Project 2B Precedent Studies
Precedent 1: Triangle Hotel
Precedent 2: Akmani Legian Hotel
Group member: Kong Wei Hong | Looi Yuet Si | Tiew Meng Ong | Toh Sui Chi
A group study of medium-scale urban hotels with similar climatic conditions, so that issues on sustainability, urban design, local contexts, efficient hotel layout, and potential nodes of urban activities can be researched in detail. The precedent study will focus on the hotel unit layouts, sustainable design strategies and elements for low-rise structures, and introduction of pocket urban landscape for public use.
Precedent 1 | Triangle Hotel 廿六院记
Architect
Area
Year
Location
: Trim Architecture Group 素米建筑
: 1027 m²
: 2017
: Lijiang, Yunnan, China
The project's philosophy is to engage in the rural-urban transformation. While at the intersection between architecture and traditional crafts, the architect is committed to both design and research of architecture. From concept to construct, the architect strives to realize the built idea and to test projects through the dynamic interaction between architecture and larger public.
Thus, the architect proposed the concept of Half Architecture, in which architecture was only used to solve the core functional problems, such as the size and layout of the house, while leaving the judgement of the remaining work to the local craftsmen, to give the opportunity for indigenous technology to be applied, iterated, and evolved in modern construction. Meanwhile, traditional craft can be developed and evolved during modern construction.
Precedent 2 | Akmani Legian Hotel
Architect
Area
Year
Location
: TWS Partners
: 3165 m²
: 2012
: Bali, Indonesia
The Akmani Legian simply stands as an “Iconic Passage” for Kuta, especially in Legian area. The design intention is to link the Legian Street in front with the Banesari Street behind. This issue derives from the local life style which is familiar with lively pedestrian, both during day and night.
As the surrounding becomes clustered with business of private property, shops, restaurants and pubs, the access between the Legian Street and Banesari Street becomes less flexible for the pedestrian. The architect wants to provide a flexibility of movement by creating a passageway between Legian Street and Banesari Steet as access for the pedestrian. This precedent study is focus on how the architect emphasize the local preservation in the building design.
