Thursday, May 29, 2008

Hospital close to home

This concept stems from a common shift in current health care trends to employ "aging in place". The proposal is a domestic apartment block that is collaborated into an aged care facility that serves both the building and the area. People who live in the apartments would maintain their own level of independence whilst having the facilities and services nearby when needed. This blurring between domesticity and institution could open many opportunities for exploration into the relationship between health care and home. All of which are relevant to current architecture and its response to emerging demographics.

Hospital for the City

I have been thinking about a hospital to treat the City and its health. In the same way the liver performs detoxification to filter harmful items from the human body, the health of the city may depend on a filter of its own. We already have water treatment plants but our city can also benefit from air treatment plants. The location of our site, being adjacent to the stack that expels gases from the Eastern Distributor, is an ideal place to intercept and detoxify gases before they are injected into the atmosphere above our city. Consequently, by treating the city, we also treat the people within the city.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Some forms of "Form"

___________form_____________
___________forms____________
___________forming__________
_________inform_____________

_________unform_____________
______transform_____________
___________formal___________
___________formally_________
___________formerly_________
_________deform_____________
_________reform_____________
________preformed___________
_______reinform_____________

________misform_____________
______misinform_____________
_______uninform_____________
_______uninformed___________
______illinformed___________
________uniform_____________
____non-uniform_____________
___________formidable_______
___________formidability____

___________formability______
________perform_____________
________performable_________
________performance_________
___________formless_________

___________formlessness_____
___________formation________
___________formula__________
___________formulate________
___________formulated_______
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