what the stage site and some magical oil lamps can do..

site : the stage.
trade : oil lamps.


mr ian, heres my what iv done so far...

this is the south east elev

the three boxes you see on the left are of glass is like so to not cover up to much of the shopehouses, letting people going through it freely and entering the shophouses behind.

because the shophouses there are actually kedai runcits and trades like that, they helps to keep the place alive and serves as a communal space as well...benches will be placed inside the boxes on ground level as street furniture. at night the oil lamps inside the glass box that is actually part of the gallery will be lit.

the north east elev

im still not satisfy with this elev not as much as the one above. cuz i think 1. the scale is too large 2. its lacking some site context, will appreciate any commends from any one at all on how i can improve it.

anyway, the tall tall thing u see serves as a focal point for the building from afar and because the stage site is highly concerntrated with religious buildings, but its not very obvious i plan to have this vc serve as a landmark of landmarks around that area, and to inform visitors that there are actually so many relig bldg around. how i integret is by forming a bridge four to five story high, enuf to see above the skyline of the shophouses those relig bldg. so from the bridge visitor can relate oil lamps to each of the 8 religious buildings and be briefed about them as well.

ground floor plan

entrance into the building takes the visitor to a back alley kinda pathway (echoing the alley way that i intent to take away that leads from the carpark to the front of the shophouses) and then only into the double volume foyer.

first floor plan.

the gallery space, and quite a few large voids looking down to the ground flr. this part of the gallery will house the process of making the product and history of the product itself.

the bridge will lead into the tall tall tower and be able to see the shop selling oil lamps on the ground floor. i havent really think about the materials for this particular part (the tower). but i was thinking to have the inside dark with a few openings streaming thrh with daylight, so no matter night or day, people inside can have good view of how the lamp will be like b4 they buy it....and it gives me a chance to play with shadow and light as well..hehe

second floor plan.

plan of the bridge

any commends will be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance....as i always said : hehe..

CHANGING SITES & TRADES

Ok guys, I'm telling you ahead of time. Haven't discussed with Veron and Keith yet. But as the design process is one long learning process in understanding SITES & CONTEXTS in relation to PROGRAMMES (i.e. trades) I feel it's ok to change any of them as long as the outcomes each step of the way show an increasing understanding of them and, more importantly, an INCREASE IN THE QUALITY OF OUTCOMES. And as long as you know within yourself that you can manage to produce all the final outcomes required. Practically there will be a cut off point beyond which you will be well advised NOT to change. My opinion is that that point is about NOW.

So do some serious reflection now and discuss your decision persuasively (with drawings) at the next crit.

I have already told Hwa Lik he can change his site as he has good reasons.

ANYTHING needed in Penang?

Tmr i will be going bek to penang...who ever need my help to take photo or smtg needed can act. sms or call me (016-4554080) or johnathan..lester..benson and jinno!!!

Khoo's Site

After an arduous struggling war with I, K & V today, I believe that all of us have encountered countless problems which are driving us crazy. For the Khoo’s site, Ian has arisen a new issue to me and also some of you which is the - 5 bucks thingy( entrance fees of the Khoo’s Kongsi). In my opinion, I would try to insist on what I am doing. Here are the points, since the area (private area) of Khoo Kongsi is an un-conspicuous area where ppl wouldn’t appreciate and only small amount of ppl (ppl who is Khoo, ppl who likes ancient temple architecture) visit khoo kongsi, so my idea is to make that place from a private area to a public area in order to carry forward and enhance the essences of Khoo and the fascinating architectures of khoo rather than the 5 buxs (another suggestion: DONATION boxes can be placed inside the temple lolz..). Letting ppl coming in to that place, can make that place become lively and brightsome, make use of the Cannon Square & stages, open to public! everbody give comments pls

Khoo's Site

click photo for large image

to who doing khoo's site .. here is the dimension of the site .. i measure it base on the scale and propotion of the surrounding and buildings from photos .. so it might not be 100% accurate but can be a guidance for u all.. any errors u found pls make a comment, will correct it immediately.. and anyone who wants the autocad file let me know..

