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old-new forms in furniture
I really like this chair-Willy Guhl: Loop Chair- that Hari Rai and I saw when we were in Seattle at Area 51 . Using a material-cement bond- that works very well in compression and stretching it to perform (with reinforcing of course) in tension. If I remember correctly this chair was priced at around $1000. [...]
the site from Google Earth
This Google Earth image helps to show the relationship to 2 great bodies of water: the Pacific Ocean and Lake Nicaragua. The smaller-bordered box shows a close up of the site.
green team
This was an amazing experience where I volunteered to manage a team to collect the trash, compost, and recycling for a 10-day event with over 1500 people in attendance. We learned fast that watermelon rinds get heavy quick! The event is held in Espanola, NM every year on the Summer Solstice and it can get [...]
improving who you are by what you eat
My wife Hari Rai will be adding photos and great healthy recipes that you can use to keep your energy level high and your outlook positive. We will strive to keep the ingredients we select affordable for everyone. We will also document ways that we stay healthy while traveling and getting set up in Nicaragua.
vernacular
As we prepare for our move to Nicaragua in 7 months, we begin to draw on our past visit to Costa Rica to recall the ways that materials and structure are used to deal with climatic conditions while still relating to context. At the time of our visit in 2007, I had somewhat romantic ideas [...]
awake in your own dream
My wife Hari Rai and I traveled down to Costa Rica during a Christmas break I had from Architecture studies back in 2007. We love to travel to new places for fun but we have also been actively investigating places that we might want to spend part of the year- when the weather is not [...]
