Views

My favourite place in a house has always been in front of a window, looking out, enjoying the view, wondering and imagining what would go on beyond the horizon. When I was asked… Continue reading →

Lost Spaces 4

The following is a response to the discussion Lost Spaces, first initiated by Vinny. Here are the links to the previous pieces: Lost Spaces Lost Spaces 2 + 3 I’m still stuck on… Continue reading →

benched

  benched.(2013) 35mm Kodak 400TX BW Film Boston, MA      “I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of… Continue reading →

Starting Over or: How I am Learning to be Non-digital

Unfinished, this is part one of a series delving into my interest in unlearning digital design. Starting Over I think that I am ready to move past the digital phenomenon. I think that… Continue reading →

Righteous Preservation or Hollow Appropriation

The Farnsworth House. An entity of architectural revelation, remembered not for its grand success of programmatic use nor ability to truly please the client, but for the realization of a conceptuality most architects… Continue reading →

Plaster Band-Aids

Down on 29th street with a friend from Uni that I haven’t seen in quite some time, eating Oysters and kicking back a few drinks, I pictured what it would be like to plaster… Continue reading →

The Point of Exhaustion

The point of exhaustion. It’s interesting to contemplate the position in which we, as people, as individuals, take when it comes to opinions and stances, and how far we will go to defend… Continue reading →

In Search of Honest Formalism

“Here is a space evolved as a symbol of the soul, a a place where one feels, after nurturing its spaces, its aromas, its textures and its silences, that the Muse has passed… Continue reading →

The Disney World Effect

TheDisneyWorldEffect Meandering around various Spanish cities, I continuously found myself unpleasantly fighting with my own mind as to why I felt – again and again – a consistent displeasure with the majority of… Continue reading →

Omelets

One of the first concepts I put together based off of the theory and research of a mentor, Mr. James Willem Ransom, was that Architecture is just like making an Omelet. You may… Continue reading →

Morpholio

As architecture students and young designers, we are always pursuing new ways to display our work. In this age, the exhibition platform has expanded to the digital space, even though our designs continue… Continue reading →

Experience. Parrish Art

The Parrish Art Foundation. Completed 2012. Herzog & DeMeuron. Hamptons,NY 14 acres of land 2,600 works of art 1 ‘elongated barn’ Let’s Talk Form. Upon approaching the newly-built museum it is all that… Continue reading →

Visualize_Mies

miesspotting.(2013) 35mm Kodak 400TX BW Film Chicago,IL

To begin.

To begin. Although Joey had done a fairly thorough job outlining the idea behind “speakeasy”, I’d like to step back for a moment and redefine once more what this project truly means, in… Continue reading →

Feelings and Emotions

Rich and Sumptuous. It is difficult to define a space as grand. It is difficult, actually, to define any space as anything. come to think of it, it is difficult to define anything.… Continue reading →

Shattered Expectations

Disclaimer: This is a complaint about architecture. I am about to describe a very sad event. This is the Ontario school of Art and Design by Aslop Architect. A marvelous architecture statement made; impressive in… Continue reading →

Vivid Voyeurism

Architectural voyeurism is very magical. In school, we create moments in our renderings or drawings that are composed in a very controlled way. However, when these instances are activated by people and seen… Continue reading →

on columns

The column gives great power to the architect. Treated as a design opportunity, the column allows the architect to turn the observer into an experiencer or a rationalizer. By guiding the observer’s focus… Continue reading →

The Bridge to Nature

Contrary to popular generalization, architecture is not only for people. Through ages of development, advancement and industrialization, the gap between man and nature has exponentially increased. There is a disconnect between the two… Continue reading →

Chi Town, Not so Shy

Cities can grow on people. I’ve heard people complain about the hustle and bustle culture that makes NYC what it is: people rushing in and out of the subway stations, exiting union square… Continue reading →

Architecture Studio With a Capital A: Attitude

The architecture studio is infamous for how much time students actually spend there. Unlike other programs of study where the classroom is a location where you meet up with your instructor, for architecture… Continue reading →