how casey unwinds

reliving archie days by building a small scale model of Urban and it's environs from memory. entered it into the display artist art show for Urban. i realized i sort of missed intricate, time-consuming model building. 
there's a relaxation associated with it that is hard to get with other activities. 

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sad city hartford

neighbor to the north - Hartford. recently, i stumbled across this site about the once thriving capitol of connecticut. 
good and bad facets of the area are discussed. the one time downtown was not enough, i will be back to investigate and form my own expert opinion. 
i'm slowly getting used to the sheer amount of abandoned industrial spaces littering this corner of the US. 
attesting its rich, manufacturing past.

new ventures

recently at work i was approached by a recent Yale grad about helping him design/plan/execute the interior of his shop across the street. 
his products - furniture made from triple-thick cardboard. chairigami.com 
one less empty storefront for the city! updates will follow as the opening date draws nearer.

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new haven typologies_2

rejoice!
new haven 4th most dangerous city in the US. i have yet to feel this negative statistic's presence in town. i make where i live (to a certain extent... a line has to be drawn. would you live in Flint, MI?) 

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oops, ok. i'm back.

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quick sketch of the UO summer windows. (the two on left are options for that window. we'll be going with the bottom one) furthermore, i get to draw on the actual glass of the windows. bam.

slats, sweeping, air & some opacity

Um, this happened at work.

new haven typologies

fortified, wood and stone, guarded, gothic


settling into my new town. where poverty exists butted up against an ivy league's campus.
a new, fresh routine of coffee-work-create-vent-coffee. i might like it here.

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to the city
new haven -> grand central station. 1.5 hrs.
greeted by an old friend, whisked off to brooklyn -- to a commune on the top floor of a converted industrial structure. weekend dominated by pizza, walking, coffee, gin, hipster-watching. basta con las barbas!

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one more time to w. kentucky

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the lack of space in the US has made it so the suburban moves to urban centers. 

in an act of desperation, the government orders houses to be built on top of city blocks, high. yard-less mansions.

são paulo

new local!

farewell florida

current local

 
ormond beach, fl.


community on a strip of land seemingly built around a historic hotel and a golf course. everyday, back from work, i feel a bit lucky to see river and ocean at the same time, with a slice of urbanism in between. wedged!
son esas vistas diarias, a las que ya me he acostumbrado, que me faltarán cuando me traslade al noreste...

 

From the [newly inaugurated sketchbook!] devoted solely to urbanism-- trajectories, transit.
All drawings will be in a slightly larger format. Remembering and imagining places and how their infrastructures serve them gracefully.

architectural fantasies_january

While architecture subtly pervades my drawings in various degrees, sometimes it is outright. 
This month saw stacking and digging.


As with previous posts, the stacking of middle to upper class homes on top of urban structures. 
I can't fully explain it yet, but it's becoming an obsession hard to avoid. 


Voy a subir unos dibujos ilustrando dichas casonas encima de un centro comercial.

monstruos del eixample

In Barcelona's relatively consistent 7-10 story grid, there stand out monsters (as friends and i have since dubbed them). They are those structures that defy the unofficial height code, looming over corners and plazas. From surrounding hills or rooftops, the monsters help orient the urban viewer, points of reference in a grid that can be daunting.


 This particular one, la torre urquinaona, ingeniously in plaza urquinaona, is particularly ferocious and violent. It's beveled and jutting spines with dark windows hide the clerks and office men inside. In this pic, an employee is angry about being the only one left in the monster after closing time.

narrativa barcelonesa

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