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    ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (ARC 1413/1412) Page 0

    SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN Centre for ModernArchitecture Studies in Southeast Asia ( MASSA)Bachelor of Science (Honours)(Architecture) ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (ARC 1413/1412)

    Project 1:

    My community My Commitment

    (Exploring the sense of environmental and

    community engagement as future designer)

    Submitted by:

    1. Eelyn Cheong Siew Ying 0314618

    2. Wong Voon Yin 0315151

    3. Vicky Lee Wei Kee 0313317

    4. Chia Wee Min 03151865. Tan Zi Cin 0314079

    6. Teoh Hui Yu 0313701

    7. Evon Low Siew Cheng 0318156

    8. Chin Jovi 0317924

    9. Edwin Ho Khai Vun 0314846

    10. Chua Chang Yeong 0314044

    Submitted to:

    Mr. Sivaraman

    ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (ARC 1413) Project One

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    CONTENT

    Introduction.. 03

    Non- Profit Organization.. 04

    i. Organization Name

    ii. Contact Person

    iii. Address

    iv. Phone Number

    v. Internet Homepage

    vi. Business Card

    Introduction to Site. 05

    Project Statement. 06

    Objectives... 07

    Committee.. 08

    i. Task Delegation

    Timeline & Table09 -10

    Estimated Budget & Total Expenses11

    Sponsorship12

    Exploration & Understanding of Site

    i. Problem Identification.... 13 - 14

    Existing Dog Shelter

    Messy and Unorganized garden and plantations

    Design Proposal

    i. Shelter for Dog. 15

    ii. Perspective View 16

    iii. Garden Design. 16

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    Execution of Work on Site ( Problem & Solution).17

    Finish Product18- 19

    Activities .20 - 22

    Sustainability, Community & Design. 23 - 26

    i. Material Used

    (Material Life Cycle, Environment Impact, Carbon Footprint)

    ii. Embodied Energy

    iii. Green Building Index (GBI) Criteria

    Conclusion..2728

    Feedback.29 - 31

    Appendix. 32 - 35

    Reference... 36

    Peer Assessment Form

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    INTRODUCTION

    My community My Commitment (Exploring the sense of environmental and community

    engagement as future designer)is an environmental- community related issue in our

    local community project. The issue have to be genuine and any solution provided must

    have an impact to the environment and community.

    In a group of 10, we explored the understanding of sustainability ( environment and

    community engagement ) and our role and responsibility as a designer, reflected

    throughout the execution of this project. Therefore, in participating in this project we are

    asked to engage with the theme and embrace, examine and reflect on the notions of

    community as its active member. Though interactive and dynamics exercises, we

    gained a deeper understanding of environment and our responsibility to community,

    practice solving realworld challenges using creative ideas.

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    NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION

    Organization Name : Good Samaritan Home (GSH)

    Contact Person : Mr. Robert Ong

    Address : 2, Leboh Jelutong, Taman Southern Park,

    41200 Klang , Selangor Darul Ehsan.

    Contact Number : 603-3372 2289 / 6019- 314 5361

    Internet Homepage :http://goodsh.blospot.com

    http://www.charityheart.org

    http://www.facebook.com/goodsamaritanhouse.page

    Business Card :

    Figure 01 : Mr Robert Ong s Name Card

    http://goodsh.blospot.com/http://goodsh.blospot.com/http://goodsh.blospot.com/http://www.charityheart.org/http://www.charityheart.org/http://www.facebook.com/goodsamaritanhouse.pagehttp://www.facebook.com/goodsamaritanhouse.pagehttp://www.charityheart.org/http://goodsh.blospot.com/
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    INTRODUCTION TO SITE

    Good Samaritan Home

    Founded in January 1999 by Albert Ong a former pastor and YM his wife, Good Samaritan Home (GSH)

    cares for the children such as these-who come from families where parents have abandoned them, or

    where a parent is unable to cope with the divorce, or where the child has lost one or both parents.

    GSH today is a home to 30 boys and girl whose age ranges from 1-22 years old. The home seeks to not

    only provide for their physical and material needs, but also to minister to their emotional and

    psychological needs especially in the light of their broken family backgrounds.

