Kali Mas

Ini bukan Amsterdam atau Venesia, tapi Surabaya tempo dulu...

Lokasi sekitar Jembatan Merah. Sayang kondisi seperti ini makin jarang kita temui di kota ini,karena maraknya pembangunan mall tengah kota dan mengorban kan warisan cagar budayaberupa banguan2 kolonial yang punya nilai sejarah cukup penting. Peran pemerintah kota sangat diperlukandalam pengawasan pembangunan kota agar warisan ini tidak punah oleh kepentingan pelaku bisnis semata' Hilangnya' bangunan Stasiun Semut merupakan satu contoh konkret dimana pengawasan Pemkot begitu longgar......atau mereka bilang, kecolongan. Selamat Ulang Tahun Surabaya! 31 Mei 2011 yang ke 718.Teruslah membangun tanpa mengorbankan bangunan cagar budaya yang ada, bravo Surabaya!

'' Bamboo Architecture: Green School, Bali ''

The Green School, a giant laboratory built by PT Bambu, is located on a sustainable campus straddling both sides of the Ayung River in Sibang Kaja, Bali, within a lush jungle with native plants and trees growing alongside sustainable organic gardens. The campus is powered by a number of alternative energy sources, including a bamboo sawdust hot water and cooking system, a hydro-powered vortex generator and solar panels.

Green School Bamboo Ceiling

Campus buildings include classrooms, gym, assembly spaces, faculty housing, offices, cafes and bathrooms. A range of architecturally significant spaces from large multi-storey communal gathering places to much smaller classrooms are a feature of the campus. Local bamboo, grown using sustainable methods, is used in innovative and experimental ways that demonstrate its architectural possibilities. The result is a holistic green community with a strong educational mandate that seeks to inspire students to be more curious, more engaged and more passionate about the environment and the planet.

Green School Bamboo Architecture

In Bali, the Green School has been making waves both for its construction and for its curriculum. TreeHugger has described it before:

The school’s 75 buildings are cooled and powered with renewable energy sources like micro-hydro power, solar power, and bio-diesel. Bamboo, lalang-alang grass (a local grass), and traditional mud walls form the structure of the buildings.

The school was carefully built on 20 acres of land and is on an organic permaculture system, designed to work in perfect cohesion with the natural ecology of the land. A thriving organic garden to be cultivated by the school’s own students will grow fruits and vegetables, herbs, and other crops including chocolate.

Green School Bamboo Architecture

The school is also working towards disconnecting completely from the local electricity grid, generating its own power in several ways, including a simple but ingenious water vortex driven by the local river.

The children learn about conservation at first hand. Green School has its own aviary, which houses many Bali Starlings, a white bird with a striking blue mask. There are believed to be only 20 breeding pairs left in the wild.

Green School Bamboo Architecture

The school, which is growing fast—132 students last year and on the verge of hitting 200 this year—has received numerous accolades, including an Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Green School-Architect John Hardie

The Green School curriculum combines the academic rigour expected of schools and institutions of higher learning with hands-on experiential learning within a Green Studies curriculum and a Creative Arts curriculum.  This means that by holding onto the essential core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science, Green School students will have doors open to them for whichever kinds of further learning and careers that they choose.

Green School Bamboo Architecture

International in its teaching and learning, and in its clientele, our students come from different corners of the world to join a core Balinese community of scholars – representing up to 20% of our enrolment.  They bring with them their learning to date to share with their friends and to contribute to a global awareness and perspective of social issues from their countries of origin.

Green School Bamboo Architecture

Volunteering:

The Green School is always looking for help on campus. From the classrooms, to supervising ECAs and from the library to the Warung. They are looking for volunteers with special skills or just a willing pair of hands.

Green School-Architect John Hardie

Dancing Living House by Junichi Sampei / A.L.X. in Yokohama, Japan

CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE

The clients requested a house with a dance studio that would also serve as a living room and dining room. The size of the studio requested takes part of the second floor and is covered with mirrors and a thin curtain layer to counteract multi image occurrence. Soundproofing, natural light and ventilation had to co-exist throughout the building. Side windows were restricted to the absolute minimum while light pours in through a corner roof opening.

ARCHITECT: Junichi Sampei / A.L.X., Tokyo, Japan, www.xain.jp. LOCATION: Yokohama, Japan. AREA: 155.47 sq m. DATE: 2008.

' MENCARI DIRI '

Tengadahkan wajahmu ke langit
cobalah kau cari jawab diantara bintang
Andai tak kau temukan jua,
pejamkan matamu raba diantara khayal dan naluri
Andai tak kau temukan jua,
bukalah matamu reguk dan nikmati kenyataan hidup ini
Andai kau tak puas,
tanyakan saja padaNYA...
kau kan temui jawab itu, takdir!

' APATIS '

Langkah ku kian pendek dan gontai
kelelahan,
keletihan,
kebosanan atau,
kebodohan menyelimutiku?

Kupejamkan mataku
kucoba mencari jawab dalam samar

Kubuka mataku
kupandang jauh kedepan, nanar!

Bayangan akan esok
membuatku resah!

' DILEMA '

Kegelisahanku kian menjadi
dari hari ke hari
Penantian tak bertepi
membuatku benci
pada keraguanku...

' IRONI '

Kebencian dan kerinduan
adalah dua kata pertentangan
Ada sekat tipis diantara keduanya
Dan aku ada diantaranya, dalam bimbang...

Biar,
kebencian dan kerinduan
saling beriring
Dan aku ada diantaranya, labil!

' GELISAH '

Tak seperti biasa
Kesendirianku kali ini
begitu menakutkan

Berpikir tentang mu
membuatku gelisah

Disini,
aku terancam rasa sepi
yang mencekam...

' JIWAKU MEMBUBUNG TINGGI '

Kini aku mencapai puncak gunung,
Dan jiwaku membubung ke dataran tinggi kebebasan dan pembebasan
Aku kini jauh, di tempat yang jauh, putra ibuku
Dan, permukaan bukit tersembunyi dari mataku dibalik kabut
Kekosongan lembah terletak dibawah permukaan air samudra keheningan
Dan, jalan raya serta jalan setapak dihapus oleh jari jemari kealpaan
Padang rumput dan hutan bersembunyi dibalik bayangan, putih bagai awan di musim semi
Dan kuning bagai cahaya matahari
Merah laksana jubah senja kala

Lagu gelombang laut menghilang
Musik parit di dataran meredup
Dan,suara yang tersiar dari khalayak terdiam
Tak kudengar apapun selain kidung keabadian
Menyatu dengan kehendak roh.

KAHLIL GIBRAN

' TENTANG SEBUAH KEINGINAN '

Kabut jatuh pagi hari
membungkus badan
Malam di pegunungan
terasa dingin
tanpa hadirmu
Aku rindu malam
malam bersamamu
seperti malam ini
memagut sepi
di ketinggian

' TENTANG SEBUAH KERINDUAN '

Kala sepi bersemayam di hati
ku kan rindu tawa ceriamu
tawa yang menebarkan nafas cinta
bak pucuk cemara dicumbu sang bayu
bak dedaunan dibasahi embun pagi atau
puncak bukit diselimuti kabut,
rindu itu yang kudamba
tuk mengisi relung kalbuku...

' BULAN PENUH DIATAS RANU KUMBOLO '

Ada bulan penuh membias cermin alam,
Ranu Kumbolo
Kulihat wajahmu disana,
tersenyum dalam diam.....