Hadaf Senibina

1 bedroom unit = 25 sqm

2 bedroom unit = 42 sqm

3 bedroom unit = 61 sqm

4 bedroom unit = 73 sqm

5 bedroom unit = 88 sqm

Living room 19 sqm

Kitchen 7.5 sqm

Main bedroom 10.64 sqm

Circulation 0.9-1.2 sqm

Bathroom 2.3m X 1.7m

These are the standardization of floor spaces in high density housing. Having all these figures in front of you, a question might pop up, where then can architects have the flexibility to do their work? The norm would be to tackle the circulation,orientation or envelope differently.

It is not even important to question this question. The critical question that we should ask ourselves is why do we even need to know about this in the first place?

Would it make our apartments any better than the ones built by the developers or the social housing towers?
Once we came to know about these figures, and then what?
How does it contribute to a bigger picture? Does the discussion then goes beyond the scope of architecture itself?

Green Network, Major Project Sem 2 2011.

For some reason, I can't really talk about architecture in Malay. Translating the thoughts takes too much time.
So now, another food of thought from a different point of view. In Malay.

Pemikiran yang cuba diketengahkan di sini ialah kerja berobjektif. Pengalaman kita di atas jalan dakwah mengajar kita tentang tarbiyyah bil ahdaf. Kerja kita semua ada hadaf = objektif. Kerja yg tidak berasaskan objektif akan menjadi tidak tentu hala, gerak kerjanya lintang pukang. Selalunya kita akan mudah disibukkan dengan perkara remeh yang kadang-kadang tidak membantu sangat pun ke arah objektif yang telah ditetapkan.

Seperti persoalan-persoalan tentang architecture sebelum ini. Objektif design asal hendak membina bangunan landskap, tetapi akhirnya disibukkan dengan data-data teknikal yang memakan masa dua hari untuk dicari. Dua hari itu sepatutnya boleh digunakan untuk mencari bahan lain yang lebih berguna. Cara pemikiran sebegini bukanlah sesuatu yang asing dalam kerja dakwah dan tarbiyyah.

Fikir-fikir balik, baru perasan betapa di dalam architecture pun sebenarnya sangat banyak kali ditekankan tentang design intent.

Tarbiyyah bil ahdaf.

ps: Apa objektif Ramadhan anda?