Theories Of Architecture Design

The Presenter Mr. James Lim Chin Wai is a lecturer in UCSI university, and also our studio master for Design Studio 4 this semester. He work in ZLG Architect a local firm and used to work in RSP Architect for 3 years in Singapore. He have a degree (BArch, Curtin University of Technology) from UK. He was invited to gave a talk during Tuesday afternoon 29 of Aug 2017. This talk is about him sharing his own working experiences during his industrial life such as the projects, the philosophy during work, and so on.  Projects: Point 92, Malaysia Point 92 is design by ZLG and was completed in late 2012, the building simply named after the size of the site itself, it sits  on a small site of 0.92 acres and consists of a single 19-storey tower with 200,000 sq feet of office space.  Point 92  is situated on a sloped site, overlooking Damansara Perdana and its ribbons of roads. The play of ambiance through the incorporation of day lighti...

5. Which is more appropriate in architecture today, materiality or immateriality? For me immateriality architecture is something more than the management of natural of natural and social situation. Immaterial architecture found its immediate consequence in the process of design: objects were no longer to be constructed to satisfy aspects of monumentality, formal style or functionality, but to generate a multitude of temporal perceptions and effects. It will not change established habits but rather it may offer those habits with greater flexibility.

The other day we had a talk by Mr. James Lim who is our lecturer in UCSI University and he was telling us about the architecture design project that he did during his working experience in the ZLG design firm and his working experience in Singapore. Most of the projects he did was based on random façade treatment, floating idea and mainly integrating with organic phenomenon into his buildings he worked on. He also shared his way of working differs from firm to firm. Big architecture firms comprise of architects, designers, engineers, draftsmen, etc. it consists of two teams where design team and project team. The design team starts off with ideas and basic form of the building, while the project team will undertake the design and develop furthermore to meet authority’s requirement.   These are the few buildings he carried out his work in architectural firm: - Point 92, Malaysia Natura gurney, Malaysia Residential projects, Kolkata, India Point 92, Malaysia...

MATERIALITY AND IMMATERIALITY Materiality Materiality in architecture is a concept that applied the use of various material or substance in building. This concept express when all the components of architecture form a close unity. Materialty in architecture is perceived to be solid, stable and reassuring. Olden days architecture are build to longer lasting and permanent.  As Paul Weiss stated "In final analysis any shape we are looking at has a history and is the result of a long process of development. As in this sense every shape is a momentary cross-section of a flow of shaping and transforming processes, what we admire as beauty and order is an index of the interrelation of moments in development. Consequently, the beauty of shapes is based on the regularities of their evolution."  Immateriality Immateriality in Architecture is an idea where material is an object, where architecture is more than management of natural and social situations. Focusing imm...

Our studio master Mr. James Lim gave a a wonderful speech about his journey in architecture life to us in theory class. His mesmerising projects that he has done while he was working in  zlg design at Singapore. Most of his projects/ideas was to merge nature into architecture world such as  random façade treatment, floating idea and mainly integrating with natural phenomenon into his buildings. For the lecture 5 (materiality and immateriality), the example of the buildings he talked was quite easy and catchy for us to understand. Besides that, he also shared about working life in architecture firms. The management team of design and project are  precise in working from the professionalism.  These are the buildings he talked in the class: -Point 92, Malaysia -Natura gurney, Malaysia -Old Folks Home, Kolkata, India 1) Point 92    ZLG design completed this work in late 2012. The name of the buil...

            Mr. James Lim Chin Wai is a lecturer in UCSI University under Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Built Environment. His has the following academic qualification: Postgraduate Diploma Architecture in University of East London, United Kingdom (UK); Bachelor of Architecture in Curtin University of Technology; Advanced Diploma Architecture in LimKokWing University of Creative Technology. Professional body is a graduate architect.             Purpose of this talk with Mr. James Lim is to share his architecture design projects during his working experiences in architect firm and in Singapore. He had been involving in design team to brainstorm and come out with many sketches. He used lots of slot and natural materials. He talk about his working experience from one firm to another firm. These are the few projects that he involved during his working time: Point 92, Malaysia ...