Community = People, Planet Profit. The Seattle Public Library: Koolhaas is a great representation of community. This coming together to lighten and enlighten one another in an educational building. The libraries structure causes you to interact with the structure by its organic form and shifting walls. The colors used and dewy decimal system imprinted on the floor makes circulation easy and creates this flow within the interaction of community. “The return on a public structure is not merely the task that it facilitates. It is the whole pleasure that it provides the community” (Roth 137). This pleasure and support that a building alone can provide a community is meaningful. A great relation to community is our second year studio Community by Design. I feel that our year still has this sense of community among one another. We are open to each others ideas and appreciate the work exhibited by each other. One great design was the bus shelter. It did evoke a sense of community especially since I was involved in the events committee and interacted with everyone outside of IARC. Putting together that final presentation and having it go so well was an ample moment in my design schooling.
Stewardship is related to sustainable design, giving back to the earth. Buildings must have purpose and be built to last. Like the pyramids lasting over 10,000 years, builders today should keep this sustainability in mind. Using natural resources and materials is a great step toward sustainability and better stewardship for one another. “The lifecycle of materials must also be borne in mind, and acceptable levels of disposability or recycling attained” (Massey 219). In light of the end of the semester reusing materials is essential not only because a ran out of money, however to recycle and reduce waste. I would like to continue this sustainable approach to my following projects. Reducing the amount of materials I purchase for each project and substituting it with material I already own.
Innovation is clearly what designers live for. An innovative impressive project would be the Water Cube in Beijing. This sense of water and luminous effect among the walls take innovation to a new level. The idea that plastic bubbles inflated become walls to a National Aquatics Center is immeasurable. "A sustainable approach to materials is enhanced by the careful use of energy" ( Massey 222). Following this the inulation that the Water Cube has, cuts energy costs and is a sustainable structure.
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Coming full Circle I believe that history especially in design is influenced since the beginning of time with the creation of the pyramids and stone henge. However, we have come a long way. Builidings representing new things like flight or victory are being built. The use of materials and inventions of new technologies helped influence design. Like the nautilus shell I believe originality will be coiled within history. It will take a new evolution of designers to break away from "the box" break rules, at which point they will become the authentic.
Stewardship is related to sustainable design, giving back to the earth. Buildings must have purpose and be built to last. Like the pyramids lasting over 10,000 years, builders today should keep this sustainability in mind. Using natural resources and materials is a great step toward sustainability and better stewardship for one another. “The lifecycle of materials must also be borne in mind, and acceptable levels of disposability or recycling attained” (Massey 219). In light of the end of the semester reusing materials is essential not only because a ran out of money, however to recycle and reduce waste. I would like to continue this sustainable approach to my following projects. Reducing the amount of materials I purchase for each project and substituting it with material I already own.
Innovation is clearly what designers live for. An innovative impressive project would be the Water Cube in Beijing. This sense of water and luminous effect among the walls take innovation to a new level. The idea that plastic bubbles inflated become walls to a National Aquatics Center is immeasurable. "A sustainable approach to materials is enhanced by the careful use of energy" ( Massey 222). Following this the inulation that the Water Cube has, cuts energy costs and is a sustainable structure.
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Authenticity meaning something being genuine, not copied is very rare for today. Buildings like the Disney Concert Hall by Gehry is something new. Due to the choice of material and use of curves. However architects have so much history and design to fall back on for inspiration that design begins to repeat itself. This sustainable design movement hopefully will convey a new sense of design. With better use of materials and building multi functional buildings to last I believe this authentic look that we all yearn for will come fourth due to green design.
Authenticity meaning something being genuine, not copied is very rare for today. Buildings like the Disney Concert Hall by Gehry is something new. Due to the choice of material and use of curves. However architects have so much history and design to fall back on for inspiration that design begins to repeat itself. This sustainable design movement hopefully will convey a new sense of design. With better use of materials and building multi functional buildings to last I believe this authentic look that we all yearn for will come fourth due to green design.
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Coming full Circle I believe that history especially in design is influenced since the beginning of time with the creation of the pyramids and stone henge. However, we have come a long way. Builidings representing new things like flight or victory are being built. The use of materials and inventions of new technologies helped influence design. Like the nautilus shell I believe originality will be coiled within history. It will take a new evolution of designers to break away from "the box" break rules, at which point they will become the authentic.
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