- The Function of Form
- The Function of Ornament
- Birkhauser Architecture: Unfolded Paper in Design, Art, Architecture and Industry
- 3xn : Mind Your Behaviour
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
thoughts before turkey
Today has pretty much been a much-needed waste. I slept for thirteen hours, didn't get any work done... searched for twenty books on amazon and got myself a five dollar Starbucks. I know that Friday I want to do work, but I've already made plans with at least three people... and even more if I've forgotten something... even though today I told myself I'd do work Friday... I guess this is why we have break - just to force us to stop doing things [it's working on me at least].
The one thing I did attempt today was to look over my portfolio again... which just makes me sad at this point - about how unfinished it is. Every old project I want to reopen and do over... and all of my [attempts at] diagrams make me want to cry. I have a couple good renders, some pretty nice photos and awesome drawn wall sections. But when it comes to diagramming my projects... firms will probably be sitting in a board room dying from laughter. I just need to figure out what is most important to show in each project, because right now they are all a hodge-podge of a confused mess. I really don't know what to do about the Torino project. It's such a good idea, with so many good concepts involved with it... but all of the diagrams are just terrible. I just don't know where to go back and edit the information so it is accurate to what we were doing then anddd also looks good/clear. I think that is a similar problem with my Rome project... it had sooo much potential, but due to time constraints alot of the basic ideas were rushed and not documented properly. Ahhh, okay... enough worrying about things like this for now. I need to just have confidence in what I have and then have the motivation to fix those things that need it... rather than just sitting here and wishing I had better work.
- c
The one thing I did attempt today was to look over my portfolio again... which just makes me sad at this point - about how unfinished it is. Every old project I want to reopen and do over... and all of my [attempts at] diagrams make me want to cry. I have a couple good renders, some pretty nice photos and awesome drawn wall sections. But when it comes to diagramming my projects... firms will probably be sitting in a board room dying from laughter. I just need to figure out what is most important to show in each project, because right now they are all a hodge-podge of a confused mess. I really don't know what to do about the Torino project. It's such a good idea, with so many good concepts involved with it... but all of the diagrams are just terrible. I just don't know where to go back and edit the information so it is accurate to what we were doing then anddd also looks good/clear. I think that is a similar problem with my Rome project... it had sooo much potential, but due to time constraints alot of the basic ideas were rushed and not documented properly. Ahhh, okay... enough worrying about things like this for now. I need to just have confidence in what I have and then have the motivation to fix those things that need it... rather than just sitting here and wishing I had better work.
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all i want for Christmas is about forty books...
Sooo right now I'm too hyped up on coffee to do anything productive anddd I figure I should probably start keeping a list of the numerous books I want to obtain relatively soon... it will probably get lengthy as a warning.[also not in any sort of order...]
- Carlo Scarpa, The Complete Works
- Audrey Hepburn, How to Be Lovely
- Building Anatomy
- Eero Saarinen, 1910-1961: A Structural Expressionist [Taschen series]
- Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity **
[ pretty much anything having to do with Saarinen.... ]
- Calatrava;
- The Complete Works, Expanded Edition [2007]
- Paul Rudolph:
- The Late Work *
- Architectural Drawings
- The Art and Architecture of Paul Rudolph
- The Architecture of Paul Rudolph by Mohloy-Nagy ***
[ really almost anything about P.R. ]
- The Atlas of Novel Tectonics
- Kenneth Frampton:
- Studies in Tectonic Culture *
- le Corbusier: Architect of the Twentieth Century
- Architectural Regionalism
- Building Brasilia
- Thames and Hudson World of Art [series]
- The Art of Mesoamerica
- Palladio and Palladianism
[ alright well that's about twenty sooo far... i'll have to look for the various ones written all over my sketchbooks to add more ideas... how ridiculous is this? i love books!!! ]
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- Carlo Scarpa, The Complete Works
- Audrey Hepburn, How to Be Lovely
- Building Anatomy
- Eero Saarinen, 1910-1961: A Structural Expressionist [Taschen series]
- Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity **
[ pretty much anything having to do with Saarinen.... ]
- Calatrava;
- The Complete Works, Expanded Edition [2007]
- Paul Rudolph:
- The Late Work *
- Architectural Drawings
- The Art and Architecture of Paul Rudolph
- The Architecture of Paul Rudolph by Mohloy-Nagy ***
[ really almost anything about P.R. ]
- The Atlas of Novel Tectonics
- Kenneth Frampton:
- Studies in Tectonic Culture *
- le Corbusier: Architect of the Twentieth Century
- Architectural Regionalism
- Building Brasilia
- Thames and Hudson World of Art [series]
- The Art of Mesoamerica
- Palladio and Palladianism
[ alright well that's about twenty sooo far... i'll have to look for the various ones written all over my sketchbooks to add more ideas... how ridiculous is this? i love books!!! ]
- c
Lincoln Center, New York City
Soo I didn't have time surrounding the NYC Trip to write anything about it, but I thought it pertinent to add Lincoln Center seeing as it is now my favorite place in the entire city. Just being there made me feel at home. I know the Julliard School is probably my mom's favorite place in the world, and just sitting in the cafe area made me feel like when I was little. All of the people were dressed like the ones who would fill up the Egg during all my sister's recitals. They are all snobby and stuck-up, but their attitude wasn't offensive to me... it was more familiar. It's probably this collection of people and places that I grew up in that makes me appreciate little things like sitting in a cafe with a bunch of dancing fanatics. Or what makes me appreciate motorcyclists, or video game designers... I've been exposed to many different kinds of people and towns, and atmospheres, and each unique kind of person or place reminds me of home.
