The building form is created according to the user size and flexibly formed as per the purpose of spaces.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
UTS competition
Now it's time to release the concept design submitted for the UTS competition. Even though this work did not get in the final round, I'd like to share a few images with others. Basic concept design is based on "Binary code" as the building was designed for the IT and engineering faculties. Binary code is a base-2 number system which represents numeric values using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. The building form was started from a 3x3x3 cube volume and each cube was positioned in or out as "0" or "1" was coded as a position.
The building form is created according to the user size and flexibly formed as per the purpose of spaces.
The building form is created according to the user size and flexibly formed as per the purpose of spaces.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Grand opening - Digital Origami with Chris Bosse & UTS architecture students
WOW!! It was a great and successful opening. Thanks to many visitors and many special thanks to Chris Bosse& my UTS friends (Sam, Eunsung,Yan, Zaharr, Harry, Jess, Ciara, Natalie, Phillip, Ali, Andrew etc) who worked really hard for this project. Good labor experience but once is enough:-)!!The project management was not organised very well upto this point. It will be another good lesson for everybody for a future project. I sold the molecule shape brochures for $5 each, it ended up almost $115. Good(?) contribution to some student's parking fine. There are more pictures from the opening.
Ah, James family was there at the gallery today. They also helped me to carry away the cardboard rubbish stuff even though they were there as guests. Many thanks to them. Mwah!!
Ah, James family was there at the gallery today. They also helped me to carry away the cardboard rubbish stuff even though they were there as guests. Many thanks to them. Mwah!!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Digital Origami with Chris Bosse
Yes, it was an exciting collaborative project with other students and Chris Bosse.We spent lots of time on this exhibition. I skipped some lectures to work on this, got sore neck from making hundreds of molecules, got painful muscles from installing the big molecules, burnt fingers from the hot melt glues and smelt horrible toxic glue. When we finished all the installation today, I just decided to forgive(?) Chris Bosse because the result was so impressive and fantastic. (Well, almost :-))We're having an opening tomorrow and pretty exciting for that.
http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/dab/news-events/architecture/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=7589
http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/dab/news-events/architecture/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=7589
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
"Let them eat cake!"
Currently, I am working at a construction company which is a contractor of the Department of Housing. One of the areas that we manage is Waterloo, notorious as a high crime area.
Australia has one of the best welfare systems in the world. Australia has a very high rate of personal taxation. People pay tax as it is unavoidable. They expect to get benefits from the government in return. They expect that their money will go towards the running of government and the salaries of government employees. Also, they expect the government to provide welfare payments for the poorer members of the community.
On my way to work, I pass a high rise building which is a property of the department of housing. When my manager saw the building from the city, he thought that apartments in the building would be very expensive. The building looks modern and attractive. In Korea, apartment prices are higher than house prices.
Recently, I visited this high rise apartment building with my manager to do an inspection. I was surprised when I saw a studio apartment which was under renovation. The studio apartment was tiny, but it was being converted into a one bedroom unit. I went inside the bedroom to see the size of the room. The room was the size of a single bed. Although the room had a small built-in wardrobe, it would not be possible to use it when a bed was in the room.
At that time, there were a few people from the Department of Housing present. They seemed satisfied with the floor plan. They even commented, “This lounge room looks bigger than before.” I was surprised by their comments. I think that even if they lived alone, they would not want to live in such a tiny place. It reminded me of a jail cell.
I know that the land in Waterloo is quite expensive as it is close to the city. However, the tiny apartments would not be big enough for people to live in comfortably. Somewhere, there is an architect who should feel guilty for designing such tiny apartments.
Who were the apartments designed for? They were not made for the tenants. When the department of housing representatives said “Make one more bedroom”, it sounded like Marie Antoinette’s proclamation: “Let them eat cake!”
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are just my personal opinion.
Australia has one of the best welfare systems in the world. Australia has a very high rate of personal taxation. People pay tax as it is unavoidable. They expect to get benefits from the government in return. They expect that their money will go towards the running of government and the salaries of government employees. Also, they expect the government to provide welfare payments for the poorer members of the community.
On my way to work, I pass a high rise building which is a property of the department of housing. When my manager saw the building from the city, he thought that apartments in the building would be very expensive. The building looks modern and attractive. In Korea, apartment prices are higher than house prices.
Recently, I visited this high rise apartment building with my manager to do an inspection. I was surprised when I saw a studio apartment which was under renovation. The studio apartment was tiny, but it was being converted into a one bedroom unit. I went inside the bedroom to see the size of the room. The room was the size of a single bed. Although the room had a small built-in wardrobe, it would not be possible to use it when a bed was in the room.At that time, there were a few people from the Department of Housing present. They seemed satisfied with the floor plan. They even commented, “This lounge room looks bigger than before.” I was surprised by their comments. I think that even if they lived alone, they would not want to live in such a tiny place. It reminded me of a jail cell.
I know that the land in Waterloo is quite expensive as it is close to the city. However, the tiny apartments would not be big enough for people to live in comfortably. Somewhere, there is an architect who should feel guilty for designing such tiny apartments.
Who were the apartments designed for? They were not made for the tenants. When the department of housing representatives said “Make one more bedroom”, it sounded like Marie Antoinette’s proclamation: “Let them eat cake!”
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are just my personal opinion.
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