tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026791102613468502024-03-05T04:48:28.308-07:00s p i n t o n e w i r e f o r mmusic. photography. architecture. ideas. kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-84345309703940081322017-03-26T04:01:00.004-06:002017-03-26T04:01:59.228-06:0041. a place for everything <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...and everything in its place. This is my place for everything. This is where my creative endeavours will live. I'll keep the ol' Tw!tter and !nst@gr@m and everything and anything else, but I don't think I'll be overly active by any stretch of the imagination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is my repository. My laboratory. The fertile ground. This is where the process of my creative endeavours will unfold - where the gestation and evolution can and will occur. This will be a place of ideas. It is a space of hypothesis. cultivation, refinement, and finish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyone who wants to be an observer to my journey can follow me along this path, either as someone who takes every step of the way with me as a series of points along the curve, or as someone who stops in once in a while as a tangent to the path. Either way, I won't bombard your timeline or hijack your feed - I won't solicit likes or favourites or take up your valuable time or attention - you can choose to partake or not, or if you get caught up in your life, you don't need to get caught up in mine unless you want and choose to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome to my place. </span>kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-50867812313188415522017-01-31T16:40:00.001-07:002017-01-31T16:40:47.025-07:0040. antisocial media <div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've flirted with twitter, I've poked around in In$tagram. I've used Sound¢loud and Mix¢loud. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are many others - I don't need to list them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've taken a look from the outside at $napchat, ¥outube, Fa¢ebook, and Tumb£r. I get what social media is about. I've read the guides and studied how people find success in these mediums. I'm pretty sure I get why these realms are important to people for a variety of sane (and not so sane) reasons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Searching for success inside the hallowed confines of a social media platform seems as though it can be a tough existence. Always craving likes, shares, retwe€ts, posts - it never ends. One might experience the high of having something gain widespread attention or viral success only to feel like a permanent upswing is imminent and to only be caught in a cycle of never being able to replicate this success. Although, I will admit, some people are quite adept at finding continued success. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fuel for the ego for most of us, monetization for a select fortunate/unfortunate few. I contemplated joining Fa¢ebook a decade ago when the mass sprint towards the platform took place. At that time, I took a critical look at what the now mighty, ubiquitous FB was all about and decided that I had doubts about the value it would contribute to my everyday experiences. I've undoubtedly missed out on many events, interactions, conversations, and connections - all promises that a FB account offers to some degree. I'm ok with this, though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have nothing against reconnecting with childhood friends, or long lost colleagues, or distant family members. It just seemed at the time as though the purpose was more about grandstanding - showing people that you barely (if ever) interact with in real life how great your life has become. People share their everyday experiences as if they are full of these incredible moments. Sure, they may very well be. For the most part, people are sharing all of their everyday experiences and at some point there is bound to be a flurry of unremarkable-ness that assaults and overwhelms the feeds and timelines of 'friends'. Maybe this is the point?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had never shared much of my life with others prior to social media, and I have devoted a good portion of my life to actually living my life. I don't use this statement to impose a superiority complex on anyone, rather, I would say that while there are merits to sharing and engaging, I just found I had so much else to do. I understand that this is my choice and does not reflect the preferences of others, but man did I take a lot of flack for being a 'FB snob'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So yes, I feel qualified to pass judgement on the platform as a result of having several people close to me who have been devoted to FB over the past 5-10 years. Although I have limited direct experience with FB (google searches or other links that pull up facebook pages, being one example), I suspect that my outside view is a somewhat accurate generalization as verified through the many, many conversations I have had with users about this very thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've always told people that I'm more of a Twitt€r guy. This was true for a long time - long in the current sense of this consumptive society that seems to quickly </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">devour the next big thing</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> after abandoning and moving on from the last big thing. We don't seem to really be in anything for the long haul. