architecture enlightens life

after spending weeks of my precious time mendling with 3ds max, now I can confidently claim myself mastering the basics of 3ds max for architectural visualizations. and apart of that, I managed to grab my proud piece of my driving license, finally! OK, I apologize for my late updates and here is my PAM (malaysian architects association) ARCHIDEX 2008 exhibition- specifically on the material showcase.

I am indepthly regret that I did not have the chance to join the DATUM KL forum, which I heard is very inspiring from both of my archfriends, keong and doug. other than that, I can honestly approve that most of the exhibition is merely a construction materials showcase. nevertheless, let me highlight some new (or sort of) materials that I find interesting.

when I stepped through one of the door frames, my friend matthew shocked as he thought what I walked through a glass door. it wasn’t a glass door, that was a blinds door, which quite astounds me. as practically as a glass door, this door doesn’t provide any privacy. but instead of glass, putting blinds over the frame is an innovative idea. I doubt if its secure though.

matt noticed my fond towards louvres, usually of aluminium sheets to shade from sunrays. and I did tumbled over this louvre window (or so I called it). great for openings facing sunlit directions, these filter huge amounts of sunlight, and its degrees adjustable with a turner.

secure shoplot windows made of timber. not exactly timber I should say, they’re of composite wood, with compressed fibre - and of course composite materials are no doubt better than their original counterparts with higher resistance towards spillants and aging.

louvres.

and more louvres!

matthew insisted that I should take this photo of this material. sort of like glowing geltubes, if that’s the way it was called. it was not the the geltube  that interested me, it was geltubes as lighting that is intriguing. obviously the light source was from the top and bottom of the tube, I just wonder if it’s possible with colored lights? cool interior awaits.

I dislike fancy layered glass, to be honest. lined or tinted glass however is amazing. but nothing more beats opacity-adjusted glass, like those of torre agbar and church of the sacred heart in germany.

witness the hovering led glass. I hate to explain how it works with those electrically polared glass, but it shares almost the same technology with those of lcd displays, I guess. sadly the led lights is quite static, not to the point to changing the light colors. if not I could have envisioned a new led fronted wall that pops out of several buildings around the globe.

this is awesome- a projection translucent glass that display seemingly hovers, like those of military briefing panels in hollywood movies. if it is touchscreen embedded, that would be a legend-ARY gadget. geez, this is another thing that I must have in my dream meeting room.

bathroom glass partitions are something we often see on televisions, but suddenly I admired the delicate joint that hold the large piece of glass together. seemingly I began to appreciate beautiful joints, something that I never do before.

glass staircase is something I always loved. it is that-risky, that-dangerous. we always heard to design is to risk it, or else doing safe designs will not take you anywhere. but this glazed steps is not that risky enough, but worth showing.

if a staircase more or less look like this, that I will say, risky and worthy enough!

whatever it is, I do appreciate risky designs from my other architecture compatriots. my holiday I missed a lot of architectural events, like this architectural students work witnessed by my friend, voo. anyway, I have another three posts focusing on different areas of archidex; architectural models, professional presentation boards, student presentation boards.