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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.

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.
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