GENERAL CHIT CHAT Thread

[SYDNEY]

The best way to start a design is to look at the historical context and the cultural heart of the Country - which is in effect Maori. Study the colours and shapes of Maori Motifs and this will give you an idea of layout and a colour palette.

This was the New Zealand Pavilion at Shanghai ....



Another source of inspiration is Pou, Pa and Waka


Great examples of contemporary NZ architecture with a cultural influence is The Auckland Art Gallery ....



and The Wellington Waka House (which was inspired by Maori weaving) ...

[SYDNEY]

Also ... look at Maori carving designs - this should help with floor plans

Personally I get my inspiration from the natural landscape of NZ ..... this is in effect where Maori obtained their inspiration. A great guide for materials and colours. Research, research, research and more research makes a good designer

[IThomas]

Originally Posted by SYDNEY

Research, research, research and more research makes a good designer

Is what I try to do! Thanks Syd for the tips, you're great!
If you find other material, is more than accepted!

[Milan Luka]

love Aalto's stuff. Alongside Niemeyer one of my fav architects.

Model yourself on them IThomas then get your butt over here quick smart...

I'm having a mental block but I might propose the Supreme Court in Wellington...

[Milan Luka]

Originally Posted by Rooty

I'm always surprised at the stuff people will talk about on the internet. This whole forum is pretty normal compared to city-data.com. They have these "Climate Battle" threads where people will argue over which of two cities has a superior climate. There's a 9 page "Rate the Climate" thread for Christchurch. More than one called the climate "boring".

I was once looking at the bettertranport.org.nz forum. I saw a thread on the new Matangi trains. I though me being a big transport machine geek would find it interesting reading. How wrong I was. It descended into people relaying the numbers on the trains that were coming off the boats and into circulation. The number stuff went on for pages and pages. It was conversation to those people.

I'm sure one day outside the internet I'll do or say something to have someone think I'm into trains. And I'll be like "I'm not one of those guys. You have no idea what those guys are like."

One word.... SUPERAUTISM.

Trust me rooty, you aint nothing like those guys...

[IThomas]

Thanks for the tip!

Originally Posted by Milan Luka

...then get your butt over here quick smart...

Dear mate, if an architecture study will accept a future Italian architect, urban planner and designer, I'll be happy and I will give my contribution to the cultural development of the country, and to improve its image architecturally. Happy to work and live there!

[Dazzle]

Clive Dunn (Jonesy) is dead



We all need to stay calm !!

PS: sorry, had to add this !!

[Rooty]

I just remembered something funny that I had to share:

[Rooty]

The Chch Gondola should be opening late December. I can't afford to go on it, but I'm really happy it's back.

I recently interviewed for a job there but didn't get to the second interview stage. The trip wasn't a waste, 'cause the guy let me have a look at the control panel, and the machinery up close.

[IThomas]

Finally I've got the new samsung tab... I made a xmas gift 4 me, a month before :

[Milan Luka]

Golden Gate Bridge circa 1935

[Dazzle]

Wonder what the Health and Safety wonks would think.... !

[IThomas]

A special gift for Sydney

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEC...xuhIo3ygihd__Q

P.S. mate i don't know if you can view it!

[Rooty]

Who likes Dr Pepper?

I love the flavour, but it hits me with this weird wallop. I originally thought it was the stuff Americans use for sugar, but the ones at Pak'n Save are British. The only similar thing I can think of is the feeling of Drambuie, alcohol aside. One Drambuie feels like you've drank something more than one alcoholic drink.

I first wrote "drinken" for drank, looked it up and saw it's not in my dictionary. Is drinken really not a word?

[Svartmetall]

Drinken is not a word unless you're Swedish and using the definitive singular.

Dr Pepper is nice! No one knows what flavour it is, though.

[Rooty]

Originally Posted by Svartmetall

Drinken is not a word unless you're Swedish and using the definitive singular.

Dr Pepper is nice! No one knows what flavour it is, though.

I guess I just assumed Eaten had a counterpart in Drinken:

"I've eaten way too much."
"I've drinken way too much."

This was news to me. I've been saying it my whole life.


They have Dr Pepper in ~2L bottles at this British food shop near me. Is it mainstream in the UK?


Is calling it an Almond Cola not right? Do those taste different still?

[Milan Luka]

Did you do German in school?

Ich esse zu viel. Ich trinke zu viel.

I think I like the word drinken. It sounds Old English.

[Milan Luka]

This photo gets me everytime. Its awe inspiring, but also bone chillingly scary.

Taken in the shallows of the Auckland Islands, 450 kms south of Invercargill.

[Rooty]

Originally Posted by Milan Luka

Did you do German in school?

Ich esse zu viel. Ich trinke zu viel.

I think I like the word drinken. It sounds Old English.

I didn't do any German. I had to look that up.

I was bad-enough at English. I got a 6 for Sixth Form Cert. (on a scale of 1-9, 1 being the best). No way was I doing another Germanic language.

[Milan Luka]

:not so banana: