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Art City - Peep Show Pavilion Honorable Mention

2006-10-02T22:29:00.000-04:00

Hey, wouldn't ya know it!.. Christina and I won a honorable mention in a small competition held in Calgary. We won an honorable mention for our entry.. which is great because we had such a fun time working on it together.. the hard work paid off!.. below are images of our entry boards. The idea is to create a pavilion that display art in a public manner.. In our case it was digital art in a parking lot... Our idea was to use the pavilion to transform the parking lot into an urban drive in theatre by night and a cultural billboard or notifier by day. This is the link to the competition website.. http://www.art-city.ca/

Chicago Visit

2006-05-29T11:19:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Photos of our recent visit to chicago for a friend of Christina's wedding.!.. I like the city a lot.,,, especially Millennium park..

Morgan Library

2006-05-29T11:17:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

These are photos of the Newly re-opened Morgan Library, The central atrium was designed by Renzo Piano., nice job. I like it a lot...especially how minimal the structure is, Robert Sillman was the structural engineer on the project

Ladies of the Hour

2006-04-29T23:43:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Pics of friends visiting from Montreal. We went to a wine bar in Nolita called 'peasant'.. good times... thanks for the card y'alll... we got it the next day?...

60-60-60-Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, NY - 03

2006-04-23T22:40:00.000-04:00

The view from my window now...........

This is a a photograph of a building that I look at out my window here in Williamsburg. This building used to be used by a food distributor, however I noticed one day the distributor was gone...?.. and I knew something was up... as it turns out one of my friends; his office is designing a building to be built there. I believe it will be 75' tall due to a city zoning regulation which will be taller than my window... but not too much taller.. so I should still get sun in the afternoon... .. Well I thought I should give my two cents worth...

The View from my window after ....

The idea is to maintain my view corridor, and have a public space on the roof top, with great views of manhattan... The view corridor is converted into a ramp which will provide access to both the public park on the roof, and the private residences within the building..

60-60-60 Clarification

2006-04-17T23:09:00.000-04:00

Okay, okay.. after plenty of hastling from mr.baker, I must make one think clear.. There was disappointment that i was not following through on '60 days' which was interpreted to mean consecutive days of posts.... i prefered to think of it as 60 days non-consecutive.. however that was not good enough.... so to please the fans.... i will say in 60 consecutive weeks...

there.. in the name of art..

Alsop Railway Crossing

2006-04-09T12:04:00.000-04:00

My good friend anonymous told me about this proposal for Toronto's Railway in the West end, by Will Alsop Architects out of England. Pretty cool idea.. and good for urban living. It's super helpful when two clients of Mr. Alsop's are on either side of the railway.... This way we don't have to depend on the City of Toronto to push this forward.. keepin it in the private sector has it's advantages.

60-60-60-Lower East Side (L.E.S.)-02

2006-04-02T21:56:00.000-04:00

L.E.S. is currently under seige by developement that unfortunately looks like is going to cater to a high income bracket only. I am not against development for those with high income, however, I am cautious of developement that is only for high income, or any income for that matter. Part of what makes an urban area interesting and diverse is diversity in incomes and uses, amongst many other factors. So, I propose a multi-income, multi-density housing solution just South of Delancy St. A proposition that is a series of strands that are 25' wide (similar to exisitng bldg.s on the site) varying in height to form low-density and high-density living solutions. The roof scape is thought of as a secondary terrain that forms public and private park space the services both the community and the individuals living in the proposal.

60-60-60-Meier-01

2006-03-23T23:20:00.000-05:00

This is the beginning of my 60-60-60 series.

60 projects - 60 days - 60 minutes

I spend only 60 minutes per day per project.

The goal is to explore ideas quickly. There might be a subconcious meaning or understanding that I'm not aware of in most of the projects I'm sure. The intent is to investigate ideas and interventions that would be impossible, or perhaps potentional, who knows? To keep the creative juices flowing.

This image is an idea (an ellaboration of one of my projects from columbia) for a parasitic extension to the maticulous richard meier building at 165 Charles St. NY, NY... what happens if a unit wanted to combine with the unit below. What if a man in a unit of one building married a woman in a unit in the building across the street and couldn't bear selling his five million dollar apt. ? Just a thought.

After Christmas

2005-12-29T19:30:00.000-05:00

Had a great time at home for christmas this year. I had more time to spend with everyone since i came home for a week. Unlike last year, i was only home for 2 days..

