no man is an island.
 (Ben Howard Lyric)

I am making all these plans to research and do everything on my own and it’s so hard for me to realize that all I need to do is stop, relax. Then, research what I want / think of doing, and then simply ask someone who’s already done it for help.

This would be far more effective, because while I do dabble, I don’t have to make up everything on my own. And I don’t need to make the same mistakes to make the same discoveries. This way I’ll actually contribute better.

so basically; people just want to help, and there’s no trick to that.

that’s why business succeeds; we just decide to call it business, but it’s really people helping people.

and if we really want our businesses to grow, that’s where we begin; we realize this essential, undeniable truth. there is no business in undermining the value of any other life on this earth; because we are all connected, that would just be undermining yourself.

the greed is the trick of the mind that’s prejudiced and led to believe that everyone is against you. and that’s the bad rep of business; because traditionally we’ve associated it with that mindset (and possibly with WallStreet the movie).

however, learn to trust, and trust that you shall be rewarded; because love is the key to all.

Those were all so business-led.

But I’m not shallow.

I don’t think business is either, nor should it have the bad rep I just associated it with.

In the LinkedIn example, I was actually thinking that’s how ideas begin and grow.

I think that we (or I) have begun to mix up greed with things we want to do, or just freedom of expression, and more importantly freedom of sharing.

I hope that I can become more conscious; not to do business good, but to make doing good my business.

Some people know how to do business.

Another thing I never gave a second thought to: newsletters (those free e-mail ones).

I always thought that was a nice things to do.

Now I realize it’s a business strategy!

People want you to stay in the loop and to stay connected, like the linkedin post I talked of. And what better way to learn of updates and what they’re doing? Through a newsletter!

And just to remind you enough times but not to be too annoying it is delivered monthly or every half a year or something. Sometimes perhaps only with updates.

I think I may have only discovered this because I have a portfolio book that I’m perusing; it has helped me learn marketing for a full firm, but I’m just an architecture student; I did learn tips that are applicable across stages, but it’s more a book for firms appealing to clients. It’s still useful; lots of very creative ideas can be metamorphosed from its perusal.

realized:

some takes taken for granted. this could be the same as well, when you have something literal and you kind of ignore it.

I just followed a company on linkedIn. Typically I do this non-chalantly on the website as if it were a fb. BUT THAT’S NOT THE POINT!! And if I hadn’t been taking it for granted (i.e. just another social network) I would have realized what linkedin is actually for, and used it for that. It’s for the connection of professionals.

SO while following the company is the only thing I did do, I realized at that time that it would open up so many possibilities; i.e. what if I needed a visualization for a large project? what if they were hosting some event I wanted to be part of? how would I be able to contribute to a project they’re working on?

So many possibilities I linked into. :D

electric-daisy-forest:

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I’ve got the same problem; it’s because I have a tendency to smile and I feel a lot of people think that’s unacceptable and weird. But once you just let it happen, it’s so much better! Then you don’t restrain smiles to dogs or their owners. And that’s the way it should be! :)

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CSA: The Ergodicity Exhibition

Developed from their Evolo skyscraper competition entries, Ergodicity, an exhibition hosted by Canterbury School of Architecture, presented thesis work from eleven Graduate Diploma students.

With over 70 percent of the worlds growing population soon to live within major cities, the exhibition reconsiders the effect of increasing densities. Projects developed their research and design to accommodate for a variety of topics affecting our urban areas today, including: population increase, the rising demand for resources, pollution, waste management, and the digital revolution.

The projects which were shown covered a wide range of locations and programmatic responses, but as a collective all questioned ‘what role can the Skyscraper play in improving our urban areas?’

Responses included approaches such as Tiny Tokyo by Carma Masson, a mixed-use community micro scraper based in the business district of central Tokyo. Tiny Tokyo re-evaluates the approach towards designing skyscrapers, using them as a tool for reviving local heritage and culture, whilst introducing relevance for the people they are designed for, rather than designing them as a corporate tool. 

The future of our history is a concept which has been explored within Luke Hill’s project titled Dis.Assemble. This project involves a complex network composed of 6 miles of disused rail systems buried deep beneath London’s streets which provides a subterranean industrial waste facility: its sole intention to ‘Dis.Assemble’ materials produced by the metropolis above.

Unused space has also been explored within Jake Mullery’s SYMCITY thesis, describing an architectural construct that occupies the ‘dead’ space between existing skyscrapers. 

A comedic thesis by Paul Sohi told the story of one man’s life growing and living in a world of 10 billion people, where 90% of society lives in urbanised cities. The comic explores what such a world would be like.

The launch night was attended by many and with special guest Peter Wynne Rees, chief planner for the City of London, the exhibition was an opportunity to showcase the work of students at the Canterbury School of Architecture ahead of the end of year summer show which starts on the 31st of May.

-Text+photography by Taylor Grindley

example of thesis work and how it’s developed; usually a general question, and a theory/specific approach, that is garnered from the research (already specific in how you narrow it down) of that general Q

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goodwoodwould:

Good wood - minimal walnut clock by Pana Objects, Thailand.

CNC-ing

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Casa Ponce

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mathias Klotz

ideas and reality

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