaking, students need not making separate requirements for

approval for overnight stay in the Studio (including Computer Suite and DDS).

8 INSURANCE WELFARE SCHEME

There might be visits/field trips organised as part of the studio or lecture course during the year. For

your protecon and to facilitate the execuon of such visits, it is compulsory for you to take up

insurance. The Local Comprehensive Medical Scheme for all undergraduates is available for such

purpose. Details of the scheme together with applicaon forms are available from University Health and

Wellness Centre, Yusof Ishak House, as well as NUS website.


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9 STUDENTS WELFARE

Students are reminded that counselling services are available in the university. Should you encounter

difficult circumstances pertaining to your studies or personal maers, you may approach your tutor, Year

Leader or the Department staff for assistance to arrange for counselling by a qualified counsellor.Students should also note that the adverse impacts of heavy study workload could oen be migated by

proper me management and organisaon of the required tasks.

10 STUDIO TUTORS AND PART TIME TUTORS (Semester 1)

The composion of Studio Masters and Partme Tutors for Semester 1 is as follows:

Details of Studios and StudioMasters/Partme Tutors for Semester 2 are to be advised. Studio

groupings will also be recomposed in Semester 2.

11 LEVEL 3 ESSENTIAL MODULES

Code Credits

Design 5 AR3101 8

Design 6 AR3102 12History and Theory of Western Architecture AR3222 4

Architectural Construcon AR3323 4

Architectural Structures AR3324 4

Human Relaons & Management HR3003 4

A. Assessment Procedure (AR3101 & AR3102)


Workshop programme will be graded by the workshop leader(s) and all Year 3 tutors.

Programme 1 and Programme 2:

a) Criques for the above programmes shall have a panel comprising:

1) The students tutor

Studio StudioMaster/Anchor Tutor Part Time Tutor

Studio 1 Teh Kem Jin Seah Chee HuangStudio 2 Tse Swee Ling Chin Kean Kok

Studio 3 Kazuhiro Nakajima Ben Redmond

Studio 4 Harja Regawa Chan Ee Mun

Studio 5 Peter Sim Raymond Sim

Studio 6 Patrick Tan Raymond Hoe

Studio 7 Neo Sei Hwa James Leow

Studio 8 Fung John Chye Tan Chee Kiang

Studio 9 Marn Goh Chaw Chih Wen

Studio 10 Donovan Soon Terence Chan Wing HuatStudio 11 Chu Lik Ren Kwah Meng Ching


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2) One or two Level 3 tutors (including anchor tutors) from other studio groups

Partme tutors will not take part in the grading procedure (crits and examinaon panels).

b) Projects will be graded on a standard scale of A to F. D signifies a probaonary pass and

F a fail. However, in Design Modules the prerequisite for progression to the next level is a

minimum C grade. Students who achieve a D grade in Design would be required to retakethe same module. In the assessment of projects, the tutor may take into account the

students learning process and work method.

c) Grades will be awarded by each tutor in the crique panel, the final grade being that of a

simple majority or a moderated grade.

d) All grades will be subject to moderaon.

The moderaon panel will consist of all Level 3 tutors. Tutors will vote for the grade and the

decision being that of a simple majority. In a situaon of equal votes, or indecision, the Year

Leader will have the casng vote.

e) Semester Grade

A final grade for Semester 1 will be confirmed at a Department Examinaon Meeng.

f) Late submission

Submission is expected to be strictly on me. Late submissions will be penalised according toDepartments policy.

Programme 3 (Comprehensive Project):

a) Each project will be examined by a minimum of three Level 3 design tutors in a panel.

b) As in the other projects, this project will be graded on a standard scale of A to F. D

signifies a probaonary pass and F a fail. However, in Design Modules the prerequisite for

progression to the next level is a minimum C grade. Students who achieve a D grade in

Design would be required to retake the same module. In the assessment of projects, the

tutor may take into account the students learning process and work method.

c) Technology Integraon, a very important aspect of design, will be given a separate grade by

the examinaon panel. This grade will have significant influence (20%) over the final designgrade.

d) Tutors in each panel will finalise grades of students under their examinaon.

e) All tutors will be involved in the decision of unresolved grades, failed or borderline and A

grades. When there is no decision, the Year Leader shall have the final decision.

External Examinaon:

a) Students may be required to aend an External Examinaon, made up of 4 external

examiners (2 locals and 2 overseas panel members). Students are most likely to be examined

by a panel comprising a local and an overseas member.

b) The Programme 3 comprehensive project and Process Folio will be used for the external

examinaon.

c) Students may also be required to present the Porolio of all three years of design

work during the external examinaon (including Level 3 Semester I work).

