April 2012
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I have always maintained that making time and space for solitude is important, and I could not agree more with Sherry Turkle’s explanation why… “You end up isolated if you don’t cultivate solitude - the ability to be separate, to gather yourself. Solitude is where you find yourself so that you can reach out to other people and form real attachments.  When we don’t have the...
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 24th
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architecture school makes us so cool that...
… our pin-up pit transforms into a badminton court at night.
Apr 19th
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This drawing addresses two types of ‘Absolute’ Figures in Piranesi’s Campo Marzio, plate 5: Finite Figures – figures that are not part of a larger compound figure, or participating in the sequence, unfolding, or axial relationships which are the crux of Piranesi’s urban plan-making strategy.  Edgeless Figures – figures without a significant edge condition, or in a particular dialogue with other...
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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'Absolute Architecture' defined...
The part is absolute; it stands in solitude, yet it takes a position with regard to the whole from which it has been separated. The architecture of the archipelago must be an absolute architecture, an architecture that is defined by and makes clear the presence of limits which define the city. An absolute architecture is one that recognizes whether these limits are a product (and a camouflage) of...
Apr 12th
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Listenholy f. crazy about dan auerbach of the black...
Apr 11th
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Apr 4th
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March 2012
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“I want to produce heroic students, not “leading the charge” types,...”
–  Peter Eisenman
Mar 30th
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Mar 28th
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ListenReally liking this song a friend sent :) Royal...
Mar 27th
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Architecture school makes me so cool that… I...
Entering architecture graduate school without experience (ie computer software, physical model-making skills and/or design experience) really made first year a very hard challenge. It was still a vicious battle even for those in the same program who already had four years of architecture as an undergraduate! But, in a matter of months, the computer programs were learned, model-making skills...
Mar 22nd
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Mar 20th
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Mar 18th
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Mar 14th
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Mar 12th
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a piece of mid-review presentation on stamford...
In our analysis of Stamford we focused on the fact that the downtown area is predominately populated with commuters.  The city is purely functional, serving a daytime population of business people without any of the character that comes from or draws in full time residents.  Essentially Stamford is a sort of no place place that is only populated when necessary.  We want to capitalize on the young...
Mar 1st
February 2012
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“There’s only one thing I value and that’s loyalty. And without it,...”
–  Ides of March
Feb 25th
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Feb 21st
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“At the start of the 1980s, the notion of program was still forbidden...”
–  Bernard Tschumi, Architecture and Disjuction pp.140
Feb 21st
Feb 20th
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The beginning of a new column called, These...
In addition to my Urban Design studio led by Ed Mitchell, Architecture Theory II with Ariane Harrison, Systems Integration with Martin Finio, Site and Building seminar with Steven Harris, and Diagrammatic Analysis seminar with Peter Eisenman, I am also auditing a course led by Keith Krumwiede. This course is called Performance Criticism and looks specifically at the non-architectural writings of...
Feb 9th
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Analyzing the Koshino House by Tadao Ando...
The other elective I am taking this semester, along with Peter Eisenman’s Diagrammatic Analysis course on Piranesi’s Campo Marzio, is Steven Harris’ Site and Building class. I am really excited about this class because designing homes is my ultimate goal in architecture. We have to give a presentation on the specific way a house of our choice relates to the site...
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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ListenRiver Flows In You by Yiruma really...
Jan 24th
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My Spring 2012 electives...
I have gotten my top electives again this semester at Yale School of Architecture. It can be a soul crushing process, as I have mentioned before, but I’ve been incredibly lucky thus far. Peter Eisenman’s seminar this year is about Piranesi’s Campo Marzio (below). We have the unimaginable and impossible task of tracing the plan in 2D CAD format as well as making a digital 3D model from which we...
Jan 23rd
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looking for cities in vector based format...
