Contextural DesignI have always been more of a conceptual architect than a builder. The biggest and only relevant challenge is to make a concept buildable. The ability to make it simple and easy to construct is paramount. Having said all that, it is of course, easier said than done. How do you teach yourself quickly and [...]
What are our preoccupations as designers? Writing the design thesis manual in tandem with designing a bungalow in Kuching and Doha for a middle- eastern client and most of all reporting my progress in a form of a diary gives much for reflection and purpose. I quoted this in my Facebook status: Having to crit [...]
060911 Almost half day, needed to go to UPGP and sign agreement. Working out dimensions. Need to do sections and elevations now. It looks half decent. Cracked my brains trying to get it right. 070911 Expectations. It’s all around us. Managing expectations, we need to have our own vision. Complement it with others, our boss, [...]
Design contemplates the intention and executes itself. Execution is not intuitive but intention is. Intuitive is a licence to make mistakes and like all abusive traits, it cuts and tears. Contexture or the weaving of people, events and activities influences the design and formal considerations are put in the back foot. Contextural design is an [...]
