January 2009
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CIRCLE A CYCLES + JOSEPH NG
Built In Providence from Joseph Ng on Vimeo
A short documentary of a local bicycle builder (of Circle A Cycles) in Providence, by Joseph Ng (B.Arch 2008).
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NEWS FROM THE JUNGLE:
Hello all, Every day there is rain. Clothes mildew; books seal themselves shut; fruitflies gather in droves. But this is normal, this is the rainforest: plants grow rampant, big, vibrant. Rain is no reason to call off a plan. Rain does, however, impede progress. I was, perhaps, a bit over-zealous last week when I said that we’d be pouring foundations within a day or two. We dug our...
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NEWS FROM THE JUNGLE:
Hello again! The start of another week looks promising. I am happy to say that we’ve finally broken ground on our project. The backhoe tore through the site Friday, and though we have yet to finalize the upper portion of the design, the foundations will be poured within the next day or two. By no means the ideal method of construction, our time constraints require us to always be...
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News from Costa Rica
Hello everyone! We arrived last week, and still, everything is new. New new new. I woke up today right before sunrise, and was too excited to lay in bed — our cabins are right on the beach!! I spent an hour walking along the shore, each minute a new discovery: big birds, bright flowers, chunks of coral, palm trees, etc. I´ve never been anywhere tropical before so even the humidity is a...
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