Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Interesting Architecture Photographs





Some of my favorite buildings that i wanted to share with you .

Recommended Book



This is the book that i am willing to read over
the summer. It is written by Ada L. Huxtable who
is amongthe best Architecture critiques in the world.

If you are into Architecture I recommend you to read
this book because it shows how you will be critiqued.
Its always good to learn new things.

Recommended Movie





If you want to laugh and have a great time
just watch this movie. You will love it.
Nicely played by Seth Rogen and James Franco.

Revised Kingsolver Piece

Grow Your Food Yourself
Kingsolver’s piece is about “How the nutrition type changes your life style?”. She talks about a time period of how they changed their lives by growing their own food themselves and how they face that change. The thing I like about her writing style is that she uses examples which our generation is interested in. I like how her kid tells her that she loves her little chickens as much as her mom ☺ . Then she feels bad and tells her mom that she loves her chicken “6” and her mom “7” that was a funny part for me.(Kingsolver, 102)
One of the other things that make the book effective is the other writers. Her husband is the “scientific sytle” writer, he likes to talk more detailed , her daughter talks mostly about her feelings and how everything affects her, but she still fills the piece with more information that makes the book fun to read.
Of course everyone would love to have fresh food by their house , but sometimes ; especially in big cities which have a lot of population , there is no possibility to tell them to grow their own food on their apartment. But if they really want to , they can grow small vegetables on their balconies. That’s all they can in a limited space.
Nowadays ; as I am into architecture , I know that it isn’t easy to build a small program space on a large area. Program space meaning where people live and use. Imagine a skyscraper of 100 stories high , how big of a food growing (farm) space would that building need to feed the people in it? That building, probably has at least 2000 residents living in it. As I said before only way to grow fresh food in a metropolitan city is to grow it on your small balcony.
The part which I found ineffective is that the book is like a class text book. It explains , explains , explains... Sometimes you feel like “ oh…., give me a break to breathe!”.
Overall , the piece touches important points that we should consider in our lives. If you want to live and be healthy eat fresh food, no hormones , no drugs.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Cem Sak

Kingsolver’s piece is about “How the nutrition type changes your life style?”.

She talks about a time period of how they changed their lives by growing their own food themselves 

and how they face that change.

The thing I like about her writing style is that she uses examples which our generation is interested in.

I like how her kid tells her that she loves her little chickens as much as her mom J

Then she feels bad and tells her mom that she loves her chicken “6” and her mom  “7” that was a 

funny part for me.

One of the other things that make the book effective is the other writers. Her husband is the 

“scientific sytle” writer , her daughter talks about her “feelings and a little detail”, but still fills the piece 

with more information.

 

Of course everyone would love to have fresh food by their house , but sometimes ; especially in big 

cities which have a lot of population , there is no possibility to tell them to grow their own food.

Nowadays ; as I am into architecture , I know that it isn’t easy to build  on a large area with a small 

program space. Program meaning where people live and use. Imagine a skyscraper of 100 stories 

high , how big of a food growing (farm) space would that building need to feed the people in it? That 

building, probably has at least 2000 patients living in it.

 

The part which I found ineffective is that the book is like a class text book. It explains , explains , 

explains... Sometimes you feel like “ oh…., give me a break to breathe!”.