This building is called Sentidos by Felipe Escudero. It is a bar located in a 1980’s house in the traditional neighborhood La Foresta in Quito. The bar was designed to impress the customers and also express the beauty of the house. The wall was painted in black to make the dark background to highlight the beautiful bar and wooden floor. The bar was made with the combination of wood and steel, therefore, it glows with the lights. To have a dark background would be difficult to serve and walk around, so the architect did a good job in using neon lights and warm spotlights to guild the paths but still keep the dark theme. The bar gives the cozy feeling and makes people want to come after a long day of work/study.

citation:

“Casa El Quinche.” ESTUDIO FELIPE ESCUDERO, felipeescudero.com/casa-el-quinche/45c58s4x1vkv92g1oqs6w9o15zw6zq.

This building is called Casa El Quinche designed by Filipe Escudero. It is a nice house with the felexibility to be used as an event center. Different that other buildings from the same architect, this house has a big gardens and is oriented in a way that has the best views of the valley and receive sunlight. The concrete wall was built by hand, giving it a nice textures in the surface. The house has big windows and door, giving the apperance of being small when people first look at it, but when go inside, the house is actually bigger. By the design and materials, the house gives the feeling of warm and friendly, and relaxing. I think it’s a good place for a family to live. I really like the design and the views, but to me, it would be nicer if the wall was not made entirely from concrete.

citation:

“Casa El Quinche.” ESTUDIO FELIPE ESCUDERO, felipeescudero.com/casa-el-quinche/45c58s4x1vkv92g1oqs6w9o15zw6zq.

this building is called Casa Trebol. Located on the high altitudes of Andes Mountain with extreme weather, the building was designed with irregular shape to make sure all parts of the interior and exterior will receive sunlight. The design follows the traditional latino-american style, the results is a singular habitat where each room uniquely fragments and frames the surrounding landscape with openings on the walls that help appreciate the environment. This building has clover leaf shape that would look irregular at first, but when people get into the house and have a look at the surrounding, they will appreciate the design which gives the best views to the environment and landscape.

citation:

“Casa Trébol.” ESTUDIO FELIPE ESCUDERO, felipeescudero.com/casa-trebol/l5wtwbdlvg5xd4x4kgpjsb3efwe3uy.

This building is called Techitos warehouse in Ecuador. It was designed by architect Felipe Escudero. The design is characterized by gable roofs and geometry bounded by sharp cuts at it edges. The office is in smaller warehouses. the vaulted spaces make people enter the house feel like they have entered a gothic episode. The interior lights were designed to look like a sculpture, it makes the interior part of the building has the three dimensions feeling. The guard house at the front looks like a baby when compare to the main structure, which make the whole building looks like a family. In my opinion, this building looks very nice. It was designed as a work place, but also gives the feelings of warm and modernized.

citation:

“Techitos.” ESTUDIO FELIPE ESCUDERO, felipeescudero.com/techitos/qtab2uv9pogvxcrlao4p73gnzs06op.

I had the chance to visit the Michigan stadium in Detroit, Michigan two years ago. I went there to watch a soccer match between Manchester United and Liverpool. It was my first time being in such a big stadium, pretty much all the seats were occupied and were covered with the red color of the two teams. The building is huge and tall, it has many gates and at each gate, there are shops and stores to sell food, souvenirs. I love stadiums and want to visit all the famous stadiums in the world in the future.

One of the places that I have some bad memories of is my uncle’s house. He lives in another city far from my house and I didn’t have many chances to visit his house. I first visited him when I was 6 or 7 years old, I remembered when I first got there, I cried alot for no reason, he is very nice and all, i didnt know why I just can’t like him and his house. It’s an old style house with yellow wall, the gate is rusted and it gave me the cold, unsafe feeling.

Oklahoma city community college was the first college I attended before transfer to OU. I studied there for two years and had some good memories. I Remembered I was a little worried when I first go there, but the people and professors were very nice, they made me feel better. I met my friends over there and we did stupid things together. Somehow I always feel nostalgic whenever I think about it. It’s a good place to study and make friends.

The Imperial Palace, Hue

So last Christmas, me and my family went back to Vietnam to visit my family, I had the chance to visit the imperial city in Hue city. It’s the place for King and Queen live long time ago, it’s like the Forbidden palace in China but smaller. I would say it’ one of the most beautiful place I have ever visited. The palace is so huge it took me almost a day to just walk around. When I was there, I was very impressed by the buildings and big walls.