Idea Map: Round 1

This is my first attempt at an Idea Map that will help me concisely write my thesis abstract in the coming weeks.

Part: 2

So after I thought of my favorite children's book I tried to think of my absolute favorite book, and I couldn't really make up my mind, but my favorite short story is without a doubt "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by Salinger.

So naturally that let me to think about my favorite monograph, which is Patkau Architects.  This is my favorite image in the book.  It is one of the most beautifully constructed basswood models I have ever seen.

This is my favorite work-in-progress.  It's one 8"x8" block from a "Pineapple Quilt" I am making.  I love this pattern because you start sewing at the center and folding back each piece of fabric you sew on... each block will have 36 pleats.  The pleats give the quilt an added dimension and will make it very warm.

I love writing letters, but only on really cool stationary.  Like this.

The Wadsworth Atheneum is America's oldest public art museum.  My Dad and I like to visit it on Saturday afternoons during the semester breaks.  My favorite exhibit is the Eames furniture.

Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes

I suppose this will be Part 1:

This is my favorite plant... when you touch it, it closes and looks dead. And about 20 minutes later it opens back up.

My favorite season is fall.  I like the colors, and the sounds.  It's the best time of the year to be outside because it's the perfect temperature for jogging outside and it's the perfect time to start wearing sweaters. (And my birthday is in the fall).

And naturally that leads to cashmere, which is my favorite to wear because it is only the softest.

My favorite National Park is Glacier National Park in Montana.  I loved hiking there and I loved seeing all the goats there.

One of the places I would love to go is to see the Redwoods in California.  So I suppose it isn't yet one of my favorite places... I can say that it is the best use of photomontage I've seen.

Peter Zumthor's Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland is a place that I have been and definitely one of my favorites.  I love the materials, the scenery and it's baths, everyone loves baths.

Another one of my favorite places to go is to the library.  This library is at Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art.  It was also one of my favorite surprises while I was studying abroad, I really wasn't a huge Mackintosh fan before I saw this.

This leads me to my favorite (children's) book.  I really like blueberries.

Collages

360 Degrees

20th Century Literature

Katahdin

These are a few collages from our initial Thesis assignments.  They are explorations of "passage of time" and "boundaries."  

Architect

Camp Paint Rock for Los Angeles inner city youth was designed by Charles Rose Architects and is located in Wyoming. This image shows one of the bunk houses.  Rose's work works within it's landscape allowing people to experience it, without overpowering it.  I love this image because it allows campers the experience of sleeping under the stars without having to sleep on a Thermarest.  Ideally I'd like to wake up to this view every morning.

charlesrosearchitects.com