Internal and external examiners will meet aer the external examinaons to finalise the grades

for the examined students.

Late submission policy is also applicable for Programme 3.


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APPENDIX A: Selecve Reading list

Klaus Daniels: LowTech, LightTech, HighTech, Building in the Informaon Age

Orton, Andrew: The Way We Build Now

Olgay, Victor: Design With Climate, Bioclimac Approach To Architectural Regionalism David Lloyd Jones: Architecture and the Environment, Bioclimac Building Design

Dean Hawkes & Wayne Firster: Energy Efficient Buildings, Architecture, Engineering and

Environment

Fry, Maxwell & Drew, Jane: Tropical Architecture in the Dry and Humid Zone

Kostof, Spiro: The City Shaped

Kostof, Spiro: The City Assembled

Broadbent, Geoffrey: Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design

Hough, Michael: Cies and Natural Design Process

Spirn, Anne: The Granite Garden

Cullen, Gordon: Townscape

Gosling, D & Maitland, B: Concepts of Urban Design

Lynch, Kevin: Image of the City

Frampton, Kenneth: Studies in tectonic culture; the poecs of construcon on the 19th & 20th

century architecture

Ghirado Diane: Architecture Aer Modernism


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APPENDIX B: Required Informaon on Drawings

Please Note that all studio project submissions are required to be in the form of both hard and so

copies. All drawings must conform to the following:

1) Only A1' or equivalent approved sizes are to be used.2) Provide a 5 cm x 5 cm space in the front lower right part of each drawing for stamping together with

your name, school year and name of the project.

3) Suggested maximum number of A1 sheets is limited to: 4 x A1s for P1; 4 x A1s for P2 and 6 x A1s

for P3. All sheets must fit one face of the standard pinup panel (no extra panels are available). As

such sheets must all be either in Landscape OR Portrait format. Mixed formats will not fit within the

display panel.

4) Orientaon of site plans must be consistent with the storey plans.

5) Project tle, author, date, scales and north point where appropriate are to be shown on each sheet.

6) No number legends are allowed and all spaces/rooms in the drawings must be labelled by name.

7) Drawings should be clearly legible from a distance of 2 to 3 m.

8) Scale should be in both number scale and graphic scale.

Architecture design proposals should show the following items to aid communicaon and

understanding for all concerned:

1) Site plan (1:1000 or 1:500)

Scale

North direcon

Contours

Boundaries

Access road(s) indicang traffic flow direcons and approach to proposed building

Exisng surrounding buildings Outline of proposed building (roof form)

Proposed landscape, driveways, car parks and pedestrian foot paths

2) Building

a) Floor Plans (1:100 or 1:200)

floors to be labelled as 'storeys' (e.g. 1st storey instead of ground floor)

typical furniture layout

door swings

circulaon arrows symbol indicate up direcon only for staircases and ramps

floor levels (e.g. +3.0 m)

proposed layout of immediate surroundings (1st storey only)

b) Elevaons (1:100 or 1:200)

all elevaons of building (front/rear/sides)

shadow casng

toning/hatching of material textures

outline of adjacent buildings & contextual elements

human figures/vehicles/trees

c) Secons (1:100 or 1:200)

cut elements to be clearly arculated

primary structural members to be discernible

line of false ceiling, if applicable

elevaon of doors/windows

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grid lines

room dimensions

d) Details (1:50; 1:20; 1:10)

detailed study of a characterisc secon (supported with layout)

3) Group Study report (A3 landscape)

as specified by respecve studio core group

4) Process folio (A3 landscape)

research materials

sketches

preliminary design schemes

study models

photographs

5) Model (1:100 or 1:200) max. A1 size (to fit the model display showcase)

physical model (do not forget to include your name year studio and project ,tle on the visible

side of the model)

allow a 5 cm x 5 cm space for stamping on the model base

APPENDIX C: CADWorkstaon Allocaon

Year Rep is to get in touch with Computer Suite personnel(s) for the arrangement of computer/soware

allocaon and usage.


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APPENDIX D: Digital Archiving

Digital Submission Requirement

The Digital Submission is a requirement compulsory for all Digital Submissions.

The Digital Submission is a requirement compulsory for all submissions for financial assistance for

compeons.

Students have to submit so copies of their projects on CDROM. The name of the CDROM has to be

the students name. Addionally, they have to write their name, academic year, semester, module code,

and name of the tutor on the CDROM; for compeons tle and year of compeon as well.

The folder structure of the CDROM has to follow a generic template. Please download the template

from hp://www.arch.nus.edu.sg/digital/digital.html

The folder structure is automacally created when the template is unzipped.

