Data Collections, November 27, 2008 November 30, 2008

http://www.cagbc.org/leed/what/index.php
This is the Canada Green Building Council site.  It has lots of interesting and useful information on green building and LEED (The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).  I have found this site useful in my previous projects and will continue to use its information for future ones.
-Desiree McKay

Class Reflections, November 27, 2008 November 30, 2008

I think that roof top gardens should be considered in more depth in Winnipeg but I also believe that we need to have other green space on the ground.  Do we really want to live in a city where all of our green space is on our roofs and not on the ground?  Green roofs [...]

Data Collections, November 27, 2008 November 29, 2008

This link provides information on roof gardens as well as many good links to other sites on green roofs and gardens.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.roof-gardens.com/images/roof-garden.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.roof-gardens.com/&h=280&w=280&sz=36&tbnid=cSAmYUfAxX8J::&tbnh=114&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droof%2Bgarden&hl=en&usg=__Xb22OLw-6AIES69LgoPoa7MtkR4=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=5&ct=image&cd=1
Sika Sarnafil green roof information video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJQ4LDz-D0

Class Reflections, November 27, 2008 November 29, 2008

This presentation by Jae really opened my mind to the world of designing. We do not design for ourselves or the everyone, we design for the customer. Which means less of your own ideas and wants will actually make it into the final product. This is challenging since nobody wants to give up what they [...]

Data Collections, October 2, 2008 November 29, 2008

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/02/prefab-friday-jenesys-wings-prefab-home/
Much like EQ3′ s designers Carsten Jensen is a Canadian designer, but he puts environmental concerns at a greater presentence in his designs.
Chantel Kuharski

Data Collections, November 20, 2008 November 29, 2008

A very interesting talk about colors vs shapes and why color is easier to remember than shapes. It also talks about shapes representing different colors and why we this happens.
http://www.colormatters.com/BBArchive/bubdarc15-form.html
-Marc Tessier

Class Reflections, October 2, 2008 November 29, 2008

The EQ3 presentation was well put together and I enjoyed the fact that many of the people presenting were university of Manitoba students as many people in this field say that it is rather difficult to find work after school. I enjoyed most of the designs they created, the canadian one being my favorite, but [...]

Class Reflections, November 20, 2008 November 29, 2008

“Architecture is frozen music”. I truly believe in this quote by some person who’s name I don’t recall at the moment. Syneasthesia, I believe, is something that most people have slightly but might not know about it. Why are we attracted to certain shapes, or colors, or sounds? When I read that quote, I think about certain [...]

Data Collections, November 13, 2008 November 29, 2008

This site shows simple contempary garden designs. The 3 different scaled steps leading up to the bed are amazingly simple yet are able to give the sensation that you are floating of the water, giving weightlessness, which leads to relaxation.
http://www.actuallandscapes.co.uk/contemporary_gardens.htm
This next site shows photos and landscape plans for various modern gardens. I love the idea of [...]

Class Reflections, November 13, 2008 November 29, 2008

Today we learned about gardens. My thought of a garden is an area where I grow fruits and vegetables during the summer months. I learned that this is not the real definition of garden. A garden is an ideal place, opposite of natural environment. A garden must have some sort of fence, whether natural or [...]