Let it work...

After a fierce thunderstorm comes something for the dead...and the living.

This is the design I've come up with to tackle coffin trading.

Reasons for such design:
-to address the social issue (night life nearby)
-distinction between Heaven/Earth/Hell
-commercialize coffin trading






Consisting of 3 levels, it shows the believed separation of Heaven/Earth/Hell.
The first floor is the Heaven--Highest level, entrance through Exit 2.
The ground level--communal spaces & Exit 1
The lower ground level is Hell--a descended level from the ground.





There is 2 entrances/exits.

Entrance/Exit 1 gives way to the death. Circular paths with 2 exits explains how a soul gets purified and proceed to have a 2nd life or linger around on earth due to certain circumstances.

Entrance/Exit 2 shows a normal passageway as we're not able to see death itself. It also provide access to eternal life which may be granted to a good soul upon passing on.

lsh!!!

My concept is a open concept of flowing...using spline to represent the each public or private space...each spline has their own characteristic...











the space inside the visitor centre is act categorized into 2 splines mode..1 represent public, another is private space...the 2 splines will have an interconnection which connect them together as 1. There will be some overlapping layer i defined it as my communal space-"bring private to public". There are 3 overlapping space which has been highlighted become one of the key elements of my building. In the middle of the 3 overlapping space...u can c a small triangle that actually is a place which i let rattan to grow up from the ground level..so when visitor walk through the ramp to come into my building ...they can touch and smell the rattan...


In the building context and responses to the site...i am trying to bring life again to the town..as surround the site...there are many abandoned building and komtar started to getting disappearing from our eyesight...The next generation seems to move out from the place and and things there getting worse and worse because of the ad-hoc planning of the town... what i would like to do is create an iconic building that actually signifies the reborn of the town and oso the rattan trade which there are lots of rattan shop houses that now are almost closed.



My rattan visitor centre will become the master among the the shophouses and become the iconic building of rattan trade...Because it was expose outside on the main road..so, i would like to try some sculptor building. Furthermore, the pedestrian bridge before was such an alien that build ad-hoc on the site...i would replace it with a bridge building which not only affect the original circulation..and making the bridge as the element of my building which got some play of lights and materiality...

The view from komtar!!


The new pedestrian bridge!!

Well, tats all i think...i think it might be still weak n need lots of improvement...

Those who looking for sculptor as architecture!especially triangle n my site!!

i have found out an interesting architect who known as Santiago Calatrava...His design is elegant, and he actually claiming that the practice of architecture combines all the arts into 1...Calatrava as SCULPTOR!!!One typical example is Milwaukee Art Museum...Hope u guys who want to create sculptor architecture will find it useful!!

(Ian: Yes, indeed; and why shouldn't your architecture flutter?)

BUILDING IN CONTEXT PT.4 - KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD

Keble College, Oxford by Ahrends Burton & Koralek



Building new FOR old.



Understanding that in this context the architecture is as much in the spaces contained (the quadrangles) as it is in the container (the buildings).





And in so understanding, to subsume individual architectural expression to "completing the puzzle". (Sorry, I'm putting this very badly, it's just too late now.) The new building is the snakey one--Hayward & De Breyne.


Understanding the need to match the scale of the existing but not its form of construction.



Mid Pic shows The Chapel by William Butterfield and the quadrangle it helps to form.






Last Pic shows the new building in steel and glass facing the newly formed quads, with a completely brick skin facing the roads on the other side.

A late modern building at its best.

BUILDING IN CONTEXT PT.3 - ST.JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Left: The existing building (context)

Right: The new building

St. John's College, Cambridge by Edward Cullinan & Ptr.

Building new LIKE old.

Understanding the architectonic essence of the old and mimicing by inventiveness, not by copying.

Post Modernist preoccupation with historical references.

