Expectation vs Reality 3.1

Technology is the answer.. or is it??

Smart cities just need smart citizen. Agreed!!why??smart citizen willing to learn, willing to change and to adapt. Easy.. why adapt?why learn?if we can provide anything easily without has to learn how to use it?(user-friendly phenomenon, blame apple!!)

Now this what sustainable is

Everything will change, for those who refuse to learn refuse to change, definitely extinct. (Darwin theory)
The second article is an old article that I've been looking for the past week. Implement the technology within current condition or infrastructure or building. Rather than implement "green certified" stuff, collaborate what are already exist and increase the performance as well as efficiency. And that needs a lot of things to learn.. or re-learn. Although it's just a concept, but it's quite realistic and implementable.

Apple 2??

Apple, blackberry, all of these are less complicated if they just a fruit.
Google environment, seems like Google trying to mimic the Apple phenomenon back in early history of this company. I don't blame Apple for it, but it seems that we are running out of new, fresh idea.

Google tried to create a very nice working environment where people can work almost everywhere. And it seems that strategy slowly but sure infiltrate to other sector. Remember the global shifting trend?

I wonder how is it going to be in the next decades..

There was a sound-wave.. and now?? LASER!!

New toy!!

Old and ancient building always fascinating us by their beauty and sophisticated technology used within the era. My question is.. is this the way of cracking down the code of the old wisdom?or is it just a phenomenon for short term?

Expectation vs Reality 3.0

Below articles talk about smart cities. My last lecture mention about masdar city. My first thought was.. smart cities and remember all of these articles.

Not smart enough cities

Almost smart cities

Yet so close to smart cities

So.. Expectation vs Reality 3.0. What is the relation?

The last Expectation vs Reality (EvR) 2.2 summary that all about adaptation. This Blog will tell you how and try to picture what is it going to be when you archived the position of 'already adapt person'.

First article mention about 'not so' sustainable masdar city. In my opinion?even a starchitect like Norman Foster could made a mistake. Anyway, the title of the article talk about smart cities that require a good Architect. It doesn't have to be the best, but a good one.

Second article talk about utopian idea. Talking about the same idea with the first article. It is true that smart city development needs a very neat planning system. And that is where Architect needed. Or is it??

Last article. Simple..smart cities just need smart citizen. I agree with that.


Smart cities is a city that needs gigantic amount of data transfer. What for?information.. what else??remember the article about shifting global trend?people can work everywhere??yup that's it.. You can work almost from everywhere but you have to stay in the grid, yes?simple.

Now, why do the smart cities need smart citizens?simple, smart citizens ready to change easy to adapt.. once again, ADAPT!!

Forget about flying cars!!start to change your behaviour!!

Shall we have fun a little bit??

Behaviour

So.. for the sake of sustainable environment!!change your...behaviour!!change your car to electric car will no make any better when your behaviour still the same.

My opinion??Let see.. I'm not an expert in environmentalism, nor in engineering, but I do love huge horse power and nice engine noise.. VRROOMM!!

The test was clear.. Although you have a AM DBS (which is my fav), or Murcielago (second fav), or R8 (also fav), or McLaren (nooo..) or Ferrari 599 (never!!). You still can be.. environmental friendly.. eventually..
Seriously, the result was hmm.. astonishing.. 5 cars, super cars, average 2-3 miles/gallon (141.2 litres/100kms - 94.2litres/100kms) (0.71 km/litre - 1.06 km/litre). Speed??hmm.. average.. for racing..

599 is the worst.. only 1.7 miles/gallon.. *phew*

R8 is the best for 5 miles/gallon

So, next test.. Toyota Prius!! *go go environment!!* truth is.. in long run it will do more damage for the environment than the Land Rover Discovery.. according to Clarkson according to recent study.

Prius vs M3.. M3 build for.. well.. speed.. Prius?1.5L inline 4 cylinder engine M3?414hp 4.0L V8!!

Result??
Prius: 17.2 miles/gallon (16.4 lit/100 kms) (6.1 km/litre)
M3: 19.4 miles/gallon (14.6 litres/100 kms) (6.85 km/litre)

"it is not what you drive what matters, it is how you drive it" -Clarkson-

Bottom line is??Behaviour!!problem solved..

