Learning to Master the Trash Can: August 2016

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... The title of this blog has to do with a Will Bruder quote I heard while attending the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) during the Fall of 1999 - "Learn to master the trash can and you might become something" - It really resonated with me and has stuck with me to this day. I suppose for me the concept hit hard that although you can discard an idea, concept, sketch, design, whatever for a certain project you may be able to revisit it at a later date under different circumstances - In other words designs never die, they evolve, they hibernate, they circle-back but they never die...Or maybe he was just telling us to quit our ideas of becoming Architects and to go live in a public park somewhere; which, given the current state of the industry probably would not have been such a bad idea...

That is what this Blog will be for me - With over a decade in the industry I have come to realize that what I thought I would be doing on a daily basis and what I actually do are pretty darn different - BUT - I still have ideas, I still have hopes and I still have my creativity; So, I figured this would be a good outlet...I will share my thoughts on work and the industry as well as whatever moments of creativity I can muster - And, yes, at the direction of my Wife I will keep the swearing to an absolute minimum.

Cheers...B.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

HUH...YEAH - THIS:

... Well, www.deadspin.com has a thought:

http://deadspin.com/why-dont-they-just-make-the-whole-airplane-out-of-olymp-1785649726

It is so crazy it just might work.

Syndication out,
B.

Sunday, August 28, 2016

WHEN THE DUST SETTLES:

... Well the Summer Olympics have been over for a little more than a week - And in case you did not know (...or have been living under a rock) - I am sure the facilities and venues have already started their gradual decline into disarray since the world's best and brightest have bolted.

What? - You do not believe me? Here is a link from www.gizmodo.com illustrating what Sochi looks like now - And it has only been two and a half years since the last Winter Games were held in Russia...Eek:

http://gizmodo.com/just-six-months-after-the-olympics-sochi-looks-like-a-1626519139/+tcraggs22

... And just for good measure here are a few additional links from Gizmodo and www.io9.com that offer-up additional fantastic photographs of abandoned and decaying past Olympic sites:

http://io9.com/after-the-games-photographs-of-decaying-olympic-sites-503372635

http://gizmodo.com/the-sad-desolate-state-of-athens-olympic-venues-10-ye-1617897127

Kind of makes you wonder how the Olympics ever make any money...Oh, wait:

http://gizmodo.com/do-the-olympics-ever-break-even-1529295819

Tragic.

Benjamin out,
Hot Mama

P.S. This is by far not the first time I have thrown shade on this crap...You can find some past thoughts on the topic in the links below:

http://lostarchitectsunite.blogspot.com/2016/08/i-i-just-cant-anymore.html

http://lostarchitectsunite.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-quick-update.html

http://lostarchitectsunite.blogspot.com/2014/03/and-with-that-merely-memory.html

http://lostarchitectsunite.blogspot.com/2014/02/meanwhile-in-russia.html

PEACE...B.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

I, I JUST CAN'T ANYMORE:

... I LOVE the Olympics - I am sure you know this as a proud and loyal follower of this Blog - BUT - While you enjoy all 306 games of this Summer's Olympics please keep the things mentioned in this article foremost in your mind:

http://deadspin.com/staying-in-rio-presents-some-challenges-1784641588

There was a sink:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sucks.

Oh yeah, and try not to think of the World's best Athletes swimming and rowing in what actually amounts to an ocean full of toilet water...And there is also Zika for good measure; you know just to up the ante a bit - I guess it is supposed to be exciting, sort of like the "Hunger Games?"

Yuck.

Peace,
Hot Mama

Learning to Master the Trash Can