Tabula rasa.

With a new year approaching and the pandemic still lingering, my first blog post aims to explore a new approach to an architectural practice and not a typical, trite resolution. I will be striving to re-imagine or re-tool the canvas of today’s stodgy architectural practice. My ultimate goal is to establish a clean slate or a ‘tabula rasa,’ in which it provides exceptional design with recession-proof and sustainable income streams. Given the current state of how we live, this blog will provide insights and ideas that help others with their next project, the inquisitive student, or decipher the subtle nuances of an architectural lifestyle, all in a digital format.

I want tf_wrks to embody thoughtful, environmentally responsible design strategies, while depicting site analysis, theory, design and construction. Architects, now more than ever, should be thinking differently about how a person uses a space, rather than how it photographs for an industry magazine’s perennial award spread. For me, there is an intense yearning for structures and landscapes that span generations but also respond to the modern world in which we live, all the while avoiding self-indulgent notoriety. But hey, are we not architects? Egomaniacal behavior and inflated egos come with the territory.

Feel free to follow along with the first project located on a lake in Montana followed by next year’s New England farm project. I will be documenting the process here on the blog, Instagram and eventually making YouTube videos in the future to bring it to a larger audience. Wishing you a prosperous new year.