Archive for Argentina

My new book: Tradition & Discovery in South America

My new book: Tradition & Discovery in South America

Loren’s and my book is finished and published! You can order copies of the book, or look through a full preview by clicking the cover above. Loren and I initially ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund this project. We were heading to Argentina with…

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Updates — Fluttering Facade & Basic Initiative

Updates — Fluttering Facade & Basic Initiative

I just added one of my studio projects from this semester. I’m a bit behind though, I still need to post my design/build work from this summer in Argentina, as well as 2 more projects from this semester’s studio. I will be doing that soon!…

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BASIC: Le Corbusier in La Plata

BASIC: Le Corbusier in La Plata

Field trip day! The train ride down to La Plata was uneventful and very cheap. Actually, the hour and a half train ride cost less than our Subte ride to the train station. It cost us each only 2.10pesos. I don’t know how they’re able…

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BASIC: Day 8

BASIC: Day 8

Hardware store day! Everyone kept talking about this place and I kept assuming that it was named “E-Z.” It absolutely never occurred to me that it would be the English word “easy.” I made friends with the tree dudes at the paint counter. We picked…

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BASIC: Day 7 Deeper Design

BASIC: Day 7 Deeper Design

We’ve been designing. What a relief. April was great at taking charge today in the library of Los Piletones. First we all brainstormed together of the many ways in which we could intervene. After that, we decided what were the 8 most important things to…

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