Field Work

So Friday I had a very productive meeting with my mentor, we got to talk more about my project and we found out (thru a mentor meeting question) that I was supposed to be doing field work :/ major oops !

I felt super bad I hadn’t been doing any field work, because it´s actually what is going to give a closer approach to my project… architecture… so, my mentor Mrs. Fernandez gave me the phone of one of her friends that happens to be an architect and we made an appointment for a meeting… I interviewed her. We spent 2 hours in Starbucks talking about all the branches in architecture and her experience and all the different things an architect does… and now I know how the life of an architect is, because one told me about it . THAT was cool . I am definitely going to try and find more architects to interview and maybe go see them in action :P

Who knows…

I really liked how the life of an architect sounds like. It definitely does not sound chill, it keeps you constantly active and with a creative mind. The lady I interviewed, Carmen, was an architect in Venezuela and now works with Gamma USA, Windows and Walls develops, who manufactures and installs architectural aluminum products for both the commercial and institutional sectors — fixed and operable windows, curtain walls, doors, panels, coverings and cladding always striving to adapt to new trends and ever-changing market needs.

One of the projects they have as of today are: sky scrapers in New York City and the remodeling of the Miami Airport.

(The image is not of the real project, its just to give you an idea)

During the interview I brought up environmental architecture, to see what an architect thinks about it and she says that right now every architectural company is trying to focus on making their buildings/houses etc. environmental friendly because by making them with those characteristics the building is more efficient for the buyer because this way they won´t have to lose money in big ac bills etc. But she did say that it is still not very popular in the market because it is not the usual building strategy… and it is more expensive to buy ( although in the long term it is less expensive to maintain) . She gave me an example: “ok, so when you go to Publix and you want to buy either a coke or a bottled water … which one will be more expensive?  in your mind it might be the coke because it has more ingredients to it , sugar, water, artificial bla bla bla… and water … is JUST water. But water is more expensive than the coke because the product is offering something that is good for you even though it is less processed and doesn’t contain so many ingredients.

Yeah… Im liking architecture and my urge to find out what I need to make architecture environmental friendly is growing every day :P

Good night people !

Bad NEWS for our Wallets...

First Good NEWS!
So Yesterday I got my license in the mail I am so happy yey yeyy!

I look ridiculously good looking (I’m not conceded at all! Ok... No) ha ha jk

But it was a good picture :P … well I got my license and now the gas price went up $100/barrel from being like$90/barrel… this Gadhafi

Oil tops $100 a barrel

The European standard, gained $3.50, or 3%, to $114.75 a barrel.

Oil prices rose above $100 a barrel Wednesday for the first time since October 2008, before retreating to end its active trading session at $98.10 a barrel.

"Traders were concerned about events in Libya, which seem to have gone from bad to worse," said analysts at Cameron Hanover, a firm that specializes in energy price risk management, in a report. "Foreign oil companies operating in Libya evacuated workers, and some were reportedly suspending operations."

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Oh man..

Talking about Schools

Time , Time , Time...
Time is going by so fast, so I need take advantage of every second. I have probably not been very focused... last week my mentor was really busy because she runs P.R.I.D.E and she had meetings that week and Wednesday she takes her kids to magnet school so her kids give out tutoring to the younger students.Very nice right?
Well now Daniel has been helping me by giving me motivation to go to FIU and check out the architecture campus and start applying to scholarships… I’m really glad he is doing that, and I thank him a lot J I am going to make an appointment with them so I can go have all my questions answered and well… just check the school out, see if I see myself going there and what I need to do to get there.
I kind of don’t like short weeks cause I ran out of productive time … so yeah… lets get done what needs to be done
More Noodle tools !
I found cool offices that interior architects/designers pimped out!
Ha ha
Well here are some pics so you guys can see what a good job they did.
I got it form another blog so I wont post everything he has ... (just some hahaha and ill leave the link if you want more)

http://theroxor.com/2009/11/30/15-awesome-and-inspiring-offices/

Selgas Cano Architecture

This looks like a really peaceful environment that stimulates creativity.

White Mountain Office

This office somehow reminds me of the nuclear bunker in the end of Terminator 3. This old atomic shelter is now used by Swedish ISP. This really is a one of a kind work environment.

TBWA Hakuhodo

TBWA Hakuhodo is a Japanese advertising company. This awesome office was designed by Klein Dytham Architecture. This office wants to bring the outside in. You’ll see plenty of nature inspired elements such as grass and trees.

Pallotta Teamworks

Pallotta Teamworks asked Clive Wilkinson Architects to create a one of a kind office. And they got what they asked for. This entire office is made out of shipping containers that are stacked on top of one another. The shipping containers were painted in various colours to add a bit of flair to the workspace.

Tree Houses

Wednesday.
Today I tie dyed shirts with the art club, we had tied like 200 shirts in the past 2 Mondays and finally tie dyed.
Later in the day I went back to that webpage I found yesterday (look for pictures of the hanging couches I found on the last post)
I found projects of houses on trees or in the middle of the forest. Houses with trees growing insides  walls.
Im making a power point presentation about what I’m finding for my tree house...   


In some ways, this building designed by Bellemo & Cat stands out strongly from its surroundings – critics must decided whether this move preserves or shatters the integrity of the green hillside landscape. From a sustainability standpoint, however, raising the whole house on stilts is an eco-friendly move that preserves the existing trees and other plant life growing natural on the site.

