Urban Revolution – Jury Review

Sidhu, Jasmeet (2011) Urban Revolution – Jury Review. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2011, 3. p. 39. ISSN ISSN : 2180-0685

Abstract

The most notable strength of this year’s artefacts is the high quality of conceptual ideas and the manner they are being translated into design through challenging projects. For example, in the Dark Side of the Moon Pavilion project, the design task is to challenge the student’s creativity based on something which is unreal and controlled by the unconscious mind. Here, the adequacy of the psychoanalysis of a designer’s thought is clearly conveyed by the selected scheme whilst the strong forms and colours set the mood in its design expression. The CESTA project is another big challenge to the students in terms of understanding the bio-process and transforming the main issues to a built environment. Here, the architectural simulation or morphogenesis process of integrative cell is fast becoming a new trend in architecture despite the widespread critics that consider the approach as bearing too much emphasis on the form. However, the selected students’ projects revolutionize the more environmentally adaptive modular technology that is flexible and requires less maintenance. They have utilized the multiple cells in different shapes and configurations to enhance the spatial quality in an open plan, which are the next hot items in design.

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