oh yeah

oh yeah future trees

rope and knots

westend carpark 'verb' series

The idea was that a simple amendment to a space may dramatically alter the active experience of it, enhancing a volume's 'verb' qualities.

david stretching and pit of delicious mango

old mykleby farmhouse

Here are two drawings and a photo from our time in Norway, July 2009.

When days were very long.

The house is kept in perfect condition both inside and out. It was built about 150 years ago. It's amazing. Seems like they had originally used birch bark (and birch tar) for the underlayer on the roof.

photo from shelves

rope volume stretch sketch

floor update!

Today was a beautiful day. I went for a bike ride and decided on my way to check out how my floor is doing. Turns out it is doing well! - enjoying some sunny rays.

Some joggers passed through while I was there.

Some time in the last week or so someone has decided to add their own paste-ups to one of the side walls. I like how they are random and organic and kind of weird.

sewing a space

di - O - rama !

a drawing from last summer

Here is a section drawing of the wood-fired sauna at my friend's parents' summer cottage near Vuorela, in Finland. It is a magical place.

seed balls hung from viaduct

A project I did a couple of years ago. The idea was to hang seed balls from the viaduct, over a grassy patch.

The seed balls were made out of compost (from our kitchen worm bin), a bit of powdered clay (had to get a new blade for the blender afterwards), some wildflower seeds, and a bit of water. They were hung with bright orange yarn that was leftover from my M.Arch thesis project. More photos are on my website under the dark green button. The Main St viaduct is still my favourite one in the city.

more floor pics

Thanks so much to unurth for posting photos of my floor project on his blog over the weekend!

Alex's Bees

I drew some bees for a friend of a friend who has bee hives in his backyard and wants to make some stickers to put on them. In exchange for some honey, honey.

pennies volume idea

This is an idea for a volume of space under the N side of Burrard Bridge to be lined with pennies, one every square inch. The space would become a shimmering look-out over the mouth of False Creek.

new floor under Burrard Bridge

we finished the floor on Saturday morning, but it took a while before the sun came out again and we could get a decent photo. this was taken yesterday around 7pm.

photo by DG

floor progress

it's about a third of the way complete.

floor surface prep

this morning at Burrard Bridge - photo by DG

floor project beginnings

work in progress - deciding on a pattern