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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Tree Hill House : A Design for Saving the Earth

The buildings, especially our homes in which we spent our days protect us from nature's extremes, yet they also affect our health and environment. As the environmental impact of buildings become more apparent, an environmental friendly approach in design is needed.

Known as green design, this principle basically aims to increase the efficiency with which buildings use resources (energy, water, materials) while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building's life cycle (wikipedia).

Tree Hill House was designed by QB Architects for a green design competition in Sentul, Bogor, Indonesia, 2008. Selected as winner nominee in professional category, Tree Hill House tried to use comprehensive green design principles.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Chandradimukha2 at 1001Inspiration Design Festival, Senayan City

Monday, July 28, 2008

Cantilever in Architecture

Project: Haus schnitzer bruch, Austria, by Maaars Architecture;
Source: http://www.inhabitat.com/

Cantilevers are usually found in structural construction, including buildings. In architecture, cantilevers can be widely encountered as balconies. However, the use of cantilever is not only for some parts of, but it can be utilized in any part of your building, both exterior and interior. What is more, with the progression of materials and construction inventions, it is possible that we are now able to create utmost buildings with cantilever methods. We can built the whole mass of a building as a cantilevered component, striking against the ground, flying above the river, or even protruding out from the hill cliff.

What is actually meant with cantilever on a building? Note that the principal of cantilever is contrast to the common structure system where the beam is anchored on both ends with the load pushing in the middle. Whether it is built in bridges, towers, buildings, furniture, etc, it is actually the same. If you find a structural element or beam that is completely fixed at one end and completely free at the other, then it is simply a cantilever.

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Desain Galeri

Konsep rancangan galeri, mengambil tema “Fractal Box”, yang terefleksi pada fasad dan elemen interior bangunan. Image yang ingin ditampilkan pada fasad bangunan adalah motif susunan keramik, sebagai identitas dari bidang usaha pemilik galeri. Fragmen/pecahan tersebut menggambarkan bahwa galeri ini, menyediakan aneka ragam kebutuhan produk porselen yang berkualitas. Konsep galeri yang terintegrasi dengan design center, mengkomposisikan ragam produk tersebut menjadi rancangan yang siap diaplikasikan oleh konsumen. Motif pada fasad dan interior bangunan akan terlihat menarik dengan permainan cahaya dimalam hari.