Exit Blog

To start off my exit blog for this subject, i would to summarize the journey of this semester where this is the semester i repeated my design subject as i failed it last term. During this semester i have taken 3 subjects including Theories of Architecture, Design Studio 3(repeated) and Minor 3. First, lets talk about design class. Our class has made a boom to our design class where we as a whole has make a complaint to the DEAN of the faculty, Mr Jimmy about our lecturer's problem and act, the outcomes of the complaint is the school have decided to change the lecturer and it is good to the class where we can totally focus to the class without other obstruction.

Let move to the second subject, Minor 3, in this semester, i have learnt about advertising in this subject. Ya, i'm saying that advertising class in interior architecture course. For me, its kinda of out of the title coz i think there are nothing relate between advertising and interior architecture course. Overall this subject, its more like do the assignment and pass up, and that is. You know what i mean? Its like.......i feel i don't gain much from this subject.

Next, Theories of Architecture, i have read some articles which hardly for me to understand what is it about and i have to write about the article and find reference. But there is a problem at the beginning which i don't even understand the articles and i have to write about it. Luckily, our lecturer has explain about the articles that been given to us after we read and blog about it. Ya, explanation after i wrote about it. The explanation is quite understandable and still the articles that i studied is only for my own information and knowledge coz i can never apply it in my design class. Overall, this subject has teach me that architecture is more than just architecture where we can see and explore it in so many perspective.

The best moment of my semester is when the school has take immediate action after our class make a complaint about our design studio class and the worst moment of my semester is i attended so many tutorial which is not helping me much in my assignments.

My philosophy in future? Architecturally, i think my philosophy will be simple is perfect because our Mother natural is already the best decoration to the world, as a son of Her, we should appreciate Her beauty by doing and design less decorative structure.

Taboo and Transgression : Architecture and Desire

According the article, the writer, Bernard Tshumi has talk about the pleasure of Architecture where how we related our architecture design toward our sensual, desire and feeling. In my opinion, our desire and feeling is definitely in a important position when we are designing something or a structure where they are those element which influence in the way of designing and also leading us toward the style of particular design. This is because we, as a designer will alway design something that which is what we wanted the most and which is that can be easily accepted by our own.

In this case, the writer has separate those elements into several fragments which related to the pleasure and desire in architecture.

1. A Double Pleasure - The pleasure of a space cannot be written in word where it is a form of experience. Those experience are including the pleasure of the space and the pleasure of the geometry/form/orders. It is an experience of sensuality and feeling.

2. Gardens Of Pleasure - Garden is one of the part in pleasure where it is built in a useless manner, but still is has a pleasure of space with its surround agriculture planting which bringing the sensuality feeling or delight.

3. Pleasure and Necessity - The pleasure and necessity of an architecture should in balance where we cannot just consider on the pleasure of the space. The necessity of the space are also important such the cost and the utility inside the building which is important in providing a good order of life.

4. Metaphor of Order-Bondage - there rule and regulation in the game of architecture where these kind of rule or what we called as bondage will bring a greater pleasure of architecture.

5. Rationality - The irrationality in architecture design will carry it to the extreme of pleasure.

6. Eroticism - Eroticism id not the excess of pleasure but the pleasure of excess where architecture is not only about the sensuality, but it contain both of mental construct and sensuality.

7. Metaphor of Seduction-The Mask - There is alway a meaning behind an architecture design, its is only how we understanding its meaning.

8. Excess - Exceeding is not a matter of subversion but is to preserving the the eroticism of architecture.

9. Architecture of Pleasure - By achieving the concept and the experience of architecture as well as transgressing the rules of the games will bring the pleasure of architecture.

10. Advertising for Architecture

11. Desire/Fragment - Desire of an architecture is like a meaning or an objective toward an architecture design whereas fragment is like a tool to express the appearance of the design.

Apparently, to achieving the maximum of pleasure in architecture in term of sensuality and senses, we have to push architecture to its limits or even transgressing its limits. In my opinion, the best way to experiencing ones architecture is through our sense like visual, taste, smell and hearing where all this element will actually influence or even encouraging in our sexual desire.

In conclusion, the taboo and transgress of architecture are definitely making an impact toward architecture design and experience which its affecting the capacity of pleasure and desire in a place.

Field Trip to Kellie's Castle : Asthetics, Ruin & Space

Kellie Castle, a mansion that been designed and built to show how wealthy an estate owner and administrator are. William Kellie-Smith was the owner of the mansion. Architecturally, the mansion is influenced by the moghul style of architectural with brick finishing where the style getting popular in local architectural during that particular period especially in Kuala Lumpur.

William Kellie-Smith live in his 1st mansion named Kellas House - a symbol of his wealthy before he decided to built the Kellie Castle beside to the Kellas House after his son and daughter born which express more of his richness.Kellie Castle have never be completed due to the disease happened among the workers and a sudden death of William Kellie-Smith on way to Portugal to bring the 1st ever elevator in Malaya due to pneumonia.

After the tragedy happened, his heartbroken wife decided to go back to his hometown in Scotland by selling the estate to a British Company.

The reason that Kellie's Castle has restored to his original state, in my opinion, i think is because of the story and the tragedy happened behind the building where has make it a heritages to the local area.There are a lot of weird things happened in the mansion although the building have be ruins by time. Rumors saying that Smith's spirit are still in the building and his daughter too.

The exterior view of the building show the beauty of the brick finishing which the textures of the brick naturally becomes the decoration to the mansion.

These are the window opening on the roof top which served as a ventilation to the interior space and it is beautifully decorated with the brick finishes.

This is the small opening at the exterior of the main hall which using the moghul sytle of decoration, a flower shaped. It has enhance the beauty of building by such decoration.

This is the shelf in the store room where Smith's familly planned to store their things here.. The simple design of the shelf have balance back the decorative exterior outlook.

The wall inside the bed room have been decorated by carved sculpture which enhancing the grandness of the mansion and show the wealthiness of the family.