Wind Power

Last week I travelled to Southwestern Ontario and I grabbed some photos of the wind turbine project being undertaken on the eastern shores of Lake Huron. The last time I poked around, I think 120+ turbines were being planned for the area, with about 20 up and running right now. Apparently this is a really great spot to generate wind power.

The photos don't do justice to the feeling of driving along the highway and suddenly seeing dozens of these things, as far as the eye can see. That is a beautiful sight!

Equipment

Throughout the past year at school, I was told over and over again that I focused too much on "the product" and not enough on process or experience. It was a fair and valid point, because that's exactly what I do. In architecture, I'm not sure that's a good thing, but coming from an education in product design, it's a pretty normal thing for me to do.

So in honour of the profs this past year who tried ever so hard to pull me out of my obsession with "things," here are some photos I took with my friend SB. As far as I can tell, this is a small steam plant that would have supplied heat and maybe electricity to the stockyard building nearby.