Thomas J. Johnson

How are they going to draft for us if the don’t have eyes…?

Making it “work” could be as simple as using stainless for the seat and rolling the edge of the seat to match the radius of the tubing. Another option would be using 1″ boxed tubing, stacked two together, fabricated at 90* angles instead of bends to match the aesthetic of the existing seat. You could also create short backs for each section,…[Read more]

contrived. forced. disconnect between materials. If you’re going to have a back rest, have a back rest. People naturally dictate their “personal space without having dividers. Without knowing the context of the bench, I don’t understand the need to have alternating seating orientations. feels awkward.
not to be a total downer, it does look…[Read more]

I think the thread is a hoax… you’re right, it doesn’t add up… I like the concept though… maybe instead of a textile sweat shop we could teach them a real world “technical” skill such as AutoCAD because being strapped to a desk for 16 hours a day is much more humane than being at a loom… Then we could outsource all of our drafting to…[Read more]

Professors don’t tell you how to do every little thing because there is power in figuring it out for yourselves. You will naturally gravitate to the tools and processes that are right for you. Discussing programs and process with your classmates is excellent, you will create bonds that last a lifetime and learn tricks more quickly if you share…[Read more]

word.
Except don’t give them the benefit of the doubt about being clueless… incompetence was the last administrations excuse also. It’s the new “get out of jail” card. “I was incompetent. You can’t blame me…” Oh, yes we can… Incompetence and a “lack of oversight” does not preclude one from accountability, just as being clueless about the…[Read more]

Do you have all of the building footprints and the site base? If you want to forward them to me, I’ll see what I can come up with… speaking of your thread about being unemployed and keeping your skills sharp…

When I hear “woman over seas” I think “Gustafson”, but that doesn’t really help…

Working in a sweatshop might be better than starving to death… depending on your perspective.

Was it Ken Smith, in NY, when he used the rolling dumpsters as planters?

I would like the seemingly (to me) superhuman power of putting my thoughts into action… which would in turn effect positive change in the world, make me more money than I know what to do with and foster the development of other superhuman powers…

When I was a kid, I loved building “forts” out of cardboard boxes, blankets, tarps, old mattresses, crawl spaces… you name it. The peak of my pre-pubescent architectural career was a “fort” created from scraps salvaged from a neighbors bathroom renovation. It’s bones were pallets covered with a tarp (for water proofing) and scraps of plywood…[Read more]

This is a joke right!? You’re just putting me on Trace-1 because I made a comment about architects being able to do landscape architecture, right?

I don’t even know where to begin pointing out the absurdity of the design… Totally out of place? Check. Impractical? Check. Major hazard? Check. Stones of that size would not be movable (“hey…[Read more]

Yeah, for some reason people today have to over-design everything, instead of just doing what works and makes sense, which tends to be more beautiful anyway…

$325… Ouch.

+1 for Spade

or baring that…

+1 for Grind. Flesh will still lose to steel, even if it’s rounded, with enough force, such as kids playing, running, falling on it…

You got me thinking though (always a dangerous situation) and I may have something for you…

I’m sure there are paid internships… I had one during spring semester Junior year. It paid OK and I was a “Landscape Architecture Intern”, not “Staff Level Landscape Architect”. Most summer internships also have an agreed upon termination date, when the student goes back to school. I know that there are also schools where you take a semester off…[Read more]

A lot of people don’t understand what an “internship” is. An “internship” is when you pay your tuition for the semester while working for someone for free or close to it. I don’t know why anyone would want their school to require an “internship” in order to graduate.

Why would you want the university to require it of you? Not only are you working…[Read more]

Hi Jonathan,

Great website! I went to CSU also and really miss it… those were the days. It looks like your D/B company does really nice work also, naturalized but very designerly.

I don’t think you’re going to be prohibited from working for a design firm, if that’s what you decide you want to do. If anything, they will value your field…[Read more]

Aren’t there limitations on square footage of projects and/or budgets that you can undertake as a “designer” as apposed to a licensed LA? Also, can you obtain insurance as a “designer”?

Here’s WA definition of “Landscape Architect” and “Landscape Architecture”…

(9) “Landscape architect” means an individual who engages in the practice of…[Read more]