Influence of Malaysian Archcitecture

Sun rised,

the song begun,

once it hits the highest point,

all the non-penguin cries.

Believe in yourself

"People might perform to keep their job because duty and responsibility demand that they do a job well. But love and encouragement enable people to do work beautifully."

A phrase stated in a book called"something to SMILE about" by Zig Ziglar. Hmm, i think this word apply well in everything we do, especially when it comes to design. From what I've seen, lots of people doesn't understand the meaning of "A DESIGN".

According to MSN Encarta Dictionary, design means "plan and make something: to plan and make something in a skillful or artistic way". Yes, i agree, but in the other hand, it doesn't work right with this definition as well. who doesn't know to how to be ARTISTIC? by using a pen and a piece of paper, with just a simple line, it is consider as ART as well, right? So what is the TRUE meaning for DESIGN then?

If you ask me this question, I would like to highlight second sentence from that phrase above. Yes we need to have certain responsibility and afford to complete a work, but to create an excellent pieces, we need LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT and OHM(passion) into it. From my very own experience, I can't work without these three keys. Every design that I've done have something in it. It might be something special happened to me, some meaningful memories that I wanted to remember, someone I love, or someone I wanted to thank. Yes it does react according to my mood too. As long as it is worth it, I'll do it to the fullest! Well, some people could say its FRENCH CUISINE, but i would just take it as "self satisfaction" . If wanted to do for the sake of doing, you can just forget about it, cause there is no meaning at all.
Its not about how great i trying to praise myself, but it is indeed the way i react towards things that I've done. And that is why i ~HEART~ all my design.

At last, the message that i wanted to deliver here is "Believe in what you think its right, and react according to your logic sense." Why do i say so? For example, Mr. MC2(Einstein). At the very beginning, no one understand what is he thinking at all. At the end, he create miracle to this world and changed everyone's life. SO, trust your sense of doing things, and believe in yourself.

"Believe in yourself and all that you are, know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

Christian D. Larson

just like this :p

Equilb

Subject: Design Studio 1
Semester: 3
Title: Spaces within the tree

This is my final assignment for design studio 1. I could say this is the hardest design i ever did... Actually my initial idea is not like this at all. My very first idea is to build a house with curvy lines which create some kind of floating rhythm around. But then i had being challenge by my tutor with a word "NO CURVE for daphne!" after i show him what i wanted to do at first. ok FINE! I am not afraid of your challenge at all sir, i will show you that i am not a CURVE girl, and i can do WELL with BOXES too!

At last, i DID came out with a house that is TOTALLY NO CURVE at all! A proof and also a great apportunity for me to test out my limits! and here we are~

~Equilb~

The concept of cubicle form were formed according to Yanni’s personal characteristic. Yanni is a person that loves neatness and simplicity in life, and this could be found through his physical appearance. He shows up at his concerts dressed in neat white or black outfits. This is the inspiration for the cubicle form concept; the cube is the prime basic form among all geometrical shapes and also the simplest structure for all buildings. Black and white cubes are chosen to reflect Yanni’s favorite colors. It is being arranged in the way where both cube were joint together at the edge to create an accent in how emotional of two simple cube could be. It is being arranged in such a way that both cubes were joined together to accentuate the effects of the merging of two simple cubes to become a unique structure. Besides, the base cube was arranged to stand with its vertices to magnify its mood and strength. With a dash of some simple texture, it ultimately reveals an extravagant result. There is no column at the exterior of the building which gives a precarious thought when looking at it at a glance. This is what inspired me to name it “The Equilb”, from the English word equilibrium. It balances up in equilibrium with the earth’s gravity to eliminate the insecure felling from its first glance look. Yanni react sensitively towards his music and life. Due to the limits of volume given for this design, a water platform was chosen to be added in to create a sense of tranquility and sensitivity. It could be a better way to portray Yanni’s love for the ocean, which reminds him of his youth, his passion, and his memories of the young Yanni. On the other hand, the water platform could be use to create reflections on the water. Especially early in the morning where the sun just rise up, it maximize the colours around the building perfectly.

side view

techtonic openings (windows)

Transparensy Staircase
natural lighting straight down to living hall
montage with sunrise

Finally, i would like to thank you Sir, thankyou for bring us to our nightmare, and thankyou for showing us what do HELL looks like. From there i learn to observe especially little details that i should noticed and care about and think OUT OF THE BOX! From there i learnt more about myself as well. ^^

“Music is an incredibly direct language. It bypasses language and logic, and speaks directly to your soul."