Under the masterfolder StudentName are two main folders Presentaon (compulsory) and Raw Data

(oponal), and one text file Keywords and Descripon:

Each major folder comes with a readme.txt file with further explanaon on which folder to be filled andwhat the file format should be. The student has to sort in the so copies required, fill in the text file

Descripon and Keywords, rename the master folder Studentsname aer his/her name and cut the

CD him/herself.

The contents will integrated in the Digital Archive and searchable at semester end.

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APPENDIX E: Studio Layout

1 2

3 4 5

6 7 8

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APPENDIX F: Semester 1 Schedule

week day date me acvity

0 Monday 06 August Orientaon Week

1

Monday 13 August

09:0012:00 Year 3 Introductory Briefing

Tropical Arch. Workshop Briefing 14:0018:00 TAW Site Visit

Tuesday 14 August 09:0018:00 TAW Analysis, Research, Concepts

Wednesday 15 August 09:0018:00 TAW Prelim Design/Design Development

Thursday 16 August 09:0018:00 TAW Design Development & Drawing

Friday 17 August 09:0015:00 TAW Drawing & Model

15:0020:00 TAW Final Crit/P1 Briefing

2

Monday 20 August 14:0018:00 Public Holiday (Hari Raya Puasa)

Thursday 23 August 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

3

Monday 27 August 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Thursday 30 August 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

4

Monday 03 September 14:0018:00 Interim Crit (Pinup No Talk) Thursday 06 September 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

5

Monday 10 September 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Thursday 13 September 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

6

Monday 17 September 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Wednesday 19 September 16:00 P1 Submission

Thursday 20 September 09:0018:00 Final Crit

Friday 21 September 09:0012:00 Final Crit

Friday 21 September 14:0016:00 Moderaon

Recess Monday 24 September No studio

Thursday 27 September No studio

7 Monday 01 October 14:0015:30 No studioStudiofree

week

Thursday 04 October 09:0018:00 Urban Workshop (Day 1)

tentave, to be confirmed

Friday 05 October 09:0018:00 Urban Workshop (Day 2) dio

Saturday 06 October 09:0018:00 Urban Workshop (Day 3) dio

8

Monday 08 October 14:0018:00 P2 Briefing

Thursday 11 October 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

9

Monday 15 October 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Thursday 18 October 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

10

Monday 22 October 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Thursday 25 October 09:0018:00 Interim Crit

11

Monday 29 October 14:0018:00 Desk CritThursday 01 November 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

12

Monday 05 November 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Thursday 08 November 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

13

Monday 12 November 14:0018:00 Desk Crit

Wednesday 14 November 16:00 P2 Submission

Thursday 15 November 09:0018:00 Final Crit

Friday 16 November 09:0012:00 Final Crit

Friday 16 November 15:0019:00 Moderaon

Reading Wk Monday 19 November No studio

Thursday 22 November No studio

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APPENDIX G: General Conduct

1.0 Studio Culture & Personal Conduct

Students are to parcipate fully in its broad range of acvies from workshops, guest crics andtechnical consultaon sessions. Studio sessions are from 26 p.m. Aendance is compulsory; absences

without approved reasons (e.g. medical) are subjected to the Universitys rules on aendance of classes.

The Department discourages certain work pracces within the DDS. This includes spraying of paint

within and immediately outside the Department premises tantamount to vandalism. As a guide, it

should not pose a threat to health condions or display neglect of NUS equipment and furniture.

To prevent accidental removal of your work by the cleaners, do not leave any material you intend to

submit as coursework on the floor.

Cooking and consumpon of food are strictly prohibited in the DDS. Plasc bags and paper cups used for

drinks are to be disposed off promptly and appropriately.

When using listening devices, students are requested to use headphones.

1.1 Studio Security and Safety/Security

Do not take personal security for granted, especially if you stay late beyond midnight in the studio. If you

must traverse within the studio and the campus late into the night, avoid dimly lit areas and the

Department advises that students move about in pairs. Be alert and report any suspicious person to the

campus security immediately.

Keep all valuables locked away or out of sight whenever you are not in the in the studio. Please refer to

Rules and Regulaons on Use of Facilies within Department of Architecture (Appendix H).

1.2 Fire Safety

The studio is a fire risk area because of the quanty of flammable materials contained within its open

plan layout.

Students are to ensure that all appliances are in good working condion, fit for use under the PSB 3pin

plugs with appropriate fuses. Avoid the use of mulpoint adaptors and do not leave any operang

appliance unaended.

Be familiar with the locaon of all fire exits and means of escape as well as the locaon and operaon of

fire exnguishers and hoses in the studio.

