Type 1 Planimetric | views of buildings as seen from above without precise scales. Type 2 Sectional| show the interior details of a building by slicing through it vertically. Not used as instruction only as simple representation. Type 3 Axonometric | 3D overview of the house Type 4 Circulation|shows the movement of users around aContinue reading “Types of Architecture Diagrams”
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Basics of Architecture Design Process
Architecture design process is an extremely lengthy process with many external influences, regulations and other forces to consider. There is very little room for revision once a project starts its construction process and next to none once completed. As a result, having a set of architectural design phases helps organize its management, and coherently communicateContinue reading “Basics of Architecture Design Process”
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Architecture design -parti(guiding decision)
It comes from french ‘parti pris’, means decision taken or ‘point of depature’. Parti is about intention, main idea, essence of your design. It represents the basic scheme that a building design is based on–guiding decisions and informing overall layout, form and aesthetic.Once parti is made, the rest of the design begins to fall intoContinue reading “Architecture design -parti(guiding decision)”
Classical architecture
The Greek understanding of architecture, is that buildings are sculptural objects arranged for maximum visual effect in loosely structured space.
Quotes of 2026 Vitruvius defined architecture as “a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning.”
Urban Planning in Japan
Zoning districts in Japan are classified into twelve use zones. Each zone determines a building’s shape and permitted uses. A building’s shape is controlled by zonal restrictions on allowable building coverage ratios, floor area ratios, height in absolute terms and in relation to adjacent buildings and roads and minimum residential unit size. These controls areContinue reading “Urban Planning in Japan”
China Unfinished Concrete Shells
According to article New Homeowner Hack: Living in an ‘Unfinished Apartment’, in 2021, over 90% of all houses purchased in China were unfinished units, the definition of unfinished units means, the sold apartment unit which is undecorated, are still concrete shells. As one of ways by selling real estates to generate revenues by the localContinue reading “China Unfinished Concrete Shells”
Mortar
Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them. Mortar includes pitch, asphalt, and soft clay. Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar or plants. Mortar examples: Lime mortar a masonry mortar composed of limeContinue reading “Mortar”