Requires skill and sensitivity to avoid clumsy outcomes.

BUILDING IN CONTEXT PT.2 - CARRE D'ART

Carre D'art, Nimes by Foster & Partners
Building new NEAR old, closeup.

This IS an architecture of colums, beams, walls and roofs.

Reflects the preoccupations of the existing ancient fabric, but in the technological language of the present time.

To be respectful but not obsequious, to be equally bold in scale without resorting to pastiche.

To engage in conversation with the old in the timeless language that is called classical architecture, and to do so politely.

To acknowledge the importance of the life of the civic space, hence the deep "porch/verandah" and provisions for cafe furniture.

BUILDING IN CONTEXT PT.1 - FALKESTRASSE

Ok, guys, this series of posts are actually from my notes in preparation for a lecture on BUIILDING IN CONTEXT which I had hoped to deliver next week. But, as you might need to set your minds in motion towards a clear concept for the coming Wed/Thurs presentation and grading, I've decided to post them here in note form. Hopefully you'll get something out of it. They will quite obviously (hello Sheng Hao!) be fully fleshed out for the lecture.

Falkestasse Office Extension by CoopHimmelblau

The super-new ON old.

NOT a language of columns, beams, walls, roofs, but of collision and explosion.

To shock.

Like singing jazz in a period opera house.

No mimicing of preceding architectural preoccupations.

RESPONSES TO KHOO KONGSI SITE

After the tutorial with Ian that day, he told me some things that we can response to and how to do it efficiently.

1. There are two main entrances that we can fully make use of. We can build something along the paths or do anything you can think of to attract people to come in. The entrances are shown in the picture attached below. We should not limit ourselves in the site area. Our site should include the whole area around including the Khoo Kongsi’s area. Try to make use of them.

2. As picture attached below, the right wall of Khoo Kongsi is very interesting. Ian suggested that we can make use of it by making it as a background.
See the google earth plan below. The part highlighted in blue colour below serve as the platform, and then there are people play traditional musical instruments there, or maybe even Chinese Opera or anything you can think of. And then there are people watching the show from the yellow area. You can build something there for shading such as umbrella or some structures there. That area also can function as communal area where they can have drinks or eat there.
From that spectator area, besides watching the small play, it is also a good spot to view the performance at the Khoo Kongsi’s stage.(yellow arrow)

3. Interact with neighbour buildings. By building our building at the site, we should interact with the neighbours, make use of the small paths. We can propose to the neighbours to sell nyonya kuihs or anything behind their houses to make the paths a live space. By making it a live space, we can say that to prevent some bad activities such as rape cases, robbery cases, etc.

4. The last thing is, do not worry too much about the built up floor area. If your building need 700sqm to achieve what you want to do, then SO BE IT.

Crit Schedule Tues 11 March

0740 vidhya
0800 govin
0820 MeeKei
0840 carey
0900 sieutheng
0920 Ei Ei
0940 Euric
1000 kelvin
1020 Issac
1040 hui lih
1100 Frederick
1120 jessmine
1140 Hwa Lik
1200 SuniL

SELLING COFFINS

Coffin Collectibles?
Pic 1: This miniature coffin is similar in construction to the real, full-size version.

Pic 2: With just a light push, you can pop open the lid of the coffin.

