Monday, September 03, 2012
Haiku Winner: New Christine
So many good ones last Friday... too many winners to pick just one.
Still, that's kind of my job, so I'll go with this one from New Christine:
Renee's words give flight
To visions forgot or new
A journey delight
Using both "Journey" and "flight" to describe the work of a 35-year airline employee? A+!
New Christine, of course, is an architect, a field most of us know only through the work of one "Mike Brady," who seemed mostly to work at home. Architects are important of course... and I have always wished that I could have taken the class once offered by Dan Freed (my sentencing mentor) and Phillip Johnson at Yale-- where one law student and one architecture student were paired to design a prison.
New Christine, though, is well-known not only for fabulous house designs, but also for her fascinating take on public buildings. Her new city hall for the town of Anoka has several creative features, including a goose livery and a "living history" display on the roof of the building, which not only serves as a county detention facility, but generates 50% of Anoka's electrical power through low-polluting prisoner activities. She also is responsible for the sliding wall at Target Field, which allows the Twins to face a 280-foot wall in left field, whereas opponents are looking at a 385-foot shot from home plate.
All hail, New Christine!
Still, that's kind of my job, so I'll go with this one from New Christine:
Renee's words give flight
To visions forgot or new
A journey delight
Using both "Journey" and "flight" to describe the work of a 35-year airline employee? A+!
New Christine, of course, is an architect, a field most of us know only through the work of one "Mike Brady," who seemed mostly to work at home. Architects are important of course... and I have always wished that I could have taken the class once offered by Dan Freed (my sentencing mentor) and Phillip Johnson at Yale-- where one law student and one architecture student were paired to design a prison.
New Christine, though, is well-known not only for fabulous house designs, but also for her fascinating take on public buildings. Her new city hall for the town of Anoka has several creative features, including a goose livery and a "living history" display on the roof of the building, which not only serves as a county detention facility, but generates 50% of Anoka's electrical power through low-polluting prisoner activities. She also is responsible for the sliding wall at Target Field, which allows the Twins to face a 280-foot wall in left field, whereas opponents are looking at a 385-foot shot from home plate.
All hail, New Christine!
