Started my research on Open Space :)
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Leave a Comment Since I was in Osaka, Japan. I decided to do a little research on public open space. An open space, owned by either private nor public but the main target is for the use of the public. One must remember that, even though they might be the same in shape and form; for example parks or waterfronts or plaza or even square. Those forms might have different aim and concepts. An approach used in different designs, brought different atmospheres and different environment. How those space cope with surroundings, becomes the most important key for the role of the open space. One day, i made a conclusion, that open space is actually an exact form of social catalyst. Then, I found out that famous lansdcape architecture is defining the same thing. So, I took the word catalyst, so deep in meaning. And since then on, my point of view for open space became wider.
We might not realise directly how those places I mentioned became usefull in life. But, I must say, if you have to imagine, taking away one of an open public spaces in your area where you live, and there with you remains only the residential, or trade and commercial. How would you feel? 
There, you could see how such open spaces could give a big influence in your social life. Where social activities takes place, where the city breaths, where there will be an interconnection of accesibility. Crawling into a deeper state of quantity and quality of urban life and how it affects the life of the city itself.
Anyone interested in open space design, or is an expert of landspace arechitecture. From various design backgrounds, researchers and all. Please welcome to share. Through this blogpost, i will make a tag of Open Space. And If I have new information later on open space. I will tag them under open space for an ease of search.
More information:
http://www.pps.org/
http://www.land8lounge.com/
both of them are the sites I follow up lately I’ll be waiting for your share everyone! 
Here are some photos I took during my surveys..
for more, please visit my flickr acount
yokohama.2009
Comments(2)I was there!
yokohama..If I have to think now, I might say that It was one of my dream to be there..
I stayed there for about an hour,,to capture this night shot of yokohama.
being honest, it was the most empty town I’ve visited so far in Japan probably it wasn’t the right timing, but it was wonderful and It was an unforgetable moment to be there. It was scary at the first time, because I went there only with my braveness. It is a place out of my sight, and I was a total foreigner. Only stepping in paths by feelings. And goodness it was soooooo magnificent. Just an expression which I will never be able too describe, and it is really worth to see. You’ll be dying coz amazement. Enjoy my photos! I hope everyone could enjoy as much as I did during my time in Yokohama. One word is never enough to describe. Wonderful! God is the All Mighty!
to see,,just click on the image below..
douzo..楽しんでくださいね！:)
I Miss This Blog
Comments(2)Well..
I miss this blog very much,
Beside, I have been writting too much in the other one, and then sort of forgot about this one..
But, anyways,
You can keep up with me on these two blogs. I like wordpress coz it looks totally formal and tidy. But on the other hand, I like blogspot for daily chats and talks, just fussing around upon daily contemplation. As I have told you all in the latest writing I did, I wanna dedicate this blog for something more serious. On design for the Most. And leave the whole writings in the other blogs. So fr design please visit this one, and for writtings please visit http://wordsmyworlds.blogspot.com
Enjoy!
check my other blog guys!
Hey everyone,,
I have been hiding from this blog (an imagination of a chasing blog, wanted to be written by me 
)
well.. actually, I want this blog to be more into a serious talking later on,
so I made another blog with another blog provider few moths ago,
have a look and enjoy,,
a little bit different from what I post here..
but please do seek and enjoy
Thank you all..
Just visit at:
O.M.O.T.E.S.A.N.D.O “Tokyo’s Architecture Street!”
Have you ever seen a place with whole streets filled with famous architect’s buildings?
Well..I was stumbling to my favourite magazine online www.pingmag.jp,
and I found this article on the headline for today!
“Architecture in Tokyo: Omotesando Street, Pt I”
It is like a heaven of precious things…
a Heaven of Life…
these buildings build only in Omotesando,,
Toyo Ito’s, Kisho Kurokawa’s, Tadao Ando’s..
Well..curious?
Just check this out! http://www.pingmag.jp/
air
aku ingin seperti air..
yang mudah menyesuaikan diri dengan keadaan..
air tahu kapan harus meniti jalan yang benar dan mana yang salah..
air,…adalah watak yang seharusnya kita tumbuhkan..
air..
menyegarkan..
by: Enrica Rinintya
NEO NATION – biennale jogja IX 2007 (part 2)
Another biennale’s artwork uploaded! enjoy!
See the beautiful effects made by the black lines…visual illusion!
Trying to play with compositions, and voila!
Looks like they’re all tangled, very nice artwork and attractive as well.
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I am so sure that the #2 picture is what the artist wanted to exhibit to people. It’s kinda taboo but it’s the artistic part of the light up statue. This things are covered with kebaya textiles for pattern and colour! what an idea!
Well..I’ll try to upload some more later. This 2nd part is all about human in pictures
NEO NATION – biennale jogja IX 2007 (part 1)
wow, I didn’t realise that this thing is gonna be a perfect HORROR!
This place (Jogja National Museum) is soooo creepy..But trust me, the exhibitions are great!!!!
See, indonesian’s aren’t that left behind! Lotsa potential, talent and creativity but only sometimes lack of confindence.
Scroll down and see what I caught during my visit to Jogja National Museum with my friend (Palupi Pinasthika). We were astonished, yet so amazed that the exhibiton and the place were so great!
a chairil anwar…I’m a fan of his novels. The idea of using a “teplok” lamp is so smart!
Why did i put this picture below that chairil anwar’s? well..you can guess why!
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I use to call these kind of paintings “mambo paintings”.. It’s just a special kind of Art, not everybody can do.
Ready, steady……GO!!!!!!!!!
The “moral turtle” a.k.a “kura-kura moral” , when you press the black thing, a slide show will be shown on the wall opposite to this turtle.
A real fossils are they? hmmm…gotcha! it’s fake! hihihi… Agus suwage’s I think..
For those who haven’t yet seen this exhibition, there’s still time to see it. The closing ceremony will be on January 28th, 2008 at 7 pm-2 am.. have a go at seeing the exhibiton.
I’m proud of Jogjakarta!
GOOD URBAN DESIGN, taken from Herald Tribune
It’s not necessarily the billion-euro development, star-architect-designed gallery or shiny new ferris wheel that makes locals feel good about their town. Monocle believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday wonders – pavements, well-designed schools, punctual transport – rather than one-off, grand projets. Here’s our list of the top 25 urban elements that make the city.
1) Airport road SingaporeIt’s remarkable how many cities pay so little attention to the key arteries leading to and from their major transport hubs.
As first impressions count for everything, getting this right goes a long way towards making residents feel happy they’re home and potential investors pull out their checkbooks. Singapore understands the business of first impressions better than any other city. Its ultra-lush landscaping from Changi is testimony to this.
2) Street clocks Prague, Czech Republic
Sometimes you don’t have a piece of Swiss watchmaking strapped to your wrist. On these occasions, time-keeping is made so much easier if there are well-maintained street clocks.
In Prague there is no excuse for running late. The streets are filled with elegant clocks fixed on top of tall, slender poles. Some clock faces are back-lit, allowing them to double as street lamps, while others have route-finding features attached.3) Bike lockers, Chicago, USA
For many Chicago commuters the landmark of the $500 milliom (€371 million) Millennium Park is the bicycle station quietly tucked away in a corner. The two-level McDonald’s Cycle Center provides indoor storage for 300 bicycles, lockers and private showers with towel service. Built with federal funds, the park sold the naming rights to McDonald’s last year, which will cover the station’s operating costs for the next 50 years.
4) Outdoor cinemas Athens, Greece
The Athenians know how to do cinema, but eschew velvet seats, popcorn and surround sound for the simple sophistication of gravel under foot, the scent of honeysuckle and jasmine, cold Mythos, sunflower seeds and moonlight. On sweltering summer nights, book your canvas director’s chairs in one of Athens’s 60 or so Therini Kinematografi and join the cicadas experiencing the stars beneath the stars.
5) Trams Various cities, EuropeThere’s something quite magical about watching trams in Barcelona, Strasbourg or Frankfurt glide silently along beds of grass as they do their city circuit. Where possible, this attractive combination of efficient public transport and inspired landscaping should be standard as part of the urban fabric.
6) Well-designed apartments Steinhausen, SwitzerlandThe high-rise gets the Swiss treatment. In Steinhausen, Switzerland, architectural firm Scheitlin-Syfrig + Partner has designed minimalist apartment blocks constructed from red cedar wood. While other cities continue to build Identikit 1970s-inspired blocks, these point to an alternative and more satisfying direction for apartment living.
7) Urban landscaping Melbourne, AustraliaWhether it’s for skating, cycling, jogging or simply taking a stroll at dusk we always hunt out a bustling riverfront. Melbourne brings the focus back towards its waters with the new Birrarung Marr park located on the north bank of the Yarra river, adjacent to Federation Square. With landscaping by Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Paul Thompson, heritage-listed elms and native flora are brought right back into the city — something Monocle thinks can only be a good thing.
Child’s play Tokyo, JapanJapanese convenience-store Lawson is diversifying with new brands Natural Lawson, Lawson 100 and Lawson Plus. The latest is Happy Lawson in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district, which is aimed at parents of small children. This child-friendly conbini sells food, toys and books and offers up to two hours of childcare.
9) Summer houses Copenhagen, DenmarkThe rise of all-inclusive package tours in the 1970s almost killed off the garden allotments that are a fixture in cities across Europe. With three weeks in the Canaries affordable to the masses, a patch of vegetables surrounded by a few apple trees and a tiny house no longer looked so attractive. Today, the concept of grow-your-own and holidaying closer to home has made garden allotments the height of modernity and Copenhagen’s sturdy little colony houses a benchmark for sustainable community planning.
10) Green space projects New York, USUntil recently, few people thought of the High Line, an abandoned subway track snaking through the West Side of Manhattan 9 meters above the ground, as anything other than ruins. Now the 2.4km of track is set to become an elevated park, spanning Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. Developers are already starting to move into the area – expect more apartments, restaurants and offices to appear shortly.
11) Fire station Gelsenkirchen, GermanyEvery city could use an iconic fire station – the simple things done well mark out a great urban environment. Designed by Boge Lindner Architects, this fire station can be found at Gelsenkirchen, in the north of Germany. The two-storey building features a modernist design, black concrete exterior and glass paneling. The gym, bedrooms and roof patios add a domestic touch.
12) Public loos Tokyo, JapanThe public lavatories at Tokyo’s Omotesando Hills center prove that even the humblest of amenities deserve attention from the world’s top architects. Designed by Tadao Ando with an opaque glass front, they glow like a lantern at night and more than hold their own in a street lined with buildings by famous architects.
13) Wi-Fi hot spots Málaga, SpainWe’ve had enough of running around cities trying to find a Wi-Fi hotspot. Call this a business town? That’s why we salute Málaga and its ambitions to become the most Wi-Fi enabled city in the world. With the help of telecoms company FON España, it plans to have free access in over 80 per cent of the city by the end of the year.
14) Perfect park I Stockholm, SwedenNestled in the heart of Stockholm but somehow slightly removed at the same time, Djurgården is a bit of country in the city with the added attraction of a zoo, restrained theme park, stately residences and cosy cottages. At once wild and perfectly manicured, it’s the best park we know for an after-work picnic, a Saturday afternoon in the long grass or an evening stroll in late September.
