Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Planning a shelter

WEEK12 - DAY2


1. Soundtrack of the day

The cinematic orchestra - To build a home

2. People to meet


Christo and Jeanne-Claude they were born at the exact same time. Their 3100 umbrellas (1760 in California / 1340 in Japan, Ibaraki) opened simultaneously in both countriesChristo and Jeanne-Claude say that their projects generate love, tenderness and freedom.They chose yellow and blue as their colors because  the project took place in summer, it made sense to fit with the “local landscapes.

3. Places to discover


Tejon Ranch, California

4. Question of the day

5. Inspiration
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work

Conversations with Artists: Christo and 
Jeanne-Claude...

Three quotes by Clint Eastwood:

“If you think it’s going to rain, it will.”

“Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal 
but they did it all the time in the old days.”

“I thought I might die. But then I thought other people have 
made it through these things before. I kept my eyes on the lights on shore and kept swimming.” 

Remember Orson Welles. 
F for Fake. A few lines about it...


To build a home
This is a place where I don’t feel alone
This is a place where I feel at home.
And I built a home
for you, for me... 
Out in the garden where we planted the seeds 
There is a tree as old as me 
Branches were sewn by the color of green 
Ground had arose and passed its knees... 
And I built a home 
for you, for me
Until it disappeared
from me, from you
And now, it’s time to leave and turn to dust...


6. Homework

Today, you will plan your tent. Your own personal shelter to protect yourself from things. Freestanding shapes and modules to be opened and closed... Once you have your plan, you will fabricate yourshelter’s components. When you’re ready, share three pictures with us. One of your shelter’s “plan”, another one of it’s components, and finally, one taken of the notes from your personal
notebook. Remember that you should document your whole journey!



The plan:


The components and notes


(As you know I recycle paper all the time. This year I found an use for old planners. My sister gave a couple of new old planners. I am using it as notebooks. I don't like to share my notebooks. Period. I said it before. I ask what can you possible gain by watching my silly notes and drawings. But here it is.)


7.EXTRAS
Outdoor shelter types
How to build a tipi
Reliable tent and tipi
A thicket
Tentsile tents
Hanging tent
Suspended tents
House in trees
The sting ray tent
Tree tent

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