https://earth.google.com/earth/d/1rG1SZhKQqBFqjAoVS5yN8DM4hbAqO93E?usp=sharing   This is a general mapping of my project.

After this morning’s meeting with Arian Ghousi, I realized I hadn’t done much thinking about how the clock can fit into my design, and instead I’ve been sort of treating[…]

Initial brainstorm sketch from a while ago.

Reading Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space by Jan Gehl has been transformative in how I see my project and how I view public space. One of the main points[…]

In order for me to make the lot environmentally sustainable, I need to plan for it to be resilient against flooding and rising sea levels. I’ve discovered that the neighborhood[…]

Components to incorporate or consider to be part of my design: movable furniture green collaborative elements: compost bins, community gardening planter boxes dog park public restrooms open space for public[…]

How do cities balance people’s needs, environmental sustainability, and corporate interests? What part do various stakeholders play when designing public spaces? How can we design around people’s habits and behaviors?[…]

Reading “How to Study Public Life” and researching ethnography. I’ve been prepping for interviews as well. Here are some of my interview questions, separated by general and more specific:  […]

I spent the week mostly reading Happy City, which I felt was a really good introduction to the topic that I’m working with. I learned a lot of interesting information[…]

An experience that relates to my essential question is one that happened in the ‘sustainable cities’ course I took last summer. The last project of the program was to find[…]

Essential Questions:  How do cities balance people’s needs, environmental sustainability, and corporate interests? How are project proposals created and submitted? How can we design around people’s habits and behaviors?  […]