Archinect - Sergio's Blog 2024-05-10T19:17:02-04:00https://archinect.com/blog/article/150261968/past-present-future
Past, Present, Future Sergio Santos2021-05-03T02:26:15-04:00>2021-05-05T22:33:54-04:00
<p>The first spark lighting my interest in pursuing the goal of becoming an architect happened early in my teen years. Working with my dad in construction and finishing the first job site with him brought me joy that never seemed to have an end. One project that inspired me the most was for a family that was adding small ADU's in their property intended for their family members that were barely getting started here in America.
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<p>At first, I did not think much of it until my dad started saying how things could have been better if his three brothers did not live under one roof together. They were all sleeping in the living room and sharing everything a single-family house had to offer, rather than having the ability to live in smaller additional units for their privacy. However, for my family at the time, this was too much to ask for and impossible to get done because living here in America in their early stages was a hard struggle for them as immigrant workers who receive little income...</p>
https://archinect.com/blog/article/150254894/sea-level-rise-and-coastal-design
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Design Sergio Santos2021-03-14T19:54:26-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<p>We all know that climate change is steadily increasing and affecting nature and architecture as well. We are all experiencing these changes ourselves from temperature rising and its effects. One way we can explore new ways to think about architecture, is to look ahead of our time. This to say we should look back at our past to predict what is going to happen in the next century since buildings usually last about 60-120 years. Looking at one perspective in climate change such as sea level rise, we can explore new ways into how we can build along the coastlines to embrace the sea level rise.</p>
<p><strong>Sea Level Rise Studies </strong></p>
<p>As in recent studies done by Jim Hansen, Hansen concluded that based on past climate change data, sea level rise could accelerate exponentially in the coming decades, sea level rise can raise by several meters in 50,100, or 200 years. By Looking at data or thinking way ahead of our time we can explore buildings that can be submerged underwater. Which have been constructed b...</p>
https://archinect.com/blog/article/150251682/idol-s-masters-and-their-work-ethics
Idol's, masters, and their work ethics Sergio Santos2021-02-24T14:33:56-05:00>2021-03-10T17:14:28-05:00
<p>How can we educate ourselves from the people who we look up to and use it to our own benefit for architecture? Many students in the field of architecture have different hobbies, most involving people who we consider our idols. In this case, Kobe Bryant and other great athletes including different artists have all worked hard to get themselves in a position of excellence they’re known for. This is because all the people who we look up to have a different mentality than the norm, they use their free time to learn more about their craft, they are always in a state of constantly improving to get better and doing more than the next guy to master the profession.
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<p> Why is this important? In order to become very skillful in architecture or the path that we choose, we can easily learn what separates the people who are master’s at their craft from the average person. So why not set our mentality as theirs for the better, even though they have a different career path. For example, we can wor...</p>