Wednesday, October 20, 2004

sigh of relief

finally positive signs arising amongst many negative ones.
thesis is now about site analysis. it's all about the location.
i know that restoring a historic building will be extremely challenging, and building a new one in conjunction would prove even more difficult. surprisingly i was granted the privilege of entering the 100 year old neo-classical building led by one of the agents trying to sell it. then i would actually know what to preserve. and i found the student who worked on the same site now in michigan doing masters, who responded to me in one hour giving me advice and recommending books.

'all of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.' Pascal