"If one needed to give a reason to sceptics for creating such experimental spaces in the context of this large urban development project, it would be this: our rapidly changing world constantly confronts us with new challenges to our abilities to understand and to act, encouraging us to encounter new dimensions of experience." - quote taken from the article be
http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/lebbeus-woods-architect/

A day at the library; time to draw and a great place to make connections - mostly with books. In my stack are Architecture: Form, Space, And Order by F. Ching; Architectural Sketching and Rendering by S. Kliment; Architecture in New Jersey by A. Gowans; Living Homes by McGregor and Trulsson; and The Frank Lloyd Wri

Who knows how far away the nearest bagel store is...we definitely haven't seen one in Juchitan or Oaxaca. So, today I made bagels for the first time; here are two pictures of the results.

Some recent experiments:

-Two new hammocks that I made. Both are three kilo hammocks and were made for our cognitive science  guests from the U.S. and Canada.

    Here's some pictures Melanie and I took today showing the Venus transit projected through binoculars onto some white paper. It was mostly cloudy here and I was skeptical that we would be able to see the transit. Luckily we were presented with a couple of opportunities to try to view the event before the sun went down.
    I made a hammock last week and will make another starting this weekend.
    I came across a neat blog at http://ofps.oreilly.com/. It's written for software programmers but is applicable to many disciplines and professions.