Closed Environment (R-Rated article)

Wikipedia Snowpiercer

Anyone has watched this movie? titled Snowpiercer if you haven't, and wanted to watch it?skip this blog, it's a spoiler!!

"But, what is the movie that has anything related to sustainability?"A lot!! trust me.. see the title of this blog?"Closed Environment" with R-Rated.. You will see why..

Now, get to the business.


Ok, despite all the problem about environment, nature damage, etc, etc.. what's the root problem that cause it? My opinion.. GROWTH!!population in this term.

The movie represent that problem nicely. In the real world, we control the population by limit the birth rate using any kind of plan, policy, provision, etc etc. This movie has the same way in terms of population control using plan, policy, provision, rules, constitution, etc etc. But, it is not the birth rate they limit, but increase the death rate. How??simple.. Kill those who is no longer beneficial to the support the life of the entire population. (see why I put R-Rated, don't worry, I'll explain the details)

So, the movie talk about sometimes in the future where the earth...frozen. It doesn't matter why and how. The point is human try to survive by living inside a moving train (closed environment).

Train. Consist of the Locomotive, and the carriage behind. The more at the end of the carriage the lower the quality life and the higher the population. Just like in the real world's socio-economy pyramid.

So, as always the poor at the end of the carriage try to fight to the front, to the locomotive to put end to the misery. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, as a closed environment, they put a very strict rules to keep all the population alive. It's a good reason thou. So, the riot escalate, almost everyone from the back already reach the middle of the carriage, and only one survive till the front of the carriage. Guess what?it's already predicted. The riot is a good reason the ruler can eliminate more than half of the population, I mean, KILL them, no, slaughter to be precised. (R-Rated)

Why I said it represent the real world?obvious. The train just like the whole world, when in the end over-population happen, guess what's going to happen??don't worry it's not going to happen in this millennia.

Natural Disaster!!It's a disaster!!!

Apolicity (Apocalypse City)

Architecture that respond to the natural disaster event!!

Whhoo... Hold it right there!!!-me-

First of all, I disagree if we always said "natural disaster". Why?we said it "disaster" because we see it from our perspective. Human perspective. Human, Homo sapiens. Not the other species. Yes, it's racism..

Look at other species. They never complain about "natural disaster". They have the instinct to adjust with what happen within the nature.

Natural disaster basically is natural activity. What's wrong with that?Some of the design seems kind of challenge the nature. Like "ow Tsunami?we will build a Tsunami resistance structure".

If they said that it's the way they adapt?then It's a bad adaptation process. As I mentioned in previous blog about adaptation and mitigation?both must come hand to hand.

The nature will always has its cycle. Activity means the nature is actually.."alive".

The only adaptation that also mitigation is move away. Sounds easy but hard to be done.

Moving!! But I don't agree the way they say "abandon". The coastline is already there, we just a temporary visitor. The lease contract is finished with no option of extending the lease. Period.

Expectation vs Reality 2.2

Recap!!

Problems:
1. Shifting global trends
2. Student demand better studying environment
3. Employee working in "green certified" building is not as happy as they though it would be

Before we continue, lets crack down the problem a bit..

1. Shifting global trends

What: Office space is no longer as high-demand as it used to be. The space is more likely shrink due to "working everywhere" trend.

Why: Internet. People can work remotely, they don't have to be in the office, as long as they are in the grid.

How: 1. Company down scaling the area they rent for the employee working space for efficiency (cost and time)

          2. Employee looking for better working environment, salary not first priority, learning and creativity emphasised.

2. Student demand better studying environment

What: Student (Architecture) think that current studying environment is not good for mental health

Why: Bad facilities, no creativity enhancer in the environment

How: No mention

3. Employee working in "green certified" building is not as happy as they though it would be

What: Low satisfaction of the working environment in office building with "green" certified

Why: "old dog new tricks" no good. Old building new upgrade with no match at all.

