[22/4/2015] Detailing and Working Drawings/Interior Design Projects II: Site Visit to Plaza Damas, Jalan Sri Hartamas 1.

Last Wednesday, with a collaboration with our Interior Design Projects II class, we were brought to our first ever site visit around Kuala Lumpur which was at Plaza Damas in Sri Hartamas. Our project for Interior Design Projects II class was to design your very own hybrid restaurant/cafe. We were brought here because to see how the environment of that area is and observe the different types of restaurants and cafes that are available there. Plaza Damas has 8 blocks of shop lots and a shopping mall in the center of all the blocks. All these 8 blocks has its own characters and specialty. All the restaurants and cafes there are actually very interesting to look it.

These are the 8 blocks taken from Google Map.

We were given NAKED Restaurant & Bar as our main site visit. We were told to observe every little details happening around the area including all the 8 blocks. We were also told to use that space as our space when designing our own restaurant/cafe. 

Before going to the site, Miss Diana, our Interior Design Projects II lecturer divided us into 6 groups. Where each teams has their own tasks to do when at the site. Our task were to do all the 5 AEIOU and M where A is for activities, E for environment, I for interaction, O for objects, U for users and M is for measuring the given space. Each of these task, she elected 6 leaders where I am chosen for doing the A task. In groups of 8 people, we were to observe the activities happening around the site.

We went there at around 2:15pm and reached around 3:30pm. The surrounding was very peaceful, calm and quiet. There weren't a lot of people around there. We could mostly see foreigners and working people having their late lunch or a lunch meeting. 

As for our Detailing and Workings Drawings class, we were told to do a report about our given building that we were tasked to measure on site. We are to produce a list of drawings of that building and do a report about its surroundings as well. We had to look into every details in that given space and produce an accurate detailed drawing of that given space. 

After going to the site, I learned how important it is to observe the surroundings and environment of the space you are using before designing the space as it will help you understand how the users uses the area and how friendly can your shop be. 

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