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FROM NOTHING. to something. mazran ismail. 1999. the year. (USM in a decade before ‘APEX’). the actor. RUS101. students. (the coordinator: Mr.1b). the site. USM Main Campus. the site. a valley near ‘ Anjung Budi ’. the intention. to develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FROM NOTHING
mazran ismail
to something
1999the year
(USM in a decade before ‘APEX’)
the actorRUS101students
(the coordinator: Mr.1b)
the site
USM Main Campus
the site
a valley near ‘Anjung Budi’
the intentionto develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site
the intentionto develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site
the intentionto develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site
the act what I did (with my teammates)
SKI-LIKE WOODEN BASE
the act what I did (with my teammates)
the act what I did (with my teammates)
STRENGTHEN THE BASE
MAIN STRUCTURE
the act what I did (with my teammates)
SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
the act what I did (with my teammates)
MAIN FUNCTION
the act what I did (with my teammates)
SAFETY & COMFORT
the act what I did (with my teammates)
the product..
the ‘real’ product…(on the test-day)
the ‘real’ product…
it didn’t work!
(on the test-day)
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the ‘winner’…
the groupwho came up with the..
the ‘winner’…
‘UPIH PINANG’ (an old and dry frond falling off from ‘pokok pinang’) (areca nut trees)
Source: Lat (1992)
the contour of the site&
the simple gravitational law…
by ‘manipulating’
it managed to be..
the most
flexible,cheapest,simplest
and the
fastest
‘thing+man’ to reach the valley
What were they doing during that ‘struggling week’?..
(…just to come up with that simple yetbrilliant idea) ?
a question
Were they doing nothing?
Were they kept thinking to produce something
as ‘nothing’ as possible?
OR
I chose…
not to answer the question
what’s more important was…
what I learnt from that…
because in their own way,the actors of RUS101 have shown me the
‘beauty of simplicity’
long before…
I know the concept of
‘less is more’
German Pavilion at Barcelona (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1929)
*(‘less is more’ is originally ‘a phrase’ from the poem of ‘"Andrea del Sarto" by Robert Browning)
‘doing more with less’
Biosphère Montréal (Buckminster Fuller,1967)
*(Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983: American architect, author, designer, inventor & futurist)
‘less, but better’
606 Universal Shelving System (Dieter Rams, 1960)
*(Dieter Rams, 1932- : German architect, industrial designer)
"Weniger, aber besser"
‘minimalist’ movement
Rectangular Plates, Denton Cocker Marshall (2007)
Church on the Water, Tadao Ando (1988)
Piscina Loca, Alvaro Siza (1966)
Triggering senses (mydesignfolder.com) Zen Garden Sink, Gau Designs (2007)
or even the ‘zen’ philosophy
Banryutei Rock Garden (dragonflytours-japan.com)
what I’ve learnt most
but
from that day was
what I’ve learnt most
but
from that day was
the power of ‘NOTHING’
not only because the ‘upih’
VALUE OF ‘NOTHINGNESS’
had shown me how high the
and not also because I knew that
‘OUT OF NOTHING’
we all came
‘ex nihilo’
invisibly ‘NOTHING’(‘singly’)
that we are stillbut more so when I started to realize
invisibly ‘NOTHING’(‘singly’)
that we are still
although at the same time we are
visibly ‘SOMETHING’(‘wholly’)
but more so when I started to realize
becauseas we are created from an atom
[1 atom = 340 picometer (x 10-12)]
(of ‘segumpal tanah’)
(Source: microcosm.web.cern.ch)
we actually
(because one atom is 99.9% empty space)
are still nothing
(Source: physics.fsu.edu)
‘unity / oneness’
but due to the
of thethe zillions and cabillions of atoms
(hooked up by linked electrons)
they managed to form us as ‘SOMETHING’(solid human figure)
(Source: beyondbiology.org)
so
as a ‘something’ namedhuman being,
we are ‘designed’ by the GOD to be
(we should always realized that)
too small compared with other ‘something’…
too small compared with other ‘something’…
Source: After www.astronomy.org
MAN in comparison with EARTH
too small compared with other ‘something’…
EARTH in comparison with other PLANETS
Source for this (UNK attribution pix): www.rense.com
too small compared with other ‘something’…
PLANETS in comparison with SUN
Source for this (UNK attribution pix): www.rense.com
too small compared with other ‘something’…
SUN in comparison with STARS
Source for this (UNK attribution pix): www.rense.com
& too big compared with some other things..
& too big compared with some other things..
Grain of rice (8x2.5mm)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
& too big compared with some other things..
Grain of salt (0.5mm)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
& too big compared with some other things..
