Arki Thesis blues: the Difference between Concept and Philosophy?
During my student years, concepts and philosophy never got explained clearly. It’s one of those things you read from the Project brief and your kind of catch from comparing notes with what your best friend did in Architecture School.
One of the challenge during school was that in UST, it always rained. And the guys who top the board exams are simply brilliant, hard researching dudes with monster drawing skills. Back to Architecture – here’s the Question: What is a concept?
A design concept is a statement that expresses your approach to the design problem. The concept speaks to a specific problem/project but is still in line with your Design Philosophy. It creates a connection between the design problem and the design solution. The concept is consistent throughout the design itself. Your concept should relate
Filipinos are a breed of sentimental people. They seldom like goodbyes. But there was one goodbye from this land that was equally heavy emotionally: Moses who has fought and prayed and fasted to reach the Promise Land is a few kilometers of his goal but God says, this is as far as you can go.
This is Mount Nebo in Jordan.
How we ended there? is a long story. This how its happened.
The picture below shows the powerful view from Mt Nebo. Continue reading →
Driving through the street onto the cul-de-sac, which is a street that ends in a round dead end, you can imagine how your lot owns the very road in front of you, sharing it with the other house. The house is a variant of mediteranean with arched windows, columns and french windows topped by a low pitched roof.
1 – Front View main entrance – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
1 – Front View main entrance – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (1)
2 – Right view – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (1)
2 – Right view – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
2 – Right view – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (3)
2- Gate Entry – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
The House at a Glance
Location: San Isidro, La Paz, Iloilo City Lot Area: 1180 sq.m. 6 Bedrooms with Walk in Closet Spiral Wooden Staircase
Getting inside, you will find a water fountain, a central piece for arriving guest at parties. The road entrance winds to the right inside the house for the 2 parking garages.
3 – entrance fountain and steps – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (1)
3 – entrance fountain and steps – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
3 – entrance fountain and steps – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (3)
3 – entrance fountain and steps – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (4)
Coming into the house is a tall 3 meter solid wooden doors with medieval ironwork. The house is 8 years old but because the owners live in the US and work in Manila. It is barely used and remains pristine even at this day.
7 – Solid Wood Entry Door – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
There’s a patio at the rear or left elevation side adjacent to a bedroom.
Starting on the ground floor, you will enter the foyer and see the winding stair to the second floor. To your right you will find the dining and kitchen and to the left is a spacious living room. Beside the living room is the guest room and another bedroom that opens to the patio (picture above)
5 – Ground Floor Living Room – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
5 – Ground Floor Living Room Curtain on Windows – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
6 – Grd Flr Guest Room – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
7 – Dining Room – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
7 – Grd Flr Dining and Kitchen (1)
Anyone with a passion for cooking would enjoy the island kitchen and the adjacent dining room. Theres also a seperate dining kitchen with a view to the front garden.
7 – Grd Flr Dining and Kitchen (2)
7 – Solid Wood Entry Door – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
The entry door with the winding staircase is a double height room that leads to a huge family room on the second floor. On the Second floor are 2 bedrooms and a beautiful masters bedroom with a hot tub!
8 Entry Staircase and Grand Foyer – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (1)
8 Entry Staircase and Grand Foyer – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
8 Entry Foyer Chandelier
8 2nd Flr Family Room over Foyer – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo
8 Entry Staircase and Grand Foyer – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (3)
The 3 bedrooms on the second floor share a toilet and bath.
Unfortunately, the masters bedrooms must be seen only through visit. The house is for sale.
As we go to down to the ground floor, the right side contacts the services, maids and drivers room including the 2 car garage. As seen here, the paved driveway shows the maintained garden which hosts the flow of cool breeze during the day.
Other features of the house include:
Whirlpool Refrigerator
Washer and dryer
Dirty Kitchen
11 split type air conditioners
Hot and Cold water line
Generator set + ATS
Sprawling front lawn
The house cost 30M. For more information please contact Arch Ian Jay 09077240452 (TNT) 09778278415 (Globe). Direct buyers only, Real estate agents need not inquire.
