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From a project handout (Bazalgette 2012):

Given the following context

“John is trapped in a room made of cheese on top of a mountain, and can signal for help only by eating the walls of the room such that a message is formed that can be seen from afar.”

What do you think of the following sentence?

“John ate that he needed help.”

Construction begins on the Rapla-Virtsu railway like at Rapla (Estonia, 1928).

Construction begins on the Rapla-Virtsu railway like at Rapla (Estonia, 1928).


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op - bridge over the river leam by Johnny Wilson

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Mysterious Traffic cone paint from Turbo F.A.S.T

Mysterious Traffic cone paint from Turbo F.A.S.T


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Portrait of a Palestinian construction worker, Muhammed Abu Khabir, in a house being renovated, at t

Portrait of a Palestinian construction worker, Muhammed Abu Khabir, in a house being renovated, at the Jewish settlement of Alon, West Bank. February 16, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90


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Housing boom in Xenia, Ohio(Al Fenn. 1958)

Housing boom in Xenia, Ohio

(Al Fenn. 1958)


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Soviet female crane operator in 1970s

Soviet female crane operator in 1970s


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I thought Swidler’s argument about the usage of culture was really interesting. While her writing was a bit dense and the analysis a bit… longwinded… her understanding and investigation of our usage of culture and the role it plays in an individual’s life was really enlightening. Until reading the book, I had more or less described myself as “anti-pop-culture” or “culturally illiterate” but in reality it’s not that I didn’t know any culture, but that the aspects of culture which were popular among my contemporaries were often the parts of culture which I actively rejected or which constituted mydistanced culture. For myself, I had set up a dichotomous story of me against culture, though in reality, I was simply choosing the culture of my parents more often over the culture of my peers. Yet to my mind, I was entirely logical and cohesive.

But it’s always easiest to notice hypocrisy in others, and I felt challenged about my own appropriation and selection of culture in reading the complicated views and reasoning her respondents voiced. Having those responses to her questions was really helpful (even if, honestly, I struggle to understand her analysis sometimes), because they offered concrete examples of real people that I might otherwise not have believed existed - or considered to be in the vast minority. Particularly, Nora amazed me because I’ve always assumed that women thought a lot and were very articulate about love (which Swidler would probably say is a result of my personal obsession for over-analysing and talking about issues of love, etc.) My instinctual reaction was a, “is this woman for real?! does she really never think about these things?”

It was fascinating to consider that the differing approaches was actual a result of settled/unsettled lives, and the proactiveness with which someone was shaping their own life/experience. I always assumed that it was “better” for everyone to be thoughtful and proactive about their lives. But after reading Privilege last term I feel like it is actually a culturing of the elite class. It is a message directed to those who want to be leaders and have the time to consider these facets of their life. It is a very middle-class and upper-class mentality: that we can and should be proactively pursuing our own happiness, that we should be thriving, not just surviving. It’s just fascinating because people with unsettled lives often seem (at least in this survey) to be more unhappy, and to be going through struggle. At a fundamental level, most of us would agree that this is undesirable. Yet using culture is also often a product of a diverse community and the idea of a cultivated identity, which is the ideal, open-minded upperclass elite lifestyle.

But the other people who have unsettled lives are members of minority groups who do not want to remain within given stereotypes and have to select from multiple cultures between race, class, etc. in order to form their strategies of action. At least for myself, Swidler’s examination of the usage of culture to me highlights why I often feel a struggle against society, because although there’s a lot in my cultural toolkit, coming from two different cultures with different ideals about love, etc. there’s also a lot of conflicting emotions about what aspects of culture I can and should use because the two often “contradict” or oppose each other. The dilemma is intensified by the fact that I don’t associate myself particularly with either of the prodominant streams of the two cultures, that is to say, there is nothing that readily fits. So I have assembled a very ecclectic blend of multiple cultures to form an ideology that very few people around me agree with. Which in many ways is not a particularly pleasant place to be, though I actively back myself up with cultural arguments that make me feel justified, as Swidler might have predicted.

In my “condom hunt”, I search a lot of places. I found this secret corner near a constru

In my “condom hunt”, I search a lot of places. I found this secret corner near a construction site. Made me hard in a second. It seems like a place where workers go for wanking. I’ll try to go there more often..maybe they want to feel a real thing :)


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Gorgeous Fall day. Perfect for siding the house! Love construction #construction #fall #fall #instad

Gorgeous Fall day. Perfect for siding the house! Love construction #construction #fall #fall #instadaily #instagram #instagood #instahappy #


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Dave is working on our future porch ceiling. The addition is slowly coming along.cant wait!!! #homem

Dave is working on our future porch ceiling. The addition is slowly coming along.cant wait!!! #homemadefoodjunkie #diy #construction #contractor #homerenovation #instagram #instahappy


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In Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier expresses his fanboyism for the Parthenon as an object oIn Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier expresses his fanboyism for the Parthenon as an object oIn Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier expresses his fanboyism for the Parthenon as an object o

InTowards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier expresses his fanboyism for the Parthenon as an object of modernity, admiring its “audacity for square mouldings”, “austere profiles” and “doric morality”.


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Francisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólFrancisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007. Encontrarse en un lugar donde sól

Francisco Cifuentes - Casa en Buñola. Buñola, Mallorca. 2003-2007.

Encontrarse en un lugar donde sólo el hacer popular sabe construir devuelve al arquitecto al aprendizaje, pero ahora sí de una buena escuela. El hecho de que sólo llegue hasta el solar un animal de carga o un hombre a pie no ha sido nunca un inconveniente; esa construcción atendía a lo sencillo, tanto enmateriales, los que encontraba en el entorno, como a la topografía. Una carretilla mecánica conducida por un hombre ha subido los bloques de termoarcilla y un helicóptero ha transportado el hormigón.

La dificultad, durante la construcción, han sido los 72 peldaños que hay en el único camino de acceso. Se han elegido pocos materiales y estandarizados, como es la termoarcilla. Esta pieza de arcilla responde muy bien a la necesidad portante y térmica – permite resolver los elementos verticales, de un edificio de baja altura, en una sola capa-, y su ejecución en la construcción del muro se soluciona con cuatro piezas tipo. Además su característico machihembrado permite colocar la pieza de diferentes modos, incluso el revoco.

El forjado se ha construido con viguetas pretensadas y bovedillas planas de cerámica, muy comunes en Mallorca. La sección de la vigueta permite doblar las hiladas de bovedillas colocando una hilada en la parte superior, para posteriormente colocar la capa de compresión, y otra hilada en la parte inferior ganando una cámara de aire y un hueco para el paso de instalaciones.

El pavimento consta de un enlucido de mortero de 4 cm. de grosor, sobre el cual se espolvorea superficialmente cemento blanco para, posteriormente, pasarle la llana. Una vez seco el mortero se dan varías capas de poliuretano para impermeabilizar el pavimento.


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