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Monday, 2 February 2009

PRACTICAL TRAINING LOG-BOOK

I am planning to digitalised and published my old diploma practical training log-book (completed in year 2000). It has been sitting on the book shelves for a long time that it could be forgotten. It may not be the greatest practical logbook that you'd ever seen but it did help me to get a decent grade. Like many others, practical training gave us the first glimpse of the real architecture practice and the impact on oneself after the training is undeniable.

Perhaps by recompiling and publishing it here could be of benefits for others which is way better than keeping it to myself. Maybe someday when I'm gone this humble experience won't be buried with me. It shall live on with those who had benefited from it.

I would like to send my gratitude to the Principal of SNO Architects (Saifuddin & Ong Architects Sdn.Bhd), Mr. Saifuddin Ahmad for giving me the opportunity of a life time. Special thanks also to the personal in-charge in guiding me through out the practical training, Mr. Zafarullah Rozaly & Mr. Obliza and all fellow technicians in the practice. I really hope that I'd never forget these gentlemen and their good deeds would stay fresh in my mind. Thanks.

Note: I will post the scanned pages from time to time. So bear with me and please follow the tag PRACTICAL TRAINING LOG-BOOK to keep keep track of the right pages.

Friday, 30 January 2009

RETURN HOME

"Finally, we are going to fly to a bright and sunny place..our homeland."

picture: back in 2006

BERITA DARI RANTAU-Alleycats

Angin pantai
Dingin mencengkam
Ombak laut
Mengajak pulang

Di sini ku rindu
Kampung halaman
Yang lama kutinggalkan

Betapa indahnya negeri orang
Tak seindah tanah tumpah darahku
Wajah sanak saudara yang tercinta
Bermain di mataku di kala sepi

Sawah ladang dan pohon nyior
Dengarkanlah jeritan hati
Kuingin nyatakan...
Aku sering merindu belaianmu
Aku sering merindui kasihmu

Sunday, 18 January 2009

Le Corbusier - The Art of Architecture

"How's the exhibition?" asked my chairman as we walk out from the exhibition hall.

"It is totally inspirational. It shows the artistic side of Le Corbusier which I rarely see. I really love the fact that he also did a lot of paintings himself because I've started to do more painting recently. And I love it!" I replied.

"What kind of painting do you do? Is it landscape, abstract or human figure?

"Well I got the theme of dream places or home. Places we dream to be staying in. I'm about to finish a coral home with a couple snorkeling with all kind of beautiful fish surrounding them. The place is just outside their home in the coral beach. I've been thinking of working on a 3-series of painting once the coral home is done". I continued explaining to him as we walked towards the nearest cafe.

Le Corbusier - Art of Architecture, presented by Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust in the Crypt of Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral, as part of the city's European Capital of Culture 2008 celebrations.

I've been given the opportunity to visit the exhibition, thanks to the Chairman and Directors of RGP who organized our trip to Liverpool on the 9th January 2009.

Here is exerpt of phamplet on the exhibition:-

Earlier that day before we got in the exhibition area (the Crypt) we had the opportunity to see the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral which actually sit on top of the exhibition spaces. The Cathedral is a modern design; different from the typical gothic architecture. The transformation of the design from traditional gothic to modern architecture without losing their faith's identity makes me wonder about Islamic contemporary design Mosque around the world. How do we do it?

The Le Corbusier -The Art of Architecture Exhibition area is really an epic design. The whole space volume is made of different kind of bricks arrangement. The 1933 workmanship and skills represented in the Crypt contruction is amazing.

Although I might be able to look up for some of the exhibits on the internet but it would never leave the same feelings to see the actual artwork with your bare eyes. Looking at the real things had given me more sense of scale. The scale somehow plays a role in transmitting the impact of the artwork to my imagination. The actual big canvas, the scale model, the tiny sketches, the floating sculpture and the real chair would not seem as inspirational as looking at images of them on the web.

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Photo: STOP THE WAR

Dear Geoff,

My name is Fadzlan. I was at the 'stop the war in Palestine' demonstration held at Bury Town Hall yesterday. I made the stamp out of my painting of a bullet and distributed the stamp during the demonstration (it should be printed on better paper or maybe a badge) http://papan9.blogspot.com/2009/01/stop-war.html

These are a few photos taken at the event. I was not in front line of the crowd as it was my first experience to join such event. So, I only managed to snap pictures in between the crowd. Hopefully it will inspire people to stay together in fighting injustice and stopping wars.

I've got 2 active blogs where I posted my small part in stopping the war.
http://papan9.blogspot.com/
http://jalakmas.blogspot.com/

Hopefully your effort will bring peace and harmony.
FADZLAN RIZAN JOHANI

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace." Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)