TAIPING SITE MODEL

Adisaputra and Teck Hao demonstrating why Taiping means "everlasting peace".

A+ FOR KIT OF PARTS PROJECT

...Haha...if this had been submitted for the Kit of Parts Project it would have got an A+ for concept, and A for appropriation. Wonderful stuff!

ZOMG Jenga House!! The Next Generation House, by Sou Fujimoto Architects,
is a weekend house overlooking the River Kuma in Kumakura, Japan.
Approximately a 13'x13'x13' cube.

Heavy yet light Next Generation House is a small housing module for weekend use, located on the edge of a forest overlooking the River Kuma at Kumakura, opposite the temple of Shibatatehime. The client is a timber merchant. The small pavilion, a 4x4 m cube, is made by assembling solid Japanese cedar blocks kept in place by their own weight and connecting metal cables running through vertical drill holes. Some of the inside cubes are laid off-centre to create shelves, small living areas and even steps to move from one level to another. Offsets in the wall cubes also create windows with views of the surrounding countryside. The oblique glass windowpanes are held in place with plastic plugs. The mobile sheets are in transparent acrylic. Two roof skylights provide extra natural light – an architectural feature over which Fujimoto takes special care. At night, artificial light visible from the outside helps to dematerialise the cube by mixing the warm tones of wood with the amber glow of incandescent bulbs, emphasising the ways in which a structure made up of heavy wooden elements can seem so light and airy.

(received from BHYap with thanx.)

ZONE ANALYSIS & SITE MODEL (STUDIO 3)

ALL GROUPS ARE ALLOWED TO RESUBMIT THEIR ZONE ANALYSIS A1 PANELS AND THE TAIPING SITE MODEL BY THURSDAY 18 SEPT 2008, 5PM FOR REMARKING.

PIN UP YOUR A1 PANELS IN THE STUDIO & LEAVE THE FULLY COMPLETED MODEL ON THE STUDIO TABLE, AND PLEASE VACATE THE STUDIO AFTER THAT.

NO SUBMISSIONS ARE PERMITTED AFTER THE STATED DATE AND TIME.

(At the moment the panels are generally far below expectiations, and the site model has been graded F. This is a group project, so please work as a group. You are as strong as your weakest link.)

By order of Veron, Ian & Edward

Creative Thinking

taken from: http://www.design-kompany.com/inspiration/132/


In a book called Kougu*, which in Japanese means “thinking tools,” author Masaharu Kato of ad agency Hakuhoudo offers a few tips to come up with fresh ideas. I’ve used them when coming up with ideas for our clients, and thought I’d share some of my favorites…

1. Know what you are looking for.
Start with a clear idea of what you’re trying to come up with. A catch phrase? A new name, a logo? Once you identify your goal, repeat it aloud to yourself a few times, and engrave it on your mindscape.

2. Focus on the surface: color, shape, size, word.
You can gather ideas anytime–driving to work, taking a stroll, during your lunch breaks. When you start these 'idea gathering sessions', sometimes it helps to decide ahead of time that you’ll focus on something arbitrary, say the color red. Think about the problem you are trying to solve, and at the same time, focus on the color red. You’ll notice red things around you that you’d might otherwise ignore, just by being focused on that color. Tuning into these details can lead to unusual, fresh connections that help you solve the problem.

3. Write thoughts down wherever, whatever they may be.
The act of writing activates your brain and focuses your thoughts. Use anything : post-it's, the back of napkins, or a sketch book, to write. The point isn't to come up with perfect notes, so don’t worry about keeping everything together or too tidy. Don't worry about whether your thoughts are 'good' ideas, either. Just keep writing–sometimes that's enough for something brilliant to pop up in your head.

Here’s an example.

Say you’re trying to come up with a tag line for your new product - a new condo complex on the waterfront. You are thinking about the condo - how big it is, what kind of amenities it has, your target demography, etc. Then, you go out gathering hints outside. Focus on something specific, like, for example, the color blue today…The sky is blue (for once, in Seattle! Hey, maybe weather should play a role in this), so is this car (an SUV - what kind of cars do the prospect tenants own?), and a mailbox (maybe they can offer a concierge service for the tenants, drop-off points for mail, dry cleaning, packages, rented videos/dvds?).

Jot stuff into a notebook as you go, connecting dots and coming up with more random links. Get your head to work this way so you can get to really interesting ideas more quickly.

*Published in Japan by Hankyu Communications, 2003.

Random pics

I guess this will be my first post in this studio blog.

Here are some pics that I took during Studio 3's Taiping trip.

Enjoy!


No Parking


Superman's telephone booth


VrrooOOMM


zhou yi - yan ee(is that how I spell her name?) - sam


Back alley


sam & charlene


joo emo-ing


pork satay! where on earth can you find that back in KL?


The touching moment


old bike


old man

Sasaranakkha



Sasaranakkha



The interior


Natural lighting


azrul meditating


joined by the whole group later on


sweeeettt


mr ian does what he do best


love this shot


the monks call this doggie "ah boy"


they didn't want to pose for my camera at first..


..but finally they wanted to. One camera ain't enough for them I suppose


chi ming checking himself out


the path taken


groupie shot!

Overall I did enjoy myself in Taiping though it is a boring place!!! The people I went with made it memorable and yeahh..thx guys!

Okay larh..time to watch liv vs mu.
The score is now Liv 1 - 1 MU.
Eat my shoes liv.
Hahaha
Don't kill me =D

Get back to serious work..

Attached below (plz click to enlarge) are latest informations on the site options for studio3, directly from Ian's (&/ Veron's) writing on the board..
Sorry for the poor quality of pics..



And a sudden pop-up of "degree-of-difficulty 13 out of 5" site(s)!
I think it's so exciting.