It was great to see Mike, Shaun, Alex, Debbie, Lynley, Wayne, Kelly, and all the family.. it was also great to see the leaf game.. I got hit by the puck!.. in the chest.. it didn't really hurt, but it was unexpected because it happened during the warmups when there's 15 guys shooting pucks like mad and it's impossible to watch all the pucks.. so i got hit,, and i gave the puck to the kid sitting in front of me..

and as mike says.. blog a coat, get a coat.. i got the big red coat.. i'll take a pic of me in it..

Christmas wish

2005-12-07T23:41:00.000-05:00

Hey, so this is the parka i 'd like for chistmas.. currently i have a down parka but it's quite old now.. like 10 years i think, and the down has been falling out more and more.. so i think it's time..and what better than to buy a parka that's from Canada.. I would actually like the parka in red.. it's more striking.. i love the fur hood !

It's called the 'Expedition Parka' from Canada Goose Clothing Company

Soccer!

2005-09-23T14:08:00.000-04:00

So, I created a soccer team with my office a few weeks ago.. it was a long haul and not as easy as it should have been, but putting the team together was a lot of work. We're playing as part of the manhattan's urban soccer league on thursday nights after work. We've played two games thus far and have lost both.. but we're getting better.. and we're having fun.. and best of all, there's some good office bonding experience going on.

actually we haven't even scored a goal yet...

i just wanna score a gooaaallllllllllll!

The Architects Regatta

2005-09-21T18:22:00.000-04:00

Well you would never believe it, i didn't believe it!. but we came in first place in the New York Architects Regatta!.. cool right!.. we beat 15 other firms in a J-24 class sail boat race. This is our trophy! Last year a firm called Rogers Marvel won. I guess all that time i spent on crew for Mr. Pilon's Boat when we raced in Lake Ontario came in handy.. I was on foredeck during this race, so i took care of the Genoa Sail, it's the one at the front of the boat.. actually in the pic of the trophy to the right, the Genoa would be the smaller sail of the two, the one that is billowing outwards.

There was six of us as crew, Richard Gluckman was the skipper, and one of the six was from the yacht club, he was there to offer advice and make sure nothing goes wrong.

So the race was a lot of fun. We had two races; in the first we came in 6th and in the second we came in 2nd. The winner of the regatta was whomever had the the best finishes accross the two races, and we actually won!..

The whole time they were calling out the names of the firms we kept on looking at each other asking when are they going to call us.. until they reached the second place finisher, we were like, did the disqualify us?.. another boat actually hit us as we rounded the mark, and there was some debate as to whom was resposible, must have been the other guy cause damn we won!.. suckas!

the other firms were, KPF, Fox & Fowle, Rogers Marvel, Ariel (who ran into us), Cesar Pelei, SOM, HOK and more..

here's the website for it if yer interested...

The Office BBQ

2005-09-17T13:46:00.000-04:00

The House on approach
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Our office took the day on friday to rent a bus and drive out to long island for an office BBQ.. it was so much fun!.. it was great!. we played soccer, volleyball, bocci ball and frisbee. great food and great architecture!..

clik on the pic to see more

Montreal Set 4

2005-09-17T13:05:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

The final installment of Montreal Pics.. This set will include Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome and some friend shots of Mike, Laurel, Christina and I

Montreal Set 3

2005-09-17T13:04:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Here are even more pictures of montreal.
This batch will include Patkau's new Library.

Montreal Set 2

2005-09-17T13:03:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Here are some more montreal pictures,
this one include the mcgill music bldg. by saucier + perotte

MONTREAL PART 1

2005-09-06T22:09:00.000-04:00

Look at all the those stairs
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

These are pics are part 1 of our trip to Montreal. There's so many pics it just takes too much time to do it in one night. what a great time.. a lot a lot of walking, our feet our still sour two nights later. We visited friends Mike and Laurel great food, great hosts and great weather. What more could you ask for? How about great architecture

clik on the pics to see more

Montreal

2005-09-03T08:54:00.000-04:00

We arrived safe and sound. After a short delay at Newark airport in New Jersey, we rolled into mike's apartment at around 11::30pm. The flight was only 57mins!... it was great.

