A place I would gladly move into.
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Conceptually Oriented, Practically Confused
Vietnam Plan #01
I’m planning on traveling to Vietnam (and possibly Cambodia) November 10 – 28th. Although I’ve always been fascinated by Southeast Asia (particularly the former French colony of Indochina), I’ve never had the guts to actually pony up and buy the ticket until now.
So, with my bags already packed several months in advance, I’m ready to take off on another (much needed) break from the daily grind to focus on art and research.
I’m devoting my time on this trip to photographing the use and reuse of former French colonial architecture. In particular, I’m very interested to see how the buildings are being assimilated into the new, globalized architectural forms of late capitalism. I find it both ironic and fascinating that the colonial structures, which symbolized the the first developments of global economic culture are now disappearing.
07-20-2010
“Habit Dulls the mind so that a man builds with little more awareness of choice than does an animal that constructs instinctively.”
Yi-Fu-Tuan
04-29-2010
I avoided making New Years resolutions this time around… but find that I have delayed all of my resolutions, plans for change, and regrets for my birthday… this Saturday. Most people feel like the “milestone” years are something like 18, 21, 30… but for me, 28 is turning out to be a pivotal year. I’m finally feeling like I can grasp the idea of “satisfaction” and the joy that could come from controlling one’s actions, environment, and lifestyle.
Case in point, I’m in love with this design for a home. It seems like the perfect mix of environments, inside and outside, private and public. The only thing that I would change would be the transparency of the glass. It would have to be adjustable…
Tiny House Design , Archive » Tiny House Cluster Under Glass.
Public | Private
Calhoun Square in Uptown, Minneapolis is undergoing a transformation to make it a viable commercial space. So far they have succeeded in making several transitional public spaces. We’ll see how this plays out. Will the tenants be drawn to these new spaces? Most importantly, will any people actually fill these new environments?
Vault Adventure
One of the many perks of my job is getting to go on random treks through the two buildings that make up the college. Yesterday I had the pleasure of traversing through the underground vaults of our building on Hennepin Avenue in MPLS. It was a very creepy and smelly place… but the abandoned bank vaults were too good to turn down. Take a looksy.
