Wednesday, January 13, 2010

SELF MADE ARCHITECTURE

THE BEACH SHELTER
The second semester of the academic year, Fundamental Unit continues to explore and debate notions of architecture through a series of design projects. The first project namely “The Beach Shelter” quickly immersed the students in diverse architectural ideas and challenge. These are their first self made architecture. They have to produce a full scale prototype model trying to solve their first architectural responses which was then be tested on actual site at Teluk Resang, Mersing, Johor, through the end of the monsoon season. This would really test the structural strength of the shelter with the actual site forces. Though they are from different workbases and using different materials, they all shared a common goal.
The monsoon rain burst and very strong (I mean very very strong) gust of wind constantly blow our face and broke some of the structure on our first day at Teluk Resang. Regardless to the rain and the wind, the students manage to pitch up their shelter safely. We had a marathon photography session for more than 24 hours (sleepless night) and we also manage to sculpt a set of stone sculpture during the blue hour. Here are some of our masterpiece. Enjoy!




















8 comments:

  1. muchas gracias por vuestros comentarios!!!!

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  2. spot me in the last photo!!!! ^^

    blue hour is absolutely cool, and the pictures are awesome~!!love it~!

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  3. like da lighting technique..
    hope 1 day i will learn from u..

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  4. thank you archidayat...for being with me during the photo session
    thank you ahyunn... last image is for you
    thank you tengku... inshallah bole belajar

    all of you can copy my photos from my flickr. will upload many more from time to time...

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  5. Hi cyfu.

    By looking at the writing and photos, I start to imagine if I were there too. The strong wind, the temperature, the worries, the excitement, the fun etc. I cannot really discribe the soothing effect of these photos and they have put a smile on my face. :)

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  6. Thanks J for your kind words.... really appreciate it.

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  7. hi cyfu, i just view it..its great..awesome photos! hehe..i'm sure u all enjoyed the 24hrs marathon photography section vry much..^^

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