9 Front Garden – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
9 Front Garden – Puerto Real House for Sale Iloilo (2)
Mahatma Gandhi once said that “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Trekking outside our bed and breakfast accomodations, we found ourselves trekking the Serangoon Community. My only association to the place is a TV Series titled Serangoon Road. Turn to this link to read about my thoughts on the community. Even the church, though simple, is well planned with a fine entrance. We walked through the hot mid day sun in search of nourishment for our starving bellies. We planned to go to NEX Mall and instead, we found ourselves at the helm of Bartley station.
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Bartley Station, Singapore
Bartley Station, Singapore
After a lot of sweat and tears and a few gardens, we reached NEX Mall. We strolled through the shops to the foodcourt and pounced on Indian Cuisine.
Crossing to Serangoon Station
NEX Mall Entrance and Serangoon Station
NEX Mall – Beriyani, Nan, Parata and Curry
NEX Mall – Beriyani, Nan, Parata and Curry
NEX Mall – Beriyani, Nan, Parata and Curry
NEX Mall – Beriyani, Nan, Parata and Curry
NEX Mall – Beriyani, Nan, Parata and Curry
NEX Mall Singapore Station
NEX Mall Singapore Station
Quirky as it seems, we were on vacation on Singapore and of all places, we had to be in the Library. We found this to be at the roofdeck of NEX Mall!
How convenient! And the place was cozy with students doing assignments and drawings on the floor, and every delightful book including comics are available on shelf. Who wouldn’t have a love for books for a city like that. You could even borrow or return a book on weekends. The public library was open on weekends!
I am thinking. No matter how brilliant or intelligent a country is, if the other government is making it this easy to read – English, Malay, Tamil or Mandarin, wouldn’t they eventually win? And easy to guess why it is hard for us to catch up and they are far ahead – they have created a lifestyle of learning!
We stayed in a simple three-storey building in Serangoon in Singapore along Lorong Gambir. The place is hosting four rooms and owned by a designer named Anders.
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We stayed on a bed and breakfast that is located in the block enclosed by Upper Serangoon Viaduct, Bartley Road and Upper Paya Lebar Road. The location is a comfortable reach for Bartley and Serangoon station with a mall – the NEX Mall.
History of Architecture 1 – University of San Agustin, Philippines
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Massiveness
Monumentality
Grandeur
BABYLON
ZIGGURATS or “Holy Mountains”– chief bldg. structure , square or rectangle in plan w/ steeply battered sides & an open flatform on top containing the “Fire Altar “.
THREE TYPES OF ZIGGURATS:
Archaic ziggurat – usally have one flat top rectangular mound carrying the upper temple. e.g White Temple at Warka
Two or more stages Ziggurat –rectangular in plan, design w/ several tiers or stages.
e.g The ziggurat, Nimrod, Tower of Babel Ziggurat at Bursippa, seven stage pyramid dedicated to seven heavenly planets.
c.) Seven stages square base ziggurat
e.g Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, it has the “ Hanging Garden of Babylon”. CITY OF BABYLON – with towers & 100 Bronze Gates. ASSYRIA PALACE OF SARGON, KHORBAD – entrance portals flanked with status of headed winged bulls & lions. It contains 700 rooms.
IMPORTANT PARTS OF PALACE
SERAGLIO – palace proper w/c includes the kings residence , men’s apartment & reception courts.
HAREM – usually designed w/ a private family apartments or women’s quarter.
KHAN – or service chambers , Khan is a Moslem “ inn”, for travelers prototype
PERSIA PALACE FLATFORM PERSOPOLIS – occupies 1500 and 1000 ft. & is elevated 40 ft. It contains the following: a.) Palace of Darius c.) Hypostyle Hall of Xerxes b.) Palace of Xerxesd.) Halls of Hundreds columns e ). Propylaea – entrance to hall design by Xerxes
