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...Kurokawa, the innovative Japanese architect who designed Kuala Lumpur's terminal with flowing buttresses reminiscent of desert tents, points out that Arabic sources of design harmony were more important to him than Asian ones. While Singapore's top-rated Changi Airport is praised by Malaysian feng shui guru Joey Yap for entry roads and fronting lawns that properly gather up pools of surrounding qi, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore states categorically that it "does not take feng shui into account" in airport designs...
...Yap's opinion is that subtle landscaping changes, such as realigning the directions of approach roads, can make big differences to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi, which was placed on relatively flat, reclaimed wetlands-not the happiest location from a geomantic point of view. Fellow practitioner Mas is convinced that Suvarnabhumi's curved sections of roofing should be redesigned because they "look like waves when there shouldn't be water energy in that sector." But he believes the reopening of Don Muang, Thailand's long-serving facility north of the city, can bring relief not just by reducing flight load but because...
...everybody loves a show-off, of course. Natalie Jeremijenko, assistant professor at the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, says we should use robots to find creative solutions to the world around us rather than seeking a pleasing yap and wag at the push of a button. Working with teams of high school students, she tricks out toy robots - she calls them "feral robot dogs" - with all-terrain wheels and pollution sensors in their noses and sends them into landfills and industrial areas to search for toxins. These are robots with a social conscience. "Suddenly...
...history. This method, which has since been adopted by other institutions in the same realm of academia, “uses the scientific method to study art, giving you a one-on-one encounter with what you’re studying,” says Paolo J. A. Yap ’07.This richness of history—and a degree of apprehension about its potential disintegration—has generated concerns from students about the redesign of the Quincy Street building. Jaffe says it would be “a great shame” if the renovations compromised...
...Dome's fast artificial turf will make Indy's no-huddle offense almost impossible to stop. Still, the surprising Giants (7-3 going into last weekend) have a good chance at a postseason slot in the tight NFC East. And the conference is as wide open as Terrell Owens' yap--football fans can surely dare to dream...