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!
20100329
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/
http://stashpocket.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/working-at-sanaa/
20100328
The Tote, Mumbai.
The visual impact does create the atmosphere..
Construction of branching system... i guess it should be really optimum in loading!
Banqueting hall, Restaurant & Bar
Location: Mumbai, India.
by serie architects
20100327
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.
20100319
20100315
20100314
SOFA-DRESS
'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
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!
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!
20100225
!!!
The screens move apart in response to the static charge of visitors walking between them, returning to their positions once people have passed.
by SpaceOperaForm
OMA has invaded our world...
(OMA Dee and Charles Wyly Theater >> well this is kind of gorgeous...)
OMA is invading my country...
and it started to invade my society...
what the fuck?!??!
should we be so happy about this prestigious oma building all over my society? or shall i be more critical to what they have done.
by building these challenging but generic architecture, it did improve the quality of design somehow but maybe in a way it did deprive the right of local cultural and image survival... i am not sure..
but is that the trend for building such generic landmark? we can no longer differentiate the museums in japan from usa, or distinguish the theatres in korea from holland.... we can just remember the differences.
it's not oma fault but it's ours. they just always intended to build extreme building with most efforts on architectural challenges... why don't we have new questions in our mind to challenge theses gesture? or it's because everyone did just simply accept them with no doubt and let it be the part of our life?
ok look at the chu hai college, it's kind of nice for the rendering but i doubt can it be really true for all the external activities and atmosphere? by studying a bit more on the cultural identity and behavior in hong kong we can know we are not so used to the huge plaza like this, esp. it's always humid and wet, and the students are actually running across all the time for lessons..... we have something similar in the university of hong kong but i have never sat on that stairs but the starbucks next to it (maybe it's my problem....) .... well maybe it's a fucking good try and of coz i could be wrong....????
but i believe we can regenerate our society, if the generations of 'us' are ready.
(OMA Dee and Charles Wyly Theater >> well this is kind of gorgeous...)
OMA is invading my country...
and it started to invade my society...
what the fuck?!??!
should we be so happy about this prestigious oma building all over my society? or shall i be more critical to what they have done.
by building these challenging but generic architecture, it did improve the quality of design somehow but maybe in a way it did deprive the right of local cultural and image survival... i am not sure..
but is that the trend for building such generic landmark? we can no longer differentiate the museums in japan from usa, or distinguish the theatres in korea from holland.... we can just remember the differences.
it's not oma fault but it's ours. they just always intended to build extreme building with most efforts on architectural challenges... why don't we have new questions in our mind to challenge theses gesture? or it's because everyone did just simply accept them with no doubt and let it be the part of our life?
ok look at the chu hai college, it's kind of nice for the rendering but i doubt can it be really true for all the external activities and atmosphere? by studying a bit more on the cultural identity and behavior in hong kong we can know we are not so used to the huge plaza like this, esp. it's always humid and wet, and the students are actually running across all the time for lessons..... we have something similar in the university of hong kong but i have never sat on that stairs but the starbucks next to it (maybe it's my problem....) .... well maybe it's a fucking good try and of coz i could be wrong....????
but i believe we can regenerate our society, if the generations of 'us' are ready.
20100224
20100222
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