18 Feb Desert Rain
When architecture students ask for advice early in their career, I usually tell them to join the Peace Corps, travel, work in construction...
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28 Mar The Last “official” Day
Post by Brian Hedberg, BA 2011, University of Wisconsin - Madison Friday, March 16th, 2012 [caption id="attachment_2433" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Me and Paul skinning[/caption] Day 6. The last "official day. With an impending deadline and a project that looked far from finished, we decided to get up early Friday...
26 Mar Enclosing the Structure
Post by Omar Davis, Masters of Landscape Architecture 2014, Harvard University Thursday, March 15, 2012 Thursday morning we were still feeling quite behind on our progress. The second floor was nearly finished but the third floor didn’t exist. The tunnel was cemented together but required the coverage...
20 Mar Hump day
Post by Eddie Kahen, BArch 2013, University of Southern California Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Maestro maestro maestro...
15 Mar Teamwork, trusses and tacos
Post by Cyrus Rivetna, BSAS, University of Illinois and MArch candidate, Lawrence Technological University Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - On-site construction. We started the day with an excellent fresh omelot and Oaxacan cheese cooked fresh for us at the hostel. When we arrived at the site, we...
14 Mar Back in Oaxaca with RAW – Real #Architecture Workshop
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Posted by Charley Umbarger, Bachelors ENVD 2011, University of Colorado, Boulder As a veteran of 3 Real Architecture Workshops, being back in Oaxaca with Paul Neseth, Adam Jonas, and Barbara Hahn feels like homecoming. It's good to be back. This year's program will expand the the...
19 Dec Look Out Pisa
During our second design/build workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico this coming March, our team of RAW students will have a mere 6 days (72 hours to be precise!) to design and build a complete project. To be successful (and we will), a lot of planning and collaboration...
08 Dec Designing & Building the Architecture of Play
Planning for Oaxaca 2012 is well under way. Just today, we received an email from our friends in Oaxaca asking about materials we’ll need in March. “We need a rough estimate of the bamboo that you will need. Diameter?, length?, quantity?” they asked. Bamboo? That sounds...
19 Sep RAW show at UNC-Charlotte school of #architecture
It's both humbling and gratifying to have past participants take pride in and get excited about the learning and work they do at RAW and want to share it with their fellow students and others. This week UNC Charlotte students, Sairy Sanchez, Andrew Baur and...
08 Aug Adding to the lore of the land
Tuesday + Wednesday July 26-27, 2011 [gallery columns="2"] Today was the only fully cloudy day we’ve had the entire trip. Rain came later in the afternoon, a light sprinkling for about at hour. We worked through it. The mood of the group seemed to match the skies...