More sketches from the "Design Thinking" sketching/field trip class. The first shows an adjustable connection to a modern piece of furniture, in this case a clamp as part of a free standing lamp. The second sketch is of a hand rail detail at the John Paul II Center in Northeast DC. Both drawings make use... Continue Reading →
In undergrad at CUArch students used to take a sketching field trip class during the first semester of their second year. (The program has since been reshuffled a few times, it is hard to tell which classes have changed and which have simply had their names changed.) The ambiguously titled "Design Thinking" had Eric Jenkins... Continue Reading →
Another detour today, this time down Main Street, or The Main Street Project, which began in 1977 and (until last year) was operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It started as architectural and economic analysis meant to help local governments come up with strategies to revitalize their downtown. The Main Street Project summarize their... 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 →
Adam Achrati 