Back to the Roots

Recently realized that among all this college hubbub and with everything else going on, I completely forgot about the love of my life. And to add fuel to the fire, part of the reason why I started blogging was to share my love with the rest of the world. It's architecture.

Favorite architect? Le Corbusier. He defined modern architecture and embodies everything that I believe in.

Corbusier's Villa Savoye in Poissy, France

Favorite fictional architect? Howard Roark, of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. My hero.

Things I love about being an architect:

• the 12 am adrenaline rush the day before final review
• restarting from scratch days before final review
• it's a science and an art
• creating something that others can experience just as you have
• you experience the world in a different light
• you learn to appreciate things better
• looking at pretty things 24/7
• putting things together
• architects eat, live, breathe, sleep, embody architecture

Things I hate about being an architect:

• the 12 am rush the day before final review
• you get paid squat
• arch school is going to leave a huge hole in my painkillers "wallet"
• drafting by hand
• architects eat, live, breathe, sleep, embody architecture

Things I love:

• Cathedrals
• Rose Windows
• Upscale minimalism
• Open floor plans
• Rooftop gardens
• High ceilings
• LIGHT.
• Parisian detail

Things I hate:

• Stucco walls
• Row houses
• Houses that look the same on a single street
• Drafting Tables
• Copies of the Parthenon
• conglomerates

Some pretty things to look at:

The Eames House, Ray and Charles Eames

Beauvais Cathedral

Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Public Library

Sadly though, I will not be attending architecture school although I have a choice between Pratt, Spitzer, PhilaU and  RPI. Instead, I will be going to the only school on my acceptance list that does not have an accredited arch program. Ironic, isn't it? Just a while ago my heart was dead-set on becoming an architect, but I'd like to explore my options before settling down with a definite major. Right now, I'm leaning toward interior architecture or interior design. Lots more artsy. Oh, and a lot less math.

Cheerio!

J