3 Things to Inspire Your Weekend: #75

Quote of the day: 

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. 
-Nelson Mandela

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A former homeless man who spent his years selling Big Issue magazines on the streets of Cambridge in the UK has won a place at the city's renonwed University to study English literature. Geoff Edwards, 52, had gone through dark periods in his life involving itinerant farm work, unemployment, depression and homelessness. The Big Issue magazine was set up to help homeless people or those at risk of homelessness the opportunity to earn legitimate income. Founded in 1991, it was inspired by the Street News Newspaper sold by homeless people in New York.

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An Iranian Olympic weightlifting champion, Kianoush Rostami, has put his Rio 2016 gold medal up for auction to raise money for victims of a recent earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border. With hundreds of homes destroyed, the death toll rose to 400 with thousands injured. Rostami said he was "taking a step, however small" to help all those who were affected by the tremor. He is also to set up a donation fund for the victims.

As seen on Arch Daily, SEL House

Architects: CampoTaller
Location: Coyoacán, Mexico
Photographs: Moritz Bernoully

Brief: 

A modification and intervention of a 70's style house to adapt to the needs of the owners.

Theme:  Enhancing the visual connection between the house and its surroundings, as well as admitting daylight into all interior spaces hence the large windows with rectangular frames whici offers a generous view of the outside space. The wooden staircase in the house stands out as well as the roof terrace. A mixture of clay tiles, cement and wood finishing makes this a distinct house.



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