"JUNK SPACE"

       






























In the afternoon, we still went on the marathon history class. I have seen the footage that we have learn in the first year, made by Allen Ginsberg. But this time I know more about the point of it. And the idea that he made to play with the wall in China is very interesting and it would help a lot for the new project. Interactive with the interior and exterior space by spinning the wall. Sometime people try to make something very difficult, high technology came with high budget. But for this artist, she chose the simple trchnology like the kid's toy to invent the new product. 
Moving to the main point of this lecture, Junk Space and Rem Koolhass. Personally, he is my favourite architect. According to the last project, study from master house, I got Villa Dall Ava by Koolhass and I really enjoy working on it. His work is very attractive in the way that still kept the 5 point of architecture, he's conjent to it. In my point of view, he is not invented the new thing or copy the old architecture. But he's studying from it and use it as the very huge influence. Not only the Villa Dall Ava which can break every rules of modernism and make fun with it. But also CCTV building that is still being stand out from its context until now. He is not just designing but he's the creator that invent the new way of thinking and the new idea of choosing material or color. Another example is the IIT by Mies Vande Role. He can change it into his style and play with the picture of many architect. It's so funny that he can make it as he love Mies and hate Mies at the same times.









"Bigness can created Junk Space,

 but Bigness is not always a JunkSpace"


    


 Moreover, I have learn about the "Junk Space" the thing that is surrounding me but I have never recognize it. The fisrt Junkspace is "Leirttown" in 1957, the village that everyone thought it's cool and work for the inhavitant but for some architect, it was not. The idea of very repeatation and everything look the same. Junkspace is the place where people inside don't have to care about the rain or the hot climate outside. Some place we entered it but we can't make sure the orientation or ventilation. And it's all called Junk space. The clear example of this word would be the mobile phone floor at MBK Bangkok. It's no day and night. Further more, the place that I just knew that is call jusk space is Central world. After the political situatuon that happen in Bangkok, we all regret that Central world has broken. But why it can be normally use in some space, the answer is because it's JunkSpace. However,

JUNK SPACE IS NOT = ARCHITECTURE

     





























                      
































 For architecture, we can understand the context and every detail have reason to support the idea. That's why Rem Koolhass said "Architecture has died for so long ago"

However, Rem's work is not wildly accept by many critics but he still going on his idea and can prove that his architecture is "good". Even though his work is no reference or no proportion to human scale at all, he can still doing it in his way and became one of the greatest architect in the world until now.

EXPRESSIONISM

               

                 

                Monday 21^st, March , this is our marathon class. But I can say that it was a really interested class and we are all felt alert until the last minute of it. Because all the lecture is related to the last project and also can help us to express the new idea for the upcoming project as well.

                Start with Expressionism, we can see clearer about the development from the last class style, about the post-modernism, it’s a lot more different. They start to hide the structure which is the very opposite idea with modernism, no more transparency and no symmetrical. The first architect that I knew about this idea is one of the greatest architects, Frank Gahry. The very expressive form that he created is a lot and one of it is the “Fish” work. It was surprise me very much, 

the very new idea about pop art. Another example that is wildly knew is “Guggenheim Museum”. It was the work that I knew his name and follow his work after that day. It’s break the rule and can really express the idea of Expressionism. It’s attractive by the surface and skin of the metal that conceal all the complex structure inside. He decreased the volume of the big mass by the divided it to be many pieces but actually all the mass are still the same. The interested point is he still kept the traditional plan but try to express the form and use the new technology to achieve this. After this work he still expressing his idea to LA, but it’s more floating and we can see the relationship between the building and it’s context. The building surrounded by the high rise building that looks frozen after this gigantic metal are located. And we were moving to the most favorite building of Frank Garry. It is the big transparency building blended with the context. It’s not just the context but he can keep the front view and the back view of the context. It works by the transparency of façade that function in different way in the day and at the night; at noon this façade will reflect the context on to the surface and also can see through another side of the faced to see the background and at night the light inside will be lighter than exterior space, then the façade will allow outside people to see inside the building. It’s very functional and very beautiful.

             














   In my point of view, I can’t say that which one I like or which one I don’t like or I’d prefer this one than this one. Because I think from the first class to the present class, I can see the changing of architecture from the very beginning to the present and it’s just beautiful. I think, It’s about style and idea of that period of time but it’s all base on the sense of aesthetic and functionalism. For the last break of this morning class, we watched the film or the TV program about the very famous architects; Jean Nouve, Zaha hadi, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano. From this film, I have listen to their idea and it’s very funny. Everyone is just a normal human but they can have a very successful in their life. And all of that still base on “tried” and “tired” of their life. And it gave me the inspiration to working on my project and my work, luckily for every architect, our work is can be created and finished for our part but the object or something that we created will last very long. 

