        1060 vialard1. My favorite lecture was on industrial design because it was a great escape from buildings buildings buildings. 2. My favorite reading was on the street. The historical connections were interesting and important. 3. The most important assignments were the ones guiding students to learn to ask good questions. I can only hope it worked. 4. a) Just a few minutes of dim thought would be enough to complete these assignments; b) Made slightly more difficult by the requirement of sitting and reading, these assignments were also extremely easy; c) Essay writing required some planning and copious amounts of time to do it considering the tendency of my mind to wander when prompted with writing a required-length paper; d) Research has been made excessively simple and fast with modern technology. No, seriously, probable the most easily "BSed" assignments, and even when completed correctly, not much was to be gained; e) As said before, the process of learning to ask good questions was very important, and using this skill is equally vital to success in anything. 5. They were fine, perhaps underutilized. 6. The research done here seemed to emphasize the extreme ease in acquiring information. Any methodological approach could be said to be unnecessary with that process. 7. I am extremely interested in this. My studies this year emphasize the importance of this idea. 8. I really appreciate the time put into making students learn to ask good questions and the final test of this skill. 9. "Why is it important to learn to ask good questions?" Brilliant, no? 10. Special interest topics are important. For example, a lecture on automotive design might lead me to give presents and hugs and rainbows and smiles to the organizers and instructors. Also, topics like this one might lead students in new directions they might become very happy with and more involved with. Ryan Shields 1. My favorite lecture was on the solar decathlon project. It is really interesting to me to see how Georgia Tech is involved in the future of architecture. This subject matter is particularly important to me because I find environmental efficiency to be a top priority and plan on furthering environmentally friendly architecture in my carrier. 2. The most intriguing reading was the one on sight. It clearly explained how we see and how we determine perspective. The perspective exercise taught me a lot about the basics of drawing. 3. Exercise three was by far the most helpful assignment. The goal of the class was to teach us how to see and think, well ex 3 was the most successful in doing so. At the beginning of the assignment, I had no idea what I was doing. As the assignment progressed I had a better understanding of how you can use simple elements of one thing and change it into another. 4. a) The most important aspect of summarizing lectures was to take good notes. If you have good note you can just use the information you wrote in your notes and look up the words that you don’t understand. b) Summarize readings involved deep thought in understanding the reading and then giving a brief overview of the concepts stated in the reading rather then the details. c) When writing the essay I realized that I had a good understanding of the subject. The difficult part was putting my thoughts down on paper. In writing the essay I thought about organization and concept. d) Most of the thinking involved in time stamping had to do with why we were doing what we were doing. My group, who had science and technology was forced to recognize the relation of this topic to the purpose of the course. e) I wanted to write about what I believed was the most important thing I learned about this semester. The thought that I put into this question involved putting my interests into a question that would cover an important part of this course. 5. I believe they were helpful because it gave us an opportunity to discuss lectures and assignments in a more comfortable environment. Next time I would devote more time to discussion and less to projects. 6. It is important to understand why things were built in the past and what effect it had on the future. Understanding the past is the key to learning about what needs to be built in the future. 7. I feel that there is more for me to learn in the design and built environment so I certainly would look into more of these classes however 1060 has made me more anxious to learn about a carrier in architecture so that is currently my priority. 8. After completing this course, I now see things in a different way. More specifically, after studying a boot for a couple months I now know that a lot more goes into its production then meets the eye. I can now apply this principle to all aspects of production. 9. How does sustainability influence architecture? 10. I would really like to see what kinds of things people do in their corresponding carrier. I know what they make but I haven’t seen the process they go through to make it. Paul Krynski COA 1060 Exit Reflection 1. The lecture on the streets appealed to me the most because I understood the process of creating streets and how important they were to the urban design. The lecturer established the necessity of streets and how it affects the way not only vehicular traffic flows but pedestrian traffic also. 2.The reading that was most interesting was Kostoff's "The Street" because I became aware of the importance of streets with the urban landscape of a city or town. Also it provided information that I was unaware of like that streets with trees and benches were more appealing. 3.The exercise I enjoyed the most was the riffing and playback assignment because it allowed me to think outside the box and heavily relied on my creativity. 