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ARCH 3711: ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN + THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT
COURSE IN PREVIEW: ESTABLISHING A 3711 THESIS
01 DEVELOPING A QUESTIONING MIND
02 INTRODUCTIONS
03 ABOUT THE COURSE
04 READING ASSIGNMENT + BACKGROUND
05 ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEVELOPING A QUESTION MIND
We cannot assume that clients shares our culture, values, or attitudes.
We may introduce our own cultural bias in understanding their issues.
We cannot assume that communication with clients will be straightforward.
DEVELOPING A QUESTION MIND
Because we are addresing these challenges in the context of social and cultural issues in design and across disciplines, this class will evolve from year to year.
We will explore various ways of learning and teaching.
We will work to create an environment of respect and patience for new ideas and approaches to understanding the importance of social and cultural issues in the designed environment.
DEVELOPING A QUESTION MIND
Because we are addresing these challenges in the context of social and cultural issues in design and across disciplines, this class will evolve from year to year.
We will explore various ways of learning and teaching.
We will work to create an environment of respect and patience for new ideas and approaches to understanding the importance of social and cultural issues in the designed environment.
COURSE IN PREVIEW: ESTABLISHING A 3711 THESIS
01 DEVELOPING A QUESTIONING MIND
02 INTRODUCTIONS
03 ABOUT THE COURSE
04 READING ASSIGNMENT + BACKGROUND
05 ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTRODUCTIONS – TEACHING TEAM
HON Thursdays 1:25-2:15 James Wheeler006 Thursdays 1:25-2:15 Danielle Baehm004 Thursdays 2:30-3:20 Joseph Mills003 Thursdays 3:35-4:25 Claire Olson011 Fridays 9:05-9:55 Weican Zuo002 Fridays 10:10-11:00 Omnia Ibrahim005 Fridays 11:15-12:05 Neil Kent
INTRODUCTION - James
Lecturer in ArchitectureAssociate AIAM.Arch + B.S. in Architecture
Director, Public Design ExchangeInterim Director, Epicenter
Board of Directors: Association for Community Design Design CorpsEpicenter
Present Research:History + Development of Community Design Centers in the U.S.
Design Futures Student Leadership Forum- Lawrence, KS June 2015
INTRODUCTION – THE STUDENTS
Freshmen 1%Sophomore 32%Junior 46%Senior 21%
Bachelor of Science in Architecture 25%Bachelor of Science in Interior Design 20% Bachelor of Design in Architecture 18%Pre-Architecture + Undeclared 15%Bachelor of Environmental Design 8%
Additional Areas of Study: 14%
Global Studies, Urban Studies, Retail Merchandising, Recreational Administration, English, Computer Engineering, Political Science, Inter-College Program
ARCH 3711: BUILDING A CRITICAL DIALOGUE
COURSE IN PREVIEW: ESTABLISHING A 3711 THESIS
01 DEVELOPING A QUESTIONING MIND
02 INTRODUCTIONS
03 ABOUT THE COURSE
04 READING ASSIGNMENT + BACKGROUND
05 ANNOUNCEMENTS
The course is organized around Issues & Objectives
Student Assignments & Class Exercises respond to Issues & Objectives
Assignments and Class Exercises build on each other
Lectures, Recitations & Readings are resources for Assignments & Class Exercises
Portfolios link Readings, Assignments and Issues
Instructors get feedback from Student Advisory Committee & Course Evaluations
It is about DISCOVERY, not accumulating knowledge
We are not dealing with facts, but with ways of thinking
Culture, the subject of the class, is aprocess not a product
You are learning skills not concrete knowledge
The course is geared toward questionsmore than answers
COURSE IN PREVIEW: THESIS
Because the environment is fundamentally a social and cultural medium, environmental designers must understand how an environment affects people and how people can best create environments.
By employing critical thinking skills founded in cultural approaches, reading places within our culture, and understanding a professional’s role in support of society’s welfare designers can create environments that are more resilient, sustainable, engaging, and equitable.
