LING TECK ONG 0303127
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
Center for Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia (MASSA)
Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Architecture)
IN ADAPTATION [ARC 1133]
Exercise 1: The Art of Adaptation
INTRODUCTION:
This exercise is in preparation in the lead-up to the Final Project of adapting the literature Invisible Cities to the local conditions of the Greater KL. The everyday life of cities and its banality is a scene that has been taken for granted. While the experience of the everyday life is banal, there are a plethora of mediums/channels by which stories of cities are told/expressed, one of which is literature. Literature is a medium in which stories are told, some of them original but most are tales from across the centuries adapted to a contemporary or different context, or to a modified theme to enhance the storyline. Using the literature, Invisible Cities, as the basis, students are to study, analyse and creatively adapt it using a graphical representation.
OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT:
The objectives of this project are as follows:
To introduce adaptation from literature through different artistic mediums
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF PROJECT:
Learning outcomes assessed in this exercise include:
1. Critically analyse a theme or subject matter from an artistic mediums (e.g. art/architecture/film/literature)
2. Source, cite and discuss themes and references from fields related to the current and contemporary context that are
significant in re-telling of stories
3. Re-present the story in a graphical approach based on the contemporary context of time.
ARTWORK OF Exercise 1 : (Esmeralda City)
Exercise 2 : Observing the Everyday
INTRODUCTION:
The purpose of this exercise is to have a deeper understanding of the city in which we inhabit but do not necessarily seek to understand, Kuala Lumpur, and her greater surroundings but that of an objective standpoint in comparison to personal subjectivity. In this exercise of objectivity and subjectivity, you will select an artiste/philosopher/”idol” of choice whose methodology you prescribe to or can identify with, and observe a selected area in or around the city of your choice in the eyes of him/her.
OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT:
The objectives of this project are as follows:
• To create an objective observation of the people and society of a specific area within KL or Greater KL
• To draw analytical inferences from informed yet authentic observations
• To be aware of the difference between forming an assumption and making an informed conclusion
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF PROJECT:
Learning outcomes assessed in this exercise include:
1. Critically analyse the Greater KL
2. Use appropriate materials and methods of research in the process of observing the Greater KL
Final Project : Invisible Cities RE-SYNTHesized: An Experiment
INTRODUCTION:
Exercise 1 is an attempt to adapt literature into graphics/visual expression of the city, while Exercise 2 is an attempt to ‘see’ the ordinary city in an extraordinary or unique way. The final project is a synthesis of the surrealism and imaginary in Exercise 1, and the realism and physical fabric of the urban conditions in Exercise 2. It stretches further the idea of ‘adaptation’ in the style of how a film maker would overlay an imaginary (utopian/dystopian) city into the real space. In brief, this project is about the exploration of an adaptive process between the imaginary and the real, and non-physical and the physical.
OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT:
The objectives of this project are as follows:
• To understand the process of translating ideas through the process of creative adapation
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF PROJECT:
Learning outcomes assessed in this exercise include:
1. Apply learnt skills and techniques in an exercise of creative adaptation (video/model)
