Tuesday, August 10, 2010

what is architecture?

Architecture is that great living creative spirit which from generation to generation, from age to age, proceeds, persists, creates, according to the nature of man, and his circumstances as they change.

And also, architecture is the our creativity and imagination blend of art and science in the design of environments of people. We, who been trained for being an architect have the play the role that transforming the needs into concepts and develop it into building images that can be constructed by other consultants. We serve in a leadership role to bring together the design and solve the problems and requirements set by the clients.

architecture also provides a sense of place and support of all types of human activity. Architecture helps the man-made fit in harmony with the environment while promoting health and well-being, enriching lives aesthetically and spiritually, providing economic opportunities and creating a legency that reflects and symbolizes cultures and traditions.


Monday, August 9, 2010

the disinformation of history


Before this, we all just believe and read the history from the books, and other mass media. And we just recorded all the facts from what we had read from those sources. we never realized and think about how true the history is. Where those prove from.

on the first lecture, lecturer shared with us about the disinformation. the history of Malacca. How they named the place as Malacca. How they know the tree that they saw the incident is called 'pokok melaka'. all these facts, i was just realized that, there are some facts that need more prove to proof the truth.

After all, make me think of how much we can trust about the history of malay architecture. since we have the conclusion of all the history is actually misleading us. And therefore, of course all the history no matter what kind of history also will become the incorrect information for all of us. And again, those facts will misleading us again and again. The disinformation will be continued to the next generations. That's how the disinformation is still occurring without realized by the people.

But, after all , how do we all trust that those information are actually wrong? for example, how do we confirm that the information that we get is actually misleading us?