Over the past 7 weeks (including week 0), I’ve been working in various ways on a board game in an effort to answer my essential question: what is the relationship[…]
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Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #6
I believe my essential question, wondering “what … I, as a future architecture student, [can] take away from this [Senior] Project that will inform me in my future studies,” has,[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 6 Documentation #1
So far, I have continued to work on the assignment that I began during week 5. Completing this assignment has taken much longer than anticipated, therefore our professor, Mr. Carr,[…]
CR #5 – Luke
CR 5 What have you discovered about your process, your habits? I’ve learned that in my process when I slow down and step back a bit the product is far[…]
Documentation Week 5 #1
https://earth.google.com/earth/d/1rG1SZhKQqBFqjAoVS5yN8DM4hbAqO93E?usp=sharing This is a general mapping of my project.
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #5
I have very much appreciated Mark’s comments questioning how I can incorporate my own personal form of artistic expression into my designs, many of which have strict, exact guidelines. During[…]
Documentation Week 6 #1
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[…]
Documentation Week 4 #2
Initial brainstorm sketch from a while ago.
Documentation Week 4 #1
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[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #5
I think I’ve learned a lot about my work habits through this project. One thing I’ve discovered is my own schedule that works best for me. While I usually feel[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 5 Documentation #1
Here is my fifth homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The project involves two steps: studying the first perspective through a line drawing, and drafting a living room[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 4 Documentation #1
Here is my fourth homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The assignment was to draft a “maquette” of our own bathrooms at a 1′-0″ = 1/2″ scale. This[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #4
A few days ago, while doing research about architecture school, I stumbled across a video titled “Should You Get a Master’s Degree in Architecture,” by Drew Paul Bell. In it,[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #4
For my project, I read the book Becoming a Video Game Designer by Daniel Noah Halpern. I chose the book because I was curious to see how aspects of game[…]
Documentation Week 3 #2
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[…]
Documentation Week 3 #1
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[…]
Progress week 4 part 2 – Luke
Using a pen I drew a design onto the deck of the board, I erased (sanded off) the initial one. There is more on the board now than seen in[…]
Progress week 4 part 1 – luke
Planned out fin placement and then carved out the slits to insert fin boxes using a dremel (these are imperfect but I did my best). I used a method of[…]
Progress week 3 part 2 – luke
Shaped rails (not complete in this photo but they are not). These type of rails are more commonly seen on shortboards for more responsive turning.
Progress week 3 part 1 -Luke
Decided on and shaped bottom contours, more towards the tale of the board. This is a double edged nose with a concave in the middle. I would like it to[…]
Critical Reflection #4 – Luke
Part 1: I read Keel Nation, a book about the designs of a famous surfboard shaper from back in the day. He shaped the type of board which today we[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 3 Documentation #2
Here is a 3D SketchUp model of my third assignment for my Design Communication I course. Using the measurements provided by my rough sketch I highlighted in my las Documentation[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #3
I absolutely believe my Senior Project has helped me answer my essential question. Throughout this project, I have mainly attempted to understand what I can learn about a design/architecture education[…]
Kate Startsev CR #3
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?[…]
Process Documentation Week 2 #1
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: […]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 3 Documentation #1
Here is my third homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The assignment was to draft a “maquette,” which is a rough draft of a three-dimensional space. The drawing[…]
Process Documentation Week 1
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[…]
Progress week 2 part 2- Luke
I planned out and designed the outline for my board. Then I shaved the blank down to my desired outline, it isn’t exactly as I drew it, but I like[…]
Progress week 2 part 1 – Luke
I sanded one of my unfinished boards to the final smoothened finished as well as adding a leash loop to that board (a step that I had forgotten while making[…]
Progress Week 1 – Luke
The first week of senior project I shaped a small fish style surfboard. This board didn’t take too long and came out very nicely compared to my past boards. I[…]
Critical Reflection #3
How are you exploring your essential question; is it different from what you expected? If you don’t feel like you’re answering your essential question, what is happening that’s different from[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #3
So far, exploring my essential question is already different from how I expected it would go. I originally had 3 parts of my project in my proposal: creating a game,[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Documentation
Week 1: Notes on Games Game Design Doc 4/14 Potion Document v.1 4/14 Game Design Doc 4/16 Week 2: Game Design Doc 4/19 Game Design Doc 4/22 Artifact[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 2 Documentation #3
Here is a 3D SketchUp model of my second assignment for my Design Communication I course. Using the measurements I recorded on my 2D draft, I was able to easily[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 2 Documentation #2
Here is my second homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The assignment was to draft a simple chair in multiple views: front view, side view (both elevations), plan[…]
Critical Reflection #2- Luke
CR 2 \Describe a moment and analyze: “Write about a single experience or moment, and ask: how does this moment, experience, or encounter relate to my essential question?” You can[…]
Kate Startsev – Critical Reflection #2
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[…]
Emmett Critical Reflection #2
This weekend I was hunting for old clothing that I could practice reworking for my project. I stumbled on a pair of heavily worn vintage Levis at the flea market[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #2
One of the most important lessons I have learned from my Senior Project thus far has been how to manage my time when I have no structured schedule guiding my[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 2 Documentation #1
Here is a time lapse of me beginning my second homework assignment for my Design Communication I course: The assignment was to draft a simple chair in multiple[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #2
One moment that relates to my essential question was after I had finished my Game Design Doc and began building my initial prototype. I started by working on some of[…]
Critical Reflection #1 Luke
What do you know? Explain what you already know about your essential question. Explain why the topic is important to you, and what is motivating your inquiry. I want to[…]
Final Project Proposal- Luke
Final Project Proposal: Project Title: Surfboard Design Essential Question(s): What are the limits of surfboard design? What is surfing to me? Statement of Purpose For my Senior Project, I will…[…]
Kate Startsev – Critical Reflection 1
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? […]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 1 Documentation
Here is my first homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. It is meant to act as the “portfolio cover” for the rest of the assignments we will work[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #1
My essential question is: what is the relationship between design and development? To answer this question I am specifically looking at game design and how a game goes from concept[…]
Emmett Critical Reflection #1
Assignment: As Confucius said “True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know” and Socrates said “Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.” This assignment is asking for the story of[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #1
Although I have not yet interviewed or spoken to professional architects thus far in my project, I do believe I have already learned a bit more about the usefulness a[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Final Project Proposal Post
My Essential Questions are: What are the different career paths a person with a degree in architecture can take? How are current architects in New York City factoring sustainability, cultural[…]