I`ve now seen all 10 episodes of the HBO series; Band of Brothers. Story: A batallion of American Paratroopers, called Easy Company, arrives in Normandy on D-Day behind enemy lines. Dropped from the sky in an inferno of planes, bullets and fire. Those who survives this Armageddon of german hospitality, gather up and fight their way through occupied Europe. Participating in pretty much every worst case scenario and frontline fights possible. They spent the winter of 1944 surrounded by enemies in a freezing forest in Bastogne, dressed in summer uniforms and the only avaliable shelter/cover being foxholes dug in the frozen ground. It`s 10 hardcore glimpses of hell on earth, and if you: stay away from food during watch, turn off sound and cover your eyes every now and then, it`s recommendable.Easy Company
I`ve now seen all 10 episodes of the HBO series; Band of Brothers. Story: A batallion of American Paratroopers, called Easy Company, arrives in Normandy on D-Day behind enemy lines. Dropped from the sky in an inferno of planes, bullets and fire. Those who survives this Armageddon of german hospitality, gather up and fight their way through occupied Europe. Participating in pretty much every worst case scenario and frontline fights possible. They spent the winter of 1944 surrounded by enemies in a freezing forest in Bastogne, dressed in summer uniforms and the only avaliable shelter/cover being foxholes dug in the frozen ground. It`s 10 hardcore glimpses of hell on earth, and if you: stay away from food during watch, turn off sound and cover your eyes every now and then, it`s recommendable.
Shigoto! Ikoze!
Work! Lets go! One of the first phrases I learned in Japanese. In Japan they work a lot, you might think it`s just a well established cliché, but it`s not. I don`t work much these days, and I seriously wish the situation could be somewhere between my current working schedule and the one I had in Tokyo. After returning to Oslo two days ago I`ve had difficulties occupying time, but I`ve done a great effort trying to keep a relatively tight program.
The night of arrival I dismantled my childhood desk, and replaced it with a large table. Then I reconnected my record player with my stereo (music = important), but before this was possible a collection of my novels needed to be relocated. After figuring out music + books, I organised all my "important" papers and tried to balance my bank accounts (sad story). When paper and money business were done, I tested ALL my pens, throwing out everyone with a hint of dryness. Next step, organising my drawing paper according to grams and color shade. Then I read one of the relocated novels to end the day in a nice manner. Next day I got up early, and drove to my local social security office (where they subscribe the magasine "Golf", one of my favourites. Do you really need welfare if your hobby is golf?) and waited for a good while. Because of a weird misunderstanding one of the guys thought I was pregnant, and could happily announce that I was entitled to a large sum of money. At this point I didn`t know he thought I was knocked up, so me, happy as a bird, smiled and said "yes!", but then the lady laughed her ass off explaining the situation once more. Suddenly the money was out of reach. To process this failure I took a roadtrip to Moss, and picked up my shipment from DK. These four large boxes kept me busy all night, with a second wave of sorting out stuff, such as clothes and pure stuff.
Today, I`ve watched two episodes of "Band of Brothers" and downloaded Adobe Trial Versions. It`s a good thing I can`t figure out the new television, guess I would have been able to name every single competitor in the Olympic Games if I did.
Life Of Architecture.
Help. Work anyone?
Post Script: You wouldn`t believe the amount of stuff I`ve managed to squeeze into my room. To be honest, organising business is my cup of tea. It`s actually super fun working with a limited amount of space.
The night of arrival I dismantled my childhood desk, and replaced it with a large table. Then I reconnected my record player with my stereo (music = important), but before this was possible a collection of my novels needed to be relocated. After figuring out music + books, I organised all my "important" papers and tried to balance my bank accounts (sad story). When paper and money business were done, I tested ALL my pens, throwing out everyone with a hint of dryness. Next step, organising my drawing paper according to grams and color shade. Then I read one of the relocated novels to end the day in a nice manner. Next day I got up early, and drove to my local social security office (where they subscribe the magasine "Golf", one of my favourites. Do you really need welfare if your hobby is golf?) and waited for a good while. Because of a weird misunderstanding one of the guys thought I was pregnant, and could happily announce that I was entitled to a large sum of money. At this point I didn`t know he thought I was knocked up, so me, happy as a bird, smiled and said "yes!", but then the lady laughed her ass off explaining the situation once more. Suddenly the money was out of reach. To process this failure I took a roadtrip to Moss, and picked up my shipment from DK. These four large boxes kept me busy all night, with a second wave of sorting out stuff, such as clothes and pure stuff.
Today, I`ve watched two episodes of "Band of Brothers" and downloaded Adobe Trial Versions. It`s a good thing I can`t figure out the new television, guess I would have been able to name every single competitor in the Olympic Games if I did.
