We had to create a preliminary version of our portfolio for my class so I have decided to post it here: Portfolio (PDF). The file is 11MB so it might take a little bit to download it. I might put up pictures instead of a PDF eventually. We’ll see.
April 04 2008 | Architecture and School | 1 Comment »
I went on ESLARP (the East St Louis Action Research Project) this past weekend and it was a great experience. Basically a bunch of architecture majors and a few other random people travel to East St Louis for Friday and Saturday to do different work and cleanup projects to help out the community. I took some pictures so take a look.
My group went to a police station in a small town outside of East St Louis called Brooklyn. It is the oldest established African American community in the United States. Pretty cool huh? We went there to paint the inside of the police station because it was previously the hideous shades of brown and blue. I just think that it isreally cool that U of I can partner with these communities to do something real instead of just sitting here behind our desks doing design work. Even if the things we are doing aren’t necessarily architecture related, we can still be a huge help the community while coming out with new types of knowledge.
We also did a bit of work at the Katherine Dunham Museum. She was a famous dancer and we were sorting through her stuff and keeping the important things while purging the unnecessary things. We went through plenty of old mail and found some interesting objects. It was very tedious and time consuming but I got a couple free tshirts and old magazines out of it so that was a cool bonus.
March 31 2008 | Architecture and School | 1 Comment »
I am very excited for Spring Break on Friday. All I really have to worry about before then is my mini-project for design studio. We are doing the portfolios that I mentioned in a previous post and once it is done and printed it should be pretty cool looking. If we had more time I think I would try to get it done at the University Printing Services but at this point I am leaning towards Kinkos.
I am also going to try to do a post or two over Spring Break in order to make up for a recent lack of in-depth posts.
March 11 2008 | Personal and School | No Comments »