Hi all, you might be aware of, I am doing my PGCHE (a British teaching qualification in higher education) and for my third assignment I am piloting a blended and flipped classroom. If you are around on campus, let me know 🙂
Update 2: Completed Bamboo Pod 1
Just a quick update on the bamboo sitting pod #1, our trial exercise. Four of us (Zheng, Maxine, Matt and I) completed it in two days despite the heavy downpour. It was completed faster than we planned. The structure stays there as the owner would like to keep it (we planned to take it down straightaway), hence temporary structure support stays for redundancy.
Before we launch the second construction this month (July 18th), here is a gif of the first pod encapsulating the process. And some paps of the final pod.
Sponsored by Aksen (China and Indonesia).
Digital Architecture Spring 2020: Module Evaluation Form
This week we are wrapping up our module on Week 17 with feedback on your last submission. I would appreciate if you can spare a few minutes to fill in this survey, the module evaluation form. I believe the last 17 weeks have been a great journey for both learners and myself as a facilitator. This survey will be my starting point to reflect on my teaching practice to improve for next year.
Appreciate it, ta.
Our new brand: KALA
Find us in Instagram @kalaartdecor, in Wechat: kala_artisanal
As a subsidiary of Aksen (Indonesia and China), we launched our dual line brand, KALA. This brand is for our mum, who passed away in November 2019. Her sudden passing was (and still is) difficult for us and it led my sister and I decided to get back to our root. My sister moved back to our home city not long after my mum’s passing and she became the anchor of our brand in Indonesia.
KALA provides high quality stylish home decor and accessories that highlight a few simple attainable changes towards an eco friendly lifestyle that keeps both environmental and human safety at the core of our philosophy. There is always an Indonesian touch ensuring we empower our craftsmen and promote Indonesian culture and craftmanship.
Based on the etymology referring to Wikitionary , KALAĂ‚Â means
“waktu” in Indonesia or “time” in English. While in Hindi origin word means “arts” or “a skilled craft”. The Javanese handwriting in the logo reflects our roots, our ancestors in Yogyakarta sultanate.
Our products are also in GoEco online platform, an Indonesian based platform for sustainable products.
Update 1: Design Iterations and Prototypes
If you are interested to follow on the updates on the bamboo pod we are building this month, please have a look on my IG stories. Here is per today’s update 🙂 We decided to do a trial run on building the Initial Concept 3 design starting on June 25th.
First bamboo architecture project in Siming Mountains
What will we build? A sitting pod using locally sourced bamboo poles in Siming Mountains.
Timeline: 25 June – 2 July 2020
Background: Aksen (China and Indonesia)’s summer research and hands-on digital design activities. Due to the pandemic, Matt and I will be spending the three months summer in China this year, not in the UK; so we laid out a busy (and productive) summer with multiple projects.
For this bamboo building exercise, we need approximately 10 volunteers for our first bamboo building simple structure (which I am happy to inform we have reached the number), which entails a trifold research agenda (in computational design, embodied creativity and design pedagogy). We’ll also get to expand our knowledge with Weishun and he might also bring some students from Zhejiang University. It is a small step in a right direction as I have this in mind for more than a year. Hence I joined the BambooU course and Digital Futures workshop in mixed reality in 2019 to fill in the blanks. This project serves as a datum line for our future research in mixed reality (with Hololens), we’ll get to observe and document on-site problems before addressing them with mixed reality. We’ll also get to make lots of mistakes along the way.
Please get in touch for the T&C.Ă‚Â Follow our progress and learnt lessons along the way via my IG’s stories.
Call for Donation: 100 coveralls from Indonesia
Edit: donation has been raised in 24 hours, thank you for your kind help.
Hi all, I am running a small donation campaign to send coveralls to frontliners in Indonesia. If you are in position to help me with the cost of one or two coveralls, please donate. QR codes are available on the flyers for those who live in China or familiar with Chinese payment methods (Wechat Pay or Alipay). Otherwise, donation can be received through my: Indonesian BCA account, British Barclays account or Chinese BoC account. I will bear other costs such as delivery and tax, the 85RMB price is the price from factory for one piece.
Contact me on Whatsapp and Wechat: +8613884434131 and I will share my honest plan and information in hand. Thank you for reading.
PGCHE EDU710 Assignment 1 Practice Class: Materials
Due to the fact that I am unable to record my students in China (as we started the semester on distance learning) with the support of friends and family; I am recording a session in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Here are the slides:
PGCHE teaching practice slides low
And here are the supporting materials:
Group 1 Group 2Ă‚Â Group 3 Link to the peer evaluation, click here.
Online forum discussion can be found at the bottom of this page.
Week 1: About the module and important notions
Hi all, here are the materials for this Week 1. First part explains about this module (aims and objectives, learning outcomes etc). The second part gives a brief introduction through my writing in terms of digital design pedagogy, click here to download the paper. There are audio embedded on the files so please click of the “play button” icon.
Attached is the Harvard referencing guide for academic writing, for the essay submission. If you have a different existing referencing guide you have been using during your study, let me know and we can discuss.
Harvard referencing guide
Week 1 Discussion:
What are major changes in terms of the way architects think, make and design?
How did the relational value between design tools and designers shift?
What did you know about digital architecture which previously you didn’t know?
Leave your thoughts at the bottom of this post (online forum widget).
Supporting materials (6 case studies mentioned on the paper) can be found here:
1- a new representational ecosystem bla 2- spaceship architecture2- spaceship architecture 3- the nine square grid 4- remote studio site 5- digital culture bla 6- vase
Week 1: Welcome
Please fill in this questionnaire and send it back to me via Wechat or email to [email protected]
And here is a quick Hi from me