Building the brightly future: Project 2 : GENIUS LOCI: Site Analysis & Concept Development

Society, culture, history, memory and the landscape of a particular place echoes the meaning of that ‘place’, or its ‘genius loci’. These qualities will inform the architectural concept and generators for Project 2. In Project 2, the design brief calls for an architectural response toward the sense of place with a strong engagement and relationship to the site and programmatic requirements.

The first assignment for Project 2 requires an analysis of the site context as a starting point. It is a fundamental need for any design project as it will suggest a series of parameters to suggest architectural solution, one that will be appropriate to the place and its meaning, and contributes to its context. The site needs to be understood, in both intuitive and personal ways, as well as quantitative and measured means. Techniques to record and understand the site are varied, from physical surveys to qualitative aspects of experience and personal interpretation of the place.

therefore, we were assigned to design a visitor interpretive center based on the analysis of :

- Orientation (sun path)
- Climate (rainfall & temperature)

- Site contours
- Adjacent street and vehicular traffic patterns
- Pedestrian circulation
- Neighbouring contexts
- Vegetation
- Views from the site
- Views to the site
- Views through the site
- Noise
- Human-Cultural

i had influenced by the rumors and the facts of Pulau Besat, i generated a concept which as known as "dark VS bright forces" from the analysis and the experience of Pulau Besar. Bright forces Vs dark Forces is the concept of this building . The idea is derived from the atmosphere that created by the legends and the facts of Pulau Besar. there 2 entrances designed for two different kind of visitors, who are visitors have experienced Pulau Besar and no. the form is started with a square, which suggests peacefulness and conformity such as the journey of Pulau Besar and then subtract 2 edges due to the site context. the First floor is offer the bright journey, yet the sunken ground floor offer the journey of dark.