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220516 • 10:25am ☀️

Baroque summer: St Paul’s, Deptford. I was in Deptford yesterday on an impromptu trip - took a detour on the way back to find Archer at last.

I wrote about my impressions of this building on IG - if you’re curious, you can find my page via the link below. Should you decide to have a read, let me know your thoughts! :)

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220515 • 11:27am

Strap in folks, today we’re taking a little walk through Victoria and Pimlico with Ian Nairn.

I did this mini-tour on a whim as a break from university work. Didn’t cover all the destinations in Nairn’s route, but strove to stop by at least a few of them.

We start with a sequence (he loved sequences, my goodness): Barton Street - Cowley Street - Lord North Street. The photo composition of the third one I owe to Nairn. I don’t imagine these houses and streets have changed much since he was here in the 60s.

Lord North Street takes us to one of Thomas Archer’s contributions to the 1711 Churches Act - St John’s Smith Square. I don’t love Archer enough to post separately, so you’re getting him here.

Nairn is pretty mean towards Archer, a bit too much I might say - I think Archer’s got all the right parts but can’t put them together for the essence. It feels like Archer knew what elements make a good English Baroque building, but he just put a bunch of those together in the hopes that his design would turn out the same way - that’s not what makes good architecture though, you need sensibility in composition, and he didn’t have that. It’s the case with St John’s, which I find too overwrought. Everything feels so extravagant but there’s no hierarchy. It’s sensory overload with all this ornament and motif play, but lacking the ‘knowing how much is enough’ for greatness. (Obviously I think Nairn’s being unfair when he compares Archer to Hawksmoor - that bar is way too high!)

Returning to Millbank and walking along (plus some turns here and there) eventually takes us to Pimlico. Skipped on Tate Britain photos here - surely that’s overdone. Quite enjoyed the resonance between St James the Less and the Lillington Gardens Estate! Lovely brickwork all around, and a great way to give coherence to the area.

We finish on a shot of Hawksmoor at Westminster because Victoria was too crowded for good pics by the time I got there. Some things to see though, expect a follow-up post… eventually.

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220511 • 7:39pm ⚓️

Canaletto’s Venice revisited - exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Review under the cut.

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Canaletto is a sneaky facade for the exhibition organisers to create a platform for discussing Venice at large - and the challenges it now faces. The realities of modern Venice highlighted in the last section are harrowing. I can safely say my friend and I walked out very upset and outraged. It’s a lot to take in, but I think it’s honestly important to raise this awareness.

As the thesis indicates, tourism is destroying the city. Even though I love Scarpa’s architecture and would like to see some Palladio, I feel that my inner ‘tourist’ is deterred from it by this exhibition. Likening it to a historical Disneyland was one of the most disturbing comparisons for me. Let me reiterate the paintings are worth seeing, but your takeaway ends up being so much more poignant than admiring stunning landscapes.

As the thesis indicates, tourism is destroying the city. Even though I love Scarpa’s architecture and would like to see some Palladio, I feel that my inner ‘tourist’ is deterred from it by this exhibition. Likening it to a historical Disneyland was one of the most disturbing comparisons for me. Let me reiterate the paintings are worth seeing, but your takeaway ends up being so much more poignant than admiring stunning landscapes.

We sat through the film at the end. There wasn’t anyone else, just the two of us sitting there in that room, surrounded by haunting words and exhibits that screamed the horrific fate of a city. You might as well spin Mann’s Death in Venice into Death of Venice. It wasn’t comfortable. But we felt like it was necessary to know, to be aware of the crisis - and it felt even more relevant to us as architecture students. Venice likely won’t be the only one, but a first in a series of unfortunate victims. Maybe collectively we can change that, and awareness is step one. Maybe.

220510 • 3:57pm ✍️

Studio work WIP snap from a while ago.

I’ve just returned from a field trip, which I’ll post about very soon! Gonna get through a few older posts that I’ve already shared on IG but not here.

We’re coming up to the end of the academic year, so it’s grind hour to finish the remainder of the work and get those submissions ready. It feels somewhat surreal that Y1 has gone by so quickly. I’ve learned so many new things about myself and my work since September, met so many amazing people, been to so so many incredible places and experienced so much more.

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063021. journaling + getting into some small embroidery projects, maybe?

051521. some good weather days, journaling, and planning for an essay i’ve been putting off :,)

050121. wrapped up a (shockingly) forgiving math midterm yesterday & hyped for what’s looking like a super fun weekend otherwise! can’t believe it’s already may — really don’t know how to feel about that, tbh

august 3rd, 2020

i feel like my notes are always either too minimal or too colourful . there’s no in between // click for hq

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august 2nd, 2020

super excited because im turning 16 this month! ☺️

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29.05.22

Some of my bujo from april ~

I refuse to believe that it’s almost june, mainly because I have exams in a few weeks time that I am very unprepared for and I feel like I don’t have enough time to revise all the content for, which then in itself is making me less productive. We’ll see how it goes…

2 exams down, 2 left!

20.5.2021 (33/100 Days of Productivity)

Hi everyone! This past week has seen me practice my French, write articles and organize my files. Hope you have a lovely week ♡

24.4.21 (7/100 Days of Productivity)

Today, I finished reading Persuasion by Jane Austen and studied French. Hope you’re having a lovely day ♡

˗ˏˋ February 26, 2021 : monthly divider´ˎ˗

hello everyone! since i’m still working on my immuno notes, i decided to share here with all of you my bujo monthly divider for the month of february! ૮ ´• ﻌ •აっ♡

i’m not really into monthly dividers but i thought maybe it’s the time to try something new? and i’m happy this very first try turned out really good. yey! i might be uploading some study related post in here next week, i’m just a little bit pre-occupied with my other responsibilities. anyways, how are you all getting by? i hope all of you are doing well. have a great day studynerds! ૮ฅ • ﻌ •აฅ

˗ˏˋJanuary 28, 2021 ´ˎ˗

hello everyone! how are you all have been? my january is suprisingly better than what i was expecting. i am also happy to be able to post two contents for this month, yey to slowly-getting-back-in-here.

and now here i share with you my very chill afternoon with iced coffee, lofi music on laptop, and journal spread in brown theme. i’ve been wanting to post some lecture notes but i guess it’ll come next month as i will study immunology for the coming days! i got motivated bec of my friend who asked me about her assignment (which sort of related to immuno) and i’m happy that i got to answer all of her questions perfectly. seems like my brain still got my back, self five.

so that’s it for now everyone. and before i finally end this, i just wanted you to know that i’m so proud of you— for trying, for surviving, and for giving your all despite of not having the recognition it deserves. keep safe studynerds. always wear your mask when going out, drink water, and stay healthy!

love,

studyain