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    PROJECT STATEMENT

    Good Samaritan Home ( GSH) is an orphanage with 36 orphans (aged ranged from 3 to

    17 years old), who came from families where parents have abandoned them, or where a

    parent unable to cope with divorce, or where the child has lost one or both parents. In

    addition, pets such as dog, rabbits and goose donated by donors served as

    entertainments for the orphans, were placed at the main entrance of the orphanage.

    The first sight when we arrived at Good Samaritan Home was the untidiness of the

    garden occupied with unwanted old boxes, crates and pots and also a dog shelter which

    was in terrible condition. After having brief conversation and interview with Mr. Robert,

    he led us into the house and showed us around. The condition in the house was still

    acceptable without much spaces left for improvements or enhancement and the

    furniture was still in good condition. Whereas, the garden and the dog shelter located at

    the main entrance was a bit chaotic in terms of arrangement and tidiness.

    From what we have observed, right next to the entrance of the orphanage was a small

    garden planted with various type of herb plant and trees. Kind- hearted donors donated

    herb plants which were fenced by Panasonic Company two years ago and formed a

    neat garden. However as time goes by, the garden looked messy because of the fallen

    leaves with broken pots and unwanted polystyrene boxes abandoned right behind the

    fencing. We also have interviewed an orphan named James (aged 13) and noticed that

    the children often play with the dog (Breed=Golden Retriever) named Golden sheltered

    right beside the small garden formed using old steel bed frames which is mostly rusted.

    After a discussion among our group members, we have come out with a few ideas ofimproving the current condition of the orphanage. Due to space limitation, we concluded

    that we could not do much with the interior spaces or by adding more furniture to

    improve the space quality of the orphanage as the existing furniture is still in good

    condition. Moreover since the garden is created and sponsored by Panasonic Company,

    we are not allowed to make changes to the garden. However, we could help to

    rearrange and clean up the garden. Besides, we decided to design a sustainable shelter

    for the dog Golden. While cleaning up the garden and installing the dog shelter, we

    would be involving children as well to promote environmental awareness and attitudes

    and educating them on the importance of greenery which is crucial for the future as well

    as some installation techniques which might benefit them in the future. Another

    community aspect is to involve children in t-shirt design while interacting with the

    children and promote environmental awareness among themselves, this activity benefits

    them by initiating their creativity in deigning as well.

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    OBJECTIVES

    I. To increase awareness of current environment

    II. To induce creativity in attempting to explore the current environmental

    circumstances

    III. To allow students to explore the opportunity to work with the community and for

    the community

    IV. To create awareness of the importance of creating and environmentally

    sustainable product/design/services

    V. Able to understand and explain the principles of sustainability from environmental

    and social perspective.

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    COMMITTEE

    President : Eelyn Cheong Siew Ying

    Vice- president :Wong Voon Yin

    Secretary :Teoh Hui Yu

    Treasurer :Chia Wee Min

    Public Relations :Evons fatherTan Zi Cins father

    Transportation :Chia Wee Min

    Wong Voon Yin

    Teoh Hui Yu

    Tan Zi Cin

    Vicky Lee

    Material Source :Evon Low Siew Cheng

    Tan Zi Cin

    Photographer :Edwin Ho Khai Vun

    Videographer :Wong Voon Yin

    Designer :Vicky Lee

    Ronn Chua Chang Yong

    Chia Wee Min

    Chin Jovi

    Edwin Ho Khai Vun

    Wong Voon Yin

    Evon Low Siew Cheng

    Teoh Hui Yu

    Tan Zi Cin

    Eelyn Cheong Siew Ying

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    TIMELINE & TABLE

    5 September 2014 ( Friday ) First visit to Good Samaritan Home

    Acquired permission to visit

    Given a tour to the compound of

    the house Understanding the needs and

    necessities of the children

    Brainstorming ideas

    22n September 2014 ( Saturday) Second visit to Good Samaritan Home

    Acquired permission to redesignthe garden and dog house

    Acquired dimensions of the spaceand existing structures

    Design proposal

    Job delegation05 October 2014 (Sunday) Clean and beautify garden

    11 October 2014 (Sunday) Remove some part of old dogshelter and build new dog shelter

    12 October 2014 (Monday) Dog shelter installation

    02n

    November 2014 (Sunday) Roof installation (dog shelter)