4. a.) Summarizing lectures requires attentive listening, reflecting over the information, and then analyzing the information b.) Summarizing readings required to pick out key information and words that described the concepts. c.) Summarizing essays requires understanding the concepts, organizing the data, and conceiving the information in a cohesive manner. d.) The research projects requires groups to compile information, interact with each other, share the information, and then the final formation of the slide. e.) The final in 1060 involved us making up our own essay question based on the analysis we made in class. We were then supposed to take an intriguing question and use that as our essay question and answer it accordingly. analysis and hypothesizing is very essential 5.) Yes, the bi weekly GTA meetings were helpful because we got to clear up some answers that might have confused us otherwise. 6.)I didn't really understand the who correlation between the post Katrina article and the 'time-stamps' research project. Maybe I am missing a major part that connects both these ideas but it hasn't been clear to me. 7.) I think inter disciplinary and cross disciplinary is revolutionizing the way architects work on projects. With these perspectives architects entering the field will become more inept to use different ideas and filters with their projects. 8.) The most surprising take away from this course is the amount of work needed to make a a successful paper, projects, or drawing. 9.)In what ways ways has inter disciplinary and cross disciplinary revolutionized the way architecture will function in the future? 10.) What ways will each subject utilize our time at Tech? What does each discipline have to offer the students at Tech? What does the job outlook appear to be? Abaan Fire Ali 1. There were a lot of lectures that I enjoyed; the most, however, is Claudia Winegarden’s lecture on Top Ten: Industrial Design. Although I am not an ID major, I particularly enjoyed this lecture because of the neat products shown in it. Such technologies included a wooden LED clock, Charles and Ray Eames’ “Powers of Ten,” interactive windows, and various pieces of furniture. It was exciting to see what products may end up in the buildings I design in the future. 2. Kostoff’s “The Street” was an interesting reading because it gave me background information on streets that I previously was unaware of. 3. I really enjoyed the time stamping assignment as it gave me insight on the deeper context of the built environment. There are many aspects of a building that can be discovered through knowledge of the era of which it was built. Such investigation will provide answers to why things were done the way they were; this gives justification for decisions made in design. 4. a) Summarizing the lectures requires reflection, analysis, and vocabulary building. b) We were never required to summarize readings. c) Essay writing required the reading (and absorbing) of read material, organization of thoughts, insertion of composed opinions, and a lot of time. d) The research projects required organized group work, individual research, time management, and composition of individual work. e) The final required an analysis of what intrigued me about the class; it made me think of key points that summed up the class, as well as preparation. It also required reflection of the class as a whole, including lecture notes. 5. Yes, the GTA meetings were helpful as well as refreshing. They gave us time to figure out what we needed to do, as well as more opportunity to ask questions. 6. The multiple-task nature of the research projects helped us with time management instead of doing everything last minute. It gave us time to think about what we were doing. 7. Yes, I think classes that have an inter-disciplinary approach would not only be interesting, but helpful in breeding the interdisciplinary respect that Prof. Bowen talked about. 8. Leaving this course, I have a better understanding of how the built environment influences the world and people around it. It’s a great responsibility to design a world that will be beneficial to and safe for future generations. 9. How can today’s emerging generation of architect, designers, and contractors work in a way that is both effective and beneficial to the world around them? 10. For undergraduate school, I am currently deciding between architecture and building construction (then arch for graduate school), so it would be beneficial to know more about these two fields. ID is really interesting, but not something I am looking to do in the future. Romannio Chan 1. The Building and Construction lecture because that is the field that I am pursuing and it was interesting learning about the different projects. 2. The street by kostoff because it gave an interesting viewpoint on the different views and filters the street can be seen as. 3. Research Project and time stamping 4. A: develop general knowledge of the lecture B:develop a knowledge of others viewpoints on the topic C: Bringing together the knowledge to show a process D: gives a look at the past and why things were built they way they were . E: Thinking of something that applies to all aspects and overviews the general knowledge learned. 5. Yes they were helpful, it provided a time for a more direct Q & A session that guided our knowledge and ways of thinking. 6. It allowed us to see why certain concepts of designed were used and become more knowledgeable on why certain buildings and designs look the way they do. 7. I would like to take a course that overviews the different aspects of design that developers go through when planning neighborhood designs and community designs. 8. The most surprising take-away was the riffing process of how to change and relate things into something new. 9. How is effective questioning used in the design process? 10. Certain design-build strategies and maybe and topic on developing land (personal interest) Daniel Busbee 1: AEC Integration, I never realized how intertwined the disciplines were and I find it really interesting. 