How: No mention

Soo.. There are 2 main perspective on why the employee feels not satisfied. First is from the building POV. It is an Old building designed in very specific functionality let say 25 years ago. Green certified is a new "game rule". That old building?didn't designed to fulfilled the new "game rule". So?working environment satisfactory?low!! 

Second is from employee perspective. They were a student, probably did not satisfied with their studying environment, expecting getting better when they got into the office. Truth is?nope. Even worse then they expected (building perspective).

And.. with the new trend, where the company is no longer put the office area as the main priority of the corporate strategy?.....the story is completed.


Solution??Let see..

From the 3 things above, which part we could work it out a little bit??

Yes.. the employee factors.. It's a all about behaviour.. ADAPTATION!!-again-

we can work almost from anywhere right?as long as we're in the grid. Even though not inside the grid, the working task could be save and uploaded later. Easy!!

Sounds simple?not really.. behaviour changing process could be a pain in the a** (sorry about that).. yes, it was based on my own experience.

Ok.. Enough.. bottom line is adaptation once again. I will continue next time. Leave it here for now. As always, please, comment, critics, idea, or whatever it is.. and if you are Indonesian?feel free to write it in Indo language.. Bahasa Indonesia mungkin lebih gampang, No problem..

Lets dream a lil bit.. What Architecture means for you?

Architecture is more than just a building

Video collection



What a building means??...home?working space?party (wwoohhooo)?

Put it smaller scale.. What a thing or stuff means??...tools?machine?

Louis I Kahn emphasised that every "thing" has a purpose. "what a thing wants to be". I didn't read the book nor know him personally. But this is what I remember, that every single item serves a purpose, even brick wants to be something.

Put it back to the larger scale..

So what a building wants to be??what Architecture wants to be?or... what Architecture could be??

It's more than just a building.. and yeah!!!!I like it!!

Architecture has to serve larger purposes. Not just a building or a city or infrastructure. I don't have to explain a lot, the videos tell everything.

A picture worth a thousand words. A video is a collection of a picture stacked within a second (frame per second FPS). You may start the words count..

Expectation vs Reality 2.1

Lets continue..

So far.. we have 3 main problems;

1. Shifting Global Trend

2. Student demand better learning environment

3. Employee working in "green certified" building is not as happy as they though it would be

Question!!what is the relation of the second problem with another problem??

Here is what I think.. and this will be another problem.. 

The student who used to work (study) in uncomfortable environment, begin to expect better condition when they walk in to the industry. (This is really my  opinion, very subjective, and vary to each different individual and preferences.)

And then, when they finally found out that working environment is no better than the studying environment they begin to...transform into denial condition. For example?ever heard people said, "this is the real world, it's hard, face it"

"but what is the relation with the building?green certified building??" remember the article mention about employee satisfactory is lower than expected when they work in an LEED certified building?compare to non LEED certified.

Lets put it in time-frame. Currently the trend is toward "green development". Every building, especially new building, will try to hit the "green" score, as high as possible, as well as the grade. A-grade, Prime-grade office space. But the old building will not reach "green" score as high the new one?obvious. (remember LEED is pretty young?)

After GFC, there low numbers of new development, as the risk of uncertainty is increasing and the new trend that people can work almost everywhere (global trend).

Soo, the student, graduated, job-hunting, got a job in a premium office space, found out is not as good as the expectation. How come?blame the "green" trend. The office building is old, but forced to applied the "green". As result?uncomfortable. Period.

"Why?isn't it good for the building?Structurally?Aesthetically?Functionally?"

Straight answer!!NO!!!because, every building, during the design process has the expected lifespan. Means, within the lifespan the Structure, Aesthetic,and Function already determined. Hands up Architecture student, you now it. And that is the way old building designed. Most of the building already 25 Y.O. or more. LEED?young adult.

So.. now what??I'll leave it here.. still more to go.. As always, ideas!!

Substitute.. We need a teleportation device!!

I'll start this blog with a question..

Can we replace our tools or equipments that we usually use everyday, that mostly fabricated, with something that already available in the nature??

A question pop up in last lecture (29 May 2014).

Here is what I think.. Yes and No..