    08 November 2014 (Saturday) Completion and carrying outactivities with the orphans

    Table 01: Timeline

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    Table 02 : Timeline

    ACTIVITY START END

    Members First Meeting9/3/2014 9/3/2014

    Briefing of Project9/3/2014 9/3/2014

    Forming Committee9/3/2014 9/3/2014

    Choosing Site 9/5/2014 9/5/2014

    Site Visit9/5/2014 9/5/2014

    Analysing Problem9/5/2014 9/8/2014

    Design Proposal9/8/2014 9/20/2014

    Second Visit9/22/2014 9/22/2014

    Buy/Find Materials and Sponsors9/8/2014 9/28/2014

    Assembling on Site10/5/2014 10/26/2014

    Site Completion 10/26/2014 10/26/2014

    Compilation and Documenting Report10/26/2014 11/9/2014

    Table 03: Timeline

    ACTIVITY

    Week1

    Week2

    Week3

    Week4

    Week5

    Week6

    Week7

    Week8

    Week9

    Week10

    Week11

    Members First Meeting

    Briefing of Project

    Forming Committee

    Choosing Site

    Site Visit

    Analysing Problem

    Design Proposal

    Second Visit

    Buy/Find Materials and Sponsors

    Assembling on Site

    Site Completion

    Compilation and Documenting Report

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    ESTIMATED BUDGET

    Budget RM

    Dog house materials and tools 660.00

    Garden 30.00

    Transportation Fee 120.00

    Toll Fee 40.00

    Activities 150.00

    Total 1000.00

    TOTAL EXPENSES

    Expanses RM

    Dog house materials and tools

    Meranti wood 372.00

    Shellac 62.00

    Thiner 3.00

    Brushes 2.00

    Sand paper 9.20

    Screw 1.00

    Polycarbonate roof 129.70

    Steel frame 17.50

    Rubber 7.20

    Cement and Bricks 60.00

    Others 51.80

    Garden

    Fertiliser 4.00

    Sand 3.70

    Activities

    T-shirt 234.00

    Arcrylic and Paint brushes 53.00

    Total 1010.10

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    SPONSORSHIP

    Items Amount (RM) Sponsored By

    Meranti Wood 350.00 Elegance Marketing Co

    Cement, Sand and Bricks 60.00 Mr.Tan Soon Hwa

    (Contractor)

    Financial 150.00 Eureka Pools Sdn. Bhd.

    80.00 Ace Bake Foods StuffIndustries

    100.00 Twins Tech ConstructionSdn Bhd

    120.00 Kpg Synergy Sdn Bhd

    150.00 Wai Kong Hong Sdn Bhd

    TOTAL 1010.00

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    EXPLORATION & UNDERSTAND OF SITE

    I. House Plan

    II. Problem Identification

    Existing Dog Shelter

    Figure 02: Dog Shelter before renovate

    Problem:

    The dog shelter is located at right next to the entrance of the orphanage home to

    accommodate the house pet, Golden (breed=Golden Retriever). The dog shelter which

    is formed using old steel bed frames that are mostly rusted is unfit to shelter a dog

    despite it being a fairly large space where much improvements can be potentially made.

    The fencing only covers up both sides of the space leaving the front and back exposed

    which may cause unwanted consequences in the long run. In addition, the roof covering

    is barely enough to shade the pet under sunny day not to mention during rainy days.

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    Messy and Unorganized garden and plantations

    Figure 03 : Untidy Garden at Entrance

    Problem:

    The garden along the entrance of the house has become a major eyesore to visitors.

    Unwanted broken pots, crates and polystyrene boxes abandoned right behind thefencing are accumulated around the area in addition to the already messy and

    unmaintained garden causing the compound to be susceptible AEDES breeding

    from the stagnant water.

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    DESIGN PROPOSAL

    1. Shelter for dog

    The purpose of the design is to provide a sustainable shelter for the dog. The

    materials proposed are unwanted Meranti Woods donated by wood factory as theventilated wall with screw joinings; Polycarbonate sheet as the roof covering and

    concrete for its footings at all sides (sponsored cement and sand). The design will be

    2160mm in length, 1635mm in width and 1350mm in height.

