Mid-semester Presentation GRAP 1041 Contemporary Silk Road Reynold Ta s3486511
My Introduction to Design
Bincho by Loh Lik Peng Designer: Hjgher '...a concept that not only preserves history and tradition but introduces a modern approach at the same time.' which reflects 'not just in the cuisine but as the personality of the restaurant too' Pertamina Energy Tower Designer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 'a city within a city with vibrant public spaces and communal meeting areas'
Shenzen Bao'an International Airport Designer: Massimiliano and Doriana Using a manta ray as the inspiration, the architects imagined the project 'like a living fish. A manta ray that breathes, changes shape, that flexes, varies, taking light, releasing light, filtering it inside. With a double skin – the external one and the internal one – that inside changes. Robinsons Orchard Designer: designphase dba 'define the departmental shopping experience in Singapore through reinterpretation and contemporising traditional ‘archetypal’ design elements and ‘remixing’ them with new edgy lifestyle influences'
Element Cafe Designer: designphase dba ‘reminiscent of a traditional provision shop, albeit polished and refined’ Tippling Club Designer: greyMatters ‘emphasis on quirkiness extends throughout the space’
Google's Kuala Lumpur Office Designer: M Moser Associates ‘eclectic mix of old and new, used a lot of different elements that relate specifically to Malaysia, but in an abstract way’ Realys Singapore Shophouse Office Designer: Realys A reminiscient feeling of an old 'Traditional Chinese Medicine emporium'
Cultural hybridization Throughout the course, after looking at the design projects. I have come to discover that historical Asian design is the more easily recognisable form of Asian design, and is usually what is mostly attributed to as Asian design, due to its distinct style. While with modern Asian design, with its accumulation of standardised modern technology and material to reach ‘modernity’, the designs deviate from traditional Asian design that was ‘defined long ago, a thing of the past’. With each design can be completely different from the previous, it makes it harder to attribute the designs to a specific culture. “should it only rely on the visual, or must it also encompass the philosophical?” (Leong & Clark)
Standardisation of Design As people “develop new value orientation by harnessing traditional and contemporary culture based knowledge through the vehicle of science of technology.’ What Asian design encompasses will also change. However as people aim for ‘non -standard [designs] in an age of standardisation’ approach in this case works against the designers as ‘non - standard’ becomes ‘standard’. What Asian design encompasses will become too large and it will be hard to distinguish from Western designs.
In response, for the product design concept. My design combined Asian design and western design by incorporating Chinese lanterns into a design inspired by western chandeliers.
Country Research • South Korea
13 Ga On Jai A house designed for maximum space, to keep the privacy and security of the client. It was designed with the idea of a "Madang" (Korean inner court) Designer: IROJE KHM Architects
From me, Belongs to you only An exhibition which explores the themes of 'perfection', 'eternal life', 'utopia' as well as others. Through the pieces that Lee has created over her career, such as Korean architecture, humanoid sculptures. Artist: Lee Bul
ChonGae Canal Restoration Project The ChonGae Canal was cleaned and transformed into an urban park and public plaza. The plaza represents unification through the use of donated stone from each of the provinces form both North and South Korea Designer: Mikyoung Kim Design
Yongsan Park Master Plan Located in the centre of Seoul, the military base turned national park, will be designed with the concept of healing. Designer: West 8 + IROJE
Dongdaemun Design Plaza The design of the building incorporates cultural artifacts of Korea as the central element of the design as well as reinterpretation of spacial concepts of traditional Korean garden design. It also includes a park as part of its landscape. Designer: Zaha Hadid Architects
South Korea Design discourses and Design methods Design methods: • All projects were designed to be aesthetically pleasing • The master plan for Yongsan park, was decided through an international competition letting many designers attempt. Discourses: • Renewal and replacement of architecture • The role of design on health. (healing)
Country Research • Malaysia
BMW Subway Trains BMW will be replacing current trains with new subway trains. With the exterior inspired from Kuala Lumpur architecture and the interior based on traditional Kuala Lumpur design. Designer: BMW
• Nusajaya Tech Park • Equipped with 'environmentally-friendly, integrated business spaces and lush landscaped parks. The Nusajaya Park is 'a long term, self-sustaining development with a balanced work- play community.' • Designer: AECOM
Lenggong Valley Visitor Centre The visitor centre will be made from bamboo, which can be grown and cultivated on-site, and it will reintroduce heritage tropical forest'. The Visitor Centre is designed to get visitors into archaeology and the culture of the heritage site. Designer: Citylab Design Studio
Green Diamond Building An energy-efficient building that was awarded top prize at the ASEAN Energy Awards. 'The diamond symbolizes transparency, value and durability [and] optimal design‘ Designer: NR Architect
Rapid Transit System Link An undersea transport system that links Malaysia and Singapore. A high-speed rail will go under the Johor Strait. Designer: AECOM
Malaysia Design discourses & Design methods Design methods: • Most if not all are User Centred Design, that is they are designed to benefit the user • Most of the designs are also Sustainable Designs, they are either able to naturally place parts or to obtain energy without pollution. Discourses: • Sustainable designs • Optimization of designs
References - Documents- Ghose, R 'Design, Development, Culture, and Cultural Legacies in Asia', Design Issues , vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 31-48. Leong, BD & Clark, H 'Culture-Based Knowledge Towards New Design Thinking and Practice —— A Dialogue', Design Issues , vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 48-58. Prime Minister's Office, 2012, 'Australia in the Asian Century' White Paper , Australian Government. Foucault, M, 'What is a dispotif', Routledge New York. -Homework Research- Week 1 Indesign Publishing Pty Ltd. 2013, SHENZHEN BAO'AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - T3 BY STUDIO FUKSAS , viewed 11 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.sg/articles/projects/shenzhen-baoan-international-airport-t3-by- studio-fuksas>. ---- 2014a, BINCHO BY LOH LIK PENG , viewed 11 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.com/articles/projects/bincho-by- loh-lik-peng#axzz30Gkh2ynZ>. ---- 2014b, ROBINSONS ORCHARD , viewed 11 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.sg/articles/projects/robinsons- orchard>. Skidmore, OML 2014, PERTAMINA ENERGY TOWER , viewed 11 March 2014, <www.som.com/projects/pertamina_energy_tower>. Week 2 Indesign Publishing Pty Ltd. 2014a, ELEMENT CAFÉ BY DESIGNPHASE DBA , viewed 18 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.sg/articles/projects/element-cafe-by-designphase-dba>. ---- 2014b, GOOGLE KUALA LUMPUR , viewed 18 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.sg/articles/projects/google-kuala- lumpur>. ---- 2014c, REALYS SINGAPORE , viewed 18 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.sg/articles/projects/realys-singapore>. ---- 2014d, TIPPLING CLUB: GREEN OASIS IN THE CITY , viewed 18 March 2014, <www.indesignlive.sg/articles/projects/tippling-club-green-oasis-in-the-city>.
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