26.05.2006 Lou Cristofferson and I traveled to Burmingham today. We were scheduled for BRE but a miscommunication resulted into some impromptu itinerary that turned into a great day in Burmingham and further into Edinburgh, Scotland. In Burmingham we started our day by visiting the airport followed by travel to the shopping epicenter of Birmingham from here we headed in whatever whimsical direction or part of town we wanted to investigate. I found that many of the shopping centers were well day lit and some were even open to the outdoors and the elements. Later we found ourselves at the “spirit of the world exhibition”. It contained mini profiles and images of animals. It put the life of the earth in great perspective. With this quote “If the Earth had formed a year ago, on January 1, life would have appeared on February 26, dinosaurs would have arrived on December 10 to vanish 16 days later, and Homo sapiens would only have showed up very late on December 31 a few minutes later, in less than one minute, man would have drastically altered the fragile balance between land seas and atmosphere.” After the spirit of the world exhibition. We visited Self-Ridges – it is a blob that evolves from a less daring piece of architecture in a very elegant way. The façade is covered by aluminum discs. It also contains reflective elements that interact with its neighboring cathedral on other surroundings creating an interesting contrast. Once inside the building we discovered the famously published escalators. We were fortunate to be there on a very sunny day where the space was very well day lit in particular spaces. I also took note of the exposed HVAC and duct work. This ended our trip to Birmingham, from here we headed up to Edinburgh, Scotland. The English and Scottish countryside quite breathtaking. From the train I was able to see the ever so often small town pod of density, followed by countryside, followed by trailer park. This was a reoccurring theme with noted spotting of a nuclear power plant and a skate park.
UK and Europe Tour 2006
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