POST MODERNISM

"LESS IS BORED" 

 

ONE OF THE ARCHITECTURE CHARMING IS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN THINK DIFFERENT. ARCHITECT CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL DESIGN AND INVENT SOMETHING NEWS.ROBERT CHARLES VENTURI IS ONE OF THE ARCHITECT THAT INVENTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE TIME OF " LESS IS MORE". HE SAID HE IS NOT BELIEVE IT. AND HIS WORK CAN PROVE HIS WORD. 

THE BEGINNING OF HIS EVOLUTION IS HIS ESSAY, STATED ABOUT COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION IN ARCHITECTURE. AND IT BECAME A VERY OPPOSITE IDEA WITH MODERNISM, IT'S POST-MODERNISM. VENTURI IS ONE OF THE EARLY POST-MODERN SO HE TRY TO DO THE OPPOSITE THING WITH THE IDEA OF LOUISE KHAN WHOSE WORK IS CAME FROM SYMMETRICAL AND HUMAN PROPORTION. WHAT VENTURI WAS TO MAKE A FACADE OF A HOUSE NOT SYMMETRICAL, FOR EXAMPLE, HIS VENTURI HOUSE, THE ROOF HS BEEN CUT TO BE APART FROM EACH OTHER, WINDOW FROM BOTH SIDE ARE NOT THE SAME TO EMPHASIS THE IDEA OF ASYMMETRY, THE WAY HE DECORATED AND ALSO THE COLOR WHICH WAS TRY TO BE NOT NATURAL. HE CHOSE THE BLUE COLOR. IT'S ALL JUST SO DIFFERENT FROM THE IDEA OF KAHN. THE VENTURI HOUSE OBVIOUSLY EXPOSE THE IDEA OF POST-MODERNISM CLEARLY AND TO BE CLEAR, HE MADE FUN WITH HIS DRAWING, " I AM A HOUSE" 

ANOTHER MAJOR LEADER OF EARLY POST-MODERNISM SURELY MUST BE PETER EISENMANN. HE IS A VERY STRONG INFLUENCE OF THIS ERA. HE TRY TO CONVINCE EVERYONE INTO THIS IDEA. HIS FAMOUS ONE IS HOUSE VI 1972. I FOUND THAT THIS ONE IS VERY STRENGTH FROM ALL OF THE HISTORY I HAVE READ. IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT SOME FUNCTION AS A HOUSE. IT'S NOT DERIVE FROM HUMAN SCALE AT ALL. FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAS AN UP SIDE DOWN STAIR CASE, SEPARATED HUSBAND AND WIFE'S BEDS IN THE SAME BEDROOM. THE IDEA ABOUT SYMMETRICAL CANT BE FOUND IN THIS ARCHITECTURE. ALL OF ELEVATION IS NOTHING THE SAME AND ALSO THE SECTIONS OF THIS HOUSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT. HIS INTENTION IS JUST TO DESCRIBE ONLY ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE IS STRONG. IF THE MODERNISM IS BASED ON BLACK AND WHITE, HE IS NOT A RED OR BLUE BUT HE WILL BLEND EVERYTHING OUT AND BECOME GREY. AND IT BECOME A DEFINITION OF POST-MODERNISM.

