I am posting the boards that were completed prior to the meeting so everyone can get a look at them. We talked about the basic ideas of the boards without ever looking at them, and came up with some great conclusions. I think it would be best if we all start a dialogue about the major themes revealed in this assignment.
Will and Jon - take one theme and expand on it in the comments section of this post. Basically we are trying to catch Nico up on what he missed by adding our own words to these boards.
Nico - The text is important to understanding the ideas, especially without our contributing voices. Please follow up with some questions, or thoughts you have on the boards as well.
click on the images to see full size documents in my picasa album
Obviously these boards were meant to be seen side by side:
I wrote this down after picking up Tom Sieverts' 'Where we Live Now (abridged)'. It is very applicable to a major theme we discussed in regards to these boards:
ReplyDelete"Architecture and the way it shapes a certain type of urban space are merely individual components of the landscape where we live now (even if they are important components); architecture can no longer determine the form of the in-between landscape as a whole." (p.14)
Jon basically said this on the way back from Tigard. We are not here (in this competition) to solve huge problems. We cannot solve sprawl, global warming, homelessness, world hunger, or the h1n1 virus. The great thing about the professional finalists is that they don't try to solve huge issues, they take advantage of existing inefficiencies (i.e. algae bridge, solar panel border wall, L.A. water tanks).