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architecture is the essence of being, the element that makes the world a better place to live.

architecture is a tool, a vessel “that contains the body of things, relationships, and geometries that form the base-line of our experience, language and thought.” -- Mark Blizard

architecture is the thoughtful making of space. -- Louis Kahn

architecture should be experienced not only through the exposure of spatial sequences but also through the composition of materials and their textures

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tenerife thalassotherapy center arquideas grant 2013

aqua rain water harvesting community garden competition

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The current call for the Arquideas Grant competition seeks to recycle the pre-existing structures of an old development project located in southern Tenerife, transforming it into a thalassotherapy center. The proposal is to create a thalassotherapy physical health center, using the pre-existing structures and keeping in mind its relationship with the surrounding area.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Arquideas grant 2013 competition proposed a series of program elements consisting of admainistrative area, restaruant, main area, multi-use space, thalassotherapy, technical area and water tanks.

Office/looby spaces are placed at both street and car access points on the site. Massage, algae wrap, showers, mud bath and pond are placed in an order that felt suitable for someone who would go through all process of the available thalassotherpy treatments I have chosen. A resident could start with a relaxing salt water bath, then enjoy a heavenly massage followed by an invigorating algae wrap or mud bath, proceded by washing off with a cool shower. Lastly, a fresh water pond to cleans and refresh the body after experiencing thalassotherapy treatments.

Originally, each module is a separate entity with identical layouts, but to transform the structures into a thalasotherapy center, a sense of connection needed to be present. I believe this because thalasotherapy is connected to the body and its senses. This connection is part of the process to heal the body just as the connection among structures would heal the abandoned architecture.

Originally, each module is a separate entity with identical layouts, but to transform the structures into a thalasotherapy center, a sense of connection needed to be present. I believe this because thalasotherapy is connected to the body and its senses. This connection is part of the process to heal the body just as the connection among structures would heal the abandoned architecture.

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Seaweed body wraps alone are powerful but when you add minerals, dead sea mud, special clays and herbal ingredients then you get the most powerful body wrap available. The villas and therapy structures within my design are wrapped with the same idea. Applying a tensile system with cloth transforms what we considered interior and exterior spaces. The wrapping creates spaces between the building structures, which act as potential meeting places. The tensile cloth system displays the same attributes as sea weed: flexible, various colors of green, and manipulatable.

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historyWe can’t pinpoint the date of the discovery of the islands now known as the Canaries, but we can say with certainty that they were known, or at least postulated about, in ancient times. In his dialogues Timaeus and Critias, Plato (428–348 BC) spoke of Atlantis, a continent sunk deep into the ocean floor in a great cataclysm that left only the peaks of its highest mountains above the water. Whether Plato believed in the lost continent’s existence or had more allegorical intentions remains a matter of conjecture. In the centuries since Plato’s death, those convinced of the existence of Atlantis have maintained that Macronesia (the Canary Islands, the Azores, Cape Verde and Madeira) constitutes the visible remains of the lost continent.

architectureWhile elements of major European architectural trends did filter their way into Tenerife, the island has never stepped back from its own island tastes. From pastel-colored Canarian houses with their traditional balconies to elegant chapels, shore-side castles and even cave homes, Tenerife's architecture without a doub tmaintains a flavor of its own. Many of Tenerife's towns and cities boast perfectly conserved historical quarters; the quaint, distinctively Canarian architecture has earned many of these towns awards, distinctions and even World Heritage protection from UNESCO.

cultureEaster in Tenerife is unforgettable - even if you are not religious, you can't help getting caught up in the tradition and solemnity of the celebration.During the week, the streets are filled with people as processions of elaborate ‘tronos’ – some weighing up to six tons – are carried slowly around the towns, accompanied by sacred songs and a slow drum beat. The processions, organised by religious brotherhoods or ‘cofradias’, are followed by ‘nazarenos’, dressed in coloured tunics, cone-shaped hoods and masks reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan in the USA. However, the strange headgear has no sinister significance as the cones symbolise a rising upward, bringing the penitents closer to the heavens. If you want to see a little slice of ‘real’ Spain on your Easter holiday, the processions are a ‘must do’ event. Followed by some tapas and a glass (or two) of local wine, the experience will leave you feeling privileged and satisfied that sun, sea and sangria is not all that this beautiful island has to offer.

