CONSTRUCTION SKILLS CENTRE

Project idea

The design challenge given was to envision a construction Centre that does more than just providing workshop spaces. The approach I took was to do away with physical boundary walls to create much intuitive and social friendly institution through public space creation and the effective use of threshold and yet still maintain privacy and controlled access as per spaces requirements.

Project description

Construction Skills Centre is a project proposed to address the loss and shortage of skilled technicians in the country. Over the years there has been a constant down trend of skilled young technicians in the construction sector.
. The project takes advantage of its social and economic context by holding users as long as possible to arose interest by providing a destination shopping complex and a public space in its heart. By consciously removing boundary walls, the project allows for projection to what the local youth could achieve. The public circulation became the initial parameter set for design conception.

Technical information

The project boldly display every architectural detail as its identity. The character of the building contribute to the learning process by exposing its connection and skeleton in the inside.

Construction
Steel framed building
Cast-in place concrete slabs
Brick work infill