Bangkok-ed.

In a nutshell:

Hot.
T-Shirts.
Beef Kway Teow.
Pad Thai.
Columns.
Staircases.
Chang Beer.
Singha Beer.
Deuter.
That man over there, he is called “monk”.

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Critique.

In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in [...]

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P1 Review – Thoughts and Reflections

Final crit today went pretty ok. Definitely, the design had some room for improvements, and i was faulted not on panels, not on drawings, not on models, not on tectonics, not even on concept, but on the direction that the pavilion is going.
My design was meant to be site specific and inspired from the random [...]

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Overgrowth!

Overgrowth! is the first design project that lasted 4 weeks over the first semester period. Every individual is required to study a certain material and to design a pavillion to house a work of art in the Dempsey area.
The material (or rather, immaterial) chosen by me is weather. It explores the parasitic activity surrounding weathering [...]

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A message.

There is only so much that one can say. Ultimately, if nobody listens to it, I guess the best way is to let it go. I shall no longer bother nor care, shall no longer give the advice you seek every single time. I think sometimes one can only suffer a painful and regrettable lesson, [...]

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Rekindled.

materialising_DEMPSEY, my current project for design module, makes me realize how and why I fall in love with Architecture in the first place. Its about how ideas are connected, and how these ideas are presented graphically. Sure, there are times I get stuck with no ideas, but when one idea comes in, the entire mind [...]

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