DESA1002 'Nine Quarter City' - <KanRu Jr Yang>

Abstract

Summary-DESA 1002-Design studio2008 As the programme is sort of continuing the way of last semester, all those tasks and requirements became much clearer to me. The concept of ‘nine cities’ is quite interesting which gives us a cultural and environmental background which make the design process more logical and practical. This design including the so called “Artists’ House”, the Arts Exhibition Centre and a foot bridge which links these two relevant buildings. The idea of the Artists’ house came from the form of Bag packers Hotel, but instead of just accommodations for travellers, the Artists’ House provides an enjoyable space for those artists or arts lovers who want to work and live in Jerusalem for a period of time. The footbridge links the Artists’ House with the Arts Exhibition Centre where could hold arts exhibitions, shows and provides a space for communications. The main concept of this design is to create an opening, friendly space for artists, designers and those people who love arts and Jerusalem to enjoy and work with the incredible arts and cultures of Jerusalem. Though I was still doing a lot of work with models and drawings as last semester, I start to think more about some realistic architectural elements or problems that are supposed to happen in my design such as the climate, the local materials and so on. Thus, I found that there are a lot of things should be counted into a design project rather than just focus on the model and try to make it looks ‘cool’. For the design process, I start to use several of ways to get inspirations such as painting and getting relevant information from different Medias. It’s unbelievable that I nearly finish my first year in architecture! It’s a quite exciting, busy and enjoyable year in the university KANRU YANG