COURSE IN PREVIEW: THESIS
Employ critical thinking skills founded in a cultural approach
“Read” places within our culture
Understand a professional’s role in support of society’s welfare
WHAT TOPICS SUPPORT OUR THESIS? EMPLOY CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS FOUNDED IN A CULTURAL APPROACH
“READ” PLACES WITHIN OUR CULTURE
UNDERSTAND A PROFESSIONAL’S ROLE IN SUPPORT OF SOCIETY’S WELFARE
Develop Critical Thinking SkillsFounded in a Cultural Approach
Writing intensiveCritical PapersIn-Class Exercises
”Read” Places Within Our CultureCulture and DesignSocial Science
ProjectsIn-Class Exercises
Understand the Role of a Professional in Support of Society’s Welfare
Citizenship, EthicsCritical PapersIn-Class Exercises
If you have a learning disability, please let both James and your TA know as soon as possible so we can make appropriate accommodations.
To help the TAs with their workload, late papers are not accepted
To help you get used to writing, the first and second critical papers will be revised and the revised version will be the final grade
Course attendance is mandatory. If you miss more than 6 classes, your grade will be affected significantly, and you may be dropped from the course. Life on the street in the Hague, Netherlands
Making the transition from descriptive to critical
Lots of moving parts
Finding a rhythm that works for you
We all do better when we all do better
Take opportunities for teaching and learning
ARCH 3711: BUILDING A CRITICAL DIALOGUE
COURSE IN PREVIEW: ESTABLISHING A 3711 THESIS
01 DEVELOPING A QUESTIONING MIND
02 INTRODUCTIONS
03 ABOUT THE COURSE
04 READING ASSIGNMENT + BACKGROUND
05 ANNOUNCEMENTS
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF PATTERN LANGUAGE
USER PARTICIPATION
As proposed by the project sponsor
As designed by the senior analyst
As produced by programmers
As installed at the user’s site
What the user wanted
As specified in the project request
IDENTIFYING PATTERNS
Sacred spaces
Light on two sides of a room
AN ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION OF LIFE
“The order I am seeking is a rich, rolling, swelling, dying, lilting, singing, laughing, shouting crying, sleeping order. If we will only let this order guide our acts of building, the buildings that we make, the towns we help to make, will be the forests and the meadows of the human heart.”
A TYPICAL PATTERN
1) Image Representing the Pattern
2) Link to other patterns greater in scale
3) Summarizing Text
4) Citations of Research
5) Explanation of Concept
6) Different Approaches to Accomplishing Pattern
7) Application
8) Link to other Patterns lower in Scale
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PATTERN LANGUAGE IN APPLICATION
“The order I am seeking is a rich, rolling, swelling, dying, lilting, singing, laughing, shouting crying, sleeping order. If we will only let this order guide our acts of building, the buildings that we make, the towns we help to make, will be the forests and the meadows of the human heart.”
Application of patternSocialize by Light
PATTERN LANGUAGE IN APPLICATION
“The order I am seeking is a rich, rolling, swelling, dying, lilting, singing, laughing, shouting crying, sleeping order. If we will only let this order guide our acts of building, the buildings that we make, the towns we help to make, will be the forests and the meadows of the human heart.”
Application of patternWindow Place
ARCH 3711: BUILDING A CRITICAL DIALOGUE
COURSE IN PREVIEW: ESTABLISHING A 3711 THESIS
01 DEVELOPING A QUESTIONING MIND
02 INTRODUCTIONS
03 ABOUT THE COURSE
04 READING ASSIGNMENT + BACKGROUND
05 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Recitations are being held this week
Student Advisory Board members elected in recitation classes this week.
An annotated copy of the reading will be due next lecture.
We will give an overview of the website and Moodle Thursday.
Next week we will introduce the course project
For these last few minutes of class please meet with your TA’s and hand in your exercise sheet.
THANK YOU
ARCH 3711: ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN + THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT