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1. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM
(ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (JUNE 2017)
Name: Toh Kean Hou ID No.: 0319575
Lecturer: Nicholas Ng Khoon Wu Tutorial Time:
Reader/Text Title: Towards a Critical
Regionalism : Six Points for an Architecture
of Resistance
Synopsis No: 6
Author: Kenneth Frampton
The critical regionalism rely more on the help ofnature than the term of design which make itmore abstract.
The usage ofearth-moving equipmentin as much as a totally flat datum is regarded as the mosteconomic
matrix upon which to predicate the rationalization. Remain the site contour will bring life to the current
building as the uneven contour will receive a stepped from building,as the flat site will only have a flat
foundation which create little to none interesting contour to site. But still there are some culture who prefers
to use a flat surface, they have their own culture in term of geological and agriculture sense. Butstill,
remaining the interest in the site is very important as an opinion ofmy own. The original site contextmight
serve purposes,the contour mightformed out ofthe climate of the site and also the quality ofthe light might
be differentfor different site context. The site contextmight make the placementofthe fenestration different
from time being, due to the climate changes throughout the time. Natural lighting plays an important role in
term, for example in an eventofart galleries modern architects love to use artificial light in all art galleries
where enclosed space doesn’treally express the art as good as an the open space where allows the natural
lighting to ray in. The right placementofthe fenestration will provide good lighting in the interior space and
also good ventilation around the building. Tectonic is also partofthe reason the framework is strong enough
to withstand the gravitational forces while makes it stronger is any landscape. Tactile resilience ofthe place -
form and the capacity of the body to read the environment, this brings outthe potential strategy for the
problem where we used technology as a resolve ofthe problem. This provides notonly visual experience it
open the touch experience as well making people feels more unique aboutthe designated space,tactile is
an important dimension in the perception ofbuiltform. Critical Regionalism seeks to complementout
normative visual experience by readdressing the tactile range ofhuman perceptions,providing the surface
of reality which make it feels like itis closer to the nature. The tactile will provide these goods which counter
a lotof problems, implying the tactile return the sense oftouch and also return the architecture poetics of
construction. The tactile and the tectonic have each componentdepends upon the density ofitobjecthood.
Remaining the site contextand adding in elements to make the site contextworks is far more interesting
than the flat design, this feels like itreturns the soul to the nature and we just enhance the soul further down
with good deeds.
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