Adventure arc

11/18/2023

出張をしました。帰った前にダウンタウンに寄った。

11/02/2023

去年このの日京都にいました。懐かしいな　いつにもう一回行くか？

昨日日本で住むこと上って決めります。引っ越て就職しること知らない。もでぃかしたぶん怖かったけどほんとに出来たい！

とにかくちゃんと日本語勉強しています。幸いをい祈り求めます🙏

On this day I was in Kyoto last year. I miss it. When will I got back?

Yesterday my resolve to live in Japan went way up. I don’t know how to move or work in architecture. Maybe I’m scared to take a leap of faith or afraid of failure but I really want to leave this place!

For now I’ll do my best to study Japanese and pray for good fortune.

10/12/2023

Design continues with some more refined graphics…diagrams!

I’m experimenting with some other representation styles… trying to get away from rendering but also show the lighting well and not need a lot of effort. I want a sketchy look but I can’t seem to get a good digital result so far at at the same time I like the crisp straight lines. Things to think about…

Like the people?

10/11/2023

Diagrams! And testing different methods to represent people.

10/07/2023

First draft of this concept in parti, spatial layout, and plan.

The design takes ques from the local landscape, namely the confluence of several rivers along the west side of the Rocky Mountains in northwestern BC where the great mountains transition to the Great Plains. This separation is geographically a rich valley of receding glaciers residue where the first nations lived in fabric tents. The structure thus celebrates this landscape and cultural history by flowing and merging people in into a relatable spaces along primary vectors not unlike the local rivers.

Within the building, various wooden louvers, semi transparent fabric, paper, and opaque panels mediate the daylight in the wood filled halls emulating 木漏れ日(komorebi), the soft filtering of sunlight through the forest trees.

I’m not sure if this concept will survive, but I really enjoyed making it so I thought I’d share.

06/17/2023

Photo of when I got to Vancouver. There’s about 3kg of mud and silt on the car that I had to wash off

05/27/2023

I did something stupid. I got stuck in the mud. At least there was a farm house nearby and he had a big truck to pull me out easily. Apparently it’s been a really wet spring…

12/10/2022

11/13/2022

Today was a rest day since it was raining anyways… but I’m staying in an anime themed room so it’s pretty cool.

10/18/2022

The horizon in colour.

09/23/2022

Corb stairs might be the best.