Transcript FROM NOTHING to something mazran ismail the year (USM in a decade before ‘APEX’)

FROM NOTHING
to something
mazran ismail
the year
1999
(USM in a decade before ‘APEX’)
the actor
RUS101
students
(the coordinator: Mr.1b)
the site
USM Main Campus
the site
a valley near ‘Anjung Budi’
the intention
to develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site
the intention
to develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site
the intention
to develop ‘a transport’ for a sloping site
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
SKI-LIKE WOODEN BASE
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
STRENGTHEN THE BASE
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
MAIN STRUCTURE
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
MAIN FUNCTION
the act
what I did (with my teammates)
SAFETY & COMFORT
the product..
the ‘real’ product…
(on the test-day)
the ‘real’ product…
(on the test-day)
it didn’t work!
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the ‘winner’…
the group
who came up with the..
the ‘winner’…
Source: Lat (1992)
‘UPIH PINANG’
(an old and dry frond falling off from ‘pokok pinang’) (areca nut trees)
by ‘manipulating’
the contour of the site
&
the simple gravitational law…
it managed to be..
the most
flexible,
cheapest,
simplest
and the
fastest
‘thing+man’ to reach the valley
a question
What were they doing during that
‘struggling week’?..
(…just to come up with that simple yet
brilliant idea) ?
Were they doing nothing?
OR
Were they kept thinking to produce
something
as ‘nothing’ as possible?
I chose…
not to answer the question
what’s more important was…
what I learnt from that…
because in their own way,
the actors of RUS101 have shown me the
‘beauty of simplicity’
long before…
I know the concept of
‘less is more’
German Pavilion at Barcelona (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1929)
*(‘less is more’ is originally ‘a phrase’ from the poem of ‘"Andrea del Sarto" by Robert Browning)
‘doing more with less’
Biosphère Montréal (Buckminster Fuller,1967)
*(Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983: American architect, author, designer, inventor & futurist)
‘less, but better’
"Weniger, aber besser"
606 Universal Shelving System (Dieter Rams, 1960)
*(Dieter Rams, 1932- : German architect, industrial designer)
‘minimalist’ movement
Church on the Water, Tadao Ando (1988)
Rectangular Plates, Denton Cocker Marshall (2007)
Piscina Loca, Alvaro Siza (1966)
or even the ‘zen’ philosophy
Banryutei Rock Garden
Triggering senses
(mydesignfolder.com)
(dragonflytours-japan.com)
Zen Garden Sink, Gau Designs (2007)
but
what I’ve learnt most
from that day was
but
what I’ve learnt most
from that day was
the power of ‘NOTHING’
not only because the ‘upih’
had shown me how high the
VALUE OF ‘NOTHINGNESS’
and not also because I knew that
we all came
‘OUT OF NOTHING’
‘ex nihilo’
but more so when I started to realize
that we are still
invisibly ‘NOTHING’
(‘singly’)
but more so when I started to realize
that we are still
invisibly ‘NOTHING’
(‘singly’)
although at the same time we are
visibly ‘SOMETHING’
(‘wholly’)
because
as we are created from an atom
(of ‘segumpal tanah’)
(Source: microcosm.web.cern.ch)
[1 atom = 340 picometer (x 10-12)]
we actually
are still nothing
(Source: physics.fsu.edu)
(because one atom is 99.9% empty space)
but due to the
‘unity / oneness’
of the
the zillions and cabillions of atoms
(hooked up by linked electrons)
(Source: beyondbiology.org)
they managed to form us as ‘SOMETHING’
(solid human figure)
so
as a ‘something’ named
human being,
(we should always realized that)
we are ‘designed’ by the GOD to be
too small compared with other ‘something’…
too small compared with other ‘something’…
MAN in comparison with EARTH
Source: After www.astronomy.org
too small compared with other ‘something’…
EARTH in comparison with other PLANETS
Source for this (UNK attribution pix): www.rense.com
too small compared with other ‘something’…
PLANETS in comparison with SUN
Source for this (UNK attribution pix): www.rense.com
too small compared with other ‘something’…
SUN in comparison with STARS
Source for this (UNK attribution pix): www.rense.com
& too big compared with some other things..
& too big compared with some other things..
Grain of rice (8x2.5mm)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
& too big compared with some other things..
Grain of salt (0.5mm)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
& too big compared with some other things..
Baker’s yeast (3x4 μm) (micrometer : x 10-6 m)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
& too big compared with some other things..
