We all have dejà vu moments when we see or experience something that we swear had already happened or induced an identical psychological feeling. When they occur out of thin air during our regular activities, they are very difficult to describe. I usually just say, “Wow, dejà vu,” similarly to Neo in The Matrix. Whatever […]
Read More Thus Spoke (the Shipyards of) JacksonvilleThe main purpose of a midterm review is to have a discussion about the current direction of the project. Keeping in mind that the past month has been the only time to start designing on the selected site, I chose to focus on the creation of forms and massing at this stage. Based on the […]
Read More March 5: Midterm ReviewDad and I went under the series of overpasses that marked the southern connection between Interstate 95 and the Jacksonville beltway, marking that we were ten miles outside of downtown. The absence of any element of society around this connection brought about the distinct typology of the American city: the overpass. It seems that, in […]
Read More Site Analysis: January 16, 2014