INTRODUCTION TO

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Construction project : rest

area

NAME : YEOW JINN SHENG

ADAM TAN YEN SHENG

LECTURERS : PN. HAS

MS. ANN SEE PENG

Introduction What is a rest area?

A designated area for people to take a break, relax

and chill. It is a public area for everybody to utilize.

Why rest area is important in Taylor’s?

There’s a lot of resting area in Taylor’s University

Lakeside Campus, but there is an empty space

around the taxi waiting area, which creates a

possibility to be a resting area. Most people are

standing while waiting for a taxi arrive and it could be

tiring, so a resting area is a great idea. Having a rest

area enable people to have a great waiting

experience.

Site analysis Temperature : 34 Celsius (max)

28 Celsius (average) 26 Celsius (min)

Wind speed : SSW 9kmh

Humidity : 70 %

Our site is located at the empty space where people

wait for taxi (beside food court). People are forced to

stand and wait for the taxi without a seat. Therefore,

we select this site to develop as a rest area.

28 meters

layout plan

OUR SITE

FOOD COURT

STAIRS TO

UNI GYM

5 meters

28

meters

Suggestion To develop / add :

-Benches

For people to take a rest while waiting for a taxi. It

can be a normal resting place since it is breezy over

there.

-Drinking water fountain

A drinkable water fountain placed at the middle of

the area for people around to quench their thirst.

-Vending machines

For people to enjoy a small snack and drinks. Other

than that, there is an ice cream vending machine

provided. It is very helpful especially during the hot

day.

-Newspaper reading corner

Free newspaper for everyone to read and rest at the

seat provided.

-Music corner

Enjoy some calm and peaceful music at our music

corner for free. Headphones are locked so they can’t

be stolen.

-Plants

Plants provide a cooler environment for people to

rest and relax.

Zoning Legend

Music corner

Plants

Bench

Vending

machine

Drinkable

water fountain

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Benefits

-Enhance resting experience

while relaxing on our

comfortable benches.

-When having a stressful

day, we provide a rest

area for you to release

all problems.

Reflection Throughout the research, we learned that how

beneficial and useful having a rest area would be.

Everyone needs some rest, short rest, long rest they’re

all still resting.

We propose to use the empty space just by the taxi

wait area to create a resting area. Just imagine

having to wait for your taxi with the comfort of the

benches, as we know sitting is definitely more relaxing

than standing. But this rest area would not just be

seats or benches, we want to make it attractive, so

people would enjoy it more. By adding some of the

people’s favorites like snacks and drinks while resting.

We also added some greenery in the site to give it a

cool and fresh feel. One of our main highlights would

be the drinkable drinking fountain.

Our aim is not just for the people waiting for the taxi

to use it, whilst it’s for everyone to enjoy and relax in

this area.