tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178607012024-03-06T13:23:10.626+08:00re:ACT | reallyarchitecturere:ACT is a visionary youth group investigating Architecture in Singapore, Asia and beyond.Really Architecturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362400287282566491noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-41392201409536420502008-10-02T00:53:00.000+08:002008-10-02T00:54:49.085+08:00And while we're at it...Man + EnvironmentArchifest Design Forum16-17 October. Drama Centre, NLB.Featuring Richard Hassell, Andrew Maynard, Jo Noero, Ken Yeang and more.More here.hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-39438734340203370192008-10-02T00:52:00.001+08:002008-10-02T00:53:36.620+08:00A little bit of publicity......for the event organisers.More at the main Archifest website.hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-28919474598202383392008-08-02T10:55:00.003+08:002008-08-02T11:08:03.834+08:00Really Ar? 2 - "So This Is Masterplanning!"Hi good people,WE ARE BACK WITH REALLY AR!!!! As you would already know, Really Ar? is Re:act’s design sharing session where we invite designers to talk about their recent projects. This sharing session is open to anyone who might be interested in architecture and design and through this we hope to encourage meaningful discussion of real issues and new ideas! The theme for August’s Really Ar? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212808497130811778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-4368693415152915062008-05-18T20:38:00.001+08:002008-05-18T20:40:20.748+08:00Pecha Kucha Beijing, 18 May 2008It is barely an hour after the event when I decided to blog about it here, before I forget what this largely unmemorable series of lectures was about.Pecha Kucha, as the name suggests (you can find the background of how this name came about on the web, I’m pretty sure, as it has been widely publicised..) is chit-chat in japanese. The lectures i just sat through (figure of speech, really, since I Windhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843220569632223281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-68255694924081055272008-05-15T19:32:00.001+08:002008-05-15T19:32:45.104+08:00THE NON_EXISTENT LIBRARYTHE NON-EXISTENT LIBRARYIn my library account stands the records of books borrowed from the architecture library. It shows the book code which would point the exact location in real space where you can find it. Yet its physical location- the architecture library- is no more. The librarians extended my loan till June. Weird.oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-61961721048557168692008-05-14T21:19:00.004+08:002008-05-14T21:34:17.554+08:00TU DELFT ARCHITECTURE 14th MAY 2008Dean and team during this morning's briefingBriefing today. The leadership team is all about "the show must go on!" Photos from today. Walked around the building. Accepted the truth. Prayed for hope.oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-22698784787160600782008-05-14T03:05:00.002+08:002008-05-14T03:11:22.334+08:00TU DELFT ARCHITECTURE FACULTY DESTROYED BY FIRE/ BRAND BIJ BOUWKUNDE TU DELFTTU DELFT FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY FIRE(For the headlines on the event in the Dutch news, click RTL)I entered the faculty of architecture at 9.10am, got to the 5th level and there was water all over the floor. The lifts were not working so I walked up all five floors. I walked to the tap and got myself a cup of water. After approximately 5 minutes, the alarm sounded. I was still oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-65914440312288908972008-05-10T03:21:00.002+08:002008-05-10T04:00:28.319+08:00SANFORD KWINTER @ BERLAGEleft to right: Salomon Frausto, Sanford Kwinter, Peter TrummerSanford Kwinter was in Berlage to launch his 20-years-in-the-making book= Far from Equilibrium. Looking every bit the mad scientist that he was, Kwinter captivated with his sincerity and self-deprecating attitude. If you've ever tried to read his book Architectures of Time, you will realise that everything you've thought was deep and oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-63846536582925188132008-04-28T14:55:00.004+08:002008-04-28T17:40:06.701+08:00Pecha Kucha Beijing 2008Thanks Jan for the cover! Pecha Kucha Beijing will be held on May 18, 2008 for those who are interested.Windhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843220569632223281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-70528605938288576782008-04-25T17:52:00.009+08:002008-04-25T20:36:19.499+08:00PECHA KUCHA IN ROTTERDAMFriend Ren Horng Yee, who presented at Pecha Kucha, with me and Ilmar, my classmateView from the front rowLesley MoorePecha Kucha in Rotterdam! There I was, yesterday night. (Yoda like...)Having been to Rojak's and having been very impressed with jing's photograph's and boo jun feng's the changi murals, i must say pecha kucha rotterdam came across as quite a disappointment. The evening had a oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-48787393571532678132008-04-21T02:35:00.002+08:002008-04-21T02:50:59.184+08:00Really Ar? Again?Hot on the heels (well, if you're looking at time in the more drawn-out scale of things) of the first Really Ar?, a pecha-kucha inspired showcase of thematically-relevant projects, comes the second session.Really Ar? Again?Held in an informal setting, in which we invite a few people with interesting ideas to present to an audience of young architects, the objective of the Really Ar? sessions is hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-56883751486014849212008-04-14T22:41:00.005+08:002008-04-14T22:51:10.845+08:00Frank Gehry asks "Then what?"<!