Posts Tagged ‘nature’
earthworks, cleansing art
I stumbled upon Lorna Jordan’s work in a January 1997 issue of Landscape Architecture, where her Waterworks Gardens in Renton, Washington was given applause for embracing both aesthetics and ecology in creating public space — in the midst of a gritty sewage-treatment plant. Self-labeled an ‘environmental artist,’ Jordan created eight acres of new open space, [...]
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Tags: design, landscape, nature, thesis
last sunday, these three animals embarked on a journey to the irish countryside. yearning to bust out of dublin, we lapped up a delicious irish breakfast [complete with black pudding] and were quickly on our way towards the glacial valley of Glendalough.
andrew, roger, and i had an unfair share of obstacles earlier in the weekend [...]
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Tags: branding, cities, copenhagen, nature, travel
or like a herd of spindly elk wandering across the bering strait during migration…
or like a bunch of eager beaver architecture students on the quest for alvar aalto’s experimental summer house…
we trekked across a frozen lake in central finland last week.
we each soon figured out our individually preferred method of snow travel:
1. the sszwee! of [...]
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Tags: aalto, architecture, nature, travel
the origin of women’s dresses in the 19th century:
“Dresses increased dramatically to the hoopskirt and crinoline-supported styles of the 1860s; then fullness was draped and drawn to the back by means of bustles. Dresses were generally one-piece garments from 1800 through the 1840s; after that it became common for a dress to be made as [...]
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Tags: DIY, fashion, future craft, nature, project runway
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name: tiffany chu
location: cambridge, ma (or san francisco / copenhagen / bridgewater, nj)
industry: architecture + media studies
role: bright, bushy MIT student.
