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Drafting and House Plan In Jamaica
| Posted on August 1, 2013 at 5:14 PM |
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Drafting and
House Plan in Jamaica
Architecture
encompasses three main aspects these are Aesthetic, function and durability (How
strong) or Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing,
and construction, usually of buildings and other physical structures (Definition
taken from Wikipedia). Well, in terms of designing an architect would want his/her
self-attached to a type of theory or type of architecture. In our modern stage
of architecture there has being allot of great architects that has made great
impact to architecture; some namely Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You may say why I have chosen these 3 persons, mainly
because of how they have impacted the modernist approach of architecture.
In our time
of architecture or the study of architecture we have adapted some of
the legends
way of designing in the past and used their approaches to develop new concepts
or projects. Having, said all that. How has the Caribbean or Jamaican
architecture learned from this?
A comment
made by one of our prominent persons in our society has state that our
buildings in Jamaica
is like a colossal
disgrace. Well, he was speaking in reference to the building Aesthetics and
function.
I do agree
with him, however we can be assured that we have done well in providing well-built
structural buildings. My take on this as an Architect, is that I do stick with
the 3 main ingredients that make up architecture. Aesthetic, function and
durability; These 3 should be found in a house plan, drafting or design plan of
a building. Case example, I have seen many buildings being erected in Jamaica
and all of these buildings has in common is square box approach. The designers
or draftsman or woman has no sense of approach of designing a beautiful building
that represents the client’s life style.
I must agree
that we have not set any standards in the architecture industry in Jamaica
That the new
designers or new architects can follow to improve the way we design and build.
What I hate
about our architects is that they have no sense of design or approach to
designing.
Why I say
that.... Jamaica is Tropical Island and our main material for construction is
steel and concrete.
One factor
when designing a building is the environment; Many Jamaican can attest that
during the
day and
night their homes is very hot. This is cause by how your home was design by the
Architect;
is your home
has allot of open space , windows door ways to allow air to pass through your
home. Another, factor the orientation (direction of something) of the building;
is your building being oriented to where there is a high flow air coming from
the mountain side, the sea or where there is allot of trees.?
Leaving from
heat to light; I also hate how buildings that is being design in our country
Having lot
of closed spaces and little openings for natural light to come in.
I have seen
and experience living in a house that has little windows, large spaces and during
the day its dark inside. Not cool at
all, JPS is now smiling at this situation. If you living a house or
Unit why
can't the natural light be illuminating your space? This is a question I need
to ask designers or Architects in our region.....
To be continue....
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