PETER EISENMANN

PLAY TIME

IN THIS CLASS, WE HAVE ANOTHER FILM CALL "PLAYTIME" BY JACZUES. EVENTHOUGH WE WATCH JUST SOME PART OF IT BUT IT MADE ME FEEL VERY INTERESTED WITH MANY MANY THING IN THE FILM. I DONT KNOW HOW OLD OF THIS MODERNISM FILM BUT ALL THE IDEA THE GAVE ME FROM THIS FILM IS ALL NEW AND PRETTY AMAZING. THE FILM START FROM THE THE AIRPORT THAT MADE OUT OF GLASS VERY TRANSPARENCY WITH THE METAL FRAMING. THE OVER ALL BUILDING LOOKS FUTURISTIC AND THE SURROUNDING OF THIS HIGH RISE BUILDING LOOK NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER IN THAT MUCH. INSIDE THE AIRPORT THEY SHOWS THE NEW DESIGN OF CHAIR AND FURNITURE WHICH IS TRIED TO RESPOND THE REACTION OF HUMAN BEING BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY RIDICULOUS FOR ME BECAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKING UNCOMFORTABLE EVEN IF IT DESIGN IN A BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE. I THINK IT'S THE PART  THAT THE FILM WANT TO MADE FUN WITH THE MODERNISM. THE STORY BEGIN WITH THE TOUR GROUP OF AMERICAN LADIES ARRIVING IN PARIS. IN THIS PART,OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN SEE EVERYONE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR; THE HAIR, DRESS, SHOES, BAG EVEN THE CHARACTER ALSO LOOK VERY ALIKE. AND THEN IT'S ABOUT MONSIEUR HULOT IN THE OFFICE BUILDING. IN THE OFFICE BUILDING, IT SHOWS THE  CUBE THAT ARE STAND VERY ORGANIZE AND EVERYONE GOT THEIR OWN CUBICAL. THIS OFFICE, I GUESS, IT'S THE OFFICE OF SHOPPING MALL SOMETHING. PEOPLE IN EACH CUBE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR AND IF WE LOOKING FROM THE TOP VIEW, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CUBICAL MADE THIS SPACE LOOK LIKE THE MAZE. LOOK CLOSELY, EACH CUBE CAN ENTER IN ALMOST EVERY SIDE BY THE IRONIC SYSTEM OF THE DOOR. ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IS THEY MADE THE "GOLDEN SILENCE" BY MAKE THE MOST QUITE DOOR SLAM. I LIKE THIS IDEA VERY MUCH IT KIND OF SARCASTIC THE MODERNISM IN THE VERY CREATIVE IDEA.  ACTUALLY, THE DETAIL OF THIS FILM IS A LOT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIFT ; IF WE LOOK OUTSIDE IT IS LIKE A TOY THAT MOVE THROUGH EACH HOLE, THE PRODUCT IN THE SHOW ROOM THAT IS NOT THE ORDINARY THING. I THINK THIS FILM TRY TO MADE FUN WITH MODERNISM IN EVERY DETAIL IN A POSITIVE WAY AND IT SHOWS FROM EVERY SCENE THAT VERY UNIVERSAL AND CAN BE APPLY IN ALL WHOLD WORLD. IT WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE IF STILL HAVE TIME TO WATCH THIS FILM UNTIL IT FINISH BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A LOT OF IDEA AND THE SENSE OF FUTURE WORLD THAT NEARLY COME INTO OUR LIFE.

MIES VAN DER ROHE

In the wolrd of architecture, it would be very strange if someone put a lot of flower full up on the marble wall or some architect wear a barbie dress with colorful pattern. Most of the the architect try to make everything clear and abstract with reasonable that is why we are so different with the pure artist. We all learn in the process of architecture with the quote of "Less is more"

I am one of the student whose always heard this quote and actually, it's the sentence that I often heard in my project'critics and I was wondering how this quote happen and why everyone love to use it?

In my history class today, we've learn about destijl in neoplasticism with his grid and color. Beside, we haved learn about Mies Van Der Rohe whose created

"Less is more".

His work is clearly describe "less is more" start from his furniture, "Barcelona chair". It is the chair that looks quite un comfortable. It's look simple and all the curve and line shows up very clear. In my point of view, it would be a very first simple furniture design in that time, it's like he try to make everything really into mass production. The chair with only fuction  no decorative use only 2 materials.

Mies Van Der Rohe created many amazing and successful architecure not only the bauhaus but it's a lot. For example, The house in america with only 3 panels cover by glass. Another thing that is really inpired me from Mies would be his presentation. He made a collage to describe his idea. And it's look very interesting and clearly describe his thought. Actually, i've never seen someone did it before, it's very graphical. I think he is not just less is more but in his "Less", he has already thought a thousand times about his work in every unit of decoration. Most people call him "God of details" and it's really show in his work. His collage can show all the main structure and detail of the house. One of the clearly example is the pattern of the marble wall in Barcelona pavilian. Each marble with a very nice cut. It's like he try to cut it and when he put it together it become like a butterfly wing. And this wall become an attractive one in this pavillian.

In conclusion, I am very glas that I knew the one whoe created this quote and he is inspired me a lot just only I listen to his story from power point. I think his idea and style are very clear and some day I will try to be attractive and amart like him, he created my goal now :)

Le Corbusier

After I was born, I saw my father sitting very still on his over size table with a very huge paper.

He always sit in that position with his smiling face.

He is an architect and he's my very first painting teacher.

He teach me a lot about art and persuade me to this architecture world.