2.0 Overseas Field Trips

Students are required to ensure that their indemnity forms are submied to the department before

leaving for their field trip. Students who went on an oversea field trip without subming their indemnity

form will have to bear full responsibility if any unforeseen circumstances should occur.

3.0 Guidelines to Site Visits for Public/Private Buildings Related to Coursework

3.1 Protocol

Students who wish to enter building premises for purposes of study and/or photography are required toobtain wrien permission from the building management commiee prior to the visit. To do this,


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students must first:

A. Inform their academic supervisor and check on the appropriateness of choice in relaon to

academic objecve

B. The academic supervisor must write to the building management commiee on the Department

leerhead on behalf of his students requesng permission to enter the premises. Alternavelythe administraon office may process the leer for the student upon clearance from the tutor.

C. Students are to adhere to the approved appointment for the visits; otherwise it is tantamount to

trespassing.

3.2 Purpose of Leer

The leer is to:

1. Verify the academic intent of the students in the group

2. NRIC and name of each student (in the event of followup acon by the building commiee, and

to avoid unauthorized persons tagging along with the group)

3. Number of students and duraon of visit

4. Is photography expected? If so this must be declared as security issues are paramount in this age

3.3 Conduct and Goodwill

Visits accompanied by conducted tours of the premises are not uncommon and it is unlikely that student

groups are permied to wander around with cameras unescorted.

It is important that staff and students always maintain professionalism and courtesy at the highest level

when conducng themselves with the public. In this context, before, during and aer such visits. This

means that scanty apparel and uncalled for comments during the visit are to be avoided.

Wherever appropriate, leers of appreciaon from the academic supervisor are expected.

The above code of conduct is to be maintained to ensure that the building establishments are not givenreason to disconnue the goodwill they extend to the academic community (for future groups of

students to gain access)

3.4 Penalty for unauthorized entry

Any student group caught entering the premises without authorizaon can be reprimanded and subject

to disciplinary acon by the building commiee. All cases of trespassing will definitely be invesgated by

the Department and severely dealt with.

4.0 Student Iniated Sponsorship of Academic Acvity

Students seeking sponsorship for coursework related acvity or cocurricular acvity are required to

obtain clearance from their respecve tutors/instructors.

Tutors will assess the appropriateness of the request by considering

a) the company profile of the sponsor (whether NUS would agree to be associated with such

companies) please consult DMC if in doubt

b) the terms of sponsorship(whether NUS policies are complied with)

c) the circumstances leading to the sponsored party's interest in supporng the request from the

student

d) how is the student proposing to request for sponsorship?


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5.0 Late Submission (w.e.f. AY2004/05)

The department views late submissions seriously. Other than proof of the inability to submit on medical

grounds with a valid medical cerficate, students would be penalized on late submissions. Should there

be reasons other than those on medical grounds, students are expected to show proof and suchsituaons will be reviewed on a case by case basis. The student will not be allowed to cite technical

difficules (in prinng for example) as a valid reason.

Undergraduate Programme

The Department prescribes the following penales for late submission applicable to all modules in all

levels:

Late submissions within 1 calendar day would be marked down by grade.

Submission thereaer would be graded within a range of D+ and F

Thesis/Dissertaon

Late submission within 1 calendar day would be marked down by grade.

Excuses such as computer crash and prinng problem will not be accepted. Students are to manage theirme wisely to make sure that they submit on me

Should students fail to submit their thesis or dissertaon aer 1 calendar day from the deadline

spulated, the submission would be deferred to the next available semester (subject to the maximum

candidature period). In this case, students would be given a provisional grade of IP (In Progress). This

would be replaced with the final grade aer the student completes the module

6.0 CD Submission

Students are also required to submit a CD containing their drawings and models according to theguidelines in Digital Archiving.

7.0 Retenon of Students Work

All students should note that, pursuant to the NUS Statues, any work prescribed to be done by a

candidate in the course of his/her study may be deemed as the property of the University. Therefore,

students are reminded that they should make their own copies of their work for job interviews,

compeon entries and other purposes in the first instance.

Models selected for the school events (aer the examinaon) will be retained by the Department and

may not be returned.

Students are also required to do the necessary back up of their files as the Department will not entertain

requests to make retrieve copies that were submied for archival purpose.

8.0 Porolio

Projects completed in the year will act as an indicator of your design progress and performance in the

course of study. Aer the end of the academic year, you will be required to organize your porolio for

review and external examinaon purpose (if applicable)


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Appendix H: Department of Architectures Rules and Regulaons on Use of Facilies

I) Studio Usage Policy for all students

Each student has the right to expect access to a safe work environment free of distracons.