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twitt</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">€</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r represented a platform with quick soundbites. Quick ideas, quick statements, quick information, and a place where I could quickly move on. It was a place where I felt I could make meaningless interactions and connections, and comfortably do so within the frenetic pace that my life seems to have moved at for the past many years. It was also a place that was about moments and it embraced those moments, and was a place that entertained and informed. I wasn't too worried about what I saw as I scrolled through twe€t after twe€t. I wasn't too afraid to make posts that gave glimpses into my mundane life +/or opinions, and I enjoyed retwe€ting content I found useful or entertaining. . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember when I realized what Twitt€r was becoming - it was my aha moment. A few years ago, a local sports team that I cheer for made the playoffs for the first time in several years and was playing one of its biggest rivals in the first round. I was out of town at a concert for one of the mid-series games but followed the game on my phone using a sports app. I sought commentary and reaction on </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twitt€r, as I had become accustomed to over the prior couple of years. After a hard fought, well earned victory for the team I cheer for, random people on Twitt€r took to the platform to vent their celebrations and their frustrations. One random supporter of the losing team directly interacted with a professional player on the winning team and proceeded to launch into a series of personal attacks on the player. The random opposing fan used the platform to essentially laugh at and mock the player for a highly tragic event that happened in the player's life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is where I first really saw a side of the platform that bothered me. This was the first crack in my wall of support of Twitt€r, and the beginning of what would become a declining desire to post and engage. The next couple of years saw my activity decline. I had previously been more of a casual user and managed to post somewhat regularly, but this started to change. I still opened my timeline regularly and went through looking for news, entertainment, pop culture, current events, etc. Twitt€r was the first place I would turn to when I wanted to know what was happening, which is what I suppose the platform had wanted itself intended for. However, it became a place where I muted my own voice and started to avoid making contributions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over time, especially over the past year, I've seen Twitt€r devolve into a place where only some of its users engage in open dialogue and reasonable conversation. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The platform has descended to become a place where arguments and unsolicited opinions are perpetuated and unwillingly thrust on users. Even though there is some good, there unfortunately is so much hatred. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would offer that the current Fa¢ebook experience can often be very much the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although I can handle being called a variety of names, I don't have the time or energy or desire to engage in these types of discussions. They contribute nothing to my overall well being. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have little interest in becoming a participant in these discussions. I have been observing them from an outside vantage and find myself becoming enraged. They exhaust me and overwhelm me. There is little that I feel that I can do to reason with so many (in my opinion) unreasonable people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm not on Twitt€r much anymore these days. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instead, I have willingly chosen to focus on my creative pursuits and to ensuring that my everyday, mundane experiences are as rich as I can make them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, I can finally bring this conversation full circle. I'm sure that social media is useful for the creative person. It can be a place where fans are gained, where content is shared, or where creative people can find support amongst one another. Maybe I'll be able to find a place to exist within the confines of social media at some point. Until then, this is my place. This is where I'll share my creations as they develop and evolve into full-fledged things. I'm hoping that all of you who stumble across this place and all of you who join me for the ride are the ones that can find meaning in what I create, and can contribute where you feel appropriate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope that you all offer criticism in your own way. Professional criticism makes me re-evaluate my work in ways I may not have originally considered. I've been through the trenches of architecture school. I can handle it. Realize, however, that a difference exists between professional and personal criticism. I'm a person who thoroughly enjoys reasonable, thoughtful discussions, and I hope this is a place that will facilitate the evolution of my pursuits... for now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to those of you who stuck around through this post. They won't all be this lengthy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Artists and writers attempt to avoid cliches. We might allude to them or attempt to incorporate them in (what we think are) novel ways, but we rarely overtly embrace them. We night use them to make a point or use them laden with sarcasm or irony, but rarely do we overtly recite or re-postulate them. The creative mind is striving to achieve - you guessed it - creativity. We aim for novelty, uniqueness, +/or a degree of critical composition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, why the cliches? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Laziness? Lack of discipline? