Scales of The Built Environment...

Production:

- Any element in a production might contain another whole production. Example: A product which is produced from an intention with knowledge could generate another new intention.
- a factor of scale.

- Usually there are only 7 scales used in built environment:

1. Object:

2. Interior:3. Building:4. Premise:
5. Urban:
6. Regional:
7. Global: Different perspective of looking at it such as Euro centric view, Pacific, Malacca perspective and Buckminster Fuller's view.

The level 100 course intro to Built Environment:

Intention: Ideologies, design theories.
Act: Scope of work.
Actor: Industrial designer (object), Interior Architect (interior), Architect (building), Landscape Architect (premise), Urban Designer (urban), Planner (regional) and Governor (global).
Rule: Legal aspect of development.
Product: Design of physical objects to physical world.
Site: From factories to Internet.

Instead of it, the reality seems like more on the Dying Planet:

Intention: To gain gold and glory.
Act: Design and build.
Actor: Earthling, inhabitant of earth, global villager, designer, builder, developer.
Rule: Economics.
Product: Destruction.
Site: Earth.




Nowadays, the earth cant sustain the overpopulation of mankind soon because of limited source of space, food and energy. The developments and construction impacts on our Mother Earth are destroying the health condition of this planet seriously. It is because of the irresponsible human-being who exploited the resources without considering the effect of it and did not plan well for a sustainable environment. Some said there is a need to control the activities and population in order to have a sustainable earth by using the method of iatrogenocide (the extermination of a population in a systematic fashion through medical error). But is this method right?? Or should it be done?? But for me, I am opposing this method. I believe there is still another way to solve the problems comparing to this "cruel" method.

Production Model on USM Convocation Events

On the USM 37th CONVOCATION 2008 from Event to Oval, there is application of Production Model on few groups of people:


Group A:

Intention: To earn the maximum profits and satisfy the demands of customers.
Actor: Hawkers.
Act: Selling the products to customers.
Rule: No cheating customers, all non-biodegradable materials such as plastic bags and polystyrene are prohibited according to the USM policy.
Site: The field next to the DTSP of USM (USM Convocation site).
Product: USM 37th convocation 2008.


Group B:
Intention: To enjoy the graduation atmosphere and buy the good quality products with reasonable prices from hawkers.
Actors: USM graduates and customers.
Act: Hanging around the site and buying the products from hawkers wisely.
Rule: Reasonable prices and good qualities of goods and services from hawkers.
Site: The field next to the DTSP of USM (USM Convocation site).
Product: USM 37th convocation 2008.


Group C:

Intention: To set up the temporary structures for Convocation purpose at the beginning of event and convert the built environment into its origin site at the end of event.
Actor: Canopy Service Company's workers.
Act: Set up the tents before the convocation event started and dismantle all of them after the event ended.
Rule: The tents must be set up by considering the safety and durability of their usage during the events, the clearing of site must be done well without any destruction of the site, and the construction processes must be finished within the time given.
Site: The field next to the DTSP of USM (USM Convocation site).
Product: USM 37th convocation 2008 (beginning) and a clearing site as its origin (end).