Karen



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MY PERSONAL PROFILE media type="file" key="Karen's_personal_profile.wma" Hi! My name is Karen Gascón, I’m 18 years old and I study architecture at the Simon Bolivar. I love my career because it’s very creative but precise too, and definitely this is the perfect place to study. I have a brother who is  studying mechanical engineering at [|USB] . I don’t know if I have a hobby but I like to watch movies, music and go to the beach with my friends. Also I like animals very much and take care of them. When I was a little kid I wanted to be a veterinarian but now I’m very happy with architecture because I can do everything I imagine in my head and do it in my projects. MY PROFESSIONAL PROFILE media type="file" key="Karen's_professionalprofile.wma"

I graduated at USB in 2012 and I did a postgraduate course in the area of design in Barcelona. I finished my studies in Milan and now I am working in an office that I created by myself with another’s three architects. We work together in construction projects and remodeling apartments, houses and different spaces. I am very happy being an architect because I can make my dreams come true in other houses and share my ideas. I like to see the happy faces of my clients when I finish my work. I like that they tell me what they want to do and then try to do the best. I think that my career is perfect for me because I don’t have to work 24 hours a day. I depend on my client but I have time for me and my family, too. DISPLAY AD media type="file" key="Karen´s_display_ad.wma" E-ZINE X-PRESS-IT!

media type="file" key="kAREN_ezine_description.wma" X-Press-IT is the magazine where you can publish what you want about architecture, design and style. It is the perfect magazine for those who love different ways to X-Press architecture. A site to imagine, and contemplate the innovations of today. The object of this magazine is to show you, in a graphic way, the best architecture and styles.

media type="file" key="Karen´s_interview.wav"INTERVIEW Good morning everyone, my name is Nohelia Gonzalez and I am a reporter from Venezuela. Today we are interviewing architect Karen Gascon, one of the most famous architects right now. Let’s meet Karen… • Hi Karen, how are you? Hi, Nohelia. I’m fine thanks • So tell me, where did you graduate? I graduated at USB, Venezuela. • And where did you do your other studies? I finished my studies in Milan and I did a postgraduate course in the area of design in Barcelona. • What are you working on right now? I am working in an office that I created by myself with another’s three architects • And you have a firm, don’t you? Yes, I have a company where we worked in construction projects and remodelling apartments, houses and different spaces. • Who did you use as an inspiration for starting your professional career? Well, my inspiration for start my professional career always was Mies Van Der Rohe. • What do you like the most of being an architect? I am very happy being an architect because I can make my dreams come true in other houses and share my ideas. • What are you planning for the future? Do you have an important project right now? Well, I’m working in a design of a Hotel in Massachusetts. • What do you prefer, designing houses or big buildings? I prefer remodel houses but design and see the construction of big buildings. Nice, well Karen, I know you are really busy, so thank you for your time; it had been a pleasure to interview you. See you in the future!

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Why Stonehenge? Why this particular stones? Have they something special? I think it`s really amazing how this civilization created a monumental icon without technology. And also how they lifted a stone of around 50 tons in weight and put it so high on top of another one. Stonehenge, in England, was built around 2400-2200 BC., I am very impressed because these persons could make a spectacular scene with the hell stone. This stone create a frame to the sun rise in the summer mornings; I suppose that scene should be paralyzing__.__ The evolution of these citizens must have been amazing. Stonehenge has three periods; in the first two some stones appeared, then holes in the exterior area of the circle and later the post-holes. And the third period holds the most important changes: the erected stones, an altar and they also made other two concentric rings of pits. The function of Stonehenge is not clear but maybe they used it as a temple or perhaps like an astronomical calendar because of the holes! Can you imagine living in that age and thinking about a calendar? I really can`t…..