Project 1 : Preliminary Studies

The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of
the city, and learning from examples of urban infill market-places around the world. This assignment
aims to firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and
secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a
market-place and architectural responses for urban infills.
The Preliminary Studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and
Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Market-Places.



Part 1 : Site model and Site Analysis 
Site : Jalan Tun HS Lee

Site model

Part 2 : Precedent Studies of urban infill and market place