urban stills. tripoli week o1

a normal city, cars, modern looking buildings, a bit dusty….. with some old nice reminiscences… and an interesting old town madinah… or that was just what you thought. let the show begin with the real stuff tripoli. under construction / under demolition… wires everywhere, half ruined canopies going nowhere bottles stuck from the 70′s pavement, [...]

a book. my book.

a preview of a book. 140 pages. 89 stories. 1 life. some ideas. in progress. indefinitely.

going to the show (36 hours and 3 countries)

Some things take time and effort, some others take money, some other will and determination. The impact of big mass events is growing bigger and bigger every day. Some events are not only having an impact on their own city where they occur, but they make people move across the world,  making their impact bigger and more [...]

lockers

Madrid school of architecture LOCKERS!!!!!

I am back. “sort of”

It’s been one and a half months since last time I posted something in the blog, my longest drought ever. I am really sorry, I’ve been missing the blog and wanting to write but I could not get myself to do it. Basically writing emails, proposals and essays make me not to be willing to [...]

London days. Stills

Following the urban of the move post, here are some picks of my walks through London in my last week there. This was My London. sort of hackney. 100 football fields. wanna play? Old garages. I would love to renovate them and put my office here with a vibrant courtyard. Directions. Old magnetic Lloyd’s Building. [...]

London days. Urban on the move

Last 10 days have been pretty intense and there is no point to try to summarize it. So instead, I post a series of videos that try to capture East London life on the move…. there are some bits missing, the farewll party, my life in suitcases again… but I’ll put more pics later. This [...]

does your washing machine print plans?

no!!! come on, what kind of washing machine do you have? Funny that the other day I compare buildings to electronical appliances, because today I had a really funny conversation with one of my friends. – What are you doing? – I am doing laundry and printing some plans? – wow, both at the same [...]

lesson to whoever wants to listen Nº 1024

parcel boundary. definition. 1. I am sorry to say this but why British cannot speak proper English. Parcel boundary = Plot limit, or plot line, or plot boundary.  Parcel is what you sent through the post to other people. Well, back to business. Parcel Boundary. Definition You spent a couple of months doing the layout [...]

I had a “weird” dream last night

Normally I don’t remember my dreams. I wake up, I think, wow what an amazing dream, I remember for like 30 seconds and then I lose it and just keep the feeling that, wow that was awesome. But last night I woke up suddenly at 3.oo am and thought, wow that was one of the [...]