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20111106
B3, A+PS
" In calling our collected works THE CHARGED VOID: ARCHITECTURE, we are thinking of architecture's capacity to charge the sapce around it with an energy which can join up with other energies, influence the nature of things that might come . . . a capacity we can feel and act upon, but cannot necessarily describe or record."
Peter Smithson, 1992
how close are they.
2 feet transition
Through this meeting, the volatile is released into the space of the room.
At the moment when the man interprets it and engage himself in space with his acts,
a new totality with the nature will then be reconfigured for his being.
Rolf says, alice in the wonderland, mirror in the mirror,
did we acheive that by now?
20111104
Unite d’Habitation
“The sun gets in everywhere, as does the air. The garden is paved with red tiles, its walls are hung with ivy and clematis; laurels and other shrubs cluster thickly in large cement pots ; the place is gay with flowers ; this is a real urban garden easy to keep up. There is a table sheltered from the rain where the household can eat ; one can converse or rest in the open.”
20111103
20111102
how to live again in progress
Almost three months have passed for diploma semester, and the project is getting hard. The territory which is an extremely ordinary pubic housing block in hong kong offers us with unlimited local residential traces and identity, but also large restrictions of the existing spatial arrangement and structural integrity.
We attempted to attack the construction with the idea of 'offering': what is the construction longing for, and what are the people searching for, together with the mountain climbing experience and implosion of home territory, we tried to discuss the relation among human behaviors, high man-made structure and the essence of nature.
Though it's getting tiring to 'move' around within the structure in our imagination, we believe the project has a high value of stimulation especially in such a high-density and machine-like city. Now we just have to trust what is already there and the offer of the construction, and let's hope the outcome could be an initiation of our awareness on how we live today.
20111018
20111017
楊守玉
「創始于本世紀20年代的亂針繡，其創始人為楊守玉教授。由于她擅長刺繡的針法技巧，又嫻熟西洋繪畫，因此決心“越傳統針法之規”，創造出了最新的刺繡藝術——亂針繡。亂針繡完美結合中國刺繡與西方油畫的理論與技術，顯示出刺繡的三維效果、作品的空間立體感和變化的色彩。」
20111011
A+PS : golden lane
Man may readily identify himself with his own hearth, but not so easily within the town which he is placed. ‘Belonging’ is a basic emotional need – its associations are of the simplest order. From belonging and identity comes the enriching sense of neighbourliness. The short narrow street of the slum succeeds where the spacious redevelopment frequently fails.
Team 10 response to the CIAM 8 report 1951
(Modern architecture, a critical history p.271)
20111007
steve jobs
he passed away yesterday, together with one of the most creative mind of the era.
the architecture turns into a memorial,
it was not just only a symbol of the company or the luxurious icon anymore...
20111001
metropol parasol
i came across this project during third year in hku, and it was completed already this april. the result is amazing and is much more atmospheric than the renderings. however the cost of the construction was 90 millions euro.. it is really difficult to say whether it's worthy to spend such a large amount on this sort of 'sculpture', but the community effect could be extremely huge especially for tourism and local branding.
20110925
6000 steps
the term 'architect' did not exist in china until the modern time, while the western society started to seriously influence china. before the time we were categorized as 'craftman', who bore the job to design and construct. theoretically everyone could become an 'architect', as long as we possess the desire to construct.we no longer possess the same crucial skills as a craftsman does, and we neglect the importance of craftsmanship - one fundamental element of architecture. but we are now positioned within the professional framework of the current society.
there was the story about a man using 50 years of his time, building 6000 steps stairs on a mountain for his wife. it came out from the fundamental need of human desire, and behavior of nature becomes part of the construction.
no matter how the environment changes, it silently witnesses and takes on the traces through time. this is truly architecture.
20110915
weird collapse
came across the old 'news' that a 13-storey building collapsed entirely in shanghai
the photos are just like pieces of photoshop edited... damn
the photos are just like pieces of photoshop edited... damn
20110913
architecture and fashion
In 1926 coco chanel announced her 'little black dress' which was described as 'chanel's ford' by Vogue, as if it was the Model T in the fashion field. It was not only about the outstanding style in fashion in the time, but most importantly the desire of liberty that frees people from the constricting lifestyle. However at the same time, it was so personal.
