Hey readers, welcome back! For today, we will bring you through the journey of a study visit in George Town, Penang. After a long break due to Covid-19, we are finally able to travel again!
It was a 3Days at the end of February 2022 with 20 students from Year 2 Interior Architecture & Design & lecturers travelled to George Town, Penang for a cultural visual study. The 6hours smooth travel got us excite in the bus as we kicked off our journey with “George Town Urban Sketching”, taking a stroll through the city and discover some interesting spots, then sketch out the beautiful buildings and scenes.
Briefing & Preparation before Urban Sketching around the town.
Urban sketch is definitely a wonderful way to learn more about a city, capturing the beautiful sceneries and memories. Hence, the urban sketch competition that is held by IAD club allows students to explore on the culture, architectural styles and perks of Georgetown. Though it was short but through this activity we were able to recapture and observe sensitively the details and beauty of the town, architecture, culture and people.
And thanks to all the student's co-operation, we able to ended off the session splendidly & safely. Here are some pictures of the winners of the sketches. Congratulation!
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On the second day, we went to Pengkalan Weld for site observation & documentation study to collect all the required information for our course project. We study about the human activities, circulation, traffic, neighboring buildings, trees and vegetations, light levels, accessibility, hazards and others that is happening around the sites. The sites that we have visited also include hotels, Creative Art Hubs, F&B, which are 35@Jetty 潮人居 · 生活艺术空, The Frame Guesthouse, MCCC, Mano Plus Select Store, and Chao Xuan. Not only that, interviews and surveys were done with the pedestrian and necessary.
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After collecting data from each sites, students are required to compile the data and
present it to the respective tutors, and tutors will decide on which 3 sites are suitable for the
following projects
Data presentation after the site visitation
Overall, the site visit to George Town was interesting and truly enhanced our
understanding of the township culture and architecture impact. Through this event, we were quite amazed of
the building details we observed through our eyes. It seems better than looking into the pictures
taken or through online. The sense of touch, view and culture surround does make the place
much closer to heart. I would say that this site visits did provide us a great learning experience!
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After this journey ended, student’s artworks were displayed at the white canvas gallery,
FCUC from 23rd March to 8th April 2022 from 9am to 5pm, to showcase to fellow students
about the sketches of amazing buildings are drawn by the students and allow others to see how
interesting Georgetown is.
It's definitely an amazing trip! Thanks to all who participated, we hoped you enjoyed
it as much as we did! Looking forward to more learning journey with IAD FCUC!
