The AWOL Architect

Hi Readers, I have a few ideas for my next blog post, but thought I would open it up to you as well....what do you want to know about my work in India? Or is there anything you'd like to ask me about architecture or design? Please post in questions or ideas below on this BLOG post only. Kind Regards,  Allison (Ali) G. Stout  (NOTE: Pictures below are from our presentation day at RNS Architecture School in Bangalore, India) 

Hi Readers,  I am sad to announce I didn't get the scholarship, but I am still motivated by the research idea.  I will wait until I return to Australia to pick it up again as construction of the Anganwadi at Bondalawada is taking precedence as we move to the final weeks before completion!  Today's post is a result of the firm I work for in Australia, MODE Design, asking me to provide some update for the internal staff newsletter.  It wasn't until I read the email aloud to my TAP colleague here I realised it should also be a blog post.... As you know, I started volunteering in late November 2018 and construction should finish on the 30th of April, 2019.  In that time we've conducted extensive community engagement, design consultation with the village teacher, and the children who are aged 0-6 in the community (mother's are alongside for those under 3).  We've produced a full set of documentation for tendering and are currently overseeing the con...

"Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge." - Abraham Joshua Heschel Hi Readers, I have been MIA, sincere apologies for going truly AWOL....but I was being productive... I applied for a scholarship to research something this week. The below Pecha Kucha talk from when I organised the Broome Pecha Kucha reminded me to just go for it ( https://www.pechakucha.com/cities/broome/presentations/the-bhag )! I did. I am currently a finalist and awaiting outcome to be announced this afternoon. Am I scared - YES! Have I put forward a challenge that pushes my intellectual capabilities - YES! Can I do it if successful - YES! So, as I say all too often...BRING IT (on) MUTHAF#CKER! Below is my submission, because even if I am not successful I now have the ground work to keep pushing this mad scientist side of me that has been dormant since highschool! I loved science but it was not put forward as a career path for me as a young woman, so it was never considered.... ...