Thatc is an aircraft+boat+ float. LOOK at the designs and the handling the lights to make the building energy friendly effiecient.


 Nice right?

aircraft-boat-house-eccentric. wooden tree home

and there are more! I put some ot he other projects in noodle tools :)
 Ill just leave you with one more picture.

Tree Couches ? WHAT!?

I have no words for what I found today!
I don´t remember if I mentioned my reasons for being interested in environmental architecture, but here they go:

1)      It is both beneficial for humanity and the environment.

2)      It is not only energy efficient but it counts with cool interior design and it can be done very creatively.

3)      One of my life dreams is to build a house on a tree and  live there; it will have internet and telephone connections J

Ok , so today I found  ideas for couches!( for my tree house of course)
 I found that not only there is architecture friendly approaches but there is furnishing

Eco friendly projects … and … I have pictures of some!

check this out:

 I want one!!

Well I got to go, I have BC class at Pembroke then coffee with Daniel <3

Friday!

Today I looked for more info about environmental architecture and found out that Hunter Douglas has ways of making your home environmental friendly… Not only using recyclable materials but also making your home a more energy efficient facility, by applying shutters or sun holes in your home so you can utilize the suns light instead of using electrical light. It’s the weekend I’m going ice skating with some friends ! and I have the fashion show at school on Saturday … me and 2 friends designed and made 3 outfits, I’m excited !  aaaahh!!! I LOVE RENEE! ( she designed with me )

Good news! Yesterday I gave my neighbor the official first Ukulele class!!

It looks it is going to go well J I’m teaching her Over the Rainbow and some other chords .

Have a good weekend guys!

Maybe Ukulele?

Ok, so I had problems with my blog again... I kind of forgot my password again... but it will not happen again (promise).
So this week I was remembering those good old times when I played the piano, it wasn’t that long ago but I’m very sad I put it aside. You know those activities that really make you happy when you’re doing them? Playing the piano was one of mine…
This Tuesday I was talking with a good friend, who happens to be my neighbor, about how we start playing the piano and then it oh so happened that we like the ukulele… I was really excited and I considered it as another option for my wise project. I already know how to play a song, because my excitement I practiced and practiced.
I’m still researching about  architecture.

LICENSE OH YEAH!

Guess what… Today I got my license! Unfortunately I didn’t receive my ID because I´m not a US citizen so they gave me a paper, as a pass to show I can drive now… , yep, I got a paper J I feel the love haha

I have to confess I didn´t do much for the project today due to the event that followed getting my license, but tomorrow will be another day. After I got home from the DMV Daniel picked me up and took me to Xtreme an indoor karting… it was so cool! It was my surprise to celebrate that I got my license; there I got a picture ID to drive the

go-karts…Ironic huh?

There is a picture of Daniel and me with the masks they gave us so we could wear the helmets (my helmet was white and I felt like a Power Ranger)

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So getting back on track, today I found Edward Cullinan Architects, they are registered to carry out EcoHomes and Code for Sustainable Homes Assessments on all their projects. The projects are pretty cool, it seems as if they focus on educational facilities...here´s the link to the website:

·         http://www.edwardcullinanarchitects.com/projects/rbge.html

Week 2 :)

After week 1, I finally organized my new schedule! I organized it in order to take advantage of my day completely, because I leave school at 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays I have class at BC. I still don’t have a car, but I will be getting my license on February 9^th! FINALLY!

So, this week I had to do some research for my noodle tools, and of course for myself; I went to the library and read another book about architecture  this one talked about what it is like to be an architect and what you need to succeed in that area. While I was reading thru it I pictured a day in my life as an architect… I wasn’t completely convinced I want to do that, but because normal architecture is not as appealing to me as eco-friendly architecture. I got interested in architecture because of this cool project I found; it’s a mass construction project for Haiti after the earthquake.

The project consists in using cargo containers to build houses for those who lost their homes. The coolest part is that those containers where never going to be used again! Once the containers are used they just accumulate as trash. The project not only gave houses to many, but recycled for a good purpose.

That’s  is why I will post this project for my noodle tools instead of the books I read…

Blogging again :)

Ok, so I lost a finally got my blog password again haha. I know… WHO in the world forgets their password? I accidently misspelled it … but I got correctly nowJ

So last week I went to see my friends play at a battle of the bands at this place in Little Haiti called Churchill ( I don’t know if I´ve mention this before… but I created a management agency with a friend to manage our friends band, and it could be a possible project for Wise, it´s kind of oficial, I´ll tell you about the agency later on, I promise ;).. ) and we were talking about different ideas for later events for the band, including making of shirts with the band´s name “Hermetic”, I think this project will be cool to present and put my time into it, but I´m not decided yet about exactly what I will decide to do for an entire semester.
By the way... Hermetic won the battle of the bands! WUHUU! They won  a free recording for two of their songs!

These past days that  I didn’t have my blog´s password and Coach Love gave us points for writing down our blogs name ( that had to do with our project…) ,I ended up giving my blog a pretty long name. It´s called Music shows and Eco-friendly   Architecture…

Yeah… I have to choose which one I will do for sure!
So, for our first HW of the week we have to interview someone that will help us with our projects, I decided to interview someone that knows me well and will help me decide on what my project should be ( I mean a second opinion is always useful).
Let’s see what she has to say J