EBOOK - THE PORTFOLIO

This is another handbook that I came upon from the net.   Described to be another one of their seriously useful guides.  The handbook explains first the reasons why make a portfolio.  To this day, I could say that I never had the time or urge to have prepared a neat and personal portfolio.  Maybe by this time and upon reading this handbook, I might redraft all the designs I have made.  Though I could just extract them all from my head.  All the designs and drawings I have made from architecture school and work were all submitted to my client "the garbage" then. I may have cherished and valued some of my own works but I never have bothered to keep them all up so as to make a portfolio.  Maybe it's because no one never bothered to look at my drawings. And at that time, I felt they were all trash.

EBOOK - LAW AND PRACTICE FOR ARCHITECTS

Though this book generally is applied for the practice of Architecture in America, I still am interested to know how they manage to practice Architecture with the Laws provided to guide them through.  And even I myself could not even grasp to know how it feels to practice architecture here in my environment, much more than knowing the common laws they have, I could or might give clear comparison between practices through.

THE BURJ OF HEIGHTS

The Burj Tower - is definitely and presently the world's highest tower.  What made this structure possible still marvels me.  I could only try to study or describe this wonderful achievement from here.  The structure is built in downtown Dubai and is described to be part of their very important development scheme.  In short, the building is known as "The Burj" or "The Burj Tower". The duration of its construction only lasted for forty seven months. (February 2005 - December 2008) That's only less than four years of construction.

EBOOK - THE DISSERTATION

I came upon the word dissertation only upon taking my graduation thesis.  The faculty especially the dean required the use of a book by Robert Hershberger (The Architectural Methods of Research).  Though the architecture department gave us this sort of Architectural Thesis guidelines handouts, still this book by Hershberger serves to be crucial for the methods of research for the contents of the dissertation.  And so anyone who decided to just settle for the handouts as a thesis guide ended up confused and thus is led to try to read and pore on through the thick Hershberger book.

THESIS DECEASED

No, I can't finish it.  I'm still designing it. This dissertation is a not. But if the book is done, then it should be present.  The designs. Designs were unacceptable. Still can't present it.  To myself. The printed copy of about a hundred pages were thrown. Gone along with the adviser's and chair's signatures. The garbage must have wanted it more than anyone.

THESIS DISEASE

I have this dissertation that I would not and  could not finish.  At this point I am still at a halt.  For I can't seem to finish it.  But then all along this may have been for the good.  There's the Town Hall, The Fire Station, The Ambulance Station, and the Police Station to design.  For now, I am content of having to just research and read about these kinds of buildings.  Having the internet now, gives me endless sources of information and references. Sometimes it gets too overwhelming, that I could not produce my own original designs.  The preliminary designs I made do not get to reach the finishing stages.  I maybe in denial thinking that I could finish planning these kinds of buildings. Having to think that I could do it may be the issue.  Maybe it is time to accept that planning and drafting is not for everyone.  And is definitely not for everyone.  It just is not the time right now.  When it is.

ERASE RACE

Erase is a good word.  It corrects mistakes and cleans the smudges on drawing papers.  Erasers are mostly useful in wiping out large amounts of pencil or construction lines on drawings especially in drafting. Erasing is usually done after the penciling and before inking.  The eraser is equally as useful as the forever useful pencil.

PLAN SCANS

Recently, my mother's friend lent me a scanner. It is actually a scanner and a printer.  The printer does not work anymore she says but I think it only needs a good printer ink.  But I guess I wouldn't have to worry about that.  I wouldn't have to worry about replacing the ink for it to work.  I only needed the scanner though.  There are some pictures and papers I needed scanned and my mother's friend also wanted me to scan her pictures for her.  I was more than happy to do so as I started to ask her what's wrong with the printer.  She told me it only needs a printer wire to connect from the printer to the computer.  I bought the wire which only costs fifty pesos.  As I started to make it work, I worried about the printer driver.  Good thing I was able to download the driver from the internet.

TWENTY ZERO NINE

I have something new to explore today.  Though I'm expecting little changes, the newly installed AutoCAD 2009 that I'm trying right now sure did looked a little different from its predecessors.  And I'm sure there are some more newer than this.  AutoCAD 2010 and 2011 as well as 2012 should be on the market nowadays if you care to buy.  But again, it's the drafting and the design that counts.  AutoCAD could just still serve as the most helpful in architectural drafting nowadays.

WHY HIRE AN ARCHITECT?

These recent days our house feels like a place in disarray.  And though the only focus of renovation was the kitchen, it almost feels like the whole house is under construction.  From where I'm sitting now, I could feel powdered cement on the soles of my feet.  The parquet flooring seem to look a little gray now with all that cement powdered dust from all around the kitchen.  Because our steps carry on the dust, I see to it somehow that I don't get the floors dustier.