19^th March: Project proposal preparation for hand in on the 21^st March

With the project proposal deadline approaching, I spent the day helping students finalize their initial ideas and structure their writing. To kick off the day, the students formed groups to discuss their proposals with one another. This allowed them to share advice and opinions on their designs while also learning from each other about how to structure their writing and articulate their individual aims. I joined one group’s discussion to listen in on their conversations.

Group 1:

 Notes to Each Other:

– Check the word count; it seems much longer than it should be. – How does your idea relate to the brief?

– How will you evaluate your work throughout the process?

– How will you reflect on your work?

Once the group work concluded, I started conducting one-on-one sessions again, reviewing their work from the previous week to see where they had improved.

Student 5, who I had met with previously:

 – Changed the site to be in a quarry.

– Helped to get the site to scale and printed to create the site model.

– Since there are many layers, I advised using recycled materials.

– I suggested layering cardboard and cutting the individual layers to create the desired shape.

Outcome: Using hellofresh boxes

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• With the quarry need to think about sunlight.
• Can the people get to the other side: Zipline? Bridge? Rope Bridge? Jungle canopies?

Student 8:

• Ecosystem/ community under water
• Like an iceberg, can’t see the city underneath the water
• Need to look at the lighting and how will get light to the floors beneath the water
• Looking at there being a hollow centre for light to go down.

Outcome

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Student 2 from previous 1 to 1:

• Developing the idea of poverty looked at the idea of people coming out of prison. Many people that come out of prison have no money or some where to stay so become homeless which increases the rate of crime again
• Talked about the percentage of people that go back into crime after prison based on their home after.
• Gave an idea for a narrative:

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Student 9:

 – Asked questions about university.

– Needed help with their university portfolio: I realized there were too many slides and asked if there was a limit, which there was.

– Spent time helping to cut down the portfolio and focus on key points. – Showed a range of media and techniques.

– The original portfolio had 18 slides; it needed to be reduced to 10 to 12 slides.

– Required an added context page.

– Discussed possible questions that could be asked during an interview, such as: What university are you applying to? Why did you choose architecture? What type of architecture influences you the most? Is there a specific architect you admire?

– I then reviewed his portfolio, formulated questions, and had him answer them as if it were a mini draft interview to help him prepare.