The Environment and the Architect
The natural world and the built form have traditionally been at odds, the latter being developed to ultimately act as a protective barrier between us and our environment. Today, however, […]
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The Function of a Chair
Part 1 of the series “The Function of Everyday Things” What exactly is the function of a chair? On the surface, it seems a trivial question. The obvious answer is […]
Venturi: The Birth of Postmodernism
The Venturi and Scott Brown couple, two architects united by their dissatisfaction with modernism and their search for something new, may be rightly heralded as the founders of postmodernism. Their […]
Christo
Recently my mother and I attended a talk by Christo in an open lecture at Hong Kong University. It was inspiring to hear how, as well as his successes, this […]
Less is More
Less is more. I looked at the statement my mom put in front of me for “impromptu speech training” (I have a competition at the end of the week, and […]
Organic Design
Science fiction. Some people hate it, some love it, and many are impartial to the genre, but the overall aesthetic has been drilled into us by hollywood movie layered on […]
Rendering with Copic Markers!
Tahoe, CA. The sun had barely scraped the horizon, scattering myriads of shimmering crystals on the surface of the lake when my mother and I stepped foot on a dusty […]
