"The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes"
http://media.causes.com/510213?p_id=2044718
After watching this video clip - twice - I came to realize something about myself, I find it hard not to be so cynical when I have seen the travesties commited in our world, and I suppose in the same sense it is hard for this 13 year old girl not to be so naive.
Unfortuneatly for my generation, though, this young girl is right.
The way previous generations have chosen to live and use the earth as their own personal rubbish container is directly affecting how I must live my life. The freedom of choice those generations enjoyed are not available to my generation, and it makes me wonder how this will affect the choices of my children and grandchildren. I can only imagine freedom of choice will only become more and more restricted as time passes, more species become extinct, and we continue to pollute our atmosphere until we can no longer breathe it in.
But, like I said in the beginning, I am cynical. I do not believe we have it in us as a Species to change our ways, and we will eventually become one of those who are threatened by extinction.
I thought this video was relevant to some of the topics covered in our previous class (October 1),
mostly the idea of 'post-post-modernism'. Just as post-modernism questioned the assumptions of modernism, post-post-modernism questions right and wrong and I believe will further erase the boundaries between "US" and "THEM".
Maybe the lack of distinction will point us in the right direction and help us answer the conundrum of reversing the seemingly irreversible damage that has been done.
9.30.2009
Inspirations...
The video we watched this week on Carlos Scarpa was inspirational.
To have a pure understanding of a place/space and be able to enhance it without changing it is something I can only hope to aspire to. I think Scarpa was 'brave' to take on the projects he did - it is not easy for an artist to work with such constraints and turn out such beauty and complete understanding of a place.
I believe it takes a special talent to create something new and extraordinary in a space that cannot be changed, and Scarpa truly does belong among the ranks of Le Corbusier, Alvator Alto, and Mies Van der Rohe.
Some of the other topics we discussed in class - the Meridian Line Observatory and the rotating hotel in Tuscany - I also found gave me a push in the proverbial 'right direction' and allowed to me think "Outside of the Box" regarding my other individual and group projects.
The reading on the Compass House I initially didn't like, but after talking about it in class I found the idea to actually be quite wonderful. Total creative freedom is something we all dream of, and hope for, in our future careers as Architects and Designers. Now, we just need to bridge the gap between dreaming and doing, we all need to take responsibility - even now, in the beginning - for our future designs and make a solemn promise to ourselves (and colleagues) that we will not create any (more) ugliness in this world!
To have a pure understanding of a place/space and be able to enhance it without changing it is something I can only hope to aspire to. I think Scarpa was 'brave' to take on the projects he did - it is not easy for an artist to work with such constraints and turn out such beauty and complete understanding of a place.
I believe it takes a special talent to create something new and extraordinary in a space that cannot be changed, and Scarpa truly does belong among the ranks of Le Corbusier, Alvator Alto, and Mies Van der Rohe.
Some of the other topics we discussed in class - the Meridian Line Observatory and the rotating hotel in Tuscany - I also found gave me a push in the proverbial 'right direction' and allowed to me think "Outside of the Box" regarding my other individual and group projects.
The reading on the Compass House I initially didn't like, but after talking about it in class I found the idea to actually be quite wonderful. Total creative freedom is something we all dream of, and hope for, in our future careers as Architects and Designers. Now, we just need to bridge the gap between dreaming and doing, we all need to take responsibility - even now, in the beginning - for our future designs and make a solemn promise to ourselves (and colleagues) that we will not create any (more) ugliness in this world!
9.23.2009
Blog #1.3
I am attempting blog #3. For some reason the first time I tried this it didn't work... hmm!
"Why Ecological Design?"
This question really got me thinking... If our environment is changing and our response to our environment is changing (obviously!), should design change as well?
According to my dictionary Ecology is described as 'a scientific effort to connect organisms to their environment'. By MY definition, Ecological design is realized through humans connecting with their environment. Approaching ecological design begins with accepting the fact that we are 100% a part of this world (including all of our contributions to this world - good and bad) and realizing that in order to survive we must learn to evolve our practices.
So, to answer the question posed above, (ecological) design should change and will change if we learn from our mistakes and progress into a smarter species!
"Why Ecological Design?"
This question really got me thinking... If our environment is changing and our response to our environment is changing (obviously!), should design change as well?
According to my dictionary Ecology is described as 'a scientific effort to connect organisms to their environment'. By MY definition, Ecological design is realized through humans connecting with their environment. Approaching ecological design begins with accepting the fact that we are 100% a part of this world (including all of our contributions to this world - good and bad) and realizing that in order to survive we must learn to evolve our practices.
So, to answer the question posed above, (ecological) design should change and will change if we learn from our mistakes and progress into a smarter species!
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