http://grist.org/urban-agriculture/2011-02-08-on-eco-architecture-and-urban-farming-are-you-kidding-me-with-yo/
I can't really say anything more insightful than the author of this article, which even though it is a year old, still seems relevant. These questions are always rolling around my head when I am sitting in studio making abstract models of cardboard, far removed from any real life place or situation: is our role to come up with the most imaginative far reaching designs, to erase and then efficiently rearrange plans from above, is it simply to find the possibilities in the everyday? how can we apply our pie-in-the-sky creative abilities to pragmatic improvements in our lives? and is intervention even necessary in some cases, or are the people who are living in the "problematic" situation more qualified than we are to know what's best?
I can't really say anything more insightful than the author of this article, which even though it is a year old, still seems relevant. These questions are always rolling around my head when I am sitting in studio making abstract models of cardboard, far removed from any real life place or situation: is our role to come up with the most imaginative far reaching designs, to erase and then efficiently rearrange plans from above, is it simply to find the possibilities in the everyday? how can we apply our pie-in-the-sky creative abilities to pragmatic improvements in our lives? and is intervention even necessary in some cases, or are the people who are living in the "problematic" situation more qualified than we are to know what's best?
This is an excellent post and linked article. I back your questioning of the many exeragerated projects we as students propose. Honestly, many of the "solutions" we propose (not to exclude myself) are completely unrealistic and typically would require vast sums of money to be built. If we step away from the desks for a while, take our heads out of the books, and take a walk around the surrounding communities we could find many areas we could (re)design to serve more functional purposes.
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