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Studio crit when really well today.... I am dead tired. But I think all the work was worth it. Figured I should have a proper meal before I go to sleep for who knows how long. So I went to Red Robin. I had my first Guinness [in all honesty, I should have gone to a pub for such an important occasion] anyway... doodled a bit, had some dinner, got home.. and now I'm going to bed.
currently listening to: ludo: girls on trampolines
Big critique tomorrow. This is the only daylight I will get to see all day... which is a pity.
Badly Drawn Boy: Logic of a Friend
As schematic crits are only [as of this post] 39 hours away, it's crunch time! So instead of being stuck at studio where it's noisy, I've been working in my room. Pretty nice... and I think I'm finally getting somewhere with my project.
Currently listening to: Fox news
This duplex across the street from me has been for sale since I moved here in August. I can't figure out the floor plan at all... it would appear that only one of the units has windows on the street. I don't think I'd like to live in the other one.
Currently listening to: Gym Class Heros: Cupid's Chokehold
Today Warren and I went on an adventure to see what the extents of sight to St.John's Cathedral are. This is one of the closer shots.
Currently listening to: Beck: Que Onda Guero
Walking to the bus on Riverside. I wonder what [M] WR is...
Currently listening to: Ween: Voodoo Lady
Walking north over the foot bridge.
Currently listening to: Wired All Wrong: Nothing at All
This is the 2nd floor of the Spokane transit bus mall downtown. I can't believe how much wasted space is here. The 1st floor directly under this room is exactly the same... I wonder why they didn't put in an atrium/ open space in the center so there is a connection between the floors.
Currently listening to: Will Smith: Switch
Walking downtown, I thought this was a neat layering of activity: cars, people, landscape, structure, and global connection [sister cities sign].
Currently listening to: Robin Williams: My Way
Back in Spokane for a quiet holiday. It would seem that no one has work today. I was out walking around downtown for a bit... thinking of studio and theory. I have to wrap my mind around both of them as I have projects due for both next week. I thought it would be warmer in Spokane than it has been in Chicago, but I was wrong! I didn't last very long, and this was the most interesting picture of various vertical spaces that I managed to get.
Currently listening to: Blink 182: Aliens Exist
During out last morning in Chicago, the architecture girls (and evan) decided that we should at least go ice skating in Millennium Park! The fact that I cannot ice skate at all was made a tiny bit better by the fact that I was surrounded by an awesome skyline! I'll miss it.. and am looking forward to going back to Chicago one day.
Currently listening to: Time to Fly: Work
On a tour of the Science and Industry Museum we ran across an exhibit of trains from Chicago to Seattle. The room was an entire model of the urban environments of both, and the country side that connects it. When we walked around the corner and saw this, we had to laugh... I guess to Chicago folks, the space needle is at the foot of the mountains (with the emp) and is as tall as the Columbia Tower that's only a few blocks away! It was pretty fun to look at though!
Currently listening to: Elton John: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Today was "architecture day", which meant the architecture kids got to split away from the ID girls and go experience the city with Phil. We went out to the "magnificent mile" where I finally got to see these two buildings: the John Hancock tower on the left, and the Water Tower on the right. Today was such a great day... it was really hard to pick one photo that summed up how fantastic it was!
Currently Listening to: Jamie Cullum: High and Dry
This is base camp for our studio trip: the Palmer House hotel. This is a shot of the lobby, looking at the entrance to the ballroom: the empire room. It's definitely the most beautiful hotel I've ever stayed at.
Currently listening to: Everclear: I will buy you a new life
We took off for Chicago today. Due to the weather, had a long layover in Vegas... not long enough to go to the strip, but still fun to dink around the terminal. There are lots of interesting people here, people watching is a blast.
Currently listening to: Will Smith: Switch
Walking down Wall Street today, I had to laugh a little at the sight of this tree! It's the only one off the axis of the rest of the new trees... Looks like the RFI didn't get to the planner in time! I wonder how big it will grow...
Currently listening to: Frontline
I realize the logistics of using metal benches at bus stops... but really... I don't think I've seen people sit on them.
