Project 3: Place Project Handout and Rubric

PLACE

• Project Begins:
  • Week 11 
    • M/W studios: Oct. 30th
    • T/TH studios: Oct. 31st
• Final Reviews:
  • M/W studios: Dec. 6th 
  • T/TH studios: Dec. 7th 

*DsnS102 Studio Instructors, all selected sites for Place project must be approved by the DsnS102 Coordinator to be in compliance with the university before Place project work begins.

In this module project, you will explore each exercise in the sequential order navigating the project with your studio instructor.  Though the learning objectives are shared across all Design Studies 102 studios, the work interpretation your studio section does will not look the same as another studio section.  Exercise prompts are broad to allow for creative instruction and diversity of expression.

Project Highlights

Objective:

   The final project in the course challenges students to identify, develop a concept, and explain the idea of Place through a series of exercise prompts that address observational and experiential information.  Students will be able to define their understanding of Place through the accomplishment of documentation observations, reflective and creative writing, developing a conceptual intervention, and engaging various visual representation strategies.

   As per studio, this project explores 2D and 3D representation by exploring visual representation which may include recording with photography, text, observational sketching, map-making and experiential documentation, mixed media methodologies, and visual representations such as elevation, plan view, and cross section views.

Project Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:

• MLO 3.1 – Demonstrate your interpretation and experience of the senses in the assigned location’s environment by the rigorous evidence of documentation, writing, and visual representation. (CLO 3 and 4)
• MLO 3.2 – Be able to produce a physical intervention on-site and/or as a model representation that conveys a concept as a response to your Place environment. (CLO 1, 3, and 5)
• MLO 3.3 – Be able to build the intervention with care, craft, and creativity of materiality and fabrication methods. (CLO 3, 4, 5)
• MLO 3.4 – Be able to produce a site map and visual diagrams that represent the actual or proposed pathways of interactions and the process of intervening and removal of the intervention. (CLO 3, 4)
• MLO 3.5 – Be able to produce final experiential drawings to visualize the intervention within Place that convey the recorded or intended interactions of the defined Place. (CLO 2, 3)
• MLO 3.6  – Be able to integrate a variety of imagery, text use, and media representation into the site map, visual diagrams, and experiential drawing translations to convey the intervention. (CLO 1, 3, and 4)

Exercises

1. Investigation: Take notice of the environment around you. Identify specific senses e.g., touch (texture), visual, olfactory, taste, hearing. Explore these senses within the environment and document them. Write descriptively about your experience and senses. Guided by your instructor, documentation may include, sketches (including experiential drawings), taking pictures, and/or recording sound. Your instructor will elaborate on what experiential drawings are and how to produce them.
   • Evaluation Criteria: Engagement with the environment. Thoroughness documentation of environment in photography, videography, section, and plan. Appropriate and rigorous representation of senses. 
     • MLO 3.1 – Demonstrate your interpretation and experience of the senses in the assigned location’s environment by the rigorous evidence of documentation, writing, and visual representation. (CLO 3 and 4)

       Exercise 1: Investigation Deliverables

       • Description of place (writings while you were there) couple sentences.
       • First Impression of place (writings while you were there) couple sentences.
       • Images of place before intervention:
       • One plan drawing (11” x 14” to 18” x 24”),
       • One cross-section drawing (11” x 14” to 18” x 24”),
       • 3 to 5 sketches relating to this place (4” x 6” to 8 ½” x 11”), and
       • 3 to 5 photographs (5”x 7” or larger).
       • May have taken recordings or video – not required.

2. Intervention: As per studio instructor, create a site specific intervention within/for your place being directly influenced by your work in Ex. 1.  Consideration of engagement of materials, fabrication methodologies, and scale will be explored.
   
   • If constructing a physical intervention on-site, follow all protocols of stewardship and site use discussed by your studio instructor and as discussed by the DsnS102 coordinated at the related Friday Lecture.

• • Evaluation Criteria: Response to the environment. Intensity of writing/text used to describe place. Documentation of the place. Care and creativity of environmental intervention and documentation thereof.
    • MLO 3.2 – Be able to produce a physical intervention on-site and/or as a model representation that conveys a concept as a response to your Place environment. (CLO 1, 3, and 5)

      Exercise 2: Intervention Deliverables

      Your intervention should be done with multiple objects of one or two materials, some that is inexpensive.

      Examples: packs of plastic forks, toys, paper cups, pieces of paper, small boxes, etc.

       

      • 4 to 6 Photographs (5”x 7” or larger) of your intervention completed.

      What to consider in process intervention:

      • Images of place in process – you can decide the number/size of photographs.
      • Photographs of the process of removal of the intervention – you can decide the number/size of photographs.
      • Two drawings to communicate intervention plan (8 ½” x 11”)
      • Any additional sketches made.
      • A short paragraph describing your concepts for your intervention and intention (100 words max.)

      Ideas to consider in this paragraph:

      Why did you select your place your area? What drew you (caught your attention or eye) to your place? What characteristic does this place have and how did this influence you in your intervention and proposal? How did you intervene and what were the results? What was successful and what did not work to your plans? Any other aspects I didn’t mention are fine to add if you need.

3. Representation/Hybrid: Create iterations of a site map and visual diagrams that represent your pathway and your process of intervening and removal of the intervention. Use your descriptive TEXT, sketches, photographs, recordings, and integrate them into your site map and visual diagrams. Produce final experiential drawings to describe your intervention including people/a person and other objects that interacted with your intervention. Text should be investigated. Font size, typeface, and the placement of the text (Composition) in relation to the site map and visual diagram. You can use both digital and analog means of production and integration.

• • Evaluation Criteria: Thoughtfulness in the iterative process of creating maps and visual diagrams, the use of typography and compositional strategies, the use of hybrid techniques, sectional quality of place, understanding of words through research and etymology, the use of various sizes, scale and placement of font, in relation to other text, images, drawing and materials on the site maps and visual diagrams.
    • MLO 3.4 – Be able to produce a site map and visual diagrams that represent the actual or proposed pathways of interactions and the process of intervening and removal of the intervention. (CLO 3, 4)
    • MLO 3.5 – Be able to produce final experiential drawings to visualize the intervention within Place that convey the recorded or intended interactions of the defined Place. (CLO 2, 3)
    • • Short statement of ProposalMLO 3.6  – Be able to integrate a variety of imagery, text use, and media representation into the site map, visual diagrams, and experiential drawing translations to convey the intervention. (CLO 1, 3, and 4)

        Exercise 3: Representation/Hybrid Deliverables

        From your concept for your intervention, what is your proposed plan for your place.

        Some options:

        • Propose an outdoor sculpture, an outdoor classroom, lighting and seating, interactive areas, exercise areas, gathering areas, etc.
        • Include research of others (3 to 4 actual work to be inspired from) combine on print out sized

        8 ½” x 11”one or two pages

       

      Two hybrid (digital or collage) composition in size between 11” x 14” to 18” x 24.

      • First drawing should show your proposal in place selected.

      Second drawing could be:

      • A visual creative map showing movement, direction, path.
      • One combining photographs/scans of visual diagramming of site showing path.