structural system

ARCHITECTURE AGAINST THE SKY by Po Lao

Architecture Against The Sky is a topic of investigation that I chose as a part of my study abroad assignment. The title tells it all; it is simply a photo-series that utilized the sky as the background. Similar to the DETAIL series, I wanted to explore these photos in high-contrast, black-and-white. Before finishing this series, I asked for opinions from my buddy Alex whether or not should I do this series in color. He said yes, and gave me his reasons. However, I decided to go with the high-contrast saturated aesthetic. This is because I was really interested in the architecture to be represented as a uniform structure, the synergy between architectural form and structural system. In many ways, I feel that color would differentiate the architecture into many components and distract our attention towards it instead of the form, material, and the architectural beauty of the structure.  Anyway, I hope that you would find this series as interesting and beautiful as I do. 

Thanks,

Sreng.

DETAIL by Po Lao

DETAIL

How does the building get constructed, How does the column meet the foundation, how does the beam meet the column, how does the floor rest on the beam, how does the wall meet the floor, how does a window sit in a wall, how does the ceiling meet the wall, how does the glass fit into the mullion, and how does the shingle attach to the roof. 

It's all in the detail of the architecture, which it describes the tectonic and synergy between the structural and architectural systems. In the most simplest term, detailing is how two things connect together. 

Therefore, I decided to launch a page that is dedicated to the detailing of the architecture that I visited during this study abroad. Hope you'd enjoy it. 

thanks,

Sreng.