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Post 8: English Language Challenges

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My self-criticism about learning English at university is my self-criticism about learning English at university is my missed opportunity of the knowledge that my teachers used to teach me English. I know I could have learned more, and that's I regret. I believe that teachers are willing to teach us in the best way, always worried about not overloading ourselves with homework, it is something that I appreciate a lot.  Teachers use a variety of techniques to learn, speak, read, and listen but due to the national health crisis and the online classes, I did not learn as much English as I would like. I don't  practicing in class and forcing myself to speak as I did when I went to face to face classes.  my great difficulties speaking English is the speed with which I redact sentences. I can understand of what I read or hear in English but when I talking I'm nervous and my grammar and words get confused me. I believe that i...

Post 7: Changes to my Study Program

I am studying 5th semester of architecture and I think the university has several shortcomings both in its a building and in the curriculum. The first topic is the lack of adequate spaces for recreation and relaxation, I think that a college that teaches architecture focused on interior design and building, It should have optimal spaces for lunch and study. I didn´t like having lunch in the dining room, because there were always pigeons and trash. Another problem that always existed is the lack of study rooms available to work and the amount of book available to study. The second topic is the workload involved in all the subjects. The teachers struggle between hours spent in indirect study, they don't realize how much extra time we need to do homework. The workshop teachers assume that our full free time is to work on their subject but they don´t understand that the amount of work they request for consumes our time to work on other subjects. More ...

Post 6: Time Travel to the Future

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This is not ordinary question, but I give myself the freedoms of imagination and I answered that I can see the Mars's colonization in the future. I love my planet and its diversity that inhabit in earth. I wish global warming wasn't real, but it is. We are thought could happen in 200 years but now is reality in 80 years and the possibility of migration to mars it´s closer. Now is when emerges my essence as an architect. I´m imagining, How would it look the city in mars? or, Will the planet have to forests there? Will we be able to copy marine life? I think that in 100 more years, thank to life extension systems, one day Wednesday at noon,  I will be watching through the window of my intergalactic building on Mars. I image the city like to a big capsule in the desert,  huge skyscrapers floating because the people don't walk and small museum´s capsules on top of buildings for protect animals and vegetation. The car won't exist, it will have integrated into our nan...

Post 5: My Future Jobs

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I must confess that I did not enter the career of architecture for my own pleasure, but because my parents wanted me to obtain a university degree. For this reason, I am not very sure of exercising a future as an architect. I know I don't want to work in an office sitting all day. I like to be outdoors, to go out, to move. that does not replace the fact that you will most likely end up working in front of a computer. I have always liked interior design, color combinations, manual work, but I also know that as the world advances, we must prioritize the fight against climate change and its consequences. That is why I specialize in landscaping, sustainability and sustainability. It is an area that allows me to combine the design of a space, with the preservation of the natural area, delivering cozy and ecological places to the inhabitants.  I hope in the future to work as a consultant and designer of urban parks and sustainable and ecological housing sites for the reali...

Post 4: Cooking Recipes

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Thanks to Instagram, cooking recipes have become much more accessible and easy to find. From healthy recipes to elaborate desserts, the variability we found has never been greater. Nevertheless recipes that seem quick to make and that anyone can cook actually they aren't. I love cooking, I learned cooking techniques at 12 years old, when my mother needed help feeding us and doing housework. T henceforth,  I started researching and learning about cooking techniques and how aromas can help us combine different flavors. I must confess that I didn't  learn to cook for my own initiative, it was because of my obsession with sweets, since my mother did not cook those recipes for me because she did not know them or have the time to make them, so I decided to cook them myself.  At that time, Instagram was not yet so viral. At the beginning, when I asked my grandmother to help me cook Chilean recipes, such as calzones rotos and sopaipillas she ans...

Post 3: Architecture Specialization, Future Design

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I'm studying my fifth semester of architecture so I can choose specialization courses in landscaping and sustainability. I don't know if I really admire a building but I really like the work of a Chinese architecture studio. Turenscape works from urban and landscape design. Many of the work of this firm consist of revitalizing abandoned spaces, threatened by the accelerated urbanization of growing cities. Turenscape´s strategy was to create green sponge by implementing a stormwater wetland park and preserve natural habitats offering multiple services from the strengthening of ecosystems within the city.  Such as, the transformation of the wetland into a multifunctional water park, which collect, filters and stores rainwater, providing new recreational and aesthetic experiences for the city.  Another of its project consisted of generating a regenerative living recreational landscape through the restoration design strategy of a polluted river. Waterfalls and terraces are us...

Post 2: The Best Holidays Ever

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My first travel out of Chile was in 2015 to Colombia. My family and I decided to go to Cartagena de Indias, a very popular destination due to location on the Caribbean Sea and colonial architecture. Cartagena de Indias was one of the most important ports in Spanish America, so its cultural heritage and the essence of the city can still be appreciated in colorful streets and ancient structures. We were touring the city for 10 days, we visit museums and the fort built around the walled city. From the coast you can see how the city is protected by a great stone wall with tunnels and passageways designed to protect the Spanish from their invaders. The next 5 days of our trip we visited Isla Barú, a tourist destination known for its warm and turquoise waters. It's chosen to rest ofter the intense days of walking and touring realized in Cartagena. we practice windsurf and sail in catamaran. we taste exotic dishes and d...