DOCUMENTATION AND MEASURED DRAWINGS 2016: 44, KING STREET

interior view of 44

This short semester, our task was to document a building to as detailed as possible. Gratefully, with Dr. Nikhil Joshi's guidance, we were able to deliver perfectly throughout the 8 weeks.

There were three tasks in total, an individual sketch journal, video + report documenting the building and lastly complete measured drawings + model of the building.

The building we dealt with this semester was a unique building in George Town, Penang. Located at the heart of the UNESCO Heritage Site, 44, King Street is one of the two shophouses in Penang that has a cantilevered room. Owned by Cheah Kongsi, it is currently vacant which benefits us when we spent 4 days on site for our measured drawings.

44 KING STREET:

Sketchbook Journal:

Video: Story of a Shophouse

front elevation

back elevation

roof plan

section

Link to CAD Drawings: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8XrKPtb3QIRV0I4NG9nSi1WYmM

Through this module, I've been exposed to AutoCad for the first time. It was surely an addicting but tiring process. Besides the technical skills, I've learnt a lot from Dr. Nikhil on old shophouses and brushed up my detective skills. I've realized that behind every detail, there's a story. Last but not least, I've learnt to not do donkey work and to party hard, we have to first work hard.