Project 2: GENIUS LOCI - Site Analysis & Concept Development

Society, culture, history, memory and the landscape of a particular place echoes the meaning of that ‘place’, or its ‘genius loci’. These qualities will inform the architectural concept and generators for Project 2. In Project 2, the design brief calls for an architectural response toward the sense of place with a strong engagement and relationship to the site and programmatic requirements.

Learning outcome:
1. Produce site analysis which document, interpret and analyze the site context and the ‘genius loci’ of place





Project 2A : Site Conditions and Analysis


Site : Penang Western Road Cemetery



The video below is the presentation video of our site analysis.







Project 2B :Personal Interpretation & Concept Development as a response


Poetic sketches of the site




Concept idea and concept model development