The role of an architect

Architecture is something related to human feelings, human feeling is not always rational. But the building itself is in a form of rationalistic way and the process of the construction is much more rational. However the architect is there to create the spatial progression and combine all the other building materials together to make a better living space.  But our architect in this small context there to do everything sometimes architect are responsible all the bullshit happen in side of the site and the construction part of the building. Therefore we need to understand the role of an architect inside of this little context.

In my case our case most of the people don’t know who is an architect. Recently I met a set of family they think that the architect is the person who decide the vastu so they start asking from me about vastu science. And  working people think that we are like engineers its sometimes true that we are responsible for the structure, but I think that the society should define the role of the architect or else  the architects should make a noise to render what is the architects role.

When I was in Jaffna people used to observe the architect because in Jaffna the architect is the only person who designs the temple (devala). So they have enormous faith on the architect. Really what they do was they do a painting on the temple wall and say the bass people that this is the temple plan and this is how you should make the temple. However for this drawing they make special wall in the temple land and give devotees to the wall. It was a strange for me because for the first time I have seen somebody worshiping the plan of a building.

Whatever is the reason we also struggle in the working places how we should behave in front of the people, people have different appearance and approach to the profession.  So it is good if somebody had defined the profession. But then again in the construction who would be the responsible for the product making process of the building. Who would be the responsible for the construction process?

Why the old generation resist the new generation

I’m an architecture student whenever I came with brand new idea the tradition of the university is to resist the new idea and motivate us to do whatever they are interested in their own dreams. In fact in most cases most of our batch mates surrender in front o f them and do whatever they want to do satisfy the audience not their selves. So the knowledge of the society don’t develop faster, the university is become place for keeping traditional ideas and conserve them for an alien museum.
And also even the little bit of them come out with new ideas and failed to showoff the possibilities of the fresh concepts. However now we need to inspire and collaborate we should think fresh and open our mind to think and motive to create new things in the university. In fact the university should be there to experiment not to repeat what is available in the internet or in big books in the library. Uni guys are there to imagine new ideas and show to the society the possibilities of the future and threshold of the brain capacity which we have.
The tradition should be conserved no argument but it doesn’t mean that the tradition should be the king and the radicalism is soldiers in the game. I like to challenge the tradition and create an environment to change the world innovate new ideas.

Architecture should ready for the future; Top 5 Predictions For Future 25 Years

1. Everything you say and do will be recorded by 2030. By the late 2010s, ubiquitous, unseen nanodevices will provide seamless communication and surveillance among all people everywhere. Humans will have nanoimplants, facilitating interaction in an omnipresent network. Everyone will have a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address. Since nano storage capacity is almost limitless, all conversation and activity will be recorded and recoverable. -Gene Stephens, “Cybercrime in the Year 2025,” July-Aug 2008, p. 34
2. The car’s days as king of the road may soon be over. More powerful wireless communication that reduces demand for travel, flying delivery drones to replace trucks, and policies to restrict the number of vehicles owned in each household are among the developments that could thwart the automobile’s historic dominance on the environment and culture. If current trends were to continue, the world would have to make way for a total of 3 billion vehicles on the road by 2025. -Thomas J. Frey, “Disrupting the Automobile’s Future,” Sep-Oct 2008, p. 39 et seq.

3. There may not be world law in the foreseeable future, but the world’s legal systems will be networked. The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), a database of local and national laws for more than 50 participating countries, will grow to include more than 100 counties by 2010. The database will lay the groundwork for a more universal understanding of the diversity of laws between nations and will create new opportunities for peace and international partnership. -Joseph N. Pelton, “Toward a Global Rule of Law: A Practical Step Toward World Peace,” Nov-Dec 2007, p. 25
4. Professional knowledge will become obsolete almost as quickly as it’s acquired. An individual’s professional knowledge is becoming outdated at a much faster rate than ever before. Most professions will require continuous instruction and retraining. Rapid changes in the job market and work-related technologies will necessitate job education for almost every worker. At any given moment, a substantial portion of the labor force will be in job retraining programs. -Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies, “Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s World, Part Two,” May-June 2008, p 41
5. Urbanization will hit 60% by 2030. As more of the world’s population lives in cities, rapid development to accommodate them will make existing environmental and socioeconomic problems worse. Epidemics will be more common due to crowded dwelling units and poor sanitation. Global warming may accelerate due to higher carbon dioxide output and loss of carbon-absorbing plants. -Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies, “Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s World, Part One,” Mar-Apr 2008, p. 52

concrete slabs

Making concrete slab is the hardest part in the upstairs building constructions. However the form work and the iron mesh are the most important parts of the concrete slab the form work should be correctly done and the electrical and plumbing should be properly layer to the form work without disturbing the structure of the concrete slab. 

In the end should be fixed to the meson worker to check whether they are doing the job very well and up to the standers. In most cases they did whatever they want to do in the site and make a disaster for us. Recently I’ve visited house in Piliyandala; the wall of the house was cracked due to the lack of strength in the load bearing columns around the house. Actually most of the walls cracked and ready to fall down. In that kind of situation we have no choice we have to remake the whole structure and redo the concrete slab to maintain the structure long last.

other than everything in the slab before the concreting i like the naked slab form work with electrical and iron mesh........ its fascinating texture 

watch out for new ice age -Colombo’s temperature level continues to drop rapidly

Colombo’s temperature level continues to drop rapidly

My Idol

Jane Mcgonigal is a playful human being 

Mumtaz mahal

Anuradhapura and Pollonaruwa was once a kingdom for powerful lions but after centuries away the place became ruined to the forest. Just like that Mumtaz mahal was once the Sri Lankan parliament speakers’ palace but now it is the palace of bats and thieves. However the existing building shows us the glory of the past.