    Diagram0 1 : Dimension of Dog Shelter

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    2. Perspective View

    Diagram 02 : Perspective view of Dog Shelter

    3. Proposal for Garden Design

    Diagram 03 : Perspective view of beautified garden

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    EXECUTION OF WORK ON SITE (PROBLEM & SOLUTION)

    Day Date Execution of Work Problem Solution

    Day 1 05 Oct2014

    - temporary remove all theplant from garden- replace some broken potplants to new pot- clean and tidy the garden- reposition plants into thegarden

    - insufficient ofplastic bag forrubbish

    - two group matesdrive to nearestconvenience shopto get two packsof rubbish bag

    Day 2 11 Oct2014

    - check the condition pf theplants- remove the old dogshelter- smoothen the surface ofwood planks using sandpapers- screw and join the woodplanks together- apply shellac on bothsides of the structure

    - insufficient ofshellac, thinnerand sand papers- havingdifficulties inscrewing thewood planks

    - two group matesdrive to thenearest hardwareshop to buy thematerials needed- The person incharge gave ussome guidanceand helped us outwhile screwingthe wood planks

    Day 3 12 Oct2014

    - apply shellac to theremaining structure-mix the cement and sandwith water at rightproportion- set up the foundation ofthe dog shelter- Use the remainingconcrete to fill up the holeat the roadside

    - Inexperiencewith mixing theconcrete andsetting up thefoundations

    - With theguidance fromone of our groupmatesfather(contractor), wemanaged to setup everything.

    Day 4 02n Nov2014

    -roof installation

    Table 01 : Execution of work on site

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    FINISH PRODUCT

    After cleaning and beautifying process, the garden looks tidier. In addition, new design

    of dog shelter give improved the overall view.

    Figure 04 : Tidy Garden and new Dog Shelter

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    Figure 05 : New Dog Shelter

    Figure 06 : Golden in his new shelter

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    ACTIVITIES

    1. T- Shirt Designing to promote creativity

    As a architecture students, we would like to promote creativity skill. To do so, we

    had T-shirt designing to enhance the creativity of the children. Meanwhile, T-shirt

    designing is a gift from us to the children.

    Figure 07 : Helping the children designing T- Shirt

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    Figure 08 : Children designing T- Shirt

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    2. Games

    In addition, we interacted with the children through games.

    Figure 09 : Music Chair Game

    Figure 10: London Bridge Game

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    SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY & DESIGN

    Material used:

    1.TimberMeranti Wood

    For the timber life cycle, it started from the forestry. Trees are being cut and transport to

    sawmill. The timber will be process by the wood industry and cut into the sizes

    according to the customers requirement. The timber are varying used. It can be used

    for residential and industries. Timber are long lasting and low maintenance are needed.The unwanted timber can be recycle to produce recycle paper and plywood.

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    CARBON FOOTPRINT:Economically reduce the carbon footprint and environmental impacts of buildings byusing more timber and wood products in our dog shelter design. We timber that weused is Meranti Wood. It has lower carbon and environmental impacts than comparablebuilding materials and it also produce lower energy and lower impact process. In

    addition, timber also provides simple solutions that meet regulatory requirements.

    Timber in building reduces carbon emissions in three ways. The carbon stored ingrowing trees is retained and stored in the timber for at least the life of the building.Using wood instead of energy intensive, materials avoids the emissions associated withproducing those materials and increased timber use supports the economic expansionof forests through the landscape. Forests are significant carbon sinks. Total life cyclegreenhouse gas emission savings gained from preferring timber in building can be ashigh as 28%.

    2. PlasticPolycarbonate

    For the plastic life cycle, it started from the processing of raw materials. The rawmaterials are being process and package by the factory. Its product are then being

    distribute to the market. The product used will be sent to landfill or recycle. Lastly, the

    recycle plastics will either used it as a new recycle products or being process again

    through the life cycle.

    EMBODIED ENERGY:

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    The single most important factor in reducing the impact of embodied energy is to design long life,

    durable and adaptable buildings.

    The graph below, based on CSIRO research, shows levels of embodied energy for materials

    used in the average Australian house.

