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 believe in and conform to the ways of others. I remember one of the designers said that at the EQ3 outing. He said that your ideas are always gonna get flipped around to accomodate the client. This really makes me think about architecture and what will really come of it. Will I be able to conform, give up my ideals. Or will I only be truly happy if I am aloud to express my full self. I guess I’ll only figure that out after I’ve graduated and been thrown into the design world.
One aspect of the lecture by the German lady realy interested me. I always that green roofs were green roofs but there are different kinds of vegetative roofs. We have “green roofs”, “roof gardens”, and “green roof hybrids”. Depending on what your financial situation is and on what your intentions are with the space, the choice of green roof typology will vary from structure to structure. I personaly prefer the roof garden. Roof gardens are more costly but can grow large apple trees which I would love to have.
-Marc Tessier