Today, fashion is an everyday life practice for people, while the breakthrough in 1920s was merely mentioned or remembered. It seems the desire of escaping the current construct through understanding humanity or present issues are overwhelmed by visual exaggeration.
It sounds the same to us in architecture circle, or out in the real practice. Since the 50s modernism rules almost everywhere on the earth, even there were groups like Team X who tried to drag the trend back to a way of concerning humanity, or simply lives of individuals. Sadly they did not end with great success. Nowadays in any different magazines or blogs, 'photography architecture' becomes more and more popular, as they can be captured in just a second and the photos are then being published through the excessive information exchange. This is unlike the classic master pieces and undoubtedly many other architecture by unknown architects, where you could get the other layer of experiences by visiting those constructions even after looking at the photos.
Putting everything into clean and white setting becomes one of the most popular or easy ways to handle architecture. By doing this you can ignore the cultural and historical background of the locations and the individuals' uniqueness. They will present the construction as a background that allows people to express themselves with the most efficient way, like most of the pure white gallery space.
For our generations, architecture does not mean only the construction from a ground-zero setting, but also about transforming the existing environment through the adaptation of time. While the excessive materials world and constructional gestures overwhelmed our natural human behavior and fundamental desires, we are blinded by architecture. Minimization maybe one answer, or we should say it's more a comment on the current situation. Subtraction and distortion of familiarity and everyday perception would reduce the unnecessary gestures of life, and the conscious additives of individual behaivors.
Um.. what could actually help a bit on this situation? Maybe this is also something we would like to figure out in the fall.
20110908
Fabric formwork - Miguel Fisac
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20110717
normal
peter sumthor.serpentine gallery pavilion 2011
architectural students have spectacles way too far from everyday life and comfort
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20110623
resistance
so lebbeus woods seems to be a lot earlier than us in this age who thought of the relationship between architecture and resistance, but of course there were kenneth frampton or christian norberg schulz...... or whoever experienced something that one must resist, in order to protect our cultural continuation and next generations.
'instead of thinking themselves as resisters..... rather we must create an independent idea of both architecture and the world...'
if we want to resist the monolithic living behaviors, resist the evil developers, resist the idea of speechless acceptance on everything.... we shall all together build up a new idea of us and nature, if possible through the strength of architecture.
'instead of thinking themselves as resisters..... rather we must create an independent idea of both architecture and the world...'
if we want to resist the monolithic living behaviors, resist the evil developers, resist the idea of speechless acceptance on everything.... we shall all together build up a new idea of us and nature, if possible through the strength of architecture.
20110526
20110314
beijing, architecture of information.
20110129
prague and her charles bridge
a city with a unique atmosphere,
do we still care about tastes and emotions of a city in today's planning?
20110123
Church of Solitude, 1974-77
Gaetano Pesce's Church of Solitude was conceived in reaction to his experience of New York in the 1970s, where he saw people living together, "helter-skelter in crowds." To provide a serene place for introspection and contemplation, he buried the church beneath a vacant lot amid the towers of the city. The silent sanctuary incorporated small individual cells, a further retreat from the city's corporate and institutional culture. An excavated landscape was, for Pesce, an overlooked space that could provide for people's future needs.
moma collection
moma collection
20110105
education is being distorted, our core values are being invaded. i experienced almost the best few months within my education, but i could see the revolution: in a bad and narrow way. the teachers are no longer putting effort on the education itself and the students become slaves of projects and publication - personal and commercial achievement of teachers. the diversity is being reduced and the personality of the nordic pulse seems to be under the shadow.
maybe it will eventually become one of the thousands school which has been deteriorated into a condition that idealistic and proper architectural education no longer exist, but for the resources and fame, or one day they will realize what the school ought to be.
maybe it will eventually become one of the thousands school which has been deteriorated into a condition that idealistic and proper architectural education no longer exist, but for the resources and fame, or one day they will realize what the school ought to be.
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