symphony

Civic Center: Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. I forgot my sketchbook but I conveniently found some napkins by the bar.

-Last show of this season featuring conductor Joann Falletta and guitarist Eliot Fisk.

For the last couple weeks, I've thought more about my education and I've decided that Architecture schools scares me. Maybe its just the school that I'm in but there is such a strong sense of false pride and arrogance in what we do and who we are. We've overlooked the most important part of our education, the part that should be the easiest to master without the help of an educator with a Harvard GSD degree. We don't think critically about anything.

-Why is it that Syracuse is ranked number 2?

-Why do firms such as REX (who we are all so in love with) claim that they strive to "do" and not "represent"? Could it be a way to charm a naive generation of students and clients?

-What is the difference between a "designer" who makes beautiful images and an educated architect who actually makes intelligent propositions?

It is scary to think about being a part of a superficial realm where thinking is guided by the latest and most poorly informed trends or the most seductive and pointless rendered images.

siracusa

Syracuse was extremely wealthy at one point because of a dense transportation system comprised mostly of trains and boats. But even in its current deteriorating condition, there is a lot to study and enjoy in the layers of history.

Station SW of Armory Square.
An engine sitting and waiting on a beautiful day.

denver omelet

Located on Larimer Street, The Market is a cute place to eat, coffee and shop.

View towards the entrance drawn last week. Entry through a welcoming bar before steps lead up to the groceries and seating.

Part of the interior seating/shelving area drawn in January

cambridge

Carpenter Center| Harvard, Cambridge

-Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's only built work in N.America

“There is a part of our world that is playing on abundance, on glitz and glamour and there is another part that is concentrated on refinement, and basically making beautiful objects.”

-Patrick Thomas, Hermes chief executive who is now trying to hold off the monstrous LVMH from purchasing family operated Hermes.

Architects aren't that different from fashion designers. In the world of architecture, there are numerous architects who act as prostitutes. The willingness to compromise design ideas/morals and disregard context just to ensure a project is built and sold for maximum profit is shit.

Cafe Pamploma | Harvard Square, Cambridge

-Cute little cafe

Delicious coffee served in a tiny basement with a ceiling height of 5' -11". Floor plan is roughly a square of maybe 18' by 22' packed with many super duper smart Harvard undergrads. Ha.