[Part Two] Floor 2 of Neighborhood C

Here are a few images from our presentation on Wednesday. I feel that our dining space could of been a bit more developed since it was last created in sketch-up. We had great ideas for the panels in that space which I still think are strong, but I wish we thought out the tables and the arrangement of them in a different way. Our strengths in the space are the planters and how they are the foundation of a system where the children come up on trips to plant seeds and take care of their plants as a responsibility and the seating around the columns. It is unusual to see steppable plants that are placed under where your feet are while sitting on a bench indoors. Weaknesses of our design would be the ceiling because I feel it could of had more movement going on up there instead of the lighting at different heights. Also some of our podiums turned out dark and not how we imagined the lighting to look in the space. We should of stated the podiums earlier. We split up the jobs for our project just to get things done faster and I have learned that it would be nicer if everyone got to contribute to the sketch-up equal amounts instead of one person making important design decisions as problems arise in the sketch-up. I think that having plants and living things that are not where you would normally see them in a space is eye-opening to others in the class. For design thinking, I used an open mind. I felt that this was really important to have when designing our space because we had to think of a way to use plants in a different way than you would normally see them. Overall we need to focus more on the clients and not how we want the space to be.