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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hello, it’s Tasha again (writing posts is really fun, also I’m confronted daily with art challenges and little siblings and… well, you’ll see anyhow) and my mom has, once again, […]
Hi! I’m back! It’s me again! (Natasha, in case you were confused by the sudden influx of enthusiasm and superfluous exclamation marks. I am the Daughter.) So… worldbuilding. It’s a […]
Hi, my name is Natasha and I am Sabine’s daughter (joy!) Well, today she decided that she’d rather I finally pulled some weight and wrote an actual blog post (instead […]