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Pictures of some of the boards presented today during the Design Review from 9am till around 12pm.

There are still time for me to take photographs of almost all of the models submitted today, excluding the late ones, since the submission is delayed from 3.00pm till 4.30pm. Today is not the actual final submission, the final submission will be on this Friday (20/11/2009), while the presentation will be on next week’s Monday (23/11/2009) and submission of portfolio will be on next week’s Wednesday (25/11/2009)

Some models are really nice..knowing students have put countless effort on it…good luck to all AS102 students!

The examination for AS 102 begins on Tuesday (10/11/2009) and will ends by this Saturday (14/11/2009)

Monday (9/11) - Architecture and Culture 102 Final submission only.

Tuesday (10/11) - Building Technology 102 Final Examination

                              (Lecture Theatre 1 & 2, 6.00 - 8.00pm)

Wednesday (11/11) - Ecologically Sustainable Design 102 Final Examination

                                  (Lecture Theatre 1 & 2, 5.00 - 7.00pm)

Thursday (12/11) - No examination on this day. Design Communications (Manual) submission.

Friday (13/11) - Communication Principles 112 Final Examination

                          (Lecture Theatre 1 & 2, 5.00 - 7.00pm)

Saturday (14/11) - Architecture and Culture 102 Final Quiz.

                                  (Lecture Theatre 1 & 2, 10.00am - 12.00pm)

—-Extra:

Tuesday (17/11) - Architecture Design 102 Final Overall Submission.

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Please remember to bring your examination docket to the examination hall during examination for identification purpose. If you haven’t collect the docket, please go to bursary to collect it by showing your ID card.

Good Luck ! Wishing all AS102 students the best! After examinations, presentations, and final submissions, it’s time for semester break, and let’s enjoy after that!

UPDATES:

1. Everyone is not satisfied with the Building Technology 102 examination which is supposed to be a two-hours exam. The faculty timetable stated three hours somemore, and finally, we ended up in a one-hour exam to answer all 28 subjective questions. Ridiculous, petition will be brought up for judgement.

2. Another weird thing is that the Ecologically Sustainable Design (ESD 102) examination is a two-hours exam, to answer only 40 objective questions. I wonder how they plan the time duration of the examinations.

Architecture is a field with no boundary, designs varies from one point to another, even every person’s perception towards a design is different. This is what makes architecture, being favourited, as well as being hated. For instance, some people might love Taipei 101, but some dislike the design of the tower. You like it or not? Why? Or do you recognize this building?

Architecture makes people proud. It is a symbol of strength, an icon of a site, or even can be a landmark of a country. Architects will be recognized in completion of a structure designed by him or her. Everyone envy architects. However, do you know that behind all these, architects suffer a lot.

From the process of designing, sketches come first, based on initial ideas and appropriate concepts. Architecture has no boundary but it is limited by technology, engineering, budget, site, and climate resistance. The technology available might not be able to build such amazing structure, the engineering skill might be not enough to build such creative structure, financial problem prevents architect from designing further, site prevents architect to build beyond boundary, and climate sometimes give challenges to architects.

Finish designing, it’s time for possibility in construction. Is the structure designed so beautifully on papers, or even on computer, be possible to be built, to be turn into real? Time to consult engineers, construction workers, developers, and even the government to approve the design project.

Even when you finished compiled your designs into proper working drawings, there is a risk of not being successful to be built. There are now design competitions that will only select best design to be built. Many architects, representing their firm will submit their brilliant designs too with their own concepts too. It is intense, who wins, only will be decided by those who do not know much on architecture (the developers).

Architects usually have their hair fully white or even empty head with no hair, even at young age. They think a lot (on design, construction, etc), they worry a lot (on safety, stability, possibility, etc), eventhough they earn a lot. However, only famous architects earn a lot. Many unknown architects around the world are still struggling to find a project to do. Architects die early? I’m not sure. Maybe architecture will train architects’ brains to be more active (or maybe more tiring)

Recently, I have discovered a survey that shows architecture is the sexiest profession. Other people will see architects, as very cool, like bringing large roll of papers, or even a huge T-square, or even long piece of presentation board, and beautiful model. Do you know architects or even architecture students are like exhausted ghosts when they are doing all these works? It will frighten you, especially when you approach them by midnight, because they won’t sleep due to submission and deadlines.

The most grateful moment for an architect is not when he get paid for his design and works, is not when he has completed and submitted his or her works, the most grateful moment is when an architect is able to see his or her design being turn into real structure, being able to be entered into, being able to be explored, being able to be touched, being able to be feel for, not only by himself or herself, but as well as by all people.

Architecture is not only ‘architorture’, but also ‘archithriller’, something that delights not only architects, but all.

Notes:

1. This post is obtained directly from my own personal site: http://vincentloy.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/architecture-is-architorture-or-archithriller/

2. Any comment, feel free to reply.