THE ANTHROPOSPHERE

This winter the UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning, which also houses Construction Management, changed their name to the College of Built Environments. I admit, I scoffed a little at first--built environments? Academic semantics. But I like their reasoning--the new title is more inclusive. And they're not just about buildings, you know. There are also transportation systems, gardens, entire cities to be planned and built and studied...

Anyway, it turns out the College of Built Environments is in lovely skylit building--lots of concrete, primary colors, and retro schoolrooms, with a terrace and an excellent view of the University Bridge and Portage Bay. And on that terrace, they host a happy hour every other week. Jaclyn, an Urban Planner, invited us to their Cinco de Drinko, where I took almost no photos, not even of the view. I guess those Environment Builders made me shy.








* Build it, then, of sticks and flowers in a jar, and sprigs of dill volunteering alongside the house. Build it of bikes, too many bikes, stacked in the hallway. Of dustbunnies and compost. Of soap and laundry and ink and paperclips. Books stacked on books. Electrical cords and junkmail. Lentils, oatmeal, grapefruit.