SPATIAL DESIGN
CASE STUDY 1

First we had to start with creating the floorplan on AutoCAD. The assignment brief provided us with the dimensions of the house, as a PDF format. Hence, we had to individually create the dimensions and put the pieces together on the software, like Lego blocks. To put it simply, the pdf is the guide book while the AutoCAD was our Lego blocks. This was our first milestone!

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Next, we had to seperate the areas into the different types of rooms and facilities. For e.g, Kitchen, Balcony, Living room etc. To visualize the space better, I used bubble diagram to categorize the different type of areas! After that was settled, I used adjacency matrix to provide clarity on which rooms are adjacent, nearby or not related to each other. Adjacency matrix allows the designer to double confirm whether the areas are located at a reasonable place. (Milestone 2)

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After that was completed, I had to move on to dividing the rooms on the AutoCAD floorplan by adding internal walls. (Since it's our own creation, we can place the walls anywhere we want, as long as it's logical) Once the internal walls are added, we move on to adding furnitures into the different rooms! This was the fun part because it was like decorating a doll house :) Afterwards, we had to render the floorplan alongside with the furnitures and render 2 elevations with its furnitures as well. Rendering means adding colors, textures and shadows to give a better visualization of the layout. (Like a high-fidelity prototype)

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Last but not least, was turning our creation into 3D model which had to be done in SketchUP! Not to mention, we had to present all of our design in a Digital Presentation Board, where we collate all of our works together. For e.g. adjacency matrix, bubble diagram, moodboard, rendered floorplan, SketchUP screenshots etc.!