20100329

no Ya-Ya, people want architecture at a Great Value

extensive criticism....


"...The primary design driver that has made the period of ya-ya so damaging to the profession of architecture is that the architectural one-liner was back and in a big way. This is damaging, because young students studying architecture in universities focus on developing clever solutions to architectural problems rather than learning a critical design process that they can use and develop as they grow as an architect..."

"...The distillation of the architectural construction and design process is in fact the major cause of the rapid growth in architectural one-liners. The architectural one-liners are also the result of Generation Y designers whom are not capable of developing architectural concepts in the same meaningful way that Louis Kahn was able to elaborate upon a simple concept like ‘bringing the book from darkness to light’ in his design for Exeter Library, which is unquestionable a masterwork of architecture..."

"...Decoration will be forgotten and function will again rule, but this time architecture must respond in a way that it has not had to in the past. The next movement in architecture must be not be only concerned with function alone, architects will be pushed to provide an architecture of Great Value..."

"...First, what is Great Value? Great Value is the response to social and environmental demands of today’s consumers..."

"...At a time when many people are struggling just to put food on the table, the construction of buildings in the style of ya-ya is of very poor taste and is culturally unacceptable during this period of change. Whenever a change in style occurs there is state of transition and overlap. The transition from an architecture of ya-ya to one that offers architecture at a Great Value is the now..."


http://www.critiquethis.us/2010/01/19/no-ya-ya-people-want-architecture-at-a-great-value/#more-1758



no YAYA!

Working For The Mayjah Starchitect

".....Where I still remain the most surprised about is the chaos at the office, the rubbish and the inefficient way in which certain things are arranged. And while SANAA has become so famous for their bright shapes and simple solutions, which gives a lot of light and transparent materials are used. What a contrast with their own desk......”

http://stashpocket.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/working-at-sanaa/

2010 Pritzker Prize: SANAA


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no ice-cape for polar bear

20100328

The Tote, Mumbai.

Tote_Fin_09

Tote_Mod_01

The visual impact does create the atmosphere..





Construction of branching system... i guess it should be really optimum in loading!
http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_The-Tote-by-Serie-Architects-21_1000.gif


Banqueting hall, Restaurant & Bar
Location: Mumbai, India.
by serie architects

20100327

Michael Wolf






so many of the iconic pictures about hong kong was taken by this german photographer, michael wolf.

we got screwed!

image it did capture a moment of emotion, atmosphere or instantaneous behavior... but it can neve tell an experience. we trust our eyes but actually we are blind.

20100315

! moment



20100314

SOFA-DRESS

http://www.maezm.com/project/sofa-dress/sofa-dress_01.jpg

'sofa-dress' is a job of space design and a suggestion of furniture design. The act of putting on the clothes of the “sofa” on the existing chair in itself makes the previous object become a little more cushiony furniture and it also can achieve an intention as a unified space with the same cuticles.

http://www.maezm.com/


20100311

Sven Ivar Dysthe













The unseen.....!:











ok, here we go.




20100306

Banana Wall

Banana Wall


At the opening of our exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York we featured a wall of 10,000 bananas.
Green bananas created a pattern against a background of yellow bananas spelling out the sentiment: Self- confidence produces fine results.

After a number of days the green bananas turned yellow too and the type disappeared.


Stefan Sagmeister


i wonder how would it smell! great!