Blu Creativity on Archdaily

Our project, Blu Creativity has been published on Archdaily!

...this time the image looks normal, hurray!

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Click HERE to see other entries on Blu Creativity
Click HERE to see Blu Creativity in our official website
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Blu Creativity on Designboom

Our project Blu Creativity has been published on Designboom!

porous space..

Original article on Designboom HERE

Official page on Blu Creativity with more pictures HERE

Find out about behind the scene HERE

Other Facet Studio projects covered by Designboom HERE

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Meaningful Design in a Logical Way

Facet Studio has been included in Shanghai's Designer & Designing magazine as one of the practices of outstanding young architects.

Multiple projects have been covered, including: Streetology, Blu Creativity, Watermoon, M House

The interview was named "Meaningful Design in a Logical Way", which I thought was apt for our approach and the Chinese translation was true to the original.  Overall, happy with the article.
And I must say it is flattering to know that people that far away are interested to hear about what we think of design and philosophies..

 

 

 

 

Cover of Designer & Designing Issue 65

Blu Creativity on IndesignLive

Blu Creativity has been published on IndesignLive!

 

To read the article enter HERE
To see more about Blu Creativity HERE
To see more photos of Blu Creativity HERE

Calculated accidents

I thought it is about time to share some "behind the scene" of Blu Creativity.

 

It is a kind of project which comes across as "effortless", because that is what we try to achieve, a relaxed sense of resort escape - of course everything needs to look effortless!
....but is it really.... nah....never....

With Blu Creativity our aim is to create a "resort escape in the middle of the city", and we are approaching it in 2 ways:
1. by visualising natural phenomenon - wind;
2. by blurring the sense of boundary with layers of porous and translucent space divisions.

.... and whatever seems accidental.... was not.......

large model to study the spatial quality in detail...even the "jungle gym" and curtains were built 

testing relationship between overhead fan and curtain height: (from left to right) same height / curtain higher than fan / curtain lower than fan... truth be told, the way air moves is very different from what we expected... 

installing the fan

very organised and methodological welding process.... as welding was taking place on site to encase the existing heritage structure without touching it, a lot of care and precision was required

slowly....one by one..... lots of patience

setting out of joinery units by electrician and joiner...
all electrical work was concealed in joinery units so they had to work very closely
as with all old buildings, what looks square is never square., what looks straight is never straight
... it took a long time to determine what is "centre" in this context..

a sea of joinery....

huge waiting table was brought in in 2 pieces and joint on site.
all joinery were also designed with "holes" in them, so to not disturb the air movement

Yet another year - IDEA 2013 is approaching

Seems like yesterday that me and Yoshi flew over to Melbourne for IDEA Awards 2012 Jury days, suddenly we are already presenting for IDEA Awards 2013.

This year the Jury presentation took place in Sydney, and the award ceremony will take place in Melbourne later this year.

I presented Blu Creativity, shortlisted under Retail category.

Blu Creativity - a resort escape in the middle of the city

at the presentation venue... this is Room 1 where I presented, with more public viewing

This is Room 2, where other categories are presenting at the same time.  I am not sure which room I would prefer ... to have more people looking or to be up close with the jury panel...

Art where least expected

It is a funny feeling when a project goes into construction.
All the things in our head starting to take shape in the physical world, ah the joy of creation...
Here we have just started roughing in the services for Blu Creativity, like an Entree served before the Main course.
After a 3 months design period, I am finding emotional attachment to the construction site, that everything started to look beautiful to me.

copper parts the plumbers use to connect pipe works
(entirely different medium, but the scattered composition and materiality kind of reminded me of Jasper Johns and Rosalyn Gascoigne....) 

rolls of cables electricians use to provide power, like single line drawings on the floor

electrician bringing in power through existing overhead tracks

plumbers and pipes...
(a bit of compositional influence from Jeffrey Smart)