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Tree bark with "ancient or futuristic" inscriptions
I had to meet a client today and he was late. I was waiting for him at the parking lot of a warehouse, the place was empty and there was nothing interesting to see, except for a single yellow flower at...
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Textures in the water channel
Just in front of the engineers' office, there has been civil works of parkings and drainages. This drainage has no slope and it's blocked as well. One of the engineers is always complaining about this...
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Graffiti abstracts at Murdy park
Murdy Park is ill famed in the city of Huntington Beach. Being it a beautiful park with a Sports Center, sometimes gangs or addicts gather under the trees, maybe because this area of trees is somehow...
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Details from ¨Sacred Realms: Temple Murals by Shashi Dhoj Tulachan¨
Sacred Realms: Temple Murals by Shashi Dhoj Tulachan From the Gayle and Edward P. Roski Collection.I´ve been enjoying this great exhibition today at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. It´s impossible to...
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Shutters perspectives or the art of shutters. Perspectiva de persianas o el...
Plastic shutters unusual perspectives with the sun of 7.30 AM through them. Or how to look at banal architectural objects from an artistic point of view. Perspectivas inusuales de unas persianas de...
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Colorful welding and the aesthetics of ruins
From Sculpture in Civic Center Park Exhibition:¨In August 2013, the Newport Beach City Council authorized the City Arts Commission and City staff to implement a temporary sculpture exhibit in Civic...
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Strange landscapes. An exercise with morphology, colors and reflections
As the title says, I´m creating landscapes with mountains that I create taking the advantage of reflections with different sources of color on Aluminum foil.The exercise, apart from having interesting...
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Artist's architectural 3D models from L.A. Art Show 2017
I love the way these tridrimensional metal models have been done, somehow they look 2D, depending on the point of view, or even 3D renders, but they are mass models attached to one single color...
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The intriguing poetics of the inside-outside in an open space
I've been at the Shipley Nature Center, which has been opened in 1974 with the aim of educating children on how was California (I should say Southern) 100 years ago.There are several trails, with...
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When landscape is incorporated to arts
I came across a young artist, Eric, at the local park. He had extended a wrinkled plastic film between two pine trees to paint a blueish graffiti, which he was going to trash later on. I asked...
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Arts and 3D architecture
This is the art of Hwang Seon Tae, it's like an acrylic panel with a dull grey architectural composition. A picture has to be taken in order to see the shadows and the 3D image. I took the picture...
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Wire mesh and colors abstracts
Paying attention to details, this standard wire mesh looks very interesting with its shadows against a warning sign. Geometric patterns are mixed together and produce this enhanced view of three...
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Upgrading spatiality from a 2D plain fabric
I am always thinking of three dimension or upgrading 2D to 3D spatiality. This is a natural habit for an architect´s profession and I find it amusing when I pass a plain 2D to 3D thanks to the...
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Qué es ¨Garage conversion¨ en ADU accessory dwelling unit?
Un problema habitual: la cercanía de la pared del garage y el alero hacia el vecino. Una modificación del alero es necesaria y se debe probar que la pared lateral es una hora contra fuego. Foto...
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What is a ¨Garage conversion¨ into ADU Accessory Dwelling Unit_
A common problem: the side wall and the eave are very close to the property line. A modification of the eave to be 1 hr fire rate is needed and the 1 hr fire rate assembly for the wall must be proven....
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What is a legalization of non-permitted (illegal) construction works?
Precarious enclosure in a second story, hill side. Personal archives.A legalization of (illegal) non permitted structures or construction works means to submit architectural, energy plans and...
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¿Qué es una legalización de obras (ilegales) no permitidas?
Un cerramiento precario en un segundo piso, en montaña. Archivos personalesUna legalización de obras o trabajos de construcción (ilegales) no permitidas, significa presentar planos de arquitectura, de...
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Opening a business: What is needed for a tenant improvement?
A retail with exposed pipes and plumbing connections. Concrete curbs to be demolished.Personal archivesI am writing this post mostly for people who decide to lease their first retail to begin a...
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Abriendo un nuevo negocio. ¿Qué se necesita para un Tenant Improvement (TI)?
Un espacio vacante con cañerías y conexiones expuestas. Las banquinas de concreto deben ser demolidas. Archivos personales.Este post lo escribo fundamentalmente para la gente que desea rentar su primer...
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Thoughts about "Hoarders"
Many years ago, one of my posts was about people with compulsive behavior keeping lots of staff inside and around their homes. I'm not a psychologist and I saw this from the point of view of a...
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Orange County Museum of Art. From the mass model to the building
Approaching OCMA, Costa Mesa, CA.NOTE: All pictures belong to my personal archives, please do not reproduce-share without my permission.I have been a visitor of the Orange County Museum of Art since...
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Urban Fractality and "The Concise Landscape"
Binary aerial picture of an area of Downton Buenos AiresBinary aerial picture of a the historical sector of Downtown BostonThere are many publications about the analysis of the Fractal Dimension of...
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Contemporary spatiality: experiencing a multitude of cells
The Euclidean display and overall design of a room inside the MIT museum, Cambridge. Personal archives, 2024Inside the MIT museum, Cambridge. See how the free standing displays have the same conceptual...
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Thoughts on "The Wall of Gazes" exhibited at the MOOLA
I had the real pleasure of visiting the current exhibition Arteonica at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA. There were the works of several artists, from Chile, Argentina, Mexico,...
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Before and after: Seattle Waterfront
Seattle waterfront. May 2019. Myriam Mahiques' archivesI've been traveling to Seattle since 2019 and I find all the several construction works very interesting.I have seen the Bullit Center which is...
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