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No - cliches are being used to form the backdrop of this discussion. The theme here is really one of 'days' - new days, old days, any days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I haven't posted to this blog in over three years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Life comes at you quick, </i>and<i> life happens.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite all of the pursuits that I find myself immersed in, I don't feel as though I've progressed as far as I feel I should have over the past few years. I measure progress by 'things' completed, and there have been few. However, I have many, many things that are indeed progressing and developing - <i>a slow burn</i> of sorts. The most significant change I have made has been towards attempting to create my best work by placing a large degree of focus on the details that form the underlying basis of each pursuit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Quality over quantity. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With this said, I want to embrace and capture <i>the process</i>. Despite my careful and methodical (aka slow) development of all things creative, <i>baby steps</i> are being taken. This blog will be the place where everything lives during development and upon completion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So <i>not to beat a dead horse</i>, and although </span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">needless to say </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">it might sound cliche, </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is now time to pick this blog back up.</span><br />
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kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-90789772301601690302013-11-08T00:14:00.000-07:002013-11-08T00:14:31.900-07:0038. almost 300<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59187618@N06/9607440829/" title="almost 300 by kj_hood, on Flickr"><img alt="almost 300" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3817/9607440829_96c9c8cfe1.jpg" height="332" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">© 2013 kjh all rights reserved.</span>kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-28286797044322371652013-11-04T22:46:00.000-07:002013-11-04T22:46:03.562-07:0037. blocks<a href="http://500px.com/photo/44433178">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The past couple of years
have been an experiment for me as I slowly and timidly entered the vast waters
of the social media world. I have oscillated between passive and active
engagement on a variety of social media platforms but have, however, consciously
and deliberately avoided signing up for a Facebook account. From the first time
I became aware of Facebook through its mammoth explosion in terms of popularity
several years ago, and to its seeming current plateau, I really have not ever
been entirely sure of the merits and benefits of being hyper-connected in a
Facebook context.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The upsides or downsides of
my decision could be debated almost infinitely, and trust me, they have been
debated almost infinitely between a couple of my heavy FB-using friends and
myself. Recently, in fact, I've perhaps started to see some of the first cracks
in the walls of my FB avoidance since starting my own architectural firm.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The point here is that I was
definitely hesitant in the first place to make my foray into the
hyper-connected world of social media, sharing, public availability &
accessibility, and even to some extent curation. I’ve never been one to shy
away from a conversation with a stranger, but the adjustment to having these
conversations in a digital medium has been tricky. Like so many, I am a busy
person – I work hard and play hard (and apparently love clichés) and find it
difficult to dedicate time for the sole purpose of engaging in discussions or
detailing my escapades in digital forums. Although I am amassing some
quantities of work in music, photography, writing, and other pursuits, I have
been historically poor at promoting the work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Let’s face it. I know people
are busy and don’t necessarily need to be bombarded continually with noise.
Trust me – I’m bombarded with enough noise as it is and it can definitely be
overwhelming. Also, I have no desire to compromise quality in favour of
quantity, the challenge of course being that it takes time to create great
work. Therein lies the rub – I’d rather spend my time working in pursuit of
great work rather than expending the required effort to participate in the
digital mediums promoting the work, connecting with people, and engaging in
conversations. Which, frankly, is why my social media presence is, well,
non-existent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be an advocate of ‘balance’ here – I always advocate for balance and in all
honesty, it can be a cop-out. However, an imbalance means that I have a
collection of what I consider to be decent work and no infrastructure to
promote it. And, I do understand that the best work in the world won’t find
legs by itself – it needs mechanisms and mediums to live and breathe in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As I mentioned at the start
of this, my foray into the realm of social, yet publicly visible displays of
communication has been an experiment of sorts over the past couple of years.
The benefit, despite my inconsistency, is that I’ve learned quite a bit. I
think I have an idea of the lessons I’ve learned and the directions I need to
move in. In my mind, this is a time of new beginnings, and after over a year of
not posting to this blog, I think it can play an important part in the
collection and promotion of material. It will be a repository, a central place
where I can keep track of all of my crazy endeavours and the work I’m creating.
