So after a hiatus from here I’m back again and in a new location. For the semester I’m located in The Netherlands and TU Delft for an exchange. I’ve gotten myself a little apartment up in a student housing block on the 12th floor and a old bike that gets me around town.

As far as courses go I’m attending The Why Factory and specifically the studio BiodiverCity. The course is run by Alexander Sverdlov and Felix Madrazo with Winy Maas as head professor. It takes on the idea of the future city and how to deal with a situation where humans can not only build for themselves, but also consider who we are and can share our habitats with.

The studio has just started so I’ll try to keep updating about some of the activities along the semester. Our classroom is inside the 3 story orange pyramid seen under which became the new classroom after the old architecture faculty burnt down in 2008 I believe. It’s quite nice and since we’re only 10 students in the studio we get to be around a fairly easily handled group.

Some time soon I will also know which workshop I’ve gotten into, so I hope to get my first choice for that as well. As for this week I’m off to Amsterdam to research the way it is populated by birds and to Utrecht to examine a couple of buildings for my Bulding Technology course.