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Asian snaps by K. Shakman | April | 2012
This last April was full of surprises including an opportunity to travel to Asia and explore some amazing and kaleidoscopic cultures . Being from Brazil, we are familiar with the usual economic dichotomies that countries in development present, but the kind of dichotomy we did not expect to find in Asia was of another dimension: time.
We could sense the huge and evident contrast between the past and future right in front of our eyes, and realized that some traditional costumes were bound to fade away faster than our generation could expect. Fade away with the pace that technology and the velocity of new times has brought to our lives. The old China depicted by Pearl Buck is gone, gone with the wind not from a civil war, but with the whipping forces of global shifts.
Walking through the Asian fishing villages, through the flowers, birds, and night markets, we still can feel a breeze from the past, but as we look ahead, the same breeze whispers to us: the future is here.
Working on two medical time-share tenant improvements. I love the challenges and solutions of the project. For a young doctor starting a ne…
Photography of the lobby of the Cardon Children’s Medical Center
STARS OF THE SEASON | When the “model-slash-entrepreneur-slash-friend” Micheline Etkin invited me to join the Cardon Children’s Medical Center Stars of the Season Advisory Council, under the umbrella of Banner Health Foundation, although flattered, I didn’t accept right away. This group raises funds for several projects whose aim is to improve children’s health. One should not take such a responsible role lightly. So I started to wonder how I could contribute to “the cause”, and how an Architect could contribute besides design. Well, first believing in the project. You can not go too far if your heart is not in it. And talking about heart, that is exactly what this year’s project is about: To raise funds to sponsor a program that will provide care for children born with congenital heart defects or who develop heart conditions early in life. Not your problem? Never was? The answer will always be: It is OUR problem.
As Donne wisely said a while back ago (1624):
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend’s were.
Each man’s death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
So this Architect here will contribute, somehow, somewhere, with something. Because my heart is in it, and the bells toll for children.
EXPRESS URGENT CARE | We are delighted with this new project. An Urgent Care facility in a Design Awarded building located next to the Banner Estrella Hospital. We have walked hands in hands with the clients to make sure the program is well covered. Several evidence-based design features were applied. The floor plan flows smoothly and is very functional. In addition, being able to work in “BIM mode” has allowed us to illustrate efficiently the space, the relationship between the different areas, and the “serial experience” the user will have when actually moving around. We love what we do, we do what we love.
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