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(via BLDGBLOG: Documents, Maps, and Files of a Fictional Architecture)

(via BLDGBLOG: Documents, Maps, and Files of a Fictional Architecture)
I’m just a poor architecture student, standing in front of the internets, asking it to love him. Am I wasting my time being on the internet so much? Why do I delve so much of myself onto the virtual piazzas of Tumblr and Facebook? What am I looking for? Love? Attention? Reaffirmation? I’m struggling with these questions and wondering if I can break my addiction to social media. I’m also wondering if this is actually an addiction that I need to break. Once again, I wish I could just flick this switch in my mind that allows me not to give a single damn.

I’m just a poor architecture student, standing in front of the internets, asking it to love him.

Am I wasting my time being on the internet so much? Why do I delve so much of myself onto the virtual piazzas of Tumblr and Facebook? What am I looking for? Love? Attention? Reaffirmation?

I’m struggling with these questions and wondering if I can break my addiction to social media. I’m also wondering if this is actually an addiction that I need to break.

Once again, I wish I could just flick this switch in my mind that allows me not to give a single damn.
New Bauhaus Museum - Honourable Mention Bustler.net

New Bauhaus Museum - Honourable Mention

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Each day gets more and more beautiful here in Istanbul, and I am proud to say that I live here. 

This past weekend was a very enjoyable one. Two Canadian girls studying in Izmir came to visit Istanbul this weekend, and through our mutual friend Aliza I had the honour of meeting them and showing them around the city. We went to the old city, Sultanahmet, and hit the major tourist sites - Topkapi Palace, The Blue Mosque, Aya Sofia, The Grand Bazaar, Galata Tower, and we went out on Istiklal Cd.

It wasn’t an entirely easy time, and it made me realize how absolutely clueless I am when it comes to navigating through Istanbul without the help of my lovely Turkish friends or the Erasmus students that have lived here for over 6 months. We got lost, we got a bit frustrated, and underestimated the amount of time necessary to find our destinations. It made me realize how much of the city I have to map out by myself, and how foreign I still am to Istanbul after 6 weeks of living here. I realized there is so much more to see in this beautiful place, and I’m so luck to be able to live here for one semester and have the opportunity to reflect, revisit, rediscover and explore this place.

By now, I think I have a decent understand of how to get to places, which buses not to take, and how much more I need to push myself to be a bit more independent and self sufficient.

And okay, enough about my self discovery. The weekend was really great! I got to meet two awesome girls that allowed me to feel like a piece of Canada was still here with me, and I finally got to see the wonder that is the Hagia Sofia. And holy shit. I think I found my new favourite building. It’s an absolute wonder that a building like that could be made 1500 years ago and still be standing, stable, and just even constructed at that scale! It was phenomenal.

And to top it off, the weather is finally getting warmer and much sunnier. Originally I was going to spend some time working on my portfolio all day, but I think I’ll just have to take advantage of the weather and capture the city on this beautiful day. 
Want? Have to? No, do it because it’s your spirit’s need to survive. (via balexdotca)
(via New Interview with Archan Nair | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials) <3 awesome.

(via New Interview with Archan Nair | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials)

<3 awesome.
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(via Bustler: Oil Silo Home by PINKCLOUD. DK) So cool!

(via Bustler: Oil Silo Home by PINKCLOUD. DK)

So cool!
Kinda looks like a lot of housing in Istanbul. Haha. - By Angela Fox

Kinda looks like a lot of housing in Istanbul. Haha. - By Angela Fox