Dusty by Peter Donders Collection on Sketchfab Peter Donders's furniture is beautiful. I am not sure whether I can sit comfortably on it, but it is so beautiful to just watch it. A large piece of jewelry? And the good news...
The Joy of the fish is a famous philosophical discussion in Chinese literature. My version of the story goes like this. Minh went to a conference in Wellington to present his research findings on how Chinese people using open public space. To conclude the talk...
In my PhD research, I have mapped down nearly ten thousand people. I have categorized them according to their age, gender, group size, and also their activities. To the eye of someone who has been living in Western countries for about 20 years now, I was...
Selecting case studies is no doubt an essential task in any research. Senior researchers might find it easy, but for a young architect like me, conducting a field survey for a research project in urban design, was not that easy, in fact, it took me...
Do you know the percentage of one-person households in advanced countries? The figure would surprise most of us. In some countries like Denmark, Germany, and Finland, this figure is more than 40% already. And when we combined one- and two-person households, the percentage will be...
As an architect who has been lived and worked on four different continents over the last 20 years, I am always amazed about how different cultures use private and public spaces differently. I actually spent much of my time watching people on the street, inside...
What is a design concept and how to develop a good design concept? are most frequently asked questions among design students. If you type the word concept design in Google, you will find about 300 thousand results. This seems many people including teachers have tried...
When I was young, I used to spend much of my time reading about great architects and designers. I wanted to become a great designer and therefore, I really wanted to find a way to get there. Preferably a shortcut. Firstly, I read several written by...
One of my friends, Mr. T, a software developer, had bought a house, about 65 m2 (9x7.2). He wants to convert this into a flat for him and his wife. They are both in their 50s now. More about his desire, he wanted to demolish all...