Arcos Bosques Tower 1, is a prominent skyscraper
in Mexico City.
It was designed by Teodoro González. When
completed in 1996, it was the tallest building in the Santa Fe area of Mexico City with a
heigh of 530 ft (161.5 m). It is 36 stories tall, with 33 levels of office
space, and also equipped with a heli-pad. It is composed of two parallel
columns of 31 floors and 4 more floors at the top joined by a lintel. It is colloquially known
as El PantalĂłn ("The Trousers"). As of now, it is the
second tallest building in the Santa Fe area, which was surpassed by the Torre Altus in
1998. It is also currently the sixth tallest building in Mexico City, as well
as the tenth tallest in the entire country. [Wiki]
The Magic of the Cities.
Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
West Side
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Singer
“Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff
Monday, May 13, 2013
Loose Ends
Friday, May 10, 2013
Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco is
an important archaeological Mesoamerican Middle and Late Formative (c. 700 BCE – 150 CE)
period site located on the southern shore of the Lake Texcoco in
the southeastern Valley of Mexico. Today, it is a
significant archaeological site that was occupied
during the Early Formative until its destruction in the Late Formative. Based
on its date of occupation, Cuicuilco may be the oldest city in the Valley of
Mexico and was roughly contemporary with, and possibly interacting with the Olmec of the Gulf Coast of lowland Veracruz and Tabasco (also
known as the Olmec heartland).
Based on known facts, it was the
first important civic-religious center of the Mexican Highlands, its population
probably included all social strata and cultural traits that would characterize
the Altépetl (city-state) of classical Mesoamerica.
Cuicuilco was destroyed and
abandoned since the eruption of the
volcano Xitle, causing migrations and
changes to the population, it culminated with the Teotihuacán consolidation as
classical period ruler of the Central Highlands.
At the site are 8 of the many
housing and religious buildings that once existed, and the remains of a
hydraulic system that supplied water the city. One of the pyramids was built in
a strategic position, representing early prehispanic attempts to link religious
concepts with cosmic events through building construction. [Wiki]
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
Fri May 10, 2013
This week's
challenge:
'Artificial Light'
'Artificial Light'
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Lost
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