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Re-Envisioning South Willamette

iank — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:00:11 +0000

In the Spring Term, my studio was about redesigning (or re-envisioning, if you will) South Willamette Street here in Eugene. The city is already involved in this process as they gear up for their next 30-year plan (an Oregon state requirement) and a possible expansion of the Urban Growth Boundary. South Willamette Street, despite having all of the components of a great place – interesting shops, all the necessities, a major transportation corridor, a large urban park, housing, and possible mixed-use space – is one of the worst places in Eugene to spend time, particularly if you don’t have a car. We were tasked, working with the city and the neighborhood, to come up with a plan that would make it a truly walkable, livable area that could be one of the best places in Eugene to live, work, and play.

Our job as architecture students was to present ideas for how the neighborhood could develop over time that would get residents and business owners in the area to think outside of their front yards and on a community scale. At times, this was scary for them, but it seems that they came around as we explained. The City is pursuing this as part of its Envision Eugene process, and has been using our work to help guide the conversation. The video above explains the whole thing in far more detail. For more information, visit this website: http://www.eugene-or.gov/oppsiting. If you click on Architecture Students’ Ideas, you’ll find my groups plan under “Vision 2.”

It’s nice to know that your work matters.

We were also asked to develop a prototype for a new development that would fit in the context of our redesigned South Willamette, and see how dense would could realistically get. I designed a 5-story, two building complex that contained apartments, offices, cafes and retail as well as creating a new pedestrian thoroughfare and two public plazas that connected the very popular Woodfield Station to Southtowne Shoppes. You can see two renderings below the fold.

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The Best Model Shot

Ian — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:41:37 +0000

It’s Spring Break! Thank God! I’ve been working to update my portfolio so I can start the hunt for a summer job. So I’ve been going through a bunch of photos of models I took over the last two terms, thinking about including them. This is, by far, my favorite: a close-up of the laser cut 1/16″ breakdancers on the corner across the street from my project. If you don’t make school fun for yourself, then what’s the point?

The Zen of Spam

Ian — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:07:46 +0000

You wouldn’t know it, but this site gets a ton of spam. Thank God WordPress has a fantastic spam filter. Every now and then I like to wade into the spam bin and go through to make sure it’s not actually catching something legit. I think that’s only happened once. But the other reason I love reading through the spam box is because the spam itself has a weird poetic quality. Most of it is trying to flatter you into posting their comment so they get the link, and some just lists an ad, but others… well, here’s a selection of the best. Enjoy!

Stevia – ‘-` oh that is a nice piece of information, kinda refreshing on my brain ;:”

Shanti Alegre – Do you have any other related blogs and/or relevant fields of expression. This tips has caused in me some quasi-cascade effect that has resulted in a great rearangement of my knowledge almost akin to a complete paradigm shift in the way I perceive the world. Thank you so much for this and I guess you wil accumulate a ton of Karma and positive chi due to your fantastic undertaking in this blog!

Gruitersx1 – I was conclusion the other period that there must be a technique for my kids to business at familiar with what they learn in class. Then it belabour me – songs!! Take a melody going hoop-shaped and arched in their heads and they’ll never overlook it!

And the winner of Most Ironic Spam Comment of the Week…

Burberry Handbag – Adult females are materialistic gold diggers. Beware.

ARCH 610: Digital Media

Ian — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:02:24 +0000

I’m going to start doing something a little differently here, at least until March. Right now I’m taking a class called Intro to Digital Media. As part of the class, we need to create a web journal to post our assignments. I figure, why create an entirely new site when I’ve got a perfectly good one right here? Besides, I’ve done the two-blogs-at-a-time thing already. It doesn’t work for me. Besides, this way you’ll get to have a taste of what I’m doing in school (and why I’ve been too busy to post more regularly).

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More Martos

Ian — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:35:32 +0000

I really just wanted to post something about where I am and what I’m doing these days, which will hopefully explain the randomness of updates. But how could I leave you without photos? Since I’m feeling a little nostalgic, I’ve decided to include a few parting shots of Martos as well.

