Farewell My Concubine

Appendices Appendix 1 ‘The Manhattan Transcripts’ by Bernard Tschumi “The Manhattan Transcripts is a theoretical project of drawings, they differ from the most architectural drawings insofar as they are neither real projects nor mere fantasies. They propose to transcribe an architectural interpretation of reality. To this aim, they use a particular structure indicated by photographs that either direct or ‘witness’ events (some would say ‘functions’, others would call them ‘programs’) At the…

candidate Bill Clinton and Independent Ross Perot in a contentious campaign. Bush had garnered the votes of the American people in the 1988 election under the pretense that taxes during his presidency under no uncertain terms, or as he famously stated “Read my lips. No new taxes”, would rise. Bush soon breaks this oath to deal with the rising deficit, this action resulting in a lasting effect on his popularity and perceived trustworthiness. Clinton ran his campaign almost primarily focusing on…

As it did every morning, the birds chirped at exactly 6:34 in the morning and Happiness woke up alert with a smile on her face. “What a beautiful day!” Happiness would exclaim to herself while she sat up in bed and stretched out her upper body. Happiness will do her daily routine of talking with her roommate, and sister, Sadness about how she should get up and explore the wonderful things in life while Sadness will say that she is too sad and tired to do anything. Happiness will sigh and…

The Vanna Venturi House is built in the residential neighborhood of Chestnut Hill, which is in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the united states city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several residences are built by celebrated architects nearby Vanna Venturi House. The building is surrounded by crabapple trees, which creates a peaceful and graceful environment. The house was colored to pale green to blend in the wonderful surroundings. There is a widely main street in front of the building,…

Given my concept of forgotten spaces, I intend to design an installation that helps bring life into my forgotten space by making people more aware of their surroundings and enhancing the aesthetic value. The installation will capture and create an aerodynamic atmosphere that encapsulates the idea of the space itself. By doing this, it’s like having one's routine broken up, looking up towards the sky, just changing your perspective for a moment. I want people to experience an incredible…

modern design. Van de Velde still influences young architects and designers today. He has been a force in architectural theory since the 19th century at the Deutscher Werkbund; influencing minds like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Mies Van der Rohe, who ultimately shaped the architecture of the modern style. Today, the ideas of Van de Velde have helped to dictate the vision of Starchitects like Zaha Hadid and her office of parametric magicians, who have learned to design…

The director of the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Joel Zwick, attempts to bring to light the cultural differences between Greeks and non-Greeks by portraying the characters in the film, their values, and different events throughout the movie in a relatively stereotypical way. This particular film analysis will focus mainly on the family representations, religious beliefs, dining customs, outer appearance pertaining to hair and style in which they dress, and lastly, on Greek nationalism…

In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Stacey frenships effect how he makes decisions in chapter 7. First, starting of with TJ I think stacey knows who he really is and how he is not a good friend because in the book Tj gets away with many things. When TJ was cheating on test and gave stacey the answers stacey got in trouble and a whipping so he went to the wallace store to beat TJ up, but he still was going to be friends with him. But I think stacey keeps his friendship with TJ because if…

Evidence Base Program for my department called “Thinking for A Change”. It was after I took that class and got trained to facilitate the program I made myself more aware of thinking about my actions and thinking about how others are feeling. I think for me to be a better employee I need to have a better understanding of what my co-workers need from me. I also need to learn that I cannot fix everything. At this time I am not in a manager role and I often find myself wanting to give my input on…

My Big Fat Greek wedding is a movie that celebrate Greek culture. The movie starts with Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) , a 30 year old Greek girl who is looked at as somewhat of a failure by her family because she has not done what she is supposed to do, Marry a Greek man, Have Greek Children, and cook for everybody until the day she dies, according to her tradition. This thirty years old woman lives with her parents in Chicago and works in the family restaurant, `Dancing Zorbas. Every…