    Source:http://www.yourhome.gov.au/materials/embodied-energy

    Materials with the lowest embodied energy, such as concrete, bricks and timber, are usually

    consumed in large quantities which we used as the footing and the structure of the dog shelter.

    Materials with high energy that we used for the dog shelter which is polycarbonate (plastic) is

    used in much smaller amounts.

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    GBI ASSESSMENT:

    There are six criteria in Green Building Index (GBI) Assessment: Energy Efficiency

    (EE), Indoor Environment (EQ), Sustainable Site Planning and Management (SM) ,

    Materials and Resources (MR), Water Efficient (WE) and Innovation. From this project,

    we had fulfilled the criteria of Innovation by designing a dog shelter with reuse timber

    that provided by a wood factory. In addition, we fulfilled the criteria of energy efficiency

    by including natural lighting and ventilation into the design of dog shelter. Also, the

    material chosen for the dog shelter design according to the criteria of Materials and

    Resources which are long lasting and low maintenance.

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    CONCLUSION

    This project required us to identify an environmental-community related issue in our

    chosen site. We need to provide solutions according to the issue with bringing positive

    impact to the environment and community. Our chosen site is Good Samaritan House

    which located in Klang. Its an orphanage house with total of 26 orphanages.

    The main issue in the orphanage house is the environment. The garden which just

    located outside the house is messy. The unwanted boxes and flowers pots are placed

    unorganized that lead to water accumulation. This creates an unhealthy environment to

    the kids as many mosquitos can be produced. Besides, messy garden is also a major

    eyesore to the visitors when people enter the house. To solve this issue, we worked as

    a team with some kids to clean and beautify the garden.

    The dog house that located in the garden area was built by weak and rust fencing with a

    roof covered barely enough to provide shading and rain. We noticed that the kids like towalk around the dog house area and play with the dog. Incident might be happened if

    the kids didnt pay attention when they are playing. To solve this issue, we decided to

    rebuild the dog house to ensure the kids safety.

    For the garden, we focus on provide a clean and healthier environment. We had cut the

    overgrown plants, replant the plants in the new flower pot, collect and classified the

    unwanted boxes and rubbish and also tidy up the garden area. The kids helped us

    during the process of cleaning up garden. The kids are seldom having the opportunity to

    do cleaning and thus, we included them in to let them have the experience of garden

    cleaning.

    For the dog house, we used sponsored meranti wood to replace the old fencing and

    used polycarbonate for the roof. We designed the dog house in a way that can protect

    the dog from sun and rain. We chosen the wood to build the dog house were because

    wood can provide cooling effect and it is harder and long lasting. We put on shellac to

    protect the wood against mould growth, provide resistant to UV ray and weather, and

    prevent it from cracking when exposed to weather. We used the UV polycarbonate as it

    can filter the UV ray and hotness into the interior. This dog house will be low

    maintenance and it is long lasting. It can act to beautify the garden besides than provide

    proper shade to the dog. It did not bring negative impact to the environment.

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    Aside from environmental-community, we got included activities with the kids. We were

    happy to get about 20 kids to join us for the activities. First, which was our main activitywas teach the kids to make their own shirt design by putting on the painting. They are

    required to draw a tree with brush or their own hand. Through this activity, we can see

    that how creative are the kids and their beautiful mind. They draw out the tress that they

    like and other elements that represent themselves, for examples, their names, the

    words Good Samaritan Home, the smiley face and etc. The whole activities are happy

    and we also take this opportunity to understand more about them. Next, we have the

    games session. The kids are so happy to have this game session. At the end, the kids

    teach us the games that they always play.

    Lastly, we have group photo session taking with the shirt that they had made.Some of the kids kept find opportunity to talk with our group members. They kept said

    bye bye to us the moment when we wanted to leave. We know each other even more

    compared to the previous garden cleaning and rebuilding of dog house. We appreciated

    the help and the participation from the kids.

    In short, through this project we have the opportunity to work with the community

    by using our creativities and knowledge about the environmental sustainability. Besides,

    this project helps to increase our awareness of current environmental issues locally and

    learnt the importance of creating environmentally sustainable product or services. We

    are able to communicate with people and work in a team. Lastly, this project had bringus joy, fun, passion and love.

