Jan '16 - May '18
In my theory course our research project is on an architectural typology that has been disrupted / effected by American capitalism. The typology I have chosen is Motels / Hotels, and my first instinct is to research the shift in lodging from traveling the American Highway to the bigger, badder... View full entry
Witold Rybczynski writes of visiting the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago:"The atmosphere was different from that in other public buildings. Unlike a museum, it had no price of admission, and the security guards were unobtrusive; the stacks were open, and the books were there to be... View full entry
FM VIII IS CONCERNED WITH THE MEANING OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY.The dinosaurs of capitalism have become the senescence of urbanism. If the modernist project of carte blanche is over, how do we engage the city’s filthy state without a clean slate? Contemporary architectural discourse has... View full entry
A collection of perspectives, rememberings, and thoughts as a dual Master of Architecture + Master of Arts Design Criticism graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