MALAYSIA: For most Chinese, coffins are taboo items that need to be given a wide birth to avoid misfortune. Elderly Chinese who encounter a funeral procession on the road would often say a phrase like: “大吉利是!棺材棺材,升官發財! (Da jie li shi! Guan cai guan cai, sheng guan fa cai!)” to turn their luck around. The phrase is basically a petition asking the coffin to grant them success and good fortune instead of ill luck.
However, times change and people are now more open minded about such things. Some people now use coffins for good luck charms, while others just like to collect them and items related to them.
There’s even a snack shaped like a coffin. (YUCK! YUCK! YUCK!) It’s made from a hollowed-out rectangular slab of toast, filled with a thickening ingredient and covered with a lid that’s also made from toast.
In recent times, some people (such as businessmen, workers and gamblers) have also started collecting “mini coffins” as good luck charms. They hope that these coffins would either make their business boom, get them promoted, or bring them wealth.
Gao Wencong, who owns a business in Klang, said in an interview with Sin Chew Daily that the mini coffins that he buys are structurally no different from traditional wooden coffins. The words “升官發財” (sheng guan fa cai), which are meant to bring good fortune, are written on the lids.
He said that some people believe if a priest were to bless these coffins, the coffins would become very effective good luck charms. However, opinions differ on whether this is actually true.
He pointed out that he had imported the coffins from Liuzhou, Guangxi through an importer in Penang because he had received orders for them from his customers.
“The largest coffins are eight inches in length while the smallest measure only three inches. I only imported a small amount of these coffins and have presently sold about eight of them. I would only import more if someone were to place an order.”
He said that the price for the coffins ranged from less than a hundred to several hundred ringgit, depending on the size of the coffin. (http://www.kooky.com.my/node/1365)

After drying outdoor for a full year, the logs are sawed, hollowed out and polished, mostly by hand, into long planks that are nearly flat on one side and semi-circular on the other. The planks are then carefully fitted together without the use of nails to form a coffin...... (http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/09/news/coffin.php?page=1)

Crit Schedule Tues 11 March

0800
0820 MeeKei
0840 carey
0900 sieutheng
0920 Ei Ei
0940 Euric
1000 kelvin
1020 Issac
1040 hui lih
1100 Frederick
1120 jessmine
1140 Hwa Lik
1200 SuniL

MOVING ARCHITECTURE

Remember, architecture can move...









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gB9dN4nk-E&feature=related













www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUpUQaVPoo
















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx66_gyOnzk

TROUBLE @ THE TRIANGLE

One last post before I go to bed...

Gungho ones have been having their stabs at the "triangularabout" site at the top end of Lebuh Chulia to varying degrees of success. I can see where y'all are coming from...
---There's this desire to make a statement, to be very visible, to occupy centrestage, to take advantage of the vantage point at the confluence of 5 street avenues, to drink in the vistas and perhaps emanate good vibes of some kind from this epicentre.
---Then there's this superconsciousness of the historical significance of the spot, site of the first police station, tram stop, etc. And somehow wanting to acknowledge that with some kind of architecture--looks like you've all taken this to mean building some structure on the triangle.

All that is very Yang.

Try some Yin.

How about vacating centrestage? Take position in the wings, become the audience, if you like. And let the REAL actors play their daily parts. Let the transvestites and the Hindi movie-goers and the backpackers and the jaywalkers have their place back. Let them do breakdancing on the triangle if they want to. Why deny them their stage? You, the new architecture, can watch if you want to, from an unobtrusive position in space. I reckon this will result in a total effect greater than the sum of the parts.

How about breaking yourself up into bits and appendages and stringing and sliding yourself about the spokes of this hub as the eddies dictate? How about dangling from highwire?

How about coming right up close to the faces of the existing buildings to engage in intimate conversation, kiss them if you have to?

You will need some physical link between your parts. And why not let these links be an expression of weakness rather that brute strength? Softness rather that stiffness? Movement rather than rigidity? Why shouldn't your architecture flutter?

Why not touch the triangle lightly, like the swordsmen/women touched the mirror lake in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? And why not let this lake see the sun and moon always?

Why touch at all?

ENTER THE DRAGON

At last! It's opened!



Beijing, China has opened up its latest airport wing, Terminal 3, at its existing airport to the world aviation today.
The Terminal 3 received its first commercial flight from a local destination.
The size of this Terminal 3 alone is bigger than London's Heathrow Airport's 5 terminals being put together. Its length is 3 kilometres. With the operation of this new terminal, it's supposed to serve 85 million passengers.
Designed by a renowned architect, Norman Foster, this new terminal accommodates 64 restaurants and 90 shops.
The airport management, will require lots of cleaners just to maintain cleanliness.

