The true measure of a man

I

believe

that the greatest measure of someone is not their magnanimity,

It is not their peacefulness, amicability,mental fortitude,selflessness, intelligence,bravery,trustworthyness and reasoning...

When life is good

and everything is in order.

It is when all these qualities and more are present when he is

hot , tired , stressed, hungry, hurt,pressured, depressed, aching

and everything

is

going

wrong

The one who can surpass his current station and still find it within himself to still be a person of stature.

That.

is a man worthy of my respect

That.

is my philosophy.

Is Google chrome the fastest web browser? Thats what the statistics say.

Always knew chrome was the boss.

Google Chrome Blog: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

Today’s new beta release incorporates one of Chrome’s most significant speed and performance increases to date, with 30% and 35% improvement on the V8 andSunSpiderbenchmarks over the previous beta channel release. In fact, looking back in time, Chrome’s performance has improved by as much as 213% and 305% on these two benchmarks since our very first beta.

Google Chrome Blog: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

A must watch- The world we live in

We are living in exponential times

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Leon Turpentine

How to set up an RSS feed.

1.Locate a Blogs RSS feed icon.

Click it although here ive supplied it for you

My RSS feed - Dont click it.Paste it into your reader
http://dontcomehereomg.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

3. Find a RSS reader.
Most people have google accounts already so you can use google reader.

However here are some cool and easier to use alternatives
4.USE FEEDLY! Much much more user friendly and you dont have to download anything

Sign up or use your google account to log into feedly.
Any RSS feeds you already have will auto import.
Any new feeds just copy past the URL above into add sources and click add.

Architecture student RSS feed starter pack[in order of preference]
http://dornob.com/
http://inhabitat.com/
http://www.dezeen.com/
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.archdaily.com/
http://architechnophilia.blogspot.com/


Not Rss Compatible- But worth mention
http://www.eikongraphia.com/ -
http://www.arquitectum.com/index.php - Great for architecture sheet layouts

History Essay Handout

Cuthberts essay. I have no clue why its sideways.deal with it.

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Alistair Douglas

what i learnt : The house

The house.

A house is an extension of the architects personality.

One of the more interesting projects for me.Also one of my most succesful.I allowed myself to be myself to fullest and explore styles of rendering that I had previously stifled and suppressed.

I learnt about myself as a designer.

I would say I am Loving of Symmetry, Openness and a good view.

I design in a subtractive manner.Clipping away redundancies and excess. Shying away from the biological growths that many others design. I like to formalize.

I learnt about how I draw and why I draw the way I do.

I like to draw rough.Sketchy lines.Lots of Lines. Unchecked use of colour and rendering.

I owe it to my art teachers.Comics, Manga, and the like.It has its disadvantages but I have been learning other rendering styles to patch its weaknesses.Seeing that i've been drawing since 8th grade.I guess you can say im a late bloomer.

The house really brings all the considerations of architecture together.Aesthetics , function, Comfort , Sustainability, the list goes on. How one regulates how much and how little of all the considerations are expressed shows how the architect thinks and what is most important to him in a house.

Sustainability was also something I gained knowledge of over the course of this last project.Rainwater collection and Solar water heating and energy collection were fairly straight forward sustainable practices that i chose to employ.

Last but not least.
Using combinations of analog and digital media to create presentations.I find it infiniteley easier to draw, scan, print and then render.Rather than slaving in front of a computer for hours on end.Its practice i have been employing since the bath house project and it has been serving me well.

Of course there are times when I will design asymmetrically, additive and biomorphic.

I learnt alot this last project.Maybe too much for one blog post but ill cut it off here.

Also learnt that the half-courtyard is a characteristic of the Mediterranean housing typology.

DCH Blog
Alistair Douglas

Building Services Past Papers

08 Past Paper

09 Past Paper

still open book, but study nevertheless

[This just in]
Its also in the class email >_<. so much for uploading it

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Alistair Douglas

The Precedent: Spaghetti house

The precendent study.For this project we were charged with analysing a house and also in the creation of a model that resempbled it.

The spaghetti house by L.A based David Baker was named afterits long footprint.It is comprised of two sections, the larger one for the owner and the smaller section to be rented.The house features Solar Paneling on both the southern wall and the central roof.The roofs tilted at Los Angeles' Latitude 35'

The house is one bedroom for each unit, both having a small kitchen and living area.The owners unit features a work area on the second floor and a small bridge to get to the decking where the solar powered Hot tub is located.

The architect himself lived there for a time.The road which touched the edge of the western facade has now been removed and replaced by grass area.Getting information about Spaghetti house was not easy.I had to personally email the architect to attain addresses and street level views to provide information such as vegetation and parking.

The house is organized simply yet effectively.With contractions and expansions to hint at and create privacy in certain spaces.The privacy of rooms in crease as one moves further away from the main entrance.

It is clad in timber from local artisans as part of a City wide movement to support woodwork in Los Angeles.
A straight forward project.








Spaghetti House Address
Location:
3035 Colby Street , Berkely , Califrornia
Aslo a big thanks to Mr Baker himself for supplyin the information that made this project happen

DAVID BAKER's Official Website

Spaghetti House page

Internal Views

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Alistair Douglas