Baltic to Adriatic

Just trekked from the most remotely inhabited island in the Baltic to the historic powerhouse of the Adriatic (and world.) Utö to Venice.

It took me a total of
2 Hours on the bus
15 Hours of Ferry
3 Hour Flight
3 Hour Train Ride

I certainly didn't take the most direct route however it was very economical. Here is some quick photo's starting with the ending of Utö and ending with some teasers of Italy including my awesome 5 year old cousin. I have a European cousin who is tri-lingual, how cool!








Ill try to post again soon, till then I'm going to enjoy my two days left in Europe!

Utö the sequel

Back on the island for the build portion of our design build studio. Once again here's the map to refresh you guys with how much in the middle of nowhere we are. Except this time around the weather is much nicer (or we hope it will be.)

Last Night in Helsinki

I survived my final review for our paper studio project and after a long week of organizing and pre-fabricating parts in our amazing woodshop for our design-build portion, its time to return to the island where it all began and build these suckers.

The final review for my studio project/portion of the semester went really well actually. I was overall happy with what I put on the wall, the models I built and the criticism from the reviewers. There were some logistical situations that really ticked me off but I am very happy with the way it ended (and the fact that it ended)

And since it is indeed my last night in Helsinki I am planning to go out in style, and become Finnish and yack on the street. So if you could raise your glass as I propose a toast.

Cheers to Helsinki; a city that's young but with an incredibly rich history. A city that proves that the sun does indeed make people happy. A city with a great number of awesome neighborhoods and parks and bars. I'm sorry I couldn't discover more. And a city that takes ownership of a significant part of a really important time period of my life. Thanks Helsinki, sorry that I am leaving you in your prime.
So with that said, there's no time in life for regrets, let's go have a last Helsinki hurrah!

model photo's

Shits goin down

Hey folks. I have one week till our studio final review. So probably the best idea would to not be blogging much. I did have a great rest of April including a trip to Estonia and also throughout the Finnish Countryside, where I was lucky to have my sister visit and join us. I'll get back to that someday. Also they ring in May pretty awesome here also. Ahhh too much studio crap... here's some teasers to the rest of April.


Contemporary Estonia

Old Estonia

Turku Church

The weather was nice




See ya in a week plus, if I make it out alive.