CRIT SCHEDULE THURS 11 MAR

CRIT SCHEDULE THURS 11 MARBook early. Block copy the table below, insert your name and paste and post. (For Unit 5 Student only, unless there's any cancellation on the day.) Please be absolutely punctual.
0800
0820
0840
0900
0920
0940
1000 kelvin
1020
1040
1100
1120
1140
1200

CRIT SCHEDULE THURS 11 MAR

CRIT SCHEDULE THURS 11 MAR
Book early. Block copy the table below, insert your name and paste and post. (For Unit 5 students only, unless there's any cancellation on the day.) Please be absolutely punctual.

0800
0820
0840
0900
0920
0940
1000
1020
1040
1100
1120
1140
1200

CRIT SCHEDULE THURS 6 MAR

Book early. Block copy the table below, insert your name and paste and post. (For Unit 5 Student only, unless there's any cancellation on the day.) Please be absolutely punctual.

0800
0820
0840
0900
0920
0940
1000
1020
1040
1100
1120
1140
1200

1:500 Penang Site Model

Proudly present

FUNNY FUTURE AHEAD

One of you asked me what kind of prospects he can expect when he finally becomes an architect. Will there be any? he asked. Of course there will be prospects, but in a varied sort of way, and not necessarily located in Malaysia. Here's an interesting email from my friend for you to ponder over... (Mind you it's only one man's opinion.)

Dear Ian, Do read the attached article from The ST, Singapore.Is it any wonder why Chinese schools in Malaysia are packed to the brink, Indonesia is reopening Chinese schools, Australia's new PM can speak Chinese fluently, NZ schools are teaching Chinese, Cambodia has many Chinese schools, Chinese is now a compulsory subject in Thai schools, rich Americans are employing Chinese speaking nannies to tend their young ones? A paradigm shift in world cultural, economic and military power is happening right now!It is still not too late for those of us English educated, Anglophile to learn Chinese ! Check out Chinesepod.com Warmest regards, AT

From The Straits Times Singapore :
'America is out of control... The best advice I can give to anyone is to teach your children and grandchildren Chinese.' - MR ROGERS, underscoring his bullish forecast for Asia, especially China
GRACE NG
THE STRAITS TIMESINVESTMENT guru Jim Rogers read the last rites over the bull run yesterday, declaring in Singapore that the good times have ended - at least in the West. He said that with the greenback set for a major decline and the United States economy in a recession, he is looking to Asia, especially China, for investment opportunities, while confirming his faith in commodities.
---The famed investor, who has made Singapore his home, told an Investment Management Association of Singapore conference that the US is increasingly in hock to other nations, with its debt swelling by US$1 trillion (S$1.4 trillion) every 15 months.
---'America is out of control,' he said, adding that while the global economy will inevitably be affected by a US slowdown, there are still many industries in Asia that will emerge unscathed. He cited the region's booming water treatment industry, which he believes will continue to thrive, while tourism will grow at a frenetic pace as Asia's three billion people earn more and start to venture overseas
---Mr Rogers, 65, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire George Soros in the 1970s, also raised Asia's demographic trends - ageing populations coupled with governments urging their people to have more babies. He said he invested in 'baby stocks' in Japan because he anticipated the Japanese government's efforts to encourage its citizens to have more children would bear fruit. The so-called baby stocks include toymakers such as Sanrio, which makes the popular cat character Hello Kitty.
---He remains bullish on China's long-term prospects but expects a shake-up soon. He noted that the Chinese government has been taking serious action and 'doing its best to cut back on speculation in real estate'. 'I expect to see some Chinese real estate speculators going broke this year,' he told an audience of more than 800 investment professionals. But China's rise as an economic powerhouse means no investor could afford to ignore it, said Mr Rogers, adding: 'The best advice I can give to anyone is to teach your children and grandchildren Chinese'. He also reiterated his view that a commodities bull run will continue - possibly 'until 2020'.
---He told the gathering that his four-year-old daughter perfectly embodies his investment philosophy: She grew up speaking Mandarin and holds a portfolio consisting entirely of commodities.

