Project 1 deals with user experience that requires students to design a personal space which is intended for a specific user based on an in-depth study of the user's need. It is to develop awareness of environmental sustainability in a design and student's abiltity to meet the imperative and inter-related social needs. In addition, the project will prepare students to programmatic requirements of specific group of users for Project 2.

First of all, we visited Little Sister of the Poor, elderly home at Cheras, and carried out an interview with an elderly. There comes a cheerful lady, face with no trace of despair or sadness as other elderlies do, travelling down the corridor next to the handicraft-making room with her tiny trolley (carries those clothes for blanket making). She is Agnes, client that we aim to propose a personal space for her. Her life was interesting...from cooker to floral festival decoration in charge, but now, she is like a "clown" who tries to bring laughter to the elderly home residents and a "part time cat caretaker". Her cat, was being selective, that only Agnes can hug or pat it, as if her soulmate that accompanies her all the time. Surprisingly, she is smoker, that we know it is prohibited in elderly home. Well, perhaps she just wanted to have a quick smoke and relax under the shady tree, thinking about those moments that she tries to remember?

So we came out with a design concept about seen and unseen, about appearance and deep-inside thoughts that Agnes actually enjoy to do. 3 main programmes are created in the space are secret smoking area (we think it is a need, or else Agnes don't have a proper spot to relax), pet area (mainly for her loving cat) and small dry pantry to serve visitor during special event (she can't get near to the fire, but sandwiches or light snack will be prepared to allow her to serve her "customer" again!). Beauty lies on its form, that open to the surrounding, welcomes elderlies to her little stall, where behind the stall is the private space for smoking-pleasure and cat-interactive spot.