Project 2b

“DISCOVERY” by the online Cambridge Dictionary is, the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found.

In this final project, students are required to design a structure that will allow user to “DISCOVER” about the people, place, activities, culture, history etc. associated to Kampung Janda Baik. It will function as a visitor center that could display interpretive exhibits, include a walk-through historical or cultural journey museum-like exhibition, as well as an interactive and engaging “edutainment” program and areas or spaces to connect with the local people and the natural environments of the place. It could be a center to learn about the locals and early settlers that called the location as home or to reveal the significance of the rainforest, rivers, mountains and even the “kampung” activities. All these information shall be transformed into spaces that requires a poetic touch architecturally.

Project 2B is a continuation from Project 1 and Project 2A. Project 1 was aimed to introduce and explore the formal and poetic articulation of architecture in a site-less or hypothetical site condition. Project 2a was about the historical research and site analysis as a driver for architectural development for the Discovery Center. Finally, in Project 2b, the design brief calls for an architectural response to design A DISCOVERY CENTER (Visitor Center) emphasizing a strong engagement and relationship to the site, people, culture, history, spatial experiences, and programmatic requirements.