Drywall

Summer of 2014, my life was changing quite a bit. As I come back from my first year at school in U.S. and more than prepared to live away from home, I pack my bags and go to São Paulo. Although it is very close to my hometown, Santos, it was still a great change: new swim club, new city, new friends. São Paulo it is much known to be a complete chaos: anywhere with 12 million habitants has to be at least somehow different. With too many people comes too many problems: air and river pollution,…

The word “immigrant” is often said with a negative connotation. This is a word I know all too well. I didn't know what an immigrant was until I was probably in the fourth grade when Mexican immigrants were all over the news. Illegal immigrants, the struggle for American citizenship, and the immigrants’ everlasting hope of achieving the American Dream was always part of the headline. I knew my parents weren’t from the United States, but they had adapted well to the country. I didn't think…

When looking at a built structure, the first thing that anyone will be drawn to is its overall composition. Regardless of the viewer’s previous disposition, level of education, or mindset this nearly universal constant will remain true. As the user continues to focus on the structure, smaller gestures will reveal themselves. Texture, colour, mass, and light may be some simple examples of this, however they all share the same trait; they may all be considered “tectonics” of a project. The…

The mesmerizing effects of a waterfall and an ocean tide leave us stunned by their natural beauty. Unfortunately, you can 't bring a waterfall or an ocean tide into your bedroom design, but you can use Royal Blue and Aqua paint colors to add aquatic elements. Combinations of harmonious paint colors is a fantastic way to ensure a room design that blends and flows from one area to the next. Typically, these related paint colors are next to each other or directly below one another on a color swatch…

2) Internal walls should be made fireproof and fire doors should be implemented. Such walls have no windows and are made of non-combustible material such as concrete, cement block, brick or fire rated drywall and have wall penetrations sealed with special materials. 3) In order to remove cracking issues lime should be added to external wall cement and sand mixtures. They will thus have a lower drying shrinkage but will be more absorbent than only cement…

Genevieve is also the author of the published short story titled “The End” and poem titled “My Fire and Ice.” In her free time, she plays soccer and volleyball. A long time ago, deep beneath the deep blue sea, there was a beautiful cream-coloured shell that lived with her two coral-coloured starfish parents. Shell was happy, but she always felt as if something were missing, as if she were different than everyone else. Unfortunately, different was not a good thing at her school. All different…