INFORMAL URBAN PRACTICE
1. articulate your aspirations for the studio and propose a means for self-assessment
Student name: Jose M. Hernandez Perez s3299046 What do you aspire to learn through the studio? Clearly propose the most important 6 or more aspects of learning and achievement (in few words) that you aspire to measure your work against.
What is likely to indicate different levels of your performance and achievement against each criteria? Describe in detail the indicators (evidence) of quality at the level of performance that you aspire to achieve. In less detail, describe what will indicate if you have achieved above or below your aspired level.
CRITERIA
‘SATISFACTORY’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
‘GOOD’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
‘VERY GOOD’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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DESIGN FOR SOCIAL PROVOCATION
Low public speculation about my project. Some public participation at the different projects.
Create speculation from my projects and public participation in each of the individual projects.
I want to have people gathering around my projects, interacting with it, copying them, inspire them to do something different.
2
TESTING IDEAS
To get interest in most of the projects to generate reaction from public.
To create speculation from public about the brand, to get response on the web or by any medium.
3
Understanding Society and life overseas
Understanding life overseas, looking world from a different perspective.
Understanding how life in Australia works, how society moves and what they search for in
‘OUTSTANDING’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
People, being more creative, searching for upcoming events and expanding a culture of design, Starting their own events similar to mine. To test my different I want the project to ideas as a part of the have social recognition, same brand and get a positive opinion bringing public from the public, to get attention to the the attention of individual projects. Melbourne’s population through our ideas. If I can express my ideas To generate public through design, acceptance and interest understanding towards my projects and Australian culture, culture, to share
everyday life. Meeting people and sharing experiences. 4
INNOVATION
Find a different way to get people’s attention
Give people the chance to see formal practices that they know in an informal way on a urban environment
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SPATIAL INTERVENTION
Occupy a public space and give it a different use.
Occupy a public space giving it a different use, getting people involved
6
Maturing as a designer
If I can stop being irresponsible, get work done on time and be a leader on my teams
Upgrade the quality of my thoughts and decrease my procrastination and lack of efficiency.
INFORMAL URBAN PRACTICE Student name: JOSE M. HERNANDEZ
2. Mid-semester self-assessment
sharing my ideas and traditions with them, learning from Australia and sharing a bit of Mexico. I will like to innovate in the concept of my work, displacing practices from one environment to another. Occupying a public space, giving it a second use, getting people involved and recognition.
If I can use design to make a difference, share my ideas, upgrade the quality of my thoughts and decrease my procrastination and lack of efficiency.
thoughts with them and to have them teaching me new things. Create a complete new experience innovating from the concept to the outcome, obtaining results never seen before. I want to transform the public space, displace it, to make people think they are walking in a different place, to excite them through images and sounds, to occupy a public space and make it interesting. If my project gets recognition, if I learn new ways of working, if I expand my limits and amaze myself.
CRITERIA 1 DESIGN FOR SOCIAL PROVOCATION 2
TESTING IDEAS
3 INNOVATION
4
SPATIAL INTERVENTION
What indicates the current levels of your performance and achievement in the studio against each criteria? Describe in detail the indicators (evidence) of quality at the level of performance you honestly believe you have achieved so far. In less detail, describe what would indicate if you had achieved above or below your proposed level. ‘SATISFACTORY’ ‘GOOD’ ‘VERY GOOD’ ‘OUTSTANDING’ PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INDICATORS INDICATORS INDICATORS I have had a good reaction from people in each of the small interventions and occupations that I have done. I used different techniques to achieve the goals from my project in different stages, I good results from my practices. I generated a good number of new ideas for my projects, I innovated in my design process, I used different techniques to get public response. I occupied public spaces, performing informal practices, having a great outcome in some locations and not so good in other, working around the city and RMIT
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5
Understanding society and life overseas
6
Maturing as a designer
The studio helped me understanding about life, property meanings, overseas society and behavior in a different society. I learnt a different ways to create experiences for people; I communicated my ideas through designed practices. I adopted a new design process. I was able to confront the problems I found. I learned a lot from other designers in an interdisciplinary environment; I learned how to use new resources and practiced my design abilities. I understood the concept of an Informal Urban practice, I create my own practices and developed a project. Testing my designs and ideas in public, achieved different ways to create an experience.