It will link to other more focused collections, but it should offer a home-base
of sorts that will hopefully allow me to eventually cross-pollinate different
works together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will provoke, inspire, or at the very least entertain you. Whether you’re here
just as one-time thing or wanting to follow me on my new beginnings, thanks for
visiting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the town evolves and changes but the ghosts of days passed linger with me. the present exists for those who live here as a now, as a time and place, where this time and place will become their future nostalgia. but for now, it exists in a present that only has significance because of my connection to its past. </div>
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<span>As alluded to in previous posts, 'becoming' is a process that involves the coalescence of experience and refinement of craft, where 'become' is represented as finite milestone defined by quantifiable artifacts such as credentials, certificates, diplomas, and accolades. The relationship between becoming and become can be metaphorically connected by comparison to the idea of discipline as pure homonym, that is, as both verb and noun. Simply put, becoming enveloped within a discipline requires discipline. </span></div>
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<span><br /></span></div>kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-63278928361021870472012-05-17T00:13:00.000-06:002013-07-30T13:31:31.210-06:0027. eyesintense<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59187618@N06/5875544829/" title="eyesintense by kj_hood, on Flickr"><img alt="eyesintense" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3010/5875544829_962b75838b.jpg" width="332" /></a>
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reflect still in<br />
calm<br />
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day-<br />
light fades<br />
a<br />
way<br />
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hours waste in-<br />
to wards ab-<br />
scence light no<br />
more<br />
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© 2011 kjh all rights reserved.<br />kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-50265418386552798672012-04-24T01:49:00.002-06:002012-04-24T02:03:17.575-06:0024. beneath a lucid sky<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F44176116&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false&color=000000"></iframe>kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-83080711351668860562012-04-18T01:05:00.000-06:002013-07-30T13:31:31.219-06:0023. body [breath] is<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59187618@N06/5633223519/" title="body [breath] is by kj_hood, on Flickr"><img alt="body [breath] is" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5227/5633223519_cc14aa5623.jpg" width="332" /></a>
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and subtle over-<br />
lap soft connects<br />
breath e-<br />
nt-<br />
ers<br />
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©2011 kjh all rights reserved.<br />kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-76025033904031720192012-04-13T01:25:00.000-06:002013-07-30T13:40:17.755-06:0022. scribble (1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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thin light<br />
evaporates into cool<br />
spri-<br />
ng d-<br />
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dehydrate fissured cells<br />
bound is(lands)<br />
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© 2011 kjh all rights reserved.<br />kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-91240043974094439292012-04-08T13:58:00.001-06:002013-07-30T13:17:44.498-06:0018. EEEL (1)<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
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<b>Energy. Environment. Experiential Learning. (E.E.EL.) - Overview</b></div>
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I've had the privilege of being involved as one of the representatives of the owner (The University of Calgary) in the pre-design, design, construction, and occupancy phases of the EEEL building, from 2007 through 2012. </div>
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Here is some info about the project:</div>
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<b>Consultant team:</b></div>
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Architects: DIALOG (formerly Cohos Evamy) with Perkins + Will Vancouver (formerly Busby, Perkins + Will)</div>
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Struct: RJC with DIALOG</div>
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Mech: DIALOG</div>
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Elec: SMP Consulting</div>
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Civil: AECOM</div>
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Landscape: O2 Planning + Design</div>
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LEED: DIALOG</div>
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Code, Smoke/Fire Modelling: Sereca</div>
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Acoustic: Faszer Farquharson</div>
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PM: Duke Evans</div>
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Construction Manager: Ellis Don</div>
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Mech CM: Trotter + Morton</div>
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Elec CM: Trotter + Morton</div>
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<b>Area:</b> </div>
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25,095 gsm</div>
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<b>Program:</b> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> Science<b> </b></div>
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_ undergraduate labs:<span> </span> biology, chemistry, geosciences</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol;"> _ </span>faculty and grad research labs: chemistry</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span>Engineering<b> </b></div>
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_ undergraduate labs:<span> </span> Chemical & Petroleum, Mechanical, Civil</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <b> _ </b>faculty and grad research labs<b> –</b> Mechanical, Chemical & Petroleum</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <b> </b>Other </div>
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_ admin offices, offices for researchers and grads</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></span>_ 160 seat theatre</div>
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_ 120 seat classroom</div>
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_ two 30-40 seat classrooms</div>kj_hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519416273687040365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102679110261346850.post-45258008254076239332012-04-04T22:44:00.002-06:002013-07-30T13:31:31.206-06:0017. interstice<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59187618@N06/5495097960/" title="interstice by kj_hood, on Flickr"><img alt="interstice" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5257/5495097960_db608a0ea4.jpg" width="332" /></a>
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dull ache stares sky-<br />
ward. all<br />
ways lead a-<br />
way<br />
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