Drooger, Allison

The reason I chose these 10 words is because each one is meaningful to me in a certain why. Every word that I chose, I have longed to have at one point in my life. When people begin to know me I want them to feel welcomed and not judged. I want to be kind to everyone no matter the situation. I long to be all of these words to their full potential in life. Being able to die as someone who was recognized as kind, creative, loyal, trustworthy, etc will be the one wish I have for myself. Being able to go through this journey has been fun and I have learned a lot about my myself and other around me. Not everyone sees the world the way I do and that’s ok. That is how the world is. We all experience different things and situations, but that’s what makes everyone unique and special in their own ways.

Where do you want to live?

Heytea Zao Flagship Store (Nantou) / CCD

The Heytea Zao Flagship Store is located the central area of Shenzhen, China. This store is located in a town with more than 1,700 years of history in it, bringing new life to the design efforts created there. This store is based on modern attempts at creating a bond between the old and the new that has been in this town for hundreds of years. Based on modern approaches, CCD introduced classical architectural elements to inject timeless charm into the architecture and interior space. The main concept of this store was to keep the attachment that was once there for the locals through the original building.

House Under Shadows

The House Under Shadows is a residential complex made of two houses. Located in Karnal, India, they are connected by a shared courtyard, two brothers envisioned this house to be a double residence for their families, keeping sustainability and vegetation in mind. The layout of the house is simple and flipped from one side to the other, as seen in the sequence diagram above. the house fuses two single-floor units through a common façade and a seamless double roof that creates a sense of visual cohesion through its horizontal emphasis. The House Under Shadows is a prominent near-net-zero double-family residence that redefines the ‘Indian-Modern’ taking cues from the vernacular and nature’s self-forming elements

How is the authority of gov. and religion expressed in space?

Eastern Greater Bay Area Experimental School / CMAD Architects The Eastern Greater Bay Area Experimental School is located in Shenzhen, China. This school was intended for children to be able to have a design educational system that brought them closer to nature. The sequence is quite straightforward with classrooms all throughout the campus, as well as some outdoor activities being spread across too. This campus includes facilities such as an expansion of land that is so scarce in Shenzhen to allow kids to have the best educational experience as possible. The campus is designed in a way that encourages the comprehensive utilization of roof spaces. This restructuring of campus spaces has fulfilled the original purpose of the Eastern Bay Area Experimental School to build a beautiful space for students, and to grant children an idyllic place to grow up amid the concrete jungles in the city.

Ylivieska Church / K2S Architects

The Ylivieska Church located in Ylivieska, Finland is a new church built in the honor of the original one burnt down in 2016. This buildings mass is divided into three different masses, allowing for a lobby entrance to easily be created on one side. These three masses include a church hall, entry, and a vestry. With these three masses the entry lobby is formed on a diagonal that allows for an easy sequence throughout the building. The authority of the religion is expressed in this space with many spaces dedicated to the worship and fellowship of this religion. This church has both a parish hall and a church hall that are connected to each other. The church hall has a greater height to emphasize the importance of the space and what happens there. This is a holy space that shows the symbolism between light and the materials it uses, as well as being located in the exact same spot as the original hall that burnt down.

What is the composition of the process of travel through a transportation facility in your memory?

Where is your memorable cultural place?

Oertelplatz Square / Pool Leber Architekten

The Oertelplatz located in Munchen, Germany is a new public transportation center that is divided into two separate areas. On the south side of the transportation center, there is a market and the north side is a node for all types of transportation. In it there is a bus station, a station for the suburban railway, a bicycle park, a taxi rank, a drop-off point for cars, and a large underground park. This transportation center was intended to give a new feel of how urban architecture can transform even the most everyday life architecture in a city. The main design for this center is the roof that spans to create a safe area for people to sit and wait for their mode of transportation to come.