Yanni

Legendary Dragon Arch

Subject: Building Construction 1
Semester: 2
Title: Solid Construction
Group members:
Cheryl Kua
Darren
Liqun
Gordon
Daph

Basically, we were given TWO materials to use in this assignment which is MDF BLOCKS and BLUE TAPE. We spend around 3.5k MDF blocks for the whole model.
Does anyone know what is this?
Yes, it is a sculpture of dragon!
why did we choose dragon at the very first place?
Answer is very simple, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!(by Adidas)

Hehe so this is how it looks like in the end~

~LEGENDARY DRAGON ARCH~
plan view
fixing last part of dragon's tail
Details and support for the giant Arch
Arch of a Dragon's Body
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guardian of Dragon

"Architecture is an aspect of culture and of its evolution and is what gives its form."

Mies Van Der Rohe

Formwork Design

Subject: Building Construction 2
Semester: 3
Title: Formwork model
Group members:
Darren
Sherm
Liqun
Waisie
Hauyee
Daph

1st steps: foundation preparation(with nails)

thats stump after taking off their formwork
2nd steps: ground beam formwork +collar cliq
with reinforcements and spacers using hammer to hold and maintain the height of the formwork

3rd steps: pouring cements
4th steps: wait for it to be harden

owkay, lets have a tiny break 1st...mmmm mmmm....yummy~

*flashing light*

zooooommm~~~~

back to work!

ground beam COMPLETED!

5th steps: floor slabs formwork!

:)

small little spacer~ cute!

floor slabs with reinforcement and spacers

6th steps: stairs formwork while waiting for cement to be harden.

smoothest cement mixture :)

after harden, that is the detailing on the collumn's reinforcement

owh thats the reflection of a finger! :)

hey wats ANDY doing here?!

o.O""

7th steps: spacers sticking around the reinforcement so that the steel wire would not touch the side in the formwork

wow nice collumn formwork effect~

sherm : "light at the end of tunnel"

8th steps:collumn formwork
pouring cements

lurvely "accident" from waisie~

cool yea~ it looks like an EYE!haha

mirror effect XD

then continue by 1st and 2nd floor beam, slabs, columns n other formworks...

And that is how it look like at the end <3>

exo view

back elevetion

front elevation

and side elevetion ^^

This is the most time consuming, assignment I ever had which takes around 3 weeks to complete it. It does need certain skills and technique to make it work, and YES,WE DID IT! :)

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else."

Charles Dickens

De-Splendour

Subject: Studio 1 - Assignment 2
Semester: 3
Title: Furniture Design

The inspiration for this model began with the structure of Ipomoea which is the Morning Glory plant. According to this plant, it doesn’t have any straight line or sharp edge but smooth and soft string twisting freely. It gives a natural curve and bond which reflect the power of nature as well. Wrought iron has being used as the frame and timber as the bass to support a human according to our body lines. The timber gives life to the wrought iron frame as it represents the body of the furniture. Cengal Batu has been chosen because it doesn’t absorb heat and it is much stronger compare to others. The wrought iron frame gives a springy feeling just like you are floating in the air while resting on it. It is being designed for one as it gives a very private space for resting.

De- Splendour is special designed for outdoors. The best location for it should be somewhere which is more silent and peaceful, for example in the lush tropical garden. You are lying on it, with all the trees surrounding you early in the morning, the wind touched you gently while the sunrise shines on u... at that moment try to take a deep breath and smell the environment... And that the best to describe rest and relax!

Ultimate curve

plan view

back view

De~Splendour together with Tropical Background

ZARA Fitting Room

Previous Assignment

Subject: Interior Behavioral Studies
Semester: 2 (year 2007)
Title: Fitting room Design
Group mate: Genie

Basically this assignment is to design a suitable fitting room according to particular character. We have to choose two characters and a branded boutique. So me and Genie decided to choose Zara!
This is how it looks like at the end.

from top view

main entrance

overall side view from top

and another side view

:)