Currently listening to: 24
I picked up this book to read for fun for studio as I've been referring to the situationist international for psychogeographing ideas for my project. Anyway, when I saw the cover it reminded me of the Sex Pistols or The Clash for some reason. Upon reading the first page:
"The name had been batted around in reference to punk, because Sex Pistol Svengali Malcolm McLaren was supposedly connected with the situationists - or was it that, like a lot of 1960s UK art students, he favored the situationist rhetoric about revolution arising out of the boredom of everyday life?" Cool!
Currently listening to: Jonathan Coulton: Baby Got Back
I've been so disgusted by the sight of my bedroom for the past week, that I spent all morning cleaning it and going through drawers. Now it's all tidy!
Currently listening to: Mika: Grace Kelly
After 2 days with less then 10 hrs of sleep combined... it seemed like a great idea to paint my nails and get fancy for my "gallery" presentation in the afternoon. However due to the aforementioned lack of sleep, I forgot to paint my nails until after I got home... scratch it? No! I figured anytime is a good time to be fancy.
Currently listening to: The Academy Is: Black Mamba
I got a package in the mail from the family. It was a nice surprise! Although with a critique on Friday, I don't have much time to read everything that's in there until Saturday...
Currently listening to: The Muppet show: Happy Feet
I wonder why the developer for the mall downtown decided to put a map of the inland lakes in the entrance rather than something that related to the riverfront park. It was funny to watch people from a few floors up. A lot of them would change their routes and walk around it, like it was some sort of art (which I suppose you could argue that it is)... others didn't seem to notice. It reminded me of the Eagle logo in high school.... Don't step on it!
Currently listening to: Jamie Cullum: London Skies
I had no idea there was a place in Spokane that had a park like checkers/chess table set up to hang out and play at. I think it's funny that it's located on a little median strip between Our Lady of Lourdes and the Masonic Temple.... why there? I love how it's set up on a big table for room on either side of the players to have others watch. How considerate!
Currently listening to: Agnes: Gravity
Imagine my life without art? I imagine it would be pretty terrible.
Currently listening to: Metric: Monster Hospital
I always figured that these garbage cans around Spokane had a reason for being so funky. I've attributed it to guessing that they were put in during the 1970s or so. Well I learned that they were indeed put in for the World's Fair in 1974, and the flat part used to have directional maps on it. Pretty neat!
Currently listening to: Motion City Soundtrack: Hold Me down
Found on the facade of the Spokesman Review building downtown, Mother Joseph was one of the women I admired and did many a report on in elementary and middle school. A catholic woman architect that built hospitals? I could learn a lot from her.
Currently listening to: Greater Alexander: Water Walking
After studio, my studio mates and I went out for dinner & drinks. We watched "an Inconvenient Truth" in class, so we decided that it might be best to walk downtown, rather than all drive.
Currently listening to: Mark Chadwick: Graveyard
I spent a few hours today wandering around the South hill and the cathedral. I'm spending my semester on it for theory. I went on a fantastic tour with 2 of the neatest old guys I've ever met, and I really want to go back and spend more time there... especially to hear the pipe organ, which (as I'm told) has a sound that you could never imagine. Anyway, this is a photo that I'm thinking of using to talk about in class Monday, specifically about the alignment with this street (even though it's a good 100+ feet between where the street ends and the west facade of the cathedral!) and the relationship to the houses and the people that lived in them.
Currently listening to: The Decemberists: Summersong
Studio crit when really well today.... I am dead tired. But I think all the work was worth it. Figured I should have a proper meal before I go to sleep for who knows how long. So I went to Red Robin. I had my first Guinness [in all honesty, I should have gone to a pub for such an important occasion] anyway... doodled a bit, had some dinner, got home.. and now I'm going to bed.
Big critique tomorrow. This is the only daylight I will get to see all day... which is a pity.
As schematic crits are only [as of this post] 39 hours away, it's crunch time! So instead of being stuck at studio where it's noisy, I've been working in my room. Pretty nice... and I think I'm finally getting somewhere with my project.