You know what the first thing we did when we got here. We went to get poutine!...

it's a french canadian dish, which has french fries with gravy and cheese curd on top.. It was super yummy.. We were quickly exposed to montreal and canadiana as soon as we touched down.

more to come certainly, and pictures too

Our Trip to Muskoka

2005-08-29T22:20:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

These are pics of trip to Muskoka. An area 2hrs north of Toronto. Nice water, trees and BOATS!

clik on the pic to see more

THE VENT WHERE POO ORIGINATES

2005-08-29T22:18:00.000-04:00

THE VENT WHERE POO ORIGINATES
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

These are pics of how and where the poo fell from the ceiling. Needless to say, we bleached everything in the bathroom and threw a lot of stuff out..

clik on the pics to see more.

Just in case you missed this

2005-08-29T14:05:00.000-04:00

This is a comment posted by a very good friend of mine Keith. He's known for not knowing much, however, what he does know is bountiful amounts of useless information, and annuciating really well...

i quote:

"More of Keith's useless but fascinating knowledge:

New Orlean's is built on a swamp that is constantly sinking. Also, the Mississippi River delta, unlike most other large river systems, deposits silt and sediment along it's banks creating natural levees. As more silt settles on the river bottom, the water level rises and the levees are built up with more silt. In essence, the river is building and extending itself further into the Gulf of Mexico.

This has been another one of Keith's useless but fascinating knoweldge. "

However, Keith has failed to answer my actual question: "why was New orlean's built where it was".. although i do appreciate his knowledge, i didn't really need to know that.. same old Keith!

Keith do you know why New Orleans was built where it was?.. maybe i should ask Rebecca.... she would know for sure, or at least know where to find out...

happy birthday keith incase i forgot to mention that when i sat next to you at your birthday party....

Hurricanes

2005-08-29T11:32:00.000-04:00

At work today i'm obsessed with Hurricane Katrina.. i'm constantly checking on what's going on.. I guess i'm just amazed with the power of nature, i kinda want to be there... though it's probably not safe, but i just want to experience helplessness a bit?.. wierd ya.. but it's great how futile humans are really.. look at all that damage!. and why would anyone build a city below sea level. I'm going to do some research on why New Orleans was created where it was..

Keith Where's your blog

2005-08-29T11:30:00.000-04:00

Hey Keith,

So what about that blog that you said you were going to create?.. it's so easy!..

Our Trip To DIA Beacon, NY

2005-08-20T22:46:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

This is our trip to DIA Beacon, NY.
It was for Rebecca's Birthday. A good time!, and great Art.
DIA is an art foundation that has large scale art gallery in Beacon, New York. It's one of the largests interior art spaces in N.America. The building is a converted Nabisco Box factory.

poo drops keep fallin' on my head

2005-08-15T23:08:00.000-04:00

So here's my new song..

'I like poo falling from the sky.... '

'I like poo falling in my eye....'

------chorus---------

' ahhhhhh shhhhhit '

I'm still work'n on it, but after our upstairs tenant took a poo, and it came raining down into our bathroom through the ceiling for the third time now; i felt compelled to sing a song about it

whadya think..?

26th

2005-07-31T17:01:00.000-04:00

Yes!.. the survey including topographical information came today via email , so now I can officially start the house in Turks and Caicos!..

What I'm Working on Today 07.29.05

2005-07-29T14:27:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

This is what i'm working on today,
facade studies. Studing various glass frit patterns and colours, as well as various shadow box arrangments and colours.

clik on the picture to see more!

UN Building

2005-07-27T19:58:00.000-04:00

UN Building
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Christina went to the UN Building on her last day of freedom before she starts her new job, these are some of the snaps she took..

clik on the pic to see more!

22nd

2005-07-26T16:03:00.000-04:00

cool competition!

21st

2005-07-26T15:26:00.000-04:00

Cool links i just found

http://www.neptis.org/

http://www.anothercupdevelopment.org/

20th

2005-07-26T13:57:00.000-04:00

Work is slow for the time being, having finished the competition, there's a lull in work..

BBQ in Prospect Park

2005-07-24T23:16:00.000-04:00

Us on The Blanket
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

Saturday, Roy (friend from Ryerson Days), Patrick (friend from work), Nicole (roomate of Roy), Christina ( and I went to Prospect Park in Brooklyn for a BBQ, It was great, great steaks, corn, and cookies!..

Story of the Day, Patrick is really quite athletic!..

