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My letter to the editor in response to the Architecture Issue of the NY Times Magazine was published. In it, I had expressed disappointment at the lack of perspectives from landscape architects, and the recognition of the influence of landscape architecture among our favorite “starchitects” whom were prominently featured in several articles. Maybe they’ll come [...]
I received this interesting study on food expenditures of different families around the world in my inbox today: Japan : The Ukita family of Kodaira City Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25 Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11 Germany: The Melander family of [...]
I haven’t had much time in the past several months to post as much as I’d like. Two weeks ago, I started my landscape architecture program, and it’s really been a whirlwind of drawing, design, model-making, computers, graphics, more drawing, more design, more model-making, etc. And still trying to find time in between to unpack [...]
I have a small confession; I like to watch CBS Sunday Morning. If you have ever seen this news show, you’ll know that it is catered to a much older (than me) audience, mostly because it doesn’t use a lot of flashly graphics, and I don’t know of very many mid-twenty year olds that wake [...]
The writing is punchy and imaginative, and I imagine that if read aloud, the short chapters would sound like spoken word. I’m really digging how the author captures the experience of waiting for a train: This is the fabled journey underground, folks, and it’s going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. [...]
For the past three months I’ve been living in Brooklyn, in a very slowly gentrifying area between Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. Historically, I understand it to have been a largely West Indian neighborhood, though I’m not sure who was there before that. Presently there are more whites and young professionals slowly moving in, myself [...]
Seredipitously, I was offered a job within three weeks of moving to New York! I’m working at a landscape design-build company, which specializes in rooftop gardens and is expanding its green roof projects. The photo here is an example of a garden we designed and installed. In many ways I am feeling very “new”. I’m [...]
Before going to see the newly opened MOCAD, my friend and I spontaneously decided to enter and explore the Michigan Central Depot. It was surprisingly easy to get in from the tunnels. We were walking in darkness for a minute, before suddenly stepping into the expansive main lobby/waiting area (represented in the photo above courtesy [...]
From Freire: Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is commitment to others.
Sent off the rest of my grad school applications yesterday! Working on personal statements, statements of purpose, etc. has sucked a lot of my writing energies away from blogging. Mailing off that last packet was quite a relief. Thank you all for helping me through the process by reading, editing, proofing, encouraging and supporting! In [...]
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An investigation of the systems, infrastructure, and design processes that create or perpetuate socio-economic and environmental stratification of communities, this publication explore issues of the environment (constructed, cultivated or untended), public health, mobility and access, communication, and race, class and culture. Featuring authors from design fields of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and urban design.
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