Aquaculture Pond

As I mentioned before I'm working on a project in Pelahatchie. I'm trying to create a research sustainable center and Eco Village community, for the last 3 months I read a lot of different articles and journals. While reading those researches I  found an interesting element and it's called Aquacultural Pond; In Aquaculture ponds systems, the sewage water flows through a series of ponds with floating aquatic plant. I added this series of ponds and link it with my research center. I will post the Final posters soon... very soon... but now I will share some of the details that I found on the Internet.

This is very Useful Link :http://water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/upload/design.pdf

Typical scheme of a waste stabilisation system: An anaerobic, facultative and maturation pond in series

Please check this for the Source: http://www.sswm.info/category/implementation-tools/wastewater-treatment/hardware/semi-centralised-wastewater-treatments/w

Wrestlmania 30: A dream came true

This year my brother Amer and I decided to go to Wrestlemania & Hall of Fame event, these two event were held in New Orleans. It was a wonderful experience, when we were young it was a dream for us to go and attend one of the WWE events. This year 2014 the dream come true. What happened is amazing, my favorite wrestler and performer WWE superstar the Undertaker lost for the first time ever at Wrestlemania. The streak is Over and I was proud to be part of Wrestlemania 30. By the way there was around 80,000 people attending this huge event. 

Here are some picture for the two event that me and my brother attended last April:

From Art to Landscape

My friend hardy gave me a book last week and told me it out, It is really interesting. The book name is " From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design" by W. Gary Smith, Smith is one of North America's leading landscape designers, he is specializes in botanical gardens, arboreturns, public art installation, and privet gardens. Smith many awards from different associations and societies (ASLA).

In his book Smith discussed the artists tools in garden design, creativity while designing. Moreover, he wrote about sketching, painting, and drawings as a ways of seeing. I found this really interesting because sketching and painting is our way to communicate with people, it's our way of selling our ideas and show them to the world. Check his book he merged the ecological and cultural themes together. 

Some of W. Gary Smith works:

Art to Landscape, Landscape to Art by W. GARY SMITH

Planting plan for the xeric “Dry Garden.Designed by W. Gary Smith

His book includes different kinds of drawings, paintings you have to check it out. Everybody has his own way to design, and I think Gary has an amazing way to create spaces and places. 

The Garden of The Prophet...

I just wanted to share with you one of my Favorite Quotes for Khalil Gibran from his book "The Garden of The Prophet"

“Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion.
Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave
and eats a bread it does not harvest.

Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,
and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful.

Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream,
yet submits in its awakening.

Pity the nation that raises not its voice
save when it walks in a funeral,
boasts not except among its ruins,
and will rebel not save when its neck is laid
between the sword and the block.

Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox,
whose philosopher is a juggler,
and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking

Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting,
and farewells him with hooting,
only to welcome another with trumpeting again.

Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years
and whose strongmen are yet in the cradle.

Pity the nation divided into fragments,
each fragment deeming itself a nation.”

― Khalil Gibran, The Garden of The Prophet

The story behind the High Line Park ...

      The High Line, a new park atop an elevated rail structure on Manhattans West Side, is among the most Innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. The story of how it came to be is a remarkable one: two young citizens with no prior experience in planning and development collaborated with their neighbors, elected officials, artists, local business owners, and leaders of burgeoning movement of horticulture worldwide as a model for creatively designed, socially vibrant, ecologically sound space ( David and Hammond, 2011).

      The importance of studying the High line park is the transformation of the Death Avenue to an urban garden, and the way of the recycling of the railway into urban park that has spurred real estate development in the neighborhoods which lie along the line. According to Pamela Hartford, the High Line was under threat of demolition, it has been resurrected as a park, and it was considered as one of the 10 landscape design projects that turn damaged and spaces into healthy, beautiful environments .

      Also, one of the great delights of the high line is the mix of the architectural styles with different colors and textures that represent virtually every period of the city’s history. “The high line is a great, unfolding gallery where this urban work of art can viewed in real time” (La Farge, 20e12). For example, there are many building designed by famous architects overlooking the High Line Park such as the sail building by Frank Gehry, the Metal Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban, and many others.

Im sharing with you the images that I took last summer for the High Line

Amazing tour of New York City

This is an amazing, time-lapse video by Cameron Michael, I found this video in Youtube, I had  a wonderful stay in NYC last summer, I had the opertunity to do my internship there, moreover, I went to the Highline several times to do my research there. Check out the movie its great movie. 

"This time-lapse production has been a wild and exhilarating ride, with a lot of physical work lugging my 120-130 pounds of gear around all of Manhattan. I bended (broke) some laws and made a ton of friends. Thank you all for your support and please feel free to help out a starving artist and share this video with the world" by Cameron Michael. 

The prophet

Last week my sister called me and told me about her latest books she has read which was The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. I heard a lot about the book and how amazing it was. So I decided to read it. I finished it in one setting and I loved the book. 

Gibran's writing is very beautiful and attracts you to keep reading the book till the last page. Whenever I liked something from the book, I wrote down the page number in order to go back and reread it. This book explains everything about life, from birth to death. I highly recommend this book because it's a book that literally explains life.

One of my favorite quotes:

“Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you, 
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.”- The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Thank you Paul and Tina

Hey guys I found this video for "sing language" Its really amazing, I loved the video, Dont forget to see the other acoounts and visit Paul and Tina page on FACEBOOK!! By the way Congrats Paul and Tina, I just knew that you recently got married...

For more info visit their page : https://www.facebook.com/ptsignalong

Muscadine Jubilee 2014

I went to the the Muscadine jubilee this year, it is a great event in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, "For over 30 years, thousands of people have been coming to Pelahatchie late in the summer to pay homage to the
muscadine grape, famed ingredient in southern wines, pies, and jellies. The Muscadine Jubilee is Pelahatchie’s premier event. The event begins with the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Later, the crowds assemble at Muscadine Park for food, fun, arts and crafts, music, and of course, the Grape Stomp!"

For more info here is the link: http://pelahatchie.org/?page_id=49

Here is the pictures that i took for the  "Muscadine Jubilee 2014"

Yogi on the lake

Last September I had the opportunity to visit Yogi on the Lake in Pelahatchie, Mississippi with my colleagues, we were assigned to design two projects there... I took some pictures, it was really an amazing place to visit. It was a new experience, going from a place to another is wonderful.

 Main Entrance and Playground

 Sunset and the lake

 Our Cabins

 The Lake and the white ducks

 Our Cabins

 Our Cabins

The white ducks

This is a strong Message

Capture the Moment

One of my favorite hobbies has always been photography. It was a way for me to go out and take pictures in order to stay relaxed. I loved it because it's a way of keeping memories. The memories that I wish will always be there for me. When I travel, my camera is one thing that I would never forget. I believe capturing the moment is something unique and magnificent. There will be a time were I will look back at these pictures and be grateful that I actually took them. 

Some of the pictures that I took while traveling.