hey, can u spare 5 min on this?

im currently doing a survey for my final year dissertation. please fell free to fill up this survey form for me. your cooperation is much appreciated.

http://obsurvey.com/S2.aspx?id=b51e979d-6239-4350-93bb-715c2bd46cb3

intro

“Architecture, it has been said, is art we live in”, Alain de Bolton. It is defined as the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures for human shelter or use. In an overview, architecture requires an understanding of the context of buildings and understanding of the building itself, its underlying concept of idea, functions or uses its materiality and structure. A piece of architecture that satisfied users has to meet functional value, aesthetic value and psychological impact. Building built without a significant identity or purposes are failures. People started to build a basic requirement, which could provide a shelter and protection. As time goes by, people demand more than the needs to make live better. This phenomenon leads to the architecture now no longer following the modernism ideologues “form follow function”. The art form todays had severely contorted before they can follow engineers.

Living in a country as culturally, politically and religiously diverse as Malaysia, it is no wonder we fight so viciously to put out an image that is up to par with the brochures we produce and hand out to tourist annually and without fail. What with the many races and other various cultural influences we draw upon for our national identity, it is not surprising then that the token amount of confusion will occasionally surface when questioning the essence of it all, namely, who and what we actually are.

As one travels throughout the country, one can encounter so many different kinds of people, races, dialects, religions and of course, architecture. We are as diverse as we choose to be, a thing that makes us uniquely us. Being as diverse and different as we could be, we yearn and search for what ultimately speaks, stands and represents Malaysia as a country and multiracial society; architectural identity or so to speak. Observation and analysis will be conducted on following issues related to the search of identity of Malaysia starting off by studying the various architectural styles that have been popularized and widely used since the colonization days. By observing such trends, it is then possible to learn of its influences on the present day architectural sense.  

what is critical regionalism?

okay, i know this term from my lecturer and has been asked to do a research on this regarding my dissertation. so what is critical regionalism? it has alot to do with identity. Critical regionalism is an approach to architecture that strives to counter placelessness and lack of identity in modern architecture by using the building's geographical context. Basically, in the past for example before modernism - architecture was just buildings, made in each local place according to local custom and culture, with local materials and local knowledge and maybe economy. A part of the massive international globalization was that, not only do we now all wear the same T-Shirts, eat the same burgers, but also all of our architecture is now the same. 

found somewhere from net that summarize critical regionalism that it is in some way a layer of interpretation by critics such as Frampton or Tzonis, which help us to actually "read" certain works by architects after the facts.

there are much more reading need to be carry out based on critical regionalism. Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis's "Critical Regionalism: Architecture and Identity in a Globalized World," and Frampton's "Prospects For a Critical Regionalism". as my dissertation is to propose solutions on how malaysia can achieve her very own distinctive architectural identity. a summary of these two books are really needed, for a lazy person. LOL

all these are just definition of critical regionalism shall go in deeper bout this. soon. 

Sorryyy

sorry to my lecturer (Mr. Leong) and my fellow classmates for do not have any post up here. please excuse my laziness, will deal with it and update this space as soon as possible.