Constructed Environments Studio: BRIDGE V

BRIDGE I:

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BRIDGE I was a great project to start off the semester.  Working in small groups we were able to get to know some of our new classmates, and was lucky enough to have a very strong group who I feel all worked very well together to create a presentation with aesthetic and content consistency.  We did not ever meet because of a busy first week, but managed to stay in contact throughout the whole process and ended up not hindering our final result.

 

BRIDGE II:

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BRIDGE II was a kickstarter project to lead the way of the rest of the semesters work and research, and provided an active learning experience in research of an area.  It was fun to dive into a neighborhood of the city and begin to acquire an in-depth understanding of certain forces that play a part in the city we live in.  Visiting Crown Heights ended up being an amazing choice for an area of study, and made instant connections with people from the area and systems playing a role in the community.

 

BRIDGE III:

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BRIDGE III was a point in my research of Crown Heights where I was deep into the history and urbanization of the neighborhood, as well as trying to go through all of my own physical research and documentation I had taken during visits. Through cross examining my history research with my own documentation, I began to focus on zoning and the built environment, but was bogged down by too much information to reach a conclusion on what it was I was looking at.

BRIDGE IV:

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BRIDGE IV wrapped up the semesters research into an intervention, and through discoveries of recent opposition in February that shut down a development plan in Crown Heights, I had found a site and direct plan of intervention. My goal in making my model was to create a very clean model that got my idea across, and exist in a realistic location of my site.  Using the laser lab, CNC shop, and vacuum press my models materials juxtapose to simply read information that I carefully chose represent. Ex: geographical location, greenhouse, water collection, the public, seasons.

 

SUCCESSES:

  • I believe that my searches, and not being content with most sources lead me to very factual articles and zoning proposals that answered very specific questions and helped my research form factual and in-depth presentations.
  • Because of my modelmaking last year it was nice to have a grasp on the making and focus on using new techniques with the labs the school offers to create very clean models using lazer printing, vacuum forming, CNC cutting, and even some base welding.

FAILURES:

  • I wish that I had kept up my learning portfolio on time, and be able to have everything documented the night before class.
  • I was able to get to Crown Heights a lot, and did a lot of walking and documentation, but wish I had gotten more involved in the community if I had more time. I missed my town meeting, and had more conversations rather than intensive interviews.  This helped my research more but did not provide a variety of  answers to an exact same question.

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