I think it's also interesting for me to notice how dramatic and elevated the Lincoln Center architecture is. In many ways it's reminiscent of both the Empire State Plaza in Albany, and the SUNY Albany campus. The materials are similar and the starkness of it is also related. I also really liked how Lincoln Center is almost a carbon-copy of Michelangelo's Campindoglio in Rome... only a more stylized and abstracted version. The space the three big buildings create is amazing existentially, and really 'grounded' from an architectural point of view. Walking amongst the tall, concrete pillars made me feel like I was back in Albany, going to class at a campus most people find ugly, but that I find completely intriguing.
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I think it's also interesting for me to notice how dramatic and elevated the Lincoln Center architecture is. In many ways it's reminiscent of both the Empire State Plaza in Albany, and the SUNY Albany campus. The materials are similar and the starkness of it is also related. I also really liked how Lincoln Center is almost a carbon-copy of Michelangelo's Campindoglio in Rome... only a more stylized and abstracted version. The space the three big buildings create is amazing existentially, and really 'grounded' from an architectural point of view. Walking amongst the tall, concrete pillars made me feel like I was back in Albany, going to class at a campus most people find ugly, but that I find completely intriguing.
- c
Turkey Turkey Turkey
It's finally here - the calm before the storm. Looking back, I feel as though being in Martha's Vineyard was literally just a week ago. I saw a MV's newspaper lying on my bedroom floor and immediately I wanted to go there - return to the warm beaches and the rough sand. It's so amazing to think that even that warm summer town is dreary and grey right now. I can barely remember Halloween - seeing as it was caught-up in the rush of the midterm - that time all feels like a dream to me... a dream that cushions my summer and what is going on now. And Thanksgiving itself - I haven't experience this holiday in two years! I can hardly remember what time I need to show up for Equinox! Not to mention, I fear this holiday will feel more like a working panic, but instead of having heart attacks in studio, it'll be in my room or kitchen. I also don't have a car... which means I can't get coffee... which is sorely preventing me from getting anything done.
I slept for thirteen hours last night... woke up in a haze... and now I just don't know what to do with myself. I think it's bold if I put off doing work, but deep inside I know I'll want to kill myself for it later. So part of the reason I'm even hurriedly writing right now is to put down in some form... a list of what I NEED to accomplish over this break:
1 - edited redlines/ new drawing set
2 - 8' wall section [printed]
3 - RISA
4 - some finalized form of a portfolio
+ three 8.5x11 layouts for the majority of firms...
5 - list of firms to apply to/ who to apply to/ email address/ rules etc...
I think that's a good enough list for now... as for non-necessities... there's of course:
- I will be raiding Christmas Tree Shops
- probably also American Eagle
- maybe/ probably getting Starbucks everyday
- walking Whisp at the Crossings and hoping he doesn't eat a little baby dog
- proly won't have time for much else...
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I slept for thirteen hours last night... woke up in a haze... and now I just don't know what to do with myself. I think it's bold if I put off doing work, but deep inside I know I'll want to kill myself for it later. So part of the reason I'm even hurriedly writing right now is to put down in some form... a list of what I NEED to accomplish over this break:
1 - edited redlines/ new drawing set
2 - 8' wall section [printed]
3 - RISA
4 - some finalized form of a portfolio
+ three 8.5x11 layouts for the majority of firms...