--cut and paste-->Who would know that an interview with Frank Gehry could be so entertaining? I like what he says about the Architect having to bring something of this own to the table in terms of aesthetics. He also speaks about collaboration, and I thought what was interesting from that was the people the person that he chose to collaborate with. While we often talk about collaboration with Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212808497130811778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-70282476958360972982008-04-12T00:29:00.001+08:002008-04-12T00:31:26.329+08:00CARUSO ST JOHNBrick house, London 2001-2005First time I would ever brag that I like a brick house.oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-60614744680191354442008-04-09T18:24:00.003+08:002008-04-09T18:46:03.514+08:00Big Brother's REALLY watching.This comes about a month behind, but here's a sneak peak at what Rem Koolhaas has "architectured" for an island in Dubai that aspires to be... well, Manhattan.Image courtesy of The New York Times; you can read the article here.The round building... no, object... has been likened to the Death Star, which featured rather prominently in Star Wars (I have no idea which episode):Looks more like a hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-61975142292529249232008-04-03T20:02:00.000+08:002008-04-03T20:02:56.498+08:00The ArchRecord Interview: Sir Peter Cook, Page 2 | Features | Architectural RecordThe ArchRecord Interview: Sir Peter Cook, Page 2 | Features | Architectural Record: "But the architect at best has a wonderful mandate to create and dabble in almost anything. And I hope it will long be so. As long as you can say, “Look, the person sitting behind me is actually much more interested in sociology, and the guy sitting in front of me is into studying hedgehogs, and they both have oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-20141288828652715252008-04-02T01:23:00.002+08:002008-04-02T01:30:55.042+08:00A Burj Too Far......or too high, for that matter.A Saudi billionaire prince is keen on giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "joining the mile high club", if this is anything to go by.Yes, a mile-high building. Dwarfing the under-construction Burj Dubai (585 m high) and a good two-thirds taller the upcoming Burj Mubarak in Kuwait (1001 m)... Might we have to coin the term spacescraper soon? Well it seems to mehannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-40299843017763935682008-04-01T23:27:00.005+08:002008-04-01T23:50:32.666+08:00And the Pritzker goes to...Monsieur Jean Nouvel. Here's an article about it (courtesy The Independent, UK):Jean Nouvel looks like a villain from a James Bond movie. He is large. He is completely bald. He always wears black, except in the summer, when he alwayswears white. He is celebrated for his rages but also for his generosity and hislong friendships, even with his rivals.Yesterday, Nouvel, 62, the French architect who hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-49023406948035119142008-03-30T23:16:00.010+08:002008-03-31T00:50:06.305+08:00Singapore 1:1 Exhibition at the URAHad a chance to attend the Singapore 1:1 Forum last week, held in conjunction with the Singapore 1:1 Island exhibition at the URA Gallery, the second in what I hope is a (longer) series of exhibits on architecture in Singapore. The first was Singapore 1:1 City two years ago. The exhibition documents key architectural highlights in Singapore, chronologised into 'ages', from the 1960s til hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620338466100064958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-53874759715785458532008-03-26T15:29:00.004+08:002008-03-26T16:01:52.422+08:00A game of GoWhat has a game of Go to do with Architecture, one might ask. For those familiar with the chess game of Go (Weiqi), one will relate to the principles of STRATEGY, PATIENCE, FAR-SIGHTEDNESS, ETHICS.But, there is more. Let me share this rare moment of personal relevation. I was re-watching one of the ending episodes of Hikaru No Go anime (about the Weiqi chess game) when one particular part of theYu Sern Honghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682150456779434079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-72130923092605858602008-03-26T02:32:00.003+08:002008-03-26T02:36:03.481+08:00The Modern Day ArchitectLife as an architect/ architecture student can get pretty daunting sometimes. Here's something that I hope would bring a smile to your face amidst all those unimaginable datelines.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212808497130811778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-75005815394323664112008-03-25T23:50:00.008+08:002008-03-26T02:42:22.066+08:00Young Urbanist Programme Season 1This is an article written by Lyn-Anne, the Managing Editor of Five Foot Way Magazine on the recent YUP. She did such a good job, we thought you should not miss it. Find out more about Five Foot Way Magazine here. The Young Urbanist Programme [YUP] held on Monday 10th March 2008, was a 1-day workshop initiated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and executed in collaboration with [re:act]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212808497130811778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-16282008991764817182008-03-24T13:44:00.005+08:002008-03-24T14:08:39.533+08:00The Penguin EffectNo profound philosophical or architectural debate here, but I thought this was a rather straight-forward and easy-to-understand clip from National Geographic which demonstrate on strategies that architects use in building small spaces. It does bring out certain issues for further thought though. I was just thinking, Japan's really tight space constraints has resulted in many innovative solutions.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212808497130811778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-19962909154743249682008-03-21T22:21:00.002+08:002008-03-21T23:09:30.308+08:00MVRDVI was at MVRDV today!OMA, check.UN studio, check.MVRDV, check.:Poomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-39835921907453388552008-03-21T04:31:00.004+08:002008-03-21T04:42:12.403+08:00MR ARCHITECTGustav Terragni, Danteum, 1938I am listening to a radio commercial about beautiful homes and rolling pastures, the homes designed by architect john shurre. Now there is something disdainful about architects being in commercials, and the word architect spoken by non-architects. I ponder on my feeling of disdain and I've come to think that outside the architecture world, the word architect is oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17860701.post-933272760295158502008-03-19T02:48:00.002+08:002008-03-19T03:27:03.565+08:00THEO JANSENTheo Jansen lectured in TU Delft last Thursday. Just a brief introduction for those who do not know him, he is a kinetic sculpture artist who builds wind powered walking "creatures" from wire ducts. He is a true-blue showman whose stage presence has already been tirelessly rehearsed- jokes from a Dutchman which are actually funny!One cannot help but marvel at the extent the movement of these oomoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971567956245838716noreply@blogger.com4