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[8 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 316 views]

4th International Symposium of Nusantara Urban Research Institute (NURI) committee invite you to participate on our symposium that be held on November 7th 2009 at Architecture department of Engineering Faculty, Diponegoro University, Tembalang Campuss, Semarang, Central Java- Indonesia.
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Abstract submission dateline: Oct 1st, 2009 (billingual, max 300words, single space, times new roman 10)
Abstract Announcement       : Oct 3rd, 2009
Full paper submission          : Oct 25th, 2009
Sympossium date               : Nov 7th, 2009
Excursion                           : Nov 8th, 2009 (in confirmation)
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Events, architecture, public space, research studies, urban design »

[14 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 932 views]
january-events

On Islamic Architecture
January 15: Yarshater Lectures at SOAS Lecture, United Kingdom
January 16: Heritage Issues of Hampi,Conference India
January 21: Contemporary Arab American Art Exhibition, United States
January 23: Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas: Opportunities and Challenges, Conference India
January 29: 11th International Conference on Humane Habitat (ICHH) 2009, Conference India

http://www.archnet.org/calendar/

Moral Responsibility, Revitalization, research studies, sustainable architecture, urban design »

[21 Aug 2008 | 9 Comments | 1,313 views]
City’s Future = Slums?
citys-future-slums

Word by word suffocated my lungs and so they hung there, limped and numbed. The scattered houses down bellow are a jungle of undeniable truths of how living squatters in Indonesia’s biggest city, Jakarta is conditioned. I am sure if you open the car window you would smell the bad odor rousing from down there. Haphazard developments of housing on unattended or under disputes of ownership lands are what had happened to form these squatters.

Moral Responsibility, architecture, research studies, theory of architecture »

[16 Jul 2008 | 14 Comments | 3,312 views]
Form follows function or function follows form?
form-follows-function-or-function-follows-form

Which one comes first, “form follows function”, or “function follows form”? This is just like how we can compare between egg and chicken, which one comes first, egg, or chicken?
Form follows function is a principle associated with modern architecture and industrial design

research studies, urban design »

[28 Jan 2008 | One Comment | 284 views]
the-existence-of-semarang-diponegoro-park-today

Diponegoro Park (Taman Diponegoro), located in Semarang city area, have significant change from its function for the park and one of node area there. The difference happen from the past and today with its main function, as was activity here used to be an active park. Later on, this place had just become a passive park. At the early 1900’s