The distance a shout carries in the city A shout travels by airwaves and its reach is influenced by humidity, drowned by wind and ambient noise. Traffic is loud. People can be. A shout is a voice, and a city brings many voices together in close proximity. One shout can be drowned out by others,... Continue Reading →
4. Modulus of Rupture
The modulus of rupture. Number four on Michael Sorkin's list of 250 things every architect should know refers to the strength of a structural element. How much force until the (toothpick, twin, log, beam) snaps? Various sizes of concrete, steel, different species of wood, etc are subjected to a test with a point load increasing... Continue Reading →
3. Lifeboat
[How to live] with the same [5] strangers in a lifeboat for one week. What am I going to write about, naval architecture? (I think I need to save that for number two hundred something.) As an earnest requirement for aspiring architects this one seems silly, but as a thought experiment it offers more. What... Continue Reading →
2. Real World
How to live in a small room with five strangers for six months. Day two of reflections on Michael Sorkin's list of 250 things every architect should know. "Find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start being real" - The Real World intro. What is there to learn? Boundaries, conflict resolution, a... Continue Reading →
1. Cold Marble
The feel of cool marble under bare feet. I'm hoping to dust off this blog with daily notes on a list of 250 things an architect should know, according to Michael Sorkin. This exercise is not novel (see original art and posters) but suites me as I am beginning to study for the architecture license... Continue Reading →
12/03: 3′ Thick Building
[From the summer] - At Lafayette and 1st St sits a wedge shaped building similar to the Flatiron. This building, without the patronage and protection afforded the Flatiron, has has additions and subtractions and a few billboards stapled on, but the result is this bow-like extension, pointing north and culminating in, somewhere inside at the... Continue Reading →
12/02: Towards An Architecture
Part of no longer being in school means I have time to read all sorts of things that I skipped while in school. I recently read most of Le Corbusier's Vers une Architecture (Towards an Architecture, or Towards a New Architecture), and am trying to finish Atlas of Novel Tectonics and Complexity and Contradiction in... Continue Reading →
12/01: Meditation Spaces
With December here I hope to end the year the way I started, resurrecting this daily blog as a means of looking back on past work, reflecting on readings and essays, and presenting new drawings. Today is a look back on a series of meditation spaces, designed with bamboo in mind (however most of the... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 