ysoa n gsd n cooper makes three!________22 October, 2011
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an exciting [portfolio] event!________16 April, 2011
well, ladies and gents, it’s a very exciting moment. school’s out–forever! i’ll definitely miss my friends of–can you believe it?–six years. they’ve taught me a lot and i’ll be sad not to see them every day. i hope we’ll all keep in touch. we had our final, ah, final review on thursday (and again on friday as one juror was a bit day late). compared to the rest of the reviews i’ve had this semester, it went pretty well. our jurors were also excellent–particularly incisive was the commentary of two principals of the paris-local firm kilo, linna choi and tarik oualalou. they presented that wonderfully elusive admixture of criticality, humor, and optimism that can really carry a jury. their work is also pretty exciting, so check it out! and of course, with the last day of school (ostensibly forever) comes the terrifying moment of the search for work. i’m looking at a few firms in europe already, but the states are hardly out of the question. perhaps more excitingly, i’ve finished work on my brand-spankin’ new barch graduate portfolio! i hope you enjoy and (as i haven’t printed yet), any comments (positive or otherwise) are extremely welcome. just shoot me an email. in the meantime, i’ll be tuning up the work section of the site a bit to ready it for this new addition. next up before a triumphant (though possibly temporary) return to the us of a? an ecstatically exciting trip to amsterdam, copenhagen, oslo, bergen, and (potentially) belfast, delft, goteborg, rotterdam and a few other places. everybody wish me luck! (…mostly in retrieving my eurail pass from DHL at this point)
photodump: modern architecture, paris________10 March, 2011
wow. it’s been awhile since i wrote! this is exactly what it sounds like! i have tons of photos from several different trips. some highlights within paris are belleville/telegraphe (most of the graffiti pics), the marais (really old buildings. like, even old for paris), and several important pieces of architecture. from corb we have: his own apartment at the edge of the peripherique, the villa savoye, maisons jaoul, and the (in)famous maison de verre. we also toured perret’s eglise notre dame at raincy and the salle cortot (which is just around the corner from me and is adjoined to one of the most famous music schools in paris–the ecole normale musique de paris). we also saw niemeyer’s communist hq, the maison de peuple (which is in fabulous disrepair), and several others that aren’t springing to mind.
we also took a four day trip outside the (figurative) walls of paris, traveling south to marseilles, nice, and monaco. marseilles is kind of gritty and industrial, but–quite frankly–it was just really refreshing to be in a city that isn’t always wearing tons of makeup. marseilles is also geographically spectacular, sitting in a basin surrounded by mountains. nice is quite touristy and fun for a day or two with lots of “authentic” old markets and port architecture and a lot of old people and little kids. it seems much richer than marseilles. but neither one compares with monaco in that regard whatsoever (monaco has both a tesla and a maserati dealership in case you were concerned). monaco is bizarre–it’s like a little toy town with its ultra-clean streets, its silly people in their pseudo-american clothing, and its toy police force with their funny uniforms. also, it’s the first place i’ve been where a can of coke can cost 2.50 euro. zip zip! (that was the money flying out of your bank account)
there’s a myriad (which i just found out means 10,000 specifically–not some random uncountable number) of other things to say, but i think i’m going to restrain myself in favor of actually getting these photos up and on the web. enjoi!
