Gabriel's Almanac

Hello Ghostbusters, whaddya want? 🤣🤣 Well, this week I have to talk about my major so let's go to the point. I wasn´t really interested in a dream job as a child. My dreams were really surreal, I remember as a child I wanted to be a Ghostbuster. Yeah, you read well, I wanted to be a Ghostbuster and catch ghosts like the guys of the movies with the same name.  I began to be interested about to find a real career at 14 years old. At that age, I was invited to a workshop about architecture for teenagers at the University of Chile. At that moment I decided that I was gonna study Architecture. The combination of art, engineering, and philosophy were the perfect ingredients to get interested in. Honestly, I hadn’t other studies options. I met Architecture and I have stayed on the same path since then.  My experience up until now has had every emotion, from happiness to sadness, and going through stressful situations. While doing projects, you learn that nobody is gonna tell ...

 Hey there! What´s up? Well, this is my first blog ever, so I really don’t know how to start, but I guess I’ll go straight to the topic. If I had the money, I really would like to go to Japan. Not for "weeb" interests, although I’ve seen like 2-3 animes in my life, but because I really love Japanese architecture. From classic imperial architecture to the most modern architecture, the ideas, and designs that are developed are so interesting for me. For example, the Metabolism in the 70s was an architectural movement that mixed assembling megastructures with the idea of organic growth. All with the purpose to create a new kind of society, where the house could be moved anywhere, like a car. Sadly, most of these projects were never built. And the projects that were built, are in danger of being demolished. One of the most famous Metabolist buildings is The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo (I let an image of the building below) . I would really like to go to see it before it ...