Edgar Papazian Architect

Looking over old work and marveling at the amount of labor that went in…variance application, etc.

Sunday-ing .

Pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing meaningful patterns in random stimuli - apophenia is where you see faces in objects such as the fronts of cars, Jesus in toast, etcetera. The classical column base (study, bank of Montreal) reputedly relates to a female foot bound with rope, such as a caryatid’s, hence the rope-like motifs. This base has a center “cavetto” (diagram, second image) which also refers to rope. The Pantheon portico column bases are similar to this. But I see human lips, don’t you? Michelangelo’s screaming man (third image, study for pilaster bases at the Laurentian library) also indicates a [sectional] apophenia…hilarious!

At the CAC

After Juvarra. Hall and Stairwell of a Palace.

Best nine. By likes..

Nice work if you can get it. A year of architecting:
A. Career day at Southampton high school B. Crit at NYIT C/D. Voting on behalf of at the national convention as president, E. Final review architecture 202, F. Dress to impress for…G. Addressing the audience at our awards ceremony, H. Final review architecture 301, and I. Giving a talk at for …whew!

Raiding the archives for an illustration for a corporate interior, ca. 2002. Prismacolor on Strathmore

Fall semester concluded for Architecture 301 with a fabulous review last week, jury including Lorraine Barcant, Ronald de Villa, David Wallance, Lori Beppu, Maria Cumella, and Dongsei Kim. Some fabulous work from students with their first multistory building with zoning, code constraints, as well as structural systems and passive solar control.

Operation ‘aestheticize’- improving the existing house-box using cedar battens as, frankly, I hesitate to say, ornament..

Shimmy house (also known as the ‘mullet’ house business in front, party in the back).

More Paul Rudolph from the Met.