Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Newspaper story questions

September 11th memorial ceremony
The memorial ceremony began at 8:15 Tuesday, September 11th 2012. The ceremony began with Akins and Bowie ROTC saber team raising the flag and then lowering the flag to half staff in co-moderation for the lost lives in the terrorist attack on September 11th 2001. joined by Akins chior, and band member Cameron LaSonde.  
Question to ask ROTC
Who are the members in The ROTC saber team including leader.
Tessa Samano- Saber team captain
Kelsy Hernandez
Madison Peterson
Pedro Peterson
Natalie Chapman
Uriel Martinez
Carlos De Luna
Laticia
Brandon Jarrett
Braden Wallace
Maritza Ramirez
Jason Castillo
Mallchi Garcia

The name of the Sargent
Sargent Rios
Colonel Oliverio
Speaker at ceremony
Cheyenne Dobson -Corps Commander,and is currently in National Guard as a private first class
Bowie Saber Team joined Akins in ceremony, Commander of Bowie saber-Phillip Forrest
how did September 11th effect them? 
Many of the Saber team members had the same emotion towards 9/11 as we all do, we were so young to know what was going on, however it has affected our now future and was a tragic event.
How many other school do you think are committed to pay their respects?
Tessa Samano leader of Akins Saber team believes it is right to give respects and continue to  pay respects to the victims and heroes of that day. Tessa believes that in the future the younger generation will not know as mutch about 9/11 as we do, thus it is important to continue to honor and respect, As hard as it is to Take care of 10 to 15 people in a very important ceremony, Tessa Samano Continues to feel that it is there duty to pay respects and some how get other schools involved.

A few new members in the Saber team were very happy to share how the experience felt, Maritza Ramirez expressed "it felt very cool and special to be part of the ceremony and honor the 9/11 victims.

Freshmen survivor guide
1. learn you way around the school so you don't get lost and are on time for class
2. learn the bell schedule
3. try to get out of "middle school mode" , high school passes by fast
4. Lunch lines are crazy, get to cafeteria early, if not your going to have a bad time, probable better to pack your lunch,and no its not "too elementary", it beats passing out from lack of food.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Architecture


 Details:


 Light:




Patterns





 

 Angles and shapes:


Surroundings:  
  


Friday, May 4, 2012

Writing a news lead

Rosenberg article:
6 and 10 year old left orphan during cold war after execution of there parents after being accused of being spies.

Super man comic:
Original super man comic to come out of hiding to be priced for $400,000.   

Architecture photos


Detail
 
This photo defines the technique of detail due to the very close up image of the detail of the building you can see all the major detail that in a normal full photo would look like minor detail.


 Light
This photo defines the rule of light and gives the photo of the building more dynamics as in how the light is interacting with the building.



Patterns
This photo of this structure shows the architecture rule of patterns as the structure has repetitive material that makes the structure unique.



Angles and shapes

This photo shows the architecture rule of Angles and shapes as this structure's unique shape gives the structure a "its worth photographing" look  since its not a normal shape.




Settings

This photo is a straight definition of the settings architecture rule as its structure's style and many details gives a history of the building its self just by looking at the structure. 





Monday, April 30, 2012

Architecture preview

La Pedrera, Spain

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? The Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi
2. When was it built? The structure was built during the years 1905-1910 and completed year 1912
3. Where is it located? The structure is located in the example district of Barcelona,Catolina,Spain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? As of 1984 the structure was declared wold heritage and is open to the public by The CatalyunaCaixa Foundation witch gives tours and keeps up the structure.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? There is not much information on how much it was to build.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? The history to the building of the structure is that is was built for a wealthy couple,   Roser Segimon and Pere Milà. Roser being a widow of  wealthy Joseph Guardiola. The controversy had that Pere Mila was after the money of Roser and gave more controversy to the design of the building desingned by Antoni Gaudi who being a devoted Catholic built the structure to serve as spiritual symbol.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question
I chose this building Because I have always liked the architecture of Spain dating back to 1400. And to see that this building is not as old as many classic cathedrals and to have such detail is pretty cool.
National Centre for the Performing Arts, China
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? The architect that built this structure is Paul Andreu a French architect.
2. When was it built? This structure began construction in 2001 and was completed in 2007.
3. Where is it located? The location is immediately west of Tiananem square and the Great Hall of People, and near the Forbidden city.
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is open to visit by acts, spectators during events.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? The cost of  the structure was estimated to be 2.688 billion Renmibai however after delays for Paul Andreu in Paris due to Paris air tunnel collapse equalled to 3.8 billion. The estimation is that every seat in the house is worth almost half a billion.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Not much reason for building is stated however to anyone can noticed it was built for a large venue to house musical events around that area of China.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this structure, because being a musician myself I felt that it must be a cool place to play at both in sound quality and in such creative architecture, of course it would be playing only in my dreams but they must see amazing concerts there it must be a good source of tourism and it would be cool to have something like it close to us.
Habitat 67, Canada
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? The architect that built this structure was Moshe Safadie.
2. When was it built? The structure was built The year 1965
3. Where is it located? The structure is located at 2600 Avenue Pierre-Dupuy on the Marc-Drouin Quay next to the Saint Lawrence River.
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? The structure are residential so I am pretty sure you can visit it outside with permission of owners.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? The cost was about C$140,000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? The building was created for an architectural experiment by Moshe safadie for an Architectural Expo.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building because I thought it was a pretty crazy structure and kinda makes you think your neighborhood's design is boring and not as creative as Habitat, however it also makes me question if it is a fire trap or maybe they can use the design to escape even, it is just a crazy design.
Stone House, Guimarães, Portugal

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? I can not find any information of who built this structure.
2. When was it built? There is not much Information on when it was built
3. Where is it located? This structure is located in the mountains of Guimaraes, Portugal.
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? Many tourist visit this structure every year.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? There is no information of the cost.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? A reason many think it was built was to model off a Flintstones American cartoon with modern features as windows and doors.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building be cause I thought it was a pretty interesting design and wanted to know more about it however was disappointing when I searched it up and found very little info about it.
The UFO House, Taiwan
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1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? There is not a specific architect that is said to have made these houses, some it was stated that it was owned by a group who is not known much of called the Hung Kuo Group.

2. When was it built?The houses began being constructed in 1978.



3. Where is it located? The houses are located in Sanzhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? People can visit this sight however it is abandoned and said to have ghost witch brought allot of tourism.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? There is not any information on how much it cost to build.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? There is many reasons that they said they built the houses. One is they said the houses were to serve as a resort for vacationers and was marketed to U.S soldiers who were returning from enlistments from east Asia. These housing projects were later abandon for many unknown reasons.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building because I liked the haunting feeling of it and its past it makes it a great sight for photography to get a story out of every photo.