tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post7367054581814382332..comments2023-08-27T19:33:49.657+08:00Comments on Architectural Learning: MAD PENANGian nghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-39855221036392711312008-02-24T15:37:00.000+08:002008-02-24T15:37:00.000+08:00No...you build for now with a solution which you e...No...you build for now with a solution which you either reckon will become quite common in future or which you feel initiates a conversation which revolves around issues that are relevant to the task of taking architecture forward in the context of Penang.<BR/>Which means that whatever you propose is still a buildable building now, however difficult it is to build.ian nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-69938169387777670142008-02-24T15:35:00.000+08:002008-02-24T15:35:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.ian nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-75148831559352876762008-02-24T00:53:00.000+08:002008-02-24T00:53:00.000+08:00nice reference to wizard of oz. one question i hav...nice reference to wizard of oz. one question i have though is how to we relate or correspond to the "site analysis" if the design is proposed to be built in 2050? do we assume the context of the period?Eurichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249165859533337891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-76053620896185777392008-02-23T21:11:00.000+08:002008-02-23T21:11:00.000+08:00Hahahahahaha.... HK!Short for Hang Keith! (And bei...Hahahahahaha.... HK!<BR/><BR/>Short for Hang Keith! (And being a self-confessed Banana, he wouldn't mind me saying that. He's a good sport, really!)<BR/><BR/>---But seriously, take heart my good man! Nobody gets their way without a fight. If you want to push the boundaries, you've got to battle for it.<BR/>---Part of the assessment of the quality of a design proposal is how you argue for it. There is no easy road, really. If you see the light, then you've got to persuade the half blind and half asleep to look in your direction and in time see it. Or more poetically, if you hear the music, then you know what to do with the tone deaf.<BR/>---Pragmatically, you must have a good argument. Understand what your agenda is in this proposal. Is it merely to demonstrate competance in "meeting the requirements of the assignment"? Or is it much more than that? To show architectural vision and to lead in alternatives to the tried and tested, the run of the mill? Even if it may appear horrendously expensive, the money is in the message. Anything, but anything, can be built nowadays with the technology at our disposal. I mean, how enormously costly wasn't Gehry's titanium roofed Guggenheim in Bilbao? And do you think if you submitted that for a school art gallery project you'd want to be worried about WWKS?<BR/>---Go for it Lion! You've got the talent, you just need the guts. (Wizard of Oz?)ian nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547837716485499855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31641099.post-78017236756794381332008-02-23T19:32:00.000+08:002008-02-23T19:32:00.000+08:00WWKS!short for What Would Keith Say?!WWKS!<BR/><BR/>short for What Would Keith Say?!Eurichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249165859533337891noreply@blogger.com