THE ARCHITECT ( NORMAN FOSTER)

norman foster

philosophy

foster breaks with tradition. the key to foster's approach is that he seems always to be aspiring to an elsewhere, another world, partly that of a long-gone age - the world of industrial pioneers, the mystical and fascinating world of jules verne... a world too of contemporary futurism, space conquest, science fiction and cartoon strips, a world of suprahuman places. foster's single minded individualism is exceptional, he refuses to be lumped in with the 'high-tech' style, he recognizes no professional peers. --------- '... no detail should be considered too small' foster said, ' the ends are always social - generated by people rather than the hardware of buildings... ... since it's inception, more than thirty years ago, the studio has been driven by the pursuit of design excellence, based on a belief that our surroundings directly influence the quality of our lives, whether in the workplace, at home or in the wide variety of public spaces in between... ... we use technology, but not just for its own sake. I believe that the best architecture comes from a synthesis of all of the elements that comprise a building: the structure that holds it up, the services that allow it to work, the ecology of the building - whether it is naturally ventilated, whether you can open a window, the quality of natural light, the materials used - their mass or their lightness, the character of the spaces, the symbolism of the form, the relationship of the building to the skyline or the streetscape, and the way in which the building signals its presence in the city or the countryside. I think that holds true whether you are creating a landmark or deferring to historical setting. successful architecture addresses all these things, and many more... ...the quest for quality embraces the physical performance of buildings - how do they endure in a world subject to volatile change? - do they survive or become obsolete? - does the quality of thinking that lies behind their design anticipate needs which could not even be defined when they were created? only the test of time can tell...

MY DAY TODAY..

Today is a Saturday..a whole of student here are going back or hanging out with their friend...but i and my friend in this architecture studio still do our task..sometimes i feel that very bored with all this..but sometimes i enjoyed it because i don't need to waste my money out there...This is architecture student life...i should proud..
Our lecturer give new assignment or we known as a project...our new project is about guard house...very interesting...but the day by day,my skin become dark because the sunshine..so.this is my sacrifice actually...even i still student...and i want to to learn more about life...

CHAPTER 4

CYCLICAL TIMELINE MODELS

What we have yet to be familiar with is the cyclical historial timeline which locates major in a cyclical manner."History repeats itself" may thus be explained not as exact events by domination of the management of earth.

In my class today, my lecturer ask me to fine isn't the story about ISLAM of PROPET is NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W..

According the AL-QURAN, NABI MUHAMMAD is the last of propets in ISLAM..Along time ago,now and hereafter..

Let's say,it;s all refers to the AL-QURAN.