I am looking to analyze a variety of cities in order to compare their scalar differences, figure-ground relationships and their means of transporation. GIS (Geographical Information Services) is not complying, so if anyone out there has a major city, or town in any vector-based format that I can use for this comparison I would greatly appreciate it. You can email me at: info at daisyames dot com ...
Jan 22nd
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For my classmates who are also reading The Crisis of the Object: The Predicament of Texture by Fred Koetter and Colin Rowe, it mentions this church, Santa Maria della Consolazione at Todi, Italy which I visited two years ago… Enjoy!
Jan 16th
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I made these sequence of collages to capture the varying lifestyles that the typical businessman in Stamford, CT transitions through on a daily basis. This is all in part to capture the inherent culture of Stamford, which we are redesigning/re-evaluating for our studio project this year. The first image is the bustling commute from New York City, followed by an image of the regimented...
Jan 13th
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Urban Design Studio and Mad Men...
For our design studio this year we are doing an urban design project in groups of two in Stamford, Connecticut. We are analyzing the current social, economic, and physical parameters of the area and making design strategies based on the direction we think the area would benefit most.  Stamford is currently a corporate financial satellite for New York City and hosts a bustling transportation...
Jan 12th
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Spring 2012... back in action!
It was the first weekend back at Yale and we had class all weekend - learning Revit. While we already had a few tutorials on Revit last year, this year we are expected to integrate MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) systems into our structures. It’s extremely fascinating how already, in these few days, the dialogue around design has changed significantly once the reality of floor...
Jan 9th
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December 2011
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 16th
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“Sometimes people just don’t understand - in which case, you help them. And...”
–  Daisy
Dec 9th
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Peter Eisenman introducing his Advanced Studio at Yale School of Architecture to the final review critics while holding a stuffed guerilla with a football. Critics include: David Chipperfield, Harry Cobb, Peggy Deamer, Stanley Tigerman, Mark Wigley, Guido Zuilliani, Lucia Allais, Pier Vittoria Aureli and Sylvia Lavin… Very tough critics and very lively discussion so far!
Dec 8th
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when your mind's not in the gutter but designing...
Chris: "Oh my gawd. These are so freaking sex-y!"
Me: "Are you talking about plans by any chance?"
Chris: "I am. Come look."
That serious conversation just happened... literally talking about architectural plans of buildings.
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Rhino script for your use...
I am a big fan of axonometric drawings, partiuclarly exploded axos like the one below. So, I thought it would be helpful for those who do not have the script to provide it and include some simple directions.   1. First, save your model under a different name because your model will get distorted. 2.  View your model in Perspective (even though no persepctive is being used)… just anything...
Nov 30th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 25th
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“I don’t have to have a physical church. What could be more beautiful than...”
– Julius Shulman, architectural photographer
Nov 25th
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Nov 23rd
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Stairs are a designed experience, use them...
Unless I am carrying something heavy or fragile, I always take the stairs. Call me old-school, I’ll take it, just don’t make me take the elevator. I really enjoy the formal entrance of the Rudolph Building with its wide stretch, low rise and deep run. It makes me appreciate the process of entering the building as it was intended and designed. Whereas, I find elevators cheapen the...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 18th
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“Man has access to the entire mind of the Creator, is himself the creator in the...”
– I came across this quote last night in my reading for a course on drawing, pulled from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This quote was used in reference to the presence of the artist as the creator who embeds a sense of authorship, process, and even himself as the subject of the work. However, like...
Nov 17th
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Nov 15th
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“No one feels another’s grief, no one understands another’s joy....”
– Franz Schubert, Austrian music composer, 1797-1828
Nov 7th
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Nov 7th
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architecture schoool makes me so cool that...
i am spending my saturday night casting a mold of my model in rockite… note: if you inhale it, then it can harden in your lungs… same goes for the eyeballs… wearing a mask and goggles is a quick way to establish your classiness while mixing and pouring… 
Nov 5th
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ListenVariazione Di Un Tango by Dustin...
Nov 3rd
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October 2011
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Oct 30th
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