WEEK 17: COMMON GROUND TO COMMON THREAD

Last week we discussed the final submission guidelines requiring three presentation board, two written statements and one special item. In preparing mocked up boards, we went through an exercise of prioritizing past ideas (those to keep) and also decided to change the organizing theme from “Common Ground” to “Common Thread.” “Common Thread” will depict the idea of nodes and networks and the interweaving of our concepts between cultural and landscape components of the parks.

Taking this mixing metaphors of “Common Threads” to the three linked boards, the six design principles on the first board can form the needle / threshold which all threads pass through. The second board will focus on the threads, networks and connections that is specific to the island and the site. The concluding board will then showcase our design interventions that can be apply beyond the SJI park and bridging the scales of various parks.

Tasks for the coming week will be going through the course materials produced last quarter and looking for vignettes to weave through our boards. The goal is to have more substantial mock ups for the three boards ready for next weekly discussion.

And this is the last week we have our dearest Carolyn join us for the studio discussion. Carolyn will be on the road working on her new projects. Thank you, Carolyn, for all your great support and prominent inputs. We look forward to sharing our final product with you at the final critique.