Project Reflection Growing my own material was definitely a very rewarding experience. Words cannot describe how happy I was when I opened the lid this morning and saw the formulation of my leather. When I first began this project, I had doubts in whether I would actually be able to successfully create a reaction due to several […]
WEEK 5: SOUNDS
Recorded Tracks Sound Concentration Points Three Location Indications (1) Monday 3:30PM; Subway Platform (2) Monday 6:30PM; Station Common Area (3) Monday 9:30PM; Ground Floor to Subway Stairs
Sound and Space: Create a Room
Tracks Settings/Diagrams Settings: Elevator > Apartment Hallway > Apartment Character: Middle-Aged woman returning home after an exhausting day at work. Original Plot: The character waits for the elevator to arrive at her floor. She exits the elevator and steps into the hallway. While walking towards the apartment, she passes through an apartment under construction. […]
Repair: Part 2
Trip Reflection The speaker that inspired me the most from this UN trip would be the Ambassador of Denmark that spoke about the sustainability in relation to design and architecture of Copenhagen. Her introduction and examples of what it meant to “copenhagenize” a place really led me to understand that sustainability is really valued in […]
Birdge 2 Project: Sight
1st Set of Images 2nd Set of Images Space Reflection Final 10 Images
Project 2: Single Image
SITE: 14TH STREET UNION SQUARE STATION Final Image Project Reflection The rest of my images are the documentation of my process. I photographed all the exits to see which one would best fit the project. Later on, I went back to the site to take the second set of photographs of each individual exits in […]
Repair: Part 1
Prompt 1: 1. Ask a Question The object I would like to repair is a green jacket gifted by my best friend as a birthday present for my 18th birthday. The jacket was stained with acrylic last year when I was working on a painting for Drawing and Imaging class. Since then I could no […]
Bridge 2 Project : Experiential Site Analysis
PROJECT SIGHT WEEK 3: BODY MEASURE + TOUCH SIGHT MEASUREMENT DIAGRAMS TEXTURE RUBBINGS NOTE: The pictures were taken the day after body measurements & texture rubbings. WEEK 4: SIGHT + TASTE WEEK 5: SOUND + SMELL
Sustainable Systems: Long Life Design
1) How would you describe Nagaoka’s “non-designing” design practices? Nagaoka’s non-designing practices involve the recycling, reviving, and repurposing of old and unwanted designs and design ideas. 2) How do your opinions of “good” design compare with Nagaoka’s? Would you define good design differently, how so? My opinion of a “good” design is one that is able […]
Project 1: Are we there yet?
Map Walk 1: West Village During my West Village walk, I detected some noticeable transitions from the commercial to the residential zone. Some of the transitions include the scale and height of buildings, the number of stores, the number of pedestrians, the speed of which vehicles traveled, the size of roads, as well as the […]