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!…
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…
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…
Today we finally split into our groups for the daycare and the planning. I really care about bringing heat into all parts of the daycare. It’s my personal mission. I was excited to talk about that today and head into the daycare to see what…
Today was great because we finally got to the design portion of the program. Today was our full-day design charette for the daycare center. We broke in to small groups and came up with a bunch of interventions for the daycare center. Then we broke…
Today was a whirlwind trip to the United States Embassy, a meeting with the planners in charge of Piletones’ future, and a mind mapping session focusing on the master plan and the daycare. The Ambassador herself wasn’t able to make it to our meeting today,…
I know that I may have romanticized the winding nature of Piletone’s streets yesterday, but really I was just trying to recognize a common ground amoung all humans–through cultures and centuries. There’s a similarity in informal orgnization because there’s a similarity between all of us…
Today was our first day on-site in Piletones to learn about the day care center, what they need, and what they already have. It was kind of a shocking contrast to go from the bright and shiny places of Palermo to the cluttered, un-organized areas…
I’ve been asked a number of times why I want to be an architect. Ultimately it comes down to the fact that I want to make a difference and this is the best way I can do that, being who I am. I know I…