Sep '06 - Dec '09
The semester is finally over and I have to say that it was by far one of the most hectic I have had so far. It was basically 3.5 studios and a couple of things on the side (like trays).
Because most of the projects were done in collaborations I cannot put up a lot of the results, but soon I will talk about each class through their process and structure. I am interested in the issue of how we can replace the 'individual genius' system of design education and all the classes this semester gave me some clues.
For now I wanted to share some of the work from the Nicaragua studio in the Casas de la Esperanza NGO's website:
http://www.casas-de-la-esperanza.org/ING6EHD2.html
Specially check out the slideshow:
(This video is based on the slideshow we presented at our final review but was not done by the studio)
Full studio list:
Julia Watson MLA
DK Osseo-Asare MArch
Juliana Silbermins MAUD
Anne Vaterlaus MLA
Christine Canabou MArch
Quilian Riano MArch
Simon Bussiere MLA
Chris Ryan MArch
Sara Lynch MArch
Aron Chang MArch
Kristen Von Minden MArch
Doug Miller MArch
Brian Yang MArch
Professors:
Teddy Cruz
Assistant:
Andrew Sturm
Finally, to continue the Nicaragua project and see it built in a way consistent with our designs, a group of four of us applied for and received the GSD's Community Service Fellowship. As you read this I am laying in hammock in Granada, taking a break. Over the next couple of weeks we will work on further developing the design and material mock ups for a multi-purpose workshop. We will also work on a business plan for the workshop and getting a master plan ready for city hall approval.
We will keep a blog for the rest of the studio to keep involved in our process as this will continue to be a group project of all of us.
The Nica blog:
http://nicaestudio.blogspot.com/
5 Comments
Sweet!!!!
Q, sorry we didn't speak before the trip.
But, let us talk when you rback from your travels...
did you take the seminar with teddy cruz?
hey Nama!
disinfect, this whole Nicaragua studio project and its current and future continuations are being done Teddy Cruz and his partner Andy Sturm.
Looking forward to sitting down and trading stories with you in a very bro-mantic fashion (as this last weekend) when you get back.
I just updated the original post to include a full video of the slideshow (including the housing designs that were missing before). I also included a full studio list.
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