Life Of Architecture.
Help. Work anyone?
Post Script: You wouldn`t believe the amount of stuff I`ve managed to squeeze into my room. To be honest, organising business is my cup of tea. It`s actually super fun working with a limited amount of space.
Hasta Luego
Århus (place to be: 2004-2010)(with a 2007/08 break), from my current room with a view one night in December (2009).
Welcome Home
Just another building block among others in the vast city of Beijing. Looking like a charm. These structures are replacing the traditional hutong neighborhoods, and one thing`s for sure, they accommodate a whole lot more people on a similar sized footprint. In the terms of cultural inheritance and atmosphere it`s a sad story, but the brutal and rigid architecture fascinates. NL_Architects
"When our reporter woke up out off hibernation he discovered that there was about 9 gigabyte of [christmas] party pics to sort-out; 9 gig in one single night… this equals the same amount of data the entire office produced in its first decade." Haha. NL_Architects for you. A fun place to work, but you actually learn something as well. The fun part is just a bonus. (Extra bonus: the office is located in Amsterdam). To the annual Christmas Party, everyone have to buy a gift and write some sort of "poem" to a colleague, then after a couple of drinks the ceremony of presentation begins. Entertaining sequence indeed.
More + pics: NLBlog.
USS Nevada
While searching for magnificent American nature, I came across this power shot. A perpetuated moment of USS Nevada. To me it`s strange to name a ship after a state with no shore, however it is pretty obvious that you don`t mess with this dude.
Stand-in Odyssey
Word on the street; the best cut in movie history is the transition from the world of apes to the world of space in 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick. I have not yet reached the cut, the reason is all the magnificent scenes of landscape. The movie is paused while I google nature. Don`t know where the movie is shot, but the desert in Arizona looks like a match. Arizona, here I come. End Of Collage
"Days of our school/fresh architect life" - Chapter 1. Activity 25th of January: Clean desk, clean desktop, sort out paper, organise clips, pencils, men in 1:50/1:100, books, magazines and envelopes, sip some cava, write some mails, sip some more cava and google my new obsession: Collages. No sections, plans, isos, diagrams, presentations, models, lineweights or color schemes in sight. Relaxing times, Suntory times. The collage is made by Hockney, David Hockney.
Borderlines
I`m back in business, as a NAIve Architect. Not just studently naive, but the real shit. The picture is basically my borders of opportunities. Not the worst situation to find oneself, but kind of overwhelming. Bring it on, World of Architecture! (and every other world)Tracks Of Oslo
Had a microscopic Christmas holiday in my home town Oslo! back in 2009. It was ice ice cold, but all that snow was just amazing. There`s nothing like: turning corners rally style on snow covered streets with a well insured car, a screaming friend in the passenger seat and Wham on the radio, falling over with face first on icy sidewalks, walking a dachs in deep snow or photograph tracks of different kind. Winter time.
In Paper We Trust
Paper rules, big time. True that. End of story. More: http://images.google.no/imgres?imgurl=http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-02/origamic-architecture-willem.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/24/origamic-architecture-stunning-sculptures-cut-out-of-paper/&usg=__WQ9yz5xItu7PAbRnmULQrxi16gU=&h=436&w=500&sz=50&hl=no&start=4&tbnid=7ii4b6c3JmzWHM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Darchitecture%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3DnoHaha, short link for you my friend. (OK. Need to get a life, soon). Soundtrack of today: "Cat People" - David Bowie. (Me and Ms. T is listening to "Inglourious Basterds" (the movie, not soundtrack) on loop through nighttime hours. We do prefer James Bond movies, but we don`t have any).
From Russia With Love
After receiving my first blog inquiry ever, I decided to be nice and do as requested (even though being extremely busy and borderline stressed). I know that the person asking is a geek when it comes to wooden stuctures and Japanese joints, and inspiration was needed. Easy solution: google wooden architecture. This Funky Shit goes out to all the wood(en) geeks out there. Don`t know much about this architecture, except that the building is Russian. But as we all know, Russia is rather huge. Rather. I guess the brief is ghosts, Ms. E.18 GigaPixels
Geek News: 18-Gigapixel Panorama Offers Breathtaking View of Prague. This image is the largest spherical panorama in the world as of Dec. 2009. To you from the GadgetLab section in Wired. Hohoho, Merry Christmas.
