Concrete

cages containing not animals, but those treated as such. Criminals deemed too dangerous for society. “I don’t belong here,” he thought, “25 years. I don’t know if I can do it; wake up every morning in this concrete room, go to the bathroom in this concrete room, survive in this concrete room.” About 6 months into his sentence, he gave up. He decided he wasn’t strong enough and separated himself from his unthinkable reality. Paul Marshall was never one of the true troublemakers among his…

Title: Aquatecture Background: A third of the earth is covered in water, and most of the world’s population lives close to large bodies of water, including the Philippines which is made up of islands. Thus encouraging naval architecture and stilt designs Water has been important in helping create architecture, from the people who lived by the two rivers; Tigris and Euphrates to the people of Dubai who are living on artificial islands today. Since we highly depend on, use and live with water, it…

soft green grass below us; however, I disagree with them. I don’t think jumping is a good idea. Overall, what happens if you get hurt? Or if the cold wind blows you away and you fall onto the hard concrete? That happened to my aunt Leaf. The only difference is that back when Auntie Leaf fell, the concrete was wet and now, every day, I see her frozen face-down.…

S.S. is nonverbal and has oral motor production difficulty due to autism. S.S.’s speech intelligibility is 50%. She has difficulty coordinating movements of the articulators (lips, tongue, jaw, etc.) which leads to her poor intelligibility. S.S. does not have social speech and can use a few single word utterances. These utterances are primarily vowel-like vocalizations. S.S. has limited vocalizations and when she does vocalize, it is difficult to understand. S.S.’s speaking needs cannot be met…

The Aquarius Aquarium Institute is a non-profit organization founded on January 3, 2000 “to foster respect, understanding and conservation of the world’s aquatic ecosystems through educational programs, interpretive exhibits, scientific research and aquarium propagation of aquatic species” (http://aquariusaquarium.org/about-the-institute/). Our main task at hand is to raise awareness for the Aquarius Aquarium Institute and raise donation to fund for the aquarium. There needs to be an emphasis…

Nowadays, I start to question myself that can two unrelated disciplines have some sort of relationship? Raquel de Anda provides the answer. Anda recently attended to my class as aa speaker. She is an experienced independent curator and cultural producer, whose projects has a wide range: such as producing trans-media film, organizing public interventions, mass mobilizations, and curating exhibitions at art-related spaces. Based on her childhood. She lived nearby the border of Mexico and the…

In A Passage to India colonization is only one of the many aspects of the relationship between the East and the West. The construction of the East and the West paved the way for the creation of stereotypes of Easterners by Westerners and vice versa and the physical, social, cultural, and emotional distance between the two parties perpetuated the reliance on stereotypes as a means of understanding one another. Another binary opposition presented in A Passage to India is that of…

Tiger Gao Art History ASP w/ Mr. Callahan 10/10/2015 Why can the Pantheon in Rome be seen as the pinnacle of Roman architecture? The Pantheon was built by Emperor Hadrian between 118 and 125 C.E. and is regarded as one of the most iconic pieces of Roman architecture. Built without any steel rods, Pantheon withstood external influences in the past centuries and still stands as one of the best-preserved temples in Rome today, representing the pinnacle of Roman architecture. While the Pantheon’s…

A Once Starry Night Being one of the biggest and most lasting Ancient Roman buildings, the Pantheon is an amazing example of just what the Romans were capable of engineering. The Pantheon was a major achievement for the Romans and has made a stamp upon architecture than any other building . The Pantheon was the first of its kind in Rome that was constructed in a non-traditional temple structure. Instead of being setup like a traditional Roman temple, it is the beginning of the traditional…

stages are the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and the formal operational stage. According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage begins at birth and concludes at age 2. In this stage, the infant will begin to put together an understanding of the world by connecting sensory experiences with physical actions.…