I left Spain in June to pursue a Masters of Architecture at the University of Oregon, a three-and-a-half-year program at their campus in Eugene, Oregon. The program started in summer and, so far, has been incredibly intense – more intense than I expected it to be. Although I only pulled one all-nighter (hopefully the last), 8AM to 2AM days have not been uncommon. Needless to say, it’s been busy. You may see some of my work showing up on the site (due to popular demand), but I promise it will be rare, if only because this is mainly for photography.

I’m on break now, and I had a great trip back to New York City to see my friends and pick up stuff that had been in storage. In the last year, I have been in seven countries, five states, and Lord knows how many cities and provinces within that. Now I want nothing more than to settle for a while and lay off the traveling.

A lot of what I have been doing on my break is sorting life out and going through the stuff I haven’t seen for a year. After the recent death of my desktop computer (the second Dell to die on me in a year), I have managed to salvage the data from those hard drives, and you’ll see some concert photos that have been languishing on my desktop for quite some time. With luck, I’ll start hitting up some shows here in Eugene, and you’ll see some newer ones too.

Don’t expect too much new photography for a while, though. My kit lens kicked the bucket and is in for repair. So it’s just sorting photos right now. Which leads me to… Martos!

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Brussels: The Capital of Europe

Ian — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:06:53 +0000

This will be the last post relating to my Christmas adventures. Promise.

When I last left you, I was in Bruges. But it was Brussels, the so-called “Capital of Europe,” that I got to first and where I ended my trip to the Low Countries. Like Bruges, the city is charming, but it’s a much larger city. It is both the Capital of Belgium, where the King has his Palace, and home to the European Parliament, where much of the EU’s work gets done. Grand Place, the main square shown above, is a World Heritage site – yet another one I stumbled upon during this trip – and a great example of the way the old parts of the city look. But it’s such a hodge-podge of old and new and generally weird that I feel like it’s impossible to pin the city down. Maybe I just have to live there to get it. Anyway, enjoy the photos!

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Bruges, Belgium

Ian — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:42:19 +0000

Here’s some more from the Christmas-New Year’s Holiday trip. Leaving Holland, I worked my way south to Belgium. I started in Brussels, but took a side trip to see the town of Bruges – a much cooler city, in my opinion. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t inspired by a certain movie to visit. After all… “It’s a fairytale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairytale town not somebody’s fucking thing?” I was pleasantly surprised by how large the city was and how much there was to see and do, even though a lot was closed for a random holiday I couldn’t figure out. I kind of wanted a couple extra days there. More photos below the fold.

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In the News!

Ian — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:16:19 +0000

There haven’t been a lot of updates here, because I have been both incredibly busy (deciding where to study for the next three years, preparing a presentation for the kids on Canada, etc.) and incredibly lazy. Yes, it is possible to be both. But there was one thing that I wanted to share: I was in the newspaper!

Ok, well, my friend Becky was in the newspaper. But the Yuma Sun article about her travels in Spain was accompanied by one of my photos from jumping in Seville. Exciting, no? Check out the article!

Happy Easter!

Ian — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:00:22 +0000

Just got back from a week-long road trip across the north of Spain with Dietrich, from Barcelona to Santiago de Compostela. Good times! We got back to Martos just in time to see the Easter procession. Plenty more photos where that came from… on my computer desktop. (Gimme a break, I’m relaxing today!) This song has been going through my head all day. Happy Easter, everyone!

Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Lo! the Sun’s eclipse is over, Alleluia!
Lo! He sets in blood no more, Alleluia!

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to Thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection day, Alleluia!

King of glory, Soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, Thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing and thus to love, Alleluia!

Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

But the pains that He endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s King, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!

Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

- Charles Wesley (1707 – 1788)

Holidays in Holland

Ian — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:26:01 +0000

After Ronda, the next stop on my travels was the Netherlands. I landed in Eindhoven and was there for three days over Christmas (overall, a miserable place). Then I spent a day in the unpronounceable city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, home to medieval painter Heironymous Bosch. The highlight, however, was a week spent visiting friends in Utrecht, a seriously underrated city. Here are photos from my week y pico in Holland.

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