Baker’s yeast (3x4 μm) (micrometer : x 10-6 m)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
& too big compared with some other things..
Water molecule (275pm) (picometer : x 10-12 m)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
that’s why we also need to create
‘something’
by using all thesetoo big & too small things
to cater for our
FOOD
by using all thesetoo big & too small things
to cater for our
Source: dadadastudio.eu.htm
CLOTH
FOOD
by using all thesetoo big & too small things
to cater for our
Source: dadadastudio.eu.htm
Source: earthmoans.com
SHELTER
CLOTH
FOOD
by using all thesetoo big & too small things
to cater for our
Source: dadadastudio.eu.htm
Source: earthmoans.com
Source: NST, 15.8.07; Rahmat Othman
since all these too big & too small things often come with two different
but
‘offers’
to welcome them with two different
‘acceptances’
so, we have no other choicebut
‘e.g.’
sun ‘offers’ heatwind ‘offers’ storm/draught
andrain ‘offers’ flood
if the…
of course we need to create something
of course we need to create something
of course we need to create something
roof to protect us from solar radiation Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
of course we need to create something
wall to protect us from storm/draughtClimatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
of course we need to create something
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
stilts to protect us from flood
sun offers lightwind offers breeze
andrain offers water
but if the same…
so why not we create another thing
so why not we create another thing
lightpipe to provide us withnatural daylighting
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
so why not we create another thing
openings to provide us withnatural ventilation
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
so why not we create another thing
rain water collector to provide us with free water usage
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
‘in doing so’
but of course
we need to consider so
‘many things’in terms of
HUMAN
FACTORS
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
SOUL
BODY
HUMAN
MIND
FACTORS
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
SOCIAL
ECONOMY
CULTURAL
SOUL
BODY
HUMAN SOCIETY
MIND
FACTORS
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
AIR & WATER
LIVING CREATURES
LAND
SOCIAL
ECONOMY
CULTURAL
SOUL
BODY
HUMANENVIRONMENT SOCIETY
MIND
FACTORS
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
but although sometimes we seem very curious to consider
‘all those things’
‘basic thing’
but at many times we seem to ignore about more
because as in the case of us as..
‘human being’
who came
NOTHING
from nothingwho came
NOTHING ‘SOMETHING’
from nothing to somethingwho came
NOTHING ‘SOMETHING’ NOTHING
from nothing to something and back to nothingwho came
(only ‘roh’&
track record @ ‘dunia’)
so… every(some)thing
from nothingthat we produced
so… every(some)thing
should also beback to ‘nothing’
from nothingthat we produced
so that
‘the world’that we will pass to our sons tomorrow
so that
‘the world’that we will pass to our sons tomorrow
‘the same world’that we received from our fathers yesterday
is almost
but if this matter sounds too familiarto us already, so
‘how come’we still
produce a plastic bag in just
‘2 seconds’
Source: withfriendship.com
produce a plastic bag in just
‘2 seconds’but need
‘20 years’to return it back to ‘nothing’
Source: withfriendship.com
produce aluminium can in just
‘10 seconds’
Source: cans.planetark.org
produce aluminium can in just
‘10 seconds’but need
‘100 years’to return it back to ‘nothing’
Source: cans.planetark.org
& produce a polystyrene in just
‘12 seconds’
Source: lightstalkers.org/steve-barru
& produce a polystyrene in just
‘12 seconds’but with NO HOPE (non-biodegradable)
to return it back to ‘nothing’Source: lightstalkers.org/steve-barru
and so it goes to the
‘built environment’
so, if during our
important years here
we fail to equip ourselves with the full
understanding of..
Source: Wan Burhanuddin (2002)
FOR WHAT we need to do something
in WHAT WAY we will do it
are,….
Source: Wan Burhanuddin (2009)
& WHAT WILL BE the effects of doing ‘THING’
in order to make sure that what we..
PLANNED
in order to make sure that what we..
PLANNED
DESIGNED
in order to make sure that what we..
PLANNED
DESIGNED
BUILT
in order to make sure that what we..
‘Fallingwater’, Frank Llyod Wright (1935)
are ‘something’ that
well worth the effort
for us to live in
‘Cocos’, J.L Mausset (1998)
well worth the effort
for us to live inand
for our children to inherit
‘Cocos’, J.L Mausset (1998)
so why not we just keep‘thinking’ and ‘find’ better ways
so why not we just keep‘thinking’ and ‘find’ better ways
‘to do nothing’
and let all these beauties
‘Appreciating Biodiversity’, Talhah Idrus (2008) ‘Kuburan Sabak’ (2006)
‘Mistycal’, Rusli Jamaluddin (2009)
sustain ?