WEEELLLLLLL.....i didn't stutter during most of the presentation, i didn't get sick(until after the presentation...i really didn't know i was that stressed about it), but i did say--near the end--that my project was located in mississippi instead of new orleans...then corrected myself after i took the time to look down at my notecards of information....[wow did i fuck THAT one up]...i got some weird looks from the other tulane students at this point and turned BEET RED, corrected myself and from this point began stuttering a bit,["ah, ah, ah, New Orleans, i mean, ah, ah, ah...."]...yes THIS is where a college education has taken me....THANK GOD it was near the end of the presentation...
overall, it went okay i guess, and these were the comments: David Rue(spelling?) /Annette Fierro/William Braham/ David Leaderborough(spelling?)
David Rue(spelling?):: how do you know the site is sufficiently dynamic? --establish explicit criteria for design solutions....dynamic systems have a great release of energy--make sure that the site is made up of enough energy to qualify a dynamic system...even in science and math the criteria of energy and following a morphology is truly unknown...
is it the ideas looking for a site or a site looking for technique...
Bill Braham:: bring the site to life through description--verbally and graphically[i went back and explained how vibrant the site is both on a day to day basis and on-going throughout the year...they said i should have mentioned all of this DURING the presentation instead of during the q & a session...]
well now that you've explained the site more clearly, i understand why you chose this site and it seems to work with what you want to deal with....
David Rue :: dynamic is improper term for what you're looking at...you are using the term with more freedom than the term allows...look more at the computational theories behind the dynamic system...you are using the term too loosely and freely...maybe rename project "urban vitality"--maybe the route of "pragmatism" is a better way for you...[PRAGMATISM!!!!!????!!! DID YOU JUST SAY PRAGMATISM???!!!--I DID NOT JUST SPEND THE SEMESTER READING DDDDEEEEEEPPPPP ARCHITECTURAL THEORY TO BE TOLD TO BE MORE PRAGMATIC--fucker...DO NOT insult my intelligence...just because i didn't lay out the complete formula for catastrophe theory/chaos theory and dedicate one whole slide to the intense mathematical and scientific background behind it within the constraints of a 12 minute presentation DOES NOT MEAN that i DID NOT read it and DID NOT get it, and didn't want to include more information into this presentation....asshole...HEY JERK!! DID YOU NOT JUST LISTEN TO THE NAME OF MY PROPOSAL?? Marketscape: A DYNAMIC SYSTEM in the urban context--if nothing else i guess i should have put more info into my presentation... David Rue...you are a tool...and now i don't care if i spelled your name correctly....you know what...your mom is pragmatic...put that in your pipe and smoke it...]
Annette Fierro :: where does the diagram fit--document conflicts with this idea of the dynamic system focus [this is because almost all of my annotated bibliography was made up of readings based around the idea of diagramming instead of dynamic systems and the computational theory that makes up the dynamic system---nadir lahiji suggested all of these readings to me and told me to focus on that...diagramming that is...]
what about katrina? how is your program, proposal going to react to that? you can't ignore this situation on the site--make sure that you are addressing this new aspect of the site, it's conditions, it's influences[at this point i mentioned that i had not had a chance to go down and document what actually occured at my site during/after katrina]
David Leatherboro(spelling?) :: what does the MARKET want?[ok, someone tell me what the fuck THAT is supposed to mean....i didn't know my proposal was so existential in nature....this guy must have smoked a joint before showing up...] Set horizons for the program. what are the conditions of architecture that make boundries...what will help you set up these boundaries??
be sure to not only look at the positives of the site, but also the problems: crime statistics, police stations, subversive elements, etc.
the word embankment stems from the word bank, or table--make an accurate section of the site, document what is really there, the quality of the site, the nature of it, the sounds, the flows of people and information actually coming and going out of the site---the "spatial materiality" of the site--make sure that this information is throughough and gives an accurate representation of the site
ssssooooooo....NOW what do i do with all of this new information and perspective on my project:
1. i want to get another reading list for the winter break--all based on dynamic systems and all the jazz behind it...david rue be damned....PRAGMATIC....[insert maniacal laughter here]...
2. i want to get back to NOLA to get ACTUAL and ACCURATE site information....i never DID get a chance to collect all of the information and historical background of my site over the summer...funny thing was that i ended up having more background information about my site than most people for the initial submission...not so much anymore---and now i need to make sure that i don't ignore the katrina impact---and i was trying SOOO hard to completely ignore that thing that happened a couple of months ago....what was that called??....OH YEAH....hurricane katrina...i keep forgetting that's the reason why i'm in philadelphia....(this sarcasm is said with a genuine smile and a laugh...just funny that they really thought that i would do that...it IS kind of funny IF i was attempting to ignore it...ironical is the word...)
3. A GOOD STIFF DRINK....Cosmopolitan and an extra shot of vodka please...
4. A massage
5. A nice long relaxing soak in the tub
6. Four days of un-interrupted sleep...
7. My project to just build itself...
These are also included on my wish list to santa...or if anyone is feeling especially generous...
from this point i have to make revisions to my document based off of these comments and then resubmit my paper again to Tulane thesis advisors...i'm thinking that i will do this tommorrow... for now i just want the reading list and to get on top of all of that xeroxing that i'm going to have to do since god only knows what's left of the arch library at tulane....
SONG OF THE DAY: ...."EYE OF THE TIGER"....it is a victory song, and yet the victory is not quite achieved....it has a rich concept behind it...trust me, i've read up on it and can write out a 20 pg proposal on the significance of the never completed architecture project...john know what i'm talking about...
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