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geography One of the most wondrous aspects of the beautiful island of Tenerife is its climate. The weather is glorious, that is why the largest of the Canaries has earned the reputation of being one of the best year-round holiday hotspots. The sun shines for more days of the year here than most other places in the world – just one of the reasons people visit from January to December.Of course the weather depends on the time of year that you travel and the specific places you visit. The south is always the warmest and sunniest with the least cloud, and the west enjoys more than its fair share of great weather, too. The north is also very warm, although there can be more rain and cloud in this part of the island compared with the rest.

Your journey begins by transitioning to a lower elevation. A transition into a world of relaxation and tranquility.

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Your journey ends with a grand view of the city and Atlantic Ocean. A view to be shared with a loved one or close friend.

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Rainwater harvesting and the people of the community are the sources of what gives the garden life. The heart gives humans life and without it we cannot survive. The same can be said about water for a garden. Therefore, the rainwater harvesting system is the heart of my design. A cistern is placed where the gardens metal sculpture use to be and is acting as the heart that gives life to the community garden fruits, vegetables, herbs and trees.

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The community garden serves as a place where people can come together and plant fruits, vegetable, herbs, and trees. A place were people of all ages can interact in the act of growing; both in sustenance and as a community.

Water gives life, the heart gives life; without these elements the garden and humans would cease to exist. Gardening is brought about through the engagement of humans with the land. The act of pumping water generates interaction with the cistern system and thereby adding an additional process to gardening, therefore giving the gardener a greater sense of accomplishment.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Roots of Change is an organization focused on the establishment of community gardens where there is a lack of easily accessible fresh produce. AGUA is sponsoring this competition to help the East side of San Antonio and further its mission of bringing environmental awareness to the community in which it is located. The primary goal is for designers to submit a proposal for rainwater catchment and harvesting in order to reduce the volume of storm water runoff while providing a means of irrigating the landscape and the produce being grown by the community.

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planters - modular design for planting fruits and vegetables

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issues: explore the formal attributes of both the letterform and counter-form of a specific sans serif typeface. demonstrate the following skills: kerning, leading, figure/field, hierarchy + scale, the field of the page, and letter-form + counter-form

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United States + Asia $20 $25 $15

Jessica Antola: GerewolKares Le Roy: ThaipusamChris Sorensen: Chinese New YearSivan Askayo: Carnival of VeniceFelipe Dana: Brazil, CarnavalFrank Solis: San Antonio Fiesta

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Gerewol: application of face paintThaipusam: preparation of satvik foodChinese New Year: dragon dancingCarnical of Venice: making venetian masksBrazil Carnaval: engineering of float designFiesta: how to make tissue paper flowers

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ExhibitsAfrica, Niger: GerewolAsia, India: ThaipusamChina: Chinese New YearItaly: Carnival of VeniceSouth America, Brazil: CarnavalUnited States, San Antonio: Fiesta

Festivals are an artifact of a community’s culture. MCL’s mission is to strenghen relationships among mankind by providing the experience of engaging in festivities celebrated by countries around the world. Festivals allow us to rejuvenate our souls and look at life with the sense of joy. We hope you will join us along the journey of embracing cultural literacy and learn the value of diversity. It is time to unite and establish connections among cultures. Lets bring people together to engage the traditions, beliefs, values, customs, and aspirations of cultures around the globe. Now is the time embrace the festivals the world has to offer. Join us at the San Antonio Museum of Cultural Literacy for fun, food, and the experience of a life time!

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Viewer discresion advised exhibits may contain nudity. Children under the age of 13 must be acompanied by an adult. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact MCL offices at 210-285-8873, 210-CULTURE.

