sketches
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entry 27. – on quality
i’ve read the book called “zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance”. it was very intriguing to read, as it made me relate it to my environment and perspective. (spoilers ahead) i liked pirsig’s idea of making the book a chautauqua and a real-life documenting tool at the same time. it reminded me of my…
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entry 26. – ottavia (invisible cities series, 03)
“If you choose to believe me, good. Now I will tell how Octavia, the spider-web city, is made. There is a precipice between two steep mountains: the city is over the void, bound to the two crests with ropes and chains and catwalks. You walk on the little wooden ties, careful not to set your…
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entry 25. – speaking the city
Architecture, worldbuilding, and design process as a language, these are the three fields I keep returning to in this casebook. I might be wrong at times for trying, as not many architects relate to these three fields in particular. But I think it is important to bring them together by finding common things and even…
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entry 22. – timeline of architecture / 20th century
I want to share another website that I made in school for an architecture history class. here, you can read why I made the website: This site was created for the final assignment of the History of Architecture IV course. The aim is to examine the architecture of the twentieth century in a chronological order…
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entry 21. – the timeless way of building*
*Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. I’ve been exploring connections between worldbuilding and architecture as a way to imagine what could be. Worldbuilding has developed particular ways of thinking about creation and emergence. I’m curious whether those ways of thinking could enrich architectural practice. To gain a perspective,…
a bag of holding 