The urban sprawl of New York city has affected Crown Heights since the early 1900’s. Over the past 100 years the neighborhood has changed from being a destination of farmland and countryside homes, to a bustling main street with the extension of the Fulton St train reaching Franklin Avenue. As a result of urbanization, homes […]
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Constructed Environments Studio: BRIDGE V
BRIDGE I: LINK 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 […]
Constructed Environments Studio: BRIDGE IV – Work in Process & Timeline
Timeline * Week 12 – Sketches, start of section drawing, start of rhino drawing * Week 13 – Rhino drawing, pink insulation block, and CNC consultation complete, model prototype complete at end of week. Finish inside of model before CNC is complete Organize all presentable material * Week 14 – All due Work […]
Constructed Environments Studio: BRIDGE IV – Process & Timeline
Timeline – Notes – Sketches 1:2 Scale of Model Inspiration for Model
Constructed Environments Studio: BRIDGE IV – Crown Height Process
Small Model Sketches Zoning/Mapping
Constructed Environments Studio: #22 – Scamper Exercise
What can be Substituted in our customer service? Large developments due to affordable housing zoning that allows that building of taller structured that block views, Botanic Gardens, lifestyle. What can be Combined with our service to make it better? Larger variety and funding to offer sustainable and creative designs that tie into and combine different areas of […]
Constructed Environments Studio: #23 – Ted Talks
Resource Abundance by Design A Ted Talk by William McDonough, goes over the abundance of resource, and systems that show this, or work to find a solution of waste. McDonough shows many ways of thinking that simply reuse in all sort of materials to reduce waste and sustainably create new products or solutions. He is […]
Constructed Environments Studio: #18 – Short Video Refelections
Should Smart City Build From Scratch In this short video, they cover the creation of new pop up cities that are designed as a whole for the people, and can have invisible security or be sustainable enough to live off the grid for up to three days. The video brings insight into how design can […]
Constructed Environments Studio: #20 – Tim Brown, CEO and President of IDEO Reflection
Tim Brown, CEO and President of IDEO, gives a presentation on design thinking brings insight into his process of thinking, and what he believes is the priority of design. He goes over concepts to think about problem solving, how thinking divergently creates new choices rather than just the best out of the available, and how […]
Constructed Environments Studio: BRIDGE III
While visiting my neighborhood of Crown Heights I learned very quickly of the racial tension that plays a deep roll in the history and creation of the Brooklyn Hub. Through the assigned videos, research, and first hand experiences with residents of the area, I learned about the fast development of Crown Heights in the early […]