Go Kart progress

Noticed that I haven't been blogging in  a while this is what i have been whipping.......

Still need to some final touches to it

Stay motivated

Follow this link to follow BIG insane design
http://inhabitat.com/stunning-twisted-art-museum-by-big-will-span-a-river-in-norway/

Made in China!

Interested? Inspired? Intrigued? Follow link below

http://www.archdaily.com/118277/alibaba-headquarters-hassell

The Design Process

Best way to communicate the design in my opinion is through diagrams

The end result

Need inspiration, excitement.......

Chosen ahead of BIG, it has to be something special. Follow link below.........

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/arquitectonica-luxembourgs-tallest-complex-porte-de-leurope-allfin-09-28-2015/

Solar Powered house - An architectural genious

Solar Powered house - An architectural genious - check the link the below

http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-italian-home-uses-light-wells-to-illuminate-its-interiors/wohnhaus-planit-c-comfort-architecten-3-2/?extend=1

Largest Green roof

Ambitious designs inspires me to break the limits in this industry - very attractive

Breaking boundaries, follow the link below....

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/rafael-vinoly-the-hills-at-vallco-cupertino-worlds-largest-green-roof-09-09-2015/

Just noticed that I haven't blogged in a minute. This is what's up

Seaside, Florida, a product of New Urbanism that really grew in the 1980s, and this what my Presentation is about.

World of Architecture Today

RichardRogers has defended ZahaHadid over the tokyo stadium controversy, update here:

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/zaha-hadid-statement-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-japan-07-29-2015/

Tokyo Olympic Stadium

Week 5: Design Theory

So this week in Design Theory our chapter was on Modernism Abides - In a nutshell the return with technology for modernist buildings.

These buildings were a reaction to those ideals in the 1970s

Lake Point Tower, Chicago (1967)

Gunma Art Museum, Japan (1974)

HSBC Building, Hong Kong (1978)

Pompidou Centre, Paris (1977)

Looking ahead to Week 4

Work doesn't slow down, we've got a design submission this coming week......

Our site is located adjacent to the Campanile, very industrial context.......

Week 3: Felt like a portfolio week

A real rough week, a Design Theory test, and pushing presentation for the PG Bison Competition... It came out proper....

The brief asked for a open air cinema, under a bridge in the Maboneng Precinct.....

This was my proposal, very pleased with my presentation...........

Design Theory Test

Well we have a upcoming test and really we studying is how thoughts of architecture went from the Perceptual (Traditional) to the Conceptual (Modern)...... Excited stuff......

Traditional House (Perceptual )

Modern House (Conceptual)

That's basically what our test is made of, what were the premises of Modernist Architecture. How did we move from perceptual to the conceptual..... Very interesting peeps..... And I'll fill you in........

Outlook on the second semester

Felt Like I haven't blogged in months, second week into the second semester, and there are a lot of thoughts about this semester ahead.

With regards to results, I obtained an average of 72% of my modules last semester. Which goes to show that hard work does not go unnoticed.

This is the first of many blogs this semester, and there is a lot of excitement for this semester ahead, I'll keep you posted.......

Pushing for Portfolio

Progress is on track thus far for Portfolio, just finished my CrossWays Observatory 3D model. It's ayt for now, but I believe Lumion will take it to the next level.....

Road to Portfolio

So it is exactly a week to Design Portfolio hand-in, and there are big expectations I have for it.

So this is the Theatre design as it stands now. Model looks very good, very pleased with it.

And this is the goal........... Watch me move mountains, and give this department, something they only see on Archdaily..........

#Motivated............

As a child growing up, there wasn't anything else I enjoyed more, then creating my own Lego city and playing it out as any child would do...........

Typical Lego illustration, giving characters to my lego people....

The reason I am talking about this, is to share with you the how it still relates to what I am doing and why I enjoy doing it.

I am just realizing the world I am creating, and with in that I still evoke the same emotions as I did as a child. This is why I enjoy what I do.......

Watsup Peeps, so today was our hand-in for the Des Baker group project, designing a future African City..........

This is the poster we came up with, Killa...........

The architectural solution was relevant and very creative, very happy with the outcome.......

Presentation in what we do is everything. Presentation in dress, presentation in work. Yes it matters......

Dressed like that, selling your work like this. Who in they right mind can say no, stay motivated.......

Pure Brutalism

Something interesting to note in our very own South Campus, is that it a type of Brutalist Architecture, a movement in architecture descending from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.

The word originates from the French beton - "raw concrete" a term used by Le Corbusier.
Interesting I know...........

So for Urban Design we have to do a comparative analysis between NMMU South Campus and the Boardwalk in Summerstrand..... boring if you ask me, but hey just doing what I have to do.....

Anyway these are the images taken at the Boardwalk the other, thought I could share a few with you...

We basically need to discuss basic stuff as thresholds, moviement patterns, activity nodes, relation to context. etc. In actual fact it is a nice exercise, as it raises our awareness in and around buildings.....

Just came across this ill architectural magazine, in which I think have more stimulating interesting buildings than Archdaily..........

DesignBoom...........Enjoy..............

http://www.designboom.com/

Just the type of insane designs you can expect to find on this site, Insane..................

Word of the week, in which I learnt last week in Design theory.....

Facadism - refers to an architectural and construction practice where the facade of a building was designed or constructed separately to the rest of a building. More often it refers to the practice where only the facade of a building is preserved with new buildings erected behind or around it.

An early example of facadism. The Old Commerce building at the University of Melbourne

What's poppin on this Saturday evening, Arch daily is. Guy's I tell you it is really helpful to stay tuned to what the world is doing in this called Architecture. I loved this house in the USA, and it the techtonic, materials, called it whatever, the free flowing arrangement of spaces that touches home for me. This is what I would call an attractive building.

The way this piece sits in this setting just makes wanna jump.....

Des Baker competition

http://architectureza.org/tomorrows-world-today-2015-des-baker/

The link above is the link for the competition, my ideas and thoughts for this project is one of being far into the world. These pictures best illustrate my thoughts......

The last picture is killer for me, my interpretation of this futuristic world we live in. As much there is a premise for this project, the question lies for the Architectural consequence for this - excited.........

Morning family, so we on our next design project. The fourth one of this semester - shoot me dead....

Anyway our fourth project does look fun and I have been enjoying it of late. It's titled 'Tomorrow's World Today'. A kind of generic title if you ask me. I'll keep y'all updated. Until then Dead.........

Design 3: Theatre Design Conceptual Renderings

This is what I have going so far with terms of the concept model, I think it is going in the right direction. In terms of material, Corten will be killer.....

Picture this on my design......

I'm going mad thinking about it, killer material for a Theatre in this given context. In my opinion it is a killer response to the site........

To add more depth into the section. I am thinking of doing two sections. one technical and a design section......

More in the depth of this one, I think it would look killer........