Hoping that something will eventually inspire me.
Some preliminary thoughts??
1) Furniture in the public realm.
How do the objects we use in the public sphere differ from those of our personal living spaces?
2) Architecture for home health and assisted living
With the developments in modern technology and medicine, the life span of the average human has been increasing. How can architecture respond to the needs of the future older generation, especially those who are in need of home health care or assisted living? Are institutional nursing homes the correct solution?
3) shipping ports, containers, and docks
Large docks are many times unoccupied or unused. Can a solution be implemented to make the docks into a multifunctional space?
3 comments:
i like #2...you have a personal motivation to explore it no?
i like your third and first, for the third boston OR hk both have really nice potential sites
Shani,
Interesting thoughts! Looking for inspiration? It will help you (and us) to elaborate a bit more on each.
1) Furniture in the Public Realm.
a. What are some examples of uniquely public realm furnishings?
b. Is there a particular environment that you have experienced that has made you consider this issue? Please describe.
c. What is considered furniture? If it is task related, then features, in the public realm, that foster particular human activity might be considered furniture. If so, is it interesting to identify attributes of form in the public realm that support such activity?
d. And what might the design project be?
2) Architecture for Home Health Care: This is certainly very concrete
a. This would entail research on what supports health care? From the simple requirements of access, to the emotional needs of maintaining maximum freedom, dignity, and independence.
b. If this interests you, can you provide a preliminary list of what you feel are some of the architectural/social/functional needs unique to this area of environmental design.
c. Your research might help you decide what type of living environment (single home, shared residence, institutional residence, mixed market residence…) and location (Urban, Suburban, Rural…) would be appropriate for the model you believe in most.
3) Shipping Ports, Containers and Docks: This one I don’t get. Are you speaking about abandoned areas? If so, then what does this have to do with Shipping Containers? Is there some place where shipping containers are just abandoned in a port situation? I don’t believe so.
a. Are you interested in the architecture that can be generated by recycling shipping containers as fundamental structure? If so, then you should study the many examples that have been recently proposed, and critique their pros and cons, and then come back and propose your own, which is an improvement in others work, or is an entirely new idea.
b. If you are interested in building on abandoned Docks, then it is more an issue of waterfront development. There is oodles of literature on that topic. Many cities are going through the transformation from the waters edge being used primarily for shipping/industry, to that of recreation and vibrant urbanity.
So, please think a little more deeply about each of the three and come back and elaborate on one, two or all three? I would appreciate this by Wednesday.
Otherwise, I hope your experience in Hong Kong is exciting!
BTW- My niece, Malia Hoffman, with her husband and daughter, live in Hong Kong. She runs her own graphic design firm, Studio M, 1/F/ Tung Yiu Bldg/ 31A Wyndham Street/ Central. Drop in and say hello. Perhaps she will offer info on hip and cool in HK.
Best
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