An introduction to Studio12

Cities create things, consume them and produce their by-product which we call waste. The efficient functioning of a city depends on its ability to deal with this waste. In our economy the patterns of production, consumption and waste management are global, but the effects are localised.

We believe that we are embarking on a new era in which we cannot afford to throw 'away', hide or ignore the unwanted things we produce. This is beginning to affect the producers, making designers and manufacturers responsible for the eventual recycling of the products they make, as well as the consumer, demanding that we take responsibility for our own waste.

This begins to re-conceive the basis of our relationship with goods and materials. In place of the current linear process (produce, consume, discard), goods we no longer want or can use must become the beginning of something else, forming a cyclic process.

We will speculate on what this might mean for architecture, for our lives and for the city.
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Sunday, 27 December 2009

Mo/Embarrassment/Guts to make a fool is not wasted

£40 was raised for the fight against prostate cancer and depression in men through my Mo/my Embarrassment/my Guts to make a fool of myself (delete as appropriate).

Thank you very much for your support!

Movember

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Do not Waste the Soul

Panorama - Can Tesco Save the World?

http://bbc.co.uk/i/p67m8/

It has been blamed for concreting over the countryside, and running up endless air miles importing food and trucking it the length and breadth of Britain, but is Tesco now leading the business fightback against man-made global warming?

Local communities and a new breed of business entrepreneurs increasingly see delivering a low-carbon economy as an opportunity to make money, while politicians are wary of forcing the pace of change because of its potential to lose votes.

Broadcast on:
BBC News Channel, 8:30pm Sunday 6th December 2009
Duration:
30 minutes
Available until:
8:59pm Tuesday 30th November 2010

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Battle Royale

(In response to the control of population on earth using a political incorrect method.)



'Life is a game, so fight for survival and find out if you're worth it.'

Battle Royale, based on a thriller novel with the same name, is one of the top 10 highest grossing movies in Japan in 2000.

As part of an experiment, a class of 9th grade students is forced to kill each other until only one student alive within 3 days. If there is more than one survivor, everyone would be killed.

It is a story about humanity, ethic and the value of life.

The legislation of Battle Royale


Thursday, 26 November 2009

Wasted Sun

Cycle
The Sun is the source of all things. It plays an important role in the provision of three basic elements: oxygen, water and food, which human needs for living. Without the Sun, there is no life on earth.
Is it possible to store sunlight?

In a Hong Kong comedy film ‘From Beijing with Love’, solar torch was invented for a laugh. In order to turn on the solar torch, another torch was needed. Hence, if the light energy can be totally transferred, using two solar torches can then ‘store’ light. Therefore, with the help of solar devices transferring light, human may then be able to recreate 'the Sun' to produce the basic elements for living.
solar-torch

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

All is not wasted...… including facial hair!

MovemberGIFsmall

Inspired by course-mate Av, I also started to grow a moustache (Mo) for Movemebr - an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer.

I would grow a moustache for a month from 25th Nov to 24th Dec, 2009. As my ‘facial hair hormone’ is not very strong, I do not have much hair on my face. It would be interesting not only to see how my thin moustache is going to be like after a month, but also how my moustache is not wasted and raises money for the fight against prostate cancer and depression in men.

To donate to my Mo, you can either:
a) Click this link http://uk.movember.com/mospace/504217/ and donate online using your credit card, debit card or PayPal account
b) Write a cheque payable to ‘The Prostate Cancer Charity - Movember’, referencing my Registration Number 504217 and mailing it to: Movember - The Prostate Cancer Charity, First Floor, Cambridge House, Cambridge Grove, London, W6 0LE.

Thank you very much!

For more information about Movember, please check http://uk.movember.com/about/

Day00 Shaved on 24th Nov, 2009
Day01 Nothing happened yet
Day02 Visually nothing happened but could feel with fingers
Day03 Growing extremely slow
Day04 Struggling
Day05 Still Struggling
Day06 Tiny Little Mo
Day07 Tiny Little Mo Still
Day08 Too Cold for MoMo
Day09 More Visible
Day10 My hair grows faster than my moustache
Day11 Moustache may stop growing
Day12 Does the Sun help?
Day13 Low dense moustache
Day14 Intermission
Day15 Do not care anymore
Day16 Flash helps to show the Mo
Day17 Halfway
Day18 No Mo
Day19 My eyebrows are not dense too
Day20 Ten days left to be wild and 'un-ding-able'
Day21 Proud of having no Mo
Day22 Mo likes my eyebrows
Day23 Even nasal hair grows longer than my Mo
Day24 Good/bad photography skills can hide Mo
Day25 Five days to go
Day26 Happy return to Scotland, with or without Mo
Day27 Mo smile
Day28
Day29 Preparing for Christmas
Day30 Last day on Christmas Eve

Friday, 13 November 2009

Wasted Soul

DaVinci

I am a soul with a body, not a body with a soul.

The Universe houses the Earth
The Earth houses Architectures
Architecture houses Human Bodies
Human Body houses Soul

Is my soul wasted in my body?
Is my body wasted in the architecture?
Is architecture wasted on the Earth?
Is the Earth wasted in the Universe?

Is my soul wasted in the Universe?

Tried to touch my soul with paintings, watercolour and performances.