garfield minus garfield

found this this morning off of fark.com. a little of topic but quite entertaining and actually pretty deep when you think about it. here is the description of the comic on the website, pretty entertaining and by what i read of them, kind of true:

"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb."

ill post one comic here, but you should really check out the website http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/post/26934302

my bourgeoning art collection

well, im off to a strong start on my art collection, recently added to by 2 pieces to a total collection of 3 pieces. haha. its a start. right now it consists entirely of my sisters works, kirsten leahy. shes recently been completing numerous works and experimenting with many more.

as a sell in for her, if you like what you see, let me know, and i will get you connected to here, has completed works that she is up for selling as well as requests for pieces.

here are the 3 pieces that i have so far:









this is my favorite. it speaks to me as a abstract religious icon painting. but i may just be crazy.

so hopefully i will be going to germany

tomorrow i will be mailing an application to study in germany for all of next year through the deutscher akademicsher austausch dienst study and internship program in the city-state of bremen in the northwest of germany. the program consists of one semester of intensive study (an entire year of credits at an american university in one semester) program in architecture and design followed by a spring/summer semester in an internship in germany, hopefully working in my closest professor's, martin despang, firm despang architekten in hannover. i am also planning on performing independent undergraduate research/work with martin on the presentation and visualization of architectural projects in a practice environment. i would be studying at the university of applied sciences at bremen (hochschule bremen). attached are my submittal materials materials for the scholarship: resume, brief samples of work, and a statement of intent and my planned study program while there.

a bit of photoshopping

bored saturday afternoon + new facebook picture = photoshop adventures!





i think the world would be a better place in palette of harsh solid colors

ZNETH

Design proposal for a Zero Net Energy Test House (ZNETH). Designs requested by architectural engineering students at Peter Kewitt Institute at the UNO campus from the architectural designers at the UNL College of Architecture with the possibility of a design being actually built.
No designs will be built as is. In fact, it would be shocking if the final structure resembles any of the student design proposals in any way.
Especially this one.

Site was in neighborhood just east of the PKI in Omaha, along Woolworth Street. Neighborhood context consisted of small 20's bungalow style houses.



Design focus on passive solar shading and heating on the exterior (louvers) as well as the residents experience of the interior space (the window-well slices through the whole house).

Final Board

A couple last minute revisions to the competition board to clean it up a little. Two 24x36 boards stacked on top of each other (cut on the horizontal line down the middle of the page).

deMaterialize - An "Integrating Habitats" Proposal

My latest school project, a proposal for the national competition "Integrating Habitats. A design competition" sponsored by the Metro association and located in Portland Oregon. The purpose of the competition is to integrate and average city residential neighborhood into the natural environment, added infill housing to increase neighborhood density in the process.

My proposal focuses on the built structure, using the structure of the trees themselves as inspiration for the design of the house. A single family structure, three stories and a roof garden/deck. It is essentially a glass box cantilevered off of a structural, circulation, and mechanical core (the trunk) on the north side. The glass walls dematerialize the structure, thereby literally integrating it into the natural and existing neighborhood context. This dematerialization also gives residents the feeling of living within nature and the trees themselves. The east and west walls are covered in vines and vegetation, providing sun screen from the harsh morning and evening sun while giving the existing neighborhood houses a visual context of having a natural feature in their backyards, instead of another house.