Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Recommended Readings #2

"The Autopoeisis of Architecture"
by Patrik Schumacher [2002] 8/10
keywords: patterns, self-similar

by Patrik Schumacher [2000] 10/10
keywords: as titled

by Patrik Schumacher [1996] 9/10
keywords: experimentation of movement in space

"EL CROQUIS (86 + 111): MVRDV"
edited by EL CROQUIS 8/10
keywords: design process, diagrams

"PROCESS NO.70: FOSTER TOWER: HONG KONG BANK - A RE-EVALUATION OF TALL BUILDINGS"
edited by Miwako Ito, Yasufumi Suzuki [1986] 8/10
kewords: information management, parts & whole, components

"Fountainhead"
(a fictional novel on Wright)
by Ayn Rand [1943] 8/10
keywords: individuality, romanticism

Friday, July 4, 2008

my chosen point of departure in architecture...

Architecture can be percived and approached in so many ways. The 'hard' (structures, forces, geometries of form) and the 'soft' (quality of environments, mood, atmosphere) becomes the only resonable act of architecture since its birth. Her postulation has always been about how the 'hard' and the 'soft' can coexist with the environment to perform a social, cultural, and economy task - an assignment dedicated to for prosperity of mankind on earth.

My chosen point of departure in architecture will be dedicated to the exploration of the relationship between man and its environment.

Nar... sorry folks, all these are just just bullshit.

Truth is.. I wanna do it cuz that's the only thing that I find stimulating.