FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT (FNBE)

FEBRUARY 2014 INTAKE

INTRODUCTION TO CONSTURCTION INDUSTRY (QSB 30105)

FINAL PROJECT

NAME: DARREN LOONG CHI YOONG & TAN ZHAO MING

STUDENT ID: 0318029 & 0318724

LECTURER: PN. HASMANIRA MOKHTAR, MS. ANN SEE PENG

SUBMISSION DATE: 15 JUNE 2014

CONTENTS:

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1. Introduction

2. Types of building development

3. Site analysis

4. Purpose of construction

5. Concept

6. Plan and zoning of construction

7. Layout and perspectives of construction

8. Conclusion

Introduction

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In this project, we are ought to initiate a small construction in

Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus and to use a land area of

about 10mx10m anywhere on campus ground.

As we are given the task to construct a study enhancement

area, the small project that we are initiating is the construction

of a 24/7 study and discussion room. The construction of this

project will take place at the open car park beside the

commercial block. A 10mx10m area will be taken from the

current open car park to construct this 24/7 study and

discussion room.

Types of Building Development

1. On-Site UPGRADING

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On-Site upgrading means that improving the size or the quality of existing communities without changing the layout or the plot size of the land. It is also improving the basic services and physical environment. Example, houses, lanes, roads and open spaces. The purposes of on-site upgrading is helping the poor communities and increase the image of the city.

This is the example of the house that needs to have on-site upgrading

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The example of On-site upgrading, from the ancient house become a modern house without changing the layout or the plot size of the land. 2. On-Site REBLOCKING

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Reblocking is to make adjustments of

a project to make way for the

construction of essential

infrastructures and amenities such as

drainage, sewages, walkways, roads,

and etc. The purpose of reblocking is

to ensure a community of people are

able to live in a systematic

environment. When communities are

in need of reblocking, some of the existing construction may have to be

removed partially or entirely for the reblocking process to take place.

Roads and walkways may also be destructed and reconstructed again

when there is a reblocking process. The process of reblocking is important

to improve the layout of an area, especially housing areas.

3. On-Site Reconstruction

On-Site reconstruction means that the existing communities

are totally devastated and reconstructed on the same land in

the upgrading strategy. The new safety of land tenancy on the

already-occupied land frequently offers community people with

a very durable encouragement to invest in their housing,

through innovation or new construction. Renovation also allows

communities on low-lying land to first increase the level of the

land above overflow lines before investing in proper housing.

Although the renovation option includes making substantial

physical changes within the community and involves some

adjustments to a new atmosphere, the plan allows people to

remain living in the same place and to continue near to their

places of work and dynamic support systems. This endurance

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is a critical recompense for the expenditure and difficulty

renovation includes.

This is some example of on site reconstruction

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4. Land Sharing

Land sharing is a housing and payment enhancement plan that allows both the owner of land and the public people living on that land to advantage. After an era of negotiation and organization, the contract is reached to “share” the land, where the payment is distributed into two quantities. The organization is given, sold or chartered one portion for renovating their housing, and the rest of the land is returned to the land-owner to improve. There’s no regulation about how the land is distributed: the quantity of land the people get and how much goes back to the owner is established during the negotiations. 

At the core of a land distribution progression is the capability to convert conflicting needs and disagreeing demands into a cooperation that takes a concrete “win-win” form, and which is conventional to all parties involved. The people may end up with fewer areas than they had before, and the land-owner may get back less-than-all of his land, but the trade-off is that the unfortunate will no longer be residents but the permissible owners or occupants of their land. And the property-owner finally gets to improve the land.

This is the example of land sharing project.

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5. Nearby or not-so-nearby RELOCATION

The extreme benefit of the rearrangement strategy is that it generally comes with housing safety, through land use rights, outright proprietorship or some kind of long-term land tenancy. Relocation sites can sometimes be distant from current communities, job occasions, backing organizations and schools. In these cases, community members who want to keep their old jobs or attend the same schools must swallow the encumbrance of extra travelling time and expenditure and they must get used to a new environment. But in many towns and cities around the country, ingenious communities are finding bits of land to buy or rent inexpensively for their housing that are not far away at all. 

Example of Nearby or not-so-nearby RELOCATION

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SITE ANALYSIS

The site that is selected to construct this 24/7 Study Room is

located at the open space car park, beside the commercial

block, facing the 5.5 acres man made lake.

The open space car park measures approximately 500mx800m

and to build this 24/7 Study Room, only 10mx10m of the entire

space will be used. This is to ensure that the car park is not

completely affected and because Taylor's University has many

cars parked everyday, the open space car park must still

remain.

Since the ground of the site is very uneven as it is covered with

rocks, stones and gravels, a flat foundation to support the

entire construction will be built.

10m

10m

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PURPOSE

The aim of building this 24/7 study room is to of course to allow

students to study 24/7. This is the second 24/7-study room that

is to be built in Taylor's University. There is already one 24/7

study room in the campus, which is located beside the library.

As mentioned above, this project will be constructed beside the

commercial block. Since the commercial block has a hostel

there, the construction of this project is also for the

convenience of the students, as they do not need to walk all

the way to the library's 24/7 study room.

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CONCEPT

The current 24/7 study room that is located beside the library

is for silent study only. By constructing this 24/7 study room,

students do not need to be silent because there will be two

discussions room built inside the study room. Each discussion

room features a 10-seater rectangular table, an LCD screen

with projector, and a 30-inch smart white board. This is for the

convenience of the students to conduct their discussion

effectively and also to support the use of technologies.

Outside the study room, there will be a 60-seater study table

for self-study. Anywhere outside the discussion room within the

study area is a silent study area. There are also 10 public

computers for students to use for their research and to use for

printing purposes. Of course, there will be a Print-On-Demand

(POD) machine in the 24/7 study room. There is also a toilet

included in the 24/7 study room so that the students do not

need to walk all the way to the commercial block to utilise the

toilet.

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PLAN AND ZONING OF

CONSTRUCTION

The floor plan above shows the entire 10mx10m 24/7 study

room. A concrete wall except for the main entrance door

surrounds the entire room, which is a row of glass panels.

There are glass panels on the front section of the discussion

rooms as well. A partition wall divides the discussion rooms.

TOILET COMPUTERS

DISCUSSION ROOM 1SILENT SELF

STUDY ZONE

PRINT-ON-DEMAND (POD) DISCUSSION ROOM 2

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Layout and perspectives of

construction

This is the example of discussion room, the table is oval, and it

can fit maximum 8 people. It is an air-conditioned room.

This is the example of the computer row that place at the

behind of study room.

This is the example of the printing

machine; student can print either

color or mono. The printer also can

scan work, the maximum size is A3.

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This is the layout of the table in the silent zone.

This is the example of the toilet in study room, there

two same size of toilet, one is for male and one is for

female.

There is a socket on top of every table, student can charge their computer or phone, its very convenient.

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CONCLUSIONIn conclusion, the study room is very convenient for Taylor’s

student especially when public holiday and Sunday. The

students who want to study overnight also can study at there.

Although it is just 10m x 10m but it already help the students a

lot. The student can just park their car and then straight walk

to the study room for study because the library is quite far.

Lastly, I hope that this study room is helpful for some

inconvenient students.

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