So Called Life
Don`t you just Love (with capital L) AutoCAD? Graphics from above. I`m spending my days in school, together with; some members of Making Real, my computer, a steal ruler, the book "Small Images" by Ishigami san (this man is obsessed with plants. Great), card, glue, several portions of "yum-yum" and my Ipod. The cardboard glasses are part of my procrastination program, and the purpose of production is: Focus. Framing. And Fun. If you see me wearing these within the radius of 100 cm. from my computer, don`t ask for my attention. It`s business. Dubaii
4th of January 2010, the Burj Dubai will be spick and span and ready for visitors. Or so they say. The evidence of clever engineering and smooth craftsmanship has reached the summit, at 818 m. above sea level. Well done. Good news: For those who would like to take a little trip down there and see all the Dubai wonders with their own eyes and cameras; the whole emirate is pretty much on 25% discount these hardcore financial days. Tickets.
M:I 5 - Hunting Creativity
Once there was a wise man, this wise man once said: Every creative process will sooner or later hit a dry spot. I`ve hit a dry spot, no juice as far as the eye can see. But I came across a webpage that gives you advice on how to proceed when the horizon is looking dark and cloudy. For free! Here.
For some reason, the advice: Take a break, came up 3 out of 6 times. Yes, I couldn`t settle for only one.
Post Script: It doesn`t always work (in your favour).
For some reason, the advice: Take a break, came up 3 out of 6 times. Yes, I couldn`t settle for only one.
Post Script: It doesn`t always work (in your favour).
Flashback
Skagen was visited earlier this semester. We rented a car, on the basis of speed abilities it was probably a scooter in disguise, and set off to the very north of Denmark where two oceans meet. The day was/is one to remember. And all the blue sky you could ask for. Go or not to go, that is not the question. Go. New(s)
President Barack Obama is left handed. Didn`t know. Now I do. He`s carrying all his accessorize on one hand only; his watch, his ring and his pen. Asymmetric indeed.Make A Wish
Every year I wish for a sail boat (or a helicopter) for Christmas. After approximately 14 years of wishing, the boat criteria is slowly decreasing. It started out as: Sail boat. Nowadays the claim has dropped to: Small sail boat, not too fancy. But slightly cooler than a "VG-jolle" (Hybrid between rowing boat and a really small sail boat). Cross fingers.Sail boats are pure magic. And the fact that you can control the "vehicle" from one small area on the boat, transforms it into a tool-of-techtonics, rather than just a floating hang-out. If you`re ever in London, visit an old man`s store. He got all the sail boat equipment you can imagine and more. It`s located on 194 Shaftebury Avenue, called: Arthur Beale LTD. Heaven on earth. I`m telling you.
By Night
Yo, NA to the SA is down with light at night. This picture is a mapping of all that`s bright, on a permanent basis. Cities, roads, coasts and transportation routes creates an alternative world map of glow.Soon To Be
Christmas is not far away, only 20 days to be precise. This is a Christmas Tree made of car tracks in the snow. 2 in 1 as they like to say. I was kind of hoping a car would come in the opposite direction, to supply the tree with a star. But, didn`t happened, google-image-reality sucks sometimes.Paranoia Result
Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester (WWW!) was a rather eccentric woman. When her husband died, she became convinced that the house was haunted by all the people being killed by a Winchester rifle. Probably not a minor number. But she decided not to give up without a proper fight, and the process of building construction began. It lasted for 38 years, non stop. Around the clock, until the day she died. The reason for all the work was to build a maze of corridors, rooms and stairs, so that the ghosts would get lost and/or not find her. There are many examples of stairs ending in walls/open air, doors leading to nothing, rooms without windows, etc. The mansion was/is well known for its size and lack of master plan. Mrs. Winchester was a wealthy madam, so the effect of construction work on her wallet is not worth mentioning. In the end there were about 160 rooms, including 40 bedrooms and two ballrooms, one completed and one under construction. The house also had 47 fireplaces, 10,000 window panes, 17 chimneys and three elevators. Painting the house was a work-to-eternity-machine, finally finished with all the sections, they had to repaint again. Today the house is a museum. 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California.
Imagine To The Rescue
Friday today, but since I`m working through the weekend it`s basically Wednesday. I`m planning to have fun, real project fun. That means; Imaginary Worlds Creation Deluxe. Just like when I made this drawing. It`s a plant-and-cleanse-water-production-world hanging on one of the water pipes on school ground. To the left, all the different kinds of greenery are grown. Everything from Lotus flowers to moss. To the right, the system of cleaning water for industrial purposes are produced. Bottom left is living facilities, bottom right: distribution and shipping. As already mentioned, it`s my imagination talking. Not much sense going on in that department. La Musica
Todays soundtrack: David Bowie: "Heroes" and blue grass christmas carols, here represented by Bob Couchenour:"GodRestYeMerryGentlemen". Splendid combination.
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