PROJECT 8: OBJECT CONNECTION ( JOINTING )

This project is a team project where all the HBP first year students are required to come out with a huge picture made up of numerous number of  puzzles of each individual.

The diagram above is the brief  and concept diagram prepared by studio;s lecturer to aid us in the assignment.

The puzzle should contain my name in creative writing style as well as the  background doodle about our studio life since we entered HBP.

MY INSPIRATIONS:

The theme of my puzzle is RAINBOW~~

The image of HBP in the puzzle....

the letter ''H'' derived from the facade of my beloved studio~

My favourite symbol -LOTUS ~~ as always :)

But on the day of submission where

we combine our puzzle together, I was shocked that there was an empty space between mine with the one beside me.(The empty space near rainbow colour region in the picture below)

and my puzzle was not able to produce a perfect jointing with my neighbour.

It's no point to argue who was right and wrong, the important thing was that I learnt to deal with unexpected circumstances with a heart of tolerance and gratitude.

I am sure that this was a chance for me to comprehend the meaning  and what the assignment is about.

As what my studio master Ar.Najib said:

'' I don't care what you drew on the puzzle at all,  what I'm interested is the way my  students co-operate among themselves to accomplish the task.''

After the studio, I made an extra circular puzzle to fit into the gap and the problem was solved~Simple as that.

Instead of....

I face it with ...

THE FINAL PUZZLE !

REVIEW

It is common that sometimes we come across situations that are not desirable and seems that we need to give extra effort for matters that is not even exist in the first place.

 But, 

responsibility isn't about dedicating ourselves just to fulfill task given to us, 

in a wider scope, 

it actually means the willingness for individual to bear the responsibility of others' whenever we are capable.

It is by cultivating tolerance and mutual understanding through

 the affairs of daily life,

that we become refined in demeanor and considerate about people around us.

PROJECT 7: ANALYSIS OF GTWH BUILDING ( PRESENTATION ))

This project was a groupwork and I was arranged to GROUP 7 with Cheryl Chew as the leader.After discussion with Ar.Haris, our group decided to study on Old Town Hall, Old City Hall and  High Court
 PENANG HIGH COURT

               

OLD TOWN HALL

                            OLD CITY HALL

We divided the group members into 4 groups where 3 groups are responsible for site analysis of the three building and the fourth group doing the design and artworks of the board and I was in that design group.

By the way, I also went to the 3 sites in Georgetown, while the members of  other groups also contributed to the making  of the board.

The good values in our group is that we not only focus on our task assigned, when we are free, we helped each other regardless of the division we're in.

The picture of Old City Hall at dusk.

I'm so amazed of the Edwardian Baroque style of it.

Looking at the building right in front of my eyes is totally not the same as seeing it on photography!

A photo of our site visit team near Fort Cornwallis.

This was the first time for me to visit the Padang Kota Lama, and I'm glad that I have the accompany of my friends and teammates Cheryl Chew, Sharrol Yin and Davies Chung. :)

SOOO....AFTER THE MEMORABLE SITE VISIT ...HERE COMES THE 

TRUE TEST-

THE MAKING OF 4 A1 -SIZED BOARD

We have the studio session of our own for 3 days, and it was a very fresh experience for me in the appreciation of HBP aka  HANTU BALIK PAGI.

 We started the studio at 9 p.m. for the 3 days.

The first day, I went back to hostel at 4a.m 

The second day 6a.m. 

and the climax....

In the last day we worked till the noon 12o'clock on the next day.

TIRED ? 

YES.

But we are so proud of ourselves for managed to make the IMPOSSIBLE into I'M POSSIBLE.

AND THIS IS HOW WE DID IT

The ADVENTURE  feel we're trying to convey .

Burning our works?No!!! Solely effect purpose

Sometimes  the ''Discussion'' could be very 

                                     intense...

Doing the frames....

You call it a sleepless studio session without  McD?

Taking photo with my neighbours ....

Group leader's confusion.

  Not yet decided????

But it's sunrise now~

Tiredness is unbearable

Sunshine in the studio

The FINAL PRODUCTION:

Georgetown World Heritage-

'' The Adventure Through the Eye of an Old English.''

THE PRESENTATION :

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
\

      ~Langston Hughes, African-American poet

REVIEW

Looking back from this moment, with me sitting in front of my laptop typing the lines of review,

 I recalled the time our group spent together

 with a heart of gratitude.