KHOO KONGSI 2/2

Here are the remaining 2 pic.

KHOO KONGSI SITE 1/2

For those of us who missed checking out the Khoo Kongsi site, here are 5 photos.

Thanks Kelvin Yong for the marvellous photography!

2 more pics will follow in the next post.

MAD PENANG

Hi guys...While you're zombying yourselves silly on the site model do dream away on how you might fit an architecture into an old context. You might be inspired by MAD Architects Office, Beijing.
---Don't necessarily have to replicate the existing language, not even just utilise a contemporary language...you can in fact project yourselves 44 yrs into the futre.
---Proposed in 2006, "Living in hutongs in 2050" just invites such a lively discussion! (Note the new pathway material accentuating perspective.)
---And "Island over the Central Business District of Beijing" is quite spectacular. (Note the cheeky location of the CCTV Building in the centre.) Singapore's already building a "cruder" form of something like that now. (Govin, remember the question you asked me at Khoo Kongsi? On reflection, it wasn't such a silly question after all!)

---TLM, if you're reading this...this is what I mean by letting loose and freaking out. You'll like it!

CRIT TUE 12 FEB 08

Find a space for ourselves, everybody pin up by 0815 and spend 20 mins or so studying each other's work. We then discuss for a while before going into individual crits which, of course, will be open to all.

Look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Regarding the layout/arrangement for 3 spaces

Hi Ian, this is Issac
May i ask do we require to focus on the layout for experience, wokring& selling spaces? (Means, how the machines and furnitures being arranged+ organized
Aligator 谢谢 Ian

P/s:
Wish everyone Happi CNY!
*No nid wish prosperous la, Healthy cukup dah ^^

Conception

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR & HOLIDAYS to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ian, this is a very vague and simple pic(editing from photoshop) beside which is showing the outdoor amphitheatre u were mentioned in last tutorial class .. so .. ive kinda changed the circulation .. ( Entrance would be still the same "Exhibition&Gallery - outdoor exhibition - either go down into workshop and retail or go up to the outdoor amphitheatre through the stair-like structure to the roof top .. and i have measured the height of the structures accordingly to scale, it wont be an issue ..

kelvin

PRESUBMISSION REVIEW TUE 12 FEB 08

And before I get too caught up with the preparations and all...Here's wishing all Chinese bloggers HAPPY CHEESENESE NEW YEAR!!

Have loads of fun and red ones, but don't forget the forthcoming submission of Thurs 14 Feb. ....sigh!... I know, but that's how it is. You've all put in a lot of concentration at the crits so don't let yourselves down with a poor show.

Please treat Tuesday's presubmission review as a "full dress rehearsal." Pin up the full works, even if some bits are not 100% finished. It's important that we are able to see the whole picture, and you test run your verbal presentation, so we can tweak things. And I can suggest places to revise or refine before the real show on Thurs.

From last Thursday's Points of View crit, I'd say the following:

1. I'd like to commend those who responded to my call for study models--especially those who already had one on Tue and came up with another on Thur. We all saw how concrete our discussion was when we did a comparative analysis of the models. Let's keep up this habit.
2. Other than Carey's and perhaps Kelvin's and Govin's, the models were largely visceral, showing an intention of the kind of spatial composition desired. To take it to the next stage you have to start organising the internal spaces with walls, floors, ramps, stairs, roofs, structure, etc. all the architectonic elements to make it into a real building that we can walk through.
3. Remember our Points of Views, and you won't go far wrong.

