h a p p y h o l i d a y s !

warmest wishes for a merry christmas and happy 2010!

cheers from london and see you in phoenix!

AA GRADUATION | 03.JUL.2009

to see some images from my graduation ceremony at the architectural association:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/Graduation?feat=directlink

Graduates included the AA's postgraduate M.Arch programs: Design Research Lab, Emerging Technologies, Landscape Urbanism, Sustainable + Environmental Design, Housing + Urbanism, Histories + Theories; as well as the B.Arch Diplomas from the undergraduate school (5th-year students). Also, the opening of the AA Projects Review Exhibition coincided with the event . . . and there was lots of champagne!

123 PROJECT BOOK

one year . 360 PAGES . a comprehensive design + research project portfolio
an urban + architectural proposal for ras' al-khaimah, united arab emirates



to view [BIGGER] pages from my thesis document, click on [above] image
or go to my picture library and select "slideshow" at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/123PROJECTBOOK?feat=directlink
. . . . .

123 final jury panels | 23.JAN.2009

CLICK ON IMAGE TO [ZOOM IN] ENLARGE

to view a slideshow of our flash presentation see posting further below (scroll down)
OR visit:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/123FinalThesisPresentation?feat=directlink
to see images from my team's project [123] : a design proposal for the UAE

AADRLv11 grad class celebration | 26.JAN.2009

view pictures from the DRLv11 dinner party celebrating the completion of our M.Arch degrees at the Architectural Association!: http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/AADRLv11GradClass?feat=directlink

DRL final jury | 22-23.JAN.2009

see images from the 11 Design Research Lab teams presenting M.Arch thesis work at the Architectural Association: http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/DRLThesisCandidacyJury?feat=directlink

123 final thesis presentation | 23.JAN.2009

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

123 challenges the proliferation of haphazard urbanisation and incoherent architecture resulting from the accelerated globalization of the Gulf Region, via research on the algorithmic and geometric principles inherent to traditional Arabic patterns. This algorithmic approach constitutes the basis for a new scripted morphology generating variation and difference across urban fields, clusters, and architectural systems. The proposal aims to create diverse, interactive metropolitan spaces which challenge the generic and disconnected qualities of the current Dubai model by offering flexibility within a repetitive coherence . Addressing scenarios of tourism, commercial, and residential development, the project focuses on an area of three distinct peninsulas within the city of Ras' al-Khaimah and operates on a range of scales and patterns where organizational tendencies differing in distribution, density, and structure are generated. From the intersection of arabesque geometries, coded point clouds are scanned in order to establish parametric rules for defining typological difference and relationships between mat building landscape and high-rise clustering, while a structural envelope of variable thickness addresses environmental response and spatial configurations across these building forms. Transformation techniques of blending, fractalizing, disturbance, and layering are investigated to inform adaptable scenarios for future incremental growth, unpredictable development, and nodal densification.

see images from my team's project [123] at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/123FinalThesisPresentation?feat=directlink

real snow

the last two days it actually snowed here. now, i know i may have mentioned this happening before here, but who were we kidding, those tiny little flakes weren't really enough to call "snow". BUT this week, it actually accummulated on the ground and resulted in what a true Minnesotan could finally acknowledge as SNOW!
FUN!
of course, London panicked and cancelled absolutely everything. Seriously. Can you believe that absolutely no employees could make it into the banks yesterday? no one at all, to any bank at all? give me a break. And there was no bus services all day. Really. the roads looked fine to me!
i'll put some more pictures up someday when i finish my thesis book, for for now, this is a shot of a cute snow-couple enjoying the trees outside my school. aw. i love naked snowpeople. :)

and finally . . .

I PASSED!
i win.


i've got some sleep. now i must go drink heavily.

the BIG CRUNCH

i survived! !!

crunchy little update

Hi there. I realize i have been a very distant untelling blogger lately, but of course it is because i am overwhelmed with my thesis! Here are the important things to know:

over xmas and nye i was here in london and took a few days to calm down, sleep a little, and enjoy some holiday celebration with friends here. it was weird not being home with my family, and so in a way, i guess i feel like the holidays just didn't happen! but of course i got some nice gifts, ate some nice food, drank some nice drinks, and i look forward to seeing my family after i finish my course. mostly i spent time in my little flat in loads of blankets working on my laptop, and also i picked up a few extra shifts at the pub for some much needed cash.

the school is open again now and so my teammates and i have been busy making files for physical model production in the prototyping lab and also trying desperately to reach some more resolution on the development of our project. its the end of the line and the next few weeks will be the most difficult of all.

final presentations are 22-23 January. here is where we present our design research projects to the AA school and architects from around the world. this is when i will be having the final panic attacks. we present via microphones and flash/beamer presentation, along with 10 printed A0 panels and tables of models in front of a jury of esteemed architects and designers, followed by an intense verbal critique and discussion of our work.

project books are due on 06 February. after we turn in our professionally printed giant project portfolios (hundreds of pages of text, diagrams, renderings, and models) and associated DVD documentation, we are officially finished with the 16-month course. this is when i can breathe

. . . that is IF i pass . . .

and then i have to get a job. find a job. fight the mad economy. battle the job-world. OH! i really cannot wait!

i will be travelling back to the USA to visit my friends and family in Minnesota, Phoenix, and San Diego from 11 February - 25 February. Arrival and departure from Minnesota, with estimated dates in Phoenix around the 17-18, in San Diego around the 19-21, back to Phoenix around the 21st and back to MN before flying back out. My father and i are taking a road trip and i look forward to driving a car for the first time in over a year. I look forward to seeing everyone!

and hopefully i will return then to london with a new job for March and a new type of life to begin again!

cheers to the countdown. cross your fingers i survive.

2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

term IV review

http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/TermIVReview?feat=directlink

sleigh bells

hey, merry xmas eve!
hope everyone is having a special twinkly night!

















and MERRY CHRISTMAS from LONDON!

i wish i could see you all and give you big warm xmas HUGS.

prototyping presentation

http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/PrototypingWorkshop#

studio trashbox

hey so we had a big review last thursday, which we have spent the last weeks making "prototypes" for. Hence this mess that we call studio.

there is no candy corn!

Happy Halloween [late]! It snowed here. Yep.
And i COULD NOT find candycorn anywhere here. WHY?!










http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/Halloweeeen08#

GOBAMA!

VICTORY for AMERICRATS!













i am still up, watching the coverage of the election and wish i was there in the States to CELEBRATE this important event. This is a big deal.
I am so thankful, relieved, and excited.
This is a BIG deal.
We are ready for a new, changed nation.

amy jo, i can't believe you are there in Grant Park in Chicago right now, please scream and cry for me too! xoxo
jess, thanks for the extra cheers, i cheer for YOU and your strength my dear! xoxo

GO VOTE

big day, my friends, get to the polls! GOBAMA!
GO!
please win

CHARGE!

Q. How many San Diegans fit in Wembley Park Stadium?

A. 83,000.

hahhaa. Ok maybe not all those people were from San Diego. A few from New Orleans, and well, yeah, loads of non-americans, but the cool thing is this: my friend Prachi was here from SD for the Chargers vs. Saints football (american football) game. Yay!

So i got a chance to catch up with my darling friend while she was here for just a couple nights on her way to Africa . . . as everyone who seems to visit me lately . .. . anyway, it was great to see my friend and i now just hope she is safe from safari animals. :)
Big thanks to Prachi and her friends Tim and Jack for gifting me a free seat at the game in Wembley Stadium! The Chargers did lose the game - but it was close. ok. go team!

http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaycarol/SanDiegoCharger#