Dip. Studio 4 | Assignment One Crits

The first wave of assignments and projects are over...Happy Chinese New Year to all! Enjoy it while you can!

Models for HP's Launching of Its New Line of Printers

For the past two weeks, Taylors had been approached by HP (Hewlett Packet) to construct two city scape models based on our own creativity; one architectural and one conceptual, models of not more than 1.5m x1.5m respectively; for the launching of HP's new printers which was held in Midvalley Hotel last Wednesday! 

We got to know about this project a week before our new semester and had decided to take on this challenge out of mutual agreement and later got a whole lot of others to chip in as well! The whole team had decided to maintain the same road layout for both the architectural and conceptual model so both would seem to morph from the same basics yet diverse in material style.

The architectural model team wanted theirs to be an exact replicate of the modern city with renowned skyscrapers massed in the middle of the city, followed by low-rise and residential areas surrounding it! Everything is done to scale, precision and in a sensible manner with brown boards all the way and indeed it mirrored a city scape well. Work started on the first day of college itself, everyday after classes and went on for a week or so. Everyone enjoyed it totally and had a fun time blasting musics and chatting away while modelling at the same time. Each person completed about one to two skyscrapers of their choice/ design and the rest of the low-rise buildings and signages were done together.     

Led by Kijun Lo, the team consists of Felix, Rynn, JasonOoi, Megan, SuYiean, Stacie, Jonathan, Krystal and Fiona, all from Diploma Semester 5.

As for the conceptual model team, they had to come up with something futuristic and out of the norm; an architecture that would create a 'WOW' factor, yet maintaining the idea of creating a sensible and realistic city scape without creating a whole lot of mess. So, the team decided to explore further with the use of computer parts as building materials; collecting and dismantelling old computers from friends and putting them into good use. The team, led by Jonathan Low, with the assistance of Marie, Kenny, Shauwn, Joseph, ChooiSi, Alex, JasonGoh, Dennis and Julian; a mixture of Diploma Semester 3,4 and 5; indeed had great fun trying to fit different parts together, forming building-like structures and skyscrapers as shown below! In the same line, it is sort of a replica of the architectural model as well, creating two different models in different materials. So far, only around 6-7 computers were used in this project.

Credits and cheers to all who were in charge of making this external project a success !!

To the Returning Students of SABD, Welcome back to...

FNBE January Intake Orientation 2010 !

Event: FNBE January Intake Orientation 2010

Date: 16 January 2010

Time: 8.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

Venue: Multipurpose Hall, Taylor’s College PJ

Report by: Lim Zi Kang

As the indigo welkin changed its hue and became aglow with subtle shades of yellow, it marked the advent of a new day dawning bright and warm. An exuberant morning; the firmament was heavenly, and nothing could dampen the spirits of our new SABD comrades who were coming in droves for the orientation program organized specifically for them. Voices rose in a crescendo in the multipurpose hall and before long, the hall was packed.

We first began with an ice-breaking session. The activity devised was a dancing activity whereby participants had to take turns dancing to music in the centre of a human circle and the surrounding participants were required to imitate them. Amid the peals of laughter, clamours of euphoria and exhilarating beats of music, it was in the aim to engender a sense of togetherness amongst them, and certainly, it has proved to be a marvellous social lubricant.

What ensued after that was a slew of intriguing games: the Longest Line (build the longest possible line within a limited period of time using their belongings and also their bodies), Fiction (exhale the breathings of their artistic minds by drawing symbolic objects on a piece of paper and then creatively craft a story that is relevant to be presented), Link Up (solve and untangle a human chain), and last but not least, the Tower of Terror (build a structure as tall and stable as possible utilizing satay sticks, straws and rubberbands, based on a concept generated beforehand) – which was the highlight of the day.

Overall, the event was a fruitful success! Everyone got to broaden their social circles, understand the significance of teamwork and more importantly, all of them had lots of fun!

The event ended at precisely one, fraught with a mellow sense of esprit de corps, rapture and the glow of their energy.

Taylor's Campus Day 2009

Taylor’s Open Day was held on the 11th-13th of December while Campus Day was held a week after, on the 18th-20th of December 2009 from 10am-5pm.

Now after fourty years of operation, this new campus, fondly called “Lakeside Campus” is scheduled to be opened in January 2010 with its first intake of students.

 

It is an expansion to meet the needs of both local and international students, which houses all existing tertiary programmes currently located at Taylor's various campuses in Subang Jaya and Petaling Jaya. With this, the ultra-modern Lakeside Campus comes with a three-storey multi-purpose hall and auditorium, a four-storey library, three 10-storey academic blocks and a hostel. Not forgetting, a 5.5 acre man-made lake, as well as a landscape of water plants, trees and flowering shrubs and groundcover which will provide a rich and stimulating natural environment in the neighbourhood.

A warm sense of arrival will be your first impression as the tree-lined University Drive leads you towards the main entrance and catch your first glimpse of the lake.

Inter-connecting streets lead to shops, cafes, banks, convenience stores and an array of service amenities. Next is the hostel, neighbouring F&B outlets that face out to the lake and a boardwalk which leads to the outdoor amphitheatre and University Square. Sheltered, high-ceiling, landscaped promenades will provide easy access to facilities, thus creates opportunities for various social and leisure activities.

More than just a home to new student population, it will be the nurturing ground for an energetic and dynamic new community.

The Broadwalk

Multi Purpose Hall, where all booths were located with well-versed counsellors to assist visitors on course informations! There's also a career and personality test available, followed by personalized consultation sessions all day.  Outdoor Amphitheatre

Pathway leading to the Multi-Purpose Hall

    Displayed architecture and interior design models at the entrance of the Multi-Purpose Hall.

View of lake

Sculptures by Architecture Diploma Students enlivened the cold concrete pathway. Below are corridors to classes.

Auditoriums

Gallery which exhibited selected architecture, interior design and design school projects!

Some of the works exhibited...

A glimpse of Truffles Restaurant

TCPJ will be moving later (Phase 2) in March-April. Hence, SOCIT, SABD, TDS and SOC will stay put in January. This is to ensure that we don't suddenly flood the lakeside with more than we can handle and get everyone upset.

Although this may come as a downer but just wait 4 more months and we'll all be under one roof!