My Master's Thesis is coming to a close and so I wall be going about the task of putting my final book in blog format. Some of this will fill in information but I am trying to think of the task as more curating the process. Who knows maybe it will turn into a more edited book for publication...

Or to be on my self to share with my grand kids.

Here is the final board. Enjoy!

My Master's Thesis is coming to a close and so I wall be going about the task of putting my final book in blog format. Some of this will fill in information but I am trying to think of the task as more curating the process. Who knows maybe it will turn into a more edited book for publication... View full entry

Here are some renderings of the spaces. Curated post upcoming. View full entry

Update in progress... it's going to be big.   These are the drawings that I presented to the structural consultant... more scale, context, and material coming in the final...  I don't think you're ready   -Darian View full entry

The new design on the site Elevations as works in progress More Elevations   A hint of the space frame structure that I want to use to frame the courtyard. View full entry

At Boston Architectural College, Design Development has recently been broken into to parts. Design Development 1 and Design Development 2.  Real world "Design Development" is where an architectural design goes from "what" the designer wants to do to a more descriptive "how to." As such, the... View full entry

So the schematic design process has been pretty fun and I'm sure it's missing the mark in a few places. But, let us talk about the process. One of the major moments was trying to find the organizing principle between my thesis of inserting and inverting the host and guest relationship and... View full entry

Moving into Design Development (DD) on my Thesis I am upping the difficulty rating. First: I will be taking some hand rendering courses; including pen and ink, and watercolor rendering.  Second: I will be moving from designing and drawing by hand to designing and drawing with CAD and by... View full entry

This will be a short post with pretty pictures. Schematic Review is Wednesday night. So, much of the last month has been storming and trying to turn my concept into an architecture. Here is the recap: I've been working on understanding how the Host culture of Morocco can be woven into the city... View full entry

The Next Installation of my thesis includes the Preliminary Review The purpose of the review is to provide three (3) viable schemes that expand and clarify the concept. I needed to dive deep into the concept, site, and program to create three iterations of inversion and insertion. And as with... View full entry

Q: Who would you choose as a client for a thesis that inserts a Moroccan cultural trade school into the existing community in the South End?  A: A knowledgeable Moroccan who know's Moroccan history, trade, crafts and how to design for occasions.  In other words, a business man... View full entry

Thesis crawls on at a snail's pace. I am currently preparing for the preliminary review which is the first major critique of site, program, and design approaches. This review will require that I develop a method of looking at my thesis topic of inverting the roles and the introduction of a new... View full entry

Disclaimer - This will be a short venting blog entry- Thesis is not easy. I love the creative thinking, the making, the drawing, the investigating, the mapping. But, it's not easy. Being a married and fully employed thesis student means that when I am at work, I feel like I should be with my wife... View full entry

Preparing for the Review The week leading up the the first review included trying to balance thesis with work, wife, and a desire to do a gateway project and add to my IDP (Intern Development Program) hours. By Wednesday (the 19th of Sept.) I was working on 5 hrs of sleep a night and trying to... View full entry

Thesis officially Started on the 29th of August 2012. They may stay it ends not with a bang but with a whisper. Right now I only see the whisper of long nights ahead. Purpose This blog entry will act as an introduction to my thesis and a means by which I can work out designer's block or writers... View full entry