Yes we can in someway, no because probably it means that we will do more damage to the environment.

Yes because it means that the materials is from the nature and it's very environmental friendly, no because unlike manufacturing process, it takes more time and probably not enough for "demand" from the market.

and probably more yes and no answer.

Now, lets take an easy common example. Let say technology. Technology itself, is a culture, why?a culture is a product produce from human thinking processes. Technology is a product produce by thinking process, so it's a culture. Simple.

The problem is, that thinking product, is a product that we produce to mimic something that already exist in the nature. Well no every stuff applied this premise but most of it. 

Technology itself created for makes humans life easier. Let say.. cellphone.. O by the way any news about new iPhone??can we teleport yet??..

I'm not sure we can substitute cellphone from something that available in the nature. Ok, not the entire cellphone, maybe some part of it. Owwkkeeyy.... which part I wonder??

Probably that's the reason why technology company that realise their product probably use no nature product in significant percentage, focusing the environment responsibility for another part of the product, for example?the packaging. Some company even focusing on their Corporate Social Responsibility. 

I have no answer for this question, if we talk about "frankenstein materials"?probably more applicable. I'll talk about "frankenstein materials" next time.

As usual, comment, idea, opinion, or news about new iPhone, feel free to shout it out!!

Expectation vs Reality 2.0

Ok.. I'm back in the grid.. After 3 deadly weeks, no personal computer (using the lab computer), 18 hours working each day.. 

Anyway.. Business as usual..



In this blog and the next few blogs I will try to wrap-up a bit about 2 previous blogs. "Questioning the green" and "Expectation vs Reality" about architecture student studying environment.



How to wrap it up?by adding more problems.. *grinsmile* but this time.. Things get serious a bit.

 It's hard to read.. I'll summary it for you.. 


See why I said a bit serious?Financial Review.. yes.. I'm a "green".. If you know what I mean..*grinsmileagain*

Both articles from Financial Review Thursday 15 may 2014 page 38 and 46.

The first article mention about a new trend in office space market. Especially with the new Barangaroo development with 30,000 sqm new space.

 "The work space of the future are going to need to be a learning venues, an innovation environment and social environment" says Brad Krauskopf chief executive of Hub Australia. "You can do your work from anywhere. You're going to need to have a lot more reason to want to come along to a space" He added up.
This is the new trend where flexible space, office space, is a must by the tenant. Why?? it's connected to the second article. Emphasise in the second article, the preference among tenants is for "cost-effective space" that drives productivity and adds value to the business.

In my opinion?the company no longer need a large office area for their company, since everyone can work remotely almost from everywhere. The company tend to invest their excess money not to rent more space but to "rent" more innovation, creativity and of course in the end will keep the company competitive.

So.. After the GFC in 2008, the industry seems coming back on track although not as strong as before GFC. That is the main reason they tend to think more on their core business. Because the actual fact that most of the company expenditure goes to the building expenditure (rent, maintenance, etc) and human resource (salary for the employee). This is, I think, the main reason for the trend shift.


A bit heavy?not really I'll leave it here for the thinking.. Stay tune I have more.... problems to discuss.. 

As usual.. please, comments, critics, opinions, cheers!!!

Comfort zone???for Architecture student?? (expectation vs reality)

Mental health for Architecture student

OK.. Let me get this straight away..

"your mental health and other health issues are your responsibility.. YOURS!!!!not the faculty, not the lecturer, not even your loved ones"-by me-

Clear enough? If you want a good facility, nice building with amazing view?pay more!!it's that simple..

Sounds harsh yes.. But from my experience?expectation never works.. EVER!!in terms of what you expect from your surroundings.

If you wanted a great mental health?start within yourself.. You're an Architecture student.. Behave accordingly.. Ideas come from your brain side by side with your "heart".. So it is not the facility that provide by the faculty, but from the way you use the facility.. ADAPTATION!!

"But the facility will help students work and good facilities mean less stress!!" Yes yes I know.. I was in Architecture school as well.. but that shouldn't be an excuse.. Facilities indeed important, but it is not top priority..

