Tuesday, March 04, 2008

for the Love of Architecture Hall of FAME


dear friends and Foe,


i think i am starting my the Things u DO for Architecture HALL of FAME list. it can be anything but it must either be damn serious or hilarious or unexpected. i will credit u and will update as and when entries comes in.. the distinguished panel of judges are top secret. whahahha



Things u do for Architecture HALL of FAME


1. PEK-20 stitches for Architecture
2.Jonathan :for site analysis i pushed pek into the hole, then he got 20 stitches
3. Ang Moh-: take train 3 hours then hile up mountain 2 hours to see a zumthor
4.Huilian:
putting my precious drawings & model on bed while i slept on the cold floor so that i wouldn't ruin them
4. Dawn:my sacrifices are incomparable mah
5. Andrew Lee my tutor: has not slept for a week for a project)

Sunday, March 02, 2008

For the Love of Architecture


i am on the roof top of new lasalle... trying to figure out how the roof cable works and.... and to give the pic a sense of scale...see .... Prof Z, we are actually risking our every limb and muscle to do ARKI CON... haiz... for the love of Architecture that knws no end...i wonder to what extent wld an architecture lover try or Do
These are What i DID and friends pls contribute to the list... ahahahahahah

i remember breaking into compounds and buildings.Abandoned Private Properties despite warnings that the supernatural might lurk around some dark Conor...

i remember walking on a half collapsed 2nd floor of a Bungalow in Orchard Area just before the land was condoned off.i nearly fell to the 1st if not for my hand phone torch light.

i remember secretly taking pictures in an ANDO and SEJIMA, risking my cam and being charged or ushered away rather unglamourously

i remember paying exorbitant admission charges for a REM, Botta and a Jean Nouvel.

i remember pretending to be a Rich Patron of Hermes so that i could get into a RENZO Piano.

i remember walking with a grossly bloated sprained ankle so that i could see a HERZOG.

i remember forgoing lunch so that i could spend 2 hrs in a Rafael Vinoly, Snapping away in a walkway suspended 40 meters high in an Atrium with the fear of heights.

i remember taking Silly pictures of myself with buildings in the background when i am overseas. hoping for some kind of weird fulfilment which could be easily be repeated with Good photo shop skills

i remember spending 8hrs on a bloody bumpy road in the country side so that could see an old palace off the outskirts of Beijing

i remember fighting with my parents over my choice of study which eventually i prevailed coz i kicked my self out of SP.

i remember .... wasting my youth for Architecture.

is it worth it then? only time will tell...


Oh yeah, i shld credit the photo taking by IVan and the camera was SeeJia's...

Ghostly...


Nice poster Looks kinda ghostly, like a some cold resltess soul on a chinese roof top... Yeeyer scary, but if anyone is in shanghai do take some time out.
i just went for another opening last friday at the onsage gallery @mount Sophia Old Sch. ( which made me miss out another one at Tyler Print.) Going to two parties at one night is longer my cup of tea. i am getting old.
you guys shld probably take a good look at Old SCH. i knw many pple especially those interested in Design and Architecture will love the so called New "DEmpsy/Rochester". ... i will post up some pics of the opening soon... after i have finished what i want to do with my Studio... ahahha