DAB510 - Week 1 Reflection

Creation of Blog.

As the new semester starts we were introduced to our lecturer Yasu Santo. He shows depth in his theoretical body of work with the content and method of his teaching, though sometimes the pronunciation of his English is somewhat hard to comprehend.

The first assignment was assigned and there were heaps of confusion of the requirements and the content. After class i went to the Q&A's and clarified. The assignment is a "folie" which requires 3-4 people in a group participation. (I understand that you can research in more depth though the chances of showing more depth on 3 x A1's let alone come to a design conclusion that all the group members agree to is a relatively hard task). To be broken down the design is to consist of:

1. Concept (design)
2. Context (environment)
3. Function (purpose)
4. Tectonic (structural solution)
5. Experience (learn/teach)

 The design is limited to a spatial constraint of 5x5x5m though it does not include the "link" to the design. This is relatively silly because not being able to access the site let alone get a "feel" for it, to design a space which will enable users to learn is not realistic. We can only assume what it feels like to be under the story bridge, the feeling against the sheer scale of the rock facade or on the rivers edge separating Kangaroo point with New farm. We will not know how people originally used the space. With the large scale of the site and the limited access the design is constrained to be functional.