In the concept of making the good architecture and correct architecture, it might be a very similar in meaning, but in reality the different between them is wide enough to be necessarily considered. To be a good architect you just need to build those good architectures, but to be a great or even a brilliant architect, we must build a correct architecture. It means that most of architects in this world, are satisfied for only being good architects. But only a few of architects would continue learning for being correct architects. After the lesson learnt in the topic of “The Real Architect”, we became more understand in differentiate them two. A good architect only considering about applicative building, what the building used for, and how strong and firm the building is, the structure is. Because if we want to build this kind of architecture, even a contractor more firm and more useful than that. It is true that firmness and usage of the building, but as an architect, we got to be designing something, and what important about design is creativity, innovation, and on the top of all is delightfulness. Design is exist and to be used to please anyone who see it. If we are designing something and the design that we made is able to please those who see it, it means that our design is successful.
A correct architect building is like a poem. Once you are inside it, you can feel it when you see it, when you touch it, and make your heart blended into it, into the atmosphere that the space create, and eventually make you heart admiring it deep inside and enjoy it, that what is called a great and correct Architect! And the building itself not only just exist there as an ordinary building like the building that we can build anywhere we want. Correct Architect building also have to have a connection with its entire surroundings. A building with an artistic concept and artistic value that can connect the interior (inside the building) and the exterior (outside the building). And one more important thing, correct architecture absolutely not to design it to become taller or bigger than other buildings. Like the Burj Khalifa Dubai, which built to compete its height. Correct architect is not about competing nor comparing.
The case that I chose for the study case of correct architecture is Singapore Esplanade. The reason I chose this building is because its value present in it. Whether the space inside it or the extreme exterior of it. Singapore Esplanade is made to be Singapore’s art and culture center building. It is often used for exhibition artwork, musical concert, and even the drama theater. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress against incoming infantry or artillery. Esplanades became popular in Victorian times when it was fashionable to visit seaside resorts. Therefore in constructing the esplanade Singapore which is used as an art exhibition centre and theatre, they used the original concept of this esplanade, and mixed it with the usage of the building itself. What makes the building great is the way it makes visitors delightful when they go inside the building. Visitors can feel the atmosphere and the purpose of the building in just seeing it and being there.
The exterior of the building itself is designed to fit its surroundings, it is shaped like a durian (which is known as a tropical countries’ typical fruit), and by the time you see the building you will be given an image of tropical atmosphere. And this durian shape building is an innovative stride in architecture field, and nobody had ever built this kind of shape before. And if we look the building in its creativity aspect, it also gives us an artistic value presents in the building itself.
And if we look more into the detail of the building, we actually can see that between two thorns (a cladding of aluminium sunshades), there is a hole covered by unadorned glass. At first people thought that the building would be like another greenhouse building (which means the building itself would make a horrible ventilating of air inside), but when the final project resulted, it is finally broke all the critics, because the building was resulted in contrary of what they first thought. The cladding made from aluminium make the building reflect the sun heat and the over ultraviolet which attempt to enter the building and could cause the building become very hot as a greenhouse. In fact the building itself does not need a huge amount of electricity power needs to operate air conditioners, because the building itself has already designed to alleviate the heat the sun could cause, and in normal condition when the weather in tropic country like Singapore getting hot, it only needs to open some air conditioners with necessary degree needs, and when it is cold, the building itself does not need to open any air conditioner.
And the space between two thorns make the sunshine possible to penetrate the building, so it would be a natural illumination for the building in daylight. That is what makes it special. The building suit the surrounding very well, whether the design or the ability of the building itself, both makes the perfect solution of what the buildings in tropical countries really need.
The building itself actually used for concert hall, theatre for performing arts, exhibition hall for artworks, library, and mall or shopping centre. It is a multi-functions building, that connected to singapore’s other shopping centre from the underground link passage. So the building also connects well with the other buildings of Singapore. The building now becomes one of the singapore’s pride, which makes it very useful when important events in Singapore want to be held, such as the whole country new year countdown and many other celebrating events. And in my opinion, the building itself is one of the correct architecture, because it has all the condition needs to be a correct architecture. For not mentioning its firmness and the commodity it provides to people, which are the basic need of a building to be built. In its delightfulness, creativity and innovative aspects, the building developed more than a correct architecture building ever need of. Thank you very much.
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Very good. Just make it clearer, You may build a house of very good quality, but it doesn't meet the demand of your grand mom who commits you to do the design. That very good building thus becomes an incorrect design, right?
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