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    FEEDBACK

    Ronn Chua Chang Yeong:

    It has been such an interesting experience running this environmental-community

    service. Even though it was a long and challenging task, we finally completed the task

    satisfyingly at the end. From this project, I learnt to be a better person in caring the

    community and environment. In a team, I learnt to communicate with my group mate

    and able to learn from their creativity and discipline while planning the tasks. As an

    architecture students, we are able to solve the problems and improve the community

    with our architectural skills. I am happy with my team and we wish to visit to the

    orphanage home again.

    Chia Wee Min:

    Through this project, I have learnt to stand in clients place to discover the problems

    faced and solve the problems with consideration to solve the problems in a long term

    plan by determine the choices of material used, ways to solve the problems in an

    effective way and to consider it as long term planning to solve the problems.

    Eelyn Cheong Siew Ying:

    In this project, the most unforgettable moment is the smiles of the children when weplay and have fun with them. After interact with the kids in the home, I understand and

    realized that being happy doesnt mean that everything is perfect. It means that you

    have decided to look beyond the imperfections. We need to appreciate what we have

    before time forces us to appreciate what we had.

    Teoh Hui Yu:

    Through this project, I had learn the importance of environmental sustainability. A

    product or services that we design should be environment sustainable and bringspositive impact to our environment and community. Next, I learnt that group work is very

    important. Without a proper group work, we could not finished this project perfectly.

    Lastly, is the passionate that we should have. At the end when we saw the final product,

    which built by ourselves, the happiness was indescribable.

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    Vicky Lee Wei Kee:

    I personally gained a lot from this project which greatly involves community services, for

    instance giving back to the community (orphanage) and learnt to serve the community

    with love and care while incorporating all the knowledge gained from the module"Environmental Sustainable Design" together with our own creativity in creating a

    sustainable architectural design for the benefits of the community. The satisfaction and

    excitement I ever felt when the final product that we designed and constructed with our

    own hands for the past few months and finally all our hard work has paid off. I feel so

    proud of seeing the structure to be done perfectly, not only it improves the living space

    quality of the dog. It was also a wonderful experience to get along and get to know and

    understand the circumstances of the orphans while we were organizing activities with

    them.

    Wong Voon Yin:

    Through this project, I am glad that I had the opportunity to participate on community

    work for Good Samaritan Home. It help me to open my eyes and heart and become

    more aware of the community. I learnt that how important is the integration between

    Community, and Environment of designing one product. Through our months of hard

    work, I am quite proud of my group and what we've provided to the community and the

    environment. The smiles of the children and the moments we have spent together from

    this project will always be an unforgettable moments.

    Tan Zi Cin:

    Through this project, I have gained a lot of amazing experiences. From the beginning of

    project on contributing our sustainable architectural knowledge learnt from Module of

    Environmental Sustainable design (ESD) and other subjects to design a dog shelter

    until constructed a real shelter for the dog according our design by using reused

    materials, the feeling of stratification was deeply felt in our heart. I have learnt to be

    grateful to my circumstance when our group having activities with the children and

    helping them to improve their environment surrounding. I am very proud to my groupmates who are very creative on the designs and constructed to real things while having

    spirit of teamwork to complete our tasks and being caring to the children who are

    special in community.

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    Edwin Ho Khai Vun:

    From this project I learn how to be more responsibility of an architect towards

    environment and society. Besides, I also learn how to cooperate with each other when

    come into group. From planning to doing work and giving back to the society, all these

    we need each others people helps and work together to get work done efficiently. Other

    than that, I learn how to interact with the orphanage and give more love and care to

    them.

    Evon Low Siew Cheng:

    I feel thankful and lucky for being able to do something for the kids in the orphanage.

    This project has given me the opportunity to induce my creativity, to know the

    importance of teamwork among group mates, building a doghouse from scratch,

    redesign a garden and being able to work with kids.

    Jovi Chin:

    Throughout the course of this project, I am able to incorporate environmental

    sustainability into practice more efficiently. My understanding of the overall concept of

    sustainable architecture has been broadened from the environmental footprint to the

    embodied energy one design carries. Academic context aside, I am able to understand

    our local charity works better from being up close and personal with the association

    itself. Being part of the cause, I'm glad that my field of study is able to benefit the

    environment the the people living in it.

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    APPENDIX

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