Conclusion??If you don't like where you are?then move.. You're not a tree..

SURVIVAL FOR THE FITTEST!!

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment. -Charles Darwin-

So.. Adaptation vs Mitigation.
Here is a diagram created by myself..

It is completely subjective and based on my own observation. 

What is mitigation?what is adaptation?how can we determine which one is more important?which one comes first?and why??

Mitigation means forecast a strategy for something that could be happen in the future.

Adaptation means adjust our strategy based on something that already or currently happen.

In terms of environment sustainability, both mitigation and adaptation need to go in an action plan side by side.

The first diagram shows that degree of climate change, global warming, and other relatives, are way ahead of our inventions, technologies, tools, and even actions. All of the actions that have been done were too premature, in terms of whether the action is in the right direction of not, whether the action taken will reduce or even stop the global warming phenomenon, or maybe it will make it even worse.

I'm not trying to be a pessimist, rather than I would like to encourage everyone to think more creative, I'm not an expert either in design or science or even economy, but I do believe that there are still area that we not yet explore, in terms of environment sustainability prevention of even prescription.

Back to the diagram, the second diagram is an idea that I develop. 30-50 years ago, global warming, environment issues were not a significant problem. Not for the government, private corporation sector or even individual. Simply because it wasn't happen at that time. So, every action plan was made based on predicting on what is going to happen--and that definitely mitigation.

The last diagram is my own idea about current situation. Obvious, every action, policy, or even concept, is an adaptation as well as mitigation. That's it.

Conclusion?let me put it in my own sentence, Mitigation plan for adaptation strategy.

It just my idea, very personal.. but please.. if anyone has counter idea, or maybe same idea, feel free to comment, critics, suggestion, any thing.. Idea that shared will not reduce the idea it self rather than will enhance it. 

Questioning the "GREEN", no it's not Hulk..

Green building doesn't always mean green employee productivity

Anyone ever wonder?working in an environment of a LEED certified building?sounds fun isn'it?

Tell you what?no it's not.. any more..

New study shows that the employee satisfaction is not as high as the building score in LEED certification. For a company, employee satisfaction in working environment, is a major issue since that related directly to the productivity of the employee, which in the long run will affect the company's performance.

This is a dilemma for the company, especially these days, where the working environment becomes the most crucial factor of a employee picking up where he or she wanted to work. And yes, money is not the top priority anymore.

My opinion?hmm.. let see..
Firstly, I believe it's all about behaviour. New building that has LEED certified, probably is entirely different species with the non LEED certified building. Which that means the LEED building is way out of the employee's expectation of a working environment.
LEED certification is new concept probably around 1995 was introduced. That means, it's only 19 or 20 years old. The employee?25 years old at least. The way the employee imagine about working environment is way different because of the generation gap.

"but it's only 5 years!?", trust me, 5 years?it's a lot!!an example?computer hard drive and memory storage technology, cellphone, internet, name it!!

Secondly, focus on change. Adaptation, it is already happen. The employee has to adapt the new environment besides, the company either owned the building or rent it, I believe tried their best to make the working environment as cozy as possible.

Conclusion?hmm... working on it..

It's in Sydney.. if you're not interested :).. carry on nothing to see here..

For those who interested in high rise residential market

For those who interested in office space market

High rise, high density, high quality, and of course high price.. and yes it's still a concept and not realize yet..

More and more building design start to use "green" stuff in the main idea of the design. I'm kinda curious, is this only for a moment, like temporary trend?or perhaps this is the most awaited design opportunity?

Another question here, in terms of overall design. Is it for the sustainability for the environment?or for the economy/financial? From my opinion if we talk about sustainability, we're not just talk about environment isn't it? unless mentioned before such as environmental sustainability. But sustainability is something big, financial, economy, politic, environment, social, etc.

What comes to your mind when I mentioned Micro-Architecture?

Think Small Act Big!!

Think Small Act Big part 2!!

Official Interview worth to watch!!

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said God is in the details.

