"Wisdom without courage is just to make yourself happy."
Looks like I am fast becoming a TKS fan.
This interview with TKS by 'Sintercom' gives an insight not only to the man and his methods but also to the development process of Singapore during the last two decades or so.
"It is neither the Urban nor the Rural, it is both. New architecture cannot come out of old planning! Cities of Asia, behold the countryside, and imagine the infinite possibilities. See one space, not two."- quoted from RUBANISATION blog.I had the opportunity to listen to Prof. Tay Kheng Soon a couple of months ago at a CPD organised by the SLIA (that is a continues professional development workshop organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects!). I was quite fascinated by the theory proposed by him.
I often struggled to understand clear differences of the urban/ rural patterns in theories taught at the school (uni) and my inability distinguish those differences when I look around the Sri Lankan landscape. Where the city ends and the village starts? Especially along most of the ‘main’ roads l(say from Colombo to Galle) it is very difficult to distinguish between urban and rural.
May be TKS’s ‘Rubernization’ is the answer.
Proff. Tay Kheng Soon (TKS) blog on RUBANISATION
'Mega-Cities in the Tropics - Towards an Architectural Agenda for the Future' by Tay Kheng Soon
Image Credit - Proff. Tay Kheng Soon (http://www.rubanisation.org/)
Construct Exhibition 2009 will be held at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre (SBEC), Colombo from 14th Aug. to 16th Aug.
This is an event organized by the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL).
"While cities occupy only two percent of the earth's landmass, they contain 50 percent of world population, consume 75 percent of the world's resources and..."
Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design By Donald Watson
"Europe is attempting to critically examine themselves and push on to explore how they can evolve. What about us in Asia?........ (quoted from fivefootway)
Actually I wanted to write a piece about so called "asian urbanity" for a while now and as usual still trying to get around to do it. But enjoy this while I find sometime to do that. Actually 'fivefootway' is a very informative blog.
"I wouldn’t poop in the Beira Lake for fear of getting my poop dirty........." (quoted from indi.ca)
Students of the outgoing batch of bachelor of design (B. Des), university of Moratuwa are exhibiting their work at the National Art Gallery from 02nd to 04th May. Here is some of their work.
Photos: Janaka
Year book published by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
