Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022)

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Original Research Articles

Article ID: 890

The Serendipitious City in South East Asia—Urban Archetypal Design Principles from the Morphological ‘Vernacular’

by Puteri Shireen Jahnkassim, Kamariah Kamaruddin, Nurul Syala Abdul Latip, Norwina Mohd Nawawi

Architecture and Design Review, Vol.4, No.1, 2022; 387 Views, 11 PDF Downloads, 0 Revised version Downloads

‘Serendipitious’ has been defined as occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “A serendipitous encounter” thus generally means one or a series of unexpected but pleasant encounters. A city, which is serendipitious, is a physical form, which has configuration and features which allows such encounters to happen. This paper highlights vernacular-based principles which are needed to counter the modernisation and urbanisation trends in South East Asia, throughout studying the typological and morphological character of ‘littoral maritime’ cities which grew in the 15th century onwards across littoral or coastal straits of maritime Asia represent pre-modern vernacular-rooted forms from which contain patterns that are urban, yet naturally-balanced with the environment. As these grew as a result of maritime trade, it is highly densed yet still reflect ecological features and conditions are still intact. The paper reconstructs some of these patterns and identify four central character as a result of their urban which resonate with ‘ecological themes’: 1) accretion qualities; 2) river-gravitation; 3) fractality and 4) centricity. The paper argues that although these patterns emerge from medieval times, these maritime cities constitute a ‘gentle’ and ecologically-sound approach to development which can unite the co-existence of urbanisation and nature. In such conditions, the tropical jungle exists side by side with densed urbanisation. The paper uses the reconstruction of the former (pre-colonial) morphologies in South East Asia to demonstrate the character of these centers, which are organic and informal evolvements having certain morphologies, configurations, architectural structures and their similarities and common principles in terms of urban patterns and principles are discussed. The pursuit of the optimal balance between ‘man’ and ‘nature’ must reflect in a city which consider living beings as both animal, vegetation and man, and which are, at present, in danger of critical depletion, and eventually extinction. Cases of built language, topography, ecology, landscape forms and urban configuration patterns and parameters across the region are presented and the paper argues that the rise of sustainability in city planning favors the compact and densed formal patterns which are reflective of these centers across the coastline of the straits historically and these constitutes principles that can sustain ecology, climatic balance yet an active cultural conduit of the place.

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Original Research Articles

Article ID: 1076

Discussion on Design Control and Management of Construction Cost

by Mengli Li

Architecture and Design Review, Vol.4, No.1, 2022; 1219 Views, 15 PDF Downloads

As a pillar industry in China, the construction industry is developing rapidly at this stage. In order to better promote the development of the construction industry, it is necessary to reasonably ensure the economic benefits of the project and do a good job in the cost management of the project. Based on this, this paper analyzes the construction cost control and management measures, aiming to take effective measures to control the construction cost and promote the better development of the construction project.

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Original Research Articles

Article ID: 1077

On the Function and Exertion of Management in Architectural Curtain Wall Design

by Mengqi Hao

Architecture and Design Review, Vol.4, No.1, 2022; 232 Views, 10 PDF Downloads

Curtain wall structure is the common type of external fixation structure of high-rise and super-high-rise buildings. The application advantages of curtain wall structure have been paid attention to by engineers, so its application is more and more extensive. Based on this, this paper briefly expounds the basic concept of curtain wall, and puts forward the development strategy of management work in building curtain wall construction, aiming at deeply analyzing the current situation of building curtain wall construction in China and deeply exploring the role of management work in building curtain wall construction stage from the project management level.

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Articles

Article ID: 552

3D Indoor Modelling Using UAV’s Video

by Khairul Nizam Tahar, Haris Safwan Alias

Architecture and Design Review, Vol.4, No.1, 2022; 189 Views, 7 PDF Downloads, 0 3D Indoor Modelling Using UAV’s Video Downloads

3D indoor modelling is a digital representation of the interior space in building to ensure the indoor space is in a good quality condition. The aim of this study is to assess UAV’s video for 3D indoor modelling. The methodology in this study is divided into four phases namely planning and preparation, data collection, data processing, and result and analysis. The data is acquired using UAV in the form of video from two meters altitude. The accuracy is assessed through the comparison between actual measurement and measured data from Agisoft Photoscan software in which the assessment is better illustrated using root mean square error (RMSE). As a result, the 3D indoor model using UAV video is able to achieve accuracy up to ±5.3 cm. In conclusion, 3D indoor modelling using UAV video is feasible and can be beneficial for various purposes such as for architecture application.