It was a really  meaningful and  enjoyable group assignment , so far the Best I ever had.

Ya

for many reasons...

making new friends

the adaption to studio life

visiting Georgetown

dealing with limited sleeping time

Rush hour

and many more...

but the most dominant is that 

I learned to look for the similarities within the differences 

among the team members.

The 

different races,

different study fields 

different task specification

different ideas

different attitudes

different feelings

different contributions

but

One Inspiration

and

One Passion

under the umbrella of

TEAM SEVEN

             

PROJECT 6: ANALYSIS OF HBP SPACES (COMPOSITION)

In this assignment 6, I was required to produce an analysis of HBP using A2 paper as the medium..

I decided to  

make a display of HBP's academic information with views of School of HBP which I think are attractive.

In the process of gathering information, I refer to http://hbp.usm.my/ and Dr.Azree's posts on Facebook.

I also spent some time to take the photos of HBP in different time of a day to observe the changes of built
environment's feeling within a day.

The sunrise view near HBP (upper right) and my studios (lower right)

The Key Plan of Penang Island, Location Plan of USM and Site Plan of HBP.

 The night scene of the main office and resource centre.

The programme structure of HBP

In conclusion, I design the board wishing to show the uniqueness of HBP, its multi-facade view of night and day.

I believe its history and beauty should be appreciated by everyone in USM, or outsiders and last but not least, those who cherish the ambition to be enrolled in any prestigious programme of HBP.

PROJECT 5A: THE MASK

For this project, I was required to come out with a mask with design of facial expression. As the first step, I placed several layers of tissue paper on my face as the foundation for moisture purpose as the process of making the mask took several hours.

Then, layers of newspaper were soaked in water and were pasted on the tissue layer.The process was repeated for about 10 times to thicken the mask so that it will become more durable.

To ensure the layers were correctly pasted and to avoid confusion, each layer was pasted with different colours.

Finally the mask's model was completed and ready to be used...after 5 hours.

After placing the last layer of tissue paper, the mask was now finished and can be coloured.

Here comes the completed mask!!

The mask's design pattern was inspired by my Japanese friend, Rika who shared her experience of viewing aurora in Norway.The design was mainly curvy lines of different thickness and  natural features such as green leaves are noticeable.

Basically, the usage of cool and warm colours were adapted and was boldly expressed to give a vivid and strong feeling of contrast.

I wish to express the feeling of dilemma when I enter a space of many strangers and I don't know the right way to approach them. In the depth of my heart, I wish to know them but I am too afraid to take the initiative...so there is a warm colour combination on the upper part to express my suppressed passion.

But then, the colours turn cool when it goes down, it resembles the turning point of my feeling because i soon  lost my idea and realised that I have no gut to talk to them.

And silence comes to play .

So the mask has no mouth.

But at this moment ,

I MISS YOU.

SO MUCH.

BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU. 

......

...

...

..

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PROJECT 4B: BLUEPRINT ( PARALINE )

Based on the sculpture that I have produced in the previous project,I was required to produce drawing of plane and elevations.

As shown in the picture above, I displayed ( from left hand side) the left side view, front view, right side view and back view.There is the top view on top of the picture of front view.The views were drawn according to the ratio of 1:3 and every details of the sculpture was observed and carefully measured so as to produce a drawing of high precision and accuracy.

The above is the axonometric drawing of my sculpture.At first, I have no idea how an axonometric drawing looks like but I managed to complete it after getting guidance from lecturer AR Najib and my group tutor Dr Azree.I also seek advice from my senior Mr.Tan who was also graduated from USM Architecture.

This might not be a perfect axonometric drawing but I believe I had put in the best I can and I learned something about it.

The 2 pictures above show the 2 drawings I produced on A3 paper. 

PROJECT 4A :SCULPTURE ( MULTIVIEW )

This is the sculpture I created for the project 4A issued previously.Tome, making a sculpture is something very new to me.I spent 2 days just to figure out the design of a sculpture which carries the theme ''Sustainability''.

After much consideration, I made up my mind to produce a cylinder-like structure which was wrapped by layers of  ''leaves''.The sculpture is in green monochrome and has a height around 50 cm.

The top view of the sculpture clearly shows the layers that surround the body.It brings a meaning of caring 

 and love that we, human being should have in ourselves towards the Mother nature.

 Looking from side, it gives a harmony of tones and texture which reflects the peace of the natural environment we are looking for.