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He Was An Architect By Ashon Crawley | NPR
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In my undergraduate studies I was able to take two courses from the architecture major. We learned a lot about design, cultivated attention to the built environment. My professors emphasized imagining things as they
could be, if only we had the fortitude and verve to bring those things we sensed with our imagination into being. I loved it. One of my favorite parts of those classes was creating section drawings of imagined spaces. As Frank Ching writes in his hallowed reference text
Architectural Graphics, A section is an orthographic projection of an object as it would appear if cut through by an intersecting plane. It opens up the object to reveal its internal material, composition, or assembly.
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Little Richard in the studio, circa 1959. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
In my undergraduate studies I was able to take two courses from the architecture major. We learned a lot about design, cultivated attention to the built environment. My professors emphasized imagining things as they
could be, if only we had the fortitude and verve to bring those things we sensed with our imagination into being. I loved it. One of my favorite parts of those classes was creating section drawings of imagined spaces. As Frank Ching writes in his hallowed reference text
Reginald Hudlin knew from the moment he read the script that he had to direct âSafety.â
âI just loved the real-life struggles,â Hudlin said. âI feel like thatâs the situation of so many people across the country, but we donât really see that on film.â
The drama based on the true story of Ray McElrathbey. While attempting to navigate his freshman year as a Clemson University football player, he takes on the added responsibility of raising his 11-year-old little brother because their mother is in the throes of addiction.
âThis is a movie that is inspirational,â Hudlin said. âIt will make you cry. It will make you laugh â and it will make you want to be a better person.â