QB Architects

Tree Hill House : A Design for Saving the Earth

2008-08-26T00:43:00.000-07:00

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.

Chandradimukha2 at 1001Inspiration Design Festival, Senayan City

2008-08-07T01:59:00.000-07:00

Cantilever in Architecture

2008-07-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-28T20:38:00.000-07:00

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.

Designed by: QBarchitects

Chandradimukha Sellected

2008-07-24T00:25:00.000-07:00

The Chandradimukha Begins

2008-07-15T02:31:00.000-07:00

The Chandradimukha Internship 2008 (extended)

2008-06-23T19:59:00.000-07:00

Program INTERNSHIP2008: THECHANDRADIMUKHA 3rd BATCH is now open for submission

2008-06-02T19:49:00.000-07:00

Program INTERNSHIP2008: THECHANDRADIMUKHA 3rd BATCH is now open for submission.

5 young architects have gone through the challenge of THECHANDRADIMUKHA design workshop.
3 days of rigorous workshop incubating the creative minds solving a design problem guided by famous practicing architect, reviewed by senior architects, Budi Sukada, Budi Pradono and Gunawan Tjahjono, presenting their works in front of no less than 85 professionals from the architects community.
2 young architects pass through the challenge and sent to Australia on BlueScope Steel Indonesia to experience working with world class architectural firm under guidance of Prof. Philip Cox AO, a renowned architect from Australia.
Now, is your chance to be one of the proud alumni of THECHANDRADIMUKHA. Are you up for the challenge?

Integrated with Context Architecture: Site Consideration

2008-05-13T22:35:00.000-07:00

Architecture, as an art of built environment, in macro level is a part of universe; hence to create it we should understand some principles to make it friendly with environment, integrated with it.To build this integration and connectivity, considering the site is a first step.

Every site is unique, has specific potentialities and constraints. A building created on it must respond to its site, be an integral part of it, not dominated or be dominated by. There are some support patterns to be considered to shape this integration:

A. General Site Characteristics

Each site location has its own characteristic: rural, suburban or urban area, or in mountainous, waterfront, or wide prairie. Architecture design pattern should consider these locations' characters. For example, rural prairie has horizontal character that could be adopted in our design. Other characteristic is there any heritage elements nearby so our design could consider some pattern that suit the heritage context.

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Tritone House (pemenang #2 lomba design fasad gramedia 2007)

2008-05-11T21:18:00.000-07:00

Desain rumah ini terbentuk dari susunan 3 masa kubus. Penataan masa secara vertikal dan berselang-seling memungkinkan penghawaan & pencahayaan mudah masuk kedalam ruangan. Ruangan terbuka yang terbentuk diantara susunan masa, berupa atap rumput yang diharapkan dapat membantu menstabilkan suhu di dalam ruangan. Area tersebut dimanfaatkan sebagai ruang santai outdoor, balkon & roof garden yang cukup luas. Sebagian besar permukaan beton dibiarkan unfinished menampilkan keindahan dasar material apa adanya. Untuk memperkuat identitas, pada bagian luar tiap kubus dicat dengan 3 warna yang berbeda. Perpaduan warna merah, kuning dan biru yang merupakan komposisi warna dasar.

designed by: hanif