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5 march his flight was 3 hours late. that didn’t hamper my excitement, though…it heighten it. i had been up since 2:30 that morning for a taxi to dehra dun to catch a train to dehli. we spent the afternoon laying in the shade of one of asia’s nicest parks, watching couples try to snuggle out of view and being followed by mangy dogs. but now? now i am with my father in india! who would have guessed, dreamed, or even imagined such a thing would happen. certainly not me. 6 march it’s fun to watch him take in this new culture. he...
Read Moreliving buildings operate not as a machine, but a flower. they are not driven by invented, by man, but inspired by nature. they are unique and rooted in place, drawing resources from the immediate land they inhabit. they receive most of their energy from the sun and water from the sky. living buildings do not only support themselves, but those within their walls. architecturally, this is accomplished by simply following the example nature has already set for us. adapting buildings specifically to the site they sit upon will make buildings sensitive to the immediate climate, i.e. winds, sun, rain, etc....
Read Morei am officially bound for the south. after a 3am departure from mussoorie monday morning, we’re making our way to the east-central state of chhattisgarh for my final eMi project trip. the best part about this adventure? my father is on it!! he is our civil engineer volunteer! not only gets to see what his daughter has been up to, but offer his expertise, skill and passion to serve to these beautiful indian people. and oh…as if that weren’t enough, a week and a half from now, the rest of my family will be setting their feet on indian soil as...
Read Moregert and his wife johanna have always had a heart for children. they sponsored a couple of their own for many years and even came to india to visit them. but their sponsoring organization would not let them become involved as they wanted to be. samson and lalitha also have a special place in their hearts for little ones. they began and ran the school & orphanage for 25 years. but the board was being too restrictive, they cared little for the daily needs of the children. somehow, the paths of the two couples crossed and C.H.I.L.D. was formed. 36 sponsors...
Read Morei really had no idea of what to expect on a project trip. i knew it was a hospital, i knew it was in machilipatnam…and that was about it…thrown into the process, a sink or swim kind of experience. it reminded me so much of school, trace paper flying, vision driven, watercolor delineation…ah. i loved it. we all visited the site together the first afternoon. the only vehicle big enough to hold us all was the clinic’s ambulance. cross ‘ride in an ambulance’ off of my list of things to do in life. [and yes mom, it was done without an...
Read Morethe place machilipatnam [ma-chili-putnam] a city off the coast of south east india [one of the sunsets from our roof] [the small site in ‘downtown’ machilipatnam] the purpose to make tangible through the built environment the vision of NACEA [north andhra costal evang-lization association] and FAME [fellowship of associates of medical evang-lism]through a hospital design, CMC [chri-tian medical center] for the city of machilipatnam, in order to reach out to the surrounding villages and offer physical, emotional, and spiritual healing to all in need. [i broke in my watercolor set for our design presentation drawings] the players the paul family: the heart of the purpose and of nacea…the indigenous voices of...
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