5 - list of firms to apply to/ who to apply to/ email address/ rules etc...
I think that's a good enough list for now... as for non-necessities... there's of course:
- I will be raiding Christmas Tree Shops
- probably also American Eagle
- maybe/ probably getting Starbucks everyday
- walking Whisp at the Crossings and hoping he doesn't eat a little baby dog
- proly won't have time for much else...
- c
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Small Update
It's the DD New York City Trip!
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[ i guess this counts for my once-a-month "i'm alive" blog entry ]
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[ i guess this counts for my once-a-month "i'm alive" blog entry ]
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Procrastination
It's been a long time since I last wrote on this thing.... I can't believe a whole month has already gone by. And right now - I'm already procrastinating. I should be reading Modernity, or being productive with my portfolio... and yet I sit here in my comfy living room and write about my woes. Last week felt like one long day, it feels like its only Friday right now... so I guess it's fitting that there's a three-day weekend. Ah I feel so guilty sitting here and Marissa and Elliot are in Studio making their already awesome and up-to-date project even better, and here I am with none of my plans finished, a section that needs work, and no clue about elevations and I chose to stay in a write about it. I also merely looked at my portfolio... decided I want to include a model in it somewhere and then put it away again because I'm not going to start making a model in my living room (although that actually sounds a lot more fun than making one in Studio).
Hmm... and what else has happened? DD is one of the most confusing and amazing studios I've ever been in. I love that we have time to figure everything out, time to make lots of models, and productive feedback on our concepts/designs.... it's not a bunch of dancing about the main idea and wasting time like most of my other studios have been. I also really like the focus on construction, I think I would really love to be a draftsperson or connected to the production of DD documents in an office - I like working in this medium between pure concept and actual realization of the building. I still struggle to really be in love with my project... it's super bulky and boxy and kind of ignores the landscape and it sucks not being completely in love with it even at this point... but at the same time all of my crits have been going pretty well. James talks through everything in a really efficient manner and I try and produce as much work as I can.
Our last crit, just this past Thursday was pretty difficult though. We had good feedback and Jefferson and Dimitrious had nice comments to say.... but I was exhausted. James left me two nights in a row before everything was due to visit his girlfiend in CT, and the next night he just left early.... even though everything was due in only a few hours. My body was in such bad shape by Thurs. I had gone to bed at 5am both nights, and only got about three hours a night. I think it was just the fact that he would leave me by myself with OUR project due the next day. I got so frustrated trying to finish a physical model and all of the plans by myself... I think when I'm given two things to complete I can never choose between the two and I want to finish them both really badly. I was just so so upset that our work wasn't to the same quality as everyone else and it made me really sad. I was happy for the great crit, but really upset that James would leave me like that because I cannot be the only one putting in effort every night before our work is due to be presented.
Ahh okay, well now Mom and Ciara will be here soon so I'm going to wrap this up akwardly and not have it really come to any sort of conclusion.
- c
Hmm... and what else has happened? DD is one of the most confusing and amazing studios I've ever been in. I love that we have time to figure everything out, time to make lots of models, and productive feedback on our concepts/designs.... it's not a bunch of dancing about the main idea and wasting time like most of my other studios have been. I also really like the focus on construction, I think I would really love to be a draftsperson or connected to the production of DD documents in an office - I like working in this medium between pure concept and actual realization of the building. I still struggle to really be in love with my project... it's super bulky and boxy and kind of ignores the landscape and it sucks not being completely in love with it even at this point... but at the same time all of my crits have been going pretty well. James talks through everything in a really efficient manner and I try and produce as much work as I can.
Our last crit, just this past Thursday was pretty difficult though. We had good feedback and Jefferson and Dimitrious had nice comments to say.... but I was exhausted. James left me two nights in a row before everything was due to visit his girlfiend in CT, and the next night he just left early.... even though everything was due in only a few hours. My body was in such bad shape by Thurs. I had gone to bed at 5am both nights, and only got about three hours a night. I think it was just the fact that he would leave me by myself with OUR project due the next day. I got so frustrated trying to finish a physical model and all of the plans by myself... I think when I'm given two things to complete I can never choose between the two and I want to finish them both really badly. I was just so so upset that our work wasn't to the same quality as everyone else and it made me really sad. I was happy for the great crit, but really upset that James would leave me like that because I cannot be the only one putting in effort every night before our work is due to be presented.
Ahh okay, well now Mom and Ciara will be here soon so I'm going to wrap this up akwardly and not have it really come to any sort of conclusion.
- c
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