2: What I found most interesting was the research I did for the timestamp project. 3: The final was the most intriguing for me. Asking and answering a truly intellectual question requires a good amount of reflection and thought. 4: Summarizing the lectures helped refresh the ideas presented but was otherwise busy work. Summarizing the readings was something we never actually did. Asking about them would have at least made me think about what they said. Essay writings I liked because they forced me to draw conclusions from what I had to learn and made me think. The time stamp project was productive because working with others is a part of this world and especially this discipline. I like the question because asking and answering a truly intellectual question requires a good amount of reflection and thought. 5. I enjoyed going to the discussion periods. I had a very good TA who helped explain and expand upon ideas that I never really thought about before. I recommend keeping them the same. 6: I think you wanted us to learn a different way of observing data and make us sort through piles of information to find what we truly needed. 7: I thought the point of CFY was so that we got a chance to do both. 8: Infinite possibilities yield zero results. We need rules to be creative. 9: What is the guiding principle of the design process? 10: I want each to focus on their field so I can get a chance to see all the disciplines in a more intimate way. Charles Thompson Caleb Meister 1060 Exit Reflections 1. The lecture on Palladio was hands down my favorite. I want to learn about architecture and I am especially interested in older European architecture. 2. None of the readings really stuck out to me, but I did enjoy learning about the history of streets. 3. I found the curtain assignment to be the most interesting to me, because I really enjoyed learning how to draw using charcoals. I never had before, and I really enjoyed trying to draw without using lines. 4. Summarizing the lectures required little thinking compared to time. I thought it was a complete waste. Summarizing the readings also required little thought, only time. The only thing I had to do was read and write. The essay writing required more thought, because then I was able to use a little craft. The research project again required little thought; the main thing it took was time to research. Coming up with a question required thought because I had to ask a question which I could answer properly. 5. I enjoyed the biweekly GTA discussion days it provided a needed break from lecture. They were helpful. I would recommend keep it the same as this year, but rather than have the TAs assign more projects I would have them recap the lectures and allow time for discussion. 6. I thought it was time consuming and a waste. I don’t. 7. No, I would not. I think I could go the rest of my life without hearing the word “discipline” again. 8. I am walking away with a great desire to design classical/ traditional style buildings. 9. Is it possible to build a structure without a timestamp? 10. Strictly on the subjects of architecture, building construction, and industrial design only. There is no need to fill us in on all this other stuff. If we wanted to learn about other issues we would take other classes. Jing Guo 1060 Exist Reflection 1. I enjoy the lecture on Architecture & Culture& Behavior lecture presented by professor Zimring and the lecture on street. The first lecture opened my eyes on how broad the influence of architecture can be and how much the designer can change people’s everyday life experience, for the better or worse. I was really inspired by the speaker as an architecture student. I saw my responsibility to shape this world. The lecture on streets is well organized and I learned a lot on the streets play in urban design. 2. I enjoyed the reading on Katrina most. Mainly because it included information on various study field like politics, architecture, socialism, and they are well connected to each other to explain the reformation of New Orleans in all-rounded perspectives. It informed me of Katrina and how it impacted the social and cultural aspects of New Orleans, and most importantly how broad Architecture can be. 3. Of course the assignment on 5th street is most intriguing and provocative. In order to finish that assignment, I started to gather information about streets, the map of 5th street, the history of Technology Square and even some very theoretical information. In the process of preparation, for the first time I learned something academic by my self and succeed in managing a large quantity of information. 4. Summarizing lectures requires more of an critically analyzing brain, some playback, and important terms. Summarizing readings is more like finding the main idea and concepts. It required an analytical mind to read and the information then reinforce it. Essay writing required more compilation, synthesizing, and richer thinking that drew upon the readings and observation.The layout is as well important. Extended group research, on the way buildings are "time stamped", required collaboration on the layout of information gathered., and what to research and reflection on the topics at hand. Formulation/Preparation of a question for the final is more about managing knowledge from all this semester and sort out your own information system to draw out your questions of some information. 