Individually,

• Carey, make your entrance a more "happening" place. As this is a gathering-space and a first-impression-space it has to make an impact. (This applies to everybody when you get to it.)
• Issac, I like the frames in your first model. It had a great deal of potential. Overall the first model was more interesting, exciting.
• Kelvin, what happened to the amphitheatre?
• Hwa Lik, don't give up the waves. Just use them to compose your internal spaces. Play with the waves. Waves suggest a rolling motion. Don't be so serious, ok?
• Sunil, origami is fine. Think about folds and folding. There's a lot of that in architecture.
• Fred, nhuh?
• HL, ST, G, JL, PE, ER & MK you all already have very workable proposals! Just go for it!

Study Models, Please

U5ers at our crit this morning would have seen how indisputably (this word's for Issac) useful models are for discussing ideas. So please present one for discussion on Thurs.

With the models it was easy to assess how successfully the designs handled the programmatic requirements of this project, how well they orchestrated the 3 main functions, and how well the routings through the building worked. And, more, how new ideas suddenly popped up--like Kelvin's amphitheatre seating on the roof, or the triple waves instead of a single wave in Hwa Lik's "wavy" building. Govin's sculptural form enclosing 3 clear, yet complex and varied but unified, spaces was clearly shown in the quickie models, and only need detailed development along those same lines.

So get those fingers working!

Poetics of Architecture

Just a reminder not to miss Ms V's lecture on the poetics of architecture next Thurs 31 Jan.

Another good lecture happens at KLPAC tomorrow @ 6.30pm. "Econography" by Dr Tan Loke Mun---all about iconic architecture and designing in the now. I'll be there. It's a PAM Design Series lecture and, I believe, it's RM10 for students.

UM 2nd Year

My students @ UM: can one of you contact me (sms) please?

Thanks

Ian Ng

Interim Review coming Tue

(Ooops... thot this message had been published. Hence my last sms might have been baffling. Sorry...)

Just a gentle reminder that Tues' interim review should be treated like a trial run of the final submission from the point of view of coverage. Show all items you intend to present on the final day, in its rough and ready form. Don't bother about being too fine or final.

You'd need to, at the least, have all the plans and at least 2 sections---freehand's good as long as it's to scale. And either a study model or lots of 3-d sketches---preferably both. (Put the words aside for a while, ok? We can come back to that later.)

I know some of you are still sorting out all the ideas flying about and fighting with each other up there. But to win the war in the end, you'd just have to kidnap some---now---and put them up for interrogation on Tue. They might not be the "big one" you're after, but chances are they will cough up enough to lead you to it.

IT, I guess, is what we're all after.

Ian

little penang

Check this out!

http://www.littlepenang.com.my/index.htm#

Unit 5 Kicks Off!

Welcome to Unit 5!

Frederick, Kelvin, Hwa Lik, Pei Ei, Carey, Euric, Jessmine, Govin, Sunil, Mee Kei, Hui Lih and Issac, it was good chatting for the first time this afternoon. I appreciate your sharing your individual agendas (some quite personal) and hope you appreciate mine, too. We'll just have to do it together. I think we can do it.

Just to recap, for your meet-up with Veron next Tue, the aim is to show evidence of a thorough "analysis of trade". (See your brief.)

Make full use of the tutorial by researching thoroughly. Visit some trades over the weekend if you can. The points I mentioned this afternoon were:

1. Its history
2. Processes of the trade
3. architectural responses and accommodation
4. social significance
5. essence, special quality and "beauty" of it
6. your personal connection to it

Your main task is to convince everybody that the trade you've chosen or shortlisted is in fact a "disappearing" trade needing your attention. And that needs a sound argument based on your research. Would be good to support your argument with tangible outcomes--pics, quotes, data, statistics, text. Do a "prove-and-sell" presentation.

And complement that with some conceptual proposals (wild ideas) on what you're interested in exploring for the 3 spaces.

Have fun! I'll see you on Thursday and look forward to checking out your first stabs at study models and sketches and stuff.

(Would be good if someone can inform Sieu Theng about the happenings.)