Friday, April 29, 2011

First Singapore Construction Productivity Week aims at entrenching productivity culture

I had just completed the participation of Singapore's First Construction Productivity Week. A fruitful learning and participating process of 2days' Live BIM competition in BCA Academy, 2days conference in Singapore Expo and half a days' site visit to The Interlace by OMA, constructing under Woh Hup and a tunnel construction project by Sato Kogyo.

Image featuring my facade design done through adaptive component and curtain wall panel pattern based families in Autodesk Revit architecture. My design rational: There are higher light intensity at top portion, to cut down solar heat, we introduce with more "solid" area, to block the solar radiation. However, to harvest the solar energy, photovoltaics cells can be applied to capture solar radiation while reducing light penetration in contrast with lower facade portion with bigger openings allowing more light penetration into internal area."
Related links:-
http://www.bca.gov.sg/newsroom/others/pr19042011_BIMCA.pdf
http://sgbimcompetition.com/

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Mutual recognition on degrees between Malaysia and China

This is very significant to me. Hopefully, Tongji University can be recognised in Malaysia and Singapore.
"BEIJING: Malaysia and China are to sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement on higher education that will become a catalyst in increasing student exchange between the two countries, said Malaysian Ambassador to China Datuk Iskandar Sarudin.
He added that ministry officers of both countries had recently discussed the proposal, which was expected to be finalised soon.
"Both countries had agreed to the proposed matter during Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's visit to China in 2009 and the Chinese premier Hu Jintao's visit to Malaysia later," he told reporters here Sunday night.
He added that issues related the proposal had been ironed out and the agreement was just waiting to be signed." to find out more...
Passage via http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2011/4/18/nation/20110418115549
related links:-
http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=126273

Leadenhall Building

Leadenhall Building, London by Richard Rogers Partnership. to find out more...
Images via http://www.designboom.com/weblog/keyword/rogers-stirk-harbour-and-partners.html
and http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,361,364&showImages=table&thumbnails=true&pageID=1

Friday, April 22, 2011

Marina Bay Sands

A swim at 200m above ground available at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, by Moshe Safdie. to find out more...
Image via http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10653/moshe-safdie-marina-bay-sands-skypark-opens.html

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Heron Tower



London Heron Tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox. to find out more...
Images via http://www.herontower.com/gallery
Related link: http://www.kpf.com/project.asp?T=9&ID=56

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Shard, London Bridge Tower, UK by Renzo Piano

The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Image via http://www.archicentral.com/london-bridge-tower-uk-renzo-piano-6602/

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Lighthouse Tower, Dubai by Atkins

Related links accessed 16April2011:-
http://www.atkins-me.com/ProjectDetail.aspx?ProjectID=136
http://www.holcimfoundation.org/Portals/1/docs/A09/A09B/2ndHolcimAwards_Essay_14_Dubai.pdf
Image via http://arhitecturamoderna.blogspot.com/2008/05/tyrol-tower.html

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Sciverse

"A seemingly endless number of data sources are making it increasingly difficult to find and utilize the specific, quality information that leads to scientific breakthroughs. That's about to change with the launch of SciVerse, which will offer unprecedented access to a constantly expanding universe of content and solutions resulting in more discovery with less searching." to find out more...
More importantly, an access to various technical papers online here:-
http://www.sciencedirect.com/

Monday, April 11, 2011

CTUB Technical Papers Library

"The Technical Papers Library contains many hundreds of papers published by architects, engineers and academics on a range of multi-disciplinary subjects. The papers cover every facet of tall building design, construction and occupation and are searchable by author, topic and category." to find out more...
Passage via http://www.ctbuh.org/Publications/TechnicalPapers/tabid/71/Default.aspx

Monday, April 04, 2011

Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos



"The Plaza del Torico of Teruel has this dual role of distribution space of urban circulation and public recreational ground for gathering and meetings." to find out more...
Image and google translate via http://b720.com/es/proyecto/plaza_del_torico_es

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Wilkinson Eyre Architects


Residential building at 20 Blackfriars Road, London, UK by Wilkison Eyre Architects.
to find out more...

Saturday, April 02, 2011

Despang Architekten

Wayfinding by Despang Architekten. to find out more...
Image via http://www.despangarchitekten.com/images/wayfinding_images/wayfinding_lamschutzwande_theory1.pdf

Friday, April 01, 2011

Dosmas Uno Arcquitectos

Interesting projects by Dosmas Uno Arquitectos. to find out more...
Image via http://www.dosmasunoarquitectos.com/