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Architects don’t seek each other out, but simply gravitate towards refined individuals with whom they can share their love for certain coffee blends, post-st…
so much reality.
i am going to try to occasionally repurpose this blog as a place to let my thoughts on my thesis flow free. maybe it will help me, maybe it will just take up a bit of my time. it’s worth trying.
(Antony Gormley)
thesis-wise, i am dealing with being alone, with the psychological effects of space, with how to design a research center in which the architecture provides the environments and tools required for the research.
(Johana Moscoso)
this prompt i’ve set up for myself requires one to deal with EVERY aspect of personal architectural experience at a deep level. i find this somewhat concerning, because i have given myself the responsibility of representing the full scheme of binaries, rather than focusing on just a few: dark/light, porous/closed, narrow/vast, smooth/rough, foggy/crisp, soft/hard, warm/cold, symmetrical/asymmetrical, organized/chaotic, rigid/flexible, isolated/connected, the list could go on for ages.
(theculturemap)
the site i have chosen - reykjavik, iceland - is in many ways counter-intuitive for my concept and program: the city is known for being quaint and charming, with lots of natural elements that bring tourists in from around the world; both of which seem to go against the “feel” and character of the prompt as i have set it up. there are other ways in which it is ideal: the strange geographic character, daylighting conditions, and atmospheric changes lend themselves to such a topic. furthermore, the country is isolated in itself: both by being so far north and by being an island that is far from any other land mass. the possibility to be both near a relatively urban area and several unique rural environments is an additional benefit.
(Jewish Museum, Berlin - Daniel Libeskind)
i believe my next step moving forward is to examine case studies in different arenas of relevancy: formally, programmatically, environmentally, and conceptually. hopefully from these i can develop some sort of new “thing” that is my own, that can speak to personal architecture in the increasingly less personal world.
good, good stuff. ethereal, moody, beautiful, haunting. hundred waters is the opening band for a concert i’m headed to this friday (interpol being the headliner). i’d only known their song “down from the rafters” until this week, very glad i expanded my listening.
EDIT: only after posting did i realize that my last post was also about hundred waters. how funny!
so brilliant and ethereal, floating between catchy melodies, strange sound, and the consistent beat.
Video footage of musician and artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s installation of electric guitars and zebra finches at London’s Barbican Curve gallery, 23 February
now showing at the peabody in salem.
Pretty and melancholy, the Londoners’ music conjures a perfect mix of gloom, desire and hostility.
I concur, but I sense some glimmer of hope or optimism or something in there too.
lovely lovely lovely. all i can say.
recently i took a little eurotrip. this is the first of five installations showing my favorite photos from the various cities. technically, israel isn’t in europe, but i’m counting it as part of the sequence. without further ado:
tel aviv is full of these wonderful 20th century (and earlier) buildings that are falling apart. some have been restored beautifully, but with this building, that’s not the case.
there are many high rises that loom behind these lower neighborhoods, none of it especially beautiful in my opinion.
there are amazing markets full of fruit, bread, spice, falafel, pastry, meat, and fish stands. the spices were especially beautiful.
we went to the relatively new addition to the tel aviv art museum, which was wonderful to see in person after having it presented in undergrad and speaking with the architect about it ahead of time.
the interior was wonderful: i had to imagine it with all the text lining the walls of the lightfall removed, but i could tell it was magnificent anyway.
we went to the beach in tel aviv. each plot of beachfront is owned by a different hotel, so there are few public beach areas. however, there is a walk that reaches out into the water that is completely public, and completely wonderful. the view isn’t bad either.
there were also some very strange buildings, forms you’d never see in the northern parts of the united states (i can’t really speak for the southern parts).
we went to the old city of jerusalem, the original ancient city that has a wall separating it from the modern city. it feels very much like one is visiting the past, only the electrical cords hinting at the century.
jerusalem as a whole is beautiful. there are strict regulations about building materials, with everything being built of the same pale rose-tan colored stone. it was amazing to see zoomed out.
my next post will be about rome. keep a look out for it in the next few days!
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