02
Jul 08
Today marks the leather year.
JULY 2, 2008
That means 3 years of wedded bliss, going on 60-something like the grandparents.
28
Jun 08
Xi’an #1
Saturday, June 28 Just outside of Xi’an several decades ago, a few farmer’s discovered the largest archaeological sight in the world, the site of the Terracotta Army. The army is pretty impressive, but as might be expected surrounding the so-called eighth wonder of the world is a mess of tourist traps. The actual Terracotta Army would surely lose in battle to the miniature souvenir army that has surrounded its position. An indication of some of the mystery surrounding the site or of the cynicism of some of my colleagues- several of my classmates were convinced the whole site was a hoax by the time we left.
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27
Jun 08
Studio-ing
Now to focus on the work at hand.
Our studio work is going well. Our team includes three MIT students and two Tsinghua students, consisting of a South African, Australian, two Chinese students and an American. Luckily we work well together and are able to produce a large amount of work in fairly short time. The studio project is the redevelopment of a giant state-owned steel mill and industrial site on the Western edge of Beijing. This week’s work was focused primarily on the conceptual framework and overall planning of the project. We gave team presentations on Tuesday and Friday, worked pretty hard and the work was reasonably well received. On Friday we finished our presentations, went to the hotel packed a bag, took an overnight train to Xi’an and were visiting the famed Terracotta Army before we knew what had happened.
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