Back in Spokane for a quiet holiday. It would seem that no one has work today. I was out walking around downtown for a bit... thinking of studio and theory. I have to wrap my mind around both of them as I have projects due for both next week. I thought it would be warmer in Spokane than it has been in Chicago, but I was wrong! I didn't last very long, and this was the most interesting picture of various vertical spaces that I managed to get.
During out last morning in Chicago, the architecture girls (and evan) decided that we should at least go ice skating in Millennium Park! The fact that I cannot ice skate at all was made a tiny bit better by the fact that I was surrounded by an awesome skyline! I'll miss it.. and am looking forward to going back to Chicago one day.
On a tour of the Science and Industry Museum we ran across an exhibit of trains from Chicago to Seattle. The room was an entire model of the urban environments of both, and the country side that connects it. When we walked around the corner and saw this, we had to laugh... I guess to Chicago folks, the space needle is at the foot of the mountains (with the emp) and is as tall as the Columbia Tower that's only a few blocks away! It was pretty fun to look at though!
Today was "architecture day", which meant the architecture kids got to split away from the ID girls and go experience the city with Phil. We went out to the "magnificent mile" where I finally got to see these two buildings: the John Hancock tower on the left, and the Water Tower on the right. Today was such a great day... it was really hard to pick one photo that summed up how fantastic it was! 
We took off for Chicago today. Due to the weather, had a long layover in Vegas... not long enough to go to the strip, but still fun to dink around the terminal. There are lots of interesting people here, people watching is a blast. 
Walking down Wall Street today, I had to laugh a little at the sight of this tree! It's the only one off the axis of the rest of the new trees... Looks like the RFI didn't get to the planner in time! I wonder how big it will grow...
I realize the logistics of using metal benches at bus stops... but really... I don't think I've seen people sit on them. 
I picked up this book to read for fun for studio as I've been referring to the situationist international for psychogeographing ideas for my project. Anyway, when I saw the cover it reminded me of the Sex Pistols or The Clash for some reason. Upon reading the first page: 
I've been so disgusted by the sight of my bedroom for the past week, that I spent all morning cleaning it and going through drawers. Now it's all tidy! 
After 2 days with less then 10 hrs of sleep combined... it seemed like a great idea to paint my nails and get fancy for my "gallery" presentation in the afternoon. However due to the aforementioned lack of sleep, I forgot to paint my nails until after I got home... scratch it? No! I figured anytime is a good time to be fancy. 
I got a package in the mail from the family. It was a nice surprise! Although with a critique on Friday, I don't have much time to read everything that's in there until Saturday...
I wonder why the developer for the mall downtown decided to put a map of the inland lakes in the entrance rather than something that related to the riverfront park. It was funny to watch people from a few floors up. A lot of them would change their routes and walk around it, like it was some sort of art (which I suppose you could argue that it is)... others didn't seem to notice. It reminded me of the Eagle logo in high school.... Don't step on it!
I had no idea there was a place in Spokane that had a park like checkers/chess table set up to hang out and play at. I think it's funny that it's located on a little median strip between Our Lady of Lourdes and the Masonic Temple.... why there? I love how it's set up on a big table for room on either side of the players to have others watch. How considerate!
Imagine my life without art? I imagine it would be pretty terrible.
I always figured that these garbage cans around Spokane had a reason for being so funky. I've attributed it to guessing that they were put in during the 1970s or so. Well I learned that they were indeed put in for the World's Fair in 1974, and the flat part used to have directional maps on it. Pretty neat!
After studio, my studio mates and I went out for dinner & drinks. We watched "an Inconvenient Truth" in class, so we decided that it might be best to walk downtown, rather than all drive. 
I spent a few hours today wandering around the South hill and the cathedral. I'm spending my semester on it for theory. I went on a fantastic tour with 2 of the neatest old guys I've ever met, and I really want to go back and spend more time there... especially to hear the pipe organ, which (as I'm told) has a sound that you could never imagine. Anyway, this is a photo that I'm thinking of using to talk about in class Monday, specifically about the alignment with this street (even though it's a good 100+ feet between where the street ends and the west facade of the cathedral!) and the relationship to the houses and the people that lived in them. 