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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.



02 INTRODUCTIONS

03 ABOUT THE COURSE


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



02 INTRODUCTIONS

03 ABOUT THE COURSE


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




02 INTRODUCTIONS

03 ABOUT THE COURSE


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


Application of patternSocialize by Light

PATTERN LANGUAGE IN APPLICATION


Application of patternWindow Place




02 INTRODUCTIONS

03 ABOUT THE COURSE


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

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