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Our new brand: KALA

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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 , KALA 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.

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Architecture, Design Research, Events

First bamboo architecture project in Siming Mountains

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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. Follow our progress and learnt lessons along the way via my IG’s stories.

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Other

Call for Donation: 100 coveralls from Indonesia

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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.

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Teaching and Learning

PGCHE EDU710 Assignment 1 Practice Class: Materials

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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 2 

 Group 3

Link to the peer evaluation, click here.

Online forum discussion can be found at the bottom of this page.

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Digital Architecture

Week 1: About the module and important notions

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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.

NBU_Digi_W1_Part 1

NBU_Digi_W1_Part 2

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
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Landscape Architecture

Master LA: Welcome

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Hi all, here are the materials for Week 2 Landscape Architecture session.

1 of 5 Master LA_Introduction

2 of 5 Master LA_Walker

3 of 5 Master LA_Gustafson

4 of 5 Master LA_Valkenburgh

5 of 5 Master LA_Discussions and closing

Supporting materials:

Landscape as architecture

LandSCAPES-A-typology-of-approaches-to-landscape-architecture

In the first part of session, we will be indulged with design precedents designed by the three master landscape architects and their teams. Second session is structured with discussions, please follow the related link and join the online form at the bottom of each post. Input text related to each landscape architect can be found in their respective group’s link.

Discussion 1: After reading an interview of the landscape architect group you would be assigned, discuss about his/her approach to design.

Assigned group can be found here: https://miatedjosaputro.com/2020/02/22/master-la-d1-discussion-1/

D1.1 Group 1: Peter Walker, click here

D1.2 Group 2: Kathryn Gustafson, click here

D1.3 Group 3: Michael Van Valkenburgh, click here

Discussion 2: After reading the other two groups’ discussion, draw your own conclusions about typology of landscape design practice. 

https://miatedjosaputro.com/2020/02/22/master-la-d2-discussion-2/

 

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Digital Architecture

NBU Digital Architecture: Assessment Documents

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Hi all, this page is where the assessment documents and updates will be communicated. Assessment 1 is designed specifically for this challenging time, taking into accounts the Doodle poll that only 40% of you have access to the software. Peer assessment link will be published in Week 13. Assessment 2 is a reflective report on your computational design thinking practice throughout the semester.

I would suggest to read these documents by the beginning of Week 8, so that you have a full picture of the upcoming assessments to be able to plan them better. Refer to Week 7 materials for the theoretical lenses underpinning the assessments.

1_DG_assessment brief_general ed2

2_DG_assessment 1

3_DG_peer assessment

4_DG_assessment 2

5_DG_assessment 2- grading rubric

6 DG_provision of feedback

Re assessment timeline, please refer to the first document (the general brief). In case of extenuating circumstances, please contact me as soon as you can. Email or WeChat me.

Dr. Mia A. Tedjosaputro
Module convenor and facilitator, spring semester 2020

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Teaching and Learning

DEEP Initiative in UNNC

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DEEP (Design-Engineering-Engagement-Practicality) initiative is a year long project in University of Nottingham Ningbo China, during academic year 2019-2020. The first semester includes hands-on workshops delivered by contributors, guest talks and second semester will entail facilitation of projects development. Towards the end of second semester, 10 selected projects will be exhibited in a public exhibition. The initiative is open for all undergraduate students.

The initiative is led by Dr Sannia Mareta and I am taking part as an external contributor. Mainly I contribute on delivering design related skills and mentoring.

Supported by 1920 Small Teaching and Learning Development Grant.

 

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