The first architect he introduce me to is "Le Corbusier"

Honestly, I can say that I know nothing about him but he is the one that I always hear about.
As the time pass, I tried so hard to study about architecture to became one of the member in faculty of architecture. And I was gettine to know "him".

Finally, I became a student in this faculty as I want to be.

And here I am in the history class, feeling so excited.
In this class,we were drove back to the very early time of modernism and art and
"Le Corbusier".
He try to develop architecture in mass product.
Obviously, It shows in his style, his out fit; circle glasses, black and white suite.
The core of his thinking is
"MASS AND SURFACE TELLING EVERYTHING"
He said " Architecture is the masterly correct and magnificent play to masses brought together in light".

He try to conclude all of his idea to be shown in the next and next architect generation about "what the modern architecture is?". And it came up with the very simple 5 points that we use until now
1. The Support or pilotis

2. The flat roof or roof garden

3. The interior walls

4. The horizontal windows

5. The facade



                                                                               villa savoy



The very clear about the example of this idea is "Villla Savoy" in 1929-1931

Actually, I think we all know about this name and this architecture.

But how many peoples know about the idea of  this house.

1. Supports are spaced degulated and necessary to elevate the first floor of ground

2. The flat roof is meant to serve another domestic purpose, such as gardening or relaxation

3. Interior non load bearing walls are free for arrangement within open plan

4. Horizontal windows provide more even illumination than do verticle one

5. The non load bearing facade can be freely design.

In my point of view, even if it's all not true for all of his idea,

I feel very amazing with his thought and I think it effect a lot in that time.

He created the balance between the very historical time and the modernism. for example, he thought about the idea of human dimension in the very historical time and bring him to fit in his design. 

And also his work after that shown the development in the modernism world.

For example Unite d’ Habitation is another interested one.

I think i can see the relationship between his drawing and this building.

He brought us back to the very simple line and primary color.

But it's surve the function of the habitant and clearly shown the idea of mass,surface and light.

After that time to 2011, his work is still very famous and became the very big part of architectural student. I think that what he has tried to do is very succesful and  I hope that the 5 idea of his theory would bring me to do the architectural design as good as him in someday.

                  

                                                                                                                                 Unite d’ Habitation

A first half of Metropolis silent film

              This week we were watching the the first part of very classic movie call " Metropolis" by Fritz Lang . It's is 83 years old and this film has influenced many new film until now.

         “Metropolis”
               is not just a science fiction film but a work of class warfare, an another way to comparable attack on capitalism. The controlling rich symbolized by the greedy Joh Frederson and the lowly slave workers working down in the underground city. It is also a story of father and son struggles and the mad power of science to create mankind in its own image. Actually, I was very interseting at the very first of the story. I havent watched the black and white film before in my life and it was amazing! I am not feel so strange with the color or feel like it need some more color. It looks very classic and can show every feeling as good as the color film. The movie was start off with images of machine and engines. The scene was about the industrial wokers, they presented by make all of them look nothing different: same hair same cloth same shoes and even their walking step is also thesame. Obviously, it shows the feeling of workers' life, thier life were boring and no civilization. This film make me think about the "mob", is it possible for this film to want to make something to be sarcastic to the social. "Flash Mob" is the kind of mob that a group of people are making something for example dancing together at the crossroad, standing and doing nothing together in the supermarket. The concept is to be sarcastic about some topic, sone problem and they do same thing to gether at the same time to make it to be a big impact for the watcher. from the movie, it's like they try to show "how boring they are" by this scene of film, and if it a mob, it was successful.. it impact me a lot. ?
The fisrt half of this story is about Freder whose dad is built everything in this city, He grown up in the world of rich people, convenience and  fully of happiness while the industrial workers are leaving underground, have a fully different life with freder. But one day, Freder was playing with her girl friends as usaul and he saw the mysterious girl, She was coming with many kids and then go back to the door. Freder try to find that girl, so he came in to the door where the industrial is located. And the story begin, from this scene, it's compose of a lot of machine and workers whose work all the time. In the underground world, it's like another city, they have similar house, no decoration and not much window or door. It's definitely different from the architecture in the town of freder.  After he found this place, he tried to changed it by telling his father but it's not seem to be work. What freder willl do is the thing that I look forward to know in the next week class.
In my point of view, the architecture in this film is very amazing, it's like the future world, despite this film was built in 83 years ago, the hight rise building with autometic system and made out of glass, transportation by a sky train and private air plane. The craxy doctor who built a human robot. It is just amazing. I think that this film is not just an influence for many film director but it's also inspired many architecture, scientis or the workers to do something new. I am just waiting to watch the next half of it, hope that I'll got inspired from this film again...