PAM upcoming lectures

This week :

"ARCHITECTE SANS FRONTIER", 

a lecture by Zaini Zainul (Zon Design Rekabina Sdn Bhd)

Date	:	Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Time	:	06:30:00 PM TO 08:30:00 PM
Venue	:	PAM Centre Level 11, Wisma Bandar No 18 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman 50100 Kuala Lumpur

PAM Members Fee	:	RM 30.00
PAM Student Members Fee:	:	RM 10.00
Non-Members Fee:	:	RM 100.00
Non Student Member Fee:	:	RM 20.00

Event Description and Details:

 

Synopsis of Paper (provided by the Speaker):

The talk shall showcase different projects by ZDR, in which will focus on 3 over riding design principles; 

• Comprehensive – ZDR provides a comprehensive service of total design solutions. Ranging from masterplans to buildings to interior design furnishings. ZDR believes that the design environment, be it public space, architecture or interior should co-exist seamlessly
• Coherent – ZDR expertise ensure coherent design and execution of each project. ZDR operates as pro-active partner to all parties involved in the design team maintaining continuous dialogue with the client, the project manager, engineering consultants and the contractors. ZDR committed to fostering a dyamic synergy between all parties
• Creativity – ZDR aspire to balance creativity with the ever increasing demands of modern projects, such as technical requirement and financial limitations, with an inovative approach to design 

For more info on the speaker and event, click here

"Sustainable Architecture Building the Future"

 

Date	:	Thursday, 21 March 2013
Time	:	05:00:00 PM TO 07:00:00 PM
Venue	:	The Saujana Ballroom The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur Saujana Resort, Jalan Lapangan Terbang SAAS 40150 Shah Alam Selangor

Event Description and Details:

 

Iredale Pedersen Hook are an Australian based architectural practice that have become world renowned for their innovative and uncompromising solutions to complex projects in challenging environments. Their architecture is bold, resilient and extends the conventional understanding of ‘sustainability’ beyond materials and insulation into the realm of social, cultural and political sustainability. Through the Lysaght Malaysian lecture series Iredale Pedersen Hook will explore their unique response to the extremes of the Australian condition. 

Iredale Pedersen Hook is a progressive, young architecture practice with studio’s in Perth and Melbourne and a rapidly expanding diverse body of work throughout Australia. From the wine region of Victoria’s Yarra Valley, to the desert of the North Kimberly region, through suburban Perth and the rural edge of Melbourne to remote Christmas Island, the projects are as individual and eclectic as the landscape they occupy. Each piece of architecture seeks to embody a unique design response of innovation and delight. The works can be gathered in relation to their geographical location demonstrating an embrace of their context and closer examination reveals a collection of thematic concerns that evolve and develop. The studio is dedicated to the pursuit of appropriate design of effective sustainable buildings with a responsible environmental and social agenda. Their projects have won multiple awards including two honourable mentions in the UK Architectural Review (AR) Awards for Emerging Architecture. Their projects have been exhibited widely internationally and they lecture and teach in Australia and internationally.

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3Doodler ! 3D printing pen

 

What is it?
Have you ever just wished you could lift your pen off the paper and see your drawing become a real three dimensional object? Well now you can!

3Doodler is the world’s first and only 3D Printing Pen. Using ABS plastic (the material used by many 3D printers), 3Doodler draws in the air or on surfaces. It’s compact and easy to use, and requires no software or computers. You just plug it into a power socket and can start drawing anything within minutes.

So now model making process will not be the same as before !!

Watch the video and be amazed ! :D

Amazed yet?! click HERE to know more about it and how to get it !!

Brutal simplicity of thought of the day #7

Double for today special !

adapted from the Brutal simplicity of thought book by M&C Saatchi Worldwide

Guggenheim Extension Story

Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum opened to the public in 1959 and houses a collection of impressionist, modern and contemporary art.

"Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters."
— Frank Lloyd Wright. "Frank Lloyd Wright", The Architectural Forum, January, 1948, Vol 88 Number 1. p89. (reference from greatbuildings.com)

It has been 50 over years, what if there is an extension to this iconic building in New York ?
Lets find out what this architecture office has to show the world...

the existing building - image source : britannica.com

 

section - image source : blogs.artinfo.com

 Guggenheim Extension Story by Oiio Architecture Office

Oiio Architecture Office of New York and Athens has come up with a concept to extend Frank's Lloyd Wright's famous Guggenheim Museum in New York by extending its spiralling form up into the sky.

"What if we decided we needed a little more of Guggenheim?" question the architects, whose plans show a structure with almost three times as many floors as the iconic museum that was designed by Wright during the 1940s.

 

  

 

 

 The office names the project Guggenheim Extension Story, as a reference to the unlikelihood that any extension to the museum would ever really take place.

 

 

 "Guggenheim museum has become so iconic, so emblematic and hermetic in our minds that it can no longer be touched by architects!" say the team, before adding: "Even if its own creator were to propose an alternation of its form, New Yorkers would suddenly feel as if they have lost a dear old friend."

adapted from dezeen 

and Guys ! please read what the team has explained first before you make any judgement. :]

Eco-B Forum 2013

 

for registration information click here

Asia Design Forum

 

Facade Project / Mapping !

I always felt that UMNO building can do so much better.....
Even to promote for BN.. it can be more interesting too......
at least TM building is doing better than that..
Some examples to share which is really can be fun to watch and some even to participate !

Brutal simplicity of thought of the day #6

adapted from the Brutal simplicity of thought book by M&C Saatchi Worldwide

The Traditional Architectural Culture of Tibet

PAM design lecture series

The Traditional Architectural Culture of Tibet

Date	:	Saturday, 19 January 2013
Time	:	10:00:00 AM TO 12:30:00 PM
Venue	:	Lecture Theatre 1 Taylor's University Lakeside Campus No. 1 Jalan Taylor's 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor

PAM Members Fee	:	RM 45.00
PAM Student Members Fee:	:	RM 0.00
Non-Members Fee:	:	RM 150.00
Non Student Member Fee:	:	RM 0.00

Event Description and Details:

These lectures start from unveiling the mystery of the Tibetan architectural culture, and showcase the historic origin and cultural background related with the traditional Tibetan culture including the history evolution, religious culture and life customs from the perspective of artistic appreciation of architectural culture. The lectures have also proposed that the traditional Tibetan architectural culture is continuing the ancient five architectural philosophies as long as several thousand years in China, and make analysis and appreciation of the building form, building decoration, building color, and building technology process of the traditional architectural culture of Tibet, which have been highly welcomed by the teachers and students attending the lectures and highly valued by all social sectors, and even become valuable teaching material in the cadre training programs for improving their cultural quality and self-cultivation.

The lecture of Traditional Architectural Culture of Tibet is hosted by Mr. Xu Zongwei with a large amount of true stories he personally witnessed in dozens of counties in Tibet. He gives vivid examples and a plenty of pictures and photos, and with his concise and lively lecture, he makes all participants fully convinced and indulged in the architectural culture of Tibet.

Standing on high mountains and river courses in Tibet, you will see magnificent traditional Tibetan buildings of different ages such as palaces, temples, dwellings and manors, etc. The traditional buildings and architectural culture of Tibet are significant parts of the architectural culture of China. They are essence of material civilization and spiritual civilization, and also historical evidence of the unity and cultural exchange of Tibetan and Chinese nationalities. The research and conservation of the traditional architectural culture of Tibet show respect and protection by the Chinese Government to the ethnic minority culture, demonstrating the pursuit of building harmonious culture of the socialist. 

Outline of the Lecture

The lecture of The Traditional Architectural Culture of Tibet consists of three parts:

a. Part One is about the historical origin and 

     natural culture background of the traditional architectural culture of Tibet;

b. Part Two introduces the ancient and traditional architectural philosophy of Tibet; and

c. Part Three describes the form and style of the traditional Tibetan architecture

The ABC of Architects

A very nice video of ABC from selected architects !