GHETTOPIA

Found this for $1 at a local flea market. Pre-Sputnik...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:03:43 -0400

Found this for $1 at a local flea market. Pre-Sputnik speculation on satellites and what they might be used for. I wonder if anyone then would have believed there would be literally thousands of them in all shapes, sizes and uses in orbit half a century later.

Finally out of school, recovering in PA. Tonight I am going to...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:44:55 -0400

Finally out of school, recovering in PA. Tonight I am going to try to fulfill one of my life goals: catch a live mole. They’re everywhere, but I’ve never seen one alive. Will report on success of mission.

The Boeing X-51a Waverider recently sustained a speed of mach...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:46:11 -0400

The Boeing X-51a Waverider recently sustained a speed of mach 5.1 for around 3 minutes. Why do we need a vehicle capable of flying over 5 times faster than the speed of sound? Because we can. For the hell of it. It dawned on me that in many ways, it’s very similar to an art project.

Rainy day

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:08:21 -0400

Rainy day

Went to St. Louis over the weekend to see architecture (and eat...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:08:24 -0400

Went to St. Louis over the weekend to see architecture (and eat barbecue). We visited the Pritzker Gallery by Tadao Ando, the St. Louis Cathedral/Basilica, the new wing of the St Louis Art Museum by David Chipperfield and others.

Video

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:02:06 -0400

Model made for an architectural computing class. I made this...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:33:13 -0400

Model made for an architectural computing class. I made this about a year ago, but my professor didn’t give it back to me until now. I modeled it in Rhino, then used that model to generate cut plans in autoCAD. I then laser-cut the pieces from MDF, birch plywood and paper and assembled them.

Buiilding by Mies on the IIT campus. This building is usually...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:23:14 -0400

Buiilding by Mies on the IIT campus. This building is usually unremarkable but it was raining on the way to class and it was all clean and shiny. The exterior steel is not actually structural, it only serves as an outward indication of the actual structure inside the wall. This runs counter to most people’s idea of Mies as never using material for purely aesthetic purposes.

Photo

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:17:22 -0400

I was eating lunch in the park today and watching geese squabble over the crumbs I dropped, and I...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:52:19 -0400

I was eating lunch in the park today and watching geese squabble over the crumbs I dropped, and I came to another startling, yet obvious realization. Geese and other animals are very hierarchical, as are humans. Animals’ hierarchies are based on ability and seniority, while ours are based on which ones of us have amassed the most shiny objects.

Photo

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:12:50 -0400

Morphing concept bike developed by CERV for Cannondale. The seat...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:35:00 -0400

Morphing concept bike developed by CERV for Cannondale. The seat and handlebars change positions depending on type of riding: climbing, flatland, downhill, etc. I thought of something like this a while ago for motorcycles, I need to see if I can dig it up again

more info on the bike here

INgSOC Hybrid bike concept check it out here

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:25:00 -0400

INgSOC Hybrid bike concept

check it out here

malachite

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:48:41 -0400

malachite

hematite (#2)

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:41:47 -0400

hematite (#2)

Gypsum

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:36:06 -0400

Gypsum

Concept by Peugeot source

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:35:47 -0400

Concept by Peugeot

source

Spodumene

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:31:32 -0400

Spodumene

Hubnerite

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:24:11 -0400

Hubnerite

n-architektur: Media-TIC Enric Ruiz-Geli I approve.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:23:06 -0400

n-architektur:

Media-TIC

Enric Ruiz-Geli

I approve.