Sunday, October 7, 2012

SPATIAL DESIGN FOR CONTEXT CRITICAL REVIEW




CRITICAL REVIEW OF PREVIOUS COMPLETED PROJECT
SPATIAL DESIGN OF CONTEXT
 
This is a critical review of a previously completed project called Spatial Design of Context in Level 4. The review is based on 7 from the 24 criteria which i consider to be relevant to my project's basis/context, skills/ activity, creativity/quality of the outcome.
The purpose of this project was to develop an appreciation of the notion that design is always for something-a context (site or building) a particular audience/ market sector, client/end user. Particularly on this project I had investigated an architecture Frank Lloyd Wright, with specific reference to Fallingwater, 1939 and afterwards I designed an urban house for a young professional couple with the influenced of Frank Lloyd architecture.
 
 
Experience of design research, analysis & synthesis:
·         Through out this project I significally improved my experience and skills on design research as we had investigated for an architect and analyzed his house technical drawings and design in order to design our house. This knowledge is important to me as a learner because for every new project I will have to research first and then design.
 
Visualizing/ Prototyping skills & aptitudes in a range of media & formats:
·         In Spatial Design of Context project we had to visualizing our house design. By using Sketch up and Photoshop I made the visual drawings of my house design in 3D on how it will look like in reality. From this part I have developed my knowledge and skills on visualizing my designs.
 
Aptitude for design through a digital platform:
·         In the process of designing our house we create a portfolio of technical drawings and visuals. During the project I had improved my skills on drawing technical drawings on CAD like floor plans, sections and elevations. At this time having experienced this I’m feeling more experienced on design through a digital platform and I believe this skill will be useful to me as a practitioner because I will need it in everything I will design.
 
Experience of design process & methodologies:
·         During Spatial Design of Context project last year I have improved and developed my experience of design process and methodologies. For me the most useful aspect was organized my project in different parts and finished each point after the other. For example first I started my architect research and then I applied the architectural principles on my technical drawings and visuals and this leaded to my final design. Having implied this technique I now feel that I can run through a design process more efficiency.
 
Experience of managing client relationships & Collaboration:
·         The project mention to design an urban house for a young professional couple. Their jobs are also mentioned in the brief. By giving to us the clients I tried to design a house that would suite to their needs. Through this part I have experienced to managing client relationships and I believe this understanding will be essential to me as practitioner as in the future I will design basing on clients needs.
 
 
Experience and understanding of legislation & regulations:
·         Every designer should know about legislation and regulation when designing a house. In this project I realized and learned to design according to regulations and legislations.  For example we had to design the house in specific measurement on the site and the house needed to have a maximum height and width. Having applied these rules I now know that I should design using regulations and legislations.
 
Experience of design practice marketing and promotion:
·         When I finished my final house design I created a client board with visual and technical drawing on it to give an idea to my clients the house will look like in reality. Over this project I learned how marketing and promotion work. For example in order to promote my design I created that client board with color and visual In order to be attractive and interesting to client eyes. I believe that marketing and promotion is very important to me as interior designer as I have to promote my design to my clients.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 


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