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Send us Fan Mail What motivates a student of architecture to excel? What gives confidence and inspires a student of architecture to be successful in his / her career? There are elements at play in the architecture design studio programme that will ensure this. Revisiting the master-apprentice (tutor-student) system that has been watered down or less effective in today's practice in universiti...

Send us Fan Mail A series of podcast episodes start with the Introduction to Architectural Theorists, wherein in Part 2, we have the: •Formalism and space:  John Summerson •Modernist: Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Le Corbusier, Ebenezer Howard Some elaborations have been added to the introduction done via YouTube in this link:  Introduction to Architectural Theory [L-T1 2021-22AT] Also my tribute to Prof...

Send us Fan Mail Professionalism, if practice as a detached and impersonal service, may not serve its' intended purpose. Therefore, in this candid take on stating that "everything is personal" proposes the idea that we need to take everything we do, personally. It has to care and matter what effects we want the result to be. Whether you agree or not, this is just an exploration of h...

Send us Fan Mail A series of podcast episodes start with the Introduction to Architectural Theorists, wherein in Part 1, we have the  Historical theorists such as Vitruvius, Palladio, Le-Duc, and Ruskin. Some elaborations have been added to the introduction done via YouTube in this link:  Introduction to Architectural Theory [L-T1 2021-22AT] © 2022 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Ph...

Send us Fan Mail To design with empathy, there is a need to train the architect, architectural designers, interior designers, property developers, contractors, and those in the construction industry, on accessibility and universal design. It is essential in this day and age, to build knowledge and skills so that they can help themselves and their companies, by understanding the concept of disabili...

Send us Fan Mail Always start with feelings rather than thoughts, as the expression that comes out of feelings in either writing or drawing your ideas would be closer to what is needed to convey to get the message across to the audience or someone perceiving your work. It is not one or the other but the practice of writing and drawing for an architectural designer can interchangeably do the job, r...

Send us Fan Mail In previous podcast episodes, we discussed what happens between the student and tutor in the studio in our interview podcasts, plus the design processes in topics such as Design Process in Architecture Studio Curriculum, for example.  We want to explain further the "myth" of the feedback processes in studio-based learning based on an article: David McClean & Neasa Ho...

Send us Fan Mail  A critique of a trending design is the STRAMP, a combination of staircase and ramp, designed in a way that is hazardous and dangerous to use by many people. With the uninformed designer it may look like a good idea but using the first principles of what is a staircase and what is a ramp, this podcast provides some idea of the problem with the design, if you are not skilled and kn...

Send us Fan Mail A quick introduction to what is industrial design quoting from the book "Industrial Design (World of Art) by John Heskett". This podcast was recorded in 2020. © 2022 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Photo (artwork): "Talk Architecture" by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob; Bus Stop drawing by Kamelia Jambari Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Understanding...

Send us Fan Mail Another special feature commemorating the Month of Ramadan, at the midway point, we ask the question of "mosque architecture" in light of "domestic architecture"; has mosque architecture lost the sense of harmony and balance to achieve a sense of place for spirituality, that intimate spaces in domestic or vernacular architecture embody? The idea is to create a...

Send us Fan Mail This is a special edition commemorating the First Day of the Month of Ramadan, where Muslims practice fast from before sunrise to sunset every day, without consuming drinks or food and abstaining from certain activities. But what does this have to do with architecture? My take on this short podcast is to propose that, it has a lot to do with architecture, in particular "pheno...

Send us Fan Mail The 'architecture anarchist' is a recent trend amongst the young architectural graduates to comment about architecture but without design practice experience. Is that acceptable? However, this could be due to the "instability" of the architecture profession in terms of not allowing for a diversity of thoughts to emerge in architecture education. Are fewer archi...

Send us Fan Mail Architecture education is the key factor to making accessibility happen to include all people into mainstream development. This piece discusses the salient points needed to happen to make an impact in society: 1) The anthropometric and ergonomic aspects in the first year and universal design is integrated into the main studio course at first degree; 2) Continuous professional deve...

Send us Fan Mail My explanation on how we integrate and assess theory in the students assignment and studio work for second year first semester.  © 2022 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Photo: Talk Architecture image by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Support the show Do subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more...

Send us Fan Mail As a social entrepreneur, I would like to pose two ideas of which the first one being, whether it is possible to teach a blind person to be an architect? A different way to approach architecture design, where we may call it "sensory design" or "multi-sensory design" or an extension of "universal design" even.  For the second idea, we could be more exp...

Send us Fan Mail The discussion continues with two other articles and principles learned from "multisensory" design and approach, and "sensory design" apart from David Eagleman, the neuroscientist. I extracted some of the principles and discussed them further to summarize some way forward to design the universal design bus stop Version 3 and other designs.  © 2022 Talk Architec...

Send us Fan Mail The discussion refers to the "Now concept" episodes and "Architecture and Disability" with reference to a Ted Talk by David Eagleman on "Can We Create New Senses for Humans" where I find this talk by the neuroscientist amazing exploring ideas on sensory substitution and sensory addition working with blind and deaf persons, such as the "umvelt&quo...

Send us Fan Mail "Designing an experience is a unique responsibility of an architect. The theory of phenomenology acknowledges this responsibility by implementing sensory design in order to establish experiential, architectural space. Phenomenology demonstrated in architecture is the manipulation of space, material, and light and shadow to create a memorable encounter through an impact on the...

Send us Fan Mail The final part of the discussion on the assessment and examination processes called the Portfolio Review which is symptomatic of the architecture education system in Malaysian schools of architecture. Focusing on the Design Thesis.  © 2022 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Photo: Design Thesis 2019-2020 unit 2 online discussion by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Leadership Lesson...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing the discussion on the assessment and examination processes called the Portfolio Review which is symptomatic of the architecture education system in Malaysian schools of architecture. Is it just a way to verify the grades or a way to ensure quality is maintained? What is it for really?  © 2022 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob Photo: Talk Architecture image...

Send us Fan Mail This discussion compares the assessment and examination processes with the AA School of Architecture, and other schools that have terms, with Malaysian schools of architecture. Many architecture schools in Malaysia follow what is practised among others more established and also the incorporation of portfolio review in the examination process. This is not the only mechanism that is...

Send us Fan Mail Viewing from the mental health perspective, including mind, body and soul concept, we ventured into the notion of "time and space". The relevance of the past only as precedents and only to learn from, and any recollection is for the "now" suggests that "time is relative" and there is no such thing as time, actually. "Space" therefore needs a...

Send us Fan Mail The 1st day Lunar Year chat around the dining table. Four individuals chatting about Part 3 Professional Certification and comparing it to getting doctorate. Issues of getting jobs and mentoring. Same protagonists as Part 3 & 4 episodes on Architecture Design Problems, but more about practice. Excuse the language used and it’s partly in Malay language about 1/4 of the time in...

Send us Fan Mail Why do we have practical training subjects in architecture schools? In particular to be done traditionally as a "year out" course after the 3rd year and before the M Arch or 4th year. I found the experience an essential part of learning and gaining confidence, and believe that at least 6 months and better still, a year of practical training having a certain role in an ar...

Send us Fan Mail An informal chat on the first day of the Lunar Year of the Tiger (February 1, 2022) with Kamelia Jambari and Amalina Azizan, where we started off with "research by design" or "design by research" conundrum. Then somehow, it led to us having a chat about senior living and accessibility. We tried to steer back to what we started. Hopefully some insights on the th...