:)

ooooh !!! i found this really nice thing
something which i guess sir was saying...
(see i understood what you were trying to say :P -- finally!!)

@prayash... send me the music that is being played in the background

Kinetower by Kinetura

Fisher's Method - future architecturea similar video and article on this was posted before  too

portable architecture???

sir,
does portable architecture qualify into what we are doing??

http://www.archdaily.com/151400/the-cube-restaurant-in-brussels/
http://www.archdaily.com/118972/the-cube-pavilion-park-associati/

in any case try searching this book
portable architecture by robert kronenburg

does this qualify here too..?

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/emotional-cities

classifications..

http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/adaptivearchitecture/adaptive.html

are we looking something on these lines (too)??

dynamic architecture-london

okay...
im a bit (??) confused..
so anyways
found this thing
are we looking at something similar to this?

there are other such proposals in paris, moscow, uae etc
check here
check here

Literature Survey

Please read this. Its basically to help us all get organized and start working for once.


First thing up on the submissions list is Literature Survey. I'm including the ones I've already reviewed/am reviewing:


1. 101 Things I Learnt in Architecture School by Mathew Frederick
Sounds like a dud, but there are some basic points that sort of help.


2. The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa
This book is part of college curriculums across the world, and is thankfully written in a style that doesn't make you drop asleep. Its a good read


3. Towards a New Architecture by Jeffrey Kipnis
This essay sort of gave a better understanding of the seminar brief, so its a recommended read for everyone. Personally, though, the essay is a drag of a read, too much jargon.


4. Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor (still reading)


The basic issue I'm facing is finding what to read: virtually everything has some reference to a discussion on architectural form in general, and helps chip in their views on what makes it more worthwhile, or how to better analyze it. A pruned up list by Sir?


Please add on the books/essays/whatever you've reviewed in comments. Or suggestions. Hark back to the original brief for help.

Literature Survey

Where do we start?

Going by the Seminar Brief...

1. Nikolaus Pevsner - 'A History of Building Types'

2. Jeffrey Kipnis - Quite a few... Wikipedia page, for starters.

And I have a dozen or so books on my hard disk that might be able to help, but I have to go through them first. It'll be good if we can gradually add on to our reading list in comments.

Also, this is an interesting place to check out.

12 leading architects were asked to craft a floor each at the Hotel Puerta  America, Madrid. These included the likes of Jean Nouvel (who did the facade as well), Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster and Arata Isozaki. The hotel has garnered some horrible reviews as far as service is concerned, but it still manages to rake in cash because of its edginess. It doesn't directly relate to 'facades', but it does relate to form and how so many different interpretations of it lie in such close contact to each other: Zaha Hadid's 'Flintstones meets Jetsons' is 9 floors away from Isozaki's 'Neo-Noir Ryokan'; even the garage has a big-ticket designer: Teresa Sapey. And all of it fits in that building.

The hotel charges an extra fee for floor changes.

My personal favourite is Isozaki's floor...

Hotel Website

Deadline

Dear All,

I mean ALL so please forward this to the rest of your group/class mates. (I think I have some ids from each seminar group)

You must be done with your training by now. Hope you had an enjoyable time. Hope also that the seminar has been simmering on the back burner all along. I am looking forward- in fact have been waiting for your batch seminars. Truly ! J! Am expecting the prizewinning streak to surface yet again with the seminars and that’s why such a special and challenging ‘umbrella’ topic- design- all for you!

Don’t let me down or waste this fantastic opportunity to publish the best seminar book yet …

We are in the process of changing to the semester system- the decision for when that happens will be taken on the eve of the reopening.

If we start with this academic year  you have less time than the final years have had for the final paper- the one that gets published.  Everything has to be wrapped up before the end of the semester. Till now we would ‘cheat’ a bit and allow the final papers to be finished over the winter break. May be a blessing actually!

Will let you know as soon as we know.

Also wanted to remind you of the literature survey that is due on the first seminar class, submission requirement for which is as follows:

I do hope you have been interacting closely with your advisors. If you haven’t been this is the time to start. Literature surveys done without advisor interaction may not be accepted.

First class 28 July 11

Literature Survey
40 Marks (out of a total of 200 for seminar)

Word limit: 10,000-12,000 words.

Work to be presented in the following format:

Paper size- A-4; 1” margins all round; font : Arial, Times New Roman or equivalent; font size: 12 pt; line spacing: 1 ½ .

The Harvard referencing system to be used.

Work to be run past plagiarism software: Viper- see note below

Hard copies neatly springbound to be submitted to advisor & coordinators. No plastic please. To be marked by advisors and coordinators. Advisors marks to be submitted by 11 August 2011

The plagiarism software suggested is called"Viper", you can google viper free plagiarism checker and download it on your comp. You can then upload your essay for scanning- just follow the instructions provided by the software-and the checker will highlight sentences,phrases etc. you need to reference,reword and so on.The checker takes time and you may have to make multiple attempts before your essay gets scanned-so have patience and good luck!

That’s for now

Looking forward to a great seminar programme with you and a seminar book we can be proud of at the end of it.

Best wishes

Ranjana Ma’am

PS: can any one person from each group please acknowledge this?

Also some groups have yet to give me their group lists! High time now so please do so ASAP.