Design process again

Sorry it’s me again. I was just looking at the photos I have taken and thought every single of them somehow inspired me…well they were things which I liked and I recorded them …Without realising they all became part of the design…I look at something…and think well that would be very nice if I could have something like that in my building….here are some of these pictures…Remind you these pictures are only reminders of the situations…they are just pictures which remind me of the feeling which I have had at the time when the pictures were taken…anyway these moments are part of design process…aren’t they???

Some sketches from the early stages of the design….2...

Some sketches from the early stages of the design….1...

I n these drawings I have tried to explore the site and decide what goes where…The form of he site was the driving force at the beginning. Later I realized that I had not considered other aspects such as the slope, the surroundings, and some cultural issues. At some point I thought the whole idea of openings,vistas,view could remain the same but the actual form of the building (as I envisaged)was too intimidating for a hotel in a town like Bournemouth….In next few days I try to be more organised and put some new images which could show how the whole thing changed….

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Precedents ....

To me, precedents are not things I have tried to see…Precedents are things I have happened to see. (Pictures from Isfahan, taken by myself)…

Would be nice if I could use that...

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Few more sketches

Design process from the begining

I started the design, thinking it would finally look like something which I had envisaged at the begining.Halfway through the process, I realized I was wrong and things are changing. There were days when I felt I am the one who drives the design and there were days when lines and angels and materials and light would decide to push me away and do what they wanted to do themselves. They were also days when neither of us wanted to do anything….Like today...

And brick says to you…I like an arc…(Louis Kahn)

I was thinking today…This morning when I was still in bed ,half awake and half asleep.…It is very easy to get carried away and think it is us who design…It is us who create. But do you know what? I believe that design process is a game of taking and giving…Design could go wrong when we only want to take. Design is the beloved one and it can easily walk away from you if it feels you are selfish and want to create what you want…Sometimes we need to listen to the design and follow it and forget about ourselves...

Part elevation....for the final project...

Eternal moments

Hi again…

I close my eyes….I try to remember. Vague images come to my mind. I travel far away. I remember the smell. I remember the curtain. I like to be there again.

There are certain moments in our lives which we remember for ever. The memories of these moments are like pictures on the wall. They are there for ever even if we look at them very rarely…

Architecture could help us to create an atmosphere. An atmosphere to create eternal moments. A workshop to create good memories….

MY ARCHITECTURAL DIARY

Hi every body. As always don’t know how to start….well it is a start…isn’t it? After few days of thinking about updating the blog, at last I made my mind up today….Well the trouble is that my scanner is not working well and I think something is wrong with myself too. That old illness which I have had , for as long as I remember….Laziness…I wish I was two people. The thinking one and the doing one…One person is not enough for me. I should be two…Well enough nonsense…Lets talk about architecture…I am going to start an Architectural Diary …Write my thought everyday….and share them with whoever reads them…Next time hopefully I try to upload some images and tell you why Architecture???

Talk to you later…