When I heard someone said "details", I always think about something small, compact, yet very well thought. One of my Lecturer and my Tutor Prof. John Blair (UNSW) took an example of how unsustainable our electronic product, in this case cellphone. So I remembered about google project ara. A modular design idea that I think very sustainable. I don't want to write too much since the whole article already explained by it self. But the point is, how far we can think not just as Architect, but also as a Designer, about sustainability. Not just about environmentally sustainable, but sustainable in more broader area. What do you think??

Hot island.. No.. Not Ibiza..

Think within the box!!

It's near Ibiza yes. Barcelona it is. Great idea, green roof is for the roof, right?what about the facade?this probably will be a nice future development for facade modifier especially if we talk about urban heat island (you may google it). Basically urban heat island means some amount of heat that traps inside a certain area usually in CBD area where the concrete jungle exist.

Idea is good, any drawback? lets check it:
1. Cost, pricey of course.
2. Maintenance, kinda difficult.
3. Life duration of the concrete, couldn't be long.
4. Safety, doubt it.
5. Construction duration, too long!!
6. Applicable to any kind of building, hard to tell.
7. Applicable to any kind of climate, nope.
8. etc (End of Thinking Capacity)

Advantages?list are:
1. Great building insulation, perfectly!
2. Aesthetically green, indeed!
3. Environmentally friendly, check!
4. Excellence in reducing heat for near pedestrian, urban cool island then.
5. etc (End of Thinking Capacity)

So?good or not it's really depends on the perspective. But for me?....IT'S A CHALLENGE!! come on!! Architect should be a pioneer. Think not just outside of the box?break the box instead!!what about that concrete part not entirely on the building facade?just some part of the building let say 30%. It's not much yes, but imagine if a high rise building then?40 stories mixed-use development building. I prefer to find a alternative solution rather than questioning something that could be a negative impact of my "thinking capacity".

So please, Architect!!Lets PLAY!!

BREAK THE RULES!!

10 things.. at least..

Emphasised on no.4.. Break the rules.. no it's not that bad actually.. What trying to say here, try to push the limit of your creativity. Sometimes by seeing the rules from different angle, you'll see something different. Stay foolish stay hungry -Steve Jobs-

Let's dream a lil bit..

Basilica de la Sagrada Familia by Gaudi

Imagination is more important than knowledge -Einstein-

Anyone been here before?in Barcelona.. the amazing Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudi.

No I'm not. Never been there but someday I will *wish*. It took two to three generation to finish the basilica. Imagine that time when 3D technology was not as great as today? That's what amaze me, so much detail small paper work, small amount of words count yet so huge amount of design. Architect communicate using idea baby!!woohoo!!

Anyway, the video is a CGI about what Sagrada Familia will look like after its completion. 12 years from now?I'll be there.. anyone join me?? :)

The design is not sustainable.. who's to blame?Architect.. fair enough..

Sustainable design leader (Link)

Another questions from article above, "Why Architects must lead on sustainable design", why?how?and show one example of a successful Architect!?

In my opinion?here is the thing. Why there is a profession called Architect?Vitruvius used to be an engineer in a war for an artillery weapon ballista, then later on he was known for the book called De Architectura. Why he became a building designer that later called Architect?because no more war. And to keep living, he needed a job based on what he capable of.

Now?is it true that Architect should be the pioneer of sustainable design?what about the design that already done with no sustainable thingy at all?should we blame the previous Architect?My answer is.. NO!!

Architect always and has to be pioneer in everything. Not just sustainable design. IN EVERYTHING. Especially IDEA. Push forward, challenge the limit, no need 2,000 until 10,000 words of paper if the paper cannot represent the idea. Some said a picture worth a thousand words. A design represent a million pictures, and the bonus is?the picture comes in 3D, thank you.

Back to sustainable. So, who is the one who supposed to be responsible for the sustainable design?It's the people. I know it sounds defensive. Because in the end the purpose of the design is for the people. Economist says, it is demand that creates supply.

There was steel, what about now??

New born materials, does history repeat it self? (Link)

Stronger, lighter, thinner, and easily shaped. Behold.. Carbon Fiber!!

There is nothing new basically in Carbon Fiber materials. Already used in very broad range of product, mostly common in industry that demand a very tough materials with very great ratio between weight, strength and dimension.

