I've been working on my architectural portfolio for a while, but sometimes get discouraged because I used to spend much of my design time analyzing the problem and writing my thoughts about it, in Arabic and dear it took me hours to figure names of spaces like Auditorium, intervention scheme, Sterile corridor, or storage .. yes storage! I got it confused with locker room :3 In addition, I spend so much time translating from English to Arabic which is a piece of cake ,I did a lot of architectural articles -any Arabic speaker can follow my works in 22 architectural magazine early issues https://www.facebook.com/arch.twenty.two - The thing is translating from Arabic to English is a struggle for me like if I am translating storage to Arabic.. its مستودع with no second thoughts but think what is مدرج in English ..mmm is it Hall ? that was my first thought, maybe stage or projection room ..I browsed drawings of floor plans with the rooms keywords in order to...
When we understand that the mechanical view of the world is been built on a method of gaining knowledge, not knowledge itself, we might be able to set on the first step of gaining that missing knowledge. Imagining the world as a machine of push/pull factors was the method to answer how things work mechanically not how things work. Christopher Alexander wrote in his book "Nature of Order: The Phenomenon of Life" that what makes us create this lifeless modern building is our new disturbed understanding of the world (as a machine), confusing the parts we understand as they are the entire whole. Maybe this is why we say "the whole is greater than the parts" because we have only understood one part of these "parts" so we can't yet manage to build the entire "whole" picture. So if we admit having some missing parts but still somehow grasp the whole then maybe we could grasp a bit the nature of the universe?. Ok, let's try this on...
This is a trial article to post, so please do not read this if you are looking for educational, inspiring, funny or whatever content. I am still a beginner since English is my second language. Thus, I am training here right now with this word and that sentence. No, wait, I do have one piece of advice! Here are two internet links that helped me grasp what is being oneself and have fun for a moment. And for me: 1. Waitandwhy.com Taming the Mammoth post: It is an excellent start just to understand the concept of being yourself in being yourself topic. I mean, I don’t see myself as a writer or a pro in blogging. Still, Zuhar can confidently say that I am blogging away without following what professionals say about the right way of blogging, which is enough for me. 2.Pewdiepie THERE IS NO GAME : I admire his sense of humour, which I find falls under the theme of him doing shit and having fun. And maybe that very thing answers why so many people adore him; This i...
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