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Eiro Saarinen's TWA Terminal, @ JFK

2005-07-23T01:18:00.000-04:00

Eiro Saarinen's TWA Terminal, @ JFK
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

This is an old set of pics, but i thought they were really nice shots of Eiro Saarinen's TWA Terminal that is now closed and they're trying to figure out what to do with it. it's in okay shape.. but it's certainly showing signs of aging... however, it's still awesome as the cantilevered concrete shell structure are as so impressive to look at.

Fire Island Getaway

2005-07-23T01:15:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

This Friday i had the day off, so Christina and I decided to go to the beach!.. 2hr, train, bus, and ferry ride to the vacation spot called Fire Island. Not sure why it's called that, but it was very fun, and very relaxing, not bad for a friday!.

clik on the picture to see more

15th

2005-07-21T11:55:00.000-04:00

http://www.housingzone.com/article/CA623254.html

a link to how to build for hurricanes...

"On-site evaluations of the affected houses, survey information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and independent investigations sponsored by the Florida Home Builders Association yielded some surprising conclusions:

Wind damage accounted for a fraction of the destruction
The greatest destruction was caused by water infiltration, not catastrophic structural failure (which building codes emphasize), even in houses properly constructed to withstand such failure.

These findings show that additional measures are required not only to prevent houses from blowing apart, but also to maintain the integrity of the building envelope and thwart the intrusion of water."

14th

2005-07-19T23:55:00.000-04:00

So I've been working feverishly on a competition for a new project at work. I shouldn't go into detail about the project other than it's due this week and we're up against two other firms.. It's so exciting,, i hope we win!.. it'll be great.. Once we hear who's chosen, than i'll post some pictures on my website www.ryarch.com . But until than, mum's the word.. however, i'll tell you that i'm very pleased with what our team has come up with and I can't wait to show you..

I'm looking forward to going home soon, I'm just trying to find the best time to do so, Christina will come too., we'll figure out the timing soon, we both want to go Toronto soon!..

Chrstina found a job!.. it's at an architecture firm in manhattan called selldorf architects, yay!.. way to go.. i'm very proud of her, and happy that she's found a firm that she wants to work for and enjoys their work. she stuck to it and perseverance paid off.

josh made brownies, and we're watching all 4 seasons of 24 on DVD starting with the first season.. phew!.. it's a lot, and with out commercial breaks, our hearts are pounding! we usually watch three episodes in a row... or as much as time allows.. so intense.. thanks to josh's sister for lending us the DVD's .. they're like 60-90 bucks for a season!.. It will take us a while to get through all 4 seasons.. wish me luck!..

12th

2005-07-15T22:40:00.000-04:00

So the insanity, the hockey marathon is done.. completoe, finitoe.. I think I played 10 games in 13 nights... with 5 games in 3 nights, yes that's two nights with double headers.. here's why.

I play on two teams, each team in different divisions.
this year both teams made the playoffs
both teams made it to the finals,

so one team won the championship, the blast, in a 3-0 come from behind win 5-3 in the third.. guess who scored the game winner!...

the other team , the ice dogs, lost 4-1 in the finals in a close game really... too bad.. but i think the whole playoff run took it's toll by that time..

Anyways , i look forward to taking the summer off so i can heal up,... i'm sore all over!..

FIREWORKS

2005-07-09T15:17:00.000-04:00

FIREWORKS
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

These are pictures of the fireworks as seen from our roof top in brooklyn,

clik on the picture to see more!

Pittsburgh Trip

2005-07-09T15:16:00.000-04:00

Pittsburgh
Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

These are the pictures from Christina and I's Trip to Pittsburgh over the July 4th weekend.

clik on the picture to see more!

9th - Teaching Kids Architecture

2005-06-26T13:52:00.000-04:00

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Originally uploaded by fuzzylogik511.

My friend Heather asked me to help her teach architecture to her grade 2 class. It was a blast!.. These are old, old pictures taken back in 2002, better late than never!..

Click on the Picture to go to the Flickr Photo Album

8th

2005-06-25T20:21:00.000-04:00

Saturday eve, working on home-architects.com
and simultaneously working on my blog and trying to set up an rss feed so that mum and dad can be updated automatically when i make a new post... but actually the wheels are turning, and this thing might turn out to be more about architecture and what I'm doing, and how I can provide a service that is information based for a market concerning the built environment.. from do it yourselfers, (DIY) or a new ground up building.. I 've since linked flickr here and also have submitted to google adsense..