Hayy Jameel Cultural Center / waiwai

The Hayy Jameel Cultural Center is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and acts as a cultural center for anyone that enjoys creative disciplines like art, music, film and architecture. Art Jameel’s, across exhibitions, commissions, research, learning and community-building, are grounded in a dynamic understanding of the arts as essential to life and accessible to all. This culture center is grounded around these attributes, claiming to follow these throughout their architecture. Another key aspect of this center was to include the push for community gathering. The program includes a central open courtyard for people to gather, art exhibition spaces, media offices, performance venues and so much more.

Which space do you think best embodies equity, inclusion, and social justice?

Social Housing in Aigues-Mortes / Thomas Landemaine Architectes

This social housing project in Aigues-Mortes, France by Thomas Landemaine Architects is a housing project that is set within a key spot in France. The building is located in a factory estate whose architecture is marked by a modern style and contemporary living. This housing project is composed of three stories that have rhythm and exposures. The wood on the exterior reflects the city with it protruding balconies overlooking the streets of France. The sequence of this project is very straightforward with the circulation being in the center of the building and the apartments surrounding the perimeter.

Where do you want to be treated?

Dental Clinic Impress Madrid Teens / Raúl Sánchez

This dental clinic is located in Madrid, Spain and offers a different perspective on healthcare. Located on a busy corner, a series of curves in the form of cylinders crowd the interior party wall and play with iron columns, leaving them inside or outside them, while leaving an empty space towards the stone ashlars, where the lobby and the waiting area are resolved, always in close contact with the street. The main colors used in this space are red, Blue and white, the reasoning behind this and the curves within the interior are the logo of the Impress firm. The sequence of this space is very straightforward with a linear progression. These fun colors and curves are to draw the attention of the younger crowd that the firm is trying to attract. Overall, this project does a wonderful job at achieving what it was intended to.

Everything you need

For assignment #13 I chose to reimagine the retail space, community living, and cultural space. For the axon I chose to redesign my cultural space, Hayy Jameel Cultural Centerinto into something more peaceful and relaxing. Because this cultural center is where many people gather, I wanted to make it into my “dream space” as a more peaceful environment. Using an indoor/outdoor scheme, I was able to put a relaxing environment right in the middle of the space, so people can take a break and reflect when needed. With human factors, this is a crucial desire many people have. These 9 spaces represent the words that I have chosen. Those words being, decisive, aware, devoted, peace, giving, real, kind, helpful, and loyal. Searching through these spaces i found the most interesting spaces that coincided with my words. To tie the two spaces together I wanted to reintroduce the concept of “real” with a shared courtyard that tied together the public and private amenities. This space was included to have a desirable feel with something that is real. Connected to it is a relaxing lounge that ties the community living at the end of the sequence diagram. Overall, these spaces are implemented into my “dream space” to share a wonderful place where people can gather for a little time or a long time.

What is your plan after this semester? -> This summer i will be working as an intern in chicago. After the summer is over I will be studying in Rome for the fall semester.

In the field of interior design (or in your major), what does it mean to learn about Human Factors for Design? -> Learning about human factors for my major means learning about people. We as designers have to deal with a lot of people’s wants and needs. This course was perfect for showing us just that.

During your learning inside and outside the classroom, did you encounter any difficulties? -> No i did not.

What did you learn by examining the interaction between behavioral and environmental factors? -> I learned that spaces can have a serious effect on our behavior and influence us in ways we wouldn’t have known otherwise.

What would you like to tell your instructor? -> I thoroughly enjoyed this course.

Designing Above and Beyond | Meaning, Aspiration, and Purpose Personal Statement

Within the overall parameters of space design there are many intricate components of successful design. Adding value is a concept that can take on many interpretations. Added value to some may mean increasing the value of a product in order for it to surprisingly appeal to an undiscovered audience. To some it may be a requirement of development, the goal to promote an expected jump in a product service or value. And for others it could be the realization of what was originally perceived as a basic need, brought to attention at the presentation of a concept, thus turned into the insatiable desire of want. Below is the table of Human Needs and Various Ways they are Manifested into the Build Environment. I will go further into detail about stages 1, 2, 3, and ending at the top of the pyramid with stage 6.

