arc 2615 internship training final report

ARC 2615 INTERNSHIP REPORT

Throughout this 8 weeks of internship fulfilling my work responsibilities at

Arkitek JFN Sdn. Bhd., I have gained a wealth of knowledge regarding the stages

of planning or building submissions, a tip or two regarding technical requirements

related to authorities, and also experienced the flow of work in an architecture firm.

During my time here, I have been involved in a total of 2 main projects and

also been helping out colleagues with other few projects with various stages.

Main projects:

(i) Interior exhibition design for an intermediate double storey traditional

heritage shophouse at 59, China Street.

(ii) Renovation and extension work of a 2 storey intermediate terrace house

at Lot 2679, No 610, Kenyalang Park.

Side projects:

(i) ArcAsia Awards presentation drawings and report/

(ii) Proposed Medium Cost Housing Development at Lot 2814 Kota

Samarahan Division - Terrace Houses & Low Cost Apartments.

(iii) Proposed Pejabat Residen & Daerah Sundar, Lawas, Limbang Division.

(iv) Renovation and refurbishment work for Sarawak Tourism Board office at

Kuching Plaza.

(v) Proposed housing / lodging facility at Lot 734 Santubong.

In the first few weeks, I was tasked with producing design options for the

interior layout and design of the interior spaces for the double storey

intermediate heritage shophouse. This stepping stone project was given out

and introduced to me during my first office internal briefing with Ar. Mike Boon.

Before entering any sort of design processes, I was first tasked to study and

analysis the preliminary 3D model of the shophouse and also study and

investigate its existing as built drawings in order to familiarize myself with the

interior spaces and structure of the building. Investigation and further deeper

understanding of the building was also carried out through photographic

investigation and research of the existing building taken on site.

Once this is executed, I attended a numerous amount of site visit in order to

actually witness and experience the overall ambiance and what the interior

space of the shophouse has to offer. Apart from that, I was also tasked into

producing a systematic and proper inventory list in order to document all the

existing items and exhibits the client has and intend to exhibit. This includes

documenting it in terms of dimensions, specifications, images and also its

current condition. Client-consultant meeting was also attended in order to

familiarize myself with the client and also a typical CCM procedure.

For the second main project which I was assigned to, I was tasked to study

and analyse existing as built drawings of a 1960s-1970s double storey

intermediate terrace house. This includes studying imperial scaled drawings

which includes cadastral plans, site and locality plans, drawing plans, sections,

elevations and also detailed drawings and detail schedule.

Once doing so, I was tasked to reproduce the drawings into proper technical

AutoCAD drawings using the given and stated dimension and specification

accordingly. Using the completed AutoCAD drawings, I was then assigned to

transfer them into SketchUp and reconstructing the entire building into a 3D

model and thus can be reproduce into drawings and clearer sections.

Along the way apart from these 2 main projects, I was also tasked to help

out other colleagues with other different projects which includes coloring of

submission drawings for the authorities, helping out with detail modelling and

also SPA drawing submission. Besides, I also had the great opportunity to

partake in submitting drawings two different council authorities in Kuching

which are MBKS (Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan) and DBKU (Dewan

Bandaraya Kuching Utara) respectively in order to introduce and familiarize

myself with submission drawings and procedures.

What I have learned most of all throughout this 8 weeks period of internship

aside from technicalities and procedures of an architectural firm is that there is

so much more to a building than appearances and aesthetics. There are many

minute details which I tend to overlook during my academical period when

designing, such as good details and design choices that have become a norm

that it would go by unnoticed by other people who are not in this field, but

should not be so the case for an architect. The ability and skills of being

observant is something that I hope to be able to obtain, acquire and master

someday so I may better myself in order to become a professional architect.

PROJ. 1 - EXHIBITION DESIGN FOR DOUBLE STOREY INTERMEDIATE HERITAGE SHOPHOUSE AT 59, UPPER CHINA STREET

RYAN KERRY JEE JIN YIING

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) IN ARCHITECTURE, SEMESTER 4.5

0318715 SCHOOL OF ARHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN (SABD)

PROJ. 3 - KOTA SAMARAHAN LOW COST HOUSING DEVEOPMENT - TERRACE HOUSES AND LOW COST APARTMENTS




PROJ. 2 - RENOVATION & EXTENSION WORKS FOR DOUBLE STOREY INTERMEDIATE TERRACE HOUSE AT KENYALANG PARK




PROJ. 4 - PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT / LODGING FACILITY AT JALAN SULTAN TENGAH, SANTUBONG




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