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Images for Mid Crit

2004-10-29T04:45:31-04:00

I though I would post some images of study model 04...mid crit on monday...time to hit drawings hard this weekend. Its going to be a hand drawn affair. The final is due on Nov. 22 before we leave for Japan.

Oz Tshirt:

It's been a while

2004-10-28T02:41:48-04:00

It seems as though every project I have for every class right now is coming down to crunch time so I have been consistently swamped.

Studio: Mid Crit on the 1st...will post images soon

Metaphysics: Research Paper; SILENCE AND LIGHT: Towards the Poetic Image in Exeter Library or VOLUME ZERO: Exeter Library as a Metaphysical Proposition

Graphic Design: Portfolio

Programming: Working on skyscraper research for an eventual skyscraper publication (group project)

OZ Journal: Sending out letters to potential contributors, designing a tshirt.

Here is the final theme statement for volume 27:

1pro”¢cess n.

1 a (1) : a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result (2) : a natural continuing activity or function b : a series of actions or operations conducing to an end; especially : a continuous operation or treatment especially in manufacture

Oz, volume 27, will investigate the process of discovering space.

Conceptions of space, before realization...

Bowling for Architecture

2004-10-13T21:12:57-04:00

What happens when your studio professor calls in sick??

Weekend in Texas

2004-10-12T23:13:34-04:00

I went to Dallas and Fort Worth this weekend with my Metaphysics class to visit Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum. We also went to Andos Modern Museum of Art in Fort Worth, the Nasher Sculpture Gallery (Dallas), and the Dallas Museum of Art.

The Kimbell was an amazing space....the quality of light is unmatched. I have to say I was a bit disappointed with Ando's Modern....didn't seem to integrate with the site to well...the outdoor spaces left much to be desired, but the concrete work was pretty damn incredible. Downtown Dallas may have been one of the ugliest places I have visited...but the Nasher was a nice space with a nice collection.

Other than that, the trip back was a big downer, it poured from 9:30 a.m. when we left Dallas until we finally got back to Manhattan at 9:00pm. Along the way, we almost skidded into what seemed like a 2,000 car pile up on I-35 and hydroplaned every ten or twenty minutes from there on out. The trip doesn't normally take 12 hours, but my spark plugs decide...

Study Model

2004-10-06T10:28:15-04:00

After an all nighter...here are some quick pics of the study model I will present today in mid crit.

office space looking over gallery space

a look back on study model 01

First Friday

2004-10-05T02:45:14-04:00

The first Friday of every month Kansas City opens all the galleries in the Crossroads Arts District to the public. It is a pretty damn good time. Tons of people come out, abandon there SUV's, if only for an evening, and stroll from gallery to gallery drink in hand.

Last Friday the work of Kstate architecture students was featured in a gallery called "Art Incubator." The exhibit was a part of a celebration of Kstate's 100th year of architecture.

Here are a couple of pics from the exhibition:

(i apologize for the poor image quality)

Other than that...we have a review in studio on Wed. then on Thurs my metaphysics class is heading south to Dallas/Fort Worth to vist the Kimbell and the MOMA.

few more random pics:

study model

my workspace (a bit cluttered)

mmmm

Design Build

2004-09-29T11:59:24-04:00

Last semester Kstate started a design build studio for fourth and fifth year students...the first project: new studios, a lecture space, and a cafe and supply store in the basement of our very own Seaton Hall. Here are some pictures of the construction process last spring....The basement will not be complete until early next semester but is coming along nicely.

week in review

2004-09-21T03:59:57-04:00

Well”¦let's recap last week:

Hiroshi Hara has come and gone. Besides a brief pin up last Saturday we saw very little of our visiting professor.

We have decided on the last week in November to leave for Tokyo getting back to the State's sometime around the 10th of December.

Studio progress appears to be advancing slowly. However, we have been devoting a substantial amount of time to research, analysis and conceptual development. Our readings include the likes of Stan Allen, Tschumi, Alex Wall”¦I have even entered into the world of landscape architecture with James Corner's book Taking Measure Across the American Landscape. The book has great essays by Corner and amazing photographs by James MacLean.

I will try to post some of our work within the next few days.

Most of my time has been devoted to ARCH 715 “Metaphysics of Architecture: Creativity of the Individual Experience.” Our current readings are Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, The Act of Creation by Arthur, Koestle...

OZ 26 sequence

2004-09-13T01:05:37-04:00

OZ is the journal of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State.
I am currently the co-editor of OZ vol. 27.

We just received OZ vol. 26 sequence from the printer and are beginning work on OZ 27 process.

Entries for OZ 26 include dZO, CJ Lim, Preston Scott Cohen and Micheal Rontondi. Order Here.
Alright, since this has turned into a shameless plug, we also have shirts.

I will post the 27 theme statement for reactions and suggestions soon.

Scripted Architecture

2004-09-10T13:21:13-04:00

ARCH 605/706 investigates the possible relationships between film and architecture.

I will post more info and student work later.

403

2004-09-10T05:06:56-04:00

4:03 am central standard time. Preparing for mid crit this saturday with professor Hara.

...anxiously awaiting the floating wizard...

2004-09-09T03:39:47-04:00

2:30 am central standard time....countdown towards floating.

T minus 11.5 hrs until the wizard arrives

Santa Chiara

2004-09-08T21:18:20-04:00

8:18 pm central standard time : wishing I was still in Italy...

SO Studio: Floating between horizontal and vertical

2004-09-08T02:31:53-04:00

"It is clear that conditions are not things but events. It is almost the same thing to see architecture as an event as to understand it as a space. Such an understanding makes it possible to recognize architecture as a field.

...modality is the most significant concept in architecture. When based on modality, architecture-as-event is realized. Modality is another word for space-time existence: it defines our state of being. In Japanese culture, influenced by Eastern philosophy, modality is called SO" -Hiroshi Hara, visiting professor KSU

ADS 7 fall 04: The first project, spanning the fall semester, asks students to design a roughly 60,000sf building comprised of an art center (galleries, small auditorium, offices, bookstore and cafe), commercial offices and residential uses.

The project site is a vacant lot in Kansas City roughly 20,000 sf in size, thus allowing a 2-4 story maximum height. Horizontal in nature, this project encourages connectivity between every program and the p...

have you seen this man??

2004-09-08T02:16:19-04:00

country boy from kansas lost in los angeles.