Within this successful design it is the utmost duty of the designer to go beyond what a client perceives as their needs. The client may believe to have a firm, no nonsense notion of what their needs are. This could be based on several factors. The client may be in a stage of growth, where existing structures no longer fit their needs. Or perhaps there is a new business and the client is working to brand themselves and their image. In Stage 1 of Figure 1, it describes the physiological need of mostly common things, Air, water, shelter, etc. Anyone could survive on the bare minimum, but that is not what the top of the pyramid aims to achieve. The top of the pyramid aims to achieve what designers do in the world and that is to make the most out of something and have people grasp the feeling of belonging within a community. This leads into the 2nd stage of this pyramid which has to do with relations, Reproduction. This stage emphasizes the kinship that all people desire. It helps grasp the understanding that what is necessary is also sometimes inherently desired. This leads onto Stage 3 which is Security and Bodily Protection. People desire to feel safe at all times and to feel connected to their surroundings, including the humans that they are surrounded by. These physiological needs all tie into each other and are basic needs and wants of humans. We see this very prevalent in architecture and design today. With so much going on in the world, a sense of community gathering is needed now more than ever. In conclusion, we see that from the above we have explored the concepts of meaning, aspiration and purpose as it relates to added value and how it has a tendency to magnify human needs and wants. Our homes and workspaces are our domains. They are our nests. Our safe places. They are the places where we spend the bulk of our time. As humans we are wired for compatibility, creativity and desire for accomplishment. A comforting and optimistic environment helps us to achieve and advance to greater things. Overall, humans do not settle for the basic needs anymore, humans are developed to advance over time and that also means being able to grasp not only the needs but also the wants in life.

References Bartuska, T. J. (2007). The Built Environment: Definition and Scope. In W. R. McClure & T. J. Bartuska (Eds.), The Built Environment: a Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning (2nd ed., pp. 3–12).

System thinking is an opportunity to evaluate the entire scope of an objective and break it apart piece by piece. The often asked question “Does the whole equal the sum of its parts?” can be completely subjective and different when applied. “System thinking looks at the whole picture, the interaction and relationships holistically, and involves the sequential alignment of a series of steps in already identified strategic approaches” (Complexity thinking vs. systems thinking). When thinking about the larger picture, it is a compilation of the tiny details that make up the greatness and uniqueness of this individual piece. So, that being said, is the whole greater than the equal sum of its parts? It depends on the scope of each project. When peering into the design world, we observe architects and designers from all backgrounds and perspectives working on projects with a high degree of detail that demand a streamlined and curated process. From a design standpoint, they work together and compliment each other, the greater the whole. Like with a team, it is crucial that we understand that each part or function has its own role, and alone can be weak, but together strong. For example, if we evaluate this statement from a non-design standpoint and from a casual and literal one, we can see how the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Let’s consider an object that needs many parts in order to work, a car for example. A car needs various parts for it to be complete and intact, run efficiently and allow for the occupants to travel safely. Alone each part has little or no value. It is only when all of the specific parts work together in harmony that the car will perform effectively. This is just one simple example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Another straightforward example can be found in something as common as a surgical procedure. A surgeon cannot perform his or her duties alone. Most of us understand that it takes an entire operating room to carry out even the simplest of medical procedures. A physician depends on a team of people to help carry out the task. Anesthesiology, surgical assistants, pre and post operative staff all contribute to the whole, or completion of a favorable outcome. In design specifically, this statement can be considered in both ways. Each object within a space can usually be great individually. Take lighting for example, when designed specifically for a space, lighting enhances it as a part of the greater whole. When looking at a pendant or a lamp, the individual object itself is beautiful on its own, but the purpose if it is meant to be part of something even greater than itself. Taking all of this into consideration, we see that indeed the whole almost always is greater than the sum of its parts. There are so many circumstances in nature as well as human driven perspectives and needs that depend on the whole for the greater good. Overall, this is a controversial topic that can be guided each way, but usually the parts of something always enhance the greater whole.

References Complexity thinking vs. systems thinking. Complexity Thinking vs. Systems Thinking. (n.d.). Retrieved May 13, 2022, from http://futureofcio.blogspot.com/2014/08/complexity-thinking-vs-systems-thinking.html