THIS YEAR’S ARCHIDEX 2016 EVENT AND PAM DESIGN FORUM FOCUSED ON FUTURE COMMUNITIES SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING TOGETHER BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CREATIVES ALIKE, CONSIDERING THE RE-EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL URBANISM THROUGH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND DISCIPLINES.
OBSERVATION AND NEGOTIATION AT THE CULTURAL SHORELINE. A SHIFTING APPROACH TOWARD DESIGN AND PRESERVATION IN RAPIDLY CHANGING HO CHI MINH CITY, art4d TALKS WITH HTA + PIZZINI ARCHITECTS.
USING LINE AS LANGUAGE, YOON HYUP’S PAINTING PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF PLAYING IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC, WHERE LINE AND DOTS ARE CALLED UPON TO EXPRESS ENERGY WITH FLOW AND RHYTHM.
FROM THE DELICACY OF DETAIL IN BAMBOO TO THE VITALITY OF CREATING AN URBAN STRUCTURE, art4d SPOKE WITH VO TRONG NGHIA ABOUT HIS AIM TO EXPLORE EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO GO BEYOND THE EXISTING STANDARDS
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BELIEF TAKES ON A PHYSICAL FORM? DO THE MEANINGS BEHIND BECOME OBSCURED AS THEIR MATERIALITY IS STRENGTHENED? art4d CAUGHT UP WITH SANITAS PRADITTASNEE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER RECENT EXHIBITION, ‘CAPTURING THE INTANGIBLE’ WHICH EXPLORES JUST SUCH…
THIS INDONESIA-BASED DESIGN STUDIO HAS GAINED MUCH TRACTION IN THE INDUSTRY FOR THEIR INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT GIVES EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO RESEARCH, COLLABORATION AND EXPERIMENTATION.
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“ARCHITECTURE IS A THING THAT IS VERY, VERY BASIC. EVERYONE CAN ENJOY AND EVERYONE CAN BUILD,” DESCRIBED HO CHI MINH CITY-BASED TOAN NGHIEM OF A21 STUDIO FOR WHOM THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE DISCIPLINE IS TO ACHIEVE NOT ANY SORT OF FORM, BUT FREEDOM.
IN RECENT CONVERSATION WITH art4d, BANGKOK-BASED ARCHITECT, BOONLERT HEMVIJITRAPHAN OF BOONDESIGN REVEALED THAT HIS WILL TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF DOMESTIC LIVING IS GROUNDED IN SOMETHING MORE THAN SIMPLY BEING RETICENT.
THE PROPELLER GROUP OF HO CHI MINH CITY ARE TAKING ON CHICAGO, AS THE FIRST COLLECTIVE AND ARTISTS WORKING IN ASIA TO BE SELECTED FOR THE MCA’S ‘ASCENDANT ARTIST’ SERIES.
