February 2012
1 post
PVWATTS →
Calculate how much electrical bill you saves with PV panels.
January 2012
1 post
Lean Design
(Notes and thoughts from AIA Virtual Conference 2011 and presentation by Teknion)
Lean design aims at increase efficiency from the traditional design process. It is more or less like a design-built process, in which contractors or cost estimators work together with design team to generate a constructional product within the given budget and time schedule.
Collaboration among the team members are...
December 2011
2 posts
"Who cares about Architecture?"
Sam Lubell posted an article “Who cares about Architecture?” He wrote that developers who hires architects do not care about architecture.
To an extent, I think it is true. In a recent trip to Hong Kong, I found that in the newly developed area, where developers built armies of high-rise residential buildings, that do not have much characters. All projects look as if they are in...
“An honest man cannot be a poet. A poet must be an honest man.”
– Leo Tolstoy
November 2011
3 posts
Donkey, Pig and Duck
The Italians say, donkeys are dumb but hard working, pigs are dirty but intelligent. The Chinese says, donkeys are smart and loyal, pigs are diligent and honest. For the duck, somebody says, it is small and unnoticeable, but it scolds the pig and donkey.
Pacific Atelier.... what's that? →
“Listen….then Create”
– Mantra of Pacific Atelier, Fabrizio Medosi