define space.

2013-05-20 0 notes

just finished my 72 page design research portfolio. haha.AHha..hAHHAHAHHA *rolls around in straight jacket*

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honest logos by graphic designer viktor hertz

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while everyone gets to sleep in on their holiday, im here scoring LEED points on my design. cause thats what the cool kids do. right? RIGHT!?

2013-05-19 1 note

this is what happens when im not paying attention to a group shot

partying with my archi-friends

im having a real tough time with my current project. heres the lowdown:
4 attached condos, 2 are 2 storey, 2 are 1 storey. the 1 storey must be no more than 1500 sq ft. gross floor area, and the 2 storey is a maximum of 1800 sq ft gross floor.
heres the kicker: must be open concept (blah) and must be marketable, ie. not architecturally designed.
minimum amounts of glass and maximum amount of siding. *sigh*

2013-05-11 0 notes

quote of the day

” stop being a cartographer and become an explorer “

2013-05-09 7 notes

ive never felt this empowered, this excited, this jumpy or ecstatic. i just found out the craziest news ive ever heard about someone close to me. this is an opportunity of a lifetime, of a career and i couldnt be more electrified about it. its a moment of shear enthusiasm, my mind is racing, i cant sit still and i definitely cannot stop. everything ive ever wanted is right in front of me, staring me in the face through an open window. my life needs to change and it needs to change now. i need to work from the moment my eyes open to the morning sun, down to the last drop of daylight over the horizon. my career is within reach and definitely within sight. years are flying by and i cant stop it, nothing can stop it. i love this profession, everything about it. the smell of paper, the stain of a pen, the cryptic daydreams about curves, edges, vertex, shadows, light, reflection, warmth, chill, smell of a freshly cut landscape, the rough edges of stone walls, the soft fuzz of afternoon light, the colours are bursting around me with every shade, tint, hue. its within grasp, im never letting this go. i need edges, i can feel the buildings in my hands. they run smooth against my hands and sharp. its not poetry, its thoughts spilling out. most people have stopped reading, but my my is only starting. theres nothing in my way of designing new feelings, the world is too empty and architects fill it with meaning. books are pieces of paper, cars are noisy metal boxes, laws are boundless words in textbooks. architecture is free, it is not bound by anything, architects are the masters of building dreams, thoughts, emotions. food serves no meaning, no taste, no smell. colourless spills of grey wash over every mass of this planet. we design the shapes and feelings into life. the rest of night, the laughter of communities, the protection of wild things. i can feel the walls around me strong and unmovable but still breathing with life, with sense. my eyes tell my face i am tired, but my mind says no. my hands have no masters and my body cannot move. i am connected to this life of long nights, headaches, tight spaces, red skin, or is it connected to me? chained with a cold metal bar. words mean nothing but noise my thoughts cannot make, black characters on a white canvas. this is euphoria, it is not real, a figment of my imagination. as are the buildings we design, but we bring them to life. carve them out of concrete and stone. wood and paint. glass and steel. plant them in the earth with loving care. watch them breathe, and alas, be torn apart by their occupants. but it is not our position to care for them. we are the masters of design, not the mother of nurture. we move forward and continue our journey, and when the time is right, seed another growth of colour, emotion, strength, protection. this is my life, the one ive set for myself and bound with untouchable metal. architecture.

2013-05-08 2 notes

i drank the weekend to the ground, and youre in my arms

i kept my feelings to myself, and you werent wearing much at all

it wasnt like me to move closer to you

a feelings just a feeling till you let it get the best of who you are

then sleep gets harder, and i need more of you

so lay down on the couch and let me show you why i need you more

than all the boys on your street

am i wrong, or is this really what you want to happen?

when all i want to do is have this, im not strong enough to breath

so here’s the thing with my head, im unstable.

im feeling honesty come out, when really im just gone.

so heres the part where i move closer to you.

do you feel me when i touch you, do i really lack the skills to turn you off?

its what you do to me

am i wrong, or is this really what you want to happen?

when all i want to do is have this, im not strong enough to breath

cause im caught in every single word and i know that you are something else

yeah, i reached that point.

so ill try to do my very best to let you know

that youre in my head when i drive out to the coast

ill bring a piece of you with me so you know that ill be coming home

am i wrong, or is this really what you want to happen?

when all i want to do is have this, im not strong enough to stand.

cause ive been pushed around before.

i felt the burn from every inch of my heart,

but its worth it to never feel alone

2013-05-04 9 notes

an eery photo during the construction of the world trade towers that i wanted to post in a “celebrities without makeup” fashion. behind a thin vail of glass and aluminum, skyscrapers are slender central cores surrounded by “makeup.”

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” youre putting these models together, that youre tearing apart and youre constantly putting yourself on display, opening yourself up to attack. I mean, why would you subject yourself to that if you didnt love it? “

quote from the documentary Archiculture

2013-05-02 2 notes

me on a daily basis

2013-04-30 4 notes

quote of the day

” i attend the greatest church of all. i put a capital N on Nature and call it my church. “

architect Frank Lloyd Wright

2013-04-29 7 notes

whale balloons by william mcdonald

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continuing on the perforated exterior, but this time a much tighter pattern, the M3A2 Cultural and Community Tower by Antonini + Darmon Architects in paris, france.

the perforations in the metal that wraps around is small enough to actually hide the tower in the day, and let the real light shine through at night.