Jul 5Are you a designer or an artistWhat is the difference between them? This is a short one. Artists and designers both create, draw, imagine and design. If you are a designer, do you know what is the difference between yourself and an artist? Artists and designers had been 2 completely different field. While artists were called…Designer3 min readDesigner3 min read
Nov 28, 2022Don’t hate parametric architecture, learn itIt will open up a whole new world for you Around 5 years ago, before I even started university I went to a guest lecture on the mathematics of general relativity with a friend. The professor talked about one of the components in Einstein’s field equations. After 5 minutes of…Architecture7 min readArchitecture7 min read
Nov 12, 2022Traditional Chinese Architecture in the 21st CenturyThe reincarnation of cultural elements in modern buildings — Where modernism is evolved from the West, it was introduced to the East. This introduction in the 20th century marked the start of rapid urbanisation in a lot of Asian cities, including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, building modernist skyscrapers one after another. Its steamrolling development left little to no…Architecture24 min readArchitecture24 min read
May 9, 2019Architects have to lose, lose like Japan did.Kengo Kuma’s defeated architecture as the future of architecture explained with the Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center. — Where developed in the west, modernist architecture was introduced to the East, to Japan in 1854 along with the official opening of the country. The 1868 Meji Restoration consolidated a Western system in Japan, including the western style of modernist architecture. As time progressed a new fusion between traditional Japanese…Architecture15 min readArchitecture15 min read
Feb 11, 2019My Love-Hate relationship with artLove, Hate, Love, Hate, Love, Hate, out of petals… It was a Saturday morning, I was sitting in the studio, holding my hot water bottle. Smoke gently rises, mixing with the dusty scene illuminated by the sun. …Architecture5 min readArchitecture5 min read
Dec 15, 2018The death of desire towards architectureArchitect the Kengo Kuma way — Since humans settled down, lands and houses had been a sign of wealth. As we enter the 20th century, modern housing schemes and corporate advertisement constantly reinforced us with the idea that owning a house enriches our lives and make us rich, both physically and inside. Together with the push…Architecture11 min readArchitecture11 min read
Nov 24, 2018Tange Kenzo — the bridge connecting traditional and contemporary architectureHow Tange Kenzo fused the East and the West — Due to the difference in cultures and political structures, east of the world had always been a mystery. Where contemporary architecture evolved in the west, contemporary architecture intruded the east. Over the years architects from east-Asian countries, including Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and many more strive to merge the two…Architecture9 min readArchitecture9 min read
Sep 10, 2018My internship experience in ChinaDiscovering New China — I interned in a Chinese architecture firm in Foshan, Guanzhou for 2 months in the summer of 2018. I have to admit that I wasn’t planning to write about this internship experience at first, it wasn’t the first time I visited China, neither is it going to be the last…China10 min readChina10 min read
Aug 31, 2018Co-housing, the future way of living.We have completely re-designed the home. — In case you were wondering, yes the subtitle was an Apple joke. You might have heard of the term “co-housing” from a lot of different places. It is said to be the next idea, completely transforming how we live our lives, with articles and ted talks praising how much it…Real Estate7 min readReal Estate7 min read
Jun 4, 2018My dorm room sucks, so does yours.Look around you, bad architecture is everywhere. — Yesterday was a hot and sunny day, 23 degrees celsius to be exact, not something you would get in the north of UK. It was not a big deal since to me since I was not planning to go out, but after lunch I started to feel the heat (it…Architecture5 min readArchitecture5 min read
