Jun

18

The Planless House

Filed Under architecture | 3 Comments

the-planless-house


This design was supposed to compete in the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition in Japan, 2006; but due to unforseen circumstances, the final design didn’t make it out of the drawing board at all until now. So here it is, in all its glory, an architectural concept which my colleague, Endy Y. Prasetyo from Studio Rurale Surabaya, and I put together two years ago.

Section02Section01

 

Read more

del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon

Jun

17

How to Photograph Architecture

Filed Under photography | 5 Comments

how-to-photograph-architecture

Architecture has been a popular choice for photographers of all kinds to photograph. There are fine details that need to be looked at in order to make the building or landscape look just right. Take your time, be patient and most importantly know what you want the photograph to look like.

 

architecture-photography1.jpg

 

Read more

del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon

Apr

9

Urban Architecture

Filed Under architecture, urban design | 5 Comments

urban-architecture

Let our thoughts be alike. Consciousness and temptations be one. Let’s utilize it optimally. A couple of years ago I was watching a movie “Fifth Element” functioning on Vaastu theory simulating 3-D city matrix flashing an idea which can change the way we live. Since in this never­-ending maze of fashion. We are lost as to how to think about a real city matrix, which solves most of our problems.

We continue in strive of creating a perfect city matrix. Read more

del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon

Mar

12

798 is the Number

Filed Under architect journey, architecture | 4 Comments

798-is-the-number

Our last day in Beijing was the day of my first encounter with the magic number of Chinese contemporary art. 798 Art District is the happening venue of Chinese art. With only a piece of paper scribled of the address and my limited Mandarin, we arrived at a cold mid day. The cold seeped through our thin jackets and the luggage that we carried did not help us to warm our shivering bodies.

The site was built as a complex of factories during the fifties and designed by engineers from Germany in Bauhaus style. At that time, chairman Mao Tzetung was in reign and he wanted Chinese industrial development to move forward in fast pace. Cultural Revolution had tried to convert Chinese society from agricultural to industrial based country to Soviet Union, and tried to develop ‘classless society’, where all people work in the same level as education and working ‘background’.

Read more

del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon

Mar

10

Color as a symbol in Architecture

Filed Under architecture | 2 Comments

color-as-a-symbol-in-architecture

archcolor.jpgThe first of these relationships was without doubt one of direct connection. If fire was red, then red was a quality of fire, and this was recognized by primitive people the world over.

The second type of color symbolism appears to depend not on direct connection but on association of ideas. For instance, black has often been connected in men’s minds with despair and death.

Finally, in a third type of symbolism the relation between the color and the idea is difficult Read more

del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon

Next Page →