Students are required to present an in-depth and analytical research study on the designated topic. Students are to explore the image of a city based on Kevin Lynch’s most famous work, The Image of the City (1960). The project consisted of 2 parts; the first is to identify Lynch’s 5 elements; path, edges, districts, nodes and landmarks within a selected city and the second part is to produce an essay with a cognitive mapping of the city.
This project comprises of 2 parts:PART A(IDENTIFY 5 ELEMENTS) & PART B(ILLUSTRATED ESSAY WITH COGNITIVE MAPPING)
PART A:
Student is to select a city and identify the 5 elements in the city. Then, produce 5 A4 size illustrated diagrams of the city identifying the 5 elements accompanied with an introduction page of the city.
PART B:
Part b of the project requires students to create cognitive mapping of selected significant urban spaces in the city of KL to understand one’s perception and spatial behavior in cities today. Using the cognitive map students are required to present a critical understanding of emerging contemporary urbanism in KL city spaces . Then, produce 2000 words illustrated essay with 1 A3 size cognitive mapping of selected urban spaces.
LEARNING OUTCOME:
1. Analyse architecture and urban forms in relation to relevant architectural theories
2. Analyse and critique the relationship between architecture and its social, cultural and intellectual context
3. Produce, orally and in writing, a critical interpretation of architecture and urbanism in relation to relevant theories within the contemporary discourse of architecture
PART A:
PART B:
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The 'image of city' project help us learn about how to identify the urban elements and carried out analytical research about the urbanism. In part A, we need to identify the 5 elements that state in the Lynh 5 elements after the site visit. The chosen site was KL Sentral. Kl sentral was a centre of KL city, the interchange station( kl sentral and nu sentral) brings most human flow to the site. We had produce 5 maps that according to the 5 elements. For part b, we continue the analysis through the illustrated essay with critical thinking. The essay should include the personal perspective with the understanding of urbanism. In conclusion, throughout the whole module,we able to apply the knowledge of urban analysis to others project.