15) A modernist mall Miami, USAIf malls are going to continue to be a feature of sprawling suburbs then they should take inspiration from the best. Bal Harbour Shops north of Miami continues to win awards for its great management and tenant mix — Bottega Veneta, Saks, Tod’s and Chloé. Launched in 1965, it has become a modernist masterpiece by preserving its typography, fountains and art. With its abundance of greenery and outdoor concept (no air-con in the common spaces) it was eco-chic long before the term was invented.
16) City swimming Copenhagen, DenmarkTaking a dip in cool waters is one of the loveliest ways to shake off those frustrating, chaotic city days. The Kastrup Sea Bath in Copenhagen, designed by White Architects, is a soothing wooden structure featuring a long jetty that culminates in a gentle arc-shaped swimming and diving platform.
17) Perfect park II London, UKLondon has lots of parks but none is as beautiful as Regent’s Park, designed by the architect John Nash in 1811. There are over 166 hectares of boating lakes, nature reserves, rose gardens and football pitches. But we love it for an early morning jog when it can feel like you have a huge slice of London all to yourself – well, apart from the camels, monkeys and kangaroos nodding at you from their enclosures in adjacent London Zoo.
18) Covered market Barcelona, SpainThere is nothing quite as inspiring as doing your weekly shopping at a local, colorful and chaotic city market. Barcelona gets it right again with the Santa Caterina market, recently refurbished with a riotous design by Benedetta Tagliabue and Enric Miralles.
19) Police boxes Tokyo, JapanNo matter where you are in central Tokyo, you’re never far from the nearest police box, or koban. Manned by at least two policemen, the koban is community policing in action – the place to go in emergencies or simply for directions. Look out for the police issue Bridgestone bikes and the koban sign with kawaii (cute) mouse Pi-Po, the mascot of the Tokyo Police.
20) Cosy high street Sydney, AustraliaSydney’s not blessed with many great shopping areas – witness what’s become of poor Double Bay. But the mini high street of Plumer Road is a beacon. The low red-brick buildings have a welcoming post-school buzz when children gather to buy sweets and mums pull up in BMW X5s to pick up roast chicken for their dinner tables in Vaucluse. At weekends locals walk down to grab coffees and papers. Plumer Road works because it’s compact and has all the shops and services you need.
21) Signage Berlin, GermanyAs we’re not getting any younger and taxi drivers tend not to be from the city they happen to be driving in, the easier it is to read the numbers on the outside of a building the better. Berlin ( In fact many German cities) make illuminated numbers a standard feature on offices, apartment blocks and single family residences. In our dream city, we’d make it part of the building code and enforce it rigorously.
22) Railway station Filisur, SwitzerlandThere’s no excuse for suburban platforms to be unwelcoming places to wait for a connection to the city center. For authorities short on design inspiration, a trip on the Rhätische Bahn between Chur and St Moritz is a good place to start. The tiny station at Filisur shows what can happen when you reduce a project to the essentials – good materials, superior construction and smart design. The wood, concrete and steel structure fits perfectly with the Alpine setting but would work as well in the suburbs of Busan.
23) Street seating Barcelona, SpainEvery city needs functional, high-quality seating from which to watch the world go by. Monocle is a fan of Barcelona’s robust and iconic benches. Find these scattered throughout the city’s streets and public squares and take time out to enjoy the view.
24) Bridge Paris, FranceWith its undulating pathway and 12m-wide plaza suspended above the Seine, the Simone de Beauvoir footbridge in Paris, designed by Feichtinger Architects, joins the recently redeveloped Bercy district on the Right Bank to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on the Left, offering a scenic and relaxing way to experience the city.
25) Seamless integration Tokyo, JapanJapan is leading the way in imaginative mixed-use developments. One of the latest is Tokyo Midtown, a €2.23 billion retail, office and apartment complex. Along with carefully selected restaurants and fashion stores – no tacky chains here – it also offers first-rate food shopping and a 24-hour supermarket. There’s a cultural element too, in the Suntory Museum, and a design exhibition center.
hmmm…
cari tempat Kerja Praktek liburan semester depan..kemana ya?
