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Reflections on Architectural Practice: Year 2
October 28th, 2024 (revised December 12th) Samyn D'Elia Architects Image generated by Sean McGadden After over two years of architectural...
Sean Kamana
Dec 12, 20245 min read
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The nature of humans to fuck up
August 16th, 2024 -photo of Neil Armstrong The necessity of fucking up slightly at times when so much weight rides on success proves that...
Sean Kamana
Aug 16, 20243 min read
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General catching up of things
April 7th, 2024 Life has become a stewing broth mixed of both certainties and uncertainties. Something which seems obvious as in the...
Sean Kamana
Apr 7, 20246 min read
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Reflections at One year: Practicing Architecture
April 21rst 2023 by Sean McGadden Savoie Nolan Architects Architectural practice has been salaciously rewarding in its incremental...
Sean Kamana
Apr 21, 20237 min read
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Post-Nuclear Modern Warfare and Media Narratives
by Sean McGadden 27th of March 2022 photo from source The implementation of American and foreign sanctions as a method of funneling arms...
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Mar 27, 20226 min read
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Design Activism
Architecture has always been somewhat of a reflection of the political, aesthetic, and philosophical essence of an era. Gothic...
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Jan 16, 20224 min read
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Jeanne Dielman, 21 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Chantal Akerman (1975) https://www.filmlinc.org/films/jeanne-dielman/ Jeanne Dielman is a highly focused, neorealist, character study of...
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Jan 16, 20226 min read
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Metropolis and Gesamtkunstwerk
Metropolis was directed by Fritz Lang and screen-written in collaboration with his then wife Thea Von Harbou in 1927. It remains a truly...
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Jan 16, 20226 min read
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Build (Back) Better
The necessity of architecture to leverage infrastructure bills is unavoidable; where the money is flowing steadily. Architects must...
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Dec 1, 20212 min read
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Paris Omniprésente
Il y a quelque chose omniprésent de la Tour ce soir, circulant dans la nuit. Je sais pas si c’est la gouvernement constamment en regard...
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Nov 29, 20213 min read
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Mythology of a Dream
Swampy Marsh, encaustic wax on wood panel by Sean McGadden 5"x7" Anthology of poetry works still in progress. Please find the working...
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Nov 26, 20211 min read
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Traveling between contractors and high-idea architects
How have I managed to understand the distinctions and similarities? photo of the back of my car, by Sean McGadden There are two main...
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Nov 25, 20219 min read
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Tragedy of Freedom in a Commons
In reference to Paul Pojman's book: Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application According to Paul Pojman the primary problem...
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Nov 25, 20216 min read
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De Stijl / Mies Van Der Rohe
Left: Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld, 1924 Right: Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona Spain,...
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Nov 25, 20212 min read
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The Bauhaus
Original Bauhaus School Building, Dessau Germany, designed by Walter Gropius The advancement in technology and insatiable interest in...
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Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Modernism and the Post War Period
can you separate the person from their work? What are the ethical issues of a great architect who has bad politics, racism, etc?...
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Nov 25, 202114 min read
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Outlooks on COVID-19
Montage of Dystopian Future by Sean McGadden Land use and planning have a deep seated relationship to the public welfare in the ways that...
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Nov 18, 20214 min read
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A Synthesis of the Origins of Architecture
The elusive definition of Architecture is one that concerns any academic or practitioner within the realm of architectural design and...
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Nov 18, 20212 min read
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External Perspectives: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Architecture is like no other in time or place, at present. It occupies no real space in the ephemeral understanding of what architecture...
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Nov 17, 20212 min read
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