GROUP MEMBERS REFLECTIONS

Kaelyn Yap Sit Kee

It has been a great learning opportunity for me on many levels. Throughout the course of 17 weeks, I have obtained in-depth knowledge in designing landscape spaces where it emphasized the importance of the needs of all demographics and age groups. Hence, in order to further understand users’ needs, persona survey, site context analysis, and first-hand experience with these users through workshops were conducted to ensure the spaces are designed accordingly to fit their daily needs.

Nur Qiyanah Binte Azmi

This module has been very insightful to me as we did not only go for site visit (Queenstown), but went beyond by visiting case studies site like Saint Joseph Home and Lion Befrienders as well as preparing workshops for Queenstown Library. I feel these workshops had helped me understand a persons needs and wants better and thus design respectfully, making it productive to encourage active ageing.

Chye Qing Yun

This studio allowed us to design the landscape with different approaches -by stepping back to gain a better understanding of the conditions of the landscape spaces for a diverse group of people in their everyday life through community engagement activities and interviews. The collection of the insights and feedback from these activities also enables us to develop our design idea to create a more inclusive and liveable environment for all age groups. Finally, the most important takeaway from this studio is, as a designer, always keep the needs of the different users in mind while designing the spaces.

Nicole Foo Jia Xuan

This module has been very eye-opening and I have learnt a lot about different demographics through workshops and interacting with the Queenstown residences. Using a bottom-up design approach in this project has helped me better understand people’s needs and how to manipulate existing site conditions to create a functional and inviting space for them.