'Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.'

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[We come from nature and we return to nature; we are conceived and born; we live and die; we rot or burn and vanish into the earth... I did not exist before my time and I will no longer exist after my time. But in my time, I belong to the process of life on this planet; for a little while I am part of the organism of human beings, animals and plants that exists on this planet and that passes life on.]

peter zumthor

byebye

byebye 92867343

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...

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.

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

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.

food and our little work

Diploma

home moved, school began.
again a fresh start after 2 years.

chinese dinner - august 13th

moving!

it is just so exciting

Träinformation - swedish magazine

Träinformation Nummer 1 2011

per 仔

dear cute per olaf got honorary doctorate from the royal danish academy of fine arts ;)

garden at home

floral sheets and heart-lifting green

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.

3 movies in a roll

你今晚發夢會見到我




無論這個世界變成怎樣，無論你是男還是女...

happy 2011

outhouse by sverre fehn

So you’ve just won the Pritzker Prize and the world’s your oyster. Those big juicy commissions are going to start coming in even faster, you might not even want/need to enter any competitions anymore since people will be asking for you by name now, and for that whole next year you’ll largely be considered the best in the business. That’s why it was very fun to learn that the first project Sverre Fehn worked on after this 1997 Pritzker win was the outhouse below. It’s on the far end of the parking lot connected to his brilliant Norwegian Glacier Museum. As the museum director told us, “I called him and said ‘Congratulations on winning the Pritzker. We need an outhouse. Can you do it?’”


by steve dalehovd




By Steve Delahoyd

3d printer

15年

傳說在那天上 

在天際的深處
有座美麗雷泊特
隱隱的飄浮雲中央
仍未揭露它真相
又未找到它方向
願望能有日向天空飛去
找出那探訪路向
探訪天際的家鄉
雲層裡是我家鄉
尋覓快樂溫馨的愛巢
心中的理想

在天空中有座城
有小野花飄香
在天空中有座城
鳥聲似歌柔揚
凝視我望向天上
在心裏輕輕唱
朦朧我像聽到了
家鄉的鳥兒在和唱
誰願意伴我一路
盡力找到它方向
願望能有日向天空飛去
找到我理想路向

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