Guatemala:
Developing an internet connected material library and design library to hold the work of the students in Professor Gallegos’ studio. Prototype coming soon.

Presented our site research. Diagrammed vehicular and pedestrian access to the site and surrounding blocks. Documented parking, lighting, enclosure, etc.

Continuing with an image and a word on a postcard, developing interpretations and opinions on how the concepts relate to the domestic program.

Studio Project; house 01. Site: 33rd and Osage, Denver, CO 80211

Site Documentation = 3 weeks

Digital Applications: revisiting old studio projects, move from analog to digital.

History of Architecture I: reserving opinions because I can’t formulate them cohesive enough to make a complete sentence.

Guatemala: pursuing a research assistant position, trying to find where we (our school) and I fit in this project. Shooting for the place where help is needed to create a system, protocol and platform for global collaboration.

http://GuatemalaStudyAbroad.wordpress.com

Enjoy.

THIS: Stair Porn

THIS: The Noun Project

THIS:

THIS:

and this is from me (still in development, sorry).

That’s it.

One semester; done. One seventh, point one four two eight five, approximately fourteen percent of an education. An education that separates the boys from men. Not really… Mostly it just separates the architects from everyone else… Unless you took the apprenticeship route…

One semester; over. The look back is sympathetic, the preceding months were painful. They were growing pains; an opening of eyes; of a mind. The distance traveled is immense. Stripped down, reconfigured and built back up, the me I knew when I started would be proud of the me I am now. The mindset is open, my background in engineering is a tremendous asset, my outlook is beyond ecstatic. See ya later, Studio I. Say hello to Studio II, from the same room, probably the same desk, the same great colleagues, definitely the same amount of coffee, different instructor, different projects, new goals, new outcomes, new pains, new stresses, new joys, new skills, new dance parties (same dance moves).

One semester; finished. Now, for a real break. Commencing Christmas projects…updates guaranteed.

Thanks to the jury members for their time, and my studio mates for their hard work and cookies. Thanks to our studio instructor, Rachel for a great semester; you’ve brought us a long way since day one. We’ll all probably hear your voice in the back of our heads reminding us to be intentional with our organizational systems (and to occasionally break them).

Wrote final research paper for Intro to Design Build.

Relaxed. Did it feel weird? Yes.

Last task is to finish a composite drawing for intro to drawing. Its going to be a pretty cool drawing, hopefully I’ll be proud of it. Then some time to relax, Christmas shop, spend time with my family and friends, start work on my collaboration with Ryan Wurst, prep for some winter coursework, eat more than I can stomach, plan to exercise more than I will, read less than I want to, draw less than I should and write about things I shouldn’t.

Drawing critique with Professor O’leary.