Brainstorming and ideation of recreational center - Shamus Seng, Mayur Bansal, Shawn Tan and Soh Fan

Recreational center in the open space beside SST:

Target audience -> Teenagers as there are quite a few schools around that area, such as SST, ACSI, NUS

Design -> Wavy curves at the side, 5 floors?

Facilities -> Sports ( Basketball, football field, ice skating, swimming pool ) , Garden, library, cafe, LAN gaming, cinema, arcade, archery, bowling alley,

-> Swimming pool indoor cum outdoor , 1.2m - 2m - 1.2m depth ; 50m by 25m and library at first floor

-> Rooftop garden

-> Cafe for affordable quick snacks and coffee etc

-> Double basketball court for bigger playing space ( Ea (28.65 m by 15.24 m) ), hoop 3.05m above ground. 4th floor

-> Soccer 360 by 160 feet 5th floor

-> Ice skating rink 62m by 50m beside basketball court

-> Cafe 3rd and 4th floor

-> Standard size cinema, LAN gaming center beside cinema 3rd floor

-> Archery and bowling alley ; 2nd floor

Incorporate trees in building, eco-friendly. Air conditioned

What makes a good architectural design?

Good architecture should achieves useful and economical results, regardless of what that result looks like.

There are some major factors.

1. The location of the infrastructure, how it suits its surroundings and serves its purpose.

2. We may design a building with good exterior design, and that creates a attractive infrastructure. While this is one of the aspects required, good ambience is also needed to make a architecture design "good", in a sense that when people enters the building, the interior.

3. The entrance of the architecture design, where people can enter and exit the building without having "traffic jams". Sometimes when entrance of the building is being placed at the wrong place there may be choke points that can cause massive human traffic being stuck in a place.

4. The building must be built to suit its designated purpose. If the infrastructure is to be a shopping mall, and it is located in a area with teenagers and young adults, infrastructure need to be attractive enough with clean and fashionable layout of shops to attract the targeted audience, which are the young adults and teenagers.

5. Internal design need to suit the targeted audience needs. If its mostly for the elderlies, more lifts and elevators need to be built. Stairs could be replaced by incline planes to make it more accessible to disabled elderlies.

6. Good drainage of access rainwater on rainy days are also important as it can prevent a possible "flood" when raining heavily.

What is Architectural design?

Architecture can mean:

• The art and science of designing and erecting buildings and other physical structures.
• The practice of an architect, where architecture means to offer or render professional services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use.
• A general term to describe buildings and other structures.
• A style and method of design and construction of buildings and other physical structures.

Architecture design refers to the actual design and layout of spaces. Architecture encompasses many different elements including construction, design, and the manipulation of light as it relates to shadow. Throughout history, architects have found ways to create functional and practical spaces using any materials that were available.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-architecture-design.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/