Water molecule (275pm) (picometer : x 10-12 m)
Source: After Genetic Science Learning Center, UTAH University (2010)
that’s why we also need to create
‘something’
by using all these
too big & too small things
to cater for our
by using all these
too big & too small things
to cater for our
FOOD
Source: dadadastudio.eu.htm
by using all these
too big & too small things
to cater for our
FOOD
Source: dadadastudio.eu.htm
CLOTH
Source: earthmoans.com
by using all these
too big & too small things
to cater for our
FOOD
Source: dadadastudio.eu.htm
CLOTH
Source: earthmoans.com
SHELTER
Source: NST, 15.8.07; Rahmat Othman
but
since all these too big & too small
things often come with two different
‘offers’
so, we have no other choice
but
to welcome them with two different
‘acceptances’
‘e.g.’
if the…
sun ‘offers’ heat
wind ‘offers’ storm/draught
and
rain ‘offers’ flood
of course we need to create something
of course we need to create something
of course we need to create something
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
roof to protect us from solar radiation
of course we need to create something
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
wall to protect us from storm/draught
of course we need to create something
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
stilts to protect us from flood
but if the same…
sun offers light
wind offers breeze
and
rain offers water
so why not we create another thing
so why not we create another thing
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
lightpipe to provide us with
natural daylighting
so why not we create another thing
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
openings to provide us with
natural ventilation
so why not we create another thing
Climatic Design of The Traditional Malay House (Source: After Lim, 1984)
rain water collector to provide us with
free water usage
but of course
‘in doing so’
we need to consider so
‘many things’
in terms of
FACTORS
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
HUMAN
FACTORS
MIND
SOUL
BODY
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
HUMAN
FACTORS
MIND
SOCIAL
SOUL
BODY
ECONOMY
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
CULTURAL
HUMAN
SOCIETY
FACTORS
AIR & WATER
MIND
SOCIAL
SOUL
LAND
BODY
ECONOMY
Vitruvian Man, Leornado Da Vinci(1487)
LIVING CREATURES
ENVIRONMENT
CULTURAL
HUMAN
SOCIETY
but although sometimes we seem very
curious to consider
‘all those things’
but at many times we seem to ignore
about more
‘basic thing’
because as in the case of us as..
‘human being’
who came
who came
from nothing
NOTHING
who came
from nothing to something
NOTHING
‘SOMETHING’
who came
from nothing to something and back to nothing
(only ‘roh’
&
track record @ ‘dunia’)
NOTHING
‘SOMETHING’
NOTHING
so… every
(some)thing
that we produced
from nothing
so… every
(some)thing
that we produced
from nothing
should also be
back to ‘nothing’
so that
‘the world’
that we will pass to our sons tomorrow
so that
‘the world’
that we will pass to our sons tomorrow
is almost
‘the same world’
that we received from our fathers yesterday
but if this matter sounds too familiar
to us already, so
‘how come’
we still
produce a plastic bag in just
‘2 seconds’
Source: withfriendship.com
produce a plastic bag in just
‘2 seconds’
but need
‘20 years’
to return it back to ‘nothing’
Source: withfriendship.com
produce aluminium can in just
‘10 seconds’
Source: cans.planetark.org
produce aluminium can in just
‘10 seconds’
but need
‘100 years’
to return it back to ‘nothing’
Source: cans.planetark.org
& produce a polystyrene in just
‘12 seconds’
Source: lightstalkers.org/steve-barru
& produce a polystyrene in just
‘12 seconds’
but with NO HOPE
(non-biodegradable)
to return it back to ‘nothing’
Source: lightstalkers.org/steve-barru
and so it goes to the
‘built environment’
so, if during our
important years here
we fail to equip ourselves with the full
understanding of..
FOR WHAT we need to do something
Source: Wan Burhanuddin (2002)
in WHAT WAY we will do it
& WHAT WILL BE the effects of doing ‘THING’
Source: Wan Burhanuddin (2009)
are,….
in order to make sure that what we..
in order to make sure that what we..
PLANNED
in order to make sure that what we..
DESIGNED
PLANNED
in order to make sure that what we..
DESIGNED
PLANNED
BUILT
‘Fallingwater’, Frank Llyod Wright (1935)
are ‘something’ that
well worth the effort
for us to live in
‘Cocos’, J.L Mausset (1998)
well worth the effort
for us to live in
and
for our children
to inherit
‘Cocos’, J.L Mausset (1998)
so why not we just keep
‘thinking’ and ‘find’ better ways
so why not we just keep
‘thinking’ and ‘find’ better ways
‘to do nothing’
and let all these beauties
‘Mistycal’, Rusli Jamaluddin (2009)
sustain ?
‘Appreciating Biodiversity’, Talhah Idrus (2008)
‘Kuburan Sabak’ (2006)