During the summer after the first year of grad school I wanted to keep tinkering with the idea of a rocking chair/shelf mix. Around that time a student group at PennDesign called Co+Lab fabricated a counter-top installation for the lobby of the School of Design. I switched tactics and decided to pursue a similar design... Continue Reading →
As my schedule settles down I hope to put more time into these posts. For now I am running through grad school, starting with a small project intended to analyze a habit or routine. I chose to document the way I read a book, the way I turned a page. This led, though some arbitrary... Continue Reading →
"Barcelona es bona, con la bolsa sonna, tan si sonna con si no sona, Barcelona siempre es bona." Above is a saying, written incorrectly in Spanish, which is supposed to say "Barcelona is fine when the change purse jingles, but no mater whether it jingles, Barcelona is always fine." (The translation is mine, poor, and... Continue Reading →
A brief look back at more undergraduate work, this time a mixed use development situated near Dupont Circle in Washington DC.
Two projects from back in sophomore year, fall semester, the first full time studio offered in at CUArch for undergrads. (They have since shuffled around the curriculum so as to offer more studio in the first year. I haven't seen recent student work but the administration is sticking to that schedule and seem satisfied with... Continue Reading →
This daily blog was intended to allow me to break up the creation of a portfolio into manageable pieces, and to that end I will show a few projects from my time as an undergraduate student at CUArch in Washington DC (under the guidance of studio critic and Assistant Dean Michelle Rinehart). This first project... Continue Reading →
For the next week these posts may simply resemble a vacation slide show as I battle against the ULI Competition. Up today is a snowy visit to Renzo Piano's Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, from February 2011.
Another train post, this time about the California Zephyr, running from Chicago to Denver to San Francisco. The images below are specifically from my trip through the Rocky Mountains, with February snow gracing the cliffs. The train leaves Denver at 8 am and has a good 8 hours of front row views through the Rocky... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 