Flickr

2005-06-25T19:51:00.000-04:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

6th

2005-06-20T12:22:00.000-04:00

so, two weeks ago i was home in Burlington, to go to Brad and Heather's wedding, I was in B-town for only a night since the wedding was in Muskoka, about 2hr drive from home home. My mum, dad, Shaun and I drove up on friday morning and booked into the hotel on friday afternoon. There was lots of laughs and good memories of the weekend that i'm sure i will remember later on in life, but right now, i can't recall.. oh.. here's one.. um purple elephant, dishwasher.. that's an inside joke between shaun and I, and i'm sure I got it wrong.. but he knows what i mean.. It was great to hang out with mum and dad especially up north. Driving the boat on Saturday was really nice, and dad enjoyed that a lot, just like me and shaun.. Shaun's first time driving a boat.. shaun's first time being in a small personal size boat!.. way to go shaun..

Here are the wedding pictures from shaun

It was great to see some highschool friends ofcourse!.. and to swim at heather's cottage. It was awesome to catch up with Debbie, who i've been pining to talk to. Way to go DEBBIE you won a supreme court case!.. woo hoo! I've been braggin about you in NYC. Meeting Clayton's special lady was nice too.. he's a lucky guy,, and she's a lucky woman.

ONce i returned back to NYC, i learned that i would be the skipper of our firms entry into the architects regatta, because i have the most sailing experience... What this means is that i would steer a 24' sailboat in a race with 10 other sailboats, all comprised of architects. wow.. what a responsibility. the boat has a crew of 6 people all from the firm. So i would have to tell these people what to do... that's probably the most stressful thing.. I would be fine just doing it myself and racing, but being the captain of a crew of 6 is a little unerving..

Today I went to the VICE clothing sale. VICE has a store in Toronto, that i like to go to a lot, but the store in NYC is small.. and expensive. However, the store was having an attic sale, so a lot of clothes was on display, and really really cheap.. 75% off.. so a shirt that 100, was 25,, and when we bought multiple items there was a further discount, and then Christina asked if these prices were final, and the teller gave us a further discount.. so it was great, we got some much need clotes for summer time at work for a great great price.. never buy anything for full price again!.. there will be sales..just look in the right places, like Time Out NYC.

toodle loo for now!

5th

2005-06-14T03:38:00.000-04:00

Working on my website some more, trying to get it finished so that i can move on... so tired... I got back from home, (toronto-ish) after Brad and Heather's wedding.. it was so much fun!.. i'll write more later.. i'm going to go to bed now..

4th

2005-06-04T16:23:00.000-04:00

I finally got christina's laptop connection to the internet and our wireless network working last night.. few!.. now we share a 200gb hard drive that serves as our back up for our work. I'll also be able to print accross our network, which is great because I don't want to have to move the big printer over to my computer everytime i have to print.. anywho.. it's getting hot outside and i'm starting to sweat just standing in one spot.. it would be nice to have a lake or ocean beside that i could roll into when i start to overheat..

3rd

2005-06-03T21:31:00.000-04:00

Have a hockey game tonight, and i'm trying to quickly get christina's laptop to connect to our wireless node.. hmmm i'm having difficulty though!..

grrrrrr

2nd

2005-06-02T03:30:00.000-04:00

Have been working on renderings at work lately, and ofcourse, I need to change the shade of this, and tone that down, so on and so forth.. I have been developing a theory on the place of computer renderings and the use of the computer in the architecture practise, but it'll be such a long post that you'll probably fall asleep. Perhaps I'll have to tell you about it over a smoothie or milkskake..

So the website (ryarch.com), will be up soon. Dad needs to set up the domain name, and point it to the Pair server. Oh and by the way this my dad's elevator website.. one of many really... Dad and I have been working on this for some time.. If i point to it from my blog, it will better my dad's website's search engine positioning.

I'm working on the website design curently.. really really basic.. i like the all white scheme, and the black outlines.. very clean. very simple. straightforward navigation too, with hopefully stunning images; you tell me. Just working out a few kinks. I'm utilizing CSS and a little bit of flash .

1st

2005-06-01T02:47:00.000-04:00

1st Blog post: listening to Arcade Fire :: Creating website, ryarch re-incarnate :: Christina is painting