Cultural Transposition [Jury Review]

Azmee, Nik Ariff (2010) Cultural Transposition [Jury Review]. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition (STEDex’10), 2. p. 101. ISSN 2180-0685

Abstract

The proposal is an exemplary display of the institutional approach for an Academy of Arts by the boldness of its form and by the formality in the language of its components such as the towering columns, stepped terraces, hard waterscapes and corridor-compartment based circulation. Strict and rigid formalities, however, are very rightly compromised in the overall configuration as the complex modulates the programme into the topography in order to achieve homogeneity with the surroundings. It displays a conscientious approach to surface earth management of the site which would have benefited much more for ground water management as well if there were not as much hard surfaces covering the ground.......[Read More]

Item Type: Article
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Divisions: Faculty of Architecture and Design > Department of Architecture
Last Modified: 29 Mar 2011 22:52
URI: http://stedex.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39
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