5. I don't think it's necessary to have the biweekly discussion period. Once-a-month discussion is enough. It's not really helpful for my 1060 course, but meeting cool TAs and know upper class students' minds about architecture helps me as a freshman to get a general idea about architecture. I recommend the class schedule to be tighter and more well-organized. We didn't manage to run over all the ppt. work in class even till now. 6. The multi-part methodology is quite successful. It asks us to to observe and think about a thing in different levels.You emphasized this way mainly because as an individual, especially architecture students, it is important to learn to observe the word–how it was and how it will be and why. This is the basic skill a good architect should have in shaping this world. 7. I prefer inter-desciplinary courses going along with specified courses for architecture. It is a great opportunity to prepare myself for the future work mode–working with people form other study field like building constructors, engineers, and clients. These inter-disciplinary courses can provide me communication language to better bring out my design. 8. The guest presenters for each lecture have introduced what architecture is from a lot of different perspectives. They amazed me at how broad the concept of architecture can be and how broad architecture influenced our every day life experience. This course taught me how to learn and how to see more than what to know. 9. What is the role an architect plays in the modern society? 10. I prefer more specific introduction on outstanding designers and their work. And relay their work to what we will do in 1012. I'll really appreciate more introductions about how to design. Audrey Plummer 1. Doug Allen’s lecture 2. Solinit’s “solitary stroller” was my favorite read. 3. The history assignment on the buildings was the most interesting. Mitch knows his stuff and he made the project exciting. 4. A. If you attend class and listen to the lecture and engage while listening, then no thinking is required on summarizing the essays. B. we never had to summarize readings C. Do an outline and read articles or talk to some professionals, then write, proof, rewrite, edt. Same as any other essay. D. Think about things in relation to each other. Make a timeline. Nothing is unique, so find the context. E. Decide what interests you, talk to peers, and review lecture. 5. Yes. Less busy work would be nice though. 6. The instructors wanted us to think about things as we did them, instead of doing everything at the last minute. 7. Yes 8. Design-build firms 9. What can we do to ease the tension between architects and contractors? 10. More lectures along the lines of the disability research lectures. No lectures on specific designers, rather more lectures on integrating the disciplines into the real world. 1. I liked Craig Zimring’s lecture on architecture, culture, and behavior. I thought it was really interesting and very relatable to today’s major issues. 2. I liked Solint’s “solitary stroller”. I liked the fact that it was a narrative and not just full of facts. 3. I found the history assignment most intriguing. It was interesting how everything was completely interrelated. 4. a) required o pick out important information and time to put it all together and formulate questions b) never had to summarize readings c) analyses of readings and thought to compose ideas and a lot of time to compose actual essays d) working with other people, time management, and correlating information e) find something that interest me and that I had enough information on 5. I found it helpful, especially in understanding upcoming assignment. I would recommend it. 6. I think you wanted us to learn how to research and find good useful information and to take the time to sort through bad information. It is emphasized to learn and see what works and what is needed. 7. No 8. How the way things designed affects health 9. Is AEC integration a success and what is being done to further its use and if it even works better? 10. What you would actually do in real world experiences, how the job works, who they work with, what they have to do, and specific examples of their work. Tiffany Nichols 1. I enjoyed the lecture documenting the transformation of Atlantic Station. While the video was interesting, the most intriguing aspect of the lecture was seeing the site go through the changes it did. I had never seen a construction project in that depth of detail before, and it was amazing to see construction on that scale. 2. "The Design of Spaces" by Whyte was intriguing to me because it changed the way that I looked at my surroundings. I found myself thinking about the amount of 'sittable space' in the places I went, and I looked at the designs of buildings for their human interaction qualities rather than exterior aesthetic qualities. 3. I liked the format of the final. It allowed us to analyze the knowledge we had gained this year by tailoring our own cumulative review of the class and simultaneously provided the instructors with information on what was valuable to the class for fine-tuning in future semesters. 4. a)Summarizing lectures required us to think about what points in a lecture were most important and link them together in a summary. b)Summarizing readings required us to think about what points we needed to take away from the readings related to the subject we were studying at the time and summarize them in our own words. c)For the essays I had to write, I had to think deeply about my interactions with the subject of the essay as well as the points made in the readings that were relevant to the essay topic. I then had to combine these with my own ideas on the topic in a coherent paper. d)For this we had to look at the world during the time of the construction of the buildings. Since influences as large as available materials and as small as popular culture all impacted the design and construction of a building, we had to analyze and research each and compare them to the buildings. e)This required me to take the overall impact of the class and boil it down into a main idea. From this main idea, I had to formulate a question that encompassed the idea, and an answer that showed how and what I had gained from the topic of this question. FINISH: 5. this year was the first time we did bi-weekly GTA discussion periods. were they helpful? what would you recommend for the next time we do them? 6. what did you think of the multiple-part methodology we asked you to use for one of the assignments (the reading on post-katrina new orleans) and for the 'time stamps' research project? why do you think we emphasized this way of looking at the world? 