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Project 3: EPIC HOME-Children's Dormitory

In Malaysia, the school dropout rate among orang asli children have traditional been high predominantly due to the lack of access to pre-school education and the lack of peer and family support.

SEMOA is a registered NGO, supporting Orang Asli in several states. About 5 years ago, SEMOA started at Tras, tiny town between Bentong & Raub a hostel with a few children. Therefore, the children have a place to stay in town and have access to Government’s School.

The Orang Asli Education Center welcomes currently 56 children aged 5-17 years. There are a few adults & moms hired to look after the children.

These children are cared for wholly by SEMOA staff, from daily meals, laundry, transportation and tuition. SEMOA hopes that these efforts will ensure that students stay in school until they enter a tertiary education system.

As part of the orang asli education centre, we were to develop a children’s dormitory at Pahang.

This dormitory must function as habitable architectural spaces to enable the activity associated with living in community, sleeping, dressing, studying, storage, rest, washing and such for 24 childrens within the built up space of 150 square meter.

perspective view the common space created at the middle, could be improve to become a playground for the children	bird eye view	plan
perspective view	perspective view	perspective view
perspective view	perspective	bird eye view
exterior perspective the space created under a modular can be used as a space to rest, to chill etc.	exterior perspective	climbing up people will climb up from the stairs to the top of the module in order to go into the upper modules.
climbing up	exterior perspective	interior this shows how a person use a bathroom (2.1*1.6)
interior a person using the study table	interior when a person is in the bedroom	interior
interior	structural model	interior
structural model	structural model	first concept model a small module, 2 by 2 created for one person to stay in
first concept model 2 a space created for two person to stay in	first concept model 3 when the one person module is stacked up	second concept model adding in a double decker bed in a 2.5 by 2.5 space
second concept model three beds and a cupboard space	second concept model creating a space where there are 6 beds in a space, the bed is on top and there is a table below to study. But then i realize that the space created is quite odd if i use the stacking idea, therefore this module is took out	toilet idea i wanted to create a separate toilet, but i realize that if i pllace the toilet at one side the children from the other side will have difficulties going to the toilet at night or when it is raining. So i choose to built in toilets.
concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes	concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes	concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes
concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes	concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes	concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes
concept models of all 2 by 2 cubes	third concept model i wanted to create a space where the planes that connect the upper and lower modules will be cut out and a ladder will be place there for the kids to climb up to the service area	third concept model at this stage, i separated the service area out(toilet, study area, laundry, ironing area etc) . One system will have three modules, two bedrooms and one service area. Each bedrooms have enough spaces for 3-4 children, therefore all 6-8 children will share the one service area.
third concept model I subtract a part of the building in, in order to make use of the space (to place the stairs, to hang clothes etc.)	finals overall	finals layout
finals layout	finals layout	finals layout
design process	finals model	finals model
tutor Mr Bryan	group photo <3