Coming full circle:
Community: In relation to community in design and in my experience over the past semester in learning about design I have found that community is a very important aspect in design. We have learned about community in my studio class when we were working on group assignments such as our pathways, edges, and boundaries, assignment. Also community has played a huge role just in the studio as a whole. When working in a studio type of classroom and workspace you have to have community you have to be respectful of others and their property the advantage of this is that there are people to help you that you can bounce ideas off of and that you can get to help you. In my drawing and studio class I have found the same thing to be true especially with the group project in my art class. The idea of community has taken a huge role in my learning this past semester and I would not have been as successful had it not been for the help of others by learning different techniques and ideas and so forth. Community in relation to my history and theory of design class can be talked about more in the sense of the community of architects and how architects build off of each other to move away from the past but also in design the idea of communities have in their own specific style. Roth talked about the architectural community here “Architecture, in contrast to all the other durable arts, requires the services and contributions of many hundreds of participants in large buildings.” (Roth 12) The photograph below is of our community of first year interior architecture students.
Stewardship: Stewardship is a good word in relation to this past semester. The word stewardship means how you handle what you have been given. When we are given an assignment in the design world we have to treat it like we are designing for ourselves you can’t approach design with the idea of oh I’m just going to throw something together and be done with it you have to get into your clients shoes and design from their perspective. “Certain blind termites build soaring arches of mud, starting at two distinct springing points, pushing their sections upward until they meet the air. (Roth 3) this quote speaks to innovation to me because if blind termites can find way to build a working living environment then we can to.
Innovation: The term innovation is something that relates to design when well. Being innovative is what design is all about. Design is about finding new ways to make something. An example of this would be in my studio class this last project that we did was to make a graduate lounge by only using built in furniture. We had to find innovative ways to make this lounge by designing all of it out of our own custom built ins. Roth defines architecture very simply and innovation is architecture “Architecture is the science and art of building.” (Roth 7)
Authenticity: Authenticity is a word that in a way goes back to the idea of community. When working in a group or in a studio as is the case for us, it is important for people to be authentic. When designing you can’t steal designs from other people you have to come up with your own design and your own ideas. Over this semester we have talked about authenticity especially about citing our sources. Roth gave us a good idea of what architecture is and as long as we stick to that Idea we should remain authentic “Architecture is understood to be the whole of the human built environment, including buildings, urban spaces, and landscapes.” (Roth 5)
Here are some pictures from the end of the semester projects.
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