La Petite Chambre

La Petite Chambre
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We were told that our new place would be apartments with private sleeping quarters. You can imagine our disappointment when we walked into this (my desk on the right). My dorm room had more storage space, though we do have a bathroom and a stove!

Lawrence-Paris

Lawrence-Paris
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It is so hard to grasp the size of Paris. It feels huge because the density, but really it is almost the same size as Lawrence, KS.

WEEK 1 -The Journey Begins - My Time in Paris from tim williams on Vimeo.

I want to touch

I want to touch
Originally uploaded by powkey

During my second visit to the Institute du Monde d'Arabe, I realized one of the panels were open and of course I had to touch it. This building is by Jean Nouvel, the architect I will be working for in a week. I would not mind if they made me design something like this for three months. Actually, I would love that.

a little something

a little something
Originally uploaded by powkey

After lunch I decided to grab a little something. Tartelette Frais....delicious. Just ahead of us there is the Cimetiere Montparnasse. The second most famous cemetery in Paris. It includes the graves of Man Ray, Brancusi, and André Citroën.

Pique-nique

Pique-nique
Originally uploaded by powkey

Picnic in Parc des Buttes Chaumont which we were invited to by our incredibly nice French friends, Karine and Romain. The typically french 7 hour picnic in the park with wine and cheese was followed by, the seemingly very american, Rock Band on XBOX 360 at their apartment.

the crew

the crew
Originally uploaded by powkey

The group and I found a fun Italian restaurant with food to go. We then proceeded to stuff our mouth's like true Americans.

You can follow more photos of Tims Fantastic Voyage to France by following the photos posted on flickr here.

Opera Garnier

Opera Garnier
Originally uploaded by powkey

Bypassing beauty is a common occurrence in Paris and the Opera Garnier was a perfect example. Only stopping long enough to steal a photo and then we were off yet again.

Cité Internationale

The French are so rude. They make me stay in this place. Cité Internationale is located in the south of Paris. It was created post WWI in an attempt to unite students from around the world (therefore preventing war?).

Despite me losing my bags for several days, I am enjoying Paris.

D(eparture) Day minus 1

"Come hope, come despair, come what may, sweet serendipity - a life of chance in the bustling city; let me be sorrowful, let me be merry, while I risk all to be extraordinary!"

-Roman Payne

Crepuscule

Tomorrow I leave to Paris.

60% Excitement

30% Terror

10% Clueless

EDIT MAY 6, 2012: Learned the image above is partially faked. American and British commanders wanted a "whites only" liberation of Paris. Link to the article here.

Chicago Trip 2009

I just returned from my quick trip to Chicago where I used the new camera I recently bought. Once I returned home, the discovery was made that I recorded every video on the lowest quality setting. Atleast the problem has been caught now. Heres most of the footage I slapped together anyway.

Summer "the calm before the storm"

1 Month until I leave to go to Paris for 5 months. I have been hitting the Rosetta Stone more often, trying to learn atleast the basics of French. When I am not doing that I am trying to learn Rhinoscript and brush up on my Grasshopper skills (image).
Other than that this has been a very boring summer. I think I am actually ready to get back to work now?!

...more posts to come once I actually do something worth posting.

Wire Reproduction

I moved out of my apartment where I had lived for the last 2 years. When cleaning the closet, for what probably was the first time, I found that there were over 100 empty hangers. It seemed as though every single hanger was unlike its  neighbor. Somehow over the years they had managed to mate and reproduce over and over.  The conditions in my dark, slightly damp, closet must have been similar to those in the upper regions of the atmosphere because it created hangers that were just as unique as snowflakes.  

Final Presentation Boards

DONE!

I had to take a break from posting while I finished up my studio project. I had enough 5 hour enegy's to power a small town. 

and now... I sleep

11 Days until Project Deadline

30 hours of energy - 5 hours of energy = not enough energy to finish in time.

Catia Structural Analysis

I am trying to figure out Catia. I really would like to analyze a truss made in my autotruss program just to see how it performs. I figured out how to mesh the geometry, but I have not yet figured out how to analyze it. 

A tornado ate my homework...

well... maybe not, but it was only 5 miles from studio.

Deep Thoughts on Life: 1

While looking at the microwave the other day, I realized that there is something as wasteful as placing nipples on human males. It happened when I caught the light reflecting off the shiny number pad at just the right angle to notice that I had a really dirty number pad. The buttons had greasy smudges all over them. All the buttons that is, except the number 9. Instantly, I had an epiphany. The number 9 should not be on microwave keypads! You never microwave anything for 9 seconds, too short, never for 90 seconds, just type 1:30, and never for 9 minutes, long enough to melt steel.
The removal of the number 9 would also help the arrangement of buttons on the microwave. With there currently being 10 number buttons, they do not pack together very well. If there were just 9 buttons, they would all fit perfectly in a 3 x 3 grid!
If anyone knows people that design microwaves, let them know of this grave problem facing millions of microwaves worldwide.

Site work

Project is coming along. Heres a photo of a model demonstrating circulation on and around the site. 18 DAYS LEFT!!!!

Earth Day

Celebrated Earth Day by buying and potting a basil plant... YIPPEE!

Good job class

Class of 04 represent!

Sleepless in Kansas

I finished my Portfolio. This is one of two things I have due by Monday. I have not slept longer than 20 minutes since Wednesday night. I am a zombie...