Dedicated spaces are available for each year level of the Architecture Program. Access to eacharea is restricted to that parcular cohort of students.

Procedures

1) Eang, drinking and smoking are not allowed in the studios and DDS at anyme.

2) The use of materials such as spray paint, spray adhesive, spray fixave and resins that pose a

significant health risk are permied only in designated places in the Architecture building.

3) No maresses, furniture and electrical appliances are allowed in the said premises.

4) Studios will be swept and rubbish picked up daily all items le on the floor will be considered

rubbish.

5) The Department is not responsible for any lost or stolen personal property.

6) Sleeping in studios could place students at risk from accident or fire and is therefore

discouraged.

Security Policy

Access to studio work space is provided to all Architecture, Industrial Design and Urban Design

students to facilitate their design and construcon learning experiences. This is a privilege that

should be respected and can be revoked if these work spaces are abused in any manner.

1) Tight security to the Studios must be maintained. Students are to ensure that the studio doorsare properly closed at all mes. No unauthorized persons are allowed entry into the said

premises and suspicious persons found loitering around the premises should be reported to the

NUS Campus Security at 65161616.

2) Students are responsible for their Matriculaon card for Building Access. Cards are for personal

use only and students are not permied to allow their card to be used by another person.

3) Students found breaking any of the above rules will be asked to leave the said premises

immediately by NUS security officer and disciplinary acon may be taken against him if

appropriate.

4) Report any suspicious character/acvity in the studio to the Admin Officer immediately.

II) COMPUTER SUITE AND DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIOS

All rules stated here are in addion to those stated in the NUS Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

for IT resources.

1) No food/drinks/eang/drinking is allowed in the Computer Suite and DDS. Students found

doing so will be fined $10.00. Repeat offenders will be barred from the Computer Suite and all

DDS.

2) Do not share computer accounts or workstaons. Computer support will be denied to those

users found sharing their computer accounts or workstaons with unauthorized users. Repeatoffenders will have their computer accounts suspended.


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3) Do not use IT resources for profit making or offer them to unauthorized users . The use of

computer resources must be in support of educaon, research, personal and professional

development. Users are fully responsible for the provision and usage of the computer resources

at all mes and shall not aempt to bypass the authencaon procedure.

4) Do not use the network points found in DDS for personal laptop or computers. Network

points found in DDS are to be connected to the DDS workstaons only. Repeat offenders will be

barred from the Computer Suite and all DDS.

5) Do not install any illegal or unauthorized soware. If any workstaon is found with such

soware, the designated user of the workstaon will be fined $10.00 Repeat offenders will be

barred from the Computer Suite and all DDS.

6) Do not stop the DDS doors from closing properly. All doors to DDS must be kept properly

closed at all mes. Do not temper with the magnec lock to prevent it from engaging.

Authorized users of DDS are responsible for ensuring that the respecve DDS doors are properlyclosed.

7) Do not let any unauthorized person(s) into the DDS. All entry to the DDS must be via the key

card (matric card) access system. Do not allow unauthorized person(s) to enter or use the

facilies in the Computer Suite or DDS. Students found doing so will be barred from using the

DDS.

8) Do not leave workstaons in locked mode (i.e. pung password protecon on the

screensaver). System administraon may be done periodically and lab officers would have to

execute forced logouts in order to gain access to the workstaons if they are le in locked

mode. All unsaved work will be lost in the event of a forced logout. When not using theworkstaon either logout or shutdown.

9) Do not temper with or remove any of the machines/peripherals/CCTV camera/equipment

found in the DDS. Any such acts will be considered as vandalism or the. Disciplinary acons

will be taken against anyone caught doing so.

10) Do not cut or paste any material, especially model making material inside the Computer Suite

or DDS. Do not make your models inside the DDS. Those caught doing so will be barred from

the Computer Suite and DDS.

11) ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES. Students are strongly encouraged to do their own backup of files.

Only essenal working files should be backup.

12) Noces to clear your stuff/rubbish from the DDS and to backup all your data will be put up

when your DDS Studio ends. Please adhere to the given dateline. Else, all your data and your

personal belongings will be trashed.

13) Do not download, copy, save, share or distribute any copyrighted files. Such acts are in direct

violaon of the new copyright law in Singapore. Offenders may be prosecuted for criminal

violaon under the new law and may face fines and/or imprisonment if found guilty. Please

refer to the NUS Acceptable Use Policy at: hps://security.nus.edu.sg/aup.htm

Students who do not comply with these procedures will be counselled and can have their access tostudios denied for a period deemed by the Head of Programme.


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