LecturesHoward Rheingold: The New Power of CollaborationDavid Binder: The Arts Festival RevolutionMark Pagel: How Language Transformed Humanity

purpose: design a poster promoting an exhibition of photographic works + accompanying workshop + lecture series for the San Antonio museum of cultural literacy

issues: transformation: 2d - 3d, the cube as the field of poster and as 3d object, integration of parts and whole, figure + field, hierarchy of type, clarity of the whole, and content + form

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issues: (use / purpose / intent) part and whole of the building and the grid of the fold

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is a vessel that contains the body of things, relationships, and geometries that form the base-line of our language and thought. Within this vessel is held our memory and desire – not as fixed entities or images, but as a flux of possibilities. Yet, architecture remains stable to the extent that it provides us with a place to dream and to remember.

as the coincidence of land, culture, and practice, places us between idea and matter, the past and the future, and among the things and social constructions that populate our being in the world.

is the body of successive artifactual layers that place us within society, culture, the environment, and the cosmos. In moving through these layers, we sort out the world and take on an identity. In this, architecture seeks to define the order and the negotiated union of self and world. Practice organizes the relationship between humans and their environment. The very grain that structures self and world is meaningful. Meaning is a narrative that is posited and concretized through practice. The artifact – the trace of this process – carries the fundamental values and beliefs of a culture. Where we are in the world is set among artifacts and in the landscapes that we inhabit.

gathers us in the world to the extent that it forms an agreement in the joining of land, culture, and practice.

is the apparatus by which we conceive the world. The tools that guide us in our search are relatively few: our body, which is also to say, our mind; the cultural web of artifacts and knowledge, language which serves as a container and conduit, and the dialogic practice of making and thinking. With these, we attempt to make sense of the world that confronts us; to find the order and knowledge that permits stone to become a wall or the land a garden.

is a web of connections that extends outward from its artifactual center. It forms a fabric that is coincident with our being in the world.

This book suggests that we consider to be a practice – an art of knowing. As such, it is wrought with artifacts, which are the focus, means, and ultimately, offer the structure of knowledge. Artifacts are the means and materials of our thought and practice. We think through them. Making is a cultural act, an engaged pursuit of the artifact. It provides the process and methods by which we practice. The practice of architecture is an art that gathers all of culture into a meaningful web. Through the practice of architecture we build culture. In practice, the architect shapes land and matter and weaves them into a cultural artifice – one that is coextensive with land, culture, and practice.

We assemble things into constructions. At first these are rudimentary: a wall, a beam. Later they become more complex, yet serve the same purposes and engender the same ideas and search for order between: a city, a text.

We wrap language around things, weaving a fabric that is at once intelligible and sensible. We take things apart and probe beneath their surfaces, searching for their hidden structure.

gathers land, culture, and practice in response to our understanding. of being in the world.

is not an object, and therefore, cannot be framed by the limitations of categorical knowledge or the extent of the drip-line. Neither is architecture to be defined as a process except to the extent that making and thinking are coincidental and reciprocal with the artifact.

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one that is not defined in accordance with measurable rules.

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searches to fill that open region between idea and matter, memory and desire, and our selves and the world.

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purpose: design a poster containing all text provided

issues: study the formal attributes and permutations of text. include words, lines, blocks, and columns. establish hierarchical relationships between parts of the given text. the graphic design should inform our reading of the text. consider the column grid + kerning, leading, letter-form + counter-form, figure/field, hierarchy + scale, use of color, and the field of the page

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Urbino

spring 2013general informationq + aschedulecourses offeredcost

Urban Fabric and Video Analysis

spring2015

Focus

First Meeting

mark blizardcurtis fish

ITALY

engage the unknown

for any questions you may have please contact professor Robert Baron at robert.baron@utsa.edu or the office of the dean

purpose: design a poster for the spring 2015 study abroad program in Urbino, Italy

issues: use one photo or a series of photos that represents the urban fabric of a city

drafted rendering’s

color pencil watercolor

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