ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO
HANS HOSEA GONZA
This module introduces us to services that are commonly provided in a building, primarily cold and
hot water supply, sewerage disposal and treatment, drainage and storm water management, electrical supply,
fire protection systems, mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning systems as well as mechanical transportation
systems. We are also made familiar with the basic requirements, planning, coordination and installation of
these services besides the regulations especially the ones related to Uniform Building By-Law (UBBL).
The module covers principles of selecting appropriate structural systems and designing elements and structures,
an introduction to structural analysis, deflections, structural design as well as the application of structural design
codes including loading codes.
This studio explores design by harnessing environmental qualities and conditions for human and environment sustainability through a project with a specific community of users within a given context. The project involves precedent studies on design projects that are responsive to the environmental conditions and sustainable issues. Using the precedent studies, students explore the environment poetics of the building enclosure that respond to the basic natural context such as the sun, wind, heat, cold, energy issue and the existing building context (which has clustered built forms for example community centre, nature appreciative center, research centre). Considerations should be given to the complexity of the programme, site topography and vegetation, socio-cultural events, and variety of passive strategies for sustainable design. The design work should contribute to and merge harmoniously with environment and the site, and provide the best of experiences for the community of users. Students are required to demonstrate applications of knowledge gained from Environmentally Sustainable Design and Building Science 1 modules from prior semesters and integrate research from Asian Architecture module.
The subject explores the history of South, Southeast and East Asian architecture as a whole within a systematic
treatment of architectural design and construction, building science and technology, garden design and city
planning through three key themes: sustainability, tradition and modernity & globalisation. These themes will
guide the organisation of weekly lecture and projects, which will proceed from the establishment of a basic
theoretical apparatus to the examination of specific cases. Students will develop a written essay on Asian
architecture and urbanism and interpret Asian architectural language through verbal and video presentations.
