Drawing characters step by step with my daughter on a weekend staying at home...

Remote teaching using ZOOM and whiteboard

Preparation for a teaching session next week for a group of 4th graders #bayareadrawingroom #wfh @bayareadrawingroom lets see if he can use a stylus and a marker at the same time?

Working From Home or Home Working

Corona Virus thoughts

WFH design and work from home

The Corona Virus is spreading on St. Patrick’s Day

The Corona Virus is spreading throughout the city and area and state and nation.  Today is also St. Patrick’s Day.   

Social Distancing

Stay at home and bake a pie today...

Mauricio Rocha architectural lecture

Landscape, Earth, Water, Stone, Steel, Glass, Light, Shadow and depth of Purpose

I attended a fascinating lecture by an architect from Mexico on a cool winter evening at Wurster Hall at U.C. Berkeley.  Mauricio Rocha had me from the very start of his talk, when he showed a set of photos of his first project, a house for his mother.  I was entranced by the images and ideas and concepts in his portfolio, each project tied into the earth and landscape, a focus on only five materials, a respect of light and shadow, and a reference to smell and sound.  His project, Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a masterpiece of design, blending all the primary elements that architects and designers dream about in the sleep. 

Mauricio mentioned two of my favorite artists, Gordon Matta Clark and Robert Smithson as key influencers of time and space.  He spoke of how the "Accident" can be important, during the exploratory design phase.  He showed how he chose to weave gardens through his spaces, leaving traces of fragrant flowers for the explorers and users of his constructed worlds.  And he concluded with a mention about the importance of memory, and dignity and how architecture really is all about true and rich Experiences.

Redwood Day school drawing lessons at Gensler Oakland

Students from fifth grade class at Redwood Day school in Oakland joined the design studio of Gensler Oakland for a series of design exercises including my Tree House drawing lesson.  

Each student begins with a sheet of paper and begins to draw their dream treehouse.  

The I begin to do a drawing of a large tree and branches on the writing wall in the Scarlet meeting room. 

Then each student is asked to find a spot on the branches of the three and redraw their dream treehouse connected to the branches and eventually connected to other treehouses.

Treehouse drawing lesson from Apple store in Walnut Creek