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FULL CIRCLE: Architecture School
As luck would have it, I have returned to Durban - where I grew up and was supposed to attend architecture school. Fate would have me not...
ESQUE
Dec 13, 20234 min read
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You're Up!
Congratulations! You have graduated from a grueling architecture school programme and have landed yourself an internship at an...
ESQUE
Dec 19, 20226 min read
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THE DESIGN PROCESS: PART 4, THE FINAL PRESENTATION
It has been an entire year since part 3. Yes, I am a terrible blogger *hides*. But lets make good on a long forgotten promise. Given that...
ESQUE
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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THE DESIGN PROCESS: PART 3
It is 12 days before portfolio and I am still designing by hand because...the design process is cyclical. On the bright side, my design's...
ESQUE
Nov 7, 20193 min read
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DESIGN: A JAZZ INSTITUTE FOR THE NMU MUSIC DEPARTMENT, SOUTH CAMPUS.
A Jazz Institute for the NMU Music Department, in South Campus.
ESQUE
Oct 21, 20192 min read
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DETAILING EXERCISE: THE PRODUCT
Detailing of the Free University Philological Library Building in Berlin
ESQUE
Oct 21, 20191 min read
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INTEGRATION: PART 2 A RESPONSE
Integration in architecture school and in the office.
ESQUE
Oct 21, 20193 min read
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THE LAW OF EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE
What you might have to sacrifice on your way to becoming an architect and when you are an architect.
ESQUE
Oct 4, 20193 min read
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DETAILING EXERCISE: THE INTRODUCTION.
Free University Library Building in Berlin by Foster + Partners detailing assignment.
ESQUE
Oct 2, 20192 min read
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Integration: Part 1
Integration of BAS, Technology, and Interior Design students and professionals.
ESQUE
Sep 16, 20194 min read
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Alter Ego
Buildings as physical manifestations of an architect's ego.
ESQUE
Sep 11, 20195 min read
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THE DESIGN PROCESS: PART 2
"The Design Process is cyclical, rather than linear. It can be entered from any one of the 5 pillars and all 5 pillars can be worked on...
ESQUE
Aug 30, 20191 min read
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HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - THE EVOLUTION
On my way to squeeze the lemon, while taking a much needed break from juggling researching service core configurations for Design and...
ESQUE
Aug 24, 20192 min read
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ANIMATION
Updated 3ds Max Assembly Animation Video.
ESQUE
Aug 22, 20191 min read
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ANIMATION
A 3dsmax animation video of A Jazz Institute Building for the Music Department at NMU South Campus.
ESQUE
Aug 16, 20192 min read
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THE DESIGN PROCESS
We see the finished product all the time and never really take into account just how much work goes into a completed body of work. Unlike...
ESQUE
May 3, 20191 min read
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MODELLING AND PHOTO-REALISTIC RENDERING
Well, as promised, I come bearing gifts. Ladies, Gentlemen, and everyone in between I present to you the final product. The 3Dsmax...
ESQUE
Apr 19, 20191 min read
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MODELLING AND PHOTO-REALISTIC RENDERING
After struggling with deciphering a few tutorial videos and asking for help from a classmate, I finally got on my way to adding curtains...
ESQUE
Mar 29, 20191 min read
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OWNING A FIRM
Hand in is looming for the 2nd years, next week Tuesday to be exact (02 April), and I am a lot happier with the progress that the 2nd...
ESQUE
Mar 29, 20192 min read
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SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS
Before I even started my B-Tech year I did an entrance exam for it. It was a 3-day exam where in the first day we drew hand sketches of a...
ESQUE
Mar 24, 20192 min read
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