In industry such as automotive, carbon fiber is not a new kid in the block. Firstly was designed only for high performance race car such as F1. but today? carbon fiber already used in street car especially for sport car that needs lightness and toughness in the same time. This is a trend that show how this material begin to gain its market.

There was steel. Everyone was cynical about it. And almost bankrupted a wealthy man at that time. But the risk was worth it, the project was a success. So?what about now?

Ageing city.. no, the city never grew old, it's the people..

Sustainable concept is not a narrow concept that talks only about "green" stuff. Sustainability simply means long-lasting. Environmentally sustainable means, in my opinion something that less impact to the ecological life cycle, so environment itself can go long-lasting as well.

From the seminar about Ageing City which talked mostly about senior citizen current condition and behaviour in some places that probably not friendly enough for them in terms of infrastructure or community nearby.  Most of them said that they prefer not to move out because they already feel comfortable.

This is probably a future challenge for every architect, urban planner, interior designer, etc. The problem that could be addressed here that is it possible to design everything from the beginning, aiming to has a sustainable design. Housing, infrastructure even the small things like street sign, pavement. Yes of course, maintenance still needed.

Are we prepared enough?or should designers start something really new?

Green is the new Brown

Another article from Archdaily talk about urban development in Abu Dhabi.

Is it sustainable?I mean, the desert is as a desert.. not green but brown.. It's just a concept, yes.. but I try to put it in another perspective.. are we human always try to modify the nature rather than accept what nature already has?

When nature shows an activity, lets say volcano eruption or even earthquake, we call it natural disaster. It is not a disaster I think.. it's nature activity. Different perspective.
As human, we have an amazing ability to modify or to interfere what seems to be uncomfortable with our lives. Other species?they have even greater ability.. called adaptation. Or should I say that human ability to do things called as adaptation as well??

http://www.archdaily.com/499408/heatherwick-tapped-to-design-sunken-oasis-in-abu-dhabi/

All about greener!!

Green what??

So.. what's green? black is green term is for any kind of current technology for any kind of screen that using backlight as the light source. Name it, LCD, LED, and any derivative from it.

This article talks about green factor in construction process. Whether you are architects, interior designers, civil engineers, developers, this is a great tool provided by the web taken from ArchDaily's article.

Horsepower belongs to petrol engine!!.. wait..what??

 Petrol vs Electric

Apparently, super-cars evolve in a very "sustainable" way..

Mercedes SLS AMG.. two of them twins, one is a no-joke car and the other one.. well.. ownership package including its own high visibility jacket..

The truth is, this is the first super car with electric engine. But, let me put it in a simple way. Environmental friendly?check. Speed?check. Usually those two things can't get along each other very well.. Thanks to the German engineering, problem solved.
But, that doesn't mean it has no setback. Firstly, it's pricey. Secondly, range. You'll need 20 hours of charging the car for range about 320 km. And the cost?as Clarkson says, you can have the petrol type and enough fuel to take you.. to the the moon.

Question.. always start with questions..

What is sustainable??

Every one has their own answer.. Let's put it simple and more focus.. Is sustainable only for human?or for the entire species that live on this planet earth?

I actually has a lil bit radical thinking about human race. Let say if one day all of the human race distinct. I think this planet will still spinning. My point is, which is more important?this planet?or the species?or both??

Homo sapiens always put their species as the top of the food chain. They have the most amazing evolution with the minimum time of evolution.

So, if Homo sapiens is no longer exist?will this earth still goes around?

INTRODUCTION.. sort of..

This blog created for personal use only. Everything written based on personal opinion, I'll try to write it down as objective as possible, but..... after all objectiveness is just a collective subjective isn't it? 

So.. first things first.. I'm Indonesian most of my teenage time spent in Jakarta so.. apologize for my bad english. Currently stay in Sydney and taking a post-grad program at UNSW, most likely going back to Indonesia once I finish this course. I have an Architecture background and graduated from Tarumanagara University based on Jakarta.

Finally, enjoy have a good time feel free to comment or critics. Cheers!!