I got the brief from my latest project called, turning an object into a culture, so the idea is to localized Ikea products, what that means is how does Ikea look like when it's not originally from Sweden? how is it gonna look like when...it's an Indonesian owned company? from the moment I read the brief I knew it's gonna be something that I will be very excited about doing in the future to actually do it in professional world. But as much as i'm excited about this Indonesian Ikea, I'm much confused and puzzled on how am I gonna apporoach it.
Why Ikea originated from Sweden has its own story to tell. Sweden has been home for amazing and talented designers back in the mid century, they explore materials very uniquely and they have respect on how a product should be made, that is with respect to arts and crafts not with mass production and machineries, and from that point on they develop the scandinavian look that become the aesthetic people crave today as seen in Ikea produsts. Then they also have address the contemporary issues of space-saving design for small scale urban apartments and they are conscious about the needs of poeple that they want their places to look ellegant but effortless, people want a warm cozy place that refelect their individual taste and more importantly making it affordable is the crutial key. From college student who merely just want to fill his dorm to a professional high
Friday, February 13, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Renovation of an Urban living
The chosen site : College Street between Brunswick Ave and Borden Street
This was taken from a project that we're doing for "design and analysis of space". Me and my team, David Tse and John Diessel was proposing redevelopment of residential area in downtown core Toronto, the basis of redevelopment would implement some of the key elements of infill housing. Infill housing is basically a renovation of underused buildings to maximize the land use.
We would begin to renovate or rehabilitate and improve existing buildings to accommodate greater density and mix-use of land such as living, recreation, retails and services on the plot of land from College north to Ulster, and from Borden east to Brunswick. This would allow for a complete rethink of how people live, work, play, and interact. We also will implement some of the technologies necessary to sustain and protect the real needs of the occupants, the city and the planet. The possibilities are infinite, the technologies are available, we just require the will.
The benefit of infill/eco housing Mix uses of housing provides retailers, business , services , public transport available steps away from your home. These will bring many benefits to the community:
Eliminate commuting and driving cars and thus improve the air quality
Create a safer and closer knitted community that look after one another
Open spaces for parks, agriculture, wildlife and farming is preserved
New business and jobs are created closer to where people live
Encourage healthier lifestyle: Walking, biking, public transit, and car sharing
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