Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
experience essay:
Essay about our experience:
Symbol group 6's experience with the various requirements to support human activities and needs at first was confusion and frustration because of misunderstanding the intentions of the exercise at first. Even after clarification, there was still a level of frustration because of the limits which caused several aspects of our designs to change. We also found that making a diagram was no longer quite as simple as it used to be. Suddenly we had to look up dimensions and numbers to apply to our diagram. We would recommend to other designers that they attempt to consider the needs of their clients and coding early on in the design process so that later on the changes won't be so drastic when they try and accommodate their design to fit the standards. This will save them a lot of problems later on. Codes help design by creating generalization and making people familiar with the objects the codes are applied to even if they haven’t seen these objects in that particular context before.The client will recognize a door frame for example because that is the size of a door frame in every other building they have entered. We anticipate that codes will change our work by making the design process more structured. This will both add to the ease and difficulty. With codes in place, suddenly we know the dimensions for our design, but it also limits to some extent what we can do. Keeping actual standards in mind means that we can no longer pick arbitrary numbers for a hallway.
Symbol group 6's experience with the various requirements to support human activities and needs at first was confusion and frustration because of misunderstanding the intentions of the exercise at first. Even after clarification, there was still a level of frustration because of the limits which caused several aspects of our designs to change. We also found that making a diagram was no longer quite as simple as it used to be. Suddenly we had to look up dimensions and numbers to apply to our diagram. We would recommend to other designers that they attempt to consider the needs of their clients and coding early on in the design process so that later on the changes won't be so drastic when they try and accommodate their design to fit the standards. This will save them a lot of problems later on. Codes help design by creating generalization and making people familiar with the objects the codes are applied to even if they haven’t seen these objects in that particular context before.The client will recognize a door frame for example because that is the size of a door frame in every other building they have entered. We anticipate that codes will change our work by making the design process more structured. This will both add to the ease and difficulty. With codes in place, suddenly we know the dimensions for our design, but it also limits to some extent what we can do. Keeping actual standards in mind means that we can no longer pick arbitrary numbers for a hallway.
shelter bus
Each of the two buses were designed to fit a particular need for hurricane prevention. Once bus is designed for counceling and the secound was designed for damage prevention. The damaged prevention bus will include materials such as wood, nails , tools, batteries, and flash lights, along with many other items. This project was one of the most dificult assigned thus far since we had to work with boundaries such as dimensions and limits.
bus shelter interview
Our group had to interview people at the bus stops, and get their feed back on issues of riding the bus. Please click the link which will take you to yoube.com to view group 6 interview.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmhCLGI7FEU
tornado's
After designing our bus shelter, We were asked to think of a natural disasters and come up with a shelter that would protect from the natural disaster. We reasearched different natural disadters, as we looked through Youtube there was a video that really influences us to design for tornado's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SnTlC_PpPY. We did researched and realized that dome structures are the most dependable against tornado's because the wind curves to the sides and not over the structure. This research really influenced our design, The reason why the actual structure is underground is for more protection.
Bus shelter
In our studio class, we have been give the task to design a bus shelter that would be located on the corner of Tate street and Spring Garden, right out side of the Weatherspoon art museum. My group members (Megan,Chelsea,and Sara) and I decided to make a shelter that would protect against the rain, and would allow one to see the bus coming. Our design also gives a great amount of sitting space.Friday, September 19, 2008
CODES
This sign code below represents where the sign will be placed to show where the people would pick up all the donations.
The Proxemics below shows how much space is available for each person to have. This also shows how many people fit in the beach.
The Sketch belows represents the height of the bus shelter, compared to the average height of a human.
The Proxemics below shows how much space is available for each person to have. This also shows how many people fit in the beach.
The Sketch belows represents the height of the bus shelter, compared to the average height of a human.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The 3 R's
We never know what other people have experienced until we put ourselves in each other’s shoes. When this assignment was given to us, I began to read the instructions and the missions we had to complete in order to successfully accomplish the assignment. The first thing I did from the three R’s was riding.
A group of students and I took the Greensboro public bus around town. When I first thought about riding the bus, I thought it would be like riding the Spartan Chariot, little did I know the public bus was completely different. As I got on the bus I felt as if everyone on there was judging me. I felt like the people on their looked at me as if I didn’t belong on the bus, People looked at us as if we were rich girls in a sense, I felt that was because most of the people on the bus looked as if they were of lower class. I got the impression that people thought our group were tourist because we were trying to document as much as we could by taking pictures.
When I got back home from the bus ride, I began the reading on Civility and Civil Rights. I believe that being on the bust first really made me understand the reason why I felt the way I did. I think that even though we are more accepting toward other races, people are always going to judge you on simple things such as the clothing you are wearing on the hand bag you are carrying. I believe that from those observations others make simple judgments that may not be true.
As I was doing the reading, some key moments that stood out the most to me where when it talked about, how parents would want to move their children to a different school because it was closer, but they would be denied that right. It also surprised me when a student with excellent grades was denied the transfer request, and the response that was given was what surprised me over all, they stated that if she was moved she may lose concentration on her grades would begin to fall. On the bus ride some key moments that stood out the most was when I first entered the bus. I remember clearly walking down the aisle trying to get to a seat. Everyone was looking at me up and down judging me. I also remember the way people were staring at us as a group when we were trying to take pictures of building and other things.
From this experience I have learned that we have progressed so much from the time of slavery to now. I think that we have moved forward but there is still more progress ahead of us. As a minority I feel like I can relate more closely to what happen during slavery because in a sense being Hispanic in this country is really hard you’re looked at very differently, especially if you can’t communicate as easily because of the language barrier.
A group of students and I took the Greensboro public bus around town. When I first thought about riding the bus, I thought it would be like riding the Spartan Chariot, little did I know the public bus was completely different. As I got on the bus I felt as if everyone on there was judging me. I felt like the people on their looked at me as if I didn’t belong on the bus, People looked at us as if we were rich girls in a sense, I felt that was because most of the people on the bus looked as if they were of lower class. I got the impression that people thought our group were tourist because we were trying to document as much as we could by taking pictures.
When I got back home from the bus ride, I began the reading on Civility and Civil Rights. I believe that being on the bust first really made me understand the reason why I felt the way I did. I think that even though we are more accepting toward other races, people are always going to judge you on simple things such as the clothing you are wearing on the hand bag you are carrying. I believe that from those observations others make simple judgments that may not be true.
As I was doing the reading, some key moments that stood out the most to me where when it talked about, how parents would want to move their children to a different school because it was closer, but they would be denied that right. It also surprised me when a student with excellent grades was denied the transfer request, and the response that was given was what surprised me over all, they stated that if she was moved she may lose concentration on her grades would begin to fall. On the bus ride some key moments that stood out the most was when I first entered the bus. I remember clearly walking down the aisle trying to get to a seat. Everyone was looking at me up and down judging me. I also remember the way people were staring at us as a group when we were trying to take pictures of building and other things.
From this experience I have learned that we have progressed so much from the time of slavery to now. I think that we have moved forward but there is still more progress ahead of us. As a minority I feel like I can relate more closely to what happen during slavery because in a sense being Hispanic in this country is really hard you’re looked at very differently, especially if you can’t communicate as easily because of the language barrier.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
First week of classes
This first week of classes was very stressful. I have many classes this semester and I felt like i could not keep up with the classes. I found that studio was by far the most stressful class i had that whole week because it required more time and concentration than my other classes. At times i felt as if I would not get all my assigned work done, but in the end I ended up getting everything done. By far this semester has so far has been the most stressful.
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