architecture portfolio
Loh Wei Shuen
project 1: preliminary investigation of historical building
Students are required to study and produce a preliminary investigation report of a historical building. The report must comprise information of the owner, historical and social background, and the objection for conservation. The report is to be accompanied with a set of measured drawings. This project will expose students to first stage of building conservation framework.
Work as a class, we get to visit Gedung Raja Abdullah for Project 1. Located in Klang, Gedung Raja Abdullah was built by Raja Abdullah in 1857 which served as the warehouse and living spaces for Raja Abdullah and his family. The warehouse was later on used as British administrative office and police headquarter. In 1970, a new police headquarter was built beside the warehouse and it has transformed into a museum. Gedung Raja Abdullah is listed as one of the conservation building in the Jabatan Warisan Negara (National Heritage Department) listings.
architectural conservation
project 2: mini-seminar
Students are to produce a "mini-seminar" on issues pertaining building conservation. Students need to share their opinions and findings on conservation from lectures and surveys. The purpose of the seminar is to identify the level of awareness and understanding of students on conservation.
Work as a class, we discussed about the "Issues and Challenges of Architectural Conservation in Georgetown, Penang".
project 3: adaptive reuse
This project will require students to propose for potential new usage for building conservation. It will require students to investigate and observes practices and approaches on architecture conservation in Malaysia. Students are to organize trips to several sites in order to explore, comprehend and form opinion which subsequently captured in a proposal statement and illustrated diagrams.
Work in a group of 5, the proposed site is located in Petaling Street.
Renderings to show the concept of our design proposal.