Class Reflections, November 27, 2008 December 4, 2008

Who knew that roof gardens or green roofs could have so many different types to learn about. Green roofs have environmental as well as economic benefits. The environmental benefits include stormwater management, reduced air pollution, and a reduction in the urban heat island effect. The economic benefits include increased roof life, cooling, insulation and energy [...]

Class Reflections, November 27, 2008 December 4, 2008

Green roofs have always interested me as i think it is important to not let our land go to waste. By having a green roof the otherwise wasted roof top space will always be in use, by plants and animals as well as by people, if it is intensive. The space creates fresh air in [...]

Class Reflections, October 9, 2008 December 4, 2008

Today Dr Shauna Mallory Hill lectured on architectural lighting. I found it most interesting when she spoke of where we live in the world and how developed our world is can change where are eyes are placed on our bodies and if they have moved over time. In Canada the snow gets so bright in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Class Reflections, November 27, 2008 November 28, 2008

If there is one thing I hope for in my career it is to have a client as entertaining as Jae-Sung Chon had. It puts new meaning to designing to suit a clients needs when they have many different ideas in their head of what a space should look like, but with all the new [...]

Class Reflections, November 20, 2008 November 24, 2008

Learning about architectural acoustics informed us of yet another aspect that needs to be taken into consideration when designing a space. When a space is designed in a specific way you can optimize the way things are heard within that space. Unfortunately i can say that acoustics is never something i really thought about before when thinking [...]