Comments on: NTU HDR Photography http://teddy-o-ted.com/blog/2010/05/16/ntu-hdr-photography/ Design of a minimalist, content of a maximalist Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Teddy http://teddy-o-ted.com/blog/2010/05/16/ntu-hdr-photography/#comment-66217 Teddy Sun, 23 May 2010 05:18:17 +0000 http://www.teddy-o-ted.com/?p=4692#comment-66217 Yea, it is! I would expect it to look better than the older academic complexes in my university - in fact, the few largest buildings in my university is actually designed by the late Kenzo Tange (he also dealt with the urban planning and layout of our campus) and they have his typical mid 1980s look - less aesthetic but very, very functional indeed. The newer buildings, criticized by some that they don't fit Kenzo Tange's master plan, are designed with an intention to inject a breath of fresh air to the campus. The school of art, design and media, for example, sits on a parcel of land formerly reserved as a campus green lung in the master plan. However, it blends well into the surroundings with its mimicry of rolling hills: [img]http://www.teddy-o-ted.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/adm06.jpg[/img] There's another historical building on campus, the Chinese Heritage Center, that has a very strong oriental influence in its architecture and looks nothing like any of the buildings on campus :P Basically my university has a rather unique mix of different architectural style - structuralism by Kenzo Tange (the North and South academic complexes), brutalism and minimalism of the school of art, design and media, and the evident oriental influence for the architecture of the Chinese Heritage Center. Yea, it is! I would expect it to look better than the older academic complexes in my university – in fact, the few largest buildings in my university is actually designed by the late Kenzo Tange (he also dealt with the urban planning and layout of our campus) and they have his typical mid 1980s look – less aesthetic but very, very functional indeed.

The newer buildings, criticized by some that they don’t fit Kenzo Tange’s master plan, are designed with an intention to inject a breath of fresh air to the campus. The school of art, design and media, for example, sits on a parcel of land formerly reserved as a campus green lung in the master plan. However, it blends well into the surroundings with its mimicry of rolling hills:

[img]http://www.teddy-o-ted.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/adm06.jpg[/img]

There’s another historical building on campus, the Chinese Heritage Center, that has a very strong oriental influence in its architecture and looks nothing like any of the buildings on campus :P

Basically my university has a rather unique mix of different architectural style – structuralism by Kenzo Tange (the North and South academic complexes), brutalism and minimalism of the school of art, design and media, and the evident oriental influence for the architecture of the Chinese Heritage Center.

]]> By: Maria Celina http://teddy-o-ted.com/blog/2010/05/16/ntu-hdr-photography/#comment-66202 Maria Celina Sat, 22 May 2010 17:29:10 +0000 http://www.teddy-o-ted.com/?p=4692#comment-66202 The architecture of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is really nice! I noticed that it seems to be that the buildings housing the creative majors have great architecture. Then again, on basic principle, it seems apt and I haven't seen the rest of the other buildings in your university, so for all I know all of them are beautifully unique in their own way. Have a wonderful summer vacation, Teddy. It's great to see you blogging more often! The architecture of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is really nice! I noticed that it seems to be that the buildings housing the creative majors have great architecture. Then again, on basic principle, it seems apt and I haven’t seen the rest of the other buildings in your university, so for all I know all of them are beautifully unique in their own way.

Have a wonderful summer vacation, Teddy. It’s great to see you blogging more often!

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