A week later, and I am back in the same place as the last post. Sitting at home in Acushnet, MA analyzing my thesis ideas. I have picked up three new books and have high hopes that they will lead me in a proper direction. They are "The Anaesthetics of Architecture", "The Laws of Simplicity" and "Architecture's Desire". All pertain to the complexities of the digital age and how design should take a long, hard look at the process of simplification.
My wish for this "travel" week was to immerse myself in these literary pieces, but my schedule filled up faster than a petition to change WAr. While my traveling studio felt right at home in Boston, we were already walked to death by Monday afternoon. The daily trips involved riding up the Custom House Tower elevator, touring City Hall, exploring Gary Wolf Architects, viewing archives at Historic New England and conferencing with almost-professor Larry Chan at his office in Cambridge. In addition to the day-time Boston experience, the night-time was spent laser cutting a site model of City Hall Plaza, which proved much more of a challenge than initially expected.
All in all, as the week winds down into the long weekend, I am happy with my current mental health status is and am ready to finally get some reading done...
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