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Κυριακή, Δεκεμβρίου 5
102 Things I Didn’t Learn in Architecture School
Nice list, although the original article in Arch Daily says they are 101 the missed one and this is the final count: they are 102. Be sure to read them, they are helpfull and they bring back nice memories.
- Even if your boss is your friend he may have to axe you to save his business.
- Read the book, On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt. Carry it with you. It’s pocket-sized.
- Do not drink at work and especially do not get toasted around your colleagues under any circumstances.
- No matter how highly you may think of yourself you may still be a minion in the eyes of others who hold more power than you.
- Once you leave architecture school not everybody cares about architecture or wants to talk about it.
- All eating habits and diets acquired during school should be jettisoned.
- The hygiene habits you kept in architecture school are inappropriate for real life; bathe regularly and change your underwear.
- The rush and exhilaration you experience in studio may be inversely proportional to how much you will enjoy working for a firm.
- It’s architecture, not medicine. You can take a break and no one will die.
- Significant others are more important than architecture; they are the ones who will pull you through in the end. See 49.
- Keep reading after the break.
- Being smart and having advanced degrees can make you a better designer.
- The industry underpays. Push for what you are worth.
- Mind your internet traffic at work unless you are certain your office does not have someone monitoring. Of course you should be working every minute, so this goes without saying.
- Go home to your family.
- Call your loved one’s frequently.
- If you are working overtime, the firm buys dinner.*
*Contingent on office policies, of course.- Don’t keep a mayline screwed to your desk. They are not cool and they date you. The same goes for colored pencils.
- Get the biggest monitor you can.
- Do not, however, ask for two monitors. Even though it makes you look like a bad-ass you will be expected to do twice the amount of work.
- Make sure team roles are clearly defined.
- Know what your role is.
- Be careful with emails. If in doubt, don’t send.
- At times respect and civility seem to be scarce commodities in architecture.
- Be cautious of “opportunities” that do not pay.
- Sometimes the most critical person on your jury might actually be right.
- Understand how your office is run as a business and how they go after projects.
- It is best to keep your outside activities quiet.
- Your boss reads your blog.
- Pyromania, car soccer, and other antics you made up to amuse yourself at 3 am are not actually normal. See 49.
- There are no architectural emergencies that should make you completely give up your life on the outside. That may have been the ethos in studio, but don’t carry it into the office.
- Be suspicious if your firm expects you to work long hours of overtime for no compensation. Be doubly suspicious if they justify it by saying things like, “It’s just part of the learning curve” or “We had to go through this, too.”
- If a police officer pulls you over on the freeway for doing 90 mph on a Sunday morning while heading into the office, it’s time to re-evaluate your priorities.
- Know who the decision-makers are.
- Don’t dress like an intern. See 72.
- Read Dana Cuff’s Architecture: The Story of Practice.
- Expect to be regarded with suspicion if your undergraduate degree is not in architecture.
- Don’t be seduced by mere appearances.
- If your firm is outsourcing work to save money, be concerned.
- Architecture firms can have multiple glass ceilings. Be aware of them all.
- If a principal of a firm sees making coffee or moving boxes as beneath him/her, consider looking for another office.
- If a principal doesn’t say good morning when you say good morning to him/her, consider looking for another office.
- When firms advertise themselves as think tanks or research labs, ask them specifically what it is that they do. And most importantly, make sure they pay. Well.
- If you are invited to be on a jury, don’t trash the student just to make yourself look good or to contradict a rival on the jury. Be constructive and try to help the student. This is the point.
- Subvert the signature of the software, unless you consciously want the architecture to convey this signature.
- Architects are in a service industry. They provide services to clients.
- In proportion to their pay, architects require the most education, most training, and the most exams to become licensed professionals.
- Don’t be a Typhoid Mary. When sick, stay home.
- Embrace the business-side of architecture.
- If you are an architect you should automatically qualify for psychotherapy and medication.
- Most architects believe they were destined to become architects because of their early childhood experiences. They showed signs of architectural greatness at a very young age. This is a myth that reinforces an unhealthy hero complex. See 49.
- Architecture in the academy is completely removed from the profession. Likewise, the values within the academy are radically different from the values within a firm.
- Be cautious about applying theory to space.
- Do not take design strategies or operations learned in studio too seriously.
- Know the difference between architectural celebrity and actual worth.
- Read books with words, not just pictures.
- All firms are different. Shop.
- To save time, assume your wife is right.
- Do not date an architect unless you are certain he/she is able to maintain a healthy life outside of architecture. See 49.
- Architects should not intermarry. Inbreeding is not good for the gene pool. See 49.
- If you are married when you go to architecture school, studio ends at 7:00.
- Do not buy into the fashion of the moment and simply dismiss certain architects without examining them for yourself.
- Architects who do not build things also have important things to say and should be listened to.
- If your studio instructor is a recent graduate, be alarmed.
- Do not obsess about sustainability to the exclusion of other factors.
- Renderings done in China are so last year.
- If you start a think tank make sure you have some thoughts to put in it.
- Read Rem Koolhaas, but do not obsess and fantasize about being him. Delirious New York is still relevant.
- Archi-babble does not make you sound cool.
- Keep in touch with everyone you know, especially if they aren’t in architecture.
- In fact, make friends who are not architects.
- Do not wear the same shoes every day, They will start to smell.
- Make sure your jeans are up-to-date. No acid-wash. No baggy.
- The economically distressed urban zones you can afford while in school are not gentrified just because you and your friends have moved in.
- If you must read Italo Calvino, read more than just Invisible Cities.
- Expect a period of post-traumatic stress disorder after you graduate. Do not make any important decisions during this time.
- Don’t get a dog just because you are lonely.
- Architecture is fueled by fetishes—rectilinear designer eyewear, for instance.
- When trying to decide if a theory book is good, check the bibliography first.
- Listen to your elders. They are wise.
- FAIA can mean different things to different people.
- If you already have a B.Arch, consider further education in a different field. Your M.Arch. can’t make a real contribution to the field if you’re just showing off software skills.
- Always back up your hard drive.
- Embrace social media, but don’t be its bitch. Only tweet/post when you have something important to say.
- Architecture firms should consider forming economic alliances similar to OPEC.
- Even if you don’t like the look of someone’s architecture they may have something valuable to teach you.
- Great architecture, like great art, tends to arise from deep psychological issues. See 49.
- The eighties and postmodernism were not all bad.
- Being avant-garde is a choice that should be evaluated.
- Architect’s web pages are often out of control and take too long to load.
- In one’s life there are a finite number of all-nighters one can pull. You probably used them all up in school.
- Understand the contexts from which modernism arose.
- When the economy is good architects can rely on experience to run firms, but when the economy is bad they need advanced business skills they may not possess.
- Architecture is dependent on boom and bust cycles.
- Good design is not necessarily the most important factor in running a successful architecture firm.
- Branding is important.
- In a corporate firm, those at the top are not necessarily the best but they may have been there the longest.
- Being good at software does not make you a good architect.
- Architecture is cliquish.
- Many architects do not live in houses designed by themselves or other architects.
- Architecture office parking lots communicate success. There should be at least a couple high-end luxury cars. If there are a lot of beaters, be wary. If all cars are beaters, don’t go in.
- Be concerned when you are too idle at work.
Παρασκευή, Δεκεμβρίου 3
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Τετάρτη, Δεκεμβρίου 1
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Πέμπτη, Νοεμβρίου 25
Η Αρχιτεκτονική στην καθημερινότητα - Σύλλογος Αρχιτεκτόνων Ρεθύμνου ΣΑΔΑΣ
Ολοκληρώνεται την Παρασκευή 26/11, ο κύκλος διαλέξεων με θέμα την «Αρχιτεκτονική στην καθημερινότητα», που διοργανώνουν τα Εικαστικά Εργαστήρια του Μουσείου Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
Την επιμέλεια των διαλέξεων έχει ο αρχιτέκτων Στέφανος Σκανδάλης με την αρωγή του αρχιτέκτονα μηχανικού Νίκου Κονταξάκη.
Η συμμετοχή στη διάλεξη είναι ελεύθερη και θα πραγματοποιηθεί στα Εικαστικά Εργαστήρια, Χειμάρας 8, στις ώρες 20.00-22.00.
Πληροφορίες: 28310 57353, E-mail: ikaerg@hotmail.gr, Κωσταντίνα Λεμπιδάκη.
Πέμπτη, Οκτωβρίου 14
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Συνολικό ποσό που πρέπει να επενδύσετε στην ηλιακή εγκατάσταση παραγωγής ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της τοποθέτησης, των υλικών, κλπ.Για τους υπολογισμούς χρησιμοποιούνται οι τρέχουσες τιμές της αγοράς.
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Παρασκευή, Οκτωβρίου 8
Ωραία για φώτα...
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Κυριακή, Σεπτεμβρίου 26
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Δευτέρα, Σεπτεμβρίου 20
Antiparos Design Properties for Oliaros
Here are some more of the villas from Athens developer Oliaros‘ project on the island of Antiparos, Greece including designs from Tokyo architects Atelier Bow-Wow, Swiss firm Harry Gugger Studio and Greek firm decaArchitecture (see our earlier story).
Above and top: Panagia I&II by
Katerina Tsigarida Architects
Antiaros Design Properties comprises 24 residences of which seven have already been built.
Above: Cliffhanger by Deca Architecture
The houses are spread over four sites, the two main ones being Pigadakia which hosts 15 properties and Panagia with seven, while the more peripheral sites of Sifneiko and Soros have one each.
Above: Cliffhanger by decaArchitecture
The architects taking part are:
- Atelier Bow-Wow
- Harry Gugger Studio
- Deca Architecture
- Camilo Rebelo and Suzana Martins
- Tala Mikdashi Studio
- Nicos Valsamakis
- Andreas Angelidakis Architecture Studio
- Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hachler Architects
- Katerina Tsigarida Architects
Above: Kratir by decaArchitecture
All photographs are by Ed Reeve & Mads Mogensen.
Here’s some more from the Oliaros:
OLIAROS launched its first project Antiparos Design Properties (ADP) in 2004, with 7 bespoke houses in 100,000 m2 of land, designed by young architects, successfully introducing the concept of high end, low density housing on the island of Antiparos in the Cyclades.
Above: Kratir by decaArchitecture
To date our properties have been published extensively and have received numerous awards, while the number properties has reached 24, situated on a total of 500.000 m2 of land, the 5 last available ones (Tree House, Sif 09, Viewfinder, Kratir, VLS) being introduced in the Summer 2010 season.
Above: Helix by decaArchitecture
Antiparos is a small fisherman’s island located in the centre of the Cycladic complex of Islands in the Aegean Sea.
Above: Helix by decaArchitecture
Located next to the Island of Paros, Antiparos offers the privacy and character of a small island and benefits from the services and amenities of its larger neighbour.
Above: Kedros by Tala Mikdashi Studio
Antiparos is 80 miles away from Athens and can be accessed by plane & high speedboat via Paros, or privately.
Above: Kedros by Tala Mikdashi Studio
OLIAROS has been working with a distinct team of 10 internationally acclaimed architects designing sustainable, balanced microenvironments: decaArchitecture, Katerina Tsigarida Arch, Andreas Angelidakis (AA Architecture Studio), Nicos Valsamakis, VOIS, Atelier Bow Wow, Harry Gugger Studio, AFGH Architects, Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins and Tala Mikdashi / tm studio, lanscape design by Doxiadis+.
Above: Vls by Nicos Valsamakis
Each property is pre-sold, custom designed to suit the owners’ needs with a 14-18 month delivery, while all properties are offered with optional management and maintenance services.
Above: Vls by Nicos Valsamakis
Completed individual ADP properties have received international recognition in more than 150 international publications.
Above: Little Cedar by Tala Mikdashi Studio
Aloni and Kratir have received a number of awards (2010 Commendation AR House Awards, Piranesi Award 2009 and finalist for the Greek Architectural Awards 2009) for respecting the Cycladic landscape and re-interpreting the traditional characteristics of Cycladic Architecture in contemporary ways.
Above: Little Cedar by Tala Mikdashi Studio
Above: Peninsula by Atelier Bow Wow
Above: Peninsula by Atelier Bow Wow
Above: Ring by Atelier Bow Wow
Above: Ring by Atelier Bow Wow
Above: Ravine North, West, Central and South by decaArchitecture.
Above: Ravine North, West, Central and South by decaArchitecture.
Above: Ktima by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins
Above: Ktima by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins
Above: Kat II by Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects
Above: Kat II by Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects
Above: The site reserved for Katoikia by Harry Guugger
Above: Pen IV Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects
Above: Pen IV Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects
Above: Viewfinder by decaArchitecture
Above: Viewfinder by decaArchitecture
Above: Tree House by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins
Above: Tree House by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins
Above: Sif 09 by Andreas Angelidakis Architecture Studio
Above: Sif 09 by Andreas Angelidakis Architecture Studio
Above: aerial view of Panagia
Above: aerial view of Pigadakia
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Cables and Mirrors: Parans Optic Cables Transform Sunlight without Electricity
Cables and Mirrors: Parans Optic Cables Transform Sunlight without Electricity
Posted September 15th, 2010 by Amanda Smith http://3rings.designerpages.com/?p=33041">
Daylight is an important source of well-being for the occupants of a building, as well as a great way to reduce energy usage. In densely populated areas, the sun is easily blocked by surrounding buildings which forces architects and engineers to turn to other resources for natural lighting. Skylights can be used to increase natural light, but they only work for the top floor of a building. So what about the rest of the lower floor dwellers? Are they destined to spend the work week under harsh fluorescent lighting?
Δευτέρα, Σεπτεμβρίου 13
Mηχανική Σύσταση του εδάφους και τρόποι βελτίωσης της.
Απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση για την υγιή ανάπτυξη των φυτών του κήπου μας αποτελεί το ‘'κατάλληλο'' έδαφος. Ως κατάλληλο θεωρούμε εκείνο το έδαφος που είναι γόνιμο, που παρέχει θρεπτικά στοιχεία στο φυτό, του προσδίδει την απαραίτητη υγρασία και τις κατάλληλες συνθήκες αερισμού...χαρακτηριστικά τα οποία καθορίζονται σε μεγάλο βαθμό από την υφή του εδάφους, δηλαδή τη μηχανική του σύσταση ή την κοκκομετρική του σύσταση όπως αλλιώς ονομάζεται.
Πιο συγκεκριμένα, η μηχανική σύσταση του εδάφους αναφέρεται...
Στο χαρακτηριστικό εκείνο του εδάφους που σχετίζεται με το μέγεθος των σωματιδίων(κόκκων) που το αποτελούν και ορίζεται ως η εκατοστιαία αναλογία της άμμου(S),της ιλύος(Si),και της αργίλου(C) στο σύνολο της λεπτής γης.
Άμμος: Παρουσιάζει μειωμένη ικανότητα συγκράτησης νερού και θρεπτικών στοιχείων. Λόγω μεγάλης ταχύτητας διάχυσης του νερού μέσα στην άμμο δημιουργούνται καλές συνθήκες αερισμού και στράγγισης για την ανάπτυξη των φυτών.
Ιλύς: Έχει αυξημένη ικανότητα συγκράτησης νερού αλλά μειωμένη ικανότητα συγκράτησης θρεπτικών στοιχείων. Προκαλεί δυσμενείς συνθήκες αερισμού για την ανάπτυξη των φυτών.
Άργιλος: Παρουσιάζει αυξημένη ικανότητα συγκράτησης νερού και θρεπτικών στοιχείων. Λόγω μειωμένης ταχύτητας διάχυσης του νερού μέσα στην άργιλο προκαλεί δυσμενείς συνθήκες αερισμού για το φυτό.Κατηγορίες εδαφών ανάλογα με τη μηχανική τους σύσταση...
Τα εδαφολογικά εργαστήρια ταξινομούν τα εδάφη σε 12 κατηγορίες κοκκομετρικής σύστασης, ανάλογα με το ποσοστό συμμετοχής της άμμου, αργίλου, ιλύος στο έδαφος.
Οι 12 αυτές κλάσεις εδαφών καταλαμβάνουν ορισμένη θέση και χώρο σε ένα ισοσκελές τρίγωνο το οποίο ονομάζεται τρίγωνο μηχανικής σύστασης των εδαφών.
Οι τρεις βασικότερες κατηγορίες εδαφών είναι τα αμμώδη ή ελαφρά εδάφη, τα πηλώδη ή μέσης σύστασης και τα αργιλώδη ή βαριά εδάφη, με ιδιότητες ανάλογες των ποσοστών άμμου, αργίλου, ιλύος που περιέχουν.Αμμώδες έδαφος: αμμώδες(Sandy)
αμμοπηλώδες (Sandy loam)Πηλώδες έδαφος: πηλοαμμώδες(Loamy sand)
αμμοαργιλοπηλώδες(Sandy clay loam)
πηλώδες(Loam)
ιλυοπηλώδες(Silty loam)
ιλυοαργιλοπηλώδες(Silty clay loam)
ιλυώδες(Silt)Αργιλώδες έδαφος: αργιλοπηλώδες(Clay loam)
ιλυοαργιλώδες(Silty clay)
αργιλοαμώδες(Sandy clay)
αργιλώδες(Clay)Τομή εδάφους
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Αμμώδες έδαφος Αργιλώδες έδαφοςΒελτίωση μηχανικής σύστασης εδάφους...
Τα περισσότερα προβλήματα στην ανάπτυξη καλλιεργειών παρουσιάζονται στα εδάφη με ακραίες συνθήκες μηχανικής σύστασης (αμμώδη-S,LS ή αργιλώδη-C),αλλά και σε εδάφη με υψηλή περιεκτικότητα ιλύος(Si).
Τα αμμώδη εδάφη πρέπει να αρδεύονται επαρκώς και να λιπαίνονται ορθολογικά με συχνές και μικρές δόσεις.
Στα αργιλώδη εδάφη πρέπει να γίνεται κατεργασία του εδάφους(όργωμα),όταν το έδαφος έχει την κατάλληλη υγρασία(βρίσκεται στο ρώγο του) για να επιτευχθεί βελτίωση του αερισμού και της αποστράγγισης.
Μία ακόμη μέθοδος βελτίωσης για τα αργιλώδη και πηλώδη εδάφη αποτελεί η προσθήκη ποταμίσιας άμμου ή περλίτη στο επιφανειακό χώμα.
Γενικότερα, την ανάπτυξη των φυτών ευνοεί η προσθήκη τύρφης(οργανικό υλικό) ή περλίτη στο έδαφος. Τα υποστρώματα αυτά παρουσιάζουν αυξημένη ικανότητα συγκράτησης νερού και θρεπτικών στοιχείων, βελτιώνουν τον αερισμό και την αποστράγγιση και για το λόγο η προσθήκη τους στο έδαφος προτείνεται ως άμεση πρακτική βελτίωσής του.Αγγελακοπούλου Παρασκευή,
Γεωπόνος Γ.Π.Α.
Κυριακή, Σεπτεμβρίου 12
Using Smart Insight to Conserve Energy
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Using Smart Insight to Conserve Energy
By Preston Koerner | August 18, 2010 | topics: Energy Efficiency, Green TechLet’s just say you need to know how much power a certain device is using. You can do that with this new product from Belkin. Conserve Insight, available for pre-order on Amazon for $29.99, was designed to help consumers conserve energy. The energy monitor shows you how much a device costs in watts, dollars, and carbon dioxide using preloaded or custom rate information. Belkin also has three other Conserve gadgets available for pre-order should you have the need: Smart AV, Valet, and Socket.
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