7. would you be interested taking courses, over the next few years, that look at the designed and built world from an inter-disciplinary or cross-disciplinary perspective? 8. what is the most surprising take-away from this course? (it could be an idea, fact, skill, or something else). 9. please write down the question you formulated for the take-home final. you can either just write the question. or you can copy and paste the answer you prepared in response to the five-part scaffold. 10. the lecture hour in coa 1012 will focus on the three majors: arch, bc, and id as well as on issues shared by all of them. we plan on inviting both students and professionals. what would you like them to focus on? 1. The lecture about on 10 10.29.07 titled "City: Prior Frameworks" by Douglas Allen. There were many enjoyable lectures and many enjoyable lectors, but he was the most enjoyable. His enthusiasm for the knowledge he knew was contagious. I loved how he would go on tangents, but keep the lecture moving at the same time, so as to not waste time. 2. The reading about Hurricane Katrina I found the most moving. It reminded me of the cycle of buildings and how eventually everything ends. 3. The first one about the istallations, although I didn't fully understand it at the time as much as I do now. 4. a) requires you to learn, quickly, how to take good notes. b) requires you to learn how to read through the style someone writes and make sense of it. c) requires you to combine ideas from many sources into one or a few main ideas d) requires you to break boundaries in your mind by melding the real world with what you learn in class. e) requires you to be much more personal with the information you have learned all semester 5. It was interesting to get a more personal aspect of what the industry is like. I don't know what the other TA's were like, but ours would answer questions and help us to understand the world of Architecture. Those days were nice, most of the time, however, the only thing on the agenda for the preceptorial was reading over an assignment list, which, honestly wasn't that beneficial because it was so structured. We had more interesting discussions in preceptorial when the agenda was more broad. 6. The post-katrina new orleans reading and library 101 assignment, I didn't think were as beneficial as they could have been. Because the documentation of things, while very important, doesn't take very long to get good at. And we could have just gotten good at it in our first assignment rather than a separate one about documentation. The Time Stamps assignment I thought made sense to go in parts, becuase the goal is kind of vague, so having stepping stones along the way helped me make sure I was on the right track 7. I think a course like this would be a little pointless for people later in study. Although, I still think it's important to have courses built on a cross-disciplinary perspective. However, I think a better approach would be to have a more direct goal for the course. Because with a goal, students would be reminded constently of why they need to know about the other disciplines. 8. I thought this would be a through away class, but I very much enjoyed going to the lectures, I 9. Possible differences between architecture majors and other majors on GT campus, and possible reasons why we have the reputation we do. 10. I would love to see a lecture specifically about acoustical design, movement of sound fascinates me and I haven't heard anyone talk about that before. Oreta Taylor 1. My favorite lecture was the one that had all the videos about cool products. It focused on Industrial Design, and it really had everyone’s interest. 2. I enjoyed the reading on “The Street” because it told so many universal truths regarding community and the way people interact publicly. 3. I found the first assignment most intriguing because it really piqued my interest in all fields of study (architecture, industrial design, and building construction) and got me mentally prepared for the course. 4. a)I thought during the lecture, took notes, and put them into paragraph form. b) I read the material once through, and then went over and chose the interesting parts to summarize. c) I thought about everything I had learned, and used my knowledge to write an essay. d) I thought about which tasks I would accomplish, contacted the group, and followed through with my research. e) I thought about the entire semester I had just experienced, brainstormed for awhile, and ultimately came up with an intriguing question. 5. Yes I found the biweekly GTA discussions helpful because my GTA was able to explain things that were lectured and we could talk as a group. 6. I think that you emphasized this way of looking at the world so we could see why designs are formulated the way they are and so we could be educated on the reasoning behind the design. 7. No, I would not be interested in taking courses that lookat the designed and built world from a cross-disciplinary perspective. 8. I was most surprised at the amount of knowledge that the professionals who spoke to us have. 9. How has technology in the design field been beneficial in our society